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2022 Semi-Finalists


Posted on Oct 14, 2022

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 First Round screenplays listed below represent the top 50% of entries that we receive.

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

Semi-Finalist Round Results

Movie: Action / Adventure

A Childs Prayer by Raymond Warrillow
Alternative Education by Sandra Moonias
Barkoo’s Amerie by Richie Valentino
Bingo 2.0 by Justin Kagan
Caleb by Philip Michael
Close by Kristen Wade
Dogfight by Hannah Gavagan
Drunken Angels by Adam Carr
Flyboy by Gary Ivey
Freeze! by Leigh Hunt
Galway’s Chattel by Dave Schmeling
Hawk Moon by Cal Athan
Minerva Claus by Veronica R. Tabares
No Glory by Shawn McKenna
Nobody’s Heroes by Michael Elliott
Queen of Kings by Dathan Paterno
Red River Reunion by John Layne
Rough Stock by Lear Levin
Surviving in the Open “Dromihaetes” by Ion Ionescu
Templin Highway by William Prosser
The Black Magician by Kykesha S. Jones
The Dilemma by Robert Lugto
The Ex-Factor by Robert Isabella
The Malta Scrolls by C.F. Mello Jr.
The Terrorist by John Stimson
The Tip of the Spear by John Stimson

Movie: Comedy

10 Years Ago Today by Justin Reager
Almost An Angel by Shelton Johnson
Big’s Night by Bill Wells
Blue Chip Red by Jason White
By the Time I Got to Woodstock by Jeffrey Massie
Comittee Against Spirits, Poltergeists and Revenants by Max Leabo
Dead Man’s Hand by Ronald Ecker
Deep Reservations by David Schroeder
Dial It Back by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
Eighty-Eight Frequencies by Jeffrey Massie
Falling for You by Evie Abat
Ghosted, with Love by Bob Canning
Good Heavens, Mary! by Deborah Ebersold
Hack Need by David Schroeder
Head Block by Jessica Sadler
I.D. by Brendan O’Brien
Le Tour Kashmir by David Miller
Love Less Likely by David Liban
Making Twain by Greg Beattie
Once Upon a Time in a Spaghetti Western… by Steve Hanisch
Outgrossed by Bremer Davis
Pendejos by Charles Dewandeler
Pool Dudes by Mason Cardwell
Preacher Boy by Ender Waters
Stand Tall! by Vincent Paterno
The Florida Man Conspiracy by Stephanie Kolar
The Runaway Lawyer by Oliver Diaz
The Secret Lives of 1861 by Stacey Bean
The Wolf and The Fairy by Rich Imperato
Three Unwishes by Troy Harvey Graham
Time and Space by Steven Prowse
When Pigs Fly by Terry Podnar

Movie: Drama

365 Days Without a Killing by William Hanley
A City Clean and Good by Dan Worthen
A Drop of Water Falling by Tina Tazekand
A.C.L. by Matt Gamarra
Between the Salt and the Sky by Pamela Hunt
Black and White by Ben Burgess Jr.
Black Chef by Jonathan Sims
Centurions by Sally Stubbs
Culture of Life by Jett Anderson
Dark, But Flowing by Mohammad Keivandarian
Dissension by Stacey Spivey
Forever Young by Michael Holliday
Full Contact by Dave Kraft
Graham by Stephanie Hutchinson
Handhaven by Kristen Wade
I Want to Fly Where Monarchs Fly by Kevin Brunner
Internal Security by Stefan Alexander
Mad by Dathan Paterno
Made with Love by David Hughens
Maeta’s Story by Charles DeRykus
Moonscope by David Hunter Fein
Muddy Fork by Stacey Bean
Next Time We Meet by Bob Gokay
Out of the Flames by Stephanie Hutchinson
Reformation by Stefan Alexander
Saving Roses by Louann Fernald
The Christmas Tape by RJ King
The Deputy by Paul Corricelli
The Final Call by Attila Peli
The Forbidden Edge by Kevin Brunner
The Ice King by Nestor Villalobos
The James King Version by David Schroeder
The Methuselah Doctrine by Paul Whitehead
Three Rivers Meet by Craig Stewart
Time, Space, and The Poet by John Turner
Turn the Sandglass by Bob Gokay
Vega by Grace Merrill

Movie: Thriller/Horror

Another One, Darling by Alec Gutherz
At the Mercy of Faith (Terror Version) by Samuel Taylor
Better World by Glenn Maneval Jr
Butcher of Dreams by Kay Williams
Dead Key by Akio Duffy
Devoid by Ian Monahan
Disorder by Euroy Tan
Elevation To The Depths III by Andy Noble
Eyelashes by Kelly Palmer
Flat by Fredd Baber
Goat Man by Rich Imperato
House of Trees by Christopher Clark
Lizard People by Chris Hall
Mosshart by Alec Gutherz
Nocturnal by Richard Hohenrath
O Come, Emmanuel by Mary Blewitt
Recitation by Courtney Froemming
Sacred Sun by Michael Gould
Shutter by Kurt Weitzmann
Sunrise Trail by Glenn Maneval Jr
Tales From The Devil’s Highway by John Stimson
The Community. by Brenna Kelly
The Dentist by Tibor Olah
The Devil’s Grave by Steven Aguilera
The Lovebirds by Bethany Dwyer
The Maw by Sean Plemmons
The Shadow Falls by Clay Callender
Time, Space, and The Poet – Part Two by John Turner
Venusian by Valery Krupnik
Whisper by Sean Mick
Winter Bird by Stephen Delos Treacy
Young Goodman Brown by Matthew Parvin

Television: Half Hour Script

Absolute Dinner by Nic Turner
AmRev 2.0 by Terrence Carling
Atlanta “What I’d Call a Man’s Man” by Carlos Dorsey
Ava + Eli 4ever by Jazmine Cornielle
Bandy & Oolong by Christopher Evans
Check Out Diner by Eamonn Eeles
Corlinn by Nicholas Robinson
Difficult Conversations by Shannon Phipps
Inside Job “Water Work” by Lars Ingelman
Landlady by Carolyn Lipka
Maureen by Mary Viney
Musky Hole Rep by Brian Kahn & & Lana Wilson
Only in LA by Josh Perry
Pole Position by Sionainn Kelly
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia “The Gang Befriends a Rapist” by Tom Franey
The Home by Raynard Gadson
The Plague Boys by Kristian Day
What We Do in the Shadows “The Virgin Killer” by Chloe Cunha
Withering Vines by Lydia Griffith

Television: One Hour Script

Bearcats by Monica Foley
Cabbagetown Confidential by Erik Long
Ceyenne: Woman of Medicine by Sophia Lee
CURL LING by Carl Burcham
Degeneration by Richard Imperato
End of Days by Danny Alex
Half Bad by Laura Fortier
ILION by Joshua Maxwell Silvertein
Meet Les! by Carl Burcham
Missing Parts by Janine Pecenkova
Offsides by Keely Madden
Placid Valley by Stacey Bean
Red Rose by Jose Alvarez & Anthony Paulino
Somethin’ X-tra! by William C. Swett
The Battleground State by Monte Silver
The Cursed Book: 7 Deadly Sins by Gianis Athanasiou Totonidis
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel “Have Any of You Heard of Barbie?” by Katrina Kline
The Private Sector by Benjamin King
The Seven by Igor Stefanovic
Wars of Fire by C.F. Mello Jr.
WordLotto by Tom Lop

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2021 Winners!


Posted on Oct 25, 2021

We appreciate everyone who submitted work to Screenplay for the 2021 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 : The Mayor of Armageddon by Anna Guerrero
Movie: Comedy : Tribe by Laila Abdo
Movie: Drama : Angry and Afraid by Laurie Cho
Movie: Thriller/Horror : Fulfillment by Jeremy Christensen and Kevin Human
Television: Half Hour Script : The Big House by John Griffin
Television: One Hour Script : Suburban Wildlife by Joan Sutton


Honorable Mention Winners


Movie: Action/Adventure

B.L.A.C.K. by Allen Jones
Mammoth Revenge by Leanne Wake
Sergeant Freeman by Gloria J Browne-Marshall
The House on Park Place by Debra Karr


Movie: Comedy

Are you Sirius? by Kristin Anne Fieseler
Fantasy Clash by William Mullins
go-LOVE-go by John Griffin
The Strip Club by Laura Belle


Movie: Drama

Between the Salt and the Sky by Pamela Hunt
Only Trees Hear The Silence by Brandon Troeller
The Desert Shrine by V.R. Marianne Zahn
We The People by Abdallah Saleh


Movie: Thriller/Horror

ArACNEphobia by Stephen Chen
Burn Pattern by Laura Kemp
Flash Card by Joseph Stephen Meadows
MALLed by Janna Jones


Television: Half Hour Script

Amateurs by Kirsty Budding
Gospel According to Admin by Grace Fetterman
Nobody Likes You When You’re 23 by Katrina Magat
What We Do in the Shadows “Mummy’s Curse” by Jessica Sproge


Television: One Hour Script

Cream City by Jeffrey James Keyes & Matt W. Cody
DILF by Orlando Wood
On Patrol by Linda Rebman
The Manor by William Mullins

 

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2021 Finalists


Posted on Oct 14, 2021

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 25% of entries that we receive.

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

Finalist Round Results

Movie: Action / Adventure

Adventures of an Honorable Scoundrel by Michael Casey
American Gulag by Michael Casey
B.L.A.C.K. by Allen Jones
Blood Runs Red by James Gilbertsen
Cesar and Max by Susan Klos
Days Remaining by Nathan Zevenhuizen
Dead In The Water by Russ Martin
Delivery Boy by Jeremy Sless
Leaving Arizona by Mark Karinja
Mammoth Revenge by Leanne Wake
Roswell ’97 by Samuel Bollen
Sergeant Freeman by Gloria J Browne-Marshall
Sixgun Saint by Warren Lane
The Caretaker by Gerald Teaster
The House on Park Place by Debra Karr
The Mayor of Armageddon by Anna Guerrero
The Seer’s Crystal by James Gilbertsen
Three of a Kind by CV Herst, Virginia Travers, & Ruben Maria Soriquez
To Hell by Matthew Rafferty
Wolflike Grin by Demian Cuthbertson

Movie: Comedy

Omissions by Jessica Sadler
A Girl, A Beer and a Cigarette by John Arnau
Are you Sirius? by Kristin Anne Fieseler
Black Shabbas by Max Lehman
Central Red by Davon Gilliam
Children’s Party War by Warren Lane
Fantasy Clash by William Mullins
Flash and Stretch by Jim Norman
go-LOVE-go by John Griffin
Gods of Rock by Roi Tamkin
Going For Broke by Alec Cuddeback
Hattie’s Hard Hats by D.J. Broderick
Home for Christmas by Danielle Silverstone
If Walls Could Talk by Jonathan Aboaf
Stand Tall! by Vincent Paterno
The Loser’s Club by Jonathan Turner Smith
The Not Ready for Prime Time Family by Richard Willett
The Strip Club by Laura Belle
The Syntax of Life by Kristin Anne Fieseler
Tribe by Laila Abdo
Undercover L.A.P.E. by Christopher Prince

Movie: Drama

A Siren’s Sweet Whisper by Fred G Stemme
Angry and Afraid by Laurie Cho
Back Porch Secrets by Tanya Hilson
Beguiling Dreams by Fred G Stemme
Between the Salt and the Sky by Pamela Hunt
Bound by Australia Kincannon
Cold Blue Hearts by Dean Harakas
Drama Department by Richard Willett
Fateville by Gary Blackwood
Flat Head by Amir Abbasi
In Ottie’s World by David Preece
Only Trees Hear The Silence by Brandon Troeller
Peace Hero by Amir Abbasi
Ruby’s Diner by Tanya Hilson
The Desert Shrine by V.R. Marianne Zahn
The Last Day of Paradise by Kiki Denis
The Man Doctrine by Christopher Prince
Time, Space, And The Poet by John Turner
We The People by Abdallah Saleh
Winnie & Clyde by Matthew Rafferty

Movie: Thriller/Horror

A Weeping in the Woods by Cailin Tamplin
ArACNEphobia by Stephen Chen
Burn Pattern by Laura Kemp
Dark and Stormy by Rick Purdy
Dark Tastes by Daniel Couto
Devil’s Chair by Warren Lane
Dying For the Suburbs by Rick Purdy
Flash Card by Joseph Stephen Meadows
Forever After by Emil Faithe
Fulfillment by Jeremy Christensen
Hate the Player by Julian Tepfers
I Didn’t Want to Remember You Dead by Rudy Riveron Sanchez
Malady by Cesar Caballero
MALLed by Janna Jones
More than a Friend by David Preece
Out of Body by Gary Blackwood
Perfect World by Emil Faithe
Pickman’s Model by James Van Fleet
Quatch by Jasper Winters
Stranded by Cesar Caballero
The Life That Wasn’t by Emilio Santín
Time, Space, And The Poet by John Turner

Television: Half Hour Script

Amateurs by Kirsty Budding
Back in Business by Jim Norman
Barcadia by Annique Arredondo
Be My Guest by Jim Norman
Cringe by Warren Lane
Gospel According to Admin by Grace Fetterman
Gray Space “Still Serving” by Peter Andrews
Grin & Bear It by Jacqueline Fisher
Hacks: New York, New York by Shannon Constantine
Haunted by Madeleine McCann
Nobody Likes You When You’re 23 by Katrina Magat
Performing Love by Vanessa Kalil
Sheep’s Clothing by Warren Lane
Starsearch by Alexis Quance
Ted Lasso “The Tryout” by Geoffrey Prather
The Big House by John Griffin
The Spotlights by Warren Lane
The Z by Danielle Silverstone
What We Do In The Shadows “Sallie Mae” by Billy Lorusso
What We Do in the Shadows “Mummy’s Curse” by Jessica Sproge

Television: One Hour Script

And Call Me in the Morning “The Story of Thalidomide” by Richard Willett
Animal DOCS by Heidi Morrell
Ballycotton by James Shanklin
Berlin Boys by Marc Cohen
Chicago Underground by T.J. Barkwill
Connie by Gerald Teaster
Cream City by Jeffrey James Keyes & Matt W. Cody
DILF by Orlando Wood
Gilding the Lily by Wayne Watkins
Half Bad by Laura Fortier
High Water by Caitlin Brands
Ivy League by John Griffin
Mr and Mrs Muse by Rob Styles
On Patrol by Linda Rebman
QB by Brett Scieszka
Return Path “No Way Back” by Janine Pecenkova
Scars From Another Pain by Mariana Rosa
School of Reform by Brandon Troeller
Solomon’s Ring by Warren Lane
Suburban Wildlife by Joan Sutton
The Manor by William Mullins

 

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