
Anna Hughes is a writer and performer from the coast of North Carolina. A lifelong fan of sketch comedy and half-hour sitcoms, Anna’s work follows big characters in bizarre worlds. In addition to writing larger-than-life women, Anna loves to play them as well. She can be seen performing with The Groundlings Sunday Company in 2023.
In recent years, Anna has worked as a Writers’ Assistant (Apple TV+), Showrunner’s Assistant (Netflix) and Development Assistant (Fox). That being said, she knows the Mendocino Farms menu like the back of her hand.
Anna graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill where she double-majored in Dramatic Art and Communication Studies, and minored in Writing for the Screen and Stage. This is her first time placing in anything, and she thinks that’s very cool.
The bi-annual 2025 Script Pipeline Pitch Contest is searching for original feature film and TV series ideas to be developed into screenplays and pilots.
The 24th Annual Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with feature screenplays across all genres.
The 19th Annual Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with original television pilots or unproduced indie series scripts.
Just a few months after the contest announcement, 2025 Screenwriting semifinalist Nick Porisch signed with manager Jake Wagner (Alibi Management). Pipeline execs helped Nick develop his Semi-placing script Beautiful Morning prior to pitching direct to Jake. From Nick: “Working with Script Pipeline has been an incredible and super rewarding process. They’ve been helpful and supportive […]
A top 10 finalist in the 2023 Screenwriting Competition, Buzzkill by Colin McLaughlin is set to be produced! Joe Lynch will direct, with Billy Magnussen (Game Night) and Lulu Wilson (Becky) to star. Read more on Deadline. Colin's horror/comedy was lauded by Pipeline execs as "one of the freshest spins on a horror concept we've […]
Script Pipeline finalist Nick Grant has signed with Zack Zucker (Bellevue) after introductions by Pipeline. The Pipeline team helped develop Nick's top-5 script POV before circulation to Bellevue and other managers. He signed with Zack only a few weeks after. Nick was also a finalist this year with a pilot (Cul-De-Sac), marking only the second […]
