CineStory is a non-profit educational association dedicated to providing new screenwriters with opportunities to develop their craft and careers.

Through its mentorship programs, emerging screenwriters work with committed industry professionals in one-on-one and small group sessions.

From small conferences (Script Sessions, 1995-2000) to the CineStory Retreats (2000-present) to the competitive CineStory Screenwriting Awards (1995-present), CineStory has always tried to design new and powerful ways for writers to develop their projects.

CineStory has long believed it is the writer's creative voice and vision that is the most valuable but most overlooked contribution to films of the American cinema.

CineStory strives to encourage the highest levels of screenwriting by:

• instilling the basic principles of cinematic storytelling
• fostering the individual writer's authentic vision and independent voice
• providing deserving writers with alternative access to the screen
• creating and maintaining an active community of promising writers and supportive, discerning film professionals

We are a family of volunteers and devoted workers, all writers, many of whom have supported CineStory since it began in 1995.