Sleepless cartoon scores Nick Australia prize at SPAA

This year's grand prize winner of the US$25, 000 Nickelodeon Australia and industry org SPAA's Land a Pilot contest is Insomniacs by Shane Elsmore and Simon Adams.
November 14, 2008

This year’s grand prize winner of the US$25, 000 Nickelodeon Australia and industry org SPAA’s Land a Pilot contest is Insomniacs by Shane Elsmore and Simon Adams.

The creepy kids series was selected from a group of seven finalists from around Australia, and beat out a total of 90 submissions to score the prize.

The annual competition calls for new kids series concepts that will appeal to 10- to 12-year-olds and can coverlive-action, comedy, drama or reality genres.

The winners will now work with Nickelodeon over the next six months to further develop the series and produce a pilot.

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Gary Rusak is a freelance writer based in Toronto. He has covered the kids entertainment industry for the last decade with a special interest in licensing, retail and consumer products. You can reach him at garyrusak@gmail.com

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