Nelda Turcios

I am a New York-based screenwriter with 6 screenplays and 1 pilot completed.

My screenplay WAITING FOR HAPPINESS is a Big Break 2019 Quarterfinalist, advanced to the Second Round (top 20%) in the Drama category of the 2018 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition, and a 2019 Scriptapalooza quarterfinalist. My pilot MADE IN AMERICA was selected for Round 2 of the MACRO Episodic Lab powered by The Black List, headed by Lena Waithe and Eva Longoria; and advanced to the quarterfinals in the 2018 ScreenCraft Pilot Launch competition. My screenplay NO VOLVERE is a 2018 Scriptapalooza SEMIFINALIST and advanced to the Second Round (top 20%) in the Drama Feature category of the 2018 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition. In 2017, SING DON'T CRY, placed among the Top 15% of all entries in the Academy Nicholl competition.