2023 ScreenCraft Animation Competition Quarterfinalists
by ScreenCraft on August 31, 2023
Listed below are the Quarterfinalists 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 Semifinalist announcement on October 4th 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 Quarterfinalists:
| A Brooklyn Squirrel | Ayindè Howell |
| A Farm Upstate | Kevin Luperchio, Chris Nicoletti |
| A Thanksgiving Tradition | Casey Hagaman |
| A toothbrush story | Rodrigo Figueiredo |
| Abby and Stella | Sam Robotham |
| Abraham | Melissa Hope |
| Adventures in Woolytown | Chirine Alameddine |
| Advertising the Musical | Dan Fried |
| Afterlife in the Sierra Nevada Hotel | Samual Darlington |
| Albert | Joshua Young |
| All We Are | Cameron Harbison |
| Almost Extinct - Only Stink to Drink | Kim Linnett |
| American Monsters | Noah Jorgensen, Nolan Watt |
| An Intruder In The Termite Hill | PAULO ROBERTO DA SILVA |
| Apopalypse | Nicolette Groome |
| Athor | Brian Streaty, Paul Rose |
| B Team | Michael Cohen, Bill DeMeritt |
| Barking | Robert Ian Simpson |
| Barnabus O'Hooligan | Allison Dressler Losq, Andrew Losq |
| Betta Sorority: Rush Week | Sarah Fishel |
| Bigger the Better | Robin D. Albert |
| Birth of the Fae: Locked out of Heaven | Danielle M. Orsino |
| Blinky | Allan Roberts |
| Blinky | Allan Roberts |
| Boil the Ocean | MATT LINTON |
| Brian & Brains | Nathaniel Moher |
| Bright Blue - Pilot | Mary McGloin |
| Bunny Hill | Max Rissman |
| Camp Havasu | Kyle Butenhoff |
| Carlton's Cosmos | Ethan Scott |
| Carrier Pigeon | Graham Nelson |
| Cat Cul-de-sac | Ricardo Vera, Vanessa Zarate |
| Cat, Dawg and Dalton | Genine Tillotson, Robert Tremblay |
| Chronic Town | Bill Zide |
| Cold-blooded | Ariel Hartzman |
| Coming Home | Hadley Rose |
| Console | Christopher Pennington |
| Critical | Aidan Kilpatrick |
| CROAK | Issac Nunez |
| Crystallis | Sergio Pintore, Daryl D. Well |
| Da Doo Waas Movie | Lee Kitchen |
| Damsel Dash | Adrien Callahan |
| Damsel on a Quest | Jocelyn Manns, Ryan Manns |
| Damsels and Dragons | avery koenig |
| Darcy Delane :Pet Psychic | Wendy Braff |
| Dead Arm | Andrew Luft |
| Deadpool: Merc For Hire, Episode One: "No More Heroes." | Matthew Sandage |
| Deductibles and Dragons | Duncan Carr, Jake Gillespie |
| Detective Gizmo | Zeke Nelson, Mark Nelson |
| Don't Quit Your Day Job | Anthony Maccio |
| Ducked Out | Sarah Eaglesfield |
| Eat the Rich! | Ben Shiplett |
| Escape from Pet Heaven | avery koenig |
| Exiles | Mahonri Stewart |
| Fairy Lost | Jennifer Wilton |
| Fighting Felines | Devon Villacampa |
| Five Mile Charlie | Anthony Guilianti |
| Fixer and Law | Sam Tracton |
| Floe | Russ Eisenman, Paul Wood |
| Flutter | Terry Mitchell |
| From the Stars | Kevin Smithers |
| Fruitopia | Jessica Tang |
| Gauntlet Girl | Brett Melnick, Levi Prewitt |
| Ghost Town | Felix van Kann |
| Ghosted... | Jackson Groom |
| Gift of a Heart Contained | Vanisha Sumboo |
| Girl Overboard | Sharon Allbright |
| Glory Glory | Ethan Judelson |
| Going Commando | Adam Hopwood |
| Gold Diggers | Danny Hogan |
| Grand Jesters | Merlin Senthil |
| Gristle | Heidi Hornbacher |
| Hallows Eve High | Ryan Johnston |
| Hammed | Aleah Welsh |
| Harold's Comic Shop | Jason Ryan |
| Hoop God | Kelton Arcado, Connor Cooper |
| How to Be a Robot | Yameen Hameed |
| I'm sorry I missed you | Ethan Rogers |
| Ill Technique | G.B. LEM |
| Imaginary Friends | Bryce Berkowitz |
| In the Wings | Marty Johnson |
| Infinite - An Animated Odyssey | Bruna Fachetti |
| Into Space | Nick Kruysifix |
| Inventure | Joshua Jashinski |
| Iridium | Seti Jakada |
| It's A Wonderful [After]Life | Megan Sass |
| Itch | mike Addiego |
| Jenkins and Watts: Paranormal Attorneys At Law | Michael Brennan |
| Jesus Christ: High School Dropout | Antonio Saenz |
| Kaltera | Will Kisor, Gage Swanston |
| King of Blades | Paul Hikari |
| Kooky Spooky Marfa | Andres J Rovira |
| Lacie in the Wonderverse | Michael Ierulli |
| Left On Base | Kyle Davidson, William Stefancic |
| Legitimate | Brittnay Johnston |
| Limbo | Tom Welch |
| Little Pawn Shop of Horrors | Aidan Kilpatrick |
| Little Red Rooster | Diana Shoykhet |
| Mata Mapi | Line Abrahamian |
| Mating Life | Elliot Sokolsky |
| Max'd Out | Jesse Lucks |
| MECCA | Jeremy Gay |
| Medusa | TRISTAN BELLAWALA |
| Meredith Sing! | Camilo Franchesco Angelo Verastegui |
| Mokabi Hunter | Charlotte Zielinski |
| Nancy | Alexandria Smith |
| Nazareth High | Randy Steinlauf |
| Nebula Prep | Christopher Pennison |
| New Earth | Devon Sharma |
| Nielheim Pilot | Elyssa Catalfano |
| Normal Ave. | Jana Henson |
| Not Even a Mouse | Macklen Makhloghi |
| Offspring | Hannah Silverman |
| Oh, Give Me a Home | Kate McCusker |
| Out of This World | Jeremy Pick |
| Pakaderm Battles | Daniel Williams |
| Picture It | Donald Schaffer |
| Poe & Co. Detective Agency | Mindy Strouse |
| Porcupine | David Hunter Fein |
| Power Couple | Ari Donnelly |
| Qubit | Darren Moran |
| Rabbit Hole | Laurie Hartung |
| Raindrops | Kelly Abbott |
| Ravenheart | Sean Monahan, Scott Hennelly |
| Rebuilding Reedley | Natalie DeJohn |
| Rottenburgerfield | Myles Hewette |
| Samurai Squad | Nat McCall |
| Santaman: Re-Gifted | Colin O'Brien |
| Scary Fairy | Scanlon Allison |
| Sergio's Dream | Grayce Presnar |
| Shentu Across the Ages | Allen Wu |
| Shine | Catherine Gouge |
| Solutions Limited | Jared Jeffries, Peyton Brown |
| Space TV | Ryan Bennett |
| Spellboda | Jo Clarke |
| Star Student | Danny Galvin, Brad Pike |
| Station 53 | Rebecca Potters |
| Steamboat Willie Returns | Robert Szanto |
| Sunny Boy | Josh Jonathan |
| Super-Duper Weenie | Mitchell P. Ganem |
| Symphony | Rodrigo Carvalhedo |
| Taro: Legend of Japan | Blue Spruell |
| Techies - Pilot - Plebeian Blues | Kevin Minke |
| The 7 | Steve Ronaldson |
| The Ballboy | David Seth Cohen, Shai Kushner, Josh Hyman |
| The Circus Gates | Ann Lapine |
| The Crossroads | Kalos Chu |
| The Explorer's Club | Garrett Rowe, Joe Varkle |
| The Gayborhood | Lucia Towers, Nicole Ledoux |
| The Glam Reaper | Alexandra Cottle |
| The Junior Detectives | Sydney "Sydney-Gene" Pawlak |
| The Last Heavy Metal Wizard | Jordan Prescott, Matt Tribble |
| The Legend of Shitface | Juan Topete |
| The Mask of Haliya | Kaitlyn Fae |
| The Night Light Chronicles | Will Neisen |
| The One They Call the Fighter | Joshua Scammell |
| The Reindeer Games | Dan Wilson, Aubrey Hubbell |
| The Steins pilot: "First Day" | Melanie Reilly |
| The Talekeeper | Judith Feldman |
| The Talking Pelican | Daniel Padbury |
| The Unintelligible Devils of Negligible Evil | Henry Lamb |
| The Union | AJ Currie |
| Time Janitors | Ryan Manns, Jocelyn Manns |
| To Be Great | Andréanne Milette |
| Todd Peters: Vampire Superhero | Adam Pica |
| Tooson | CHRISTIANE Granha-Self |
| Tooth | Michael Lee |
| Tooth Ferē | Dre Higginbotham |
| Under the Bed | Mackenzie Sammeth |
| Untitled Animated Space Trash Comedy | Quincy Cho |
| Verducci: The Museum on Mars | Veru Narula, Daniel Kulhman |
| Vic & Patti Go To Eden | Rodolfo Salas |
| Villain Era | Simone Gerber |
| Wanted | Duane Piedmont |
| Why Me? | Sam Buckner III |
| Wrong Herd | Kevin Eis |
| Yard Story | Margina Sisson |
| Yava! | Tevin Houle |
| Yo Ho Ho! | Jack Flynn, Charlotte Lobdell |
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