Membership has numerous benfits!

Take, for example, the success of its founder, Ed Bernero, who as a direct result of contacts made within the group, got an agent, moved to California, and subsequently landed a staff writing position with Stephen Bochco Productions on the critically-acclaimed series Brooklyn South. He worked as Story Editor on Trinity. Ed is now the co-creator (along with ER producer John Wells), co-producer, and writer of the hot new NBC series Third Watch.

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Christy Miller, has written two produced episodes of General Hospital and has had a both a treatment and a feature script optioned. She's also written numerous articles for Script Magazine.

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Another success is our new President, Sonny Wareham, who sold a script to the Stargate-SG1 television series (on Showtime and Fox).

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Steve Wilburn who was among the few (from over 4,000 entrants) to make it to the Semi-Finals of the 1999 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Contest! Member Michael Kowal also placed well in the contest, making it to the Quarter-Finals.

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The President Emeritus of the group, Ken Mader, who has optioned two of his original screenplays, has two development deals in place, one of them with Los Angeles-based producer Morris Ruskin, co-producer of the acclaimed Glengarry Glen Ross, and is in international release on his own first feature film, Carnivore, which he co-wrote, produced, co-directed and edited.

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Gary and Beth Hoover won The American Screenwriting Competition prize for 2003 for their screenplay, "Hitched," a comedy/romance set in the dual worlds of reality television and L.A.'s fringe theater scene. This was the sixth screenplay for the husband and wife writing team, and CSN members. The script also placed in Big Australian International Screenwriting Competition, the Nicholl Fellowship, and the American Zoetrope Screenwriting Competition.

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"Floating Balance" a script from another of CSN's writing teams, Jeanne Jordan and Julie Pederson, both CSN board members, was one of 9 winners of the 20/20 Screenwriting contest. Jeanne and Julie also have a book deal in the works.

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