
The Tracking Board
The Next List
2024
Active Since 2021
In partnership with Coverfly and our active network of thousands of industry professionals, The Tracking Board is in an unparalleled position to identify industry trends, showcase the strongest up-and-coming writers across film and television and act as a neutral centerpiece in the marketplace to package projects with producers and support representatives. The third annual The Next List celebrates the writer, their team, and their accomplishments of the previous year as they continue to lay the foundation for an impactful career. Compiled by nominations from managers, agents, and executives, carefully curated by our team, we are thrilled to present 35 selections of emerging writers and filmmakers of varying backgrounds, formats, genres, and styles.
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2024 Official Selections on Coverfly
Top 1%
Feature
· Drama
· 115 Pages
A promising teenage boxer struggles for freedom in the grip of her brilliant but unhinged coach.
Los Angeles, CA
Katerina is an award-winning writer/director based in Los Angeles. She earned an MFA in Film & TV Production from USC and was the Director of Productions at XR Stage, an immersive film studio.
Katerina is a 2024 Next List screenwriter, 2025 Russo Brothers Filmmaking grant winner, 2025 Moonshot Feature accelerator fellow, 2024 ScreenCraft Screenw...
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Top 1%
TV Script
· Drama
· 35 Pages
A naive church intern realizes the only way to fulfill her dream of being a minister at her cult-y, misogynistic church is to sacrifice her morals and seduce her nemesis, the lead minister’s son.
Los Angeles, CA
Sara Kimura is a Japanese Mexi-Rican comedy writer who escaped a religious cult only to join an even more unhinged cult - the TV industry. Naturally, Sara now writes offbeat coming-of-age comedies about fish-out-of-water characters at odds with their environments. As a pseudo-mom to teen siblings, Sara also gravitates toward stories about chaotic fa...
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Top 3%
TV Script
· Animated
· 27 Pages
When workaholic Jenny is dumped by her best friend and fired in the same week, she goes home, spiraling, and learns all the inanimate objects in her apartment are alive and have a lot to say about her life. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend meets Beauty And The Beast.
- Verified WGA Member
Los Angeles, CA
Danielle is an actual valley girl and former theatre kid/band geek/ballerina whose writing has been described as "joyful but deadly serious." She most recently had two episodes of Krapopolis (FOX) air in April and October respectively. Previously she worked on The Simpsons (FOX), where her episode was nominated for a WGA Award in Animation. Daniell...
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