
WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab
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WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab
2024
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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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WeScreenplay's TV Pilot Lab delivers a one-of-a-kind virtual writing lab hosted by top managers, agents, writers, and more. Winners take part in an interactive 4 day virtual lab with hands-on workshops, industry meetings, and will learn from working TV writers.
Four to seven winners will be selected to participate in this career-changing lab.
Past TV Pilot Lab winners and finalists have signed with representation at companies like Zero Gravity, Heroes and Villains, Echo Lake Entertainment, and have landed script deals with companies like Party Over Here, CBS Studios and more.
We want to find the best undiscovered TV writers out there, submit today!
Benefits
TV WRITING LAB
The top 4-7 winning scripts will be invited to WeScreenplay’s Virtual TV Writing Lab! This is a once-in-a-career opportunity to network, get exposure for your writing, and learn from working TV writers.
Winners will take meetings with development executives, TV writers, and learn how to make the most of a client/rep relationship from managers and agents. It’s an exciting schedule of events that will help you further your career — all from the comfort of your own home.
Additionally, our top scripts are read by our incredible industry jury and the winners get access to ongoing mentorship from WeScreenplay including an initial phone call, guidance for drafting query letters, research methods for finding the right representation, prep before big meetings, and strategic planning for next steps in their careers — all based on the writer’s specific goals.
Keynote Mentors
This year's Keynote Mentors will meet with all TV Pilot Lab fellows in group meetings, and each will select one writer for a one-on-one mentorship session.
HOWARD GORDON
HOWARD GORDON
Writer, Showrunner, Producer - Accused, Homeland, 24, The X-Files
Howard Gordon is a television writer, producer and author whose credits include some of TV’s most prolific series. Gordon co-created Homeland, one of the biggest hits in Showtime’s history. The series has broken ratings records and won multiple honors, including the Emmy Awards for Best Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Drama Series, Program of the Year at the AFI Awards, Best New Series at the Writers Guild Awards, Outstanding New Program at the Television Critics Association Awards, Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama at the Producers Guild Awards and received the prestigious Peabody Award for Outstanding Achievement in Electronic Media.
Howard is the Showrunner and Executive Producer on Accused, which airs on FOX and has been renewed for a second season. He was also the Showrunner and Executive Producer of the long- running hit television series, 24, which received both the Golden Globe and the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series in 2006.
A thirty-seven year industry veteran, Gordon first gained national attention for his award-winning work on Fox’s groundbreaking series The X-Files, for which he won multiple Golden Globes. His other credits include Tyrant, Legends, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beauty and the Beast, Sisters, and Spenser: For Hire.
In 2011, Simon and Schuster released Gordon’s first novel, Gideon’s War, followed by a sequel, Hard Target, in 2012. Gordon graduated from Princeton University, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and youngest of their three children. He is the former president of the Stroke Association of Southern California, and is currently on the advisory board of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy.
JONATHAN WALKER
JONATHAN WALKER
Showrunner, Writer, Producer, Talent -- Van Helsing, Continuum, Snowpiercer
Jonathan Lloyd Walker is an English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter in the film and television industry. He has gained recognition for his roles in various films, including Shooter, RED, and as Colin, the British radio operator in The Thing (2011 prequel). Additionally, he portrayed Rankol in the TV series Flash Gordon and Big John in TNT's Snowpiercer. Beyond his acting career, Walker took on the role of showrunner for the fourth season of the drama series Van Helsing. During the first three seasons, he collaborated with acclaimed and award-winning playwright Neil LaBute, serving as Co-Executive Producer initially and then as Executive Producer. Walker also contributed as a writer and producer for all four seasons of the popular Showcase/SyFy series Continuum, under the guidance of series creator and executive producer Simon Davis Barry. In 2018, he wrote for the Canadian television series The Murders and Private Eyes, while also assuming the position of Co-Executive Producer for the Netflix series Wu Assassins.
WENDY CALHOUN
Jonathan Lloyd Walker is an English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter in the film and television industry. He has gained recognition for his roles in various films, including Shooter, RED, and as Colin, the British radio operator in The Thing (2011 prequel). Additionally, he portrayed Rankol in the TV series Flash Gordon and Big John in TNT's Snowpiercer. Beyond his acting career, Walker took on the role of showrunner for the fourth season of the drama series Van Helsing. During the first three seasons, he collaborated with acclaimed and award-winning playwright Neil LaBute, serving as Co-Executive Producer initially and then as Executive Producer. Walker also contributed as a writer and producer for all four seasons of the popular Showcase/SyFy series Continuum, under the guidance of series creator and executive producer Simon Davis Barry. In 2018, he wrote for the Canadian television series The Murders and Private Eyes, while also assuming the position of Co-Executive Producer for the Netflix series Wu Assassins.
WENDY CALHOUN
Writer, Co-EP -- The Rookie:Feds Empire, Station 19, Prodigal Son
Peabody-award-winning Wendy Calhoun's unique career spans one-hour dramas, unscripted series, VR, and gaming. Her credits include writing and producing the blockbuster first season of Fox's Empire and debut seasons of The Rookie Feds, Prodigal Son, Station 19, Nashville, Revenge, and Justified. Known as a champion for diversity and inclusion, Calhoun's developed and sold over ten series pitches with bold leading roles for women and people of color with current titles in development at FX, Starz, and Universal UK. She’s an international guest speaker, serves on the Board of Directors for the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, and is an honored alumnus of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Writer Success
Announcements
Nov 15th
Quarterfinalists
Dec 13th
Semifinalists
Jan 17th
Finalists
Feb 15th
Winners
Rules
At the program's request, Coverfly will automatically remove your title page for you if you include one when submitting to this program.
Screenplays entered must:- Be screenplays that are a minimum of 18 pages. (scripts under 18 pages will be accepted, read, and considered through the finalist round – but cannot win one of the top 4 prizes).
- Be submitted in PDF form and must fit all standard screenplay format guidelines. Personal formatting conventions will be accepted but must not intentionally or accidentally alter the page count of the project as determined by the judges.
- Be owned solely by the writer or writing team listed. It may be an adaptation or reimagining of true events or fictional stories. Projects submitted should not infringe on the rights of any work not available in the public domain. Spec scripts of existing shows are NOT accepted.
- Be written in English. However, scripts from anywhere in the world will be accepted.
- Be under 70 pages - Anything over 70 pages will be charged an extra $1 per page.
- NOTE: WeScreenplay automatically removes the cover page before assigning scripts to readers, so writers may include any typical information on their cover page. Scripts are accepted with or without cover pages.