User:Ralevy/StoryboardTV

(1) http://storyboardtv.com/about (2) http://storyboardtv.com/faq (3) http://filmnewsbriefs.com/2010/02/storyboardtv-com/ (4) http://filmnewsbriefs.com/2010/05/online-community-site-announces-contest-semi-finalists/

StoryboardTV is a NY based television production company, founded in October 2009 by theater and television producer Rachel Anne Levy and business consultant Andrew Levinson. Its mission is to find, cultivate, and promote new stories and new writers for television drama. To that end, this company runs competitions for new television pilot scripts on their website (www.storyboardtv.com) and options the ten finalist scripts in every competition. From there, Storyboard TV works with writers to develop their scripts before pitching them to production companies and agents.

First Competition
StoryboardTV launched its first script competition for the best pilot of a one-hour television drama on February 1, 2010. The ten semi-finalists were announced on May 1 and included: “606,” by David Gilbank; “Bazookaville,” by Joseph Adams; “False Profit,” by Michael Barker and Jason Groessel; “The Four Corners,” by Seth Philip Shore; “Jen-16,” by Craig Berger; “Project Tango,” by Kelly Morrison; “The Reservoir,” by Eddy Vallante and Dylan Allen; “The Service,” by Edward Klau; “The Slow Redemption of Bobby Zelinksi,” by Bill Rutkoski and Richard Embardo; and “Yard Work,” by Gabriella Messina. A panel of industry professionals the narrowed the field to three: "False Profit"; "Jen-16"; and "The Reservoir". The members of Storyboard TV chose the winning script, which was announced on July 16, 2010: "The Reservoir".

Second Competition
StoryboardTV's second competition will begin on September 1, 2011 and will be opened up to include both one-hour and half-hour pilot scripts. The semi-finalists will be announced on December 1, 2010, the three finalists on January 10, 2011, and the winner on or about February 7, 2011.