We are thrilled to announce the Semi-Finalists for our 2023 TV Pilot Contest.
Thank you to all the writers who shared their screenplays with us this year. The caliber of entries continues to increase year-on-year, and we are excited to share our Semi-Finalist results, which represent 5% of our submissions this year.
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SEMI-FINALISTS – TV PILOT 1 HR | TV PILOT 1/2 HR
QUARTER-FINALISTS – TV PILOT 1 HR | TV PILOT 1/2 HR
TV PILOT 1 HOUR SEMI-FINALISTS
(47 screenplays have progressed)
| NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
| Aimiende Negbenebor Sela & Andrew Rubin | Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! |
| Alex Vickery-Howe | Gemini |
| Alyssa Kramer | DALE: Keep Your Eyes Open |
| Amanda Prentiss | Black Caesar |
| Annique Arredondo | Scene Queen |
| Barry Leach | Same Old Tricks |
| Brandon Gale | Magneto |
| Brandon Shorter | The Experimenters’ Game |
| Bruce Buschel | Vial |
| Calum James | TWENTY7 |
| Charlotte Balogh | Kill the LAX Bro |
| David B. Guthrie | Nightfall |
| David Christopher Loya | Esperanza |
| Elena Zucker | The Ten Plagues |
| Gregory Abbey | Shark |
| Gregory Field | Wearing the Flag |
| Heather Farlinger | The Lavender Panthers |
| Hue Anthony | My Brother’s Keeper |
| Hugo Lasalle | Body Electric |
| Irene Jiang | The Extraordinary Disappearance of Morwenna Gray |
| Jamee Decio | Esperanza |
| James Rushbrooke | Afterglow |
| Janna Jilnina | The Three of Us |
| Jarod Backens | The Bubble |
| Jay Tigers | Dirtbag Fantasies |
| Jo Harper | Tiger mum |
| Joe Wolff | Buntline & Cody |
| John Bensink | Corner of Crenshaw & Life |
| Johnny Gilligan | Alphastate |
| Kris Hall | Red World |
| Lorraine Flett | The Believer |
| M. Rowan Meyer | New Cardiff |
| Marine Mondelot | Eon |
| Mia Volta | Sunnier Climes |
| Neiman & Aaron Outlen | The Mighty Mind of Imani Strong |
| Parker Whitmore | Eden’s Valley |
| Patrick Tierney | M&Ms |
| Paul Knox | Bailey House |
| Philip Enchelmaier | Rudy Champion and the Edge of the Earth |
| Rae Binstock | Butch |
| Shiloh Creveling | The New World |
| Simon Foster | NightFall |
| Sophia Dienstag | Echo Falls |
| Stephen Scarlato | When the War Came Home |
| Stuart Creque | Asomnia |
| Tavish Gudgeon | Rats |
| Tim Kontje | Black Butterfly |
TV PILOT ½ HOUR SEMI-FINALISTS
(35 screenplays have progressed)
| NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
| Adrián Burke | Laughey Giraffey |
| Amy DePaola | Tiki Bar Funeral Home |
| Ana-Marija Stojic | Stefan |
| Andy Knuth | Mortified |
| Anna Kate Fahey | Techies |
| Annie Fick | The 6 Chick |
| Carly Silverman | The Apothecary’s Apprentice |
| Chris Watt | Southbank |
| Daniel Sussman | BOOKED: Library Day |
| David Murphy & Ric Marble | The Right Track |
| Emily E. Ellis | Stuntwomen |
| Francesco Capussela | GIN-VERSE: A Ginless Bar |
| Jackson Hukari & Landon Laub | Lap of Luxury |
| Jasmine Aziz & Dan McNeil | Here She Comes |
| Joel Michalak | Re-Gifted |
| Kimberly Gore & David Sanchez | CLiCK! |
| Lavar James | Guards |
| Luna Al-Kaisy | Student Debt |
| Maria Hinterkoerner | Young Agatha |
| Marty Johnson | In the Wings |
| Matija Šraj | Queenmaker |
| Max Conroy | The Oracle |
| Mike Nielsen | Living Assisted |
| Mischa Webley | Hasaan Hates Portland |
| Natalie Bendheim | The Struggler |
| Pearse Lehane | Written Out |
| Phil Hamer | The Davieses |
| Robert Knoll | The Eye In Time |
| Rudi O’Meara | AMENDS: It’s All Gooooood… |
| Ryan O’Donoghue | Mom Crush |
| Samuel Sutton | The Megalomaniacs |
| Simon Pond & Joe Clabby | Shaky Town |
| Teri Shavoz | SHE.e.o |
| Tony Hendriks | Mystic Pictures |
| Will Clempner | My Father is Dead to Me |
TV PILOT 1 HOUR QUARTER-FINALISTS
(94 screenplays have progressed)
| NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
| Aimiende Negbenebor Sela & Andrew Rubin | Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! |
| Alan O’Brien | The Occult Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| Alex Vickery-Howe | Gemini |
| Alicia Norman | Eaters |
| Alyssa Kramer | DALE: Keep Your Eyes Open |
| Amanda Cole | Thornfield |
| Amanda Prentiss | Black Caesar |
| Annique Arredondo | Scene Queen |
| Barry Leach | Same Old Tricks |
| Brandon Gale | Magneto |
| Brandon Shorter | The Experimenters’ Game |
| Bruce Buschel | Vial |
| Calum James | TWENTY7 |
| Charlotte Balogh | Kill the LAX Bro |
| Chynna Williams | Blood Bond |
| Crystal Lee & Cheryl Neve | The Nightingale Tattletale |
| Danielle Tjoelker | Belladonna |
| David B. Guthrie | Nightfall |
| David Christopher Loya | Esperanza |
| Edmund Kelly | Enemies of Church |
| Elena Zucker | The Ten Plagues |
| Emily Friedman | The Pictures |
| Eric Williams | Rigged |
| Eugene Fuller | Let It Shine |
| Gabriel Brugni Da Cruz | The Harvest |
| George Gier & Emmett Overvey | The Twist |
| Georges Le Macon | Silvermane |
| Gregory Abbey | Shark |
| Gregory Field | Wearing the Flag |
| Heather Farlinger | The Lavender Panthers |
| Henry Spicer | Freaky Deaky |
| Hue Anthony | My Brother’s Keeper |
| Hugo Lasalle | Body Electric |
| Irene Jiang | The Extraordinary Disappearance of Morwenna Gray |
| J. D. Elliby | The Kingmaker |
| Jack Anderson & Sam Butler | Unexplainable |
| Jackie Lee | Martial Classes |
| Jade Maitre | Petrol Girls |
| Jamee Decio | Esperanza |
| James Rushbrooke | Afterglow |
| Janna Jilnina | The Three of Us |
| Jared Doles | Canvas 31 |
| Jarod Backens | The Bubble |
| Jason Todd | ANTILLIA: Conquest Gold |
| Jay Tigers | Dirtbag Fantasies |
| Jessica Romagnoli | Kings of Saint Machan |
| Jo Harper | Tiger mum |
| Joe Wolff | Buntline & Cody |
| John Bensink | Corner of Crenshaw & Life |
| Johnny Gilligan | Alphastate |
| Jonathan Case | Chasing Starlight |
| Karly Thomas | Thirst Trap |
| Kate McMorran | Fateplay |
| Kris Hall | Red World |
| Liam Fitzpatrick | High Moon |
| Lorien Sekora | Sarah |
| Lorraine Flett | The Believer |
| Luis Cuenca | $ainthood |
| M. Rowan Meyer | New Cardiff |
| Mand Paskuski | Poppy Fields |
| Marie Jones | Those We Trust |
| Marine Mondelot | Eon |
| Mark Bowes | LIFE DURING WARTIME: Nowhere Fast |
| Mia Volta | Sunnier Climes |
| Michelle Muldoon | Ripper |
| Nancy Ostertag & Vaness Ruane | RADICALS: A Fearful Storm |
| Neiman & Aaron Outlen | The Mighty Mind of Imani Strong |
| Nick Roth | Rumford |
| Oliver Woolf | Disco Inferno |
| Parker Whitmore | Eden’s Valley |
| Patrick Tierney | M&Ms |
| Paul Knox | Bailey House |
| Paul Land | Lim |
| Philip Enchelmaier | Rudy Champion and the Edge of the Earth |
| Rae Binstock | Butch |
| Raymond Urrutia | Boots |
| Ricardo Thompson | Trench Town |
| Rick Akins | Angels in Blue |
| Robbie Brown | Control |
| Ryan Bergeron | Slab City |
| Ryan Dellaquila | Humanely Human |
| Shiloh Creveling | The New World |
| Simon Foster | NightFall |
| Sophia Dienstag | Echo Falls |
| Stephen Scarlato | When the War Came Home |
| Steven Hill | Red Omega |
| Stuart Creque | Asomnia |
| Tavish Gudgeon | Rats |
| Thandie Evans | Replacing Fear |
| Tim Kontje | Black Butterfly |
| Tom Burke | SAPPHIRE & SEQUOIA: Femme Fatales! |
| Tom Burke | SUNNY &TESSA: Pearls in The Jungle |
| Travis Seppala | Wytch |
| Zackery Harris | Gaysians |
TV PILOT ½ HOUR QUARTER-FINALISTS
(70 screenplays have progressed)
| NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
| Adam Scott Mazer | Villain-Coded |
| Adrián Burke | Laughey Giraffey |
| Akevo Jenkins | Confessions of a Hitman |
| Alex Fitzgerald | Laughable Fears |
| Alyssa Kramer | TRIBUTE: Locket |
| Amy DePaola | Tiki Bar Funeral Home |
| Ana-Marija Stojic | Stefan |
| Andrea Ash | Foole |
| Andrew Vidgen | Grace |
| Andy Knuth | Mortified |
| Anna Kate Fahey | Techies |
| Annie Fick | The 6 Chick |
| Ava Sins | The Freaks of Laurel Creek |
| Avery Koenig | Cancel Me |
| Callie Waligora | She’s The Man |
| Carly MacIsaac | Kai and Kleo Kill Bill |
| Carly Silverman | The Apothecary’s Apprentice |
| Carrie Fishbane | Iris |
| Chris Watt | Southbank |
| Claude Stuart | Ship Show! |
| Daniel Sussman | BOOKED: Library Day |
| David Murphy & Ric Marble | The Right Track |
| Diouc Koma | The Reflection |
| Emily E. Ellis | Stuntwomen |
| Francesco Capussela | GIN-VERSE: A Ginless Bar |
| Guil Parreiras | TILL DEATH RIP US APART: Love Is Not a Dog from Hell |
| Jackson Hukari & Landon Laub | Lap of Luxury |
| Jacob S. Wydra | Have You Ever Tried Martian Coffee? |
| Janine Demaria | Stay |
| Jasmine Aziz & Dan McNeil | Here She Comes |
| Jeffery Richards | Backpackers Inc! |
| Joel Michalak | Re-Gifted |
| Kelly Roderick | Sword & Myth |
| Kimberly Gore & David Sanchez | CLiCK! |
| Lavar James | Guards |
| Lily Portman | Dosed Pilot |
| Luna Al-Kaisy | Student Debt |
| Madelyne Dhaliwal | Over My Dead Body |
| Maria Hinterkoerner | Young Agatha |
| Marty Johnson | In the Wings |
| Mary Von Aue | Greetings From The Floodgates |
| Matija Šraj | Queenmaker |
| Matt Michaud | Cross Country |
| Max Conroy | The Oracle |
| Michael Brennan | Jenkins and Watts: Paranormal Attorneys At Law |
| Mike Nielsen | Living Assisted |
| Miriam Sachs | Gal Pals |
| Mischa Webley | Hasaan Hates Portland |
| Natalie Bendheim | The Struggler |
| Nicki Lane | A-SPEC |
| P. A. Lopez | Cyberpink |
| Page Getz Ellinger | Stardrift Road |
| Pearse Lehane | Written Out |
| Phil Hamer | The Davieses |
| Robert Knoll | The Eye In Time |
| Rudi O’Meara | AMENDS: It’s All Gooooood… |
| Ryan O’Donoghue | Mom Crush |
| Samuel Sutton | The Megalomaniacs |
| Simon Pond & Joe Clabby | Shaky Town |
| Skylier Jones | THIEF: The Child, The Graves, and The Keeper |
| Sophia Dienstag | Bad Faith |
| Tapan Sharma | Indian Medium |
| Teri Shavoz | SHE.e.o |
| Tessa Flannery | Faire |
| Thomas Franey | Faithful |
| Tony Hendriks | Mystic Pictures |
| Victoria Bullock | 12 Steps To Becoming A Lesbian |
| Vikki Harris | Mom and Me |
| Will Clempner | My Father is Dead to Me |
| Will Nunziata | Forty-Licious |