Albert’s one-hour crime-drama pilot script Renaissance Town has been selected as a quarterfinalist from a total of 813 one-hour pilots in the 2026 BlueCat TV Writing Competition. Semifinalists will be announced on June 30, 2026.

Renaissance Town, written by Albert M. Chan, is set in a dying Rust Belt town recently rejuvenated by refugees. When a beloved young woman is raped and murdered in a Rust Belt city remaking itself as a refugee haven, Utica’s first Karen Burmese police officer is torn between her badge, her family, and her community as she risks everything to clear her brother in a case powerful people are determined to simplify.

BlueCat has a long and distinguished history of discovering unknown TV writers, introducing them to the industry and launching their careers. Past winners and finalists have been signed by major talent agencies like UTA, CAA and WME, sold their work to studios like Warner Bros., Paramount, and Universal, and won major awards at the Sundance, Berlin, and Tribeca film festivals.