TV Winners and Finalists
2025
WINNERS
HOUR PILOT
Selected from 592 hour pilot submissions
Gun Moll by Aaron Dehn
HALF-HOUR PILOT
Selected from 332 half-hour pilot submissions
The Reiving Lands by Christopher Maudsley
FINALISTS
HOUR PILOT
3 out of 592 hour pilot submissions
For to Fade by Niky Pasolini
Gun Moll by Aaron Dehn
Mr. Cowboy by Nehemiah Segure
HALF-HOUR PILOT
3 out of 332 half-hour pilot submissions
Movin Company by Devin Githara-Pipkin
The Reiving Lands by Christopher Maudsley
Tread the Boards by Gregory Abbey
SEMIFINALISTS
HOUR PILOT
39 out of 592 hour pilot submissions
A Land Fairer Than Day by John Allis
Affectionate by George Tonelli
Amelia Goes Home by Nanci Gaglio
Apple Falls by Kristin Burniston
Back Roots by Delaina M. Waldron
Born in the Wayeb by Lee E. Cart
Cafe Unamerican by Goldie Jones
Coffin Club by Ariana Keswani McGinn
Comfort Falls by Scott Kirkpatrick
END_LOOP by Eric Dies
Exodus Divided by Jermaine J. Williams
Fixation by Alexander Jeffery & Paul Petersen
For to Fade by Niky Pasolini
From Dust by Phoebe Roberts & Bernie Gabin
Gun Moll by Aaron Dehn
Hiding in Plain Sight by Joshua Young
Hush Money by Brittani Ward
Mohawk for Idiot by Omid Niliaram
Mr. Cowboy by Nehemiah Segure
Preying On Unicorns by McKinley ‘Mac’ Bundick, Jr
Renaissance Town by Albert M. Chan
Samurita by Natali Ortiz
(Shallow Runners) by Julia Driscoll
Snake OIl by Sarah Marsh
Snake Oil by David Salisbury
Stealing Charlie Chaplin by Josh Madden
The Blackwoods of Buffalo Ridge by Noel Bastien
The Faith Experience by Alexandra Stimmel
The Last Asshole by Warner James Wood
The Lost Years by Joshua Swenson
The Magnolia Project by Amy Dellagiarino
The Ravines by Jacob Small
The Six by P.J. Hennigan
The Yellow King by DT Yang
Thermidome by Eric Lotter
Veiled in Vegas by Ruben Gutierrez Jr
Walnut by Chase Pierce
Where The Dogs Are by William O’Donovan
Written By Henrietta Bloom by Robin Shushan
HALF-HOUR PILOT
19 out of 332 half-hour pilot submissions
Abandonment Issues & Other Problems by Sophie Wentzel Lewis
Airport Bar by Liam Matthew Fallows
Auxiliary Police by DT Yang
Bad Seeds by Gemma Juan & Josh Pomorski
Bastards of Young by Alberto Nissim
Grounded by Sarah Bishop
I’m Not Thinking About You by Tara M. Gilmore
LA-tinas by Steve Miranda
Most Wanted by Brad Crowe & Cat Youell
Movin Company by Devin Githara-Pipkin
My Favorite Narcissist by Diane Thomassin & Michael Miceli
Open by Jess Burgess
So Help Me by Amanda Beardsley & Steve Jacques
The Arrangement by Mark Boutros
The Big Time by Erick Torres
The Reiving Lands by Christopher Maudsley
Tracy And The Little Things by Chloe Tuck
Tread the Boards by Gregory Abbey
What the Hell is Wrong with Lily Meyers? by Wyatt Marks
QUARTERFINALISTS
HOUR PILOT
120 out of 592 hour pilot submissions
A Dirty Habit by Jessica Hof
A Land Fairer Than Day by John Allis
A Village by Nicholas Bouck
Affectionate by George Tonelli
Amelia Goes Home by Nanci Gaglio
Ankharis by Lambert Bouley
Apple Falls by Kristin Burniston
ARC by J M Kellerman
Aris by V.P. Evans
Assisted Dying by Susan E Sneeringer
Autopilot by Bill Birney
Back Roots by Delaina M. Waldron
Baptiste by Chauncey Chester
Beware Miracles by Alan Canode & Justin Rossbacher
Black Oak by Hannah Fasick
Blackfire by Renji Philip
Blood Reign by Conrad Rivers
Boardwalk Bossanova by Augustine Troppe
Born in the Wayeb by Lee E. Cart
Bread and Circuses by Larry H. Pollack
Cafe Unamerican by Goldie Jones
Chairman by Daniel Hurst
Children of the Night by Michael J. Bowler
Coffin Club by Ariana Keswani McGinn
Comfort Falls by Scott Kirkpatrick
Cycle Four by Leah Sarbib
Devil Good by Goldie Jones
Downwinders by Mark Donnell
Drip by Yusuf Gad
END_LOOP by Eric Dies
Esteban by Mark Gallini
Exodus Divided by Jermaine J. Williams
Fair Youth by Lawrence Wells
Fires Underground by Anna Theresa Cascio & Gordon Rayfield
Fixation by Alexander Jeffery & Paul Petersen
Fool by Scott Sandler
For to Fade by Niky Pasolini
Forget. Me. Not. by Alice Coleman
From Dust by Phoebe Roberts & Bernie Gabin
Game Over…? by Thabo Mhlatshwa
Gap Year by Peter Andrews
Gross Prophet by K. Robinson
Gun Moll by Aaron Dehn
Half-Life by Ian C Anderson
Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? by Leora Randall-Tavori
Hiding in Plain Sight by Joshua Young
Hock by Tessa Hoffe
Hush Money by Brittani Ward
In-Justice by Clive Morris
Jane Phillips by Melanie Villines
Jimmy Gatz by Wally Marzano-Lesnevich
M-PATH by Phil Borg & Julian Dezotti
M.O.T.H.E.R. Of The Gods by Daniel E. Eldridge
Meme Girls by Matthew Manson
Mohawk for Idiot by Omid Niliaram
Montecito by David DeGusta
Mount Ascension by Warren Bouchier
Moving Lydia by Susan Holgate
Mr. Cowboy by Nehemiah Segure
Nowhere Man by Tim Williams
Of Myths and Men by Rene Marcelle
Oklahoma by Victor Bauer
One Out To Midnight by Dale Moore & Becky Baker
Our Business is Death by Mark Zakeri
Oxis by Zoe Reid
Past Tense, Future Perfect by David DeGusta
Paternity Leave by Michael Kreie
Perps by Nick Fanego
Phoenixia by Dima Iyudin
Piper by Melanie Villines
Pizza Palace by Ralph Michael Anglade
Precursor by Steve Brown
Preying On Unicorns by McKinley ‘Mac’ Bundick, Jr
Quash by John F. McCarney
Ranger Stone by John McKinney
Red Blood by Moshe Leibovich
Red Hawk Stories by Michael Gonzalez
Renaissance Town by Albert M. Chan
Revolution by Charlotte Keneipp
Riptides by Leah Sarbib
Royal Magic by Janey Feingold
Samurita by Natali Ortiz
(Shallow Runners) by Julia Driscoll
Smudge by Guy Pridy
Snake OIl by Sarah Marsh
Snake Oil by David Salisbury
Spectrum by Tom Scurlock
Stealing Charlie Chaplin by Josh Madden
Storm on the Sea by Lenny Pappano
Taxidermied Youth by Brenna Kwon
The Atlanta Way by Tony Lucadamo
The Blackwoods of Buffalo Ridge by Noel Bastien
The Devil’s Angel by John Conn
The Disruptor by Donna Douglas Walchle & Jeff Rose
The Faith Experience by Alexandra Stimmel
The Fountain by Link York
The Halo Effect by Link York
The Last Asshole by Warner James Wood
The Last Dating Show by Kurtis Theorin
The Lost Years by Joshua Swenson
The Magnolia Project by Amy Dellagiarino
The MinuteMen by Jay Sharron
The Other L Word by Sofia Sujad
The Out-Of-Timers by Michael Natoli
The Privateer by Arthur S. Chancellor
The Ravines by Jacob Small
The Setback by Aslan Kemal Gulman
The Six by P.J. Hennigan
The Sound of Ruins by Kris Bart
The Yellow King by DT Yang
Thermidome by Eric Lotter
This Girl’s Secret by Greg Rempel
UnBlinded by George Tonelli
Veiled in Vegas by Ruben Gutierrez Jr
Vidua by Rob Rock
Walnut by Chase Pierce
Wheels Up by Molly Skubak
Where The Dogs Are by William O’Donovan
Why Are You Weeping, Sister by Anne Arrandale
Written By Henrietta Bloom by Robin Shushan
HALF-HOUR PILOT
58 out of 332 half-hour pilot submissions
A-Run Courier by Malcolm Nicholas
Abandonment Issues & Other Problems by Sophie Wentzel Lewis
Airport Bar by Liam Matthew Fallows
Aquadora by Lee Harris & Euphemia Clavering
Arcana unLtd by Pam Moser
Armor of God by Sasha Tolmachyov
Auxiliary Police by DT Yang
Bad Habits by Michael Cumes
Bad Seeds by Gemma Juan & Josh Pomorski
Bastards of Young by Alberto Nissim
But What If? by Liliia Stasiuk
Campus Police by Brad Crowe & Cat Youell
Campus Police by Chase Pierce
Empty Nesting by Ramon Velez
Fast Break by A.J. Castro
Fish Crimes: Aquatic Victims Unit by Molly Vogel
Frederick & The King by Alex Hirz
Garden Variety Aliens by Cat Girczyc
Grounded by Sarah Bishop
Hard Sell by Aaron Seale & Bobby Ross
I’m Not Thinking About You by Tara M. Gilmore
LA-tinas by Steve Miranda
Love and Other Stuff in the Time of COVID by Paula Murrain
Might and Magic by Branden Scruggs
Most Wanted by Brad Crowe & Cat Youell
Movin Company by Devin Githara-Pipkin
My Favorite Narcissist by Diane Thomassin & Michael Miceli
My Friend Bryan by Jordan Dumbroff
My Lady Garden by Sally Llewellyn
NICU by Ralph Michael Anglade
Open by Jess Burgess
Public Servitude by Amr Kotb
Retail by Jay Oh
Rumble City by Steven Trolinger
Sarah Can Help by Simon Frank & Emma Katz
So Help Me by Amanda Beardsley & Steve Jacques
Sober Living by Kasi Brown & Brandon Walter
Spectrum by Tom Scurlock
Surrogate Mom by Maria Soscia
The Arrangement by Mark Boutros
The Big Time by Erick Torres
The Closers by Kevin Vincenti
The Final Sunset by Bryan Matthews
The Glen by Jonathan Hollin
The Hollow by Dave Moutray
The Ice Plant by Colin McGreen
The Last Medici by Wyatt Marks
The Lesser Kingdom by Marina Zivkovic
The Littlest Warrior by Brad Farrar
The Pro by Cassie Matheson
The Reiving Lands by Christopher Maudsley
Thornwood by Nicolo Roni
Toast by Elizabeth Fox
Tracy And The Little Things by Chloe Tuck
Tread the Boards by Gregory Abbey
What the Hell is Wrong with Lily Meyers? by Wyatt Marks
White Male Privilege by Jeff Blevins
Wong Way Out by Cynthia C. Ching
2024
WINNERS
HOUR PILOT
The Tong by Eva Hwang
HALF-HOUR PILOT
The Temp by Devi Snively
FINALISTS
HOUR PILOTS
3 out of 607 hour pilot submissions
The Royal Aquarium by Kaytie Nielsen
The Tong by Eva Hwang
Xanadu by Riley Madincea
HALF-HOUR PILOTS
3 out of 396 half-hour pilot submissions
Saladin Quick by Yusuf Gad
The Mouse by Kelsey Harper
The Temp by Devi Snively
SEMIFINALISTS
HOUR PILOTS
19 out of 607 hour pilot submissions
Anchor by Hunter Cantrell & Caleb Bollenbacher
Aris by V.P. Evans
Beware Miracles by Alan Canode & Justin Rossbacher
Bluebird by Max McGillivray
Brother Baba: Late Registration by N. Fituri Scown
Cra by Jay Adams
8-Man by Jack Larkin
Marco in the Morning by Tomás Mercado
Matchbox by Josh Billig
Montecito by David DeGusta
Nobody’s Horses by Courtney Graham
O’Ryan’s Alley by Robert J. Bowman
Sins Of Our Fathers by Juan Ramirez, Jr.
The Cage by Dan Jolley & Shawn deLoache
The Royal Aquarium by Kaytie Nielsen
The Teachers in Room 215 by Maggie Mulloy
The Tong by Eva Hwang
Wounded Healer by Lindsey McCann
Xanadu by Riley Madincea
HALF-HOUR PILOTS
11 out of 396 half-hour pilot submissions
Don’t Leave Me This Way by Elise D’Haene
Heavens Prep by Chase Badgett
Manpurse by Eva Hwang
Saladin Quick by Yusuf Gad
Sober Living by Kasi Brown & Brandon Walter
Soul Shadows by Sam Tracton
The Big Time by Erick Torres
The Mouse by Kelsey Harper
The Temp by Devi Snively
Upward Miami by Claudia Cifuentes-Filippa
Woke by Greg Kaufmann
QUARTERFINALISTS
HOUR PILOTS
53 out of 607 hour pilot submissions
Abel’s Baby by Hallie Stephenson
Alliance by Suzanne Griffin
America Jonze by Zareh Artinian
Anchor by Hunter Cantrell & Caleb Bollenbacher
Aris by V.P. Evans
Badinage By Night by Dani Gomez
Beware Miracles by Alan Canode & Justin Rossbacher
Blue Orleans by Liam Callander & Jeff Kennedy
Bluebird by Max McGillivray
Brother Baba: Late Registration by N. Fituri Scown
Care Source by Matthew Nicholson
Companions by Alexis K Zaccaria
Cra by Jay Adams
Crusader by Lonnie Martin
Dead Serious by Isobel Houseman
8-Man by Jack Larkin
EL Titan by George Perez
Esperanza by Jamee Decio
Father, Son, Warlord by Marc Ryning
Faye by Teresa Sullivan
Fires Underground by Anna Theresa Cascio & Gordon Rayfield
Hardened by M.B. Stevens
Jericho Road by John Paul Cooney & Robyn Reiter
Judges & Kings by David Newton
Marco in the Morning by Tomás Mercado
Matchbox by Josh Billig
MedicoLegal by David DeGusta
Melvin by Jeremiah Nemeth
Montecito by David DeGusta
94 Block by Azrael Torres
No Man but the Devil by Alexander Thephavong
Nobody’s Horses by Courtney Graham
O’Ryan’s Alley by Robert J. Bowman
Polybius by D.T. Yang
Red State by Brian Leitten
Sins Of Our Fathers by Juan Ramirez, Jr.
Summer Springs by Chaz Harris
The Cage by Dan Jolley & Shawn deLoache
The Driskill by Andrew Varhol
The Dry Cleaner by John Hibey
The Facade by Imani Parker
The Fountain by Link York
The Lost Gods of Memphis by Jon-Carlos Evans
The Morning Star Collection by Jonathan Murphy
The Move by David Loitz & Malosi Scanlan
The Privateers by Whitney Hamilton
The Royal Aquarium by Kaytie Nielsen
The Teachers in Room 215 by Maggie Mulloy
The Tong by Eva Hwang
The Worm Hole by Sarah Chaisson-Warner
Wounded Healer by Lindsey McCann
Xanadu by Riley Madincea
You Were a Knight by Justin Horowitz
HALF-HOUR PILOTS
34 out of 396 half-hour pilot submissions