2023 TV PILOT SEMI-FINALISTS

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.

 

OUR WINNERS & FINALISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON OCTOBER 5TH.

 

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SEMI-FINALISTS – TV PILOT 1 HR | TV PILOT 1/2 HR

QUARTER-FINALISTS – TV PILOT 1 HRTV 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