WeScreenplay
WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab
2019
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Active Since 2016
Winners will take part in an interactive 3 day virtual lab with hands-on workshops and mentorship meetings with industry professionals!
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About

All Entries Include Written Feedback

WeScreenplay believes that feedback is how we improve as writers. We want to make sure every entrant receives value from the competition, so all entries include feedback.

The WeScreenplay Television Screenwriting Competition’s mission is to discover and expose new talent to the entertainment industry. The Television Competition strives to provide industry exposure and support to television screenwriters who are looking to have their stories told.

Benefits

The Grand Prize script in each category will be awarded with $1,000 cash grants and promoted to producers, agents, and managers through email distribution from WeScreenplay, and all Finalists will be publicly recognized through the WeScreenplay website.

WeScreenplay has had a great track record of making the introductions and getting the reads that have led to WeScreenplay winners taking the next step in their writing career. Check out some of our success stories.

Most importantly, the top scripts will be read by our jury, which includes:

Daniel Wolfberg is an executive for Comedy Central and has worked on IDIOTSITTER, DRUNK HISTORY, and JEFF & SOME ALIENS. His expertise on getting projects green-lit is what turns scripts into television shows.

Jermaine Johnson is an executive at Zero Gravity Management. Zero Gravity Management produces Netflix's OZARK, and their clients have worked on television shows like STRANGER THINGS and AMERICAN HORROR STORY.

Katie Allen is a Manager at Good Fear, a management company whose clients have worked on TV shows like THE BLACKLIST, SMILF, AMERICAN DAD, TEEN WOLF, and 13 REASONS WHY.

Anisha Manchanda is the Director of Development at Hutch Parker, a production company that has produced LOGAN and PATRIOTS DAY and is looking for writers and TV ideas.


Writer Success

I thoroughly enjoyed this program. I think that if you're just starting out on your writing journey or are a more experienced writer looking for representation or to make connections that'll be worthwhile, this program is great to do just that. The support you'll receive, not only from the amazing team of organizers, but from your peers is unlike anything I've experienced, and going through this rollercoaster experience together was a lot of fun. If you've got the money and the script that'll shine through I can't recommend this program enough.
Aiko Hilkinger
2022 Winner
Entering the WeScreenplay TV Contest provided not only the chance to test my material, but also the chance to network with other writers. The feedback from my contest entry strengthened and elevated my script to be the best pilot I had ever written.
David Crosman
2020 Finalist
WeScreenplay gave me excellent feedback from their readers. After I won second place, they set up meetings for me with managers and got my script to a production company that is working on developing my pilot as a series pitch to networks. They are great at communicating with writers every step of the way.
Brandon Burkhart
2020 Winner
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2025 Winners on Coverfly

Top 1%
TV Script  · Fantasy  · 48 Pages
The Hedeby Viking settlement of 810 CE is run - in part - by an ancient Siren posing as a human. She must keep her identity a secret when mangled bodies start washing up on shore and a monster hunter comes to town.
Los Angeles, California
Olivia is a queer, differently abled screenwriter originally from Tennessee. In her early twenties, Olivia spent two years in Bradley County Jail, as a biweekly volunteer teacher, that is. She received her MFA in Dramatic Writing from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2021. That same year, Olivia moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams of writ...
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Top 1%
TV Script  · Sci-fi  · 64 Pages
Humans are now scattered across the galaxy, broken into factions, all vying for power. But when an ancient evil gets unleashed, only one missing ship holds the key to save humanity.
Los Angeles, CA
David Guthrie is a writer, actor and filmmaker from Toronto, Canada, now living in Los Angeles. For over a decade David worked as an editor and story producer on some of Canada's most successful television shows, including the Intl Emmy Award nominated comedy series Workin’ Moms (Netflix). His work can also be seen on several critically acclaimed...
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Top 1%
TV Script  · Western  · 59 Pages
In 1910, when her horse is stolen, Victoria “Vic” Martinez takes her band of makeshift bounty hunters down from Montana to the territory of New Mexico in order to get back what's been stolen and face all the demons she thought she had outrun years before…
As a recovering student athlete (Equestrian) (yes, she is a horse girl), and now a writer/actor based in Los Angeles, Matilda finds herself sharing stories filled with a little bit of magic and a whole lot of heartbreak. Matilda hopes to give voice to women who have maybe been told to quiet down one too many times -- and maybe in the process, make...
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Announcements

Oct 2nd
Semifinalists
Oct 23rd
Finalists
Nov 25th
Winners