Launch Pad Pilot Competition
Launch Pad Pilot

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Web:
https://tblaunchpad.com/pilot/
Email:
contests@tracking-board.com
Contact: Spencer Janes, Program Manager
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Objective
The Launch Pad Competitions have led to more signings, success stories and careers than any other screenwriting competition. With nearly a decade of experience in promoting up-and-coming writers, The Launch Pad Competition has firmly established itself as the premier hub for Hollywood to discover fresh voices and new ideas. We advocate for all of our Top 100 finalists, working with them to share their work with the right industry members to advance their career
Our prestigious juries of industry members include managers, agents, producers and executives at companies across Hollywood. We also offer exclusive partnerships with management and production companies to give writers an extra leg up.
Through these partnerships, as well as our exclusive mentorship opportunities, we seek to provide as many avenues towards success as possible. Show More
Deadline/Entry Fees
Deadline | Date | Entry Fee | Days till Deadline |
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Early | February 12, 2021 | $55 | |
Regular | March 12, 2021 | $65 | |
Late | April 9, 2021 | $75 | |
Final | May 7, 2021 | $85 | 17 |
See website for feedback and other optional fees.
Notification: Second Round: Jul 2, 2021;Top 100: Aug 13, 2021;Top 50: Sep 3, 2021;Top 10: Sep 24, 2021;Winner: Oct 15, 2021.
Rules
Please see website.Awards
Grand Prize | Top 3 Winners- Everything the Top 10 receive, plus…
- Invited to our exclusive, annual Launch Pad party where you will meet top agents, managers, executives, producers, and some of our current and previous judges.
- Everything the Top 50 receive, plus…
- Your work will be read, reviewed and voted on by each of our esteemed Judges.
- One free entry to any future Launch Pad Competition of your choosing.
- Everything the Top 100 receive, plus…
- One year free membership to the Tracking Board.
- Your project and writer profile will be shared and marketed to our extensive industry network through newsletters, website posts, promotional books and more.
- Inclusion in the Launch Pad Alum community of writers who network and help each other drive forward in their careers.
- A Minimum of 1 project will be selected from our option partner TBD to receive an option offer for their Launch Pad project.
- To qualify for this prize, entrants must have selected the “Guaranteed Option” add-on when submitting their project.
- This prize, as with all add-on prizes is not decided upon by placement in the competition. Regardless of whether the project entered makes any finalist round, your project will still be in contention for this prize until the competition ends.
- A Minimum of 1 writer will be selected for representation by our exclusive signing partner(s).
- To qualify for this prize, entrants must have selected the “Guaranteed Signing” add-on when submitting their project.
- This prize, as with all add-on prizes is not decided upon by placement in the competition. Regardless of whether the project entered makes any finalist round, your project will still be in contention for this prize until the competition ends.
- A Minimum of 3 writers (1 per mentor) will be selected by our mentors to enter our 2021 Launch Pad Pilot Mentorship Program.
- To qualify for this prize, entrants must have selected the “Mentorship Program” add-on when submitting their project.
- This prize, as with all add-on prizes, is not decided upon by placement in the competition. Regardless of whether the project entered makes any finalist round, your project will still be in contention for this prize until the competition ends.
Launch Pad Pilot

Contact
Web:
https://tblaunchpad.com/pilot/
Email:
contests@tracking-board.com
Contact: Spencer Janes, Program Manager
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Launch Pad Pilot Competition

Contact
Web:
https://tblaunchpad.com/pilot/
Email:
contests@tracking-board.com
Contact: Spencer Janes, Program Manager
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Signficance: |
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(4.8/5.0) |
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Contest News
Launch Pad Names 2019 Pilot Competition Winners
Noah Kloor's Grand Illusions has been named the Overall Winner of the 2019 Launch Pad Pilot Competition for his period drama about a young factory worker longing to escape her difficult life who is drawn inexorably into the glamorous and dangerous world of a touring illusionist and his troupe.
OVERALL WINNER
GRAND ILLUSIONS
Noah Kloor
THE PRESTIGE meets PEAKY BLINDERS
The year is 1918 and a young factory worker longing to escape her difficult life is drawn inexorably into the glamorous and dangerous world of a touring illusionist and his troupe.
Drama | Period
TOP COMEDY
BRIGHT LIGHT
Dan Neilan
CORPORATE meets MANIAC
A woman working for a PR firm that specializes in rehabilitating the careers of awful men struggles to distinguish between the absurdity of the world around her and the symptoms of her own mental illness.
Comedy
TOP DRAMA
FLESH, INC.
Sophie Dawson
BREAKING BAD meets HOUSE
A dangerous network of black-market organ hunters is threatened after a broker gets blackmailed while securing an illegal heart for a little girl.
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
BAD IDEA GUARANTEED OPTION WINNER
OFFICE 39
Dave Miller
THE NIGHT MANAGER meets BERLIN STATION
When a North Korean agent walks into the American embassy in Seoul, a CIA agent and embassy employee must discern what is true and what is a lie in his elaborate story of espionage and intrigue.
Drama | Thriller | Spy
RECON LITERARY GUARANTEED SIGNING WINNER
THE DISAPPEARANCE
Jess Harris-Distefano
THIS IS US meets THE FAMILY
Years after his father ran away with his two younger siblings, a sportswriter stumbles upon his long-lost family, and the secret threatens to upend his entire life.
Drama | Thriller
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WINNERS
Mentorship Selection - Simone Finch
AMERICAN PSYCHE
Richard Nguyen and Vinita Mehta
IN TREATMENT meets THE GOOD WIFE
A psychologist to Washington DC's political elite finds her worst nightmares coming to life when her star patient, a Senator, turns manic in the midst of drug abuse and sexual scandal.
Drama
Mentorship Selection - Julian Silver
KISS & MAKEUP
Liz Thompson
REVENGE meets GOOD BEHAVIOR
After accidentally killing the nephew of a powerful crime lord, a con artist flees to stay with her sister, only to discover that she is running a dangerous con of her own.
Comedy | Dark Comedy | Drama
Mentorship Selection - Jenny Deiker Restivo
PRINCES’ HOSPITAL
Lisa Kors
GREY’S ANATOMY meets HOMELAND
An American doctor is recruited to work in a luxury hospital in a Middle Eastern oil state, but adjusting to the new culture is more difficult than she expected.
Drama
Updated: 12/16/2019
Launch Pad Pilot Competition

Contact
Web:
https://tblaunchpad.com/pilot/
Email:
contests@tracking-board.com
Contact: Spencer Janes, Program Manager
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Overall: |
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(4.8/5.0) |
Professionalism: |
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Feedback: |
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(3.8/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(4.8/5.0) |
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