Schedule & Passes
Learn more about our session schedule and how to secure your Festival Pass for WGFestival 2026.
WGFestival 2026 takes place on Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13.
You can attend WGFestival in-person at the WGAW HQ and online with our Festival Pass or tune into all live-streamed and virtual sessions from anywhere in the world with our Virtual Pass. Panel recordings will be accessible on-demand on Zoom Events to all pass holders until Sunday, June 21 at 11:59PM PST.
All WGFestival 2026 events will be on Pacific Standard Time.
Schedule and speakers are subject to change.
Stay tuned for more panel announcements! Click on the session titles below to learn more.
Friday, June 12
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Are you struggling to keep track of your writing ideas, notes, projects, and goals? In this session, writer and teaching artist Alicia Carroll will guide you through strategies and tools to help you design your personalized writing productivity system, build consistent writing habits, and create repeatable workflows for every step of the writing process. You'll leave with a clear sense of the writing process supports your creative output and how to approach your work consistently regardless of mood, motivation, or inspiration.
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Learn about the world of writing for late night with writers from Jimmy Kimmel Live! as they share their process for writing jokes, monologues, desk pieces, and sketches for the top late night comedy talk show. If you're interested in writing for late night and building a killer submission packet, you won't want to miss this session!
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Learn how to use Final Draft’s software to the fullest, utilizing features like the Beat Board, Outline Editor, and Final Draft Vault to take you from original idea to perfectly formatted screenplay.
Saturday, June 13
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Go inside the writers room of the Disney+ series Wonder Man with showrunner and co-creator Andrew Guest for this exclusive conversation sponsored by Disney+. Learn how the writers approached adapting this series to the screen from the Marvel Comics character Simon Wilson, what they were looking for when staffing the room, and their process for breaking stories during the development of the first season.