comedy
Erica Lies is a comedy writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and the Washington Post. She’s won numerous script awards, is a four-time Second Rounder in the Austin Film Festival, and is a long-time producer for live storytelling phenomenon, Mortified. You can read more of her writing by Googling her, but good luck with that. Her last name is a verb.
SELECTED writing:
satire & Humor:
New Yorker Daily SHouts:
Washington POst:
McSweeney's Internet Tendency:
List: Five Beautiful Dead Bodies Every Aspiring Actress Dreams of Playing
List: What Your Myers Briggs Type Says About Whether You'll Take the Myers Briggs Test
This Is Not a “Breakup,” It’s a “Pivot Toward Life Without Denise”
the belladonna:
Splitsider Humor Section:
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up After Your Breakup with Trevor
Men Find Me Intimidating Just Because I'm a Sentient Robot Sent Here From the Future to Destroy John Connor
accolades
Pilot #VANLIFE: SECOND FOUND, AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL 2022; AUDIENCE WINNER, FIRST THREE PAGES LIVE 2019
TV Pilot BEARD MOUNTAIN: SECOND ROUND, ATX TV PITCH COMPETITION 2019; WINNER, WEST VIRGINIA WRITERS SCREENWRITING AWARD 2018; FIRST RUNNER UP IN PEOPLE’S PILOT CONTEST 2018; SEMI FINALIST IN ATX TV PITCH COMPETITION 2015
TV Pilot OPEN: WINNER, PEOPLE’S PILOT CONTEST 2017; 2ND PLACE, WEST VIRGINIA WRITERS SCREENWRITING AWARD 2018
TV Pilot MOUNT OLYMPUS HIGH: SECOND ROUND IN ATX TV PITCH COMPETITION 2017
TV Pilot EDGEWICK COMMONS (CO-WRITTEN): AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL SECOND ROUND 2015 & 2016; RUNNER UP IN PEOPLE’S PILOT CONTEST 2015; QUARTER FINALIST IN SCREENCRAFT PILOT CONTEST 2015
TV Pilot STATE U (CO-WRITTEN): AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL SECOND ROUND 2014; FINALIST IN AUSTIN FILM FEST & ATX TV FESTIVAL PITCH COMPETITIONS 2014
GIRLS spec script, “DIVORCE SONG”: WINNER, GOLD PRIZE IN WORLD SERIES OF SCREENWRITING; 4TH PLACE IN SPEC-SCRIPTACULAR 2014
HAPPY ENDINGS spec script, “DINNER PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999”: SEMIFINALIST IN ACCLAIM SCRIPT CONTEST & SPEC-SCRIPTACULAR 2013
press
View clippings from Erica’s performances on stages and small screens.