2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition Semifinalists

by ScreenCraft on December 7, 2022

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition. These exceptional pilots were selected from almost 3,500 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!

Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on January 11th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook pages! And if you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.

Here are the Semifinalists:

10	Kate Harpootlian
*2222*	Shiloh Feldman
*Always A Bridesmaid*	Cynthia Mersten
*Amapola*	Christopher Figueroa
*AMARU*	Jenesis Scott, Brandon Hammond
*America, Inc.*	Robin Shushan, Gregory Shushan
*ANIRIUM*	Alexandre Bagot
*Apogee*	Amisha Datta
*As Good As Dead*	Stacy Talus
*Ascension*	Darren Moran
*Back Fires*	Alex Blumberg
*Bearcats*	Monica Foley
*Beast by Beast*	Shakthi Jothianandan
*BEN'S ALCHEMY*	Gabriel Quintero
*Best New Artist*	Ryan Luong
*Between a Fork & Chopsticks*	Kim Putman
*BILK*	Molly Lindsey
*Black Men Wanted*	John Lowe
*Blackfriar*	Chris Bolton
*Blue-Collar Billionaire*	Robert Schultz
*Bonspiel!*	Mike Revenaugh
*Border-Line*	Kam Perez, Laith Nakli
*Bunker Radio*	Anthony Short
*Burning Blue*	Federico Sanna
*BUTCH*	Rae Binstock
*Canebrake*	Tony Perri, Sheldon Strickland
*Children of The South*	Michael Wells
*CHOICES*	Anne Florenzano
*Clown*	Xaniel Steele
*Conventions*	Jean Ann Douglass
*Crips*	Brian Koukol
*CSI: Amish*	David Veta
*Currency*	Scott Gabriel
*Death Doula Diaries*	Kari Barlas
*Deliveranceville*	Ben Berkman
*DICK DOCS*	Marc Blitstein, Brian Rousso
*Disgrace*	Laura Fidler
*Don't Call Me Mrs. Hemingway*	Florence Buchanan
*DON'T SAY GAY!*	Kyle T. Cowan
*Downtown*	Brian Stone
*Dry*	Justin Gold, Shirley Miller
*DRY LIGHTNING*	Christopher Barranti
*Duke City*	Jeanette Scherrer, Mary Kay Holmes
*Earning*	Danielle Thorpe
*Expired*	Wendy Braff
*Felt*	Mitch Kampf
*Folk Law*	Samantha Moody
*Game Of Toys*	Duane Piedmont
*Geary St.*	Michael Shubat
*Girl Gone Wild*	Courtney Kocak
*Gloomtown*	Lyndal Simpson
*Head-On Bobby Rafferty*	Larry Portzline
*Helmgard*	Nick Berry
*HIGH CLASS HOMELESS*	Tai French
*Hollywood Barrio*	Alvaro Gonzalez
*Holy Spirits*	Lewis H. Mackie
*HOMININE: PILOT*	Heather Farlinger
*HONJO*	Angelo Rocha, John Lubarsky
*How To Say Goodbye*	Colton Childs
*HYSTERICALLY ACCURATE: "Fleur's Final Act"*	Melinda Layden
*I'd Rather Die*	Kyle Martirez-McIntosh
*Immigrants*	MUSTAFA KNIGHT
*INSIDE*	Shannon Looney
*Insurgents*	Feyza Safoglu
*It's All Been Done*	Laura Becker
*Ivy Weird*	Gesley Alexis
*Jane Starts Over*	Sarah Walker
*Jim's Town*	AJ Ramson
*Joint Venture: Gummy Bears*	Alexandra Engelson, Elyssa Rosen, Charleen Gerardo, Sandy Kelleher, Nicole Podesta, Sean Teague
*Josh, Bro*	Stephen Krespel
*Just Look at Yourself*	Rachel Ingrisano
*Kandlestick Men*	Frank Monteleone
*Kansas, Anymore*	Heather Farlinger
*Karate is Fucking Useless*	Adrian McNair
*King's Point*	Cole Fremed, Casey O'Farrell
*Kita Manitou Pilot*	Jodie Anders
*Lone Wolf*	Joe Swafford
*LOONS*	Jackie Katzman
*Lost Years*	Eloise McKenzie
*Mademoiselle Maupin*	Brandon Gale
*Maintenance*	Jarryd Clark
*Manifesto*	Maren Curtis
*Mashallah*	Anna Khan
*Merry*	Patrick Guilherme, Chris Alderete
*MIRRORLAND*	Laurie K. Miller
*Miss Ability*	Lesley Hennen
*Morlock*	Anthony Povah
*Mourning Glory*	Monica Spill
*Moving On*	Connor Smith
*MURDER GIRLS*	Sophie de Bruijn
*MUSH*	Dan Curtis
**Nanfckit***	Jen Bashian
*New Chapter*	Ryan Manns, Jocelyn Manns
*Northern Voice*	Candace Egan
*Nothing Means Nothing*	Andrew Zeoli, Christian Wagner
*NUCLEAR*	Nina Concepción
*O, Father*	Briana Haynie
*Obitch*	Shalane Miller
*Odd Women*	Caroline Ryder
*On Rumspringa*	Ellis Stump, Sam Kressner
*Once We Were Kings*	Chloe Borenstein-Lawee
*ORPHAN BROTHERHOOD*	Celina Dobson
*Pablo Escobear: Neverland's Most Wanted*	Christopher Robin Hood
*Personal Jesus*	Marisa Bramwell
*PiNKHEARTS*	Levi Buchanan, Jess Crayons
*Play Date*	Jessica Wei
*PRIDE©*	Greg Goodness
*Prospero's Island, Pilot: "The Duke of Milan"*	Mahonri Stewart
*Queens Village*	Samantha Lavin
*QueerWeb*	Ken Gildin
*Raising Henry*	Luz Pazos
*Released*	Julie Fulton
*Republic of California*	Becca Blackmore
*Roadkill*	Harrison Hamm
*Rottenburgerfield*	Myles Hewette
*Runner*	Adrian McNair
*RUTH*	Josh Barkey
*Seabrook*	Alex Hanno
*Second Chances*	Michail Eggelhoefer
*Second Coming*	Mike Johnston
*SHADE LAND*	Sidney Rushing
*She's Great Just Asleep*	Darren and Kylie Nuzzo Mell
*Silver Springs*	Níko Sotolongo
*Sister*	Alex Blumberg
*Smudge*	Guy Pridy
*Spaceman Spiff*	Dylan Campbell
*St. Judy*	Shelly Lipkin, Suzanne Fagan
*St. Lucia of the Lower Ninth, Pilot: Gone Missing*	Vanessa Carmichael
*Stuck In*	Eli Elbogen, Eric Mallory Morgan
*Stuntwoman*	Merridith Allen
*Supported*	Rick Cisario
*TALLY*	Naomie Lipo
*TEMPERANCE (and other Virtues)*	Alexandra Hayes
*The Balls (Former Title: One of the Guys)*	BRADLEY JACOBS
*The Boys Who Bend Until They Break*	Andreas Vatiliotou
*The Buggyman*	Brian Salay
*The Crick*	Dan Howlett
*The Factory*	Jon Davis
*The Gallery*	Will Downs
*The Green*	Leigh Himel, Charlene Fisk
*The Jury*	WENDY DANN
*THE LAVENDER PANTHERS*	Heather Farlinger
*The Means*	Nic Cohen
*The Pod*	Diogo Beltran
*The Protégée*	Sean Fitz-Gerald
*The Red Light Lady of 42nd Street*	Samantha D’Amico
*The Repatriots*	Andrea Lawson
*The Scoop*	R. S. Morgan
*The Server*	Kim Putman
*The Witnesses*	Heather Turman
*Thriving*	Matthew Spina
*Thriving*	Bobbi Whitney
*Toxic*	Jackie Mahoney
*Trashy*	Chelsea Marshall
*TRUE*	Jonathan Burley
*Two Birds*	Isabel Weiner
*Unwell*	honora talbott
*Us Against The World(s)*	Ross Buran
*Useless Bay*	Nathaniel Moher
*Utopia*	Danielle Carr
*Venture Rent-A-Car*	Josh Brekhus
*Viva!*	Ian Dalesky
*Waterloo Village*	Michael Rodriguez
*What Doesn't Kill Me*	Anna Khaja
*Whistleblower*	Emily Daly
*Wisenheimer*	James Beaman
*WONDER VALLEY*	Erin Deason
*You're A Monster*	Jeff Rosenplot
*Your Friend Might Be An Alien*	Scott Clements
*Zenith Uncharted*	Martha Duzett