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Stephanie Bast

Me Love You Long Time

2026 Screenwriting Contest - Finalist

Wash Your Birdie: 101 Things That Can Crawl up Your Vagina and Kill You

2022 TV Writing Contest - Quarterfinalist

Stephanie Bast was abandoned in Korea, adopted by Italians and raised in a town so small and white, someone asked: “How are you gonna understand her when she starts speaking?” Fiercely loved and protected, she was taught to fear “the other” while knowing “the other” was herself. She started to write comedy to heal a wound. Now she writes to heal others, creating characters who think they’re not enough, desperate to prove they’re worthy of being saved.

Stephanie lives in Los Angeles and was named one of the Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2025 by ISA, Roadmap’s Diversity Fellow, studied at UCLA extension and placed as a Finalist for Austin Film Festival, Final Draft’s Big Break, CineStory, PAGE and The Writers Lab winner. A Broadway and TV/Film actress in the time when presenting as Asian was a detriment, she has turned the pain of her race into a super power.

Stephanie writes for everyone who’s adopted.
She writes for everyone who hates looking in the mirror.
She writes for her children, so they may always love their eyes.

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