Write LA Names Top 5 Finalists
TV Pilot and Feature screenwriting competition Write LA has revealed its top 5 finalists for the 2021 competition.
These five writers will now have their scripts read and considered for representation by 5 Literary Management companies: Circle of Confusion, Zero Gravity, Fictional Entity, Grandview and Forward.
The finalists also receive a second screenwriting book courtesy of Michael Wiese Productions, and the latest version of Final Draft screenwriting software courtesy of Final Draft.
"I'm excited, tired, and grateful to everyone who entered" says Head Judge and Write LA co-founder Tim Schildberger.
"We focused on selecting scripts with strong, unique and emotionally compelling characters. Each of our finalists have clearly spent a lot of time really fleshing out the people in their stories, and we are thrilled to introduce them to Managers. Our fingers will be tightly crossed."
The Write LA '21 Finalists
Michi Broman – Recovering - TV Pilot
Mads Gauger & Christan Mary Leonard – That Woman - TV Pilot
Brandon Morganstein – Crutch - TV Pilot
Joel David Santner – Tunnel Rat - Feature
Steve Trebilcock – The Mirage of Normal - Feature
The Grand Prize Winner - who will have their script read by professional actors, and posted on Youtube - will be revealed on October 7.
Updated: 10/01/2021
Additional Contest Info: Write LA Screenplay & Pilot Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Rescuing Atlas - Xanadu Shores III:
“Rescuing Atlas” the trilogy’s peak begins when an astrophysicist - megalomaniac and boat racing enthusiast, operating from his island, becomes hell-bent on blackmailing the world.
Eternal Blessings
An ex-con spends her final hours on earth inside a time portal wound back to 1985, there, she sets out to retrace the origins of her crime and make peace with her past.
In the Shadow of the Kingmakers
Pilot prologue When a British agent suspects his ruse to entrap an American diplomat might be exposed by a Persian teen, and a British nurse, his investigation lures him into a deeper turbulent spy war over Iranian oil in the 1920s.
FURGROW BIRDS SPIRITUAL ROSE
When a dog loses his owner and home, he discovers a dark conspiracy involving an evil king, a hidden realm, and God's magical crystals used to alter the world.
Furgrow Birds back to the beginning
When a dog loses his owner and home, he discovers a dark conspiracy involving an evil king, a hidden realm, and God's magical crystals used to alter the world.
GERIATRIC PARK
A young man with a dark past finds a job as a Handyman in a nursing home.
Fight For Oil
A beautiful young anti-war activist and a Death Valley auto mechanic learn about love and loyalty during a future Gulf War.
Promises, Promises
Life crisis. Mid-life crisis.
Fish Fetish
What happens when you mix compulsion with alcohol? A horrific, fast paced story of abuse and revenge inspired by "Tales From The Crypt"
Med Frenzy - A Conspiracy
A single woman encounters an unknown international skin ailment and cannot get medical help, but in her desperate search for relief discovers the cause and a conspiracy between powerful government and industry entities—but who can she trust to investigate her claim? 9 locations
