Listed below are the Winners of the 10th Annual Launch Pad Pilot Competition. Congratulations to these winning writers and thanks to all for submitting!
Overall Winner
Dead Language by Tommy Tang, Emma Van Slyck
A civilian linguist is brought into an Army forensic case to decode audio from a highly classified crime scene in an undisclosed location. As he translates and deciphers the tapes, he uncovers an ancient cult dedicated to The Origin – a horrific entity that threatens to drive humanity into a madness-induced dark age.
Top Comedy
Emily Quiver by Aaron Smith
In a small evangelical town, a repressed pastor’s wife creates problems for herself and the other housewives after writing erotic fiction centered around a lustful, sexy Jesus.
Top Drama
Bakemono by Tate Hamilton
Seventeen years after supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore forced humanity to retreat behind walled cities, a Japanese refugee in Seattle fights to free herself from indentured servitude and find her long-lost brother.
Mentorship Selections
Selected by Corey Moore
Bakemono by Tate Hamilton
Seventeen years after supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore forced humanity to retreat behind walled cities, a Japanese refugee in Seattle fights to free herself from indentured servitude and find her long-lost brother.
Selected by Elaine Loh
Problem Child by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler
After an Adderall-induced psychotic episode gets her expelled, a straight-A student must learn to adapt when she’s forced to start over at a high school for troubled teens.
A huge thank you to all of our industry judges! If you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.
NOTE: Our Guaranteed Development Prize and Guaranteed Signing Prize selection are on hold until a resolution to the strike has been reached. We will also announce one additional Mentorship selection at a later time.
A Note Regarding the WGA Strike:
Launch Pad stands in solidarity with the WGA and its essential efforts to ensure fair compensation for writers. We are communicating directly with the WGA and are committed to working with writers and the WGA to ensure all rules and procedures of the strike are followed.
Launch Pad is not sharing writers’ work with struck companies for the duration of the strike to support the guild and all writers entering our competitions. We will coordinate with the Launch Pad TV Pilot winners to find alternate outreach post-strike to ensure everyone gets the Launch Pad experience as soon as possible.
