Shore Scripts Names TV Mentorship Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2026 Shore Scripts TV Mentorship Competition in both the one-hour and half-hour categories.

One-Hour Quarterfinalists

(in alphabetical order by writer’s first name)

A.C. Cole, SHOW THEM ALL
AJ Thames, Dark Waters in Timmonsville
Amarik Singh Khosa, Blind Tiger
Andrew Moorehead, Riptide
Andy Romero, The Lottery Liar
Aneel Ahmad, Stop the boats
Annabel Zammit, COINING IT
Arielle Egozi, SHOE MONEY
Ayanna Ziegler, BLOOM
Barbie Ross, Healthy Lies
Brian J Leitten, Red State
Brianna Boynton & Maddie Wheaton, Holler Girls
Cam Smith, HELLFIGHTER
Conor Ibrahiem, Avarice
Courtney Graham, NOBODY’S HORSES
D.M. Harring, Jinx
Daina Livingstone, Behind the Bar
Denise Deegan, YOUNG DOCTOR SULLIVAN
Eric Rosa, Motel of Miracles
Eve Ledbetter, Latched
Georgia Tombs, The Other Shoulder
Gibran Saleem, Re-Entry
Hector Coles, Runners
Helen Rana, Hunt for the Hare
Iain Mclellan, Dannemora
Jacqueline Xerri, Foriegn Bodies
Jamie Williamson, Lakeland Rising
Joey Johnsen, Kweenz
Joshua Rebell, Provenance
Julie Korogodon, The One Anothers
Karen McDermott, Lebensborn
Kasim Hardaway, Picture Perfect Pilot
Katherine Cronyn, Sin City Alchemy
Kenyetta Raelyn, CREAM
Kevin Clark-Ryan, 2 Beams
Kit Modica, The Curse of the Second Star
Kristin Walrod, Ocean Crest
Lauren Delisle, Moving Barges
Lillie Gardner, Safe with Me
Lynette Willoughby, Foule Blood
Mak Deezal, Valerie August
Meemee Taylor, THE VESSEL
Michael Hood, $10 Fortune
Michail Eggelhoefer, Hung Over
Olukayode Oladeji, Lion Poachers
Phil Pirrello, Bad Medicine
Ripley Barnes, COYOTE & CROW
Robert Flowers, Welcome to Stillwater
Salvatore Sbrocca, Heavy is the Crown
Sarah D’Ambrosio, Bloom
Sarah Marsh, Pieces & Parts
Sean Roth, Up and In
Silma Berrada, The North Side, Cookout
Soo-jin Kim & Joseph Abruquah, Burn
Spencer Pickles, Corsair
Stan Jones & Paul Jones, Desertopia
Sydney Blackburn, The Attendant
Sylvia Caminer & Luke Dimyan, THE SOLOMON SAGA
Tamara Geyer, THE CENTER
Tamika Lamison, Black, White & Blue: Rising Sun
Tom Kelsey, Coronach
Tyler Pagan & Benjamin Engebretson, We Come in Peace
Wayne Hazle, The Clinic




Half-hour Quarterfinalists

(in alphabetical order by writer’s first name)

Adam Edgar, Getting Out
Alex Rubin, Latecomer
Anabel Barnston, Ctrl/Repeat
Avalon Penrose, Refractory
Bobby Semelsberger, Happy Time Fun Land
Brian J Leitten, Offspring
Caitlin Cronenberg, Germaphobe In a Sex Club
Chance Wellnitz, Prime Time
Charlotte Huang, Savior Complex
Corey Mandelzys, The Songs of Chigaro!
Devi Snively, The Temp
Diane Vu, I’m Just Here to Make Friends
Dillon Miller & Bradley Miller, Gaytown, USA
Gabriel Giacoppo, KYLA – PILOT
Gibran Saleem, Chip Chunk
Gordon Carrick, First, Do No Harm
Grace Kasemeier, These Are My Witches
Jameel Shivji, Ali’s World Famous Halal Cart
James Doherty, CALL OF THE VOID
John Tsakonas, Belinda Heart Biter
Jon Cooper, Westbridge Weirdos
Jonny King, Cancelled
K. Broch, Tomás King
Kario Marcel, LAtte
Kate Lester, Flop
Kate Sharp, Dirty Work
Lia Romeo, Dating the Devil
Louis Roggeman, Sport’s
Marisol Romero, Family Practice
Maryam Castillo, Chronically uncomfortable
Minki Kim, The Crunch
Najy Kamal, The Haus of Mirth
Nick Cofino, Under Control
Nikki Palumbo, LIL ITALY
Paulo Carneiro, Body & Soul
Puja Rios, InPanic
Qaseem Fazal, What’s Normal Anyway?
Rohan Sudan, Kittenfish
Sailesh Naidu, I Don’t Belong Here
Sebastian Hunt, SERVED
Spencer Pickles, Journo
Steffany Sommers, RIAN COUNTRY SAFARI
Trace Pope, A Little Death

Updated: 08/26/2026

Additional Contest Info: Shore Scripts TV Pilot Mentorship Program