Press Bio

Michelle Hsu is an exciting new diverse voice in the sci fi/horror genre. Her script THE FIGURE topped the Bloodlist in 2020 and was reported on by THR as one of the best unproduced horror scripts of the year. In 2021 she was selected for the inaugural class of the Mentorship Matters TV Fellowship, as well as The Next List featuring the strongest up-and-coming writers in film and television.

She staffed on THE POWER for Amazon Studios, and is currently writing SANGUINE, a scripted horror podcast for QCode Media.

News About Michelle

Women on Writing!  - 3rd Place in Flash Fiction, Summer 2022 Series
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for "Sidesaddle Annie’s Siren Call"

The Next List 2021
for “The Figure”

2021 “Mentorship Matters” TV Fellowship
for “St. Agnes City”

Spring 2021 WeScreenplay “Diverse Voices” Finalist
for “St. Agnes City”

2020 Final Draft “Big Break” Quarterfinalist
for “The Figure”

2020 Bloodlist “Fresh Blood Select”
for “The Figure”
-Hollywood Reporter
-The Wrap
-Collider

2020 Academy Nicholls Quarterfinalist
for “The Figure”

Fiction War Magazine - Issue #3
for flash fiction piece “Still Kansas”

45th New Millennium Awards - Flash Fiction Finalist
for flash fiction piece "Bus Depot"

Women on Writing!  - 2nd Place in Flash Fiction, Summer 2017 Series
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for flash fiction piece "Venus, from the Sea"

44th New Millennium Awards - Flash Fiction Finalist
for flash fiction piece "Venus, from the Sea"

Roadmap Writers Diversity Initiative Recipient
for August 2017