27th PEOPLE’S PILOT WINNERS
For contest ending November 1, 2018
Here they are, the Best of the Best of the many fine entries in PEOPLE’S PILOT 2018, as determined by not one, not two, but three different judging teams.
COMEDY SERIES WINNERS
First Place
THE BOOK OF JOEY by Steven Block
Second Place
THE COACH by Eric McKeever
Third Place
VIDIOTS by Sasha Tolmachyov
1st Runner-Up
PATIENT by M. Rowan Meyer
2nd Runner-Up
THE BEST OF TIMES by Keith Dowd
DRAMA & ACTION SERIES WINNERS
First Place
THE FUCKING NEW GUYS by Meredith Bagby
Second Place
THE MERRY MURDER WIVES CLUB by Elizabeth Hrib
Third Place
BELOVED by Tammy Gross
1st Runner-Up
TWIRL by Cara Winter
2nd Runner-Up
PLANTATION by Melissa L. White & Alan Scott Young
SPECIAL BONUS AWARDS
Best Web Series Pilot
ALLEGORY by Vesta Giles
Best Audio Series Pilot
J.B. HICKOK’S WEIRD WEST by Robert Tinsley
Attention, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and Special Bonus Award Winners, Larry Brody will be contacting you over the weekend regarding your prizes.
For Team TVWriter™, the judging was a wild ride, with the top 5 scoring entries in both the Comedy and Drama/Action categories constantly changing places, and it took several weeks for the final team of judges to make its selection.
In the Comedy category, the judges favored 1st Place finisher Steven Block’s THE BOOK OF JOEY for its humor, irreverence, and potential series longevity.
And on the Drama/Action side, Meredith Bagby’s THE FUCKING NEW GUYS took the top spot, finishing well ahead of its rivals because of its “cracking good script about a fascinating subject, populated with characters you can root for. “
Not only the Winners, but all entrants in this year’s PEOPLE’S PILOT will of course be receiving LB’s personal Feedback on their work. He’ll be starting on this not-exactly-insignificant project early next week.
As usual, the boss is flying solo on this, writing each Feedback email himself, which means it may take awhile for yours to arrive, so we hope you’ll be patient. Please, no angry “Where’s my Feedback, dammit?!” messages – until at least the end of spring, okay?
Congratulations to the Winners, Runners-Up, Finalists, Semi-Finalists, and everybody who entered. We Really Love You Mean It for all the work you’ve put in and hope you love yourselves for it as well. You are the possessors of extraordinary talent, courage, and perseverance and should be very, very proud!
