YATC Writers' Retreat
Next up October 17-19, 2025
& February 27-March 1st 2026
YATC's students & alumni have written projects that have been accepted into countless film festivals across the world. Whether you have a story to share and just need the time to put it to paper, or the inkling that you might be a writer but haven't ever had the chance to receive feedback in a supportive environment, this is the program for you. Using the tools YATC has to offer, scripts written by both students and staff have been nominated for numerous awards at the festivals listed below:
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SELECTED AWARD NOMINATIONS INCLUDE:
Cannes Film Festival’s American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Award:
Andy's Arrow (2021, dir. Nathan Adloff & Dave Barkley); Royalty (2021, dir. Logan Thomason & Sav Souza); No Shame ( 2021, dir. Suzan Jones); Never Alone (2021, dir. Karen Moore); Henry (2019, dir. Shawn Ryan) Birthday Girl (2018 dir. Jim Fall); Pretty (2018 dir. Jim Fall)
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YATC FESTIVAL ACCEPTANCES INCLUDE:
Cannes Film Festival American Pavilion, Outfest LA, Sidewalk Film Fest, LA Shorts International Film Festival, Seattle Queer Film Festival, Cinema Touching Disability Festival
Desperado LGBTQ Film Festival, Monarch Film Festival, Chicago Reeling Film Festival, Out on Film, Tampa International Gay Film Festival, Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions @PinewoodStudios Covellite International Film Festival, Newark IFF Youth Festival
Meet Amy!
Leading Weekend Writers' Retreat
October 17-19th, 2025
Amy Henderson is a writer and story doula. For over two decades, she’s been helping people unearth what they most need to express in words. She’s supported a wide range of writers—from teens incarcerated in juvenile halls and in shelters for the unhoused to social justice attorneys, trans rights activists, and award-winning actors—in telling their stories. Amy believes anyone who is called to the craft of writing can come home to themselves on the page.
Amy’s work and writing has been featured in the Sun Magazine, The Harvard Business Review, Slate, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fast Company, and InStyle. Her book, "Tending" was published by NationBuilder Books in 2021. To learn more about Amy and her work supporting writers, visit WritingOneTrueThing.com.