Contest Results


2024 Winners


Posted on Jan 21, 2025

In order to choose the Grand Prize and Honorable Mention winners for Screenplay Festival, there are three rounds to the competition. In the final round, every script is read by at least five judges and rated regardless of genre. The screenplays with the highest ratings become the winners!

This year, the winning screenplays listed below represent the top 5% of entries that we receive.

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


Grand Prize Winners


Movie: Action/Adventure : The Geography of Violence by Sophie Rapaport
Movie: Comedy : Mary Mary Quite Contrary by Kevin Brunner
Movie: Drama : Tinderbox by Wendy Jean Wilkins
Movie: Thriller/Horror : Jaju by Greg Dorchak
Television: Half Hour Script : Executive Disorder by Ethan Olmstead
Television: One Hour Script : The Ultimate Game by Mia McEvoy


Honorable Mention Winners


Movie: Action/Adventure

Blossom City Blues by MINH N/A NGUYEN
ESTEBAN by Robin Neil Chambers
Evie and Amaya by Kerrys Virgo
RACE ACROSS AMERICA by Dennis DeBon
The Cascades by M R Caldwell


Movie: Comedy

Anything To Win Her Love by Nicole Stefani Rodriguez
Bessie’s Place by Adam Sandel
Playing Hero by Warren Lane
The Cottages by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
The Marriage Maker by Cam Seamus, Dave Bone, Laury Falter


Movie: Drama

8-Hour Nightmare by Jeff Kimball
A Bullet For God’s Bounty by Don Stroud
Let the Boy Sing by Gunnar Garrett
One Last Build in Centralia by Michael Klug
Turn the Sandglass by Robert Gokay


Movie: Thriller/Horror

BELIEF by Susan Kelejian
Ghost Station by Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez
Octave by Brenda Ellen Warder
The Offering by David Solomon Kornfield
Who Watches the Weight Watchers? by Aaron B. Covaleski


Television: Half Hour Script

FAMILY PHYSICIAN by Benjmin Alexander, Dan Ringey
The Baxters Take New Orleans (spec script) by Lucie Rose Courtois
The Bear “Heard” by Monis Rose
The Chronicles of Harley Pony Boy Episode One by Tony Schweikle
Vapor by Sean Taylor


Television: One Hour Script

A MEXICAN DILEMMA by Charles Richard Clotfelter
HOLLYWOOD GHOSTWRITER (TV Pilot) by Melanie Villines
Law hop by Latris Latrelle Oliveira, Gary Swaby
Little Italo by Mattia Simioni
Means & Methods by Sean McMahon Roper

 

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2024 Finalists


Posted on Dec 14, 2024

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 on to the second round!

This year, the “Finalist” screenplays listed below represent the top 25% of entries that we receive.

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

Finalists

Movie: Action / Adventure

A.J. Artificial Justice by D. Hunter Fein
Ancestors From the Stars by Joe McNeal
Blossom City Blues by MINH N/A NGUYEN
ESTEBAN by Robin Neil Chambers
Evie and Amaya by Kerrys Virgo
Miss Dixie is a Pixie by Nathan Caliner Goldman, Miriam Esther Goldman
Pay Dirt by Dan Angus Morrison
RACE ACROSS AMERICA by Dennis DeBon
Reaches by Zeynep Ekim
Sixgun Saint by Warren Lane
Strike by Charles Borg, Johnny Vongnaphone
The Cascades by M R Caldwell
The Geography of Violence by Sophie Rapaport
The Glass Key by Brando Benetton
The Ruby Books by Jeanne Demers
Curry Sauce Ninja by Hecham Heesh Elhajoui

Movie: Comedy

20June67 by Joe Fenico
AI UNPLUGGED: THE TRINITY by Craig Trumbo
Anything To Win Her Love by Nicole Stefani Rodriguez
Bessie’s Place by Adam Sandel
Cave Dwellers_ by Francis Indigo
Giggling Gallows by Warren Lane, Jon Tenzing Neralich
Happy as Larry by Hugo André
I’m in a Screenplay by Arthur Tiersky
Mary Mary Quite Contrary by Kevin Brunner
Playing Hero by Warren Lane
Safe Words by Daniel Clements
Tequila Run by Donald Valley
The Cottages by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
The Dad Joke by Joe Bor
The Marriage Maker by Cam Seamus, Dave Bone, Laury Falter
The Mullet Round by Kevin Gries, Charles Hallinan
THE PLOT, THICKINS! by Russ Lindway
Thursday’s Special by Rob Levinson
What’s Wrong With You Son? by Harry A Druding
Suckle by Gary Wayne Anderson
TOILET SHARKS by Bruce Griffiths

Movie: Drama

7 Scars by Peter Cameron
8-Hour Nightmare by Jeff Kimball
A Bullet For God’s Bounty by Don Stroud
A Promise I Made to Mr. Bagels by Romeo Ciolfi
Beastings by Derek Masterson
Down By Law by Rich Otto
HEIMRICH FARM Subtitles ed. abridged 2024 by Charles J Finesilver, Greg D Paxton
Let the Boy Sing by Gunnar Garrett
Limbo by Princess Anene-Maidoh
Love’s Pure Light by Steven Hawkins
Malinalli by Isaak France’s Gracia
Neighbours by Olga Sovenko
Next Time We Meet by Robert Gokay
NO WATER FOR WALK-ONS by MICHAEL CUTLER
One Last Build in Centralia by Michael Klug
Oorah… by Lori Lee Daliposon
Rahma by faysal soysal
The Apostate by Darrin Thompson
THE HOOD AND VEIL QUEEN by Angelo Bell
The Long Road To War by Joe Micklethwaite
The Race by Carlos Miranda, Michael Corcoran
THE REFLECTION OF MARCUS JOHNSON by Shawn Casey McLaughlin
The Shuck by John Patrick Hayden, Shawn Fisher
The Town by Al Mertens
The Wardrobe by Peter Noel
Tinderbox by Wendy Jean Wilkins
Turn the Sandglass by Robert Gokay
When No One Else Beieved by Ron J Tripodo

Movie: Thriller/Horror

Aqualand by Luke Hunter
BELIEF by Susan Kelejian
Blood and Bone Pawn Shop by Laura J. Hickman
Breaking the Curse by Lisa K. Thomas
Breezy Point by Keith Roenke, Luke Edwards
Cat Lady, A Psycho-Biddy Horror by Suzan Averitt, Jeff G Peters
Desert Rose by Walter Siefker
Ghost Station by Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez
Giggling Gallows by Warren Lane, Jon Tenzing Neralich
Golliwog by Mod Grip
Hillcrest Manor by Reese Morgan, Steve Deering
Jaju by Greg Dorchak
Love and Other Bloody Messes by Brian McGrath
MISCHIEViOUS by Nathan Warren Lane
Monster Within by Emanuele Frusi
My Child by Matthew Ford
Night Creatures by Daniel Michael Williams
NIGHTFALL by Shawn McLaughlin
Octave by Brenda Ellen Warder
Shark of the Dead by Nick Bankhead
The Fall of the House of Usher by Ronald Ecker
The Lonely by Girard Dorney
The Offering by David Solomon Kornfield
Three Days by Emilio Santín
Time, Space & the Poet – Part Two by John Turner
TOILET SHARKS by Bruce Griffiths
Vice vs. Vampyres by Brad Havens
Victor Dickens and the Silent Minority by Jeremy David Thompson
Wanting by Zach Closs
Who Watches the Weight Watchers? by Aaron B. Covaleski
Witchblood by Richard Hohenrath

Television: Half Hour Script

*SHOOTING STAR* Pilot: “Star Seeds” by TJ Morehouse
Brothers “pilot” by Benjamin Rodefer
Executive Disorder by Ethan Olmstead
FAMILY PHYSICIAN by Benjmin Alexander, Dan Ringey
HAPPY LANDING by Dianne Lee Blomberg, PhD, Joseph Alexander Carabello
Hear Yourself by Kerrys Virgo
Kai Fishman’s Life In The Background by Chris Warner
Last out by Stan Hope
No One Likes You – “First Week” by Josh Perry
Scandiman by Kerrys Virgo
The Baxters Take New Orleans (spec script) by Lucie Rose Courtois
The Bear “Heard” by Monis Rose
The Belfast Connection – Pilot Episode by John Donovan
The Chronicles of Harley Pony Boy Episode One by Tony Schweikle
The Folklore Files by Warren Lane
UNIT F: Monster Vice by Chris Warner
Vapor by Sean Taylor
Wildflower of the Valley (Pilot): Carnal Bloom by Hannah Rose Vernot

Television: One Hour Script

A MEXICAN DILEMMA by Charles Richard Clotfelter
Aris by V.P. Evans
Catering Hell by Nate Lane
GATE’S FLYING CIRCUS by Dennis DeBon
Hedy’s Wars by John J Rutter
HOLLYWOOD GHOSTWRITER (TV Pilot) by Melanie Villines
In Real Life (IRL) by Shawand M Marquez
Law hop by Latris Latrelle Oliveira, Gary Swaby
Little Italo by Mattia Simioni
Means & Methods by Sean McMahon Roper
PAST SHIFT by Sabina Sattar
Renting Grandma by Todd Colby Pliss, Jacob Shelton
ShowDown 52 by Alex Martins
Shut Up & Swim by Eleanna Santorinaiou
The Human Computers by John J Rutter
The Last Angel by Tommy Gunns
The Leader by Adam Butler
The Ultimate Game by Mia McEvoy

 

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2023 Winners


Posted on Dec 14, 2023

In order to choose the Grand Prize and Honorable Mention winners for Screenplay Festival, there are three rounds to the competition. In the final round, every script is read by at least five judges and rated regardless of genre. The screenplays with the highest ratings become the winners!

This year, the winning screenplays listed below represent the top 5% of entries that we receive.

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


Grand Prize Winners


Movie: Action/Adventure : King of Blades by Paul Hikari
Movie: Comedy : Me’n Gus by Leslie Flannery
Movie: Drama : Lyman: The Movie by Anne Johnstonbrown
Movie: Thriller/Horror : Rough Cut by Mitchell V Slan
Television: Half Hour Script : Always Something by Courtney Slusser
Television: One Hour Script : Amy (Sort Of) by Peter Podgursky


Honorable Mention Winners


Movie: Action/Adventure

Movie: Action/Adventure : Britt Johnson by Peter Bloomquist
Movie: Action/Adventure : Brothers Blood by Virginia Travers, CV Herst, Scott Amour, & Clayton Shuster
Movie: Action/Adventure : If You See Me by Vanesa Stoynova
Movie: Action/Adventure : Pardou by Lacy McClory & Duane McClory


Movie: Comedy

Movie: Comedy : A Midsummer Night’s Play by Eric MacKinnon Johnson
Movie: Comedy : I’ll Be Doggone by Robert Cole
Movie: Comedy : Love Me X 3 by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
Movie: Comedy : Playing Hero by Warren Lane


Movie: Drama

Movie: Drama : A City Clean and Good by Daniel Lin Worthen
Movie: Drama : Anna Incognito by Laura Preble
Movie: Drama : Before the Dust Returns by Adam Peditto
Movie: Drama : Victory Disease by Andrew D TePas


Movie: Thriller/Horror

Movie: Thriller/Horror : Chateau Sauvignon by David M. Night Maire & Adam T. Wolfe
Movie: Thriller/Horror : Hello. by Sophia Lee
Movie: Thriller/Horror : S-21 by Kylee Q Robinson
Movie: Thriller/Horror : Stupid Dead Boy by Alex Vickery-Howe


Television: Half Hour Script

Television: Half Hour Script : AnHedonia by Lucky Bailey
Television: Half Hour Script : Hoof & Horn by Kevin Brunner
Television: Half Hour Script : Locked Up: The Fish by Ronald D. Smith
Television: Half Hour Script : TINU by Nirali Shastri


Television: One Hour Script

Television: One Hour Script : The Combat Art Collective by Baron Rotza
Television: One Hour Script : The Mind’s Eye by Gabriel Meyers
Television: One Hour Script : The Orphans by Johnny Galvan
Television: One Hour Script : Wench by Aaveen Marandi & Tommy Miller

 

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2023 Finalists


Posted on Nov 15, 2023

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 on to the second round!

The most frequent question we get asked is, “What percentage of scripts make it through the first round?”  This year, the Second Round screenplays listed below represent the top 15% of entries that we receive.

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

Finalists

Movie: Action / Adventure

A Need For Something New by John T. Frederick
Britt Johnson by Peter Bloomquist
Brothers Blood by Virginia Travers, CV Herst, Scott Amour, Clayton Shuster
Closer to The Sun by Sara Althani
Epicenter by Luke Swanson
Heroes and Villains by Timothy Burgess, John Burgess
If You See Me by Vanesa Stoynova
King of Blades by Paul Hikari
Nobody’s Heroes by Michael Alan Elliott
Pardou by lacy mcclory, Duane Mcclory
Sixgun Saint by Warren Lane
Spiralmind by Benito F Perez, Jackson J Smith
The priory of Sion by Cazebon-Taveau Cazebon-Taveau Cazebon-Taveau
The Rifle Brothers by Brett McKay Prieto
The World Turned Upside Down by Dennis O’Flyng

Movie: Comedy

A Midsummer Night’s Play by Eric MacKinnon Johnson
Beyond Romeo by Aaron Fitzgerald
Blood Money by Dominic Flanagan
Eating Rhode Island by Lawrence Thelen
I’ll Be Doggone by Robert Cole
Love in the Time of Coronavirus by Emilio Santín
Love In The Time of Covid by Dennis Manuel
Love Me X 3 by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
Me’n Gus by Leslie Flannery
Playing Hero by Warren Lane
Rock On by Bill Rutkoski, Dan Karlok
The Littlest God by Barry Steven Kohl
The Resurrectionists by Duncan Putney
Under Done by El Brazil
Wildwood by Damon Fabbo

Movie: Drama

A City Clean and Good by Daniel Lin Worthen
A Letter to Sakharov by Andrew Joseph Crane
Anna Incognito by Laura Preble
Ball of Fire by Sean Coleman
Before the Dust Returns by Adam Peditto
Call Me Thor by Jamie Campbell
Devotion by Leon McConnell
Learning To Be Human by J Frederick
Look at It This Way by Danae Clark
Lyman: The Movie by Anne Johnstonbrown
Manongs by Mariel Madrid, Keone Madrid
Paradise Destroyed by Robin Neil Chambers
Replacement by Borys Shusterman
Reunion at Red Paint Bay by George E Harrar
Victory Disease by Andrew D TePas

Movie: Thriller/Horror

Bento Box by Brian Elliott Feinberg
Chateau Sauvignon by David M. Night Maire, Adam T. Wolfe
Dark Destinies by Warren Lane
Hello. by Sophia Lee
Home of the Dead by Rod Tipton
Margo and the Monster by Don Famularo
Ombre by Kevin Brunner
Rev by Jay K McGrath
Rough Cut by Mitchell V Slan
S-21 by Kylee Q Robinson
Scratch by Cedrick Nichols
Stupid Dead Boy by Alex Vickery-Howe
The Dive by Andrew Essig
Time, Space, And The Poet by John Turner
WiLL by Ryan Hughes

Television: Half Hour Script

Always Something by Courtney Slusser
AnHedonia by Lucky Bailey
Bender by Vic Paul
Film Or Be Filmed – Pilot by Alexander Green
Hoof & Horn by Kevin Brunner
Lemonlight by M. Rowan Meyer
Locked Up: The Fish by Ronald D. Smith
The Black Paintings by Finn Weatherstone
The Gang Gets Diverse by Jordan Champagne
TINU by Nirali Shastri

Television: One Hour Script

Aisle of Arsara by Jess Carlyle Palmer
Amy (Sort Of) by Peter Podgursky
Desert Star News by Robert Alan Haus
Gemini by Alex Vickery-Howe
Gilligan’s Island Of The Dead by Jerry Kokich
Life Through the Lens by Chad Hutson
Mrs. Ashby by Jesse Millward
Norwich by Hisonni Mustafa
Still’s Life by Duncan Putney
The Combat Art Collective by Baron Rotza
The Mind’s Eye by Gabriel Meyers
The Orphans by Johnny Galvan
The Scripts of Virtue by Jairaj Singh Walia
Watchlist by Alex Vickery-Howe
Wench by Aaveen Marandi, Tommy Miller

 

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2023 Semi-Finalists


Posted on Nov 15, 2023

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 three judges and rated regardless of genre. The screenplays with the highest ratings move on to the second round!

The most frequent question we get asked is, “What percentage of scripts make it through the first round?”  This year, the Semi-Finalist screenplays listed below represent the top 40% of entries that we receive.

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

Semi-Finalists

Movie: Action / Adventure

133 by Robert D Holloway
A Call To Arms by Julian Poulter
A Need For Something New by John T. Frederick
Berlin Snatch by Jack B. DuArte
Britt Johnson by Peter Bloomquist
Brothers Blood by Virginia Travers, CV Herst, Scott Amour, Clayton Shuster
Closer to The Sun by Sara Althani
Diversion by Robert Isabella
Enchanting the Sea by Zachary Van Eyck
Epicenter by Luke Swanson
Heroes and Villains by Timothy Burgess, John Burgess
Hobey by Tom Mackie
If You See Me by Vanesa Stoynova
King of Blades by Paul Hikari
Magic Man by Robert Isabella
Moksha by Saurin Lakhia
Nobody’s Heroes by Michael Alan Elliott
Old Friends by Robert Isabella
Pardou by lacy mcclory, Duane Mcclory
Philander by Danny Darren
Ryder’s Escape by Rich Duisenberg
Sixgun Saint by Warren Lane
Spiralmind by Benito F Perez, Jackson J Smith
Tardigrades In Space by Jonathan Anderson
The Pickleball Killer by Jim Carroll
The priory of Sion by Cazebon-Taveau Cazebon-Taveau Cazebon-Taveau
The Rifle Brothers by Brett McKay Prieto
The World Turned Upside Down by Dennis O’Flyng
Thief Architec Gendarme Politician by Michael David Sollars, Geoffrey Durand Sollars, Eric Gerard Sollars

Movie: Comedy

A Midsummer Night’s Play by Eric MacKinnon Johnson
Altitude Extreme by GEOFFREY CARLSON
Beyond Romeo by Aaron Fitzgerald
Blood Money by Dominic Flanagan
Brem & Me by Kevin Edward Corrigan
Concrete Steps to Love by Vincent Carrier
Down At The Val by Neil Goodchild
Eating Rhode Island by Lawrence Thelen
EcoAgent Man: Endangered is my middle name by Thomas f Ballard
Good News Gary by Chad Hutson
I’ll Be Doggone by Robert Cole
Ka-Razy, Man! by Harry F Kelley
Lola Kish and the KKK by Leigh Hunt
Love in the Time of Coronavirus by Emilio Santín
Love In The Time of Covid by Dennis Manuel
Love Me X 3 by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
Me’n Gus by Leslie Flannery
Mom by Jordan Champagne
Mutiny in Munchkinland by Kurt St. Angelo
Playing Hero by Warren Lane
Rock On by Bill Rutkoski, Dan Karlok
Satan Minded by Clayton Dudzic
Sex On the Wrong Brain by Ard Falten
Shelter by Janna Jones
Skating On Thin Ice by Bob Canning
The Devil Wears Flannel by TK Sheffield
The Littlest God by Barry Steven Kohl
The Miracle of Place Royale. by Christophe Lourenco
The Resurrectionists by Duncan Putney
Under Done by El Brazil
Wildwood by Damon Fabbo

Movie: Drama

(I’ll Never Find) Another You by Michael Elliott
A City Clean and Good by Dan Worthen
A Letter to Sakharov by Andrew Crane
A Siren’s Sweet Whisper by Fred G Stemme
Anna Incognito by Laura Preble
Ball of Fire by Sean Coleman
Before the Dust Returns by Adam Peditto
Borrowed Breath by Leigh Hunt
Call Me Thor by Jamie Campbell
Cosmos Black by Eliot Cooper
DeliKateSSen by Richard Atkins
Devotion by Leon McConnell
Emma Who? by Laura Edmundson
Gold by Marcus Gorman
Learning To Be Human by John T. Frederick
Like Him by Brian McGrath
Look at It This Way by Danae Clark
Lost Puppies – A Story of the Ukraine by Charles Harper
Lyman: The Movie by Anne Johnstonbrown
Manongs by Keone & Mari Madrid
Paradise Destroyed by Robin Neil Chambers
Peace So Sweet by Sarah Lawrence
Replacement by Borys Shusterman
Reunion at Red Paint Bay by George Harrar
Ryder’s Escape by Rich Duisenberg
The Green Mill by Michelle Taubman
The Life of Cockroaches by Gillian Croft
The Wreck of the Frolic by Colleen Smith
True Luck by Peter Andrews
Victory Disease by Andrew TePas

Movie: Thriller/Horror

A Patriot for Ivanov by C.L. McGinnis
Asimetrica by Shubhanjan Das
Bento Box by Brian Elliott Feinberg
Carnevil by Anthony Cross
Chateau Sauvignon by David M. Night Maire, Adam T. Wolfe
Dark Destinies by Warren Lane
Hello. by Sophia Lee
Home of the Dead by Rod Tipton
Kurwick’s Daughter by Timothy Richardson
Margo and the Monster by Don Famularo
Near Death by Jonny William Hodgetts
Ombre by Kevin Brunner
Reality Game by Greg Lyon
Receiver by Clayton James Dudzic
Rev by Jay K McGrath
Rough Cut by Mitchell V Slan
S-21 by Kylee Q Robinson
Scratch by Cedrick Nichols
Silent Cry by Kevin Richard Enners
Spiralmind by Ben Perez
Stupid Dead Boy by Alex Vickery-Howe
The Devil’s Chair by Warren Lane
The Dive by Andrew Essig
The Terror at Tierra de Cobre by Michael Merriam
Time, Space & the Poet – Part Two by John Turner
Time, Space, And The Poet by John Turner
WiLL by Ryan Hughes
Witching Hour by Alex Vickery-Howe

Television: Half Hour Script

Always Something by Courtney Slusser
AnHedonia by Lucky Bailey
Bender by Vic Paul
Film Or Be Filmed – Pilot by Alexander Green
Gwthyr, Cian, and Ninlil Unlimited. by Mark Andrew Pogodzinski
Hoof & Horn by Kevin Brunner
I Loved Him In The City by Tanille Edwards
Intimacies: Pilot by Gerald C Wood
Lemonlight by M. Rowan Meyer
Locked Up: The Fish by Ronald D. Smith
Our Lady of Mercy by Jean-Paul Morselli
The Black Paintings by Finn Weatherstone
The Gang Gets Diverse by Jordan Champagne
The Sessions by Alexander Julian III
The Spotlights by Nick Lane & Nate Lane
The Unified Field Theory of Love by Jacque Williams
TINU by Nirali Shastri
Whatfor Sheriff by James Charleston
When No One Else Beieved by Ron J Tripodo

Television: One Hour Script

1999 by Gerald Teaster, Allison Lee Craft
A Lost Lady by Holly Swenson
A Place in the World by Michael Stern
Aisle of Arsara by Jess Carlyle Palmer
Amy (Sort Of) by Peter Podgursky
Crossing The Border by Sherrod Tunstall
Dead Sheep by Karren Winchester
Desert Star News by Robert Alan Haus
Desire Not the Night by Daniel Jack Foster
DOWNWINDERS by Mark Donnell
Gemini by Alex Vickery-Howe
Gilligan’s Island Of The Dead by Jerry Kokich
Life Through the Lens by Chad Hutson
Mrs. Ashby by Jesse Millward
New Cardiff by M. Rowan Meyer
Norwich by Hisonni Mustafa
Paladin by Mark Andrew Pogodzinski
Redemption by Mark Andrew Pogodzinski
Slay It! ‘They Say You Die Twice’ by Janine Pecenkova
Still’s Life by Duncan Putney
The Combat Art Collective by Baron Rotza
The Enclave by Mercury Gustaveson
The Fusion Affair by Martin Bernard Foley
The Lambda Factor by Dimple Patel Desai, Antony Guilianti
The Mind’s Eye by Gabriel Meyers
The Orphans by Johnny Galvan
The Scripts of Virtue by Jairaj Singh Walia
The Stylite by Shane Hallawa
Watchlist by Alex Vickery-Howe
Wench by Aaveen Marandi, Tommy Miller

 

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2022 Winners!


Posted on Oct 31, 2022

We appreciate everyone who submitted work to Screenplay for the 2022 competition.
Reading, judging, and ranking scripts is a very difficult and long process.
The scripts listed below made it through to the end and we applaud their great work!


Grand Prize Winners


Movie: Action/Adventure : Caleb by Philip Michael
Movie: Comedy : Making Twain by Greg Beattie
Movie: Drama : Out of the Flames by Stephanie Hutchinson
Movie: Thriller/Horror : Dead Key by Akio Duffy
Television: Half Hour Script : Atlanta “What I’d Call a Man’s Man” by Carlos Dorsey
Television: One Hour Script : Ceyenne: Woman of Medicine by Sophia Lee


Honorable Mention Winners


Movie: Action/Adventure

Hawk Moon by Cal Athan
No Glory by Shawn McKenna
Queen of Kings by Dathan Paterno
The Tip of the Spear by John Stimson


Movie: Comedy

10 Years Ago Today by Justin Reager
By the Time I Got to Woodstock by Jeffrey Massie
Ghosted, with Love by Bob Canning
Once Upon a Time in a Spaghetti Western… by Steve Hanisch


Movie: Drama

A.C.L. by Matt Gamarra
Mad by Dathan Paterno
Three Rivers Meet by Craig Stewart
Time, Space, and The Poet by John Turner


Movie: Thriller/Horror

Devoid by Ian Monahan
Eyelashes by Kelly Palmer
Goat Man by Rich Imperato
Nocturnal by Richard Hohenrath


Television: Half Hour Script

Inside Job “Water Work” by Lars Ingelman
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia “The Gang Befriends a Rapist” by Tom Franey
Musky Hole Rep by Brian Kahn & Lana Wilson
What We Do in the Shadows “The Virgin Killer” by Chloe Cunha


Television: One Hour Script

Bearcats by Monica Foley
Cabbagetown Confidential by Erik Long
End of Days by Danny Alex
The Seven by Igor Stefanovic

 

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