2015 Television Semi-Finalists


In order to choose the Grand Prize and Honorable Mention winners for Screenplay Festival, there are three rounds to the competition. In the first round, every script is read by at least two judges and rated regardless of genre. The screenplays with the highest ratings move into the second round, or the Semi-Final Round. The scripts listed below made it through this process and deserve recognition as Screenplay Festival Semi-Finalists.

The most frequent question we get asked is, “What percentage placement does being a Semi-Finalist make me?”  This year, the Semi-Finalists represent the top 50% of entries that we receive.  Yes, we received so many entries this year that the judges agreed to let more scripts into the second round.

We appreciate everyone’s hard work and would again like to congratulate everyone for their great writing!

Semi-Finalists

Television – Half Hour Pilot:
A Lying Shame – Sundae Jahant-Osborn
A Side of Nuts – Charli Engelhorn
All American Strip Mall – David Earl Waterman
Ask Patsy – Lisa Gold
Breaking Up is Hard to Do – Nathan Price
Chocolate Teapots – Dave Mac
Cumming of Age – Karina de Allicon
Do Over – Cary Anderson
Drunk Mom – Chris Eisenberg
Duke Of Rainbow Cove – Charlie Schulman
Gavin Hardy – C.M. Robinson
Helicopter Parent Lucia Jones
Human Resources – Andrew Wood
Hyman Says – Isabel Stille
Ms. Littlefield – David Minaskanian
No Hope for Gomez! – Graham Parke
Off The Menu – Dennis Camlek
Philly VIBE – Steve McLean
Please Fire Me – Phil Olson
Retail Therapy – Kevin Nugent
SELF HELP – Julie Livingston
The Human Element – Brian Randolph & Alex Randolph
The Impostors – Bob Barth
The LA Diner – Ed Mills & Jeremy Palmer
The New Wave – Darlene Inkster
Wake Up Call – Alan W. Porter
Walking the Dog – James Bloom

Television – Half Hour Spec:
2 Broke Girls – “And the Dino” – David Minaskanian
2 Broke Girls: “And the Exploding Dog” Debra Kibby
Black-ish: “From Here To Paternity” Taylor Landau
Blunt Talk: “You Can Shut Up Now” Jodie Mala
Broad City: “Star Floors” Chis Lamm
Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “The Recently Escaped Convict” – Geoff Heminway
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia “Frank’s Twin” – Evan Baughfman
Louie: “Valentine’s” Julie Madden
Mike & Molly: “Mike Path” Joseph Torres
Modern Family – “Retire-vention” – Tim Snook
Modern Family: “Walk Like A Man” Frankie Wilson
Parks and Recreation: “Hail Fairy” Austin Miller
Silicon Valley: “In The Cloud” Tamica Bryant
Silicon Valley: “Torrent” Lucy Meister
South Park “Heisenburger” – Daniel Becker
The Big Bang Theory – “The Procrastination Expiration” – David Minaskanian
The Big Bang Theory: “The Memory Game” – Debra Johnson
The Big Bang Theory: “The Expectation Experiment” Nathain Blair
The Goldbergs: “Nuclear Mom” Gerry Chamberlain
The Grinder: “Napoleon Grown Apart” Matthew Yates
The Last Man on Earth: “Ladies Night” Paul Wilson
The Middle: “Frankie’s Lament” Wray Gaylyn
The Mindy Project: “The Breakfast Snub” Melvin Futrell
The Simpsons: “The Just Us League” Carvon Jelkes
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: “Kimmy’s First Fist Fight!” Micah Muhammad
Veep: “Lobbyist Central” Bravita Thomas
Veep: “Prime Minister Who?” Christa Nolen
Younger – “You’re The New Me” – David Chester & Kimberly Tierney

Television – One Hour Pilot:
American Imam Jordan Al-Hadan
Becoming Charles – Susanne Pride Notman
Consequences – Robert Christian Frostholm
Czar of Detroit – Guy Steele & Arthur Rains-McNally
Dirty Talk – S. Christian Roe
DOE – Marc Rosenberg
Doktor Freud – Nic Torre
Dream Walker – Chris Hutton
Edge of Extinction – Jeff Shevlowitz
Exitus – Steven J. Zurline Jr.
Forgotten – Chris Hutton
HATE – Kristy Thomas
Highland Heights County – Chris Homstad
In the Shadows of November – Bill Albert
La Frontera – Brandon Stiefer
Leech – David Field & Geoff Morrell
Made in the USA – Michael Flores
Mimics: I Am Somebody – Marc Harris
Mindswipers – Ryan Andrew Brandt
Nightingale – William Nona
Nightmare – Lance Wayne
North Head – Carl Smith
Riding the Rail – Korey Hagans
Seven Kings – Michael Esser
The Cage – Chris Hutton
The Circuit – Brian Fountain Murray
The Knowing – Aneetha Rajan
The Lost Opera – Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
The Work Husband – Robert P. Matheson
To Kill A King – Vincent S. Green
Trine – Kris Lippert

Television – One Hour Spec:
Blindspot: “Trap The Demon” Terry Ohara
Castle: “Just One More Thing” – John Portilla
Castle: “Dressed To Spill” Mia Farcon
Criminal Minds: “Color Blind” – Kristy Thomas
Doctor Who: “The Doctor and the Cook” – Alberto Corral
Empire: “Never Say Never” Joshua Harrison
Empire: “Walk Into Light” Jamie Henry
Empire: “Walking Alone Together” Allen Ingruber
Grey’s Anatomy: “Best Kind Of Hurt” Anthony Knowsley
Grey’s Anatomy: “Walk Outside, Run Inside” Dean Mansell
Lilyhammer: “Bring Jerry Home” – Debi Yazbeck
Mad Men: “The Last Straw” Ken Pantano
NCIS: ”The Enemy Outside” Kai Pithyou
Orange Is the New Black: “Sisters From Other Misters” Logan Portillo
Scandal: “Like Father, Like None” Britney Cambogia
Scandal: “One More Lie” Luis Ruck
Supergirl: “Caught In The Act” Rhian Simpson
Supergirl: “Flying Backwards” Gareth Sheehan
The Americans: “Revolution and Resolution” – Addison Bhuyan
The Blacklist: “The Walking Nightmare” T.J. Taylor
The Good Wife: “Old Unfaithful” Jody Bailey
The Good Wife: “The Ugly Win” Alicia Whiteside
The Leftovers: “Exit Stage Right” Richard Zambo
The West Wing: “The Final Solution” Tim Storm
The West Wing: “The Town Hall” Edward Wagner