Diversity Initiative Competition

 September Winner!

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Larry Collins
Larry Collins is a film and television writer who has won five regional EMMY awards as a television news reporter. His writing is enriched and informed by years of life experience in a career that thrusted him into situations that afforded a raw and unfiltered glimpse into humanity and history. Several of his scripts have won or placed in numerous screenwriting competitions and film festivals including the Nashville Film Festival, Rhodes Island International Film Festival, Filmmatic, WeScreenplay, Script Summit and the HollyShorts Film Festival.

His pilot “Stay Positive” is an uplifting dramedy about the HIV-positive community. While not HIV-positive himself, his close connection to the community highlights the challenges, triumphs and diverse lives lived through facing mortality.

Each month, Roadmap selects one diverse screenwriter to participate in the Pitch Prep Program (Step 1 of our Career Writer Program) for FREE!

The lack of diversity and representation in Hollywood has been at the forefront of the national conversation for a while now. At Roadmap, we want to do our part to help bring more diversity to the big screen (and the small)! For us, that starts with the screenwriters.

That's why we are proud to sponsor the Roadmap Writers Diversity Initiative Competition!

We launched this tribute in memory of Roadmap Writer Coletta Preacely-Garcia, whose budding career was cut short when she passed suddenly shortly after Roadmap's launch in 2016. Coletta was an extremely hardworking screenwriter who was always working to better her craft—tirelessly writing, rewriting, and taking advantage of every opportunity presented to her to gain skills, make connections, and polish her screenplays. This tribute highlights diverse writers that embody this same spirit.

Who should apply? This program is for diverse screenwriters with at least one completed original Feature or TV Pilot who are ready to tackle the marketing aspect of their career and start getting their work out there! Roadmap defines "diverse" as anyone belonging to a group whose voice has traditionally been marginalized in Hollywood, particularly BIPOC, AAPI, LGBTQIA+, women over 45, and Disabled.