Thank you to all the amazingly talented writers who submitted to the 2018 WeScreenplay Television Competition. We received over 1,000 entries, and the craft of the writing was outstanding across the board. As TV grows in the market, clearly there are many talented writers ready to continue to create intelligent and powerful TV shows.
After the first three rounds of reads, we’ve narrowed it down to the top 51 semifinalists — a real challenge given the quality of all of the quarterfinalists. We want to sent a huge congratulations to everyone advancing and recognize once more everyone who advanced to the quarterfinals even if they didn’t make the next round.
The semifinalists will be read again by our readers and the next announcement will be announced on October 12th.
And now, the semifinalists:
| 808 State of Mind written by Courtney Avichouser |
| Big Little Lies written by Peter Haig |
| Blue Watch written by Andrew Judge |
| Bluebirds written by Simon Wilkinson |
| Bounty written by Gary Howell |
| Broke(n) written by Jackson Groom |
| Chalk written by Nick Jones |
| City of Gold written by Daniel Fisch |
| Cold War Charlie written by Cheryl Agbunag |
| Collateral Damage written by Robin Fusco |
| Combing written by Mark Millner, Sutton Dewey |
| Death Divided written by Kenny Wong |
| Doomed Journey written by Vincent Vargas |
| Fifty Thousand written by Sonali Mehta |
| GANJA BAY written by Tony Hendriks, Gillian Royes |
| Growing Up Asian written by Wallaine Sarao |
| GUARDIANS OF THE DAMNED written by NATASHA M. HALL |
| GUTS ‘N’ GLORY written by Kat Sieniuc |
| H8 written by Faisal Azam, Erica Velis |
| happily ever after- pilot written by michael schuster |
| Hayes written by Tom Becker |
| Holy Oil written by Derrick Metellus |
| Insurrection written by simon Bowler |
| Jung written by Andrea Mihailescu |
| Love|Depraved Cathedral written by Meaghan Hynes |
| Mahogany written by Lavetta Cannon |
| Migra written by CHRISTINE Torres |
| n00bs written by jonathan murnane |
| Oak Tree Country Club written by Geoffrey Garza |
| Oh, Mighty River written by Dan Ritter |
| parts written by Craig Page |
| Playing the Palace written by Alex Williams |
| Quartermaster written by Karl Archer |
| RUST written by Justin Moran |
| SERVED written by Shain Brenden |
| Soldiers & Bandits written by Eduardo Soto-Falcon |
| Sprinkles and Buttons written by Steve Miranda |
| STAND written by Seth Harrington |
| Super Drunk Girl written by Julia Wackenheim-Gimple, Ryan Gowland |
| Superstore Spec- “Uncle Herb” written by Cara Rothenberg |
| The Dead Line written by Gabriel Durán |
| The Haight written by Kimba Henderson |
| The Last Abortion Clinic in Kansas written by Tammy Caplan |
| The Lawsuit written by John Rosans |
| The Resurrectionists written by Travis Opgenorth |
| Thick as Thieves written by Sam Ferguson |
| Waking Up White written by Jason Gregory |
| What A Life written by Devin Andrada |
| When A Cannibal Comes To Town written by Cassia Littler |
| White Power Barbie written by Josh Berman, Janelle Goforth |
| You Are Special written by Jess Hendel |
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