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!LA Nights
It is 1973, and Quick operates an upscale after-hours establishment in West Los Angeles alongside his socialite son, Dizzy.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
In the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter with RUTHLESS characters, a 14 year old minister - mourns his twin sister, and scorns the GOD he once fervently praised.
FULL CONTACT
is a high-octane Action Thriller about a fearsome Super Bowl-obsessed linebacker who struggles to defeat his sworn enemy, an unhinged, soul-snatching psychopath hellbent on taking everything & everyone he cherishes in his life.
Autonomous
Trapped in her tech mogul grandfather’s fortress-style home, a teenage hacker must outsmart a psychotic A.
SCOPE CREEP
After her mentor's suspicious death, a driven project manager inherits the rebuild of a notorious private prison, only to find herself stalked by a mysterious entity hellbent on sabotaging her at every turn.
The Benefactor!
A young businesswoman attempts to prevent murder/suicides on the land by making interest-free loans, brings the wrath of her bankers who withhold her funds, steal her assets and send in hitmen to eliminate her.
and The Devil called!
The Devil is so confident of the acceptance by God`s chosen-one he appears as himself with gifts and, `you will be my bride`, when rejected, he sends in his tri-step-headed-charcoaled alien goons, to examine her brain.
Murder in Emergency!
When a dedicated nurse learns her hospital is systematically murdering patients, the love she has for it turns to hate.
Pebbles on the Beach
An adventurous school-boy kicking pebbles along a magical beach is confronted by an Apparition which materialises into the girl of his dreams, and steals his heart.
Doors of Miracles
A young woman’s faith is tested, she is filled with the Holy Spirit and transcended through the universe to the Heavens to be returned to Earth with the power to heal, a direct link to God, God speaks and The Holy Spirit intercedes her response.