Announcing Our 2026 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator Finalists

Here are the 17 TV pilot scripts chosen as our finalists, representing the top 2% of all 2026 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator submissions!

We received almost 1,000 submissions for the 2026 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator, and this week, we announced our 17 finalists! These scripts represent the top 2% of all submissions.

These finalists were chosen after having their script read by two of our Industry Judges — showrunners, series creators, and high-level TV writers! Our judges generously shared their expertise and helped us identify these talented finalists, whose scripts, ideas, and craft stood out.

Next, our finalists will be participating in an interview round with our team.

Finally, we will choose our 6-8 fellows! These fellows will hone their pitches with feedback from a showrunner, development exec and speech coach; participate in a mock writers room; and gain industry knowledge during Q&As with an entertainment lawyer, agent, and manager.

The program cultimantes in Pitch Week this October! Our fellows will have the opportunity to pitch to major companies including HBO, Netflix, and many more.

Two of our alums have sold projects because of connections they made during the program, and many more have gotten staffed or repped! One of our alums even hired another alum into a writers room. We can't wait to see the successes of this year's cohort.

Here are the screenwriters and their TV pilot scripts that were selected as our 2026 finalists:

Straighten Up With Ellie Miyazawa - Anna Suzuki

Holding Space - Bre Skye

Complex Encounters - Charlene Little

Sorta Rican - Christina Ingraldi

Buttling - Griffin Kelly

Committed - Irina Rodriguez

Marshfield - Jo Rochelle

Scratched - Julia Ireland

Delulu - Julianne Turkel

Remnant - Kamari Somers

The Vending Machine - Katarina Hughes

Americanistas - Kim Marcelino

The Dead - Mallika Dhaliwal

Fufu and Soup - Marjan Mona Koffa

The Secret Life of Samira Sen - Minoti Vaishnav

B&B - Sarah Adelman

Burn - Soo-jin Kim & Joseph Abruquah

Check back soon, as we will be announcing our 2026 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator fellows shortly!