
The Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowships are wrapping up for 2026 and in this instalment of The Next Big Thing, we’re showcasing writers from the third intake of fellows.

Sarinah Masukor
Sarinah co-wrote the finale of Good Cop Bad Cop (STAN/CW/HBO Max) and wrote on and script edited the outback comedy Population 11 (STAN/AMAZON). She wrote an episode of Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of My Brilliant Career and has held multiple script department roles, including script coordinator on Heartbreak High S3 (NETFLIX) and script associate on Wakefield (ABC) where she also co-wrote the online comedy series @Wakefield. She directed the comedy short Sextoy (2024) which screened at Flickerfest and has made several short documentaries, including Polychromatic (2019) which screened in the All About Women film program and won a Highly Recommended award at ReelOzInd.