{"id":8401,"date":"2017-12-15T12:40:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T17:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/winner-revealed-issa-raes-writing-talent-contest\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T12:49:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T17:49:46","slug":"winner-revealed-for-issa-raes-writing-talent-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/winner-revealed-for-issa-raes-writing-talent-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner Revealed for Issa Rae&#8217;s Writing Talent Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ColorCreative.TV, set up by producers Issa Rae and Deniese Davis (<em>Insecure<\/em>), along with Sky Vision and Talos Films, have unveiled the winner of FRESH WAVE!, a new diverse talent initiative for underrepresented writers.<\/p>\n<p>Katelyn Howes&#8217; <em>The Awoken<\/em> was selected from more than 2,000 entries. The sci-fi drama is about a young adult who is resurrected from cryogenic preservation in 2103, into a very different world from 2017, and joins an underground network of rebels fighting for basic human rights.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Awoken <\/em>is<em>\u00a0<\/em>produced by ColorCreative.TV and Talos Films, with funding from Sky Vision.\u00a0A 10-minute pilot presentation was\u00a0shared with TV execs and press at an intimate event in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Rae remarked: \u201cProviding a platform for underrepresented voices is extremely important to me, particularly with so many polarizing views dominating the mainstream right now. I\u2019m so pleased that FRESH WAVE! has produced not just a fantastic winner in Katelyn, but a wealth of new voices amongst the other finalists, showing that there is a huge amount of diverse young talent out there ready to light up our screens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jane Millichip, the managing director of Sky Vision, noted: \u201cSky Vision is committed to developing and showcasing diverse new talent worldwide. Katelyn has conceived a remarkable idea, and delivered it with true sophistication. With Issa and Deniese\u2019s expertise, the production skill of Talos Films and Sky Vision\u2019s backing, I\u2019m sure <em>The Awoken<\/em> will have huge international appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elli Hakami and Julian P. Hobbs, co-presidents of Talos Films, stated: \u201cWe believe <em>The Awoken<\/em> does what all great science fiction does\u2014it moves the heart as well as the mind. It also gives us a lens into our present by looking into the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howes added: \u201dI am so thrilled that this story has been given such an amazing opportunity. The producers and mentors of FRESH WAVE! have provided a thoughtful and unique program that has allowed a female-created sci-fi world to come to life. With <em>The Awoken<\/em>, I set out to write about privilege and how you can only really see it once it\u2019s taken away. It\u2019s a story about growing up. It\u2019s a story about memory. And of course, at its heart, it\u2019s a story about love.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ColorCreative.TV, set up by producers Issa Rae and Deniese Davis (Insecure), along with Sky Vision and Talos Films, have unveiled the winner of FRESH WAVE!, a new diverse talent initiative for underrepresented writers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1572,1573,1574,1575,386],"class_list":["post-8401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-colorcreative-tv","tag-fresh-wave","tag-issa-rae","tag-sky-vision","tag-talos-films"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Winner Revealed for Issa Rae&#039;s Writing Talent Contest - TVUSA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ColorCreative.TV, set up by producers Issa Rae and Deniese Davis (Insecure), along with Sky Vision and Talos Films, have unveiled the winner of FRESH WAVE!, a new diverse talent initiative for underrepresented writers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/winner-revealed-for-issa-raes-writing-talent-contest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Winner Revealed for Issa Rae&#039;s Writing Talent Contest - 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