Listed below are the Second Rounders of the 11th Annual Launch Pad Pilot Competition. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!
Stay tuned for the Top 100 announcement on March 22nd here and on Twitter! And if you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.
Here are the Second Rounders:
| A BELLEVUE LOVE STORY | Michael Wolfe |
| A Blind Eye | Allison Kitaguchi |
| A Haunting Sight | Madelaine Guthrie |
| Adams Colliding | Lira Kellerman |
| After the Ravagers | Joel Michalak |
| Age of the Universe | William Trongone, Veronica Hewitt |
| ALMOST SIX | Suzan Mikiel |
| American Werewolf | Michael Egan |
| Artificial Intelligence | Brady Kuebler |
| AUPUNI | Erik Ries |
| B. O. B. (Battery Operated Boyfriend) | L. A. Hunt |
| BAD SOVIET | Nik Sysuev |
| Baem | Jacqueline Sir |
| Baker Street Broads | Will Sterling |
| Balls | Michele O’Brien |
| Bandera Belles | Jaya Armstead |
| Benson & Bremer | John Kirkman |
| Bet | Jamison Anthony |
| Beyond Help | TIFFANY BARKER |
| Blunt Babe | Brandon Prosek, Meagan Martin |
| Bombsite Boudiccas | Beau Jessup |
| Boozehound | Brian Cunningham |
| Brotherly Love | CJ Gimpel |
| BUG SQUAD | Paul Ziller |
| Camouflage and Lipstick | Lawrence Daly |
| Cheers to Reality | Delilah Walker-Coleman |
| Cold Heat | John McCloskey |
| Conquest | Nik Mohan |
| Could You Imagine | Marianna Tompkins, Peggy Chiappa, Daryl Pigat |
| Crazy Eights | Evan Rindler, Jon Rizik |
| Criminal High | Jeremy Hudson |
| Cult Comedy | Mandy Brown |
| Daddy Issues | Cerina Aragones |
| Dads on Cargo Bikes | Richard Crawley |
| Daisy | Ian Baaske |
| Dark Matter: The Rocks | Daniel Dismuke |
| Dave and the Professional | G.G. McKay, Megan Tefft |
| Dead Shepherd | Scott Langer |
| Dean’s List | Emily Duke |
| Deepdive | Steven Hong |
| Detective Palooka | Lou Baldwin |
| Diet of the Dead | Alice Brenner |
| Djinn Hunterz | Seti Jakada |
| Doing Good | Darren Moran |
| Dry Horizon – Pilot | Lisette Ruch |
| EATER | Cathriona Slammon |
| Esperanza | Jamee Decio |
| Everything I Ever Wanted | Daniella Tovar |
| Exclusive | Michael Beckley |
| Exodus | Chris O’Connor |
| Exposed | Natalie G. Bergman |
| Extracurricular | Samantha Duncan |
| Fairy Tale in Red | Ben Carter Olcott |
| Falling Off the Cliff | Rebekah Covington |
| Family Possesions | N. Fituri Scown |
| Fastbreak | Margo Sawaya |
| Flad | Daniel Doczi |
| Food Fight | Charlie Maynard |
| g-Men | Walter Bauer |
| Gal or Grifter Gal? | D. E. Asher |
| Gemini | Alex Vickery-Howe |
| GHOSTED – “The Button” | J.K. Barret |
| Giuseppe | Lauren Madigan |
| GOD SHAPED HOLE | David Andalman, Alex White |
| Gold Bricks! | Eli Elbogen, Hunter Ashton |
| Gold Digger | Rachel Hutchings |
| Graveless | Shay Green |
| Graveyard Shift | Jackie Lee |
| Greenfield | Daniel Doczi |
| Hate You Even More (Now You’re Dead) | Kate Austin-Raffan |
| Haute Adieu | John Costello |
| Helping Hands | CJ Southcott |
| Her Favorite Color | Michael Joiner |
| History Tycoon | Amanda Pastunink |
| Hollywood Murder! Pilot “Who Killed Killain Carpenter” | Dale Worthington |
| Home Brew | Straton Rushing |
| House of Miracles | Annina Black |
| House of Mirrors | Allison Mattox |
| How To Care for Your Hermit Crab | John Arduini |
| Howl | Zoe Kerr |
| Human Resources | R.L. Hooker |
| Hung Over | Michail Eggelhoefer |
| Hustle & Grind | Jeffery Rahming |
| I Wanna Be the Lord of Darkness | Jackie Lee |
| I’ll Figure It Out | Ramona Robinson |
| In the Light of a New Sun | Will Saunders |
| Jerome Styler: Daredevil with a Microphone | Brien Perks |
| Jesus One-Stop | Frederik Ehrhardt |
| KILL THE UMP | John Kaiser |
| Killing Boys | Keeley Bell |
| Kingdom Come | Vee Saieh |
| Knockers | Karina Cochran, Hannah Checkley |
| Lacie in the Wonderverse | Michael Ierulli |
| Ladies of Versailles | Julie Ivers |
| Lanthanum | John Arduini, Brian Coleman |
| Lap of Luxury | Jackson Hukari, Landon Laub |
| Last Hand | Sandi Jerome |
| Life During Wartime: Pilot Episode – Nowhere Fast | Mark Bowes |
| Little Town of Bethlehem | Robert Maza |
| Long Con | Glen Harris |
| Lyons of Westchester | Jason Mandell |
| Maculate | Etta Gray |
| Madame Bandit | Lachelle Shaddy |
| Maid to Steal | Derek Quick (Negane Meno) |
| Making: A House, A Home | Jarrett Fisher-Forester |
| Martial Classes | Jackie Lee |
| MEG UNDERCOVER | Molly Mayock |
| Mega Knights | Kirby Ray |
| Mega-Man | Maryanne Melloan Woods |
| Megaphone Blast | Luke Johnson |
| Memento Mori | Jason R. Kay |
| Merch | Paul Franklin |
| Millennial Pink | Miranda Gruss |
| Mister Miss America | Neil D’Astolfo |
| Mortality | Seamus Gearin, Eugene Grishko |
| Murder on The World | Matt McFadden |
| Murder Wives | Maya Florin |
| My Intelligence | Samantha Nelson-Philipp, Aliza Pearl |
| Nan’s Guide to Retirement | Teresa Bass |
| NAVY DOLPHINS – “Pilot Whale” | Ken Rudnick |
| Neon Kingdom | Alex Britten |
| Neon Purgatory | Sean O’Brien |
| Nepantla | Josue Hernandez |
| Netherbound | Keren Green |
| Netherbound | Keren Green |
| Nicer Things | Jon Lazar |
| Nielheim Pilot | Elyssa Catalfano |
| Niki & Val | Meghan Lennox |
| Nine Night | Zacharias Colt |
| No Man’s Land | Eloise Healey |
| Novel Romance | Phoebe Zimmerer, Lauren Ferebee, Ken Viteri-Lynn |
| OASIS ESTATES | CARRIE WHITE |
| Officer X – TV Pilot | Michael Joiner |
| Osama bin Laden: A Love Song | Amir Mo |
| Otherworldly pilot: “Last Summer on Earth” | Douglas M. Stich |
| PALE SHELTER | Russ Eisenman |
| Pandora | Jeff Bower |
| Parallax | Lyandre Pierre |
| Parts Unknown | Adam Guerino |
| Past Expiry | Stella Laing |
| Pay To Play | Elgin Azores, Chas Allen |
| Perfect Little School | Shannon Burkett |
| Pharmaland July 2023 | Anne Stesney |
| Pick and Roll | Jack Caswell |
| Pill Bug | Seth Andrews |
| Playing the Palace | Alex Williams |
| Prospero’s Island | Mahonri Stewart |
| PROVOCATION | Art Blount |
| RATS | Tavish Gudgeon |
| Red Sky Dancer | Shahnaz Mahmud |
| REPOSSESSED | Brett Block |
| Rituals | Brandon Weavil |
| RIVERTOWN-ON-EDGE | Bernhard Schilling |
| Roommates And-i | Christina Alexandra |
| RoTC | Sejal Moosapeta |
| Run Like Hell | Mike Sheptock |
| RUN! RUN! RUN! – THE LIVES OF ABBIE HOFFMAN | michael j shapiro |
| Rupert in the City | Ariel Hartzman |
| SEATTLE | Liesl Wilke |
| Second Chances | Michail Eggelhoefer |
| Self Contained | Russell Roberts |
| Shadow | C.J. LongHammer |
| Show Them All | Amanda Cole |
| Silent Blades | Criss Gidas |
| SIMORGH | Farzin Farzam |
| Skylarks | Kate Delin |
| Smoke & Mirrors | Noah Sellman |
| Snootwood | Daniel Callaghan |
| SOUL SEARCHING | Vee Saieh |
| Spark & Iron-Strike | Aleksander Krutainis |
| Special Projects | Liz Beall |
| SPIN | Damon Clark |
| Sports Bra | Julie Sharbutt |
| Stansby Needs A Friend | Colman Duggan |
| Story Bored | Ryan Gerossie |
| Stratford | Minoti Vaishnav |
| Stuck In | Eli Elbogen, Eric Mallory Morgan |
| Swallows | Nathan Pearson |
| Sweet Dreams | Bruce Fennell, Luke Davis, Nolan Donahue |
| Talk Dirty To Me | Harris Korn |
| Tenderloin | Christine Beatty |
| The 147, TV Pilot | John White |
| The Adventures of Ash and Owen | Arun Narayanan |
| The Ashen Veil | Polina Komissarova |
| The Backrooms | Jon Addison |
| The Ballad of Bam Barlow | James Sismanes |
| The Banyan Protocol | Shay Green |
| The Countess: The Death of Dante Edmonds | Diana Densmore |
| The Crew Bar | Daniel Evans |
| The Detail | Jonah Einstein |
| The Devil Pulls the Strings | J. W. Zarek |
| The Dishwashers | Robert Husted |
| The Duke of Essex | Mike O’Neill |
| The Faire | Phil Gillen |
| The Fancy Follies of the Free Freakish Few | Cole Freedman |
| The Four of Us | Michael J. Stern |
| The Franchise | Lance Cartelli |
| The Guardian | Andrea Churchill |
| The Harkers | Shawn Young |
| The High Life of Annie Sams | Joyce Simmons |
| The Honor Code | Charlotte Duerden |
| THE HOUDINIS | Ron Mondz |
| THE HOUSE OF TANG | Lisa Iannini |
| The King of Kansas City | Christopher Loveland |
| The Last Cabin Left on Old Sycamore Lane | Michael Rakoff |
| The List | Daniel Dratch |
| The Nightshift | Shiv B |
| The O’Matics | Joseph Plewa |
| The Opossum | Joel Barragan |
| The Other Side | Ryan Stack |
| The Rainbow Curse | Rebecca Grenier |
| The Revolutionary Potential of Dance (Pilot) | William Keiser |
| The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard | Charlotte Lobdell, Jack Flynn |
| The Senator from Rhode Island | Alice Camp |
| The Short Sword | Kera McKeon |
| THE SOBER HORSE THIEF | Philip Guitar |
| The Tam Show | Ryan Luong |
| THE UNDERGROUNDERS | Daniel McNaught |
| THE WAY WAY DOWN | Diana Densmore |
| The Whitzeks | Sam Parker |
| The Yankee Bwoy | Ricardo Sean Thompson |
| The Zookeeper’s Daughter | Lisa Hickey |
| THEY’RE THERE | Jared Januschka |
| This Thing Of Ours | Ben Monaco |
| Thumbs Down | John Schlirf |
| TIN KICKERS | Ned Farr |
| Together Forever 2033 | Rebecca scott |
| Transplant | Tala Calil |
| True Nature | CJ Conway |
| Two Santa Anas | Terra Wellington |
| Unavailable | Erin C. Buckley |
| Unconditional | chad hoffman |
| Under the Red Sky | Daniel Doczi |
| UNITED COLORS | Reenita Hora |
| Unlimited | Paul Robertson |
| Unpredictable | Lisa Hickey |
| Unsettling | Sarah Brown |
| Usonia | Harrison Blackman |
| Valerie August | Martyn Eaden |
| Valerie Lives | Janey Tracey |
| Valley Dicks | Sam Allemang |
| Vibes Detective’s Agency Episode One: A Haunting In Silver Lake | Alex Shifman, Diogo Hausen |
| War – Den | Dr. Amanda P. Blanchard D.C. |
| WAR DOG | E. A. Dawson |
| White Road | Harry Whitehead |
| Work Is Torture | Chris Pecchenino |
| Wounded Healers | Sanchia Oppenheimer |
| Yellow Tie (Pilot) | JEFFREY SHIEH |
| Yung Carl, Eternal | Ryan Noufer |
| Zigzag Girl | RUTH KNAFO SETTON |
