2023 ScreenCraft Animation Competition Semifinalists
by ScreenCraft on October 4, 2023
Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Animation Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 1,000 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!
Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on November 1st on our blog and on our Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram pages! And if you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.
Here are the Semifinalists:
| Abraham | Melissa Hope |
| Afterlife in the Sierra Nevada Hotel | Samual Darlington |
| Athor | Brian Streaty, Paul Rose |
| Barking | Robert Ian Simpson |
| Barnabus O'Hooligan | Allison Dressler Losq, Andrew Losq |
| Bigger the Better | Ines Albert |
| Blinky | Allan Roberts |
| Brian & Brains | Nathaniel Moher |
| Carrier Pigeon | Graham Nelson |
| Cat, Dawg and Dalton | Genine Tillotson, Robert Tremblay |
| Coming Home | Hadley Rose |
| Critical | Aidan Kilpatrick |
| Damsel Dash | Adrien Callahan |
| Darcy Delane :Pet Psychic | Wendy Braff |
| Deductibles and Dragons | Duncan Carr, Jake Gillespie |
| Exiles | Mahonri Stewart |
| Fairy Lost | Jennifer Wilton |
| Fixer and Law | Sam Tracton |
| Floe | Russ Eisenman, Paul Wood |
| Gauntlet Girl | Brett Melnick, Levi Prewitt |
| Ghosted... | Jackson Groom |
| Glory Glory | Ethan Judelson |
| I'm sorry I missed you | Ethan Rogers |
| Ill Technique | G.B. Lem |
| Infinite - An Animated Odyssey | Bruna Fachetti |
| Jenkins and Watts: Paranormal Attorneys At Law | Michael Brennan |
| Kaltera | Will Kisor, Gage Swanston |
| Kooky Spooky Marfa | Andres J Rovira |
| Little Pawn Shop of Horrors | Aidan Kilpatrick |
| Max'd Out | Jesse Lucks |
| Medusa | Tristan Bellawala |
| Meredith Sing! | Camilo Angelo |
| Mokabi Hunter | Charlotte Zielinski |
| Nazareth High | Randy Steinlauf |
| New Earth | Devon Sharma |
| Offspring | Hannah Silverman |
| Picture It | DJ Schaffer |
| Qubit | Darren Moran |
| Ravenheart | Sean Monahan, Scott Hennelly |
| Shine | Catherine Gouge |
| Techies - Pilot - Plebeian Blues | Kevin Minke, Jason Blalock |
| The Junior Detectives | Sydney "Sydney-Gene" Pawlak |
| The Night Light Chronicles | Will Neisen |
| The Talking Pelican | Daniel Padbury |
| Todd Peters: Vampire Superhero | Adam Pica |
| Tooson | Christiane Granha-Self |
| Tooth | Michael Lee |
| Verducci: The Museum on Mars | Veru Narula, Daniel Kulhman |
| Wanted | Duane Piedmont |
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