The Writers Guild of America West has announced its TV Writer Access Project Honorees for 2019. Twenty-one Diverse writers, whose work has been cited by committee of high-level writers and showrunners, in the script categories of Comedy (Half-Hour) and Drama (One-Hour). The WGAW’s decade-long TV WAP program is part of the Guild’s ongoing efforts to increase diversity and promote inclusiveness in the entertainment industry.
![WPA Honoree Brent Piaskoski, Humor Me](https://www.btlnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/WGAW-Brent-Piaskoski-HumorMe.jpg)
This year’s 21 TV WAP honorees include eleven writers in the women’s category (including one writing team), four LGBTQ+ writers (including one writing team), two minority writers, two writers with disabilities, and two writers age 55 and older.
![TV WAP Honoree Anya Lets, Points of Origin](https://www.btlnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/WGAW-Anya-Leta.PointsofOrigin.jpg)
The honorees will have their work spotlighted industry-wide via the Guild, as well as participate in a series of WGAW-hosted workshops in March designed to equip them with the skills sets and the necessary tools to develop and sustain successful television writing careers.
And the honorees are:
Drama Honorees:
Sabrina Almeida, Die Spinne (The Spider)
Allen Clary, Orchard Drive
Anya Leta, Points of Origin
Lisa Long, Cimarron County
D.H. Miller, Freshwater
John-Paul Nickel, Metro
Adam Rodman, Promises To Keep
Deanna Shumaker, Long Lost
Matthew White, Echo
Jai Tiggett, Black Magic
Comedy Honorees:
Cindy Appel, Ride or Die
Chelsea Catalanotto, Colonize This
Elise D’Haene, Old Dykes
Anne Gregory, Fucked
Chase Heinrich & Micah Steinberg, Grindrs Keepers
Lena Kouyoumdjian, Party Girls
Brent Piaskoski, Humor Me…It’s Time For Your Next Act
Rachel Palmer & David Shecter, For Worse
Kate Spurgeon, Rx
For more information about this year’s TV WAP honorees, please visit www.wga.org/members/programs/tv-writer-access-project