nell ovitt
Nell Ovitt
writer
scripts
PERIHELION
drama feature script
semifinalist | nantucket film festival tony cox feature screenplay competition
STRANGE WOMEN
comedy pilot script
first prize | boston university sumner redstone pilot contest
GOOD LUCK, GRACIE!
narrative short film
directed by julia stamey
produced by nick bafia
forthcoming 2026
HARRIDANS
dramedy pilot script
quarterfinalist | the script lab screenplay contest
THE ASTERIA PROJECT
drama sci-fi pilot script
finalist | atlanta film festival screenplay competition
quarterfinalist | final draft big break screenwriting contest
BUG MAN
short script
first prize | boston university fleder rosenberg script contest
quarterfinalist | atlanta film festival screenplay competition
fiction + essays
short story
Black Fox Literary Magazine | February 2021
essay
The Sunlight Press | June 2019
short story
Okay Donkey Magazine | May 2019
Best of the Net nominee
"... Ovitt uses her talent to bowl you over with wit and emotion. ... I’ve shared this piece, I’ve reveled and ranted about it, and I think you should, too." - Book Riot
about
Nell Ovitt is a writer from North Carolina. Her prose has been featured in Black Fox Literary Magazine, The Sunlight Press, and Okay Donkey Magazine, where it was nominated for Best of the Net. Her drama pilot was a finalist in the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival screenplay contest, and her short film script, GOOD LUCK, GRACIE!, directed by Julia Stamey, was shot in fall 2025 and is currently in post production.
Ovitt has received support from Wildacres Retreat in Little Switzerland, NC, for work on her first novel, and she was selected as a 2026 artist-in-residence fellow at Akiyoshidai International Art Village in Miné, Japan, for development of her new short film, HOW TO BURN. She earned an MFA in Screenwriting from Boston University and a BA in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.