Pilot 2026 Winners

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetized by Title)

3725 by Annemarie Rosenberger
9 Night by Zachary Colt Messner
A Peek Behind the Curtains by Brian Schwab
After Dark by Noel Hankin
Alfie and Friends by Kat Folker
All that Glitters by Susan Marks
American Rubber by Erick Buckley
And Then They Were Dumb… by Allie Sharma Nelson
Arrowhead Hollow by Akshay Gandharv
Asylum 2035 by Mark Netter
Bank Run by Ben Guihot
Becoming Her by Manuela Ritzmann
Bedlam by John Mayer
Before by Ricade Freckleton
Blood & Ice by David Aguilar
Blue Harbor by James McCarthy
Boo’s Cruise by Michael G Morero
Bottom Feeders by Bill Burton
Cake by Jeffrey Brust
Charlie’s Big Chance by Tony B Richard
Cooperstown by John Licata
Crush by Azzurra Nox
Cutty. by Bernardo Duran Jr
Deadline Berlin by Mark Schroeder
Defending Innocence by David Wickenden
Department of Lost and Found by TS Alcret
Department of Unseen Affairs by Sam Speron
Desert Star News by Robert Haus
Dicks by Cristi Rumpza
Dirty Work by Benjamin Pollack
Down Low by Richard Sabino
Esperanza by David Christopher Loya
Ever, Oscar by Dianne Janis
Everything’s Rosy by Jack Polo
Exvangelical by Cora Rowe
Fare Share by Chris Niespodzianski
Fixed by Jeffrey Hingst
Foxton Hall by Emily Joshua
Freedom General by Ray Cho
Frowzy by Matt Moon
Generational by Robert O’Hare
Georgia, My Home by Kennedy Brabham
Getting Well by Nathan Shapiro
Ghostfish by Shylah Addante
Giants by Kirsten Simmons
Glen Eyrie by Jaime Veitch
Gold Fever by Lukas Strautins
Grim Reaper Jr Pilot by Paul Thompson
Hacienda del Sol by Yvonne Condes
Hard Is the Good by Susan Brunig
Harvest by Stephanie Greenquist and Stephanie Greenquist
He Has It Coming by Molly Owen
Helmand by Daniel Salamanca
House Ghost by Arnold Rudnick and Ken Rudnick
I-95 by Dan Taft
Jinxed by Catherine Fridey
JUIF by Michele Noble
Juror of Ethics by Doris Radosavljevic
Kingdom Come by Michael McKnight
L.A.bryinth on Fire by Oscar Freeman
L.O.T.U.S. by Nathan Patton
Legacy by Lisa Baggio
Lineworkers by Ryan Hartman
Los Cubanos by George Perez
Losing My Religion by Ryan Norris and Sean Norris
Manitowish Waters by Rachel Multerer
Matewan by Gabriel Duran
Mea Culpa by Nick Abdo
Mean Spirit by Louis Macovsky
MercenAir by Maggie Grant
Mercy Springs by Helen Hudson
Muti by Robert Bowersox
My Story by Gregorio Vera
Night Angels by Tony Ferrendelli and Kim Turner
No Country For King by B. Kim Taylor and Chris Joseph
Not Another Love Story Set in a Nuclear Apocalypse by Nicole Larson
Off the Derech by Jesse Turk
Offspring by Brian J Leitten
On the Road by Blake Hawk
Out of Bounds by Aimee Link
Pinay in the Desert by Aimee Suzara
Pirate Captain by Kerry Lynne
Pleasure Principle by Stephanie Kornick
Powder Keg by Meghan Allen
Pressed Meat Sandwiches by Tim Bennett and Anthony Feig
Promises to Keep by Adam Rodman
Randy’s World by Robert Cohen
Raw Balloons by Phillip Minter
Recess by Smrithika Majukar
Reclaiming Justice by Liane Rozzell
Red Hoods by Dana Carrabon
Rig’d by Derrick Edmond
Separation Point by Mark R ONeill and Jonathan Ross
Shadowfall by JoAnn Hess
Situational Awareness by Dara Sanandaji and Jeffry Mulrain
Sky 47 by Scott Dahm
Slaughter Harbour by Christopher Sturrup
Sliver by Leon Braun
Song of the Wasteland by Ryan Faja
Soul Logistics by Bryan Pesta
Southern Draw by George O’Connor
Space Cadets: The Next Generation by Edwin McDonald IV
Standard of Proof by Dion Aralihalli
Strange Chapel by Austin Highsmith Garces
Summit Ridge by Bryce Hatch
Sunset’s Heat by Brian Murphy
Tac-Med by Bobby Chacon
Tex Mex by Brandon Burkhart
The 75% Rule by Brian Moon
The A.C.M.R.P by Isaac Luna
The Assignment by Veronica Small
The Day That Never Comes by Justin Whiting
The Devil’s Snow by Erik Wolter and Lawrence Hoffman
The Hampton House by Christy Smith-Sloman
The High-Line by Stephen Camelio
The Influencer by Tamara Kagel
The Ivory Towers by Steven Miller
The Lens by Chad Hutson
The Mayor in Hyland by Stafford Echols
The Memory Tax by Russell Babcock
The Neighbors by Luis Lassen
The Park by Christiaan De Necker Smit
The Proletariat by Marquis Ewing
The Red Vase by Neel Chowdhury
The Rescue Ranch by Beverley Wood
The Saga of the Saved & Slutty by Calvin Roberts
The Sixth Shadow by David Miller
The Stoic Club by Pauline McAlonan
The Survivors by Fiona Smith
The Tampering by Jane Ann Gonzalez
The Treasure by Kerry Tiger
The Weight by Mike Cambardella
The Write-in by Corey Foxx
There’s a Dead Girl in My Yard by Angela Page
Thumpers by Dawn Kalani Cowle
Tin Can Alley by Thomas Schoch
Trophies by Phil Cook
UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) by Jackie Zabel and Bryce Zabel
Unfortunates by Dee Mick
Ungrateful by Mike Bencivenga
Used Goods by Travis Tack
Vault 19 by Sydney Sterling
Voices of Eloise by KJ Amore
WAR(!)drobe by Debra Treviño
WarGames: AI WARS by Dorian Baldari
What Happens at the Carnation by Alexandra Stone and Alex Morrison
When in Rome by Amy Amani
Who Loves the Lovemakers? by Rob McNeil
Wild Cards of Vaelthor by Joshua Gonzalez
You Must Be This Tall by Randall R Reese