Listed below are the Winners of the 2023 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 1,300 submissions. Congratulations to these winning writers!

Grand Prize Winner

North Star by Zach Grossman

In an alternate present-day, all extraterrestrials have fled Earth after their mistreatment by the human race. Zoe, a two-bit thief freshly out of prison, returns to exact revenge on her criminal boss when she finds and releases a young alien being held against its will. Both now needing to leave the state and travel north, Zoe reluctantly joins the alien as its chaperone on the dangerous journey ahead.

Feature Winner

Point Nemo by Alex Rivers

In 2031, the ISS is decommissioned and crash-landed at the oceanic point of inaccessibility: Point Nemo. But when an unknown sound is heard emanating from the crash site, a team of scientists will discover that the space station was not alone when it returned.

TV Pilot Winner

Search by Angela Treviño

An engineer uncovers a disturbing connection between her husband's disappearance and that of a billionaire’s wife: both cases appear linked to the UFO phenomena increasingly invading our skies.

Add-On Prize Winner

Rim of the World by Chris Knauer

Ten years after a toxic haze blanketed the earth, the isolated mountaintop survivors of Big Bear, California work to rebuild society while facing threats of tribalism, diminishing resources, and a new, supernatural enemy that has the potential to eradicate humanity once and for all.

Congratulations to these winning writers and finalists, and thank you to our jury and to everyone who submitted projects; we read a number of remarkable projects. View the quarterfinalists, semifinalists and finalists by clicking the corresponding link.

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