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2024 ScreenCraft Horror Competition Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2024 ScreenCraft Horror Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 1,200 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Semifinalist announcement on January 17th 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:

*"BLOOD GULLY"*	Jesse Bouma
*"Enduro"*	Bernadette Rivero
*"The Transfer"*	Brian De Palma
*(Li)thium*	Red Davis
*#SelfCare*	Christian Tucker Perry
*A Bad Case of the Mondays*	Paul Coleman, Matt Landry
*A Hymn for the Darkness*	Alex Sosin, Chris Courtner
*A Voyage to Forgiveness*	Anthony Greenstone
*ABOMINATION*	Corrigan Foley
*ABRAHAM VAN HELSING AND THE HUNT FOR DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE*	Gary M Raskin
*Ada's Bride*	Michelle Domanowski
*All Are Not Lost*	Melissa Bruning
*Alter*	Garret Ricker
*Answer Me*	Craig Stewart
*ARCHIVED*	Jordan Vogeney
*Athena*	Sabrina Wheeler, Serena Wheeler
*Attunement*	Nick Holiday
*Aunt Carrot's Christmas Eve Massacre*	Adam Lamb
*Bad Bad Things*	Andrew Olson
*BADBLOOD*	Aaron Lovett
*Baker's Dozen*	Chris Leisure, Christy Leisure
*Baristas of the Boondocks*	Theodore Ricker
*Be My Eyes*	Jud Cremata
*Beast of Virginia*	Matthew Corley
*Before You*	Rachel Petzinger
*Bestial*	Tyler Fedele
*Better Off Undead*	Ray Keller
*Better the Demons You Know*	Greg Harvey
*Billie Black*	Nick Reiber
*Black Menagerie*	Justin Sharp
*Blindsight*	James Kriz
*BLOOD MOON*	Caroline Chidester
*Blood Yolk*	Myles Yaksich, Dani Alvarado
*Bloodletting*	Alee Ruggieri
*Bloody Burlesque*	Jill Morley
*BLOW*	Maggie Mae Fish
*BORDERLORE: Llorona*	J. Angel Sierra
*Born Again*	Richard Mathiasen
*Botica*	Matt Healy
*Breaker Hill*	Robyn Kenney
*Bright Light*	nathan crooker, J. Alan Ryker
*Burn House*	Destiny Macon, Sh'kia Augustin
*Cadaver*	Todd Naylor
*Camp Mallice*	Julian Rubin
*Candyman*	Darla Drendel
*Cart Girls*	Juliet Mace, Bill Mace
*CASKET GIRL*	John Darbonne
*CAST*	Kimberley Wells
*Cellar Door*	Sean Buttimer
*Cerebral*	Cheyenn Alberti
*Charred*	Thomas Joseph
*Child's Play*	Charlotte Gajek
*Chipper*	MK Kopp
*Chosen*	Cosmo Wallace
*Christmas Feast*	Bryce Raffle
*Cinema Roulette*	Frankie Infante
*Cold Dead Fingers*	Jack Warner
*Conduit*	Willo Johnston
*Contained*	Jennifer Wilton
*CORKSCREW*	Brett Hauze
*Coy Dog*	Matthew Corley
*CRAWLER*	Luke Harvis
*Crimson and Vine*	Richard Cotzabuyucas
*Cryptid*	Brandon Weavil
*Curse of the Final Girl*	Karen Ralph
*Daisy Dips*	DH F
*DANTE'S CIRCUS*	Sianne Tarda
*Dark Frost*	Ryan Lee
*Dawn of the Woman*	Martyn Eaden
*Dead of Night: The Man-Thing*	Garrett Dunne
*Dead-Enders*	Tyler Walker, Fidel Ruiz-Healy
*Deathless*	Biagio Gulino, Tyler Kamens
*DESECRATION*	Maddy Schwartz
*Devil Says Goodnight: Shadow Of The Cross*	Andrew Monge
*Devil's Gate*	Samuel Holladay
*die famous*	Joshua Sonny Harris, Kathryn Vandervalk
*Discreet*	Jeremy Bradford
*Don't Forget About Us*	Brittany Falardeau
*Don't Touch Me*	Ervin Anderson
*Don't Touch the Floor*	Dayne Tanioka
*Doomscrollers*	Danny Baram
*Down*	Charlie McCarrick
*DRAYKULA:GENESIS*	Jack Polo
*Dream Parasite*	Sora SH Chung
*Drip*	Phoebe Gibb
*Eden '93*	Julian Martin
*El Cucuy*	Shane Redding
eM	David Barras
*Emmitt's Culling*	Jason Miller
*End Of Day*	Andrew Kaberline
*FAITHFUL SHADOW*	Kevin J. Howard
*Family Values*	Vanessa Võ
*Fantasma*	Taylor Tejada
*Faux*	Graham Nelson
*Festival Of Souls*	Patricia McCammond
*Final Boy*	Final Boy
*FINAL EXAM*	C.J. Ehrlich
*Flower Park Children*	Daryl Wayne
*For Thy Peace*	Jordan Klaja
*Foreign Exchange*	Nazanin Anosheh
*Foreverland*	Bev Chukwu
*Gains*	JP LeRoux
*Galentine's Day*	Carlos Gabriel Ruiz
*Ghost Girl*	Wayne Turmel
*Ghost Goose*	Seth Woodhouse
*GLITCH*	Rebecca Berrih
*Group D*	Brandon NV
*Happily Never After*	Alec Cuddeback
*Happily Severed After*	Travis Watson
*Hardcore*	Jaime Andrews
*Hatebreed*	Devin Weber
*HEART OF FLESH*	Thomas Park
*Heather Would Never*	Emelie Claxton
*Hello Again*	Jeremy Jackson
Hi	Patrick Pfupajena
*High Moon*	Isaac Ruth
*HOME*	Jan Pearson
*HOMEWARD*	Ben Mehlman
*Hopper's Creek*	Michael Tippett
*HOSPICE*	Paul Gonzales, Todd Biggerstaff
*Hunted House*	Chris Schwarz
*I Need a Killer*	Pat Kiss
*I Will Love You, Even When We Fall Out of Time*	Campbell Wright
*In Red*	Rebecca Lee Lerman
*Indigent*	Briana Cox
*Island of Graves*	Ryan Dilbert
*Izanami*	Michael Rogers
*Kid Gloves*	Mathew Wright
*Killer Party*	Joshua Saltzman
*Killer Soundtrack*	Jeff Ullman
*Killing Myself*	Nathaniel Feeley
*KINGMAKER*	Victor Ridaura
*Knight*	Alex E. Chew
*Kurwick's Daughter*	Timothy Richardson
*Laberintus*	Segolene Zimmern
*Lenora*	Rich Ragsdale
*LIKE YOU*	Hannah C. Langley
*LOCKED*	Andrew Creme, Jeff Verge
*Love to Watch You Bleed*	Virginia Hendry, Amanda Ellis
*Lucile*	Ian Wee
*Lure*	Jacob Daniel Phair, Vrishub Merai
*Maggot Brain*	Max Flora
*Maudit*	A.J. Vasquez
*Mimic*	Cameron Tubbs
*Mirror Gaze*	Josh Nadler
*MISCHIEViOUS*	Warren Lane
*Miscreations*	Alain Loubeau, Mike Meyerson
*Monsters Below*	Carol Bass
*Moonshine*	Preston Ray
*Mothers of the Disappeared*	Paul Wilson
*Mount Hopeless*	Richard Machin, Michael Ivey
*Mount Mendocino (Current)*	Thomas Wortham
*Mumia*	Hendrik Harms
*Murder In Plane Sight*	Shawn Duenas
*Muse in the Mazeum*	Clay Fusco, Pamela Chiacchiaro
*Nain Rouge*	Michael Basha
*NATURAL BORN SINNER*	Brittney Coon
*No Man's Land*	Barry Ambrose, Armand Kachigian
*No One Leaves Alive*	Jeff Kallet
*Offspring*	Hannah Silverman
*Oh, Great Cosmic Master!*	Kyle Spleiss
*Olivia Mabel*	David McClellan, Martyn Eaden
*Our Dead Lives*	Percival Pasquin Jr
*Our Father*	Bartosz Pietryka
*Ouroboros*	Red Davis
*Owuompe*	Daniele Baiardi
*Pascualita*	Valeria Miranda
*Pet-Cam*	Pia Cook
*Petrified*	Terry Richardson
*Play Demon / Oni Gokko*	Valentin Narziss
*Poppet*	Emma Niles
*Primeval*	Drew Hellmich
*Punk*	Marcus Jones
*Putrid Spirit*	Paul Landry
*RAGUEL*	Ali Jordan
*REMNANTS OF MAN*	John Battistessa
*Renegate*	Slade Sahoye
*Requiem*	Nick Cardiff, Riccardo Berdini
*Revival*	Abby Selden
*Riddle*	Shiva Ramanathan
*Ruby*	Darren Geare, Jeff Allen Geare
*SATANIC INHERITANCE*	Igor di Kali
*Savage*	Joshua Johnson, Jamie Napoli
*Scream Queen*	Robert Stephen Apetagon
*Season's Creepings*	Chris Holt
*Seed*	Rudi O'Meara
*Selling Your Soul*	Joanne Rose
*Sentient*	Nik Mohan
*Serial Summer*	Walter Quinn
*She's Not There*	Jacob Staudenmaier
*SHELTER FROM THE STORM*	Nathan Patton
*Shit Show*	Patrick Lehe
*SHOOK*	Kenneth Bogar
*Silver Venom*	Joseph Monaghan
*SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE*	Michael D Gutierrez, Zachary Ross
*Sinistaar!*	Kai Martin
*Sink*	Kyle Jutkiewicz, Alexander Seltzer
*SiTTER*	Ryan Austin
*Skudakumooch - The Ghost Witch*	Ryan L. Jones
*Small Packages*	Scott Sadek
*Snake Oil*	Sean Plemmons, Jeff Hassen
*SNOW MAN*	Rhys Bufford
*So Deep*	Maisie Hooper
*Society of the Moon*	Jack Warner
*Somewhere Beyond the Sea*	Daniel Michael Gurney
*Somnium*	Michelle Narayan
*Speak of the Devil*	James LeJeune
*SpermBoy*	Mark Dollard
*Spine*	Richard Chiles
*Stairway to Hell*	Tina Lowe
*Still Life*	Matthias Pasler
*Stonebleeder*	Ted Bronson
*Strong*	Emilia Black
*Substance*	Brendan Ryan
*Suburbaknight*	Adam Johnson
*Sun Never Sets*	Aashish Gadhvi
*Sunflower*	A J Roberts
*Swine Lake*	Michael Rakoff
*Syncope*	Dashiell Demeter
*Systemic*	Michael Freeman
*TATT2WO*	Deirdre Patterson
*Teenage Monsters*	Tara Marie
*TELL*	Benjamin Baraad, Mishal Mahmud
*Ten Good Deeds*	Anwen Bull
*Tenants*	Travis Cook, Joshua DiPaola
*THE L E A T H E R M A N*	Mike Meyerson, Alain Loubeau
*THE ADJUNCT*	Charles Schulman
*The Amends*	Amanda Cole
*THE BLACK DOG*	Joe Favalaro
*The Body Farm*	Mike Gerbino
*The Body Thief*	Peter Fink
*The Bracken Fern*	Elizabeth Eromosele, Nicole Rosario Muller
*The Bushwick Psycho*	Brian DiLorenzo
*The Claim*	chuck oneil
*The Cold Read*	Adam Gutierrez
*The Couple at The End*	Cliff Ryan
*The Crossing*	Daniele Baiardi
*The Culvert*	Drew Hellmich
*The Curse of Zozobra*	Adam Davis
*The Demon Job*	Robert Husted
*The Dullahan*	Maria Meluso
*The Fall of Caribou Lodge*	Eamonn Cogan
*The Farm*	sean birney
*The Flip and the Dead*	Greg Harvey
*The Forbidden Pendant*	Ken Harris
*The Ghost Under My Bed*	Sara Caldwell
*The Haunting of Olivia Mabel*	Martyn Eaden, David McClellan
*The Herdsman*	David Castle
*The Hots for You*	D.M. Zultowski
*The House Always Wins*	Scott Richards
*The Hum*	Anthony O'Connor
*The Human Shackles*	Thorsten Kalteiss
*The Hunter*	Cathal McCall
*The Ice Curtain*	Caleb Ellis
*The Keeper*	Daniel Jamal Judson
**The Kidnapping of Skylar Fcking Spears***	Emelie Claxton
*The King of Chasms*	Darren Oakland
*The Labyrinth*	Billy Reid
*The Last Cabin Left on Old Sycamore Lane*	Michael Rakoff
*THE LAST RIDE OF THE BLOOD BROTHERS*	Johnny Galvan 3
*The Last Vampire on Mars*	Hunter M. Altman
*The Last Zombie*	STAN EVANS
*The Lighthouse*	lee meaden
*The Lineage*	Max Rissman
*The Little Death*	Tanya O'Debra
*The Long Night*	Tony Bloodworth
*The Lycan*	Paula Cantillo
*The Malignant Shift*	Scott Scheirich
*The Method*	Erika Van Doren
*The Miracle of Birth*	Holden Weihs
*The Night Channel*	Ryan McDuffie
*The Only Safe Place Left Is The Dark*	Warren Wagner
*The Psycho Killer's Guide to Love*	JP LeRoux
*The Pulpit Collector*	Peter Fraser
*The Pyre*	Benjamin Webster
*The Rath*	Timothy Stevens
*The Realtor*	Jack Newsome
*The Red Key*	Paul Sheridan
*The Return*	Daniel G. King
*The Savage Beast*	John Battistessa
*The Seder*	Isaac Smith
*The Shadow Falls*	Clay Callender
*The Show Must Go On*	Bret Miller
*The Splinter*	Francisco Castro
*The Terror*	James Shepard
*The Thin*	Todd Holden
*The Torture of Kent Maddox*	RJ Buckley
*The Vessel*	Kyle Ferris
*The Watcher*	Sienna Kosalka
*THE WHODUNNITS*	Ryan Malik
*The Woman at the Lake*	Chris Inekhomon
*The World Between*	Chuck Czech
*The Wretched Man*	Joseph Landing
*THERAPY*	scott cramer
*There's Something Strange Inside The Church*	Matteo Anthony
*They Call Her Prey*	Ryan Douglas Gore
*They Wake By Night*	Andrew Beberman
*THEY'RE THERE*	Jared Januschka
*Thin*	Patrick Hegarty
*This Does Not End Well*	Bailey Abedon, Gavin Conlon
*This Is Living*	Alex Piliouras
*This is Not a Place*	Kelsey Grace Pfeifer
*Three*	Mark Ballantyne
*Three Orchards*	MJ Farber-Ray
*Timberland*	C. Shane Davis
*Trash*	Odie Burnatowski
*Treatment*	Aaron Sprecher
*Trick Selfie*	Chad Wellinger
*Two Lost Lambs in The Black Woods*	Nick Kloppenberg
*U N E A R T H E D*	Billy Reid
*UNFINISHED*	Sabrina Barton
*Unidentified*	Mikel Wisler
*Untitled Slasher*	Trevor Zhou
*VAMPIRE CARS*	Danny Matier
*VERSUS!*	Kevin Tavolaro
*VINE OF THE DEAD*	Matt Karol
*Viridian Lake*	Cynthia Webb
*VISCERAL*	Damir Catic, Eric Alfio Jafari
*Visitors*	Mark Galarrita
*WAKEN*	Shero Syndicate
*Wendigo*	Jake BEAN
*Why Would I Let You Go*	Gabe Mouer
*WiLL*	Ryan Hughes
*Winter Harvest*	Nicole Grant
*Winter-Over*	Lorenzo Galuszka
*Wisteria*	Adam Lapallo
*WITHIN THE BAMBOO FOREST*	Kevin J. Howard
*WOKE*	Stefano Anania
*Wolfblood*	Jaime Silverman
*Worn*	Mike Underwood
*Worry Doll*	Eddie McConville
*Worship Me*	Craig Stewart
*Yoga Hell*	Jessica McLaughlin
*Zealots*	Brandon Johnston
*Ziggurat*	Matthew Cunha

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2023 ScreenCraft Animation Competition Finalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Finalists 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 Winner announcement on November 29th 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 Finalists:

*Barking*	Robert Ian Simpson
*Carrier Pigeon*	Graham Nelson
*Coming Home*	Hadley Rose
*Damsel Dash*	Adrien Callahan
*I'm sorry I missed you*	Ethan Rogers
*Jenkins and Watts: Paranormal Attorneys At Law*	Michael Brennan
*Kaltera*	Will Kisor, Gage Swanston
*Medusa*	Tristan Bellawala
*New Earth*	Devon Sharma
*Offspring*	Hannah Silverman

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2024 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2024 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 2,100 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Semifinalist announcement on November 22nd 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 Slight Alteration"*	Devin Barnes
*"Dorfman"*	Scott Dorfman
*A Blind Eye*	Allison Kitaguchi
*A Bright World According to Beto*	Gabriele Almon
*A Dog's Life*	Sammy Leach
*A Dollar Short*	Barry Leach
*A Dream of Death and Data*	Gillian OMeagher
*A Haunting Sight*	Madelaine Guthrie
*A Kidnapping*	Matthew Serrins
*A More Perfect Union*	Ron Willis
*A Second After Midnight*	Tyler Schmieder
*A.fter D.eath C.onsultants for Hire*	Jordan Oliver
*After*	Troy Miller
*After America*	Jonathan Melenson
*Algorithm*	Taylor Whitelow
*All My Friends Are Gay*	Duncan Lewis
*Alliance*	Suzanne Griffin
*Alone*	Jon Eudowe
*Alpha Beta Chinese*	Christopher H-M Liu
*ALPHASTATE*	Johnny Gilligan
*Alter X*	Kari Kyle
*American Ecstasy*	Barbara Nitke
*American Enterprise*	Michael Rakoff, Don Purnell, Maui Holcomb
*American Muscle*	Jordan Blazak
*Americool*	Tim Janas
*Amerika*	Zaf Ayub
*Ancient City Bait*	Michael Kenney
*Angel of Skid Row*	Aaron Michael Bailey
*Ann Arbor*	Richard Redlo
*Area Unknown: Eden*	Troy Miller, J.R. Smith
*Aris*	V.P. Evans
*Ascension*	Darren Moran
*ATHOR*	Brian Streaty, Paul Rose
*AUPUNI*	Erik Ries
*B. O. B. (Battery Operated Boyfriend)*	L. A. Hunt
*Babel*	Marlowe Harris
*Baby Lesbians*	Lauren Dunitz
*Bad Blood*	David Vieux
*Bad Soviet*	Nik Sysuev
*Baddies*	Lilian Mehrel
*Barking Wolf*	James Everett
*Beau Rivage*	Logan Rees
*Biddy*	Karen Hood, Belinda Benko Dickey
*Birdwatchers*	Rebecca Workman
*Black Caesar*	Amanda Prentiss
*Black Cop*	Douglas Darby
*BLACKBURN 'Dead Work'*	Kathryn Smith
*Blackfriar*	Chris Bolton
*Blackland County*	Josh Taylor
*Blackwood PI*	J Brooke Bond
*Blair & Tommie*	Brody Burgess
*Blessed*	James Cushinery
*Blind Pony*	Samantha Hart
*Bogged Down*	Anthony Zonfrelli
*Booth*	Creighton Sillars
*Bring Me The Sun*	Kiva Da Costa
*Broken*	Dathan Paterno
*Brokers*	Todd Restler
*Brothers In Arms*	Jamal Henderson, Andrew English Jr
*Burrowing*	Madeline Kann
*Butternut Blues*	Joshua Perell
*Can You Hear Me*	David Vieux
*Cancelled?*	Thomas Ferguson
*Captain Flynn's Log*	Parker Starnes
*Carbon Zero*	Matthew Scheffler
*Carnitas*	Mariana Reider
*Chameleon*	Eugene Lee
*Chavez Ravine*	scott lettieri
*Chicken With Gun*	Andrew Mister
*Chief*	Melanie Abrams Fierstein
*Class Warfare*	Duncan Lewis
*COINTELPRO*	Matt Stewart
*Connectify*	Gianfranco Cuoco
*Control-Alt-Delete - Pilot "Poking The Bear"*	Rudi O'Meara
*Cooperstown*	John Licata
*Corrosion*	Ryan Patch, Paul Masarro
*Cosmic Forces*	Ryan LaSalle
*Courtney Finds A Friend*	Chris Upp
*Crazy*	Wendy Moulton Tate
*Creatures of Chaos*	James Moon
*Creemore Village*	Helmann Wilhelm
*Crescent City*	Michael Brandt
*Crow*	Matilda Corley Schulman
*Culebron*	Chema Solari
*Cyberknights*	Nikki Wallin
*D.B.*	Nicole Donadio
*Daddy Issues*	April Moreau
*Daddy Issues*	Cerina Aragones
*Dawn of the Eclipse*	Nico Wenzel
*Dead Reckoning*	Luke Martin
*Deadhead Ep. 1- "DREAMCATCHER"*	Apollo Hansen
*Deadstick*	Stephen Barber
*Deadway*	Mitchell Simms
*Dean's List*	Emily Duke
*Dear infinite curiosity,*	Christopher Alvarez
*Dearly Departed*	Rob Campoy
*Deep Cut*	Joel Jensen
*Denise*	Jake Cullen, Oliver Cullen
*Devil's Empire*	Sarah Gray
*Devil's Son*	Jackie Lee
*Dire Transfers*	Nate Suppaiah
*Dirtbag Fantasies*	Jay Tigers
*Dirty Deeds*	Sam E. Mack, Kirk Petruccelli
*Dischordant*	Melanie Munt
*Djinn Hunterz*	Seti Jakada
*Doing Good*	Darren Moran
*Dream Parasite*	Sora SH Chung
*DRIFT*	Eva Konstantopoulos
*Dwell*	David Clark
*Edenville*	Lee Crompton
*Ego*	Gennady McCracken
*embassy row*	Kelsey Ross
*Enter the Dreamscape!*	Peter Pappas
*Eon*	Kent Moran
*Evergreen*	Maryan Nagy Captan, Dini Parayitam
*Everlost*	Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li
*ExPand-Man*	Cliff Ryan
*Experience Points*	Kris Horowitz
*Falling Skies - Episode 1: Chandelier*	Tom McEvoy
*Fine Lines*	Jake Cullen, Oliver Cullen
*First Kiss Last Kiss*	Paul Lind
*Foreverland*	Bev Chukwu
*Frontiers*	Jarod Backens
*Fugitives of Dust*	J. Aldo Gonzalez, Justin T. Malone
*Fun & Games*	Sam Marchiano
*Gal Pals*	Miriam Sachs
*Gallatin*	Ryan Skinner
*GAMESTOP*	Sam Norman
*Genius*	Tracey Houston
*GeriOsity*	Barbara Ward Thall
*Gilded Terrors*	Jackie Todd
*Go Green*	Jodie Hewson
*Going Home*	Marilynn Loveless, Sara Dinga, Sherry Wachter, Patrick Dunphy
*Gold Bricks!*	Eli Elbogen, Hunter Ashton
*Gold Coast*	Ryan Galliher
*Golem*	Simon Brown
*Golems*	Steve Fisher
*Good Bones*	Brooke Becker
*Good City*	Natalia Chown
*Good People*	Kris Fordham
*GoodBetter*	Tagg West
*Grace and the Aliens*	Jennica Lynn Johnson
*Grain of Salt*	Ligia Maria Storrs Rojas, Justin Storrs
*Grants Pass*	Eric Shani
*Hail Mary*	Anne Dauchy
*Hardware Store Detectives*	Nan Schmid
*Headers*	Christopher Kelly
*Held Under*	Benjamin Morgan
*Helium-3*	Aaron Sprecher
*Hell County*	Jodie Bullock
*Helping The Dead*	Ron Mondz
*Here She Comes*	Jasmine Aziz, Dan McNeil
*Homecoming*	Lynn Maleh
*Honey Boba*	Saro Acharya
*Honeymoon*	Shelly Mar
*Honor*	Sonya Davis
*House of Miracles*	Annina Black
*Howl*	Zoe Kerr
*Humanely Human*	Ryan Dellaquila
*I Wanna Be the Lord of Darkness*	Jackie Lee
*I'm Going to Kill The Moon*	Kumail Rizvi
*Identities*	Bruno Lyra
*Illegal Aliens*	Andrew Bryan Smith
*Imaginary Friends*	Bryce Berkowitz
*In My Heaven All Faucets are Fountains*	Jeremy Hsing
*In the Light of a New Sun*	Will Saunders
*INK*	Steve Garratt
*Insane Clown Pussy*	Tita Poe
*Into The Ether*	Steve Brown, Robert Rogers
*INVADERS*	Daniel G. King
*Jesus Christ!*	Hunter Gardner
*Johanna Van Gogh*	Patrick Griffith
*Jungle*	Tavish Gudgeon
*Justin Case: Agent of S.Q.U.A.T.*	Douglas Wentworth, David Hogan
*Kaya*	Etta Gray
*Kill the Rabbit*	Rebekah Mueller
*KILLERS*	Stephanie Stanley
*Killing Boys*	Keeley Bell
*Killner*	E Rissetto
*Klown Town*	Lindsay Jean Michelle & Pam Bassuk
*Kush Garden*	Michael Niehaus
*L.O.T.U.S.*	Nathan Patton
*Lacie in the Wonderverse*	Michael Ierulli
*Lady Madonna*	Debra Mooradian
*LAPD 2043*	David Burton
*Laughey Giraffey*	Adrián Burke
*Laughing Badger*	Cory Jordan
*Lazevnik Grove*	Jon Portman
*League Night*	Nick Kokonas
*Let Me Be Your Star*	Joshua White
*Liberated*	Kyle Hughes
*Life Begins*	Barbara Haynes
*life through the lens*	Chad Hutson
*Lifepasser*	Ted Bronson
*LOGOS*	Alexander Blum
*Lose Yourself*	Richard Osborne
*Love, Mary Todd*	Bixby Elliot
*Lunatic*	Chris Allport
*Luxury Estates*	Bryan Chesters
*Macabre Tales From Montague Manor*	Rich Vecchione
*MADS*	Jan Pearson
*Magddo*	Paden Burger
*Maggie Valley*	Ezra Herz
*Magneto*	Brandon Gale
*Male Pattern Boredness*	Christopher Emanuel Smith
*MAN MADE*	Aaron Pritchard
*Man Made*	Denise Baughn
*Man-Made*	Ryan Cunningham
*Marlowe*	Simon Bowler Khan
*Meaderville*	Bryce Berkowitz
*Memento Mori*	Jason R. Kay
*Michelin Star*	Samantha D’Amico
*Mid-Aughts*	Rachel Gulotta
*Midnight Cinema*	Jon Davis
*Mighty Mediocre Temporary Rangers*	Rhys Schlichtholz-Garcia
*Mind and Matter*	Ben Myers
*Mirrors*	Christopher Lukens
*Missing in the Midwest*	Michael Streight
*Mitra*	Pranali Kamble
*Moonrise*	Rebekah Mueller
*Moonstone Beach*	Lisa Petersen
*Mordred Rising*	Larry Gilmore
*Most Wanted*	Cat Youell, Brad Crowe
**Mound of Sht***	Scott Phillips
*Moving In*	KJ Bell
*My Job Is Hell*	Joslin Underhill
*My Space Therapy*	Nate Raven
*Nark*	Eric Garner
*Neon Dreaming*	Ethan Westerfield
*Neon Purgatory*	Sean O'Brien
*Never Let Go*	Raven Petretti
*Never Let Go*	Raven Petretti
*Night Passing*	Scott Button
*Nightfall*	David B. Guthrie
*Non-Monogamy*	Richard Lister
*NORJAK: The Lives of D.B. Cooper*	Christopher Santambrogio
*Northway*	Brian Molongoski
*Nothing Means Nothing*	Andrew Zeoli, Christian Wagner
*Nuclear Family*	Gregory Abbey
*Oasis Estates*	Carrie White
*Office Pawlitics*	Tita Poe
*Offsite*	Marc Winter
*Offspring*	Allison McGevna-Cirino
*Old Queens*	Reid Pope
*On the Sidelines*	Mark Greene
*One Wild Life*	Nate Huntley, Maddie Hammond
*Or I'll feed him to the Sharks*	Colleen Henry
*Our American*	Rebecca Mlinek
*Out of This World*	Jeremy Pick
*Out of Whack*	Derek Nicoletto
*Overworld*	David Blue, Julie McNiven
*Oy...A Jewish Comedy Series*	Shara Ashley Zeiger
*Pancetta*	Jenah Silver
*Pandora*	Jeff Bower
*PANSY*	Jack Flynn
*Paris, USA*	Matthew Maisano
*Past Lives*	John Cerrito
*Paul Gersey and The Whole World's Glory*	Liam LoPinto
*Peace, Love, and Aliens*	Jackie Lee
*Peaking*	Charlotte Lobdell, Jack Flynn
*Piaf*	Maureen Mahon
*Pickleballers*	Carlos Gabriel Ruiz
*Pink and Purple*	Jazeel Gayle
*Plastic Kingdom*	Josiah Powell
*Play*	Alex Garcia-Laguer
*Pleyn Delit*	Tommy Cook
*Power Couple*	Ari Donnelly
*Praise*	Megan Hayes
*Pregnant bi Polly*	Ilana Garcia-Mittleman
*Pretty OK*	Amrita Pradhan
*Primeval*	Rocco Urso
*Prisoner*	Tony Conniff
*Project Hope*	Ralph Bishop
*Proof*	L.H. McQueen
*Protocol One*	Geoffrey Colo
*Provocation*	Art Blount
*Public Access*	Jordan Cipolla
*Public Displays of Affection*	Samantha Jose
*Puppet Tears*	John Cerrito
*PWI*	Tiara Masso
*QUASH*	John McCarney
*Queen's English*	Tyler Dwiggins
*Queenmaker*	Matija Sraj
*R.P.S.*	Cameron Tennyson
*Rainbow Reloaded*	Devin Gillis
*Rare*	Charlotte Gajek
*Rat City*	Ally Gilfeather
*re.Form(ed)*	Johnny Gilligan
*Rear View*	Timothy Gunatilaka
*Red Scare*	Paige Meintzer
*REDFLAGS*	Nathan Patton
*Relatively Unrelated*	Christa Butler
*Reuben*	Nella Dudova
*Revelations*	Adam Chuckryk
*RIDGELAND*	Ali Gordon-Goldstein
*Righteous Side of Hell*	Eric Sanchez
*Rightly So*	Mathew Kachur
*Rim of the World*	Chris Knauer
*Rise of the Unbeliever*	Jeff Viens
*River Rats*	Bryce Berkowitz
*Rodeo Drafthouse*	Peter Donaruma
*Rubber Chicken*	Peter Dawson
*Rudy Champion and the Edge of the Earth*	Philip Enchelmaier
*Run! Run! Run! - The Lives of Abbie Hoffman*	Michael J. Shapiro
*Sadist*	Jennifer Anderson
*Same Old Tricks*	Barry Leach
*Second Set*	Candace Egan
*SEED*	Nti Aning
*Seven South*	Sara Romeo-White
*SHAKES*	Matt Foss
*Shark*	Gregory Abbey
*She/Hero*	Dina Laura
*SHIKSA*	Sonya Goddy
*Shitlaw*	Kevin Hulick
*Shoot from the Hip*	James Barrett, Tony Robenalt
*Shudder, West Virginia*	Bryce Berkowitz
*Silent Blades*	Criss Gidas
*Skála*	Shauna Joy
*Skin*	Kelsey Kinney
*Skylarks*	Kate Delin
*Slipstream*	Imogen Cooper
*SOMBRERO*	Ricardo Mestre
*Sorry Grandpa Hsiao*	Candace Ho
*Sour Dough*	Carlton Norris
*South of the Gnat Line*	Georgia Norman
*Spark & Iron-Strike*	Aleksander Krutainis
*SPOILD*	Jay Tigers
*SPOTLIGHT*	Annie Mitchell, Ash Newman
*St. Anne's*	Olivia Macdonald
*Stalemates*	Sam Wiens
*Stealth Help Inc.*	Christin Balan
*Strange Flesh*	Devin Fearn
*Stuck in Park*	Jimmy Jo
*Student Affairs*	John Orozco
*Sunset & Vine*	Brandon Martin
*Sweet Science*	Peter Petralia
*Swindled*	Matt Sharp
*SYMBIONTS*	Johnny Gilligan
*Talk Dirty To Me*	Harris Korn
*Tang*	Matthew Giacheri
*Tears Of The Feelers*	Maor Pticha
*Ten Percent Off*	Sammy Sultan, Alan Niku
*Terror and Virtue*	Ernest Pysher
*The Adventures of JD*	Gabriela S. Rodriguez
*The American War*	Kelby George
*The Assistant*	Araceli Sanchez
*The Babies of Luna Park*	Bat-Sheva Guez
*The Backrooms*	Jon Addison
*The Bad Newz*	Jay Hodgkins
*The Best of Us*	James Barnes
*The Blood in Our Veins*	Garrett Hemmerich
*The Book of Raquel*	Olga Holtz
*The Bubble*	Jarod Backens
*The Complex*	Ben Carter Olcott
*The Conservatory*	Nate Washburn, Ben Bergin
*The Creed of Man*	Caden Stayner
*The Dark Calm*	Conner Reed
*The Domino*	Adam Hoelzel
*The Dyson-Nüwa Project*	Joey Yu
*The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things*	Sophie Hessekiel
*The Endless House*	Mark Zakeri
*The Enterprise*	Marisa Forrest
*The Estate*	Chris Squadrito
*The Everest Project*	Paula Cantillo
*The Faceless*	Harry Maxon, Holly Maxon
*The Family Doctor*	C.S. Woo
*The Fire Dog Killers*	Lit Kilpatrick
*The Fruitlanders*	Laurie Rivlin Heller
*The Ghost Club*	Mitch Smith
*The Golden Children*	Julia Weisberg
*The Good Detective*	Richard Stokes
*The Good Girl Of Chinatown*	M Lee Speyer
*The Grind*	Laurel Gans
*The Headlands*	Steve Bruno
*The Heart Goes Missing*	Tom Matthew Wolfe
*The Hero and the Spare*	Molly Gross
*The Hopeful Romantic*	Marissa Ziets
*The Houdinis*	Ron Mondz
*The Hunt for Ezekiel Adams*	Fred Kalmbach
*The Invisibles*	Sheri McMahon
*The Jewish Office*	Joe Abel
*The Last Cabin Left on Old Sycamore Lane*	Michael Rakoff
*The Local*	Mark Naccarato
*The Long Odyssey of the Emily Mae*	Spike Scarberry
*The Loop*	Whitney Crowder, Adam Hardman
*The Marshal*	Zach Pappas
*The Match*	Justin Ballheim
*The Misdirect: "Monkeyshines"*	Brennan Howard
*The Monks*	Jessie Cohen
*The Mulligans AKA The Retreads*	Christopher Sweeney
*The Murder of Jensen Scott*	Just Lunning
*The Murder of Thomas Merton*	John Fitch III, Mitch Smith
*The Nightshift*	Shiv B
*The Nightshift*	Shiv B
*The Odds*	Matthew Berns
*The Orchard*	Jeremy Pick
*The People Team*	Jonathan Weisbrod, William Stribling, Russ Nickel
*The Phantom Of Venice*	Daria Burge
*The Primordials*	Rebecca Goulding
*The Project*	Joshua Sanchez
*The Renaissance Earth*	Nicolas Charron
*The Revolutionary Potential of Dance*	William Keiser
*The Rothschilds*	Mimi Hasson, Steven Peros
*The Satisfaction*	Greg Sidman
*The Singing Telegrams*	Edward Grey
*The Soloist*	Daniel Hernandez-Zapata
*The Son of Life*	Tyler Blomstrom-Moore
*The Source*	Jeff Schick
*The Substitutes*	Stephen Krespel
*The Talbot Group*	Evan Lawless
*The Terminal Club*	Kimberly St.croix
*The Terrorist*	Jeremy Hudson
*The Thin Place*	Katie Seward
*The Titanomachy: From Darkness*	Mikael Holcombe-Scali
*The Tomahawk*	James Lujan
*The Trade*	Thomas Archer
*The Turners' Daughters*	Edoardo Vitaletti
*The Union*	AJ Currie
*The United States of Automata*	Austin Langley
*The Washbournes*	John Rodriguez
*The White Company*	Willem Lee, Mayuran Tiruchelvam
*The Whitzeks*	Sam Parker
*The Wolves Within*	Ginger Marin, J Bartell
*The Wrestling Show*	Julie Harrison-Harney
*Therapeutic*	Craig Berger
*Thermal Maximum*	Ellen Riverside
*Thornfield*	Amanda Cole
*Those Loyal*	Mike Fitzgerald
*Threestyle*	Matt C. Dawson
*Thunderfoot*	Carlton Welch
*Til Death Do Us Part*	Lachlan Vary
*Times Scare*	Sara Rose Carr
*Transmissions*	Brett Caron
*Treasure Valley*	Chapman Hyatt
*Trigger Objects*	Nik Perring
*Triumvirate*	David Alexander
*Turf Wars*	Lee Crompton
*Under One Roof*	Rose Casolari
*UnderLand*	Keren Green
*United Beef*	Russell Costanzo
*Valerie August*	Mak Deezal
*Vetted*	Sean Carmichael
*Vigilant*	Abhi Kumar
*Vincent the Void*	Jaye Younkin
*VIPs*	Jenna Larson
*Vitals*	Nelson Downend
*Vortex*	Jordan Bolinger, Anthony Marcon Marcon
*Wake the System*	Micah Sloat
*Weird Things in the Sky*	Gideon Shmorak
*Welcome to Dalwood*	Joshua Young
*West Wing High*	Joshua Kazemi
*What Have I Done To Deserve This*	Chris Phillips, Billy Walker
*White Gold*	Benjamin Del Vecchio, Jair Kornegay
*White Hat*	Sarah Granger
*White Lies*	Margaux Poupard
*Wicked Saints*	Matthew Thaler
*Wild Life*	Robert La Rocca
*Wire Hangers*	Jon Davis
*Wonderama*	Jack Mayer
*World No More*	Timothy Gannon
*Wrecks*	Joseph Capp
*WWJD*	Hannah van Dijk
*Wytch (for streamers)*	Travis Seppala
*Yellow Tie*	Jeffrey Shieh
*You Are Not A Hero*	Josh Jacobs
*Zero Light*	Christina Auriana
*Zone 6*	Christian Emanuel

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2023 ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition Winners

ScreenCraft — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:00:01 +0000

Listed below are the Winners of the 2023 ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 700 submissions. Congratulations to these winning writers and thanks to all for submitting!

Grand Prize Winner

East Jesus by Duane Graves

A pair of kinfolk Texas cops are lifelong products of Denler, the once-thriving rural boomtown they dutifully protect. When skyrocketing crime and moral decay threaten to wipe their tiny town from the map, the duo resort to desperate, unorthodox measures to save it.

Feature Winner

Heartrace by Will Bermender

A father will stop at nothing to save his dying daughter after a drug cartel hijacks her transplant heart.

TV Pilot Winner

Kill School by Katrina Skender

In a dystopian future where humans have evolved into two species, superior Predators and inferior Prey, one rebellious teenage girl desires to escape Predator society to pursue inter-species peace – there’s only one problem: if all you’re taught is violence, how do you know what “peace” is?

Add-on Prize Mentorship Winner
with Andrew Bergamo

Lure by Tom Castillo

After cutting an illegal fishing line, an estranged father and son are chased across the sea by a vengeful ship.

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2023 ScreenCraft Feature Screenplay Competition Winners

ScreenCraft — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:00:14 +0000

Listed below are the Winners of the 2023 ScreenCraft Feature Screenplay Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 2,000 submissions. Congratulations to these winning writers!

Grand Prize Winner (Selected by Meg LeFauve)

The Refugee by Jennifer Black & Ibrahim Renno

A tormented Syrian refugee finds his pulse again in caring for a neglected 10-year-old, until her abduction by a savage gang forces him to resurrect his vigilante prowess to save her.

Grand Prize Winner (Selected by Stephany Folsom)

Electric Road by M.K. Ching

When an autistic boy is inadvertently taken during a carjacking, his parents give chase, remotely connecting to the car's dashcam in order to follow their son. Meanwhile, a mysterious woman attempts to goad the accidental kidnapper into murdering the boy—for reasons known only to her.

Grand Prize Winner (Selected by Samuel D. Hunter)

The Cockfighter by Andrew Case

To pay off a loan shark, a foolhardy Vietnam vet is driven to desperate ends as he navigates the go-for-broke world of underground cockfighting in 1980s Oklahoma.

Nardeep Khurmi Industry Mentorship Winner

Mother Mehreen by Anna Khan

A Muslim teenager’s lies to cover up her secret abortion from her small Mississippi town spiral out of control when she accidentally claims immaculate conception, and is soon heralded as the mother of the next messiah.

The Anonymous Content Mentorship Add-On Winner will be decided at a later date after further consultations.

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

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2023 ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition Finalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:00:22 +0000

Listed below are the Finalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 700 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Winner announcement on October 18th 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 Finalists:

*Blitzkrieg Follies*	Devin Toohey, Brian Whitaker
*Champ*	Joel Jensen
*Detroit Run*	Odin Ozdil
*Día de las Carpas*	Marina Kato
*East Jesus*	Duane Graves
*Eyes of Fate*	Catherine Wright
*Heartrace*	Will Bermender
*His Horse is Crazy*	Sven Anarki
*How The Brooks Saved Christmas*	Parker Starnes
*Into the West*	Matthew Dixon
*Kill School*	Katrina Skender
*Lure*	Tom Castillo
*Mokabi Hunter*	Charlotte Zielinski
*The 7*	Steve Ronaldson
*The Devil, a Rebel, a Fool*	Clay Fusco
*Tow Truck*	Jud Cremata

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2023 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Competition Winners

maggie — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:00:03 +0000

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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2023 ScreenCraft Comedy Competition Winners

ScreenCraft — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Winners of the 2023 ScreenCraft Comedy Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 2,200 submissions. Congratulations to these winning writers!

Grand Prize Winner

Treasure, Inc. by Ted Sperling

A co-ed bachelor party is swept into a high stakes treasure hunt after finding clues leading to millions of dollars buried in the Idaho wilderness. Action comedy in the vein of GAME NIGHT meets CITY SLICKERS.

Feature Winner

The Tabby by Emily McGregor, Samuel Weller

In this rain-soaked, action-packed Seattle noir-comedy, a woman investigates her brother's disappearance while his cat goes on a bloody tour of revenge.

TV Pilot Winner

Daddy Issues by Justin Viar

When the lives of three diverse "girl dads" become intertwined, they work together to overcome their significant shortcomings in the endeavor of modern parenting.

Add-On Prize Winner

Talk Black by Destiny Macon

A timid engineer develops a wild and expressive split personality to help her speak up to the boy's club at work and prevent "urban renewal" in a historically black neighborhood.

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2023 ScreenCraft Comedy Competition Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 31 May 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Comedy Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 2,300 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Semifinalist announcement on June 28th 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:

*"Authorship"*	Russell Paris
*"MEET ME AT THE END OF THE WORLD"*	Ori Kowarsky
*1876!*	Damion Adams
*2060*	Lindsay Kent
*26th and Cal*	Ben Berkman
*A Brat Blooms in Bushwick*	Judd Schlossberg
*A Dog's Life*	Sammy Leach
*A Girl's Guide to Vampirism*	Jack Aupperle
*A More Perfect Union*	Jonathan Weisbrod
*A.A. and The Ghosts*	Onil Lad
*ACTING TEACHER*	Montana South Dakota
*Adapted for Outer Space*	Justin Spiegel
*Adolescents*	Joel Michalak, Andrea M. Jensen
*Adult Baby Genius*	Lori Chandler
*Adulting*	Kaleigh Fitzgerald
*Adventures in Serial Killing*	John Munn
*Aim Me*	Sandi Jerome
*Alex and Her: A Great Story*	David Dorman, John Knight
*Alexi I*	Alex Murawski
*Am I?*	Alex Smith
*Amalgam*	Erez Mossek
*American as Fuck*	Jazz Mann, Ravi Kamble
*American Awesome*	Mike Gerbino
*Americool*	Tim Janas
*Andi Lake Has Things To Do*	teri elam
*Any Given Sundae*	Jackson Davies
*Anything Serious*	Francisco Castro
*Apocalypse Later*	J.W. Hendricks, Madison Crews
*Apocalypse Not*	Samantha Silver
*Arts, Crafts, Time & Space*	Michael Beddoes
*ArtWorks*	Jeffrey Meyer
*Assisted Living*	Charlie Griffin
*Astronaut Angel*	Kevin Sterling
*Aunt Flo*	Justin Rubner
*Aviations Anonymous - "Co-Pilot"*	Luciano Mendez
*Backsliding*	Bill Kelman
*Bad News Lane*	José Luís Lopes
*BALK*	Gabriel Santi
*Ball Don't Lie*	Isaiah Mouw
*Bankers*	Sparky Truman
*Bar Hop*	Zach Grossman, Sasha Grossman
*Barbara the Barbarian*	Des Burnison
**Bat Sht Debbie***	Billy Abraham
*Baxter's Brain*	Walter Jacobson
*Beach Patrol*	Sarah Larkey
*Beard*	ismail hysam
*Beaverton*	Alexander Dagley
*BEFORE 420*	Jeffrey Ching
*BEINTEINN VALTÝSSON AND MÆJA MÖLLER SAVE ICELAND.*	Einar Gunn
*Bent Out Of Shape*	Sheri Flanders
*Best New Artist*	Ryan Luong
*Bible Park*	MEGAN SASS
*Bite Me*	Andy Palmer
*Black Apples*	Daviesha Rice
*Blenders*	Kenneth Mosley
*Blood Sisters*	Sera Barbieri, Heather Barbieri
*Blue Lobsters*	Daniel Powell
*Bodice Rippers*	Laura Mannino
*Boil the Ocean*	MATT LINTON
*Boiling Points*	Kevin Nguyen
*BOOMERANG*	scott cramer
*BOSS B!T@#*	Brandon Myhan
*Bowie in Birmingham*	Nick Griffiths
*Brave John Burns*	John Biolsi
*Brew*	Kimberly Dilts
*Broke Eat Pray Love*	Shakira Paye
*Bros Before Hoes*	Shane Anderson
*Brother of the Bride*	Connor Reveley
*Bug Nuts*	Stephen Polakiewicz
*Bully Bottom*	Hadley Carpenter
*Bumblefuck*	Lindsay Heiman
*Bust*	Leah Bleich
*C.O.R. - Lift Off*	Ross & Alex Donewald
*Camouflage and Lipstick*	Lawrence Daly
*Camp*	Cody Brantley
*Camp Murder*	Jaden Curtis
*Camp S.L.A.Y.*	Joel Michalak, Andrea M. Jensen
*Cancel Me*	avery koenig
*Canceled*	Ansuya Nathan
*Cancer Culture*	Becky Braunstein, Brianna Barrett
*Carnegie's Call*	Ryan Skinner
*Central Baggage*	Dan Taft
*Charles Darwin in Charge*	Ben Gottlieb
*Chasers*	Justin Spiegel
*Chasing Love*	Rebecca Glazer, Marianne Gilles
*CHASING SHADOWS*	Tony Ferrendelli, Kim Turner
*Chinatown Eyes*	Kathy Tao
*Chosen*	Ryan Manns, Jocelyn Manns
*Chris and Dave*	Christopher Agnew
*Chronic: A Comedic TV Series*	Mary Lemmer
*Chrumbs*	Aubrey Maddock
*Circle Yes or No*	Kym Mosley
*Circus of Smiles*	Allen Wu
*Class Act*	Kate Leslie
*Clean Sweep*	Isabelle Davis
*Clown*	Oliver Silver
*Coffee Boy*	Daniel Siegelstein
*Colette*	Steve Coy, Marie Bertonneau
*Come Again*	Marshall Seese, Jr.
*Come As You Were*	Aidan Kilpatrick, Christopher Loeber
*Confidence*	Joel Michalak
*Cool Boy*	Andrew Wailes
*Cool New Town*	Julie Sharbutt
*Crash and Burn*	Iam Typn
*Cream City*	Chris Osterndorf
*Crowdpleaser*	Bill Kelman
*Cub TV*	Kevin Eis
*Culty*	Melissa Balint
*CurioCity*	Maxwell Gay, Tucker Flodman
**Dckhle**	Jacob Stuebs
*Daddy Baby*	Phillip Roquemore
*Daddy Issues*	Justin Viar
*Daphne and Althea Save Greece*	LeeAnn Patrick, Daniel Shinners
*Dead Cthulhu Waits Dreaming*	Connor Farrell
*Dead Woman Walking*	Samuel Hutchison
*DEAD-END JOB*	Alison Lynch
*Deadbeat Fantasy*	Duncan Dwyer
*Death to all Weebs*	Alexia Verbeke
*Death's Daughter*	Sunny Karnan
*Destination Layover*	Olivia Nam
*Día de las Carpas*	Marina Kato
*Diary of a Teenage Lesbian*	Marina Pavoncelli
*DICK*	Omeed Boghraty
*DIE FOR ME*	Oliver Kent
*Dire Transfers*	Nate Suppaiah
*Disruption*	Hunter Patterson
*Doctor Babies*	Annie Sicherman
*DOG MOM*	Tamra Teig
*Doomsday Blade Masters*	Kevin Gillese
*DOWN & OUT*	Nick Madson
*Down To Earth*	Declan Shrubb, David Trajanoski
*Downhill*	Nicholas Schmid
*Driver's Ed*	Hayley Zablotsky
*EASY GAME*	David Bass
*EAT ME*	Leslie Thomas
*Eloise at the Crossroads*	Peter R. Feuchtwanger
*Emery & Ellsworth Make a Picture*	Madi Stine
*Errant Good*	Matthew Lucas
*ESCAPE FROM JURY DUTY*	Alan Larson
*Estate of the Art*	Ellen Lewis
*Eternally Yours*	Lou Wollin
*Even Better*	Valerie Hurt
**Fckin' Palm Springs***	Kathleen Krauland, Bryan Chesters
*FAKE*	Vana Medeiros
*Fantasma*	Anneliese Farrer
*FANTASY*	Grace Marlowe
*Fashion Apocalypse*	susan berman
*Fatal Family*	Hilary Schwartz
*Featured Extra*	George O'Connor, Diana Porter
*Feudal*	Jared Duryea
*Finding Alison's Playbook*	Andrew Judge
*First Ex*	Amy Sleper
*First Man*	Sandi Jerome
*Fisheye Pilot*	Dien Sun
*Foodie for Love*	Nicole Torre
*For-Profit*	Derry Fan
*Free Chickie*	Liz Lachman
*Freeze*	Alexandra Dell
*Fricasso*	TIZIANA GIAMMARINO
*Gentrifried*	Max Marcus
*Going Nowhere*	Matthew Davis
*Golden Views*	Lorin Williams
*Good Con/Bad Con*	Joshua Redfield
**Good Fck Charm***	Isabelle Davis
*Good Graces*	Hal Kirkland
*Good News Gary*	Chad Hutson
*Goodbye Everybody*	Benjamin Lewis
*Grateful Thankful Blessed*	Alex Taylor Eldridge
*Gumshoe Brooklyn*	Jordan Obey
*H.O.A.*	Jon Wierenga, Jay Thomas
*Hafrocentric - Girl, Interrupts*	Juliana "Jewels" Smith
*Half and Half*	Ruby Morgan
*Half-Cocked*	Jason Phillips, Theo Poling
*Hangers On*	Sylvia Park
*HAPPY CAMPERS*	Michi Broman
*Happy Yet?*	Laura Gray
*Hard Feelings*	Michelle Farhang
*HARD TIME*	Nick Pappas
*HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT BRAINS, TOO... (not a sequel)*	brian murphy
*He Will Be Missed*	Josh Folan
*Headwinds*	Noah Miller
*Heartless Romantic*	Keegan Duncan
*Hearts on Fire*	Ryan Frances-Wright
*Heaven Forbid*	Lia Nies
*Hebrew School Dropout*	Josh Hyman
*HERE WE GO AGAIN*	James Ward III, Bryon Starks
*Hey Hun*	Liz Galvao
*High Grades*	Zac Musolino, Cass Dennis, Ruby Davis
*High Heels Story*	Lily Ho
*Higher Ground*	Pamela Ryckman
*History Tycoon*	Amanda Pastunink
*Ho Era*	Margaux Susi
*HOBO GROVE*	Gary Graves
*Hollywood Cannibals*	Chad Wellinger
*Horny Devil*	Missak Artinian
*Hostage Party*	Jesse Nowakowski
*Hotel Marie*	Rachel Bailey
*How Many Licks?: "Trial By Error" (Pilot)*	Brennan Howard
*Huge in Japan*	Kayla Rosenberg
*Human Stalk*	Nil Unerdem
*HUMOR ME*	Tracy Curtis
*Humpster Dumpster*	Lane Unsworth
*I Told You So*	Brian "Crusty" Horgan
*In The Heart Of America*	Jordan Cooper
*Influence*	Laura Han
*Injured*	Megan Mazer
*InstaGraham*	Harry Borland
*Invent Hard*	Janne Pulkkila
*It Wants To Feed*	Elvis Wilson
*It's a Long Long Way to Tipperary*	Rick Hays
*It's All Been Done*	Laura Becker
*It's Complicated*	Maggie Callis
*It's Only Us*	Will Beaby
*It's Over*	Emily Bernard
*IVG*	Christopher Backs
*Izzy*	Victoria Lu
*Jan's Awakening*	Julia M. Sauder
*Jenkins and Watts: Paranormal Attorneys At Law*	Michael Brennan
*Jerusalem Idol*	Lewis Papier
*Jesus Rocks*	Cindy Shiner
*Johnny Arrow*	Paddy Roberts
*Judy's search for God*	Dave Wade
*K-Poparazzo*	Max Werkmeister
*Kids Today*	Unnamed
*Killer Vegans*	Soni Benson, Jamie Benson, Dirk Rogers
*KILLING SQUIRREL CREEK (A Howard Sterling Mystery)*	ERIK HOWARD
*Kindred Spirits*	Suzanne Paschall, Bryan Howell
*Kitten*	David Bell
*L.A.'s Best*	John Wojturski
*Lady Player*	Jenna D'Angelo
*Lady Problems*	Harriet Weaver
*Last Stop*	Richard Doyle
*Late Date*	Denise Widman
*Lazarus*	Pamela H. Leahigh
*Lefty*	Gabriel A. Perez
*Leonard*	Darrell McGregor
*Lessons in Kissing Brazilian Boys*	Jenna St. John
*Level Up*	Daniel G. King
*Liaisons*	Callum Wratten
*Life with Nonna*	Lesley Fera
*Lindy Thompson Wants to be a Star*	Kayla Lanzalaco, Flynn Nicholls
*Little Deutschland*	Jordan Prescott, Matt Tribble
*Little Muse*	Bass Fall
*Living Your Best Wife*	teri elam
*Local Moguls Pilot: The Thickening*	Michael Winters
*Locals Only*	SAMUEL ANGELO
*Long Shot*	Carrie Herrera, Chris Cordola
*Loose Threads*	Erick Pausz, Christopher Semel
*Lost & Found*	Mickey Petrusaitis
*Lost Years*	Eloise McKenzie
*Love Fool*	Zina Kresin
*LOVE HANDLES*	Matt Mitchell, Ben Hirschhorn
*Lucy Campden*	Ali Calamari
*Lucy Lopez Sells Her House*	Kylie Murphy
*Lunar Surfers*	Jonathan Wax
*Lunatic*	Sally Pitts, Ryan Gaumont
*Maisy*	Meredith Strangfeld
*Making Friends*	Lochlann Dowd
*Mall Girl*	Mitchell Nance
*Man of a House*	Pablo Velez, Anthony Guilianti, Dave Bobb, Inés Del Castillo
*Manhunt: The Day That Changed Everything*	Amaka Orji
*Maria the Defiant: A Comic Adventure in Six Chapters*	Robert Carter
*Martina*	Baltimore P. Jenkins
*Marty's Muff Madness*	David Testerman, Glenys Simz Dube
*Match Masters*	Casey Dunn
*McBucket List*	Kirk Young
*MEAN SECRETARIES*	Susan Ferrara
*Medicated*	Sharon Kadosh
*MEME GIRLS*	Matthew Manson
*Men Are From Venus*	C. Pendergast
*Merry Christmas from Mud Mountain*	Michael Buonocore
*Mid-Aughts*	Rachel Gulotta
*Midterm Crunch*	Amy M Fiedel
*Monstrous We May Be*	Emmy Herzog
*Mr. & Mr. Tanaka*	Neil Tinkham
*Mr.Christmas*	Maddy Hillis & Corina Bizim
*Multiplex*	Jennifer Milne
*Murder on Ice*	Danielle Dallas Roosa
*Murder Wives*	Maya Florin
*Musicality*	Sophie Wentzel-Lewis
*My Dad's Harder Than Your Dad*	Nathan Cox
*MY DEAD DAD - TV Pilot Hour Long*	Allison Del Franco
*Nan's Guide to Retirement*	Teresa Bass
*Narayana Neurosis*	karan talwar
*Naughty Darlings*	Trey Burnette
*Netflix And Kill*	Kelly Fulton, Paul Fulton
*Never Let Go*	Raven Petretti
*Nip It in the Bud*	Elissa Hunter
*No Matter What*	James Love
*No Mirrors*	Brian Lustig
*No One Wants Us*	Yagmur Tok
*Nudie Mag*	Kevin Dembinsky
*Obviously, Aliens*	Jennie Goloboy
*OLD FARTS*	Erik Potempa
*OLD MONEY*	Nicholas Wenger
*On the Sidelines*	Mark Greene
*Once Upon a Proposal*	Marcus Ellsworth, James Creighton
*Once We Were Kings*	Chloe Borenstein-Lawee
*Once, In a Dry Season (or My Big Gay Divorce)*	Howard Schreiber
*One Good Man*	Elizabeth Musgrave
*One Lousy Mistake*	Dave Wade
*One Night At The Livingston*	Evelyn Anna Danciger
*One Night In Newark*	Olivia Mayberry
*Only Pedestrian in LA*	Kana Felix
*Otherworld, NJ*	Matthew McLachlan
*Our Huge Auspicious Indian-Chinese Wedding*	Rachel Hong
*Our Invincible Kindness*	brian wapole
*Our Lady of Hollywood and Vine-"The Wow Factor"*	Jacqi Bowe
*Our Savior, Traxor*	Roderick Kashani
*Out of Tune*	Caleb Moran
*Out of Water*	Madi Stine
*PA Nation*	Verena Puhm
*Parallel Piece*	Matthew Woods
*Party Bully*	Talisa Friedman
*Party Lines*	Sean Bloomstine
*Peasant Food*	Connor Savage
*Peckerwoods or The ~Somewhat~ Historically-Accurate Account of the Kentucky Outlaw known as Bud Thacker*	Chance Sparks
*Pet Vet & Crematory*	Justin Casselle
*Pi's*	Caleb Levine
*Pig & Bear*	Tommy Heleringer
*Pink Shirts*	Caleb York
*Play Date*	Jim Cushinery
*Please Be Offended*	David Heiman
*Poe & Co. Detective Agency*	Mindy Strouse
*POLES APART*	Alessandra Brook
*Poster Boy*	Justin Carter
*Power Couple*	Ari Donnelly
*Powerless*	Chris Laughton
*Premium Economy*	Michael Harris
*Pro-Tem*	Carol Ray Hartsell
*PUNK MOMS*	Kate Rappoport, Nicky Urban, Julia Bartlett
*Q42!*	Steph Farber
*QLC*	Marnie B., Clayton Fletcher
*RABBIT HOLE*	Laurie Hartung
*Raccoonigans*	Sheena Santamaria
*RAGEMAN!*	Joel Svendsen
*Re-Gifted*	Joel Michalak
*Rebound*	Hanna Safar
*REMIX*	Sean Boring
*RETIRED gODS*	Mark Labella
*Reverse Course*	Gregory Cohen
*Rock 'Til You Die*	Adam Allen
*Rock and Roll*	Scott Peterman, Cat Davis
*Rooted*	Hadley Houck
*RoTC*	Sejal Moosapeta
*RUDY'S CHRISTMAS REVENGE*	Joanne Bellew
*Rumford*	Nick Roth
*Rumspringa Break*	Jeremy Padow
*Run for the Hills*	Troy Deutsch
*Sadist*	Jennifer Anderson
*Salvaged*	Julie Sharbutt
*Sam and Kaya*	Shannon Brady
*Sanctuary*	Richard Bethea
*Saturn Return*	Mallory Sparks
*Scapegoat*	Olivia Lee
*Scatterbrained*	George Petersen
*SCOUTS*	Mackenzie Sammeth
*Scramp Valley*	Nat Swyer
*Sean and Jade*	Eric Vanders, Anthony Cusumano, Holly Souchack
*SECRET SANTA*	Ryan W. Smith
*SECRET SECOND FAMILY*	Jen Howell
*Seed Money*	Logan Stone
*Sellout*	Jabari Howard
*Senioritis*	Nate Dillon
*Serious Laughs*	Aaron Sutch
*She's The Man*	Callie Waligora
*SHIRLEY'S CAPITAL*	Gail Joy Stewart
*Sick & Tired*	Nelson Downend
*Sidekicks*	Jot Sahi
*Sierra Hotel*	Matthew Coffern
*SILICON SALLY*	Ellen Ancui
*Sincerely, Ida*	Sofia Dillenberger
*Single White Aussie*	adrian tripodina
*Six Assholes*	Kevin Barry
*Sludge*	Kevin Barry
*Smallwood*	DAVID PAGE
*Snake Oil*	David Salisbury
*Sofa So Good*	Jonathan Smith, Dora Tsepa
*Son of a Sheriff*	Travis Davidson
*Speak English*	Kieran Angelini
*SPECIAL AGENTS*	BRIAN PRACHT
*SPINSTERS*	Aurie Ceylon
*Springtime for Mashinsky*	Joshua Jashinski, Rob Stevens
*Spy Bros*	Jared Pettit, Jason Felix
*Squatters*	James Barnes
*Standby*	Patrick Tierney
*Star Elite*	Lisa Lutes
*Stay Up Late*	Jenna Lafferty
*Stick Straight*	Tara Mark Rosenblum
*Stone Age*	Pallavi Yetur
*STONE IN LOVE*	Jerrad Burford
*Stonewall*	Alex Reinach
*STOP & GO*	Gail Barrick
*STRAYA*	Rosaleen Cox
*Strike Three*	Spencer Cohen
*Study Abroad*	Nick Grimes
*Stuntwomen*	Emily E. Ellis
*Sugar Baby*	Russell Bailey
*Sydney*	Steven Tobiasz
*Take My Wife, Please*	Joe Amadon
*Take the Cake*	Julie Chernesky
*Talk Black*	Destiny Macon
*Talk Like Somebody's Listening*	Ryan Costello
*TEETH*	ben hartland
*Tell Me More Tomorrow*	David Sajadi
*TEST THIS!!*	Gregory Corrado, Rick Wernli
*The American Hoax*	Collin Gilbert
*The American Oligarchy*	Alison Greene
*The Arc of Joan*	Marla S Billings
*THE ART OF ENTERTAINMENT*	Montana South Dakota
*The Art of Mindlessness*	Derek Arnold
*THE ATHENIANS*	Zachary Levine
*THE BACKUP PLAN*	Jake Hulse
*THE BALLS*	BRADLEY JACOBS
*THE BINKSTER*	Lawrence Goldman
*The Boca Shuffle*	Tod Klinger
*The Bridal Party*	Ben Mansbridge
*The Building*	Adam Ganser
*The Burg*	Jack Cherry
*The Chancer*	Fiona Graham
*The Christmas*	Adam Ullberg
*The Comeback*	Adam Sutherland
*The Compatriots*	Spencer Cohen
*The Cursing Tree*	Nan Schmid
*The Death of John David Binetta*	Claire Guinan
*The Devil Went Down To Disco*	Red Davis
*The Envy of Ledd*	Gary Irons
*The Essential Male*	Mike O'Neill
*The Fake Fischmans*	Dan Amernick
*The Final Rose*	Jenna Lafferty
*The Flat Earth Lunch Club*	Benjamin Goodall, Andrew Sansom
*The Flipping of House Cannibal*	Phillip Rogers
*The Foundling*	Oliver Morgan
*The Garfield Guy*	Jeff Longsworth
*The Grad Assistant*	Candler Proffitt
*The Great Glorious Kingdom of Ückerburg*	Jorge Moratal
*The Handoff*	Ariel Palin
*The Heartbreak Club*	Riley Scott, Hilty Bowen
*The Hopeful Romantic*	Marissa Ziets
*The Idlers*	Daniel Van Nostrand
*The In-Between Times*	Megan Mazer
*The Khans*	Ben Caro
*THE LAST DAYS OF THE CHURCH OF THE STARSEED*	Andrew Matthews
*The Late Night Club*	Kirsten Koedding
*The Laugh List*	Myron John Tataryn
*The Legend Of Eleanor Clark*	Thomas Wood
*THE LIFT*	Rick Mallett
*The Long View*	Len Uhley
*The Montclairs*	Justin Thomas , Lucas Mills, Jonny Svarzbein
*The Muppets' Great Galactic Adventures*	Kimberly Turner, Tony Ferrendelli
*The Nethermead*	Evan Allgood
*The Night Shift*	Kristina Grosspietsch
*The People Team*	Jonathan Weisbrod, William Stribling, Russ Nickel
*The Perfect Match*	Leka Gopal
*The Pirate Delivery Service*	Nastassia Duval
*The Politician*	Khadija Diakite
*The Practice Marriage*	Stewart Fergus
*The Pyramid*	Frank Buttafarro
*The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High*	Laurie Ann Crompton
*The Return of Jesus*	Jim Rothman
*The Santa Claus Fairy Tale*	dominick tambasco
*The Seahorse*	Nick Logsdon
*The Sh!t Can*	frederic marsanne
*The Short Bus*	Matthew Saio
*The Showrunner*	Ben Carter Olcott
*The Silent Spy Speaks Out*	Lawrence Davidson
*The Skipper*	Telsyn Doucette
*The Substitutes*	Stephen Krespel
*The Sugar Baby*	Daniel Ehrlich
*The Tabby*	Emily McGregor
*The Thrower*	Graham Rich, Frankie Bourne
*The Understudy*	Dan Aho
*The Wrestling Show*	JULIE HARRISON-HARNEY
*There's No Christmas Like Show Christmas*	Taylor Coriell
*Thick Skin*	Natalie Zimmerman
*Things To Do Before We Die*	Tristan Rodriguez
*This End Up*	Mike Ackerman
*This Is A Nightmare - Pilot*	Maggie Smith
*This is Hillview*	Kushagra Kundra
*THIS IS NOT THE END*	Tomas Fleck
*Three Sheets to the Wind*	Thomas Schrack
*Three Unwishes*	Troy Graham
*Tiki Bar Funeral Home*	Amy DePaola
*Time Janitors*	Ryan Manns, Jocelyn Manns
*Tin Can Alley*	Thomas Schoch
*TITO*	DT Houston
*Ton-O-Fun*	Zachary Newbrough
*Tonight Tonight*	Danny Wascou
*TOO HORRIBLE TO MENTION*	Rob Gruen
*Topher & Nate & The Invaders From Mars*	Ryan Dooley
*Touchwood*	Amy Charlesworth
*Toxic*	Jackie Mahoney
*TOXIC.*	Colin Lawrence
*Trashy*	Chelsea Marshall
*TREASURE, INC.*	Ted Sperling
*Try Again*	Grant Hermanns
*Tubes*	Brandon Myhan
*Turf*	Jack Gorman, Shannon Walsh
*TV Land*	Jessica Kinsella
*Tweener*	Kristina Sproat
*TWO BLOCKS FROM POPULAR*	Hal Harris
*Uncle Wuzzy*	Isaac Smith
*Unexplainable*	Jack Anderson, Sam Butler
*UNEXPLAINABLE*	Jason Ginsburg
*Unfinished Business*	Matt Seiiji Ketai
*Unfortunate*	Matthew Solomon
*Us Against The World(s)*	Ross Buran
*Vengeance Airlines*	Hunt Holman
*Veruca*	Tony Binns
*Virgin Mojito*	Alice Melton
*Voice of God*	Edward Field, Emery Gare
*Wasted on Youth*	Brian LaPerche
*WE-MEN*	Calamity J
*We're in a Cult Drinking the Kool-Aid*	greg gleason
*WeHos*	Adrion Trujillo
*Welcome to Kickass*	Bonnie Orr
*Welcome to Splitsville*	Matt Sadowski
*WEN MOON*	HEATHER PROVOST
*What Else*	Joshua Yunis
*WHAT I KNOW NOW*	Kevin Regan
*What We Do in the Shadows - Guillermo's Mom's House*	Kimberly Turner, Tony Ferrendelli
*What's Your Damage*	Julie Drazen
*WhenWolf*	Jeremy Pick
*Whitley Social Club*	David Kane
*Wife Material*	Carley Smale
*Wing Man*	Laura Walters
*Witches*	Amy Maestri, Katie Wilbert
*Work Release*	Patrick Connelly
*Wormhole*	JULIE COHEN, TED KUPPER
*Wrecks*	Joseph Capp
*Written By Henrietta Bloom*	Robin Shushan
*Yanks*	Jennifer Bradford, Katherine Benjamin, Katharyn Stober
*YAVA!*	Tevin Houle
*Yeshiva*	Eytan Raphaely
*Yoga™*	Paton Ashbrook
*Youtopia*	Danny Galvin, Brad Pike

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2023 ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition Semifinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 24 May 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 900 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!

Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on June 21st 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:

*"The Shotgun Killer"*	Ray Proya
*1962*	Dean Jaloudi
*A brand new day*	Lissette Mehl
*A Need to Kill*	Mark Pettit, AJ Jones
*American Babylon*	Yvan Iturriaga
*AMERICAN RED*	David Marlett
*Angel Eyes*	Richard Mauro
*Bardot*	David George
*BLACK CADILLAC*	Beth Brickell
*Box Canyon*	Mark Laing
*But Some of Us Are Brave*	Jainaba Seckan
*Camelot*	Kaleb Tuttle
*Chasing Demons*	Nicholas Deroo
*Color & Light*	Louis Reyes McWilliams
*Deep East Texas*	Rachel Liebling
*Desire*	Katherine Cronyn
*Fairy Tale in Red*	Ben Carter Olcott
*Fortune*	Lisa Kröger
*Heaven's Gate*	DJ Burr
*Hidden Death: True Crime*	Lady Khadi Madama
*Hole In The Woods*	Jennifer Dornbush
*HOPING*	Eric Yang
*Hunter's Law*	Marieke Randoy
*IN THE SHADOW OF A MONSTER*	Russell Boston
*John & Meryl (Pilot)*	Jimmy Prosser
*KEANU REEVES IS MY MUSE, MY SON IS A DRAGON*	Phoenix Black
*knockin' on Heavens Door*	Sallieann Brinton
*Lady Driver*	Stephanie Diaz, Rick Reilly
*Lake George*	Hamid Castro
*Lion & Lamb*	Jenny Kleiman
*Lobo*	Patrick Mahon
*MIKE AND MAUD*	Beth Brickell
*My Fight For Justice*	Robbi Bryant
*Once and Future*	Kylie Boersma
*One Mad Apple*	Tom Pratt
*Operation Babylift*	John Mccarney
*Philip Glass, Philip Glass*	Martin Barshai
*Polar Vortex*	Robert Kraska
*Prince of the Rich: Respect, Revenge, and Retaliation*	Grant Gruber
*Privileged Deceit*	Warren Hull, Annette Hull
*Quiet Bodies*	Sofia Drummond-Moore
*re.Form(ed)*	Johnny Gilligan
*Red, White, & Juan*	Ross Fischer
*She is Worthy*	Rene Gutteridge
*Sin of the Stormbird*	Mike Streng
*Skyjackers*	Josh Guffey
*Sutton Holler*	Tennessee Martin
*The Boy Scout*	Dan Williams
*The Cannibal Poet*	Michael Clifton
*The Children*	Lauren Boyd
*The Fairest of Them All*	Patrick Bradley-Moore
*The Forgotten 6 of I-295*	Tasha McLemore
*The James Bond Gang*	Christopher Surrey
*THE LAVENDER PANTHERS*	Heather Farlinger
*The Salamander Letter*	Liz Lachman, Cynthia Greening
*The Story of Saint-Domingue*	Shawn Boursiquot
*The Transformation of Forrest Asa Carter*	E.B. Boccuzzi
*Three Sheets to the Wind*	Thomas Schrack
*Tipping the Scales*	Laura Kirk
*Trahor Fatis*	Autumn Cavender
*Two Kgs of Marmalade*	Megan Mazer
*Unsettled*	Courtney Weaver
*Wrightsborough*	Mahonri Stewart
*You Should Never Tell*	Tian Boothe

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2023 ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition Finalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Finalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 1,500 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!

We're excited to share these scripts with our esteemed jury that includes Jason Goldberg (Director of Film - North America, Wattpad WEBTOON Studios), Eboni Munn (SXSW Film Festival / It Gets Better Programmer), Natalie Metzger (Producer, Vanishing Angle), Heidi Zwicker (Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival), Mithra Alavi (Former Short Film Winner & Staff Writer SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE), and John Bickerstaff (Former Short Film Winner & Staff Writer on WILLOW).

Stay tuned for the Winner announcement on May 17th 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 Finalists:

*#peopleyoumayknow*	Christian Wisecarver
*Bad Witness*	Eduardo Petersen
*Benny's Second Birthday*	R.J. Glass
*Cooking Lessons with Baba Yaga*	Julia Diddy
*Criminal*	Lauren Maya Davis
*Death Valley - "The Bluff"*	Adam Scott Mazer
*Desert Gifts*	Kevin Lewis
*Deserted*	Paris Herbert-Taylor
*Equal Opportunity*	Rick-kendy Noziere, Francesco Nuzzi
*First Kiss*	Gary Rose
*Gravel*	Eliesha Steel
*Ham*	Jenna Ebersberger
*Leading Man*	Whitney Houser
*Niki Tomi Beto*	Jon Ayon
*Open Up*	Tiina Chisola Lantz-Hirvonen
*Pie and Pancakes*	Liz Kovac
*Put To Sleep*	Eric Yang
*Sunhat*	Naomi Christie
*superстарик*	Andrew McGowan
*The Flower Girl*	Anne Carmack
*The Monkey Bars*	Matt Farquharson
*The Rhyme of the Ancient Pensioner*	Ryan McDaid
*The Specimen*	Ed Wiles
*Wanted*	Pete Michaels

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2023 ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition Finalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Finalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 600 submissions. Congratulations to these writers!

We're thrilled to share these projects with our incredible industry jury that includes: Kate Redinger (Director of Development, Hallmark Media), Andrew Tolbert (VP, Kids & Animation, Hello Sunshine), Colleen Washington (Literary Manager, Fourth Wall Management), Alison Mann (Manager & Co-President of Fourth Wall Animation Production Co.), and Arno Ekmekji (Creative Development Coordinator).

Stay tuned for the Winner announcement on April 19th 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 Finalists:

*A Diamond in the Ruff's*	Daniel Broderick
*A Potluck Christmas*	Summer Johnson
*Becky Brenneman's Bangin' Bat Mitzvah*	V.C. Rhone, Mindy Schneider
*Carry My Ghost*	Bryce Emley
*Carving the Pumpkin Diamond*	Duncan Marriott
*Christmas in Sugarplum*	Gena Elyse, Michele O'Connor
*Hope Skates*	Maddison Bullock, Kathryn Lefroy
*Marnie*	Michael Berner
*My Real Imaginary Friends*	Kyle Rizor
*SANTAMAN: Re-Gifted*	Colin O'Brien
*SECRET SANTA*	Ryan W. Smith
*THE LITTLE KITE*	James F. Robinson
*TRUE BRIT*	Rosemary Zibart
*Yule Regret This*	Lauren Kent
*Zenith Uncharted*	Martha Duzett

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2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition Finalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Finalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 1,000 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!

We're excited to share these projects with our incredible jury that includes: Drew Brennann (Creative Executive, Aggregate Films), Carly Watters (SVP and Senior Literary Agent, P.S. Literary), Emily Forney (Literary Agent, BookEnds Literary), Nelson Cole (Jr. Literary Manager, Bellevue Productions), Kimberley Cameron (President, Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency), Elizabeth Kracht (Literary Agent, Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency), and John Beach (Literary Manager and Founder, Gravity Squared Entertainment).

Here are the Finalists:

*All the Idle Weeds That Grow*	Brian Koukol
*Exile Music*	Jennifer F Steil
*Gravity is Green*	David Zaccaria
*Gray Song*	Sean Johnson
*Miss del Río: A Novel of Dolores del Río, the first major Latina star in Hollywood*	Barbara Mujica
*Mud Pie*	Roger Greene
*must have GSOH*	Paul A. Mendelson
*The Algorithm Will See You Now*	JL Lycette
*The Darkness*	Robbi Bryant
*The Fall of Bellwether*	Chad Broughman
*The Hollowing of Lady Abigail Hector*	Neil Flinchbaugh
*The Price of Silence*	Ulla Hakanson
*WHEN SILENCE SCREAMS*	Mark Edward Langley
*Zero School: Maddy's Secret History*	Jamie Ruddy
*ZIGZAG GIRL*	Ruth Knafo Setton

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2023 ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 18:00:45 +0000

Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 1,500 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Semifinalist announcement on March 29th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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:

*'79*	Kacy Boccumini
*'97*	Sarah Ward
*"The Camera"*	Steven Sasaki
*#peopleyoumayknow*	Christian Wisecarver
*A Dream Come True*	Frank Scott
*A Good Day Will Come*	Amir Zargara
*A Helping Hand*	Mitchell Condon
*A Long Trip*	Dan McGeehan
*A One Time Thing*	Justin Nosler
*A Perfect Murder*	Giacomo Giammatteo
*A SACRED PLACE*	Lois Buchter
*A Tale of Sun and Wine*	Fabrizzio Lerma
*A Woman's Body*	Tiffany Tenille
*Adagio for Mr. CHIPS*	Robin Russin, Pete Nelson
*An Unlikely Trio*	John Walberg
*Anokhi*	Rohini Jadhav
*April and Mr. Stockman*	Montgomery Burt
*Ask.*	Nanni Mann
*Assisted*	Juliet Mace
*Audience Questions*	Ben Gottlieb
*Ave Maria*	Cesar Monroy Jimenez
*Baby*	Joseph Becker
*Bad Witness*	Eduardo Petersen
*Balmy*	Lynette Roqueta
*Bar-back*	Katherine (Kat) Olson
*Be My Baby*	Nuri Tal
*Be My Baby*	Unnamed
*Before The Winter*	Flora Jiang
*Beginner Spells forAngry Teens*	Maddie Messina
*Being*	Craig Pickens
*Below The Line*	Alexander Reinach
*Benny's Second Birthday*	R.J. Glass
*Bessie*	Sarah Lavis
*Best Friends Forever*	Rachel Troche
*Between the Walls*	Clarke Wainikka
*Billiard Boys*	William Pelletier
*BITTEN*	Brett Hauze
*BLEED - a Julie d’Aubigny story*	Jim Onyemenam
*Bless*	Drea Castro
*Blood & Sweat & Spit & Piss*	Jonathan Pottins
*Blueberry Smoothie*	Darren Murphy
*Blurred Edges*	Russell Knight
*Border Hopper*	Nico Casavecchia
*Breath Play*	Jeremy Schmidt
*Bunny Rabbit*	Ian Baaske
*Call of the Void (Short)*	Edward Nenedzhyan
*CARROTS*	Jake Redmond
*Chickentown*	Matthew Edmonds, Madeline Poeta
*Chocolate Heart*	Jacob Melamed
*Chuck and Fern*	Henry Alexander Kelly
*Cluster*	Kevin Dembinsky
*Control*	Erick Salazar
*Cooking Lessons with Baba Yaga*	Julia Diddy
*Criminal*	Lauren Davis
*Cringe*	Warren Lane
*DADDY - a short film*	Shawn Christopher Lovell Nabors
*Dancid*	Jared Barnett
*DE-STRESSER*	Alfredo Rodriguez-Allen
*Dead Reckoning*	Francis John
*Dear Society*	Jodie Bullock
*Death Valley - "The Bluff"*	Adam Scott Mazer
*Desert Gifts*	Kevin Lewis
*Deserted*	Paris Herbert-Taylor
*Earl's Gotta Die*	Heather Shapiro
*Eat the Rich*	Liv Senghor
*Ebony*	Isaiah Dennis
*Eden*	Tiyan Newman
*Edgar and the Undead*	Montgomery Burt
*Empress of Saigon*	Aaron Michael Bailey
*Empty Nester*	Sophia Czertak
*End Over End*	Sam Robotham
*Equal Opportunity*	Rick-kendy Noziere
*Esther*	Diana F. Bryden
*Everything Comes Back Eventually*	Josh Evans
*Exhumation*	Steven Stiefel, M.E. Ellington
*Eyewitness*	Benn Flore
**Fck Your Cousin***	Jamie Sykes
*Fade to White*	James Mulcahy
*Family Reunion*	Savithri Machiraju
*Fangers*	Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman
*Feral*	Matthew Phenix
*First Kiss*	Gary Rose
*Flour Girl*	Jada Bethea
*Fomosexuals*	Gabriel Notarangelo
*For My Mother*	Marc Vecchio
*Formicarium*	Jarrett Paperno
*Fou*	Gabrielle Barlatier
*FOUND*	Ellen Ancui
*free martin*	sj thompson, hayes ht
*Gerald*	Juliana D’Ercole
*Ghosts*	Abigail Pañares
*Girl in Seoul*	Missy Greenberg
*Glitter in the Air*	Aja Payton
*Glove Saves and the U Save*	Christa Davis
*Go Ah (Orphan)*	Joy (MiYu) Cha
*Going Rogue*	Julia Stier
*Good Sport*	Lisa Shaw
*Grace*	Michelle Truong
*Gravel*	Eliesha Steel
*Gulp*	Emma Steele
*Gusto!*	Jacob Watson
*Halloween Kisses*	Veronica Cooper
*Ham*	Jenna Ebersberger
*Hat Trick*	Daccia Bloomfiled, WJ Wilson
*Have You Seen Me?*	Brett Roedel
*Heart of Chicago*	Samantha Hart, Julie Hall
*Heartbreak Hotel*	Annabel Zammit
*Hearts in a Sling*	Stephanie Gould
*Heartstrings*	J.D. Zelman, Matthew Dushkes
*Hero Mom*	Abra Moore
*Hidden Silence*	Lily-Anna Jacobs
*Hitchhiker*	Samantha Walker
*Home*	Caledonia Hanson
*Homesick*	Sophie Bellone
*Honour Thicker Than Blood*	Umut Ipek
*Hotwave*	Jared Fembleaux
*How Do You Recognize Crazy?*	Katharine Rex
*How to be The Perfect Housewife*	Irene Chen
*Hyena Bloodbath*	Jeff Athey
*I'll Wait For You Forever*	Sabrina Barton
*I'm Not Here*	DeDe Drake
*I'm sorry I missed you*	Ethan Rogers
*Iceberg*	Hectin Roales
*If This Was A Horror Movie*	Alex Britten
*im in love with edgar allan poe*	Andrea A Walter
*Imitates Life*	Kelly & Dustin Finerty
*In Between*	Solomon Radley
*IN THE MIDST*	Patrick Leahy
*Inferno*	Aaron Archuleta
*Invisible Hands*	Gaby Wilson
*IT IS WHAT IT IS (or The Standards of Outrage)*	Jon Fletcher
*It's a Wonder*	Dylan Koller
*Kate's Ballad*	Rory O'Connor
*Katy & Adam*	Jess Hendel
*Killer Robots*	Steve Stoddard
*Kinetic Dispersal*	Robert McCain
*Kitty*	Holden Weihs
*L-8*	Gillian Rabin
*Last Best Place*	Payne Patchett
*Last Ship East*	Eris Qian
*Leading Man*	Whitney Houser
*Lesbophilia*	Tennessee Martin
*Little Genes*	Matthew Clingempeel, Skye Emerson
*Living Space*	Chris Glithero
*Lost & Found Again*	Dion Moosa
*Lost Dogs*	Christine Boyer
*Lou + Alt - Delete*	Cody Wasson
*Love to Go*	Bernhard Riedhammer
*Magnolias*	Lenea Key
*Man Up Fairy Dust*	Christopher Schwartz
*Mångata*	Maja Costa
*Mariposa - Angels of Valhalla*	Nathan Grimm
*Melabration*	Kiz Mentor
*Miner One*	J.D. Elliby
*Mira's Big Plan*	Kevin Tavolaro
*Miseria*	Jiming Lindal
*Model Citizen*	Rachael Dahl
*Mom*	Leslie Hoppenrath
*Mrs. Anne Parker*	Elisabeth Hayward
*MS TAKEN*	ALISON Moir Markinson
*Mulligan*	David Stanley
*My Communist*	Ron Hansen
*My Two Left Feet*	Damian
*My World's On Fire, How About Yours?*	Samantha Shane
*Never Getting Rid of Me, Bitch*	Olivia Cohen, Isabella Cohen
*Niki Tomi Beto*	Jon Ayon Alonso
*Nobody's Perfect*	James Mulcahy
*Nonno*	Gregory Fields
*Numb Like You*	Felipe Figueroa
*Occupational Hazards*	Laura Medeiros
*Oh the Games We Play*	Stephanie Mathews
*Oh, That I Were a Man...*	Nicole Knudsen
*Old Habits*	Ricardo Blayde Diaz
*On the Coast of Lonesome*	Mark Wasserman
*One Kind Act*	Marian Mangoubi
*One World*	Vasco Saraiva
*Open Up*	Tiina Chisola Lantz-Hirvonen
*Or Best Offer*	Sean Winans
*Other People*	Kat Svaldi
*Over There*	Andrew Phillips
*PADATING NA*	Chris Osterndorf, Joseph Gonzales
*Pearls For Ruby*	Jack Schrader
*Pie and Pancakes*	Liz Kovac
*Please and Thank You*	Hal Kirkland
*Pomegranate Blood*	Alex Bijan Zandi
*Put To Sleep*	Eric Yang
*Quarter-Life-Crisis*	Andrew Kauffman
*r.e.g.g.i.N*	A. D. Smith
*Raven's Fire*	Liz Wallace
*Reading of the Will*	Amanda Lay
*Red*	Lucas Fernandez
*Red*	Alexandra Addams
*Reflection*	Anika Jamieson
*REMORSE*	Einar Gunn
*Screaming*	Nick Ray McCann
*SEAMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE*	Jessica Jiji
*Set Me Free*	Emily Li
*Seventeen*	Jo Davis
*Shabbat Shaolin*	Brian Cohen
*She Hath Come*	Cat Dale
*Shoot that mother down!*	Nuki Rhodes
*Siren's Call*	Katerina Bakolias
*Sleigh Ride*	Ethan Gunn
*Smoke Head*	James Morgan
*Sonny's Blues*	Tevin Simpson
*Sorry I'm Sad*	Chloe Detrick
*Sou desu girl and The Jellyfish*	Kevin Gilvear
*Speed Humps*	Kimberley Pember
*Spilled Flowers*	Nancy Castro
*Stalker, Inc.*	Brian Fuller
*STARPOWER*	Sam Thor
*Stone Garden*	Alysha Haran
*Stuck in the Middle*	Trey Clough
*Sub Luv*	Samip Raval
*SummerFun31*	Luke Larsen
*Sunhat*	Naomi Christie
*superстарик*	Andrew McGowan
*Tale of the Gummy Bear Killer*	Casey Vickers
*The Assignment*	Laura Kenner
*The Bog*	Andrea Millard
*The CEO*	Annarosa Schiavone
*THE CHOCOLATE KANDINSKY*	Suzanne Griffin
*The Comic*	Cristopher Esparza
*The Communion of Isaac Frankenstein*	Lucas Hardwick
*The Delusion*	Joshua T. Harrel
*The Diva and The Squirrel*	Jamie Shriner, Diego Torrado
*The Enemy Next Door*	Aashish Gadhvi
*THE FELLOWSHIP*	Daniel Fathers, Christien Anholt
*The Flamingo*	Corina Marie Mazzi
*The Flower Girl*	Anne Carmack
*The Game Camera*	Kristen Bush
*The Ghostodians*	Leila Murton Poole
*The Good Samaritan*	Phil Vengrinovich
*The Homecoming*	Malcolm Johnson
*The Interview*	Andrew Jasperson
*The Last Fax Ever*	Steven Demmler
*The Last Tsukune*	James Knudsen
*The Lottery*	Victor Ridaura
*The Machine For Time*	John Broadhead
*The Mannequin's Tailor*	Melanie McCoy
*The Memorial*	Lauren Lola
*The Monkey Bars*	Matt Farquharson
*The New Bartenders*	Travis Land
*The Point After*	Kris Kaiser
*The Pumpkin Theory*	RJ Collins
*THE RAINCOAT*	Susan Maddocks
*The REVVER*	Mike Hanson, Kelly Moothart
*The Rhyme of the Ancient Pensioner*	Ryan McDaid
*The Secret Person*	Lilian Sumner
*The Selfie*	Chad Wellinger
*The Soul Train*	Abubakar Alawy
*The Specimen*	Ed Wiles
*The Suit*	Chris Muir
*The Super Man*	Christopher Romano
*The Syrian Photo*	Mark Albracht
*The Trap*	Sam Findlay
*THE UNICORN LOAN*	Janine DeMaria
*The Vanishing Rider*	James Cirenza
*The Whatever Wars*	Brock Barber
*The Worth of Things*	Jane Ballentyne
*There's a Frog on Mars (It's True!)*	Shaun Radecki
*Third Wheel*	Kylie Sparks
*Though I Do Not Know This Raven, We Seem to Share a Familiar Pain.*	Evan Siegal
*Three by the River and Two to Go*	Dylan James Amick
*Thrice Upon a Midnight Clear*	David Overton
*Ticket for Life*	Jeffrey Huish
*Tofu*	Camille Ramos
*Together*	Simamkele Dlamba
*Togs*	William Winston
*Tommy Super Sniffer: Protector of Glendale*	Erika Smith
*Tos-ka*	Camilla Marchese
*Towering Times*	Franck Benayoun
*Trophy Boy*	Kevin Hanna
*Tryst*	Claire Epstein
*Under The Pomegranate Tree*	Maddie Grammatopoulos, Luca Sardelis
*Unjustice*	Jennifer Milne
*Vape Barn*	Scout Stolpmann
*Virago*	Kai Crawford
*Waiting for Schrödinger*	Kevin Hanna
*Wanle*	Alison Week, Zoe Eisenberg
*Wanted*	Pete Michaels
*Warts and All*	Diego Ros
*WE ARE THE DEAD GIRLS*	Kylie Boersma
*Weeping Wall*	Mark Dollard
*WET!*	Elizabeth Raia
*What I Want*	Bennett Weinschenk
*What Men Do For Love*	karan talwar
*Wheel Bite*	Jackson DeLoach
*When It's Over*	celine arden
*Willow and Wu*	Kathy Meng
*Wish You Were Here*	Nicholas Zakrajcek
*Wither*	Sean Levitt
*Worst Enemy*	KEVIN MACHATE, Todd Rodgers
*Zombie In The Play Park*	James Hannan

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2023 ScreenCraft Horror Competition Winners

ScreenCraft — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 18:00:30 +0000

We are thrilled to announce the Winners of the 2023 ScreenCraft Horror Competition. These exceptional horror projects were selected from almost 1,700 submissions. Congratulations!

Overall Winner

Agua de tu Madre by Naiyah Ambros

Agua de tu Madre is a supernatural folktale of diaspora, generational inheritance, and resilience that centers on Zamira, a pregnant woman who struggles to find financial - and personal - stability while dealing with racism in the Cuban-American community along with the encroaching influence of the Santeria sea goddess, Yemayá.

Feature Winner

The House of Saints by Sandy Nicholson

An elderly man and his young granddaughter spend the weekend together in his isolated caravan – but while their relationship seems loving, each of them is hiding a sinister agenda that will bring them face-to-face with ancient evil beings that make their home out on the Northern English moors.

TV Winner

The Hole in the Woods by Rachel Greenhoe

20 years ago, 12-year-old Maggie disappeared while looking for fairies in the Vermont woods; now the only witnesses, her two cousins, struggle with the physical and emotional ramifications of their role in true crime history, especially now that it looks like history might repeat itself.

Add-on Prize Winners

Selected by Greg Newman

DeadMe by Asabi Lee and Paul Hart-Wilden

Aimless and down-on-her-luck Ash, inadvertently finds herself caught in the world's most secretive and deadly game, where absolutely anyone - at any moment- could be the death of her and the only way out is to kill or be killed in this ultimate game of survival.

Selected by Jim Klock

Strange Flesh by Devin Fearn

In the winter of 1917, an aging alcoholic Sheriff of a Native American town must overcome his haunted past, in order to save a young girl who's been abducted by a supernatural Native legend as it terrorizes the countryside.

We'd like to thank again our esteemed jury that included: Mike Flanagan (Writer, Director, Showrunner THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, MIDNIGHT MASS), Valarie Phillips (Agent, A3 Artists), Sandino Moya-Smith (VP of Development, MGM), Guy Busick (Screenwriter, SCREAM 5, READY OR NOT), Antonio D'Intino (Manager, Circle of Confusion), and Dan Kavanaugh (TV Executive, Vertigo Entertainment).

Congratulations to these winning writers and finalists, and thank you to our judges 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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2023 ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest Winners

ScreenCraft — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 18:00:15 +0000

We are excited to announce the Winner and Runner-Up of the 2023 ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest. These exceptional plays were selected from almost 700 submissions. Congratulations!

Grand Prize Winner

The Advocate by Bill Mesce

WW II Army lawyer Harry Voss investigates a fighter ace accused of shooting down one of his own men, wondering why the flyer is so eager to confess, but then learns he’s confessing to one crime to conceal a greater crime, one the top brass doesn’t want revealed.

Runner-up

Talk of the Town by Mike Bencivenga

Adapted from James Thurber's book "The Years With Ross" the play tells the story of the birth of The New Yorker magazine and Thurber's relationship with it's eccentric editor-in-chief, Harold Ross.

Stay tuned as we will be announcing the Add-on Prize Winner in the coming weeks!

We'd like to thank our esteemed jury that included: Jeffrey Whitty (Tony-Award Winning Playwright), Jonathan Mills (Agent, Paradigm), Kata Wéber (Playwright and Screenwriter), Amy Wagner (Agent, A3 Artists Agency), Lucy Powis (Agent, A3 Artists Agency), Beth Blickers (Agent, APA), Caitlin Cleary (Director of Development, Imagine Entertainment), Elise Griffin (Literary Agent, Paradigm).

Congratulations again to these winning writers and finalists, and to everyone who submitted projects; we read a number of truly remarkable plays. View all the quarterfinalists, semifinalists and finalists by clicking the corresponding link.

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Spring 2023 ScreenCraft Film Fund Semifinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:00:30 +0000

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the Spring 2023 ScreenCraft Film Fund. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 1,100 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!

Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on March 1st on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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:

*(When You're Ready To Go)*	Amy B Tiong
*A Reflection*	Laurie Barraclough
*A Walk on the Cold Sky*	Meseret Haddis
*All the Beautiful Things*	A.M. Lewis
*American Retail*	Carlotta Summers
*ARIAD*	Semra Michaels
*Aunty Untitled Film*	Aunty Untitled Film
*Baby's Breath*	Elijah Noble El
*BaeWatch ATL*	Roger Alexander
*Beige*	Olivia D'Lima
*Beneath the Grass*	William Bermudez, Sam Friedman
*Blue Collar America - Starbucks*	Mark Mori
*Born A Stray*	Adel Morales
*Brownsville Bred*	Elaine Del Valle
*Caiman*	Charles Borg, Joshua Bruce
*Calamity & Mercy*	Daniel Smith
*Camaro*	Lisa Lagace
*Chantoto'o*	Jesse Garcia
*Class Clown*	Eythan Maidhof
*CLINIC*	Aleshia Jackson
*Confidence, Man*	Matthew Goodhue
*Daly City*	Nick Hartanto
*Dirty Water*	Minda Martin
*Don Doko Don: The Yamakiya Taiko Club Story*	Darryl Wharton-Rigby
*DROPPING*	Anna Klassen
*Everybody Has An Andy Dick Story*	Cathy Carlson
*Exchange Place*	Jeff Geoffray
*Far Tortuga*	Jack Evans
*Fight*	Julien Hawthorne
*FILTHY*	Lisa Cole
*FIRST GENS*	Nahreen Tarzi
*Flamingo Camp*	Chris Coats
*Framing Her*	Coco Wouters
*Golden Hour*	Maureen McEly
*Hammer*	Alejandra Parody, Ben Sottak
*Haunted Halls*	Caroline Rodriguez
*HE IS A GEISHA*	Koodae Kim
*Here I Am*	Marc Francis
*I AM KATHY*	jane therese
*I Do*	Alexander Seltzer
*In the Garden of Tulips*	Ava Lalezarzadeh
*Inertia*	Michael Conroy
*INHERITANCE*	Eric Wong
*Jack and Sam*	Jordan Horowitz
*Jazz at Pearl's*	Tracy Held
*JOHN F#&%ING CALDWELL: WINE SMUGGLER*	Charles Miller
*Judy-ism*	Emily Nash
*Kodama*	Brian Tang
*Last Autumn*	Sam Holst
*Last HAWAIIAN SUGAR*	Deja Bernhardt
*Little Genes*	Matthew Clingempeel, Skye Emerson
*Lola Dust*	Dom Cutrupi
*Matthew*	Devin Peluso
*MEN*	Rebecca Dreyfus
*Microbudget*	Morgan Evans
*Miriam*	Lauren Blumenfeld
*Mosquito Mother*	Benjamin Kadie
*On the Brink - Miscalculation: Kennedy and Khrushchev*	Darin Nellis
*Papa Bear*	Michael Swaim, Abe Epperson
*Paris By Night*	Jeane Wong
*Pepo Kali*	Lydia Matata
*Petrol Head*	Patrick Swain
*Pink Flags*	Misha Calvert
*Prophet*	Diana Savone
*Pure*	Nava Silton
*Sanctuary*	Aaron Lorick
*Save the Cat*	Jordan Horowitz
*Shakespeare's Women*	Lorien Haynes
*Shark*	Bruna Pias
*SHERYL*	Justin Best
*Show Business Is My Life, But I Can't Prove It*	HEATHER WILK
*Smoke*	Josh Gallas, Lizette Barrera
*Spool*	Mike Gerbino
*Straight On Till Morning*	Craig Ouellette, Neal McLaughlin
*Stripper Boyz*	Stephen Sanow
*SUBJECT*	Tristan Barr
*Suka*	Tsu Shan Chambers
*Sympathy for the Devil*	Helena Holland Breger
*Taliban 2.0: A New Dawn*	Rishi Ghosh-Curling
*Te Llaman Las Olas*	Ana Verde
*The Bad Guy*	Morgan Ann Hammen
*The Blossom*	Shahnaz Mahmud
*The Chase*	Adam Loxley
*The Collins Film*	Brennan Huizinga
*The Countdown*	Heidi-Marie Ferren, Shannon McLemore
*The Girls Next Door*	Nelson Isava
*The Heart Grows Old in Autumn*	Michael Steves, Rafi Jahan, Lucas San Juan
*The Inevitable Return of an Atomic Being*	Zachary Zezima
*The Last Daughter*	Melissa Richer
*The Mourning Of*	Merced Elizondo
*The Robosexual*	Alden Peters
*The Unfinished Film*	Gemma Clarke , Hannah Antman
*Towards Happy Alleys*	Sreemoyee Singh
*Two Indians*	Cara Myers, Pritesh Shah, Dennis Fallon
*Unmuted*	Milena Warns
*UnScarred*	Elise Jaffe
*Untitled Gray/Roth Documentary*	Alexandra Dickson Gray
*Vial*	Caroline Iaffaldano
*When Trees Bloom*	Jacob Melamed
*Who Are You, Nanu?*	Anjini Taneja Azhar
*WITCHING HOUR*	Judith Park
*ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (We Will Speak)*	Schon Duncan

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2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition Semifinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 18:00:45 +0000

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 1,000 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!

Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on March 15th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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:

*A Backpack, a Chair and a Beard*	Eamon Wood
*A Hobo in the White House*	John Bateson
*All the Awful Wondrous Things*	Andrew MacDonald
*All the Idle Weeds That Grow*	Brian Koukol
*Brown Skin Girl*	Mytrae Meliana
*Chuck Masters' Body of Work*	D. Eric Paster
*Closer Would Be Better*	Greta Gize
*Crossroad Blues*	Ariel Slick
*Cults of L.A.*	D.W. Cropper
*Damaged Goods*	Debbi Mack
*Dead Man's Wine*	P.K. Simpson
*Exile Music*	Jennifer F Steil
*Forgive Us Our Trespasses: A Memoir of a Jewish Teacher in a Catholic School*	Diane Gensler
*Goodbye Heiko Goodbye Berlin*	Owen Levy
*Gravity is Green*	David Zaccaria
*Gray Song*	Sean Johnson
*Lady Vigilante*	Hayley Camille
*Letters from Tehran*	Kuros Charney
*Love is Louder - Novella*	Susan Hahn
*Merlyn's Mistake*	Dylan Brody
*Miss del Río: A Novel of Dolores del Río, the first major Latina star in Hollywood*	Barbara Mujica
*Mud Pie*	Roger Greene
*must have GSOH*	Paul A. Mendelson
*Mystic*	Jason Denzel
*NO ORDINARY LIFE: African Awakenings*	Mary A. Byron
*One Hundred Years of War*	Anitha Perinchery
*Perdition Kingdom*	Ryan Norris
*Pizza Boy*	Jordan Dee Crabtree
*Seven Locks*	Christine Wade
*SEX PARTNER #9*	Sanyee Yuan
*The Algorithm Will See You Now*	JL Lycette
*The Chancer*	Fiona Graham
*The Darkness*	Robbi Bryant
*The Diver*	Samsun Knight
*The Fall of Bellwether*	Chad Broughman
*The Forever Moment*	Paul A Mendelson
*The Greatest Escape, a True American Civil War Adventure*	douglas Miller
*The Hands of Enemies - Book One of the Speed of Light Series*	Roger Greene
*The Hate Lovers*	Staton Rabin
*The Hollowing of Lady Abigail Hector*	Neil Flinchbaugh
*The Illustrator's Daughter*	Gideon Burrows
*The Method*	Duncan Ralston
*The Price of Silence*	Ulla Hakanson
*The Strange Land Trilogy*	Ben Anderson
*The Time of New Weather*	Sean W Murphy
*The Trinity Rivers Trilogy*	K Blanton Brenner
*The Zombie Autopsies*	steven schlozman
*Under the Meadow*	William Parolini
*When Lions Roar*	Karen Gruber
*WHEN SILENCE SCREAMS*	Mark Edward Langley
*Zero School: Maddy's Secret History*	Jamie Ruddy
*ZIGZAG GIRL*	RUTH KNAFO SETTON

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2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition Winners

ScreenCraft — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000

We're excited to announce the Grand Prize Winners of the 2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition. These exceptional pilots were selected from almost 3,400 submissions. Congratulations to these winning writers!

Grand Prize Winners

Selected by Katherine Collins

Butch by Rae Binstock

In this unique twist on the urban-noir thriller, a butch lesbian private investigator must take on the filth, glamour, and corruption of 1970s New York City while hunting a murderer targeting the city's newly radicalized gay community, even as she wrangles with the bigotries of both the police and her own tribe.

Selected by Anna Konkle

Crips by Brian Koukol

When a disabled man discovers that his long-time girlfriend and caregiver has been cheating on him, he must decide where to draw the line in this comedic tale of life, love, and progressive neuromuscular disease set in the un-accommodating world of suburban Los Angeles.

Selected by Lisa Zwerling

What Doesn't Kill Me by Anna Khaja

A true-crime obsessed 14 year old girl is embroiled in a murder case that connects to the death of her mother.

In addition to the three projects above we'd like to recognize the following writers and their projects which made up our Top 10.

Blackfriar by Chris Bolton
Back Fires by Alex Blumberg
Insurgents by Feyza Safoglu
Mademoiselle Maupin by Brandon Gale
Ruth by Josh Barkey
Shade Land by Sidney Rushing
Viva! by Ian Dalesky

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

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2023 ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest Semifinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 18:00:30 +0000

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 700 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!

Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on February 15th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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:

*A Great Fresco of Stupidity*	Luke Krueger
*A Lovely Day to Kill Your Spouse*	Lindsey Brown
*Alexa, Play*	Alexa Elmy
*All Stations Distress*	Joshua Chamberlain
*Bearding the Lyons*	Pab Sungenis
*Birthday Club*	Phil Olson
*Chasing Destiny*	Adrian Crawford
*DoofyLand*	Mike Hadge
*Drinking In Church*	Kieran Angelini
*Euphoria*	Mark Ridge
*Fenway: Last of the Bohemians*	Robert Kelly McAllister
*Flinch*	Sam Given
*FLOATING NAKED WITH PIRANHAS (HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE WORKING AT AMAZON)*	Rich Rubin
*High Maintenance*	Peter Ritt
*Imagine That*	Audrey Webb
*Judgment of the Eye (previously Forger)*	Simon Bowler
*Last Rites*	Randy Neale
*Lyme Disease: The Musical*	Ellen Thompson
*Marlowe Part Two*	Simon Bowler Khan
*Nice Guys Finish Last*	Harrison Gale, Jeremy Adkins
*Nightcaps*	Eric Grant
*Nina*	Forrest Malloy
*Ride*	Eric Lane
*Sensitivity Training*	Rob Ackerman
*Stirrups*	Stacey Powells Lyster
*TALK OF THE TOWN*	Mike Bencivenga
*That Must Be the Entrance to Heaven*	Franky Gonzalez
*The Advocate*	Bill Mesce
*The Ashes of Aquitaine*	Rusty Harding, Leigh Moore
*THE DIRTIEST GAME*	STEPHEN MONTAGNE, Jason Slawson
*The Face Of The Deep*	Jennifer Chaney
*The Happiest Place on Earth*	Libby Gardner
*The Heart of Christmas*	Nick Abdo
*THE LIGHT AT ARLES*	Robert Menna
*The Literal Word of God*	Henry Gough

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2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 800 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Semifinalist announcement on February 8th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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:

*"Desperado"*	Robert McGuill
*"Oil Story"*	John Timm
*"Some People"*	Dionne Irving
*"Wild Beasts"*	Richard de Forest
*115 Mohegan*	Kelsey Wacker
*1962: It's Always the Girl's Fault*	DC Diamondopolous
*7734*	Ryan Benson
*A Flower from Hornick Hill*	David North
*A Hard Night in Hamburg*	Tom Milani
*A Touching Love*	karin doucette
*A Winter's Night at Gramercy Park*	Ege Gurdeniz
*A1d@n*	Dexter Alvaro
*Ad Hitler*	pete red sky
*American Hobbies*	Stephanie Kallos
*Attention*	Marianne Rogoff
*Bella*	Ariel Slick
*Better Than Houdini*	Stacey DuFord
*Beyond Medicine*	Dustin Grinnell
*BlindSided*	Marguerite Ashton
*Both Hope And Breath*	Riley Tao
*Broken Oak - Sequel of Twin Oaks*	R. C. Frink
*Broken Pass*	Craig Sholl
*BROTHERS*	Daniel Boucher
*Cadatown*	Alejandro Gabriel Leopardi
*Camouflage*	Paula Zaby
*Carved Saints*	Smita mukherjee
*City Songs*	James DeMarse
*Coelacanth*	Liam Semple
*Curious Kat*	Michael Latta
*Cynoflax*	Charulata Sinha
*Dead Men Tell No Tales in High School*	Michelle Blair Wilker
*Dead Reckoning*	Dino Parenti
*Death is Hiring*	Maria Wickens
*Death Storm*	Pame Roscoe
*Diehards*	J Bryan McGeever
*Diet*	R. C. Frink
*Diurnal*	Kim White
*Do Turtles Quest?*	Ryan Benson
*Dream On, Dancing Queen*	Chloe Laube
*Duck Roast on the 38th Parallel*	Alicia Yang
*Dumb Color for a Dinosaur*	James Woodruff
*Dust From the Mouth*	Michael Austin
*Election 2100*	Doug Dawson
*Emily Spellmaker on All Hallows' Eve*	Sean Develin
*Empire*	Michael Dutton
*Eros and Order*	Carl Parsons
*FINAL DESTINATION INC.*	Rebecca Williams Spindler
*Finn and the Magic Backpack*	Julie Flynn
*Fleissig*	Robert Warner
*Gardeners Son*	Vijay Fitzgerald
*Getting Along*	Dustin Dunaway
*Granny Face Snatcher*	L. Austen Johnson
*Graves: Family Dynasty A Short Story (Series)*	Olive Barker
*Green*	Jen Knox
*Grow-A-Whale*	Mimi Manyin
*Hanba Island*	Sloane Smith
*Have We Been Here Before?*	Chung Fan Lam
*Hunting Buck*	Thomas Melville
*I Knew You Once*	Vanessa Branch
*I used to be funny*	Uzomah Ugwu
*Ice*	Chad Broughman
*Immersion Room*	Caroline Mansour
*Impala*	Timothy OLeary
*In Cherry Time*	J.W. Wood
*In The Slipstream*	Josh Taylor
*Investment Strategies of the Monkey Man*	Marcus Berkemeier
*Jaz*	Michael DeStefano
*Jeremiah*	Bryan Demore
*Jill TX160*	Zita Grant
*Joshua*	Jen Knox
*Leaving Life*	Jennifer Howe
*Leith Braggan's Guide*	Ayinde Ricco
*Lilith*	Candice Holdorf
*LITTLE RUNAWAY*	Margaret Newlin Rice
*LOOKING AFTER VERA*	Peter Emina
*Love Vigilantes*	Stephen Brophy
*Love, Loss and Lunacy*	D.M. Ward
*Lucinda and the Christmas List*	Nancy Christie
*Mad Dog Moon*	Josh Taylor
*Magdalena*	Candice Holdorf
*Mary*	Kellie Kreiss
*Matel, Alias Mathilde*	Judith Glass Collins
*Mixed Nuptials*	Jeremiah Murphy
*Mrs. Betty Jones: Lady Vigilante*	Hayley Camille
*My Adventure In Golden Oaks*	James Hannan
*My Best Friend's Body*	Zoe Kerr
*Mystery on Icecat, a Worldmaker Story*	Andri Elia
*Night Shift*	Mike Waterston
*Nnenne*	Candice Holdorf
*Nurture*	Jackie Fenn
*Obsession by Cleveland High*	Sattva Mortensen
*Obsidian*	J. Alexander Greenwood
*October Seven*	Steven Stiefel
*Oculus*	Janet H Swinney
*Omega*	Leanne Phillips
*Omega Protocol*	Lauren Everdell
*Out of View*	Dustin Hendrick
*Overnight Pass*	Kirk Landers
*Private Property*	Eric Ruark
*Proof of Concept*	Chris Bolton
*Punk Ain't Undead*	Ryan Hyatt
*Redemption Blues*	Jennifer Slee
*Requiem*	Beth Girard
*RIGHTFUL MAGIC*	Carol Campbell
*Ring Bearer*	Rachael Toomey
*Romancing The Beast*	Unnamed
*Ruin*	Samsun Knight
*Rush Hour 2099*	Doug Dawson
*Rushford Recapitulation*	Christopher Rose
*Santa Muerte*	M.E. Hammer
*Saturn is for Suckers Part 1*	Rob Gilchrist
*Sauce*	Robin Lovelace
*Saving Sara*	Paul Wine
*Sentient Being Blues*	Christopher Rose
*Shadowed Seats*	Marguerite Ashton
*She Got What She Deserved*	John Potter
*So Mean*	YJ Jun
*Soar*	Walker Carnathan
*Sorry, Delivery*	Paula Lennon
*Still Waters*	Eric Mulder
*Sylvia*	Billie Kelpin
*Table One*	Kristi Nimmo
*That's Not My Face*	Melissa Mendelson
*The Absence of Light*	Nina Roselle
*The Awakening*	Steven Darter
*The Balmoral File*	Carl Innes
*THE BARREN*	TIMOTHY EVELEIGH
*The Big South*	Leanne Phillips
*The Bite*	Erin Deason
*The Black Fort and Twin Oaks - Oak Plantation*	R. C. Frink
*The Boy and the Monster*	Matt Sylvester
*The Burnt House (or, Colin and Cusatelli)*	Jared Warner
*The Champions*	Allison Ong
*The Dead*	John Slayton
*The Decoy*	Nicole Crowley
*THE EARTH CAKE*	Katherine Vaz
*The Excellent Wife*	Tia Levings
*The Ficus*	Michelle Blair Wilker
*The Final Push*	Richard Van Anderson
*The Glass City*	Jen Knox
*The Hackberry Hassle*	Kathy (Moonda) Ortiz
*The Ifrit*	P. James Norris
*The Last Christmas Song: A Yuletide Adventure*	Jeff Viens
*The Last Station*	Ian Goh
*The Legend of the Ancients*	Joe Sweeney
*The Lost Heifetz*	Michael Tabor
*The Man with No Name*	Craig Sholl
*The Man with the Heavy Face*	Maria Restivo Glassner
*The Odyssey of Myrtle Ambrose*	Marcus Jones
*The Okanagan*	Sean Fitz-Gerald
*The Perfect Man For My Husband*	Andrew MacDonald
*The Polychromatic Balloon*	Gulliuver Perry
*The Princess in the Tower*	Hashim AlHamar
*The Purification*	Timothy OLeary
*The Queen of Lakes*	L.S. Johnson
*The Reckoning*	Julie Ann Slaby
*The Sex Scene*	Sayara Thurston
*The Slender Folk*	Cecile Garcia
*The Sound of the Summer*	Eileen O'Donoghue
*The Storm*	Katie Li
*The Tower*	Coale Coleman
*The Wizard of Worms*	Alexis Sharp
*There's Something about Lucy*	Julie Ann Slaby
*Tomorrow*	David Kim
*Trees*	Leanne Phillips
*Trial of Reality*	Dacia Weist
*Two Riders*	Josh Taylor
*Unidentified Flying Objects*	Samantha Rogers
*Unmade Lives*	Vikram Kapur
*Untitled WIP*	Philip Elliott
*Waking Up*	Frederick R. Weinstein
*Walking After Midnight*	Michelle Matthews
*We All Have One*	Chung Fan Lam
*What Really Happened to Thumper 2-3*	Len Forgues
*What's Fair is Fair*	James Gottesman
*Where It's Needed Most*	Phil Giunta
*WHERE'S WALDO*	James Kanady
*Whitehorse*	Sean Fitz-Gerald
*Wild Beasts*	Linda Waltenberger
*Wingboy*	Grace Ng
*Wrecking Crew*	Wes Blalock
*Yesterday People*	Lisa Marie Pais

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2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition Semifinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:00:30 +0000

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition. These exceptional pilots were selected from almost 3,500 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!

Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on January 11th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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:

10	Kate Harpootlian
*2222*	Shiloh Feldman
*Always A Bridesmaid*	Cynthia Mersten
*Amapola*	Christopher Figueroa
*AMARU*	Jenesis Scott, Brandon Hammond
*America, Inc.*	Robin Shushan, Gregory Shushan
*ANIRIUM*	Alexandre Bagot
*Apogee*	Amisha Datta
*As Good As Dead*	Stacy Talus
*Ascension*	Darren Moran
*Back Fires*	Alex Blumberg
*Bearcats*	Monica Foley
*Beast by Beast*	Shakthi Jothianandan
*BEN'S ALCHEMY*	Gabriel Quintero
*Best New Artist*	Ryan Luong
*Between a Fork & Chopsticks*	Kim Putman
*BILK*	Molly Lindsey
*Black Men Wanted*	John Lowe
*Blackfriar*	Chris Bolton
*Blue-Collar Billionaire*	Robert Schultz
*Bonspiel!*	Mike Revenaugh
*Border-Line*	Kam Perez, Laith Nakli
*Bunker Radio*	Anthony Short
*Burning Blue*	Federico Sanna
*BUTCH*	Rae Binstock
*Canebrake*	Tony Perri, Sheldon Strickland
*Children of The South*	Michael Wells
*CHOICES*	Anne Florenzano
*Clown*	Xaniel Steele
*Conventions*	Jean Ann Douglass
*Crips*	Brian Koukol
*CSI: Amish*	David Veta
*Currency*	Scott Gabriel
*Death Doula Diaries*	Kari Barlas
*Deliveranceville*	Ben Berkman
*DICK DOCS*	Marc Blitstein, Brian Rousso
*Disgrace*	Laura Fidler
*Don't Call Me Mrs. Hemingway*	Florence Buchanan
*DON'T SAY GAY!*	Kyle T. Cowan
*Downtown*	Brian Stone
*Dry*	Justin Gold, Shirley Miller
*DRY LIGHTNING*	Christopher Barranti
*Duke City*	Jeanette Scherrer, Mary Kay Holmes
*Earning*	Danielle Thorpe
*Expired*	Wendy Braff
*Felt*	Mitch Kampf
*Folk Law*	Samantha Moody
*Game Of Toys*	Duane Piedmont
*Geary St.*	Michael Shubat
*Girl Gone Wild*	Courtney Kocak
*Gloomtown*	Lyndal Simpson
*Head-On Bobby Rafferty*	Larry Portzline
*Helmgard*	Nick Berry
*HIGH CLASS HOMELESS*	Tai French
*Hollywood Barrio*	Alvaro Gonzalez
*Holy Spirits*	Lewis H. Mackie
*HOMININE: PILOT*	Heather Farlinger
*HONJO*	Angelo Rocha, John Lubarsky
*How To Say Goodbye*	Colton Childs
*HYSTERICALLY ACCURATE: "Fleur's Final Act"*	Melinda Layden
*I'd Rather Die*	Kyle Martirez-McIntosh
*Immigrants*	MUSTAFA KNIGHT
*INSIDE*	Shannon Looney
*Insurgents*	Feyza Safoglu
*It's All Been Done*	Laura Becker
*Ivy Weird*	Gesley Alexis
*Jane Starts Over*	Sarah Walker
*Jim's Town*	AJ Ramson
*Joint Venture: Gummy Bears*	Alexandra Engelson, Elyssa Rosen, Charleen Gerardo, Sandy Kelleher, Nicole Podesta, Sean Teague
*Josh, Bro*	Stephen Krespel
*Just Look at Yourself*	Rachel Ingrisano
*Kandlestick Men*	Frank Monteleone
*Kansas, Anymore*	Heather Farlinger
*Karate is Fucking Useless*	Adrian McNair
*King's Point*	Cole Fremed, Casey O'Farrell
*Kita Manitou Pilot*	Jodie Anders
*Lone Wolf*	Joe Swafford
*LOONS*	Jackie Katzman
*Lost Years*	Eloise McKenzie
*Mademoiselle Maupin*	Brandon Gale
*Maintenance*	Jarryd Clark
*Manifesto*	Maren Curtis
*Mashallah*	Anna Khan
*Merry*	Patrick Guilherme, Chris Alderete
*MIRRORLAND*	Laurie K. Miller
*Miss Ability*	Lesley Hennen
*Morlock*	Anthony Povah
*Mourning Glory*	Monica Spill
*Moving On*	Connor Smith
*MURDER GIRLS*	Sophie de Bruijn
*MUSH*	Dan Curtis
**Nanfckit***	Jen Bashian
*New Chapter*	Ryan Manns, Jocelyn Manns
*Northern Voice*	Candace Egan
*Nothing Means Nothing*	Andrew Zeoli, Christian Wagner
*NUCLEAR*	Nina Concepción
*O, Father*	Briana Haynie
*Obitch*	Shalane Miller
*Odd Women*	Caroline Ryder
*On Rumspringa*	Ellis Stump, Sam Kressner
*Once We Were Kings*	Chloe Borenstein-Lawee
*ORPHAN BROTHERHOOD*	Celina Dobson
*Pablo Escobear: Neverland's Most Wanted*	Christopher Robin Hood
*Personal Jesus*	Marisa Bramwell
*PiNKHEARTS*	Levi Buchanan, Jess Crayons
*Play Date*	Jessica Wei
*PRIDE©*	Greg Goodness
*Prospero's Island, Pilot: "The Duke of Milan"*	Mahonri Stewart
*Queens Village*	Samantha Lavin
*QueerWeb*	Ken Gildin
*Raising Henry*	Luz Pazos
*Released*	Julie Fulton
*Republic of California*	Becca Blackmore
*Roadkill*	Harrison Hamm
*Rottenburgerfield*	Myles Hewette
*Runner*	Adrian McNair
*RUTH*	Josh Barkey
*Seabrook*	Alex Hanno
*Second Chances*	Michail Eggelhoefer
*Second Coming*	Mike Johnston
*SHADE LAND*	Sidney Rushing
*She's Great Just Asleep*	Darren and Kylie Nuzzo Mell
*Silver Springs*	Níko Sotolongo
*Sister*	Alex Blumberg
*Smudge*	Guy Pridy
*Spaceman Spiff*	Dylan Campbell
*St. Judy*	Shelly Lipkin, Suzanne Fagan
*St. Lucia of the Lower Ninth, Pilot: Gone Missing*	Vanessa Carmichael
*Stuck In*	Eli Elbogen, Eric Mallory Morgan
*Stuntwoman*	Merridith Allen
*Supported*	Rick Cisario
*TALLY*	Naomie Lipo
*TEMPERANCE (and other Virtues)*	Alexandra Hayes
*The Balls (Former Title: One of the Guys)*	BRADLEY JACOBS
*The Boys Who Bend Until They Break*	Andreas Vatiliotou
*The Buggyman*	Brian Salay
*The Crick*	Dan Howlett
*The Factory*	Jon Davis
*The Gallery*	Will Downs
*The Green*	Leigh Himel, Charlene Fisk
*The Jury*	WENDY DANN
*THE LAVENDER PANTHERS*	Heather Farlinger
*The Means*	Nic Cohen
*The Pod*	Diogo Beltran
*The Protégée*	Sean Fitz-Gerald
*The Red Light Lady of 42nd Street*	Samantha D’Amico
*The Repatriots*	Andrea Lawson
*The Scoop*	R. S. Morgan
*The Server*	Kim Putman
*The Witnesses*	Heather Turman
*Thriving*	Matthew Spina
*Thriving*	Bobbi Whitney
*Toxic*	Jackie Mahoney
*Trashy*	Chelsea Marshall
*TRUE*	Jonathan Burley
*Two Birds*	Isabel Weiner
*Unwell*	honora talbott
*Us Against The World(s)*	Ross Buran
*Useless Bay*	Nathaniel Moher
*Utopia*	Danielle Carr
*Venture Rent-A-Car*	Josh Brekhus
*Viva!*	Ian Dalesky
*Waterloo Village*	Michael Rodriguez
*What Doesn't Kill Me*	Anna Khaja
*Whistleblower*	Emily Daly
*Wisenheimer*	James Beaman
*WONDER VALLEY*	Erin Deason
*You're A Monster*	Jeff Rosenplot
*Your Friend Might Be An Alien*	Scott Clements
*Zenith Uncharted*	Martha Duzett

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Fall 2022 ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Winners

ScreenCraft — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000

We are excited to announce the Winner and Runner ups for the Fall 2022 ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Competition!

Eight amazing finalists were selected from almost 1,000 submissions to pitch their projects virtually to an esteemed jury at the ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Finale.

Our incredible jury included Jennifer Katz (Manager of TV Development, Searchlight Pictures), Davina Hefflin (Literary Agent, Verve), Kyra Jones (TV writer and former ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Winner), Sean Collins-Smith (TV writer and former ScreenCraft Finalist), Kylie Eaton (Writer, former ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Finalist), and Kevin Bachar (Writer, ScreenCraft Competition Winner).

Winner:
Mick and Toni by Nicole James Burggraaf

Before she goes into the light, Mick is determined to find a new platonic soul mate for her best friend Toni.

First Runner-up:
Mary [Redacted] by Phae Amara

It's 1864 and the Union is losing the Civil War, Mary Bowser- a black spy, poses as a slave in the Confederate White House risking her life for the freedom of all.

Second Runner-up:
Monsters Are Real by Alexander Chard

A mixed Indonesian boy struggling to grasp his mother's mental illness, manifests her demons into creatures from Indonesian folklore, and together they begin conquering them one by one.

Click below to watch the finalist pitch event recording!

Congratulations to these writers and all of our finalists, and thank you to our judges!

Our Spring 2023 Virtual Pitch Competition is now accepting submissions. Click here to apply and see this year's jury!

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2022 ScreenCraft Animation Competition Finalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0000

We're excited to announce the Finalists of the 2022 ScreenCraft Animation Competition. These exceptional scripts were selected from almost 1,400 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

We're excited to share these projects with our incredible jury that includes: Justin Littman (Manager, Gotham Group), Sam Hoffman (Creative Executive, Fuzzy Door), Mitchell Bendersky (Manager, Gramercy Park Entertainment), Nadya Panfilov (Coordinator, Writ Large), Edward Mejia (Exec. Director of Current Series, Disney TV Animation), and screenwriters Lauren Hynek & Elizabeth Martin (MULAN).

Stay tuned for the Winner announcement on November 30th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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.

Congrats to the Finalists:

*A SAFE SPACE*	Anthony Garcon
*Anomaly*	Daniel Parra
*Blob*	Summer Benowitz
*Chikamatsu Endgame*	Federico Sanna
*Coins*	Anthony Gaudioso, Erik Cardona
*DINAH*	Brandon Feldman, Ben Agron
*Genius High*	Nadia Osman
*Heirheads*	Kayla Baken
*Imagine/Nation*	Philip Krampf
*Johnny Thunder: LEGO Adventurer*	Bryan Firks
*Little Tommy's Dance*	Zachary Jones
*Mata Mapi*	Line Abrahamian
*Outlet*	Jared White
*The (Mostly) Marvelous Murray*	Christian Kaps
*The City Under Glass (Pilot)*	RA Peterson
*The Craftsman*	Harron Atkins
*The Last Human*	Maria Vainer
*The Mantle*	TK Kelly
*The Moth Effect*	Eric Landau
*The World, the Realm, and the Rift*	Angela M. Sanchez

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2022 ScreenCraft Feature Competition Winners

ScreenCraft — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:00:00 +0000

ScreenCraft is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 ScreenCraft Feature Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 1,900 submissions. We're also pleased to share that we expanded our Grand Prize to recognize 3 winners. A huge congratulations to all of our winners!

Grand Prize Winners

Selected by Diana Ossana

Big Sisters by Sander Gusinow. A young woman with autism travels to New York to save her rock star little sister from her downward spiral.

Vapor by RJ Collins, John Trefry. In a dystopian near-future where water is currency, a teenage girl seeks revenge for her brother's death, only to be drawn into a larger struggle by a mysterious cowboy.

Selected by Matthew Lieberman

Kiss of Darkness by Michael McClung. As the Cold War rages in the Congo, a biracial interpreter and an American journalist, who finds himself in the middle of a CIA assassination plot, fall into a tumultuous relationship.

Our Grand Prize winners will receive from their respective mentor: a personalized round of notes, virtual meeting, and project development insight. In addition to our incredible industry mentors we'd also like to thank our other jury members Parker Davis (Agent, Verve), Halle Mariner (Agent, APA), and Kate Sharp (Manager, Bellevue).

In addition to the three projects above we'd like to recognize the following writers and their projects which made up our Top 10.

In Darkness Dwell by Simon Littlejohn

Scrap Metal Hearts by Jane Eakin

The Art of Intention by Dena Acolatse

The Last Supper by Zachary Ashman

Plainclothes by Carmen Emmi

Reaching for the Bottom by Alan Eschbach

Slugger by J. Miller

Add-On Prize Winner

Operation Ajax by Jake Hulse

We're also excited to announce the winner of our add-on prize opportunity with Traction. The story is set in 1953, and follows Teddy Roosevelt’s black-sheep grandson who must orchestrate the overthrow of the Iranian Prime Minister in order to stop the spread of Communism, but ends up destabilizing the world as we know it. Based on a true story.

Congratulations again to these writers, and thank you to everyone who submitted projects. If you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.

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2022 ScreenCraft Feature Competition Finalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:00:00 +0000

We are thrilled to announce the Finalists of the 2022 ScreenCraft Feature Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 1,900 submissions. Congratulations to these writers!

We are thrilled to share these scripts with our industry jury that includes: Matthew Lieberman (Screenwriter, FREE GUY), Parker Davis (Agent, Verve), Halle Mariner (Agent, APA), Oscar winning co-writer, Diana Ossana (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN), and Kate Sharp (Manager, Bellevue).

Stay tuned for the Winner announcement on October 12th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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 Finalists:

*A Weekend In The Country*	Benedict Cohen
*Austen Time*	Julia Bergeron
*Big Sisters*	Sander Gusinow
*Cages*	Megan Raney Aarons, Colin K Gray, Izabel Acevedo
*Catch The Fly*	Michael Bezushko
*Founder Effect*	Rob Pilkington
*Holy Ghosts*	Michael Basha
*In Darkness Dwell*	Simon Littlejohn
*KISS OF DARKNESS*	MICHAEL MCCLUNG
*OPERATION AJAX*	Jake Hulse
*Plainclothes*	Carmen Emmi
*Reaching for the Bottom*	ALAN ESCHBACH
*ROSEBUD*	Kayla Hardy
*Salaam George Michael*	Irshad Ashraf
*Scrap Metal Hearts*	jane eakin
*Sharp Tongue Devil*	Adrian Munro, Ian Malone
*Slay House*	Devon Kerr
*SLUGGER*	J. Miller
*Take My Hand*	Sam Pavich
*The Art of Intention*	Dena Acolatse
*The Good Sister*	Hoku Uchiyama
*The Last Supper*	Zachary Ashman
*TRICE*	Matt Foss, Carlos Washington
*Vapor*	RJ Collins, John Trefry
*Wherever You Go*	Kate Hamilton

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Fall 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Finalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:00:30 +0000

We are thrilled to announce the Finalists of the Fall 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 1,300 submissions. Congratulations to these creatives! We are excited to share your work with industry professionals from companies like ICM Independent, Emergent Pictures, Seed&Spark, and Bondit Media Capital.

Stay tuned for the Grant Recipient announcement on September 28th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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 Finalists:

*A Time Apart*	Courtney Hope Therond
*Amendment*	Belinda Gosbee
*American Meltdown*	Andrew Adams
*Black & Gold*	Khadija Diakite
*Cancuncito*	Carlos Marulanda
*CLASS OF 2000*	Leanna Adams, Rachel Cross
*End of the Line*	Rani DeMuth
*FIRST*	Jahmela Yarbrough
*GABRIELA*	Evelyn Lorena
*Happy Campers*	Amy Nicholson
*Lost Time*	Ben Hickernell
*LOVE DOWN THE ALAMEDA*	Felicia Pride
*MAGIC HOUR*	Jacqueline Christy
*Shuffle*	Benjamin Flaherty
*Sour Milk*	Sophia Sabella, Pablo Feldman
*Stripper Boyz*	Stephen Sanow, Joe Fahey
*THE WILD ONE*	Tessa Louise Salomé, Sarah Contou Terquem
*Under the Lights*	Miles Levin
*VIOLET*	Sarah Deakins
*Wall*	Erin Cantelo

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2022 ScreenCraft Comedy Competition Winners

ScreenCraft — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0000

We are excited to announce the Winners of the 2022 ScreenCraft Comedy Competition. These exceptional scripts were selected from almost 2,000 submissions. A huge congratulations to this year's winners!

Overall Winner

Black Mormon by Rory Kulz, Eric Stroud

When a repressed, mixed-race Mormon is promoted to head the Church’s Black outreach, his racial awakening provokes him to live without inhibition, fraying his relationships with his family, his work, and his God.

Feature Winner

Hillbilly Bath by Lauren Kleeman

After her boyfriend dumps her, a trailer trash sexagenarian joins the county fair beauty pageant in an attempt to win him back, along the way inspiring other older women to compete, creating her own definition of beauty, and discovering self love.

Pilot Winner

Tapped by Sarah Martellaro

A dysfunctional couple vacations to Vermont in an attempt to save their relationship but becomes entwined in the dangerous French-Canadian maple syrup cartel.

Mentorship Prize Winner (with 3Arts manager)

Mr. Shaky-Choky by Danny Galvin & Brad Pike

Mr. Shaky-Choky, the thing that goes bump in the night, is arrested and sent to prison for 40 years. Upon his release, he struggles to adapt to a world where spooks no longer spook - until he finds himself at the centers of a missing persons case that forces him to confront monsters from the other side of the law.

Honorable Mention

Crips by Brian Koukol

We'd like to thank again our esteemed jury that included: Justin Lee of Lord Miller Productions, Emma Broughton the Head of Scripted TV at New Regency, Bre Andrade the Creative Executive at Party Over Here, and Grey Cusack the former Director of Development at Columbia Pictures.

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Fall 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Semifinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 08:30:30 +0000

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the Fall 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 1,300 submissions. Congratulations!

Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on September 7th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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:

*"100,000"*	Sandy TUNG
*26 Seconds*	Kelly Galindo
*A Time Apart*	Courtney Hope Therond
*AFRICAN GIANTS*	Omar S. Kamara
*Aftering*	Hilary Bryant
*Alone Today*	Wendy Wilkins
*Amendment*	Belinda Gosbee
*American Meltdown*	Andrew Adams
*As With Dogs*	Annika Carlson
*Audit*	Geordie Sabbagh
*Bad At Sex*	Honora Talbott
*Ballroom*	Laurence Walsh
*Big Boys*	Corin Sherman
*Bits and Pieces*	Lindsay Stidham
*Black & Gold*	Khadija Diakite
*Blue Dream*	Fray Forde, Catherine Dee Holly
*Cait & The Corpse*	J. Logan Alexander, Elissa Nechamkin
*CALLAS*	Christopher Murray
*Cancuncito*	Carlos Marulanda
*Child*	Giovanni Labadessa
*CHIMERA*	Justin Hughes
*CLASS OF 2000*	Leanna Adams, Rachel Cross
*Copy Cat*	Vanessa Branch
*Cracked*	Candace Singh
*Dancing on the Elephant*	Lisa Hagen
*Diffraction*	Kristin Holodak
*Dinner for Two?*	Marcus Stricklin
*Disrepair*	Clayton Tony Au
*Dragonfly*	Julia Morizawa
*End of the Line*	Rani DeMuth
*FIRST*	Jahmela Yarbrough
*Fish Bowl*	Rachel Sweeney
*Foibles*	Ryan Oksenberg
*Foster Home*	Hoku Uchiyama
*GABRIELA*	Evelyn Lorena
*Golden Child*	Hannah Levin
*GREENWOOD*	Felicity Evans , Toby Venables
*Hand Twins*	Macee Binns
*Happy Campers*	Amy Nicholson
*HAUNTED HEART*	Mike Bencivenga
*Heartstrings*	J.D. Zelman, Matthew Dushkes
*Hide & Seek*	Alison Flierl
*Honey Fingers*	Maddie Grammatopoulos
*Hot Angry Mom*	Mel House
*humble schist*	Bailey Beltramo
*Hurt*	Zac Kish
*I Don't Dream In Spanish Anymore*	Missy Hernandez
*I Was a Paid Propagandist*	Joe Tripician
*In Our Own Hands*	Gabrielle Nehring, Jennifer Varenchik
*In The Pines*	Caleb Dillon
*IN TOW*	Sharon Arteaga
*Inappropriate*	Autumn Silvas
*Just Kids*	Alessandro Riconda
*Just Potential*	Piyali Syam
*Kids Go Free to Fun Fun Time*	Ben Hicks
*Like Moonlight On Water*	Kayla Saunders
*Little S*	Caitlin Woods
*Long Pork*	Gabrielle Makower, Iris Dukatt
*Lost Time*	Ben Hickernell
*LOVE DOWN THE ALAMEDA*	Felicia Pride
*MAGIC HOUR*	Jacqueline Christy
*Maxine*	Lynne Bond
*May I Put You On Hold*	Ryan Self
*Midnight at the Caravelle - Pilot "Summer Storms"*	Rudi O'Meara
*My Father's Favorite Places*	Marie Cheng
*Open to It*	Frank Smith
*Operation Jericho*	Jonathan Ball, Jody Hart
*Outlet*	Jared White
*Paring*	Heather McCallum
*Passion Project*	Colleen McAllister
*Pink Moon*	Carol Brandt
*Pitmaster*	Wes Humphrey
*Rehab, INC.*	Tara Plizga
*REVERSE COWGIRL*	NATHAN GRESHAM
*RIVER MAMMA*	Arun Vir
*Roadkill*	Lindsay Clift
*Romance Package for Two*	Carlen May-Mann
*Science Fiction*	Gilles François
*Second Generation*	Frank Smith
*Security Theater*	Daniel Sole
*Shuffle*	Benjamin Flaherty
*Sink or Swim*	Jeff Bretl
*Sitting Bird*	Athena Han
*Snapshots of Confinement*	Whitney Peterson, Esteban Gomez
*Sour Milk*	Sophia Sabella, Pablo Feldman
*Stacy, God of Pain*	Benjamin Thompson
*Step Into The Mattress*	Erin Vassilopoulos
*Stephie With A Why PILOT*	Mirra Kardonne
*Stripper Boyz*	Stephen Sanow, Joe Fahey
*Suffer*	Kerry Carlock, Nick Lund-Ulrich
*Swing Low*	Sam Marine, Michael Borowiec
*Sync*	Carolina Alvarez
*The Art of Cooking*	Annie Bradford
*The Chocolate Kandinsky*	Suzanne Griffin
*The Cosmopolitan West*	Molly Ratermann
*The Fall Girl*	Tara Hall
*The Forest*	Hannah Kean
*THE LAST WITCH*	Annika Hylmö
*The Outlier*	Francisco Castro
*The Pulpit*	Tosin Morohunfola
*The Question*	Peter Tamaribuchi
*The Retreat*	Drew Brown
*The Ride Home*	Cole Depner
*The Secret of Ridgemoor Resort*	Justin O'Hanley
*The Small Hours*	Larry Johnson
*The Vast Lonesome*	Gus Holwerda
*THE WILD ONE*	Tessa Louise Salomé, Sarah Contou Terquem
*The Will of Monsters*	Christopher Wade
*Throuple*	Michael Doshier
*TOUCH RED*	Michaela Zannou
*Trevor Hurt Someone*	Sam Pinnelas
*Under the Lights*	Miles Levin
*Unlovables: A Church Comedy*	Margie Templo Parks
*Urban Ed*	Wade Wofford
*Van der Pals*	Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda
*VIOLET*	Sarah Deakins
*Wall*	Erin Cantelo
*What Will I Become?*	Lexie and Logan Bean and Rozos
*Who's Annie?*	SOPHIA PEER, Annie Sicherman
*With Her Own Hands*	Kathryn McCarthy
*Yasodhara*	Gabriel Constans, Shandra McDonald
*Young Again*	Cassidy Civiero

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2022 ScreenCraft Feature Competition Semifinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2022 ScreenCraft Feature Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 2,000 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!

Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on September 14th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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:

*A Boy Like No Other*	Marion de Juniac
*A Brief History of Tim*	Timothy Edwards
*A Flightless Bird Upon Falling*	Chase Drummond
*A Weekend In The Country*	Benedict Cohen
*Armstrong in Hanoi*	Bryerly Long
*As You Wish*	Ana Mancholas
*Austen Time*	Julia Bergeron
*BAD GUY*	Charlotte Rosenberg
*Balloons Over Neptune*	Audrey Lane
*BattleGround*	teri elam
*Beast of Virginia*	Matthew Corley
*Big Sisters*	Sander Gusinow
*Blitzkrieg Follies*	Devin Toohey, Brian Whitaker
*Bonzo*	Sean Vaccaro
*Branding Season*	Rick Woodham
*Cages*	Megan Raney Aarons, Colin K Gray, Izabel Acevedo
*Can We Go Home Now?*	Jonathon Charatsis
*Catch The Fly*	Michael Bezushko
*Chó*	Jon Shaivitz
*Clams*	Sijia Cao
*Class Traitor*	Adam Rotstein
*Cuffing Season*	Jon Bershad
*Escape from Pet Heaven*	avery koenig
*Fiddlers*	Thomas Schrack
*Field Day*	Mackenzie Rohan
*Foluke's Keeper: A Descendant of Shango*	Khalylah Khaz
*Founder Effect*	Rob Pilkington
*Getaway Manor*	Elliot Connor
*GLORY DAYS*	Marc McCutcheon
*GREEN BLOODS*	Kevin Percival
*Heavy Metal Heat*	Sam Hergott
*Hillbilly Bath*	Lauren Kleeman
*Holy Ghosts*	Michael Basha
*Hospice Hitman*	Lindsay Ripley
*In Darkness Dwell*	Simon Littlejohn
*Jaegerfell*	A. D. Smith
*KISS OF DARKNESS*	MICHAEL MCCLUNG
*Leaving L.A.*	Jon Davis
*Life On The Run*	Andrew Fuhr
*Love Letter to Laos*	Isabel Drean
*Lovelorn*	Natalie Wiegner
*Martyrdom*	Alessandro Guarino
*Milwaukee*	Barry Ambrose, Christopher Stapleton
*Mockingbird Hill*	Smoke Monroe
*Neon Gauntlet*	Sean Armstrong
*NIGHT OF SLOW TEARS*	Aaron Lovett
*NOD*	John Palfery-smith
*Omni*	Alexandra Christensson
*One Thousand And One*	Samantha evoy
*OPERATION AJAX*	Jake Hulse
*Package for Jim Santiago*	Seth Colón
*Personal Statement*	Timothy Pruett
*Plainclothes*	Carmen Emmi
*PostScript*	Nelson Downend
*Pride and Prudence*	Fran Ervin
*Prince of Late Night*	Faraz Majid
*Raise Iron*	Stan Moroncini
*Reaching for the Bottom*	ALAN ESCHBACH
*Remember*	Po Lin
*Resplendent Lawns*	R.W. Perkins
*ROSEBUD*	Kayla Hardy
*Ruggers*	Ned O'Connor
*Salaam George Michael*	Irshad Ashraf
*Santa Anita*	David Liu
*Say Cheese*	Ryan Stanisz
*Scorched Lands*	Christian Moldes
*Scrap Metal Hearts*	jane eakin
*Sharp Tongue Devil*	Adrian Munro, Ian Malone
*Slay House*	Devon Kerr
*SLUGGER*	J. Miller
*Solo*	David Zeltser, Joseph Greco
*Take My Hand*	Sam Pavich
*The Art of Intention*	Dena Acolatse
*The Dead Guy*	Brian Birmingham
*The Diamond as Big as the Ritz*	Liam McIntyre
*The Fairies' Midwife*	Jerry Eckert
*The Golden City*	Michael Yuen
*The Good Sister*	Hoku Uchiyama
*The Last Supper*	Zachary Ashman
*The Method*	Aaron Michael Bailey, Troy Fresch
*The Oughthousers*	Ari Krause
*The Simple Invention of Him*	Kurtis Standley
*The Village Doctor*	Laura Kenner
*The Whites of Their Eyes*	David Loong
*The Whole Shebang*	Asher O'Briant
*The Widower*	Michael Buran
*Thirstygirl*	Alexandra Qin
*Timberwolf : Hubristic Howlings Of A Loser Lunatic (A Midwestern Fable Of Terror)*	Damien Marks
*TRICE*	Matt Foss, Carlos Washington
*UNION*	Marc Moody
*Up River*	David Bush
*Valium Times Day*	Mage Lanz, Susan Sassi
*Vapor*	RJ Collins, John Trefry
*Victoria*	Amanda Weinstock
*Wherever You Go*	Kate Hamilton

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2022 ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists

ScreenCraft — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0000

Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2022 ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 800 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Semifinalist announcement on September 7th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook 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 are the Quarterfinalists:

*"Just"*	Janie Porche
*1-800-DIVORCE*	Mary Ann Rotondi
*A FIRE INSIDE*	Richard Martin
*A Town of Outlaws*	Adam Luff
*Acid Gambit*	Michael Alter
*Acid Reign: Into Fallout Season 1 Episode 1*	Benjamin Wray
*Across the Stars*	Tim Kontje
*ANOMALY*	Dillon VanOort
*Antarctica*	Ryan Lange, Alan Peery
*APACHE*	Adam Seidel
*Arcane*	Sebastian Watson
*Arrow of Honor*	Robin Woldorf, Rik Center
*As Time Goes By*	Jon Davis
*At The Displeasure Of The President*	Brian Cohen
*Away From All Suns*	Rian McNamara
*Backwaters*	Jeffrey Craine
*Barstow*	Abba Smith
*Black Tiger*	Karl Mather
*Blitzkrieg Follies*	Devin Toohey, Brian Whitaker
*Blood and Dreams - "Complicit"*	Suzanne Griffin
*BLOOD TELLS*	azusa ohno
*BLOTTER*	HF Crum
*Blowback*	Eric Murphy
*Boze Opa (Evil Grandpa)*	Matthew Fahey, Joe Fahey
*Breach of Trust*	Lee Lawson
*BRICKBAT*	Mark Aaron Donnell
*Broken Arrow*	Tommy Tang, Emma Van Slyck
*BROTHER TROUBLE*	Mark Stouffer
*Calamity*	Nile Seguin
*Captain Blood*	Kate Imy
*Catch The Fly*	Michael Bezushko
*Centenarian*	Eric Han
*Chaos Rising*	Kyron McDermott
*CHASE AND DRAGONS*	Stephen Knox
*Chivalry*	George Alexanian
*Class Warfare*	Alan O'Brien
*Collision of Duty*	Jermaine Jones
*CONTAINED*	Monte Williams
*Copiapo*	G K
*COPYCAT*	Cory Marciel
*Crab Walkers*	Toneata Martocchio
*CryptoCamp - Inciting Chaos*	Carmen Nevant
*Cyberia*	Danny Baram
*Dark Holds*	Marko Josic
*Dead Man's Hand*	Austin Ellsworth
*Death Waits In The Dark*	Tom Levesque
*DEEP CUT*	Joel Jensen
*Dogs of War*	Jamaul Phillips
*Domino*	Justin Dec
*El MATADOR VOLUME II: GUERRILLA WARFARE*	Thomas Oliver Hand
*Eleanor*	Patrick Emralino
*ENEMIZATION*	Felix Halim
*Eviscerator*	Haven Johnson
*EYEFUL*	Howard Fridkin
*Fast Cache*	Jon Barton, Isaac Tomiczek
*Finding Alexandria*	Sy Huq
*Fist of the Four Winds*	Hayden Parsley
*Floating Laura*	John Anthony Celona
*FLYTRAP*	Justin Ballheim
*Foreign and Domestic*	Sean Slater
*Forty Niner*	Patrick Alexander
*Freedom World*	Willie Ying
*GIRL AT THE END OF THE WORLD*	Dillon VanOort
*Go Darts*	Tim Corrao
*Go to Hell*	Alex Sosin, Chris Courtner
*Godspeed*	Simon Sorrells, Casey Nelson
*Gorgon*	Richard Humphries
*GRAY SHADOW*	Laura Kirk
*Gridlock*	Pat Alexander
*Gridlocked*	Martin Wilson
*Gunpowder*	Janusz Bocian
*Guns of Perdition*	Jim Spivey
*HALOS-1301*	Jason Baffa
*Happy Birthday!*	Nathan Cowan
*He's Not Dead!*	Sean Stapp
*Heirlooms*	Matthew Kelcourse
*HEIST/HEIST*	Takeo Hori
*Hel, the last saga: The Series*	Orso Vesperini, Terry Newman, Carole Starcevic, Toby Osborne
*Her Majesty*	Keith Saltojanes
*Here For You*	Michael Buonocore
*High Sierra*	Kathryn Cehrs
*Honeymoon*	Vlad Vesa
*HOUSE OF ETHER_script*	JD Wallace, Jennifer Donohue
*How To Steal A Kingdom*	Valerie Bartholatus, Jessica Bartholatus
*In the Eye of the Storm*	William Young
*IN THE SICK*	Edward James Anderson
*Into The Ether*	Steve Brown, Robert Rogers
*Invaders!*	Deven Spencer
*IRON MAIDEN*	Travis J. Opgenorth
*IRON SULTAN*	Jamaul Phillips
*Jacked*	Pablo Briz
*Jason Zheng and the Golden Bonze*	Sergio Pintore, Daryl Well
*John of Sherwood*	Tom Richard Santos
*Kandlestick Men*	Frank Monteleone
*Knuckles*	William Federal
*KRONOS*	Ken West
*Land Of The Free*	Cody Beavers
*LAWLESS -- Diary of a Fixer_Script*	JD Wallace, Jennifer Donohue
*Lawyers, Guns & Money*	Will Kent
*Legends of Tíshíā*	Joshua Redfield
*Loaded Cannons*	Matt Corluka
*Lost Knife*	Sam Lu
*Luna*	Eric Han
*MAX 101 - Edge of Forever*	Sam Lu
*McCoy*	Kat Bosworth
*Mescalero*	Anderson Boyd
*MIND BLOWN*	Paul Jarnagin
*Minutes to Midnight*	Jack Wickliffe
*Moonscope*	Dave Fein
*Mustang*	Gordon Phipps
*Nat Cady's Boys*	Harris McCabe
*NIGHT LODGE*	Farzin Farzam
*Nightmare Eel*	Scott Kirkpatrick, Erin Zukowski
*NINTH*	Christopher O'Bryant
*No Code of Conduct*	Martin Taylor
*No Greater Sin*	Joe Favalaro
*No Sin Greater*	Shannon Kornelsen
*Nobody's Heroes*	Michael Elliott
*Oasis*	Eric Han
*OF ALL THE GAMES*	Ellis Bahl
*Off-Label*	Thomas Schrack
*Once Upon A Time In Australia*	Storm Ashwood
*Once Upon a Time in Lincoln County*	Dustin Drye
*Operation Stormy*	Martin Bernard Foley
*ORAC ELLE*	Frank Monteleone
*Outlaws of Contrition County*	Sam Ball
*Overseas*	Carlton Welch
*PALADIN*	George Ducker
*Panay Reprisal*	Jeffrey Seay
*Paper Money*	Addison Proctor
*Parents and the Sleeper*	Andrew Kimler, Paige Barr
*Partners In Crime*	William Weinbrenner
*POWDER*	Ria Fend
*PSYCHOPAST*	Joseph Capp
*Purity Sterling*	Robert Gallagher
*QUEENS*	Jamaul Phillips
*Radical*	Zack Redmond
*Reign Supreme*	C J Parker, Jon Taylor
*Ruggers*	Ned O'Connor
*Sacrilege*	Stephen Czerwinski
*Saints and Simulacrums*	Alex Arabian
*Saints and Sinners*	Brit Cowan
*Samurai West*	Carlos Gabriel Ruiz
*SANCTUARY*	Mehul Desai, Levar Kelly
*SATORI*	PETER KAUFMAN
*SAVAGE PLANET*	Cory Marciel
*Savvy?*	Pilar Gibson
*Scarlet*	Amanda Mortlock
*Scoundrels*	Spenser Thelonious Harrison, Joe Rosenbloom
*SEAL Team '76*	Takeo Hori
*Secret of the Ghost Killer*	Natalie Phillips
*Seeking Refuge*	Ligia Storrs Rojas, Justin Storrs
*Shentu Across the Ages*	Allen Wu
*Shoot*	Chris Flora
*Sidetracked*	Ed Gillow
*SILVER*	Heather Kennedy
*Sirens Vendetta*	Antoine Mizel
*Sisters of Mercy*	Andrew Ilitchev, James Myers
*Skpow!*	Stephen Notley, Dwayne Martineau
*SKUN*	Donn Kennedy
*Slim & Nun*	Brandon Burkhart
*Slush Turtles*	Celia Ramsey
*Snakes On A Ten Car Train*	Stephen Krespel
*Spectre Six*	Wally Lurz
*Spies, Lies, and Lovers*	JD Wallace, Jennifer Donohue
*SPY GAMES*	Brian MacGregor
*STATION OMEGA*	Jordan Vogeney
*Storming Fort Knox*	Michael Hahn
*Sumo*	Eli Johnson
*Super Zeros*	Jaye Blohm
*Suraya's War*	Andy Patrizio
*Survivor Duty*	Kyle Curry
*Sutton Holler*	Tennessee Martin
*SYNERGY*	Andrew Frank
*Tackle & Bait*	Genevieve McDevitt
*TARO: Legend of Japan*	Blue Spruell
*Templar*	Martin Taylor
*Ten Texan Outlaws*	Ian Martin
*THE APPLICANTS*	Justin Ballheim
*The Astronaut's Daughter*	Michael Hahn, Elisabeth Meurer
*The Blue Nile*	Richard Bailey
*The Book of Blix*	Danny Baram
*The Boy on the Cover*	Elizabeth Savage Sullivan
*The Dame*	Everett Fox
*THE FIRST GENTLEMAN*	Mark Gunnion
*The Guardian of Eden*	Chelsea LeRond
*The Harpooner*	Joe Mello
*The Hazard Room*	Mike Cymanski
*The Horse Killers*	Josh Flanagan, Ben Hurst
*The Isle of Thom*	Christopher Mancuso, Richard Miller
*The Lady Luck*	Nuki Williams
*THE LAST STUNT*	Elizabeth Weigandt
*The Last Travelers*	Darrell McGregor
*The Library of Forgotten Technology*	Mari Winther
*The Long Dark Climb*	Colin Francis Costello
*The Missing Man*	Michael Price
*THE NIGHT WATCHMAN*	Thomas Gaunt
*The Once and Future Earth*	Will Saunders
*The Order*	Jon Cohen
*The Palaeontologist*	Ross Peacock
*The Patriot Program*	Derek Dobson
*The Pirate Queen*	Nora-Jane Noone
*The president's daughter*	Sylvie Beaudin
*The Rainy Day Fund*	Patty McCarthy
*The Streamer*	Chadwick Shreeves
*THE SUCK*	Casey Costello
*The Táin*	Luke Hart-Moynihan
*The Traveler*	Peter Wiseman
*The Unseen*	Shiva Ramanathan
*The Walrus-Man*	Evan Gwynne
*The Woman With No Name*	Jesse Sherwood
*The X-Presidents*	Hudson Phillips
*THEY CAN ONLY KILL US THRICE*	Brian King
*This Is My Brother*	Brent Minderler, Jesse James Dean
*Three*	Tripp Allen
*Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge*	Pierce Young
*TRUE BLUE PILOT*	Jamaul Phillips
*Tusk*	James King
*Two Lane Forever*	Andrew Jenner
*Under Dark Waters*	Jeff Nowak
*Undercover Deceptions*	Richard F Russell, Anton Jokikunnas
*UNION*	Marc Moody
*Verité*	Billy Hanson
*Victor, The Wild Child of Aveyron - The Musical!*	Marc Moody
*War in the Blood*	Josh Flanagan
*Warbird*	Claus Schive
*Warlord*	Nathan Fleetwood
*Westward Sunrise*	Rob Carieri
*Wheeler*	Marshall Seese, Jr., Van Jensen
*X/WIND*	Richard Pohl
XS	Daniel Hogan
*You Worry Me*	Abigail Bloom, Laura Huie
*ZOE MADDOX AND THE LEGEND OF BAOSHAN*	David Bold

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These 4 ScreenCraft Winners and Finalists Have Taken Over SXSW

Shanee Edwards — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:26:55 +0000

It was a big year for SXSW, the prestigious Austin-based film festival that returned to an in-person jamboree after two years of virtual screenings and online events.

Part of the big media buzz this year included the premiere of several studio titles, like the Nicolas Cage spy-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, along with the Sandra Bullock adventure rom-com, The Lost City.

As exciting as big-budget movies can be with the glitz and glam of their stars in attendance, SXSW is mostly revered in the film community for its focus on independent films.

Always looking to honor the best and brightest indie filmmakers, we're over the moon to highlight four current and former ScreenCraft winners and finalists that had projects premiere at the festival, two of which taking home the win in their respective categories.

Let's take a closer look at these talented creatives and the work that took SXSW 2022 by storm!

'I Love My Dad' (Photo Credit: SXSW)

I Love My Dad | James Morosini (Writer/Director)

SXSW Narrative Feature Competition Winner

2020 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Competition Winner

Synopsis

Inspired by Writer/Director/Star James Morosini’s true-life experience, I Love My Dad follows Chuck (Patton Oswalt), an estranged father who desperately wants to reconnect with his depressive son, Franklin (Morosini). Blocked on social media and concerned for his son’s life, Chuck impersonates a waitress (Claudia Sulewski) online and starts checking in with Franklin. But things begin to spiral when Franklin falls for this imaginary girl and wants nothing more than to meet her in person, as Chuck has inadvertently catfished his own son.

About the Filmmaker

After graduating from USC's School of Cinematic Arts, James Morosini decided to pursue a career as an actor, appearing on such shows as Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and The Sex Lives of College Girls. But sometimes life throws such strange events at you, you have to make a film about them. Getting catfished by his dad during a time when Morosini was dealing with a bout of severe depression is one of those events. But Morosini says he isn’t afraid to go deep into the difficult parts of life. Morosini told The Daily Beast:

“I believe everything I do creatively should force me to grow in some way or another, or make me uncomfortable in one way or another. This was the most uncomfortable thing I could write about.”

Morosini’s script for I Love My Dad won the 2020 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Competition. Congrats to James and his dad!

You can follow him at @JamesMorosini on Twitter.

'Moshari' (Photo Credit: SXSW)

Moshari | Nuhash Humayun (Writer/Director)

SXSW Midnight Shorts Winner | SXSW World Premiere

2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Finalist

Synopsis

Moshari is a traditional South Asian mosquito net, made for protection against vermin at night. When the world is overrun with bloodthirsty creatures, the last of mankind persevere in Dhaka, Bangladesh by spending their nights inside the moshari - the only known shelter from the unknown threat.

Two sisters, Apu and Ayra, must navigate this strange new world to survive. However, their strained relationship is becoming as much of a threat as the dangers outside. One night, when Ayra’s curiosity lures her outside the safety of the moshari, Apu must rise to the occasion - as they face their demons, together.

About the Filmmaker

Bangladesh-based writer/director, Nuhash Humayun, is a 2022 ScreenCraft Film Fund Finalist for his feature screenplay Moving Bangladesh about a struggling middle-class Bangladeshi entrepreneur who creates a motorcycle travel app that may change transport in developing countries forever. Humayun loves mashing up film genres with South-Asian influences.

Humayan recently said in a Prothom Alo interview that his inspiration for telling stories on film came from a surprising yet loving figure in his life:

“My mother is my only inspiration for my cinema. She bought me a camera when I was 12 or 13. My mom thought I would use it as a hobby. Later, when she saw me making a short film, she allowed me to shoot at home. Mother never allowed father to do so! Mom was always with me during this journey. Father was too, but Mother gave me the support.”

Follow Humayun at @nuhashh on Twitter.

'A Woman on the Outside' (Photo Credit: SXSW)

A Woman on the Outside | Kiara Jones (Producer)

SXSW Feature Documentary World Premiere

2021 ScreenCraft Film Fund Winner

Synopsis

Growing up, Kristal watched nearly every man in her life disappear to prison. She channeled that struggle into keeping families connected, both as a social worker and with her van service that drives families to visit loved ones in far-off prisons. But when Kristal’s dad and brother return to Philly, her happiness meets the realization that release doesn't always mean freedom. Passionate, funny, and resilient, Kristal remains determined to carve out a different future -- for herself and for her young nephew, Nyvae.

Part observational documentary, part family album, A Woman on the Outside is a tender portrait of one family striving to love in the face of a system built to break them.

About the Filmmaker

Kiara Jones is a director, writer, and producer based in New York who enjoys championing diverse stories and creating sustainable financial models for independent filmmakers.

Jones won the 2021 ScreenCraft Film Fund, saying:

“Screenwriting can be a long dark journey, ScreenCraft has been a source of light providing inspiration, helping me to set new goals, and providing much-needed monetary support through their grant program. ScreenCraft promoted my project and helped me to share my work with agencies, technicians, and film supporters to broaden my network of collaborators.”

You can follow Jones at @kiaracjones on Twitter.

'Linoleum' (Photo Credit: SXSW)

Linoleum | Colin West (Writer/Director)

SXSW Narrative Feature World Premiere

2019 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition Finalist

2019 ScreenCraft Film Fund Winner

Synopsis

When a satellite falls from orbit and crashes into the suburban home of a dysfunctional family in Ohio, the father seizes the opportunity to fulfill his dream of becoming an astronaut by re-building it into his own rocket ship. While his wife and daughter believe he's experiencing a midlife crisis, surreal events begin to unfold around him, forcing him to reconsider how interconnected their lives truly are...

About the Filmmaker

Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Colin West studied at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and enjoys exploring themes of family and nostalgia in his films, saying in an interview with The Invention of Dreams:

“I think I’ve always been a nostalgic person. I’m always looking back. I’m looking forward too, and I have aspirations looking forward. But man, do I love going to places I went as a kid. Going back to the library I used to go to or the park. My parents still live in the same house I grew up in so I can go to my room. I find a certain amount of joy in that. I think as far as this sort of aspiration aspect and measuring success aspect and being ok with where you are now… it does come down to that. You can live in your own dream state reality, but it’s important to consider how your younger self might consider you now. My younger self would be like, ‘Man! You made a movie! That’s cool! Good job!’ Part of it is imagining what it would be like to talk to your younger self and learning from your future self. It’s all threaded into the movie.”

West was a finalist in the 2019 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Competition for his script Linoleum and recipient of the 2019 ScreenCraft Film Fund for his film Linoleum.

You can follow him at @HelloColinWest on Twitter.

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Finding success at any film festival is never easy, but the one thing these four filmmakers have in common is that they found support by entering screenplay and film fund competitions like the ones at ScreenCraft. If you’ve done the work getting your screenplay or film into the best shape it can be but just need a little more help, visit ScreenCraft to see how entering a competition may just open a door for you.

Shanee Edwards is a screenwriter, journalist and author. After receiving her MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA, she was hired to adapt various stories for the screen including Apes or Angels, the true story of naturalist Charles Darwin, and Three Wishes, based on the New York Times best selfing novel by Kristen Ashley. You can listen to her interview Oscar-winning screenwriters on The Script Lab Podcast, or read her book Ada Lovelace: the Countess who Dreamed in Numbers. Follow her on Twitter: @ShaneeEdwards

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What Are Contest Judges Looking For in Your Script? Let's Ask One

V Renée — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:25:04 +0000

Entering a screenwriting competition can feel like taking a shot in the dark. Filmmaker Kaylon Hunt is here to shed some light.

Raise your hand if this is you: You spend months crafting a screenplay, staying up late, waking up early, whisking those fingers over your keyboard like a souped up writing machine, and once it's done, you decide to enter your work into a screenwriting contest. The problem is that you're not quite sure how it's going to be received by the judges. In fact, you really have no idea what they're looking for other than "a good screenplay," which, let's be real, is an entirely subjective standard and difficult to prepare for.

Now that everyone's hands are raised, let's all agree that, yeah, entering these contests can feel like a bit of a gamble, so we wanted to ask someone on the other side of the submit button about what screenwriters can expect.

We asked Kaylon Hunt, Vice President of Development and Production at Viola Davis’ JuVee Productions and True Story & Public Domain Competition judge, what he looks for in screenplays, common mistakes he sees beginners make, as well as what writers can do to increase their chances of winning.

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ScreenCraft: As a producer and creative, what do you look for in screenplays?

Kaylon Hunt: I look for authenticity, originality, and heart. I try to keep simplicity in mind when I read material too. Does the story track and are the character arcs clear? Yes it can be a big story, but if it’s too complicated and not anchored in character, you might lose me. Another thing I gauge is if the writer’s voice is shining through, in the sense that there’s a personal connection to the story and they’re not just trying to emulate something.

SC: As a judge for the True Story & Public Domain Competition, what excites you most about the “inspired by” or “based on a true story” stories?

KH: They’re a great opportunity to bring to light societal issues and how they affect real, everyday, often unheard people – either through character study, theme, or a combination of both. They also allow us to reflect more directly on our own parts within these systems, whether it relates to economic disparity, or social or domestic injustice. Other genres can do this too, of course, but real stories add another layer of empathy and insight into another’s experience that isn’t sensationalized.

Kaylon Hunt (Photo by Asim Bharwani)

SC: What are some of the most common beginner mistakes that keep a script from winning a competition?

KH: I think peer review is so important. Getting other eyes on your script before submitting can help you address any glaring issues that would hinder a reader from understanding the writer’s intent or vision on the page.

SC: With many Oscar nominations being true stories and adaptations, do you have any tips for writers who want to bring a story from the public domain to life on screen?

KH: I’d say find a way into the story that’s unique to you and your experiences. Have a point of view and don’t be afraid to make bold choices.

SC: There are plenty of mistakes a screenwriter can make that reduce their chances of winning a competition... but great scripts lose, too. What are some things that writers can’t control but should be aware of when competing?

KH: You can’t control how other people read your material or how they might filter their opinion through their own preferences and experiences. The outcome doesn’t always correlate to the quality of the writing or talent of the writer.

SC: How big of a role do trends play in the success of a script? Should screenwriters stay on top of them?

KH: Yes, trends can have a role in how scripts circulate or how often they might get read -- for instance, if a studio, producer, or actor is looking for a particular kind of project. My opinion is that “trends” can be hard to chase. So, if anything, I always recommend writers write what they are passionate about. If a trend intersects with your personal interests, then go for it. Like I said in a prior question, find a way into it that is personal to you.

SC: There are plenty of great screenwriters out there who enter contests and consistently place in the semifinals or even the finals but haven’t won yet. What advice would you give to help them make it over that final hurdle?

KH: Keep writing! Your craft will improve, your network and community will grow, and opportunities will increase. While it is a competition, there’s also value in the experience of entering and seeing how your material resonates, especially if it places in the finals and semifinals. Your name gets out there and more people become familiar with your work. Apply every year if you want. But don’t let not winning stop you.

Inspired to write a true story and enter it into a competition? The final deadline for the True Story & Public Domain Screenplay Competition is March 31st!

Contest opens in 6 days | Remind Me

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2021 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Competition Calendar

ScreenCraft — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:29:19 +0000

The wild year of 2020 is almost over, which means it's time to start planning for 2021 and pencil in the opening dates and deadlines for all of the exciting writing competitions we have scheduled for the new year!

We'd also like to give an especially warm congratulations to all of this year's writer success stories! So many writers from ScreenCraft competitions have signed with agents, managers, and landed paid writing gigs (at studios and networks) this year. It's been an exciting year for screenwriters and we can't wait for the next one!

So without further ado, here is ScreenCraft's 2021 Screenwriting Competition Calendar.

Here’s to a successful new year of creativity and growth for all writers!

Here are ScreenCraft’s 2021 writing competitions in order of opening date:

2021 True Story & Public Domain Screenplay Competition (Feature, TV)

Opens: January 1st
Early deadline: January 31st
Regular deadline: February 28th
Final deadline: March 31st

2021 Summit Virtual Pitch (Feature and Episodic Series)

Opens: January 1st
Regular deadline: January 31st
Final deadline: February 28th

2021 Comedy Screenplay Competition (Feature, TV Pilots)

Opens: February 1st
Early deadline: February 28th
Regular deadline: March 31st
Final deadline: April 30th

2021 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition (Feature, TV Pilots)

Opens: March 1st
Early deadline: March 31st
Regular deadline: April 30th
Final deadline: May 31st

2021 Fall Film Fund (Features, TV pilots, Documentaries, and Shorts)

Opens: March 1st
Early deadline: March 31st
Regular deadline: April 30th
Final deadline: May 31st

2021 Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition (Feature, TV Pilots)

Opens: April 1st
Early deadline: April 30th
Regular deadline: May 31st
Final deadline: June 30th

2021 Animation Screenplay Competition (Feature, TV Pilots, and Shorts)

Opens: May 1st
Early deadline: May 31st
Regular deadline: June 30th
Final deadline: July 31st

2021 Drama Screenplay Competition (Feature, TV Pilots)

Opens: May 1st
Early deadline: May 31st
Regular deadline: June 30th
Final deadline: July 31st

2021 Stage Play Screenwriting Competition (Stage play scripts with adaptation potential)

Opens: June 1st
Early deadline: June 30th
Regular deadline: July 31st
Final deadline: August 31st

2021 Feature Screenplay Competition (Features)

Opens: June 1st
Early deadline: June 30th
Regular deadline: July 31st
Final deadline: August 31st

2021 TV Pilot Screenplay Competition (Accepting 1-hour, Half-hour, and Short Form Pilots)

Opens: July 1st
Early deadline: July 31st
Regular deadline: August 31st
Final deadline: September 30th

2021 Virtual Pitch Competition (Spring) (Pitches for Feature and TV Shows)

Opens: August 1st
Regular deadline: August 31st
Final deadline: September 30th

2021 Horror Screenplay Competition (Feature, TV Pilots)

Opens: August 1st
Early deadline: August 31st
Regular deadline: September 30th
Final deadline: October 31st

2021 Cinematic Book Writing Competition (Novels and True Stories)

Opens: September 1st
Early deadline: September 30th
Regular deadline: October 31st
Final deadline: November 30th

2021 Cinematic Short Story Writing Competition (Short Stories)

Opens: September 1st
Early deadline: September 30th
Regular deadline: October 31st
Final deadline: November 30th

2021 Spring Film Fund (Features, TV pilots, Documentaries, and Shorts)

Opens: September 1st
Early deadline: September 3oth
Regular deadline: October 31st
Final deadline: November 30th

2021 Family Screenplay Competition (Feature, TV Pilots)

Opens: October 1st
Early deadline: October 31st
Regular deadline: November 30th
Final deadline: December 31st

2022 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship (Feature, TV Pilots)

Opens: October 1st
Early deadline: October 31st
Regular deadline: December 31st
Regular deadline: January 31st
Final deadline: February 28th (2022)

Make sure you click the "Remind Me" option on the competition page for the competition that you want to submit to. We look forward to reading your work in the new year.

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Meet the ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Top 10 Finalists

ScreenCraft — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 23:00:26 +0000

Pitching your screenplay to a room full of professional writers, agents, producers, and studio execs can be nerve-wracking. There's a lot to consider when you craft the pitch for your script. How long should you talk? What questions should you be ready to answer? Should you summarize the plot of your screenplay or focus on the themes? What about character descriptions? Should you "spoil" the ending or keep your listeners in suspense? Pitch meetings are usually short (often less than 15 minutes) so you have to know how to pitch like a pro if you want to option your script.

Learning how to pitch your script like a pro is tough because you really have to experience what it's like to be in a pitch meeting to really know what to expect. Until now. We're thrilled to bring you our first ever LIVE Virtual Pitch Grand Finale event where ten top writers will pitch to our ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch judges live and streaming for all of you to see. Learn from professional pitches and take notes on the feedback and input from these talented writers and judges. If you ever wanted to know what it's like to pitch your script, this is the event for you.

Watch all 10 pitches here (the pitches start around the 4:00 mark).

Meet the 10 ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Finalists

Watch these emerging screenwriters pitch to industry pros to learn how to pitch like a pro at your next script meeting. Here are the ten talented finalists that will be pitching their screenplays live for all of you to see!

Joshua Young — SOAKED

Raised by a psychic and a carpenter (that's actually true), Joshua's humble beginning in the entertainment industry was as a horse in a community Christmas play. Today, after twenty years in the film industry, he's pushing his work as a screenwriter and director full-time with the eventual goal of becoming a Showrunner and Head Writer of his own series. Joshua spent six years working in a variety of positions for a cruise line, which is the inspiration for his TV series, SOAKED.

How he prepares for pitch meetings

“There's an old saying in the sciences where if you can't explain your scientific theory to a non-scientist, you don't truly understand the theory yourself. I feel the same could be said for pitching as a writer, as it teaches you what key elements and "hooks" make your story what it is.”

Say congrats to Joshua on Twitter @JoshuaYoung9.

Richard Scott — A-POP

Originally from Maryland where he worked in politics and government, Richard stopped writing campaign speeches to move to LA to write for TV. At 17, he was in a boy band competition, where he met Lou Pearlman and got words of wisdom from Aaron Carter. “What if I were the leader of a K-pop group, and how would an American K-pop group come together” was Richard’s inspiration for A-POP!

“Pitching is the second-most important thing for a writer, other than writing itself, in my opinion."

How he prepares for pitch meetings

"To connect, you have to understand yourself, understand who you're speaking with, understand why you connect with and should tell the story you're pitching, and finding a way to connect with the person you're pitching to. Pitches change based on the time and who you're pitching to, but ultimately, the core of the pitch is who are you, why are you the one to tell this story, and what makes this story so frickin' awesome that it has to be told?”

Kyra Jones — GO TO THE BODY

Originally from Annapolis, Maryland, and currently based in Chicago, Kyra's inspiration for GO TO THE BODY comes from her work as a professional sexual violence prevention educator and survivor advocate. She wanted to write a story that accurately depicted the experiences of Black survivors and their loved ones.

“You're not just selling your story, you're selling yourself and why you're the best person to tell it."

How she prepares for pitch meetings

"To prepare for a pitch, I write a short summary of my script, then focus on answering the questions "Why Me?" and "Why Now?" I try to be as natural and upbeat as possible during the pitch, and make sure my personality and passion shine through.”

Congratulate Kyra on Twitter @blkassfeminist.

Elisa Eliot — THE DREAM MACHINE

Born in New York and currently living in Los Angeles. THE DREAM MACHINE, though whimsical and magical is autobiographical. According to Elisa both actual dreams and the dreams we have for our own lives and our world – are more important than ever, and she wanted to inspire children everywhere to keep dreaming no matter what obstacles and challenges lay ahead.

“You can have the best idea ever, but if you can’t present that in front of an audience in a compelling, engaging and exciting way no one is going to be interested."

How she prepares for pitch meetings

"I usually script my pitch, then edit the heck out of it, then read it many times over… then throw it away and speak from the heart haha! It may seem like a lot of work just to throw it away at the end, but by doing all of the prep work I feel that the really important stuff gets internalized while not hindering you from being real and spontaneous in the moment.”

Congratulate Elisa on Twitter: @elisaeliot

Stef Smith — NEXT DIMENSION VIDEO

Originally from Wagga Wagga, and now living with her family in Sydney, Australia. Stef’s inspiration for NEXT DIMENSION VIDEO is her love for big, action-packed, ‘splosion filled, blockbuster movies growing up, and the comfort in being able to disappear into a movie! She wanted to create a show to express her love of the comedy sci-fi genre specifically - and to try to address the imbalance of leading women in the genre.

How she prepares for pitch meetings

“Oh gosh, pitching is SO important, though as a little Aussie writer the opportunity is also super rare. In terms of prep for the pitch itself - I come from a performance background, but I’m also pretty incapable of not being myself, so I try to be a mix of SUPER PREPARED (thanks anxiety) and also just very myself (accidental swears and all).”

Collette Legault — HEAVY

Originally from a wicked cool town in the Northeast and now lives in Los Angeles. The inspiration for HEAVY is her lifelong friend, who’s black, five-hundred-pound stepdad, Heavy, made him and his brother feel safe, happy, and protected.

“Every movie or television show idea starts with a pitch."

How she prepares for pitch meetings

"It’s important to be able to sell your story orally through pitching ideas in concise and exciting ways. If you can convey your voice and stir emotions through your pitch, there’s a good chance they’ll want to read your script.”

Congratulate Collette on Twitter @collettels

Wesley MacInnes — BLACKOUT

Born in Calgary, Alberta, and currently residing in Vancouver, Canada, Wesley MacInnes has created a dramatic series titled BLACKOUT inspired by his life as an artist in the music industry. From tiny bars playing to no one to sold-out arenas touring with Shania Twain among others, BLACKOUT is a deep dive into the underbelly of the industry: the meteoric highs, crushing lows, abuse, addiction, sexism, racism, and the unseen true to life reality of what really happens behind the curtain.

“Pitching is essential, in that it is the nexus between the creative and the business world, and you have to be able to pitch in order to take a great idea and make it into something real and tangible."

How he prepares for pitch meetings

"I prepare for a pitch by trying to zoom out as far as possible from the core of my project and from there find the most engaging way to invite someone inside, layer by layer, until they reach that core themself.”

Congratulate Wesley on Twitter @WesMackMusic.

Lizzie Perrin — BAKO

Born in Nagoya, Japan, Lizzie grew up in Canton, Georgia. Her inspiration for BAKO came from her own struggles to embrace her identity as a "Japanese American" writer as someone who was adopted and grew up in white, Southern culture. BAKO is her window to dive into Japanese culture through her character's eyes.

“Pitching is essential for a writer because it forces her to understand the core of the story, themes, and how it relates to others, which are the building blocks of storytelling itself."

How she prepares for pitch meetings

I prepare for pitching my reminding myself why I chose to write the project so I can explain the reason I should tell it and have the appropriate passion and courage. I then boil down the project to the most vital story beats and themes, and I rehearse the whole pitch until I feel confident that I can convey it to others in a clear way.”

Congratulate Lizzie on Twitter @LizzayPerrin

Jim Picariello — THE CULT OF US

Grew up in Wellesley Massachusetts and currently lives in rural, coastal Maine. Jim’s inspiration for THE CULT OF US is based on his own experience of being recruited, trapped, and rescued from a Quasi-Buddhist, computer-programming, mind-control cult. It led him to write an informative, accessible, and entertaining story, to clarify the nature of typical cults, the initial red flags cults present during recruitment, and the power they have over their intelligent and creative followers.

“I think the skill of pitching is important, but it needs to feel honest and conversational as if you're not really pitching."

How he prepares for pitch meetings

"As a two-time Austin Film Festival pitch finalist, I typically write out the pitch and record myself saying it, clearly and slowly, and listen to it 100 or more times, eventually speaking along with it, like singing to a song. Then I speed up the playback, to practice at normal speed. My goal is to know the pitch so well, I can change the order and riff on certain parts, based on the level of interest from the listener.”

Congratulate Jim on Twitter @jimpicariello

Vanessa Logan & Nadia Wit — HIS DEAD GIRLFRIEND

HIS DEAD GIRLFRIEND is a comedy feature from this female writing team based in Los Angeles. Inspired by the notion of a modern upbeat look at love and loss--something to riff on the old classics like My Favorite Wife and what it would look like if the female lead were dead and the man was caught in an other-worldly love triangle.

“As writers, we love working to harness this same excitement in a pitch in a way that conveys the essence, texture, and tone because it is absolutely VITAL to engage and entice the producer (and every other team member along each step of the way) to get them to understand what the audience will love and why they are investing their time and money.

How they prepare for pitch meetings

"When we pitch, we spend around 100 hours on camera rewriting and playing to find the right ways to phrase each section and get it in our bones.”

Congratulate Venessa and Nadia on Twitter @thevanessalogan.

ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Grand Finale Event

Watch these emerging screenwriters pitch to industry pros to learn how to pitch like a pro at your next script meeting. Register for this free event and watch all of the Virtual Pitch Finalists LIVE at the Grand Finale event on November 18th at 5PM (PST).

ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Judges

Eric Heisserer — Oscar-nominated Screenwriter, ARRIVAL, BIRD BOX, LIGHTS OUT
Wendy Calhoun — TV Writer and Showrunner (PRODIGAL SON, STATION 19, EMPIRE, NASHVILLE, JUSTIFIED, etc)
Amy Retzinger — Literary Agent and Partner, Verve Talent Agency
Marc Manus — Literary Manager and Partner, World Builder Entertainment

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15 Action Screenwriting Tips from Emily Carmichael

Shawn Forno — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:40:54 +0000

Acclaimed screenwriter and director Emily Carmichael has built a reputation for weaving compelling, action-packed stories and crafting complex action heroes that appeal to a broad audience. Her credits include writing and directing big-budget action projects like Pacific Rim to most recently writing Jurassic World: Dominion. She's also working on the Disney reboot of the 1979 sci-fi film The Black Hole.

In a recent ScreenCraft AMA, Emily spoke with three-time Emmy award-winning producer, director, writer, and cinematographer Kevin Bachar about her writing process, time management techniques, and how she creates blockbuster action movies. You should watch the entire video (it's great). But if you don't have time, here are six of the biggest tips and takeaways from Emily Carmichael's fast-paced AMA on how she approaches writing an action screenplay.

Emily Carmichael is a juror for ScreenCraft's Action & Adventure Screenplay competition.

How to get started as an action screenwriter

Emily got her start as a playwright and director while attending Harvard University and then a film student at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her advice for evolving into a high demand action-adventure screenwriter and director is simple — create an outline.

"There's nothing boring about writing with an outline," Emily said. In fact, Emily points out that this key step can help writers avoid problems further into the writing process, and it can speed up the writing phase of the project. Speed and problem-solving are just part of how she's collaborated on Hollywood blockbusters and gained popularity with her short films across the festival circuit.

Emily also stresses that writers need to research their subjects with purpose. Focus on studying subjects and places that will help you move the story forward and create meaningful set points. Lastly, Emily advises new and emerging screenwriters to tailor their writing to specific genres.

"If you want to get into a certain genre, you should make work as close to the genre that you can." Emily points out that she typically avoids genre-blending in order to keep her work clear and focused.

Time management tips for screenwriters

Screenwriting is a job, and that means hitting goals and writing on a schedule. To help manage expectations, combat writer's block, and churn out top-level scripts, Emily recommends these three techniques that help keep screenwriters on target:

Be honest with how much time you want to dedicate to a particular project. It's tempting to say "yes" to every project that comes your way, but being overly accommodating is only going to add complications down the road. Be clear and communicate your capabilities honestly and you'll be off to a much better (if slightly slower) start.
Set reasonable goals. Be realistic with your schedule, so you can make progress with attainable timetables.
Use the Pomodoro technique. “My number one piece of advice is: use the Pomodoro technique,” said Emily. [41:15] This one technique can improve the quality of your writing time and combat writer’s block. Work for a specific interval of time and then take a break. Repeat. Emily also recommends keeping a journal of your workflow.

How to write a compelling story

Emily's advice for action set pieces is both universal and specific. Use set points with intention. Every set piece in your script should propel the story forward. “There is so much that can happen doing set pieces. I just go for it," she adds. "Don’t hold back on your set pieces.”

Emily also encourages screenwriters to be as creative as possible while keeping the stakes high. "When the stakes are life or death, that is a story." Look for ways to add different moods, weather elements, and terrains to scenes to keep audiences interested.

How to pitch your action screenplay

Sadly, writing a great script is only half of the story. To become a successful screenwriter you have to make other people care about your story. And that means mastering pitch meetings.

Screenwriters need to develop skills beyond writing that allow them to effectively explain the essence of their film. Emily implores writers to lead with their passion, and tell the human story of their screenplay—not a summary of the plot. "A pitch is not a summary of the screenplay," Emily warns. Aside from this guiding principle, Emily's advice for pitching your script is all about being prepared and managing expectations:

Be prepared. Emily advises writers to create a document of what you will say during the pitch. Remember to write it in a conversational style
Get to the root of your story. Avoid getting bogged down in too many details or a lengthy summary of the plot
Tell people how your story will end. A pitch meeting is not the time to keep people in suspense. Nobody wants to buy a screenplay without knowing how it's going to end
"Don't be afraid of your excitement," warns Emily. Genuine emotion can help people get excited about you and your screenplay, and according to Emily, enthusiasm and authenticity can be huge assets when it comes time to sell your script.

Action screenwriting success

There's no fast-track to screenwriting success. However, there is a carpool lane. You can increase your odds of gaining attention and interest in your scripts if you follow Emily's three pieces of screenwriting career advice:

Enter contests. Screenwriting contests are a great way to gain experience, get feedback, and grow your body of work.
Build relationships. Part of getting an agent or a paid gig is to form connections until you find people that trust and care about your work. Develop partnerships with screenwriters, directors, and other people in the industry.
Complete your first screenplay. Emily warns against trying to write the perfect script on your first try — because it probably won't happen. “To write something great you will probably have to write a bunch of things that aren’t great.”

Reaching the finish line

According to Emily Carmichael, “A screenplay is done as soon as you can stand to have another person read it.” [56:30] The first step to becoming a successful screenwriter is finishing your script. The second step is getting that script into the hands of people that can do something with it.

If you have a finished action or adventure script that you can stand to have someone else read, now is the time to submit it to the ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay competition. Take the next step in your screenwriting career and submit to a jury of professional writers, producers, directors, agents, and industry insiders like Emily Carmichael.

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This is Why Screenwriting Fellowships Matter

Lukas Hassel — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:07:35 +0000

Five months ago, I was sitting at home facing the daunting (and somewhat hopeless) task of figuring out where I wanted to go as an unknown but experienced writer. The problem wasn't a lack of options. It was that there were almost too many screenwriting fellowships and competitions. I didn't know which one to choose. In the end, I did what most writers do. I asked around, Googled top ten screenwriting fellowship lists, and went with my gut.

I applied to the 2020 ScreenCraft Fellowship, and it has turned out to be one of the best decisions I've made in my screenwriting career. Here's how to choose a screenwriting fellowship program, and why (the right) program can change the direction of your writing career.

Luke Hassel is an actor, writer, director who was chosen to be one of three fellows for the 8th Annual ScreenCraft Fellowship Program with his submission, Girls on the Run. Lukas’s screenwriting accolades include: Fresh Voices (winner "Girls on the Run"), Shore Film Fund (winner TV pilot "Galápagos"), Cinestory Fellowship winner (the drama "The Mechanic), Won NYC Horror Film award (the horror screenplay "Silhouette"), twice placed in the top 40 Nicholl's fellowship as well as many other film festival screenplay wins. He is based in New York City where he lives with his husband.

How to choose a screenwriting fellowship program

One of the reasons I chose the ScreenCraft Fellowship was that I'd seen what they could do. I placed fourth in ScreenCraft’s 2019 Drama competition and I was impressed with the follow-up and genuine interest ScreenCraft had in getting my script (“Halfway”) out there. So I submitted my latest script, a dramedy “Girls on the Run,” crossed my fingers, and hoped that someone would see the potential in a story where the protagonists were three women in their ’80’s with hopes, dreams, and friendships for the ages.

Four months later, against impossible odds, I was named one of three ScreenCraft fellows. Cut to: ScreenCraft Fellowship Week 2020, and holy crap. It's been one heck of a week. Here's what it's like to be a ScreenCraft screenwriting fellow.

What is a screenwriting fellowship actually like?

When the folks at ScreenCraft sent me my schedule of generals (as these casual business meetings are called) I was blown away. I had back-to-back(-to-back!) meetings with top industry people, both on the development executive side and screenwriting side.

If you don’t try, nothing is ever going to happen

As a relative newbie to the business end of screenwriting, these generals were a welcome step in my evolution as a professional writer. But they weren't your standard pitch meeting.

Fellowship Week meetings schedule

It's the first day of fellowship meetings. All my meetings are with L.A. folks (three-hours behind me). Slightly nervous, I sit down for my first general meeting armed with extensive research for each person I was set to meet with. I came prepared with a long list of questions and an iced venti three-pump decaf iced mocha.

My first general is with screenwriter Peter Chiarelli (Crazy Rich Asians, The Proposal). Peter greets me from his office with a disarming smile and instantly puts me at ease. This is not a job interview, a test, or something to mess up. It's merely two people having a chat about the industry and an incredible opportunity to hear about someone's journey to where they are today.

Next is Eric Fineman, Senior VP at Pascal Pictures. After introducing me to his gorgeous rescue puppy, we discuss my scripts and where to go from here.

On Tuesday, I meet with Academy Award-winning writer David Rabinowitz (BlackkKlansman) shares his incredible journey from tracking down IP on a book he and his writing partner really liked, to walking away with that golden statue five years later. Crystal Holt, Development Exec at AMC (who really needs to get her own show) had me in stitches from her pitch-perfect deadpan comments about how the industry should and shouldn’t work.

And that was just the first two days!

You should apply for Fellowship Week

I could go on and on about the meetings and experiences I've had this week. The point is, I already feel more secure in knowing what's expected of me as a professional writer. After just five days, I have a better understanding of what matters and what doesn’t. That's incredibly valuable at this stage of my career.

I can't help thinking back to that moment five months ago. I'm sitting with my laptop, wondering whether or not the submission fee for the Fellowship program is worth it. After this week, I know one thing for certain. If you don’t try, nothing is ever going to happen.

Submissions are open for the next ScreenCraft Fellowship Week. Get your script into the hands of industry influencers and people who want to help you take the next step in your screenwriting career. Apply today.

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The ScreenCraft Selection Process

ScreenCraft — Wed, 01 May 2019 21:09:35 +0000

We're happy to share some improvements that we've made regarding our process of selecting and announcing placements in ScreenCraft's competitions. The main change to our process is that we will be announcing top 50 finalists ahead of our winners announcements. We've added this step for two reasons: 1) we want to celebrate and recognize the many stellar projects that come through our programs, and 2) we think it's important to show that how our internal evaluation process works. It's admittedly a very subjective process to evaluate screenplays, which are nuanced and complex form of art. We recognize the importance of qualified, experienced readers and judges, which is why the quality of our readers and industry judges is our top priority. Here's how ScreenCraft's writing competitions work:

Each round of reads takes roughly four weeks.

ScreenCraft competitions receive hundreds, and in some cases, thousands, of submissions from writers around the world. Each submission for each competition is carefully read and scored by one of our readers with a 10-point score card and a few sentences of their thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of the script. All ScreenCraft readers have at least a year of professional experience reading for either an agency, studio, production company, or literary management company, and we are very selective about whom we hire to read for us.

Quarterfinalists

Once all submissions have been read for the first round, we advance the top 25% to the quarterfinalist round.

Semifinalists

The semifinalists are determined as follows: the submissions that place as quarterfinalists are read a second time by a new ScreenCraft judge with no knowledge of how the entry was scored in the first round. We then calculate a weighted average of the two scores, with a stronger emphasis placed on the higher score and advance the top 10% to the next round.

Finalists

Based on the previous two rounds of evaluations, we'll select the top 50 projects as our finalists.

Winners and Top 10

At this point, the ScreenCraft team will closely review the remaining projects and writers before narrowing to a top 10 and eventually top 5. The top five scripts will be presented to our industry jury, who will select three and rank them according to their preference until a winner and runner up are determined. We then announce our winner, runner-up, honorable mentions and top 10 finalists.

Curious about past winners and their subsequent success? Read about our success stories here.

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ScreenCraft Screenwriting Competitions 2016 Dates

ScreenCraft — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:04:00 +0000

We're excited to announce the dates of our 2016 screenplay contests. Mark your calendars for these dates, and be sure to sign up for email notifications here.

In case you missed it, here are over 87 emails from happy screenwriters who appreciated ScreenCraft contest screenplay feedback from our professional Hollywood readers.

ScreenCraft's screenwriting competitions celebrate screenplays by genre and format. We eliminate any potential genre bias from readers by tailoring our prize packages and Hollywood juries to the genre and format. May the best screenplays win!

"ScreenCraft catapulted my career years ahead of even my most optimistic expectations. The contacts and — perhaps even more importantly — the legitimacy the fellowship gave me has helped me land top tier representation and put me in a position to pitch projects to major studios." - Robert Haffey, ScreenCraft Fellowship winner

"Placing 2nd in the Screencraft Action/Thriller Contest directly led to me getting signed with one of the top management companies in Hollywood. I’m going out of a ton of meetings and now have multiple projects in development. I cannot thank John, Cameron, and the rest of the Screencraft team enough. This contest opened the door to my screenwriting future, and I will always be grateful." - Aaron Steven, Action & Thriller Screenplay Contest runner-up

"Winning second place in the Screencraft Horror Competition was a huge boost for our career. The notes we received on Plague Ship were smart and insightful, strengthening the script on a fundamental level. On the heels of the contest, Ben Powell and I were signed by Andrew Wilson at Zero Gravity Management and Plague Ship spent the holidays in front of some of the hottest genre directors working today. The exposure we received led to some great press, meetings with producers and development executives, and pitches on a number of writing assignments." - Alex Greenfield (and Ben Powell), Horror Contest runners-up

"For me my professional screenwriting career started with the Screencraft contest. It was a quarter final placement in the Family Friendly Contest for me and what I came out of this with was honest, encouraging, constructive feedback so I knew what I needed to do to improve. A year later and also utilizing the Screencraft Consultancy Services I was a finalist in the ScreenCraft Fellowship competition. As a direct result of this and alongside a fantastic referral from Screencraft again I signed with a Hollywood lit manager. So for me it all started with the Screencraft contest. It was the first time I'd allowed my writing to be fairly and objectively judged and it allowed me to grow as a writer. I wouldn't be where I am now without it! I can only recommend any writer looking for a contest that is well judged and can actually help your career to use Screencraft! Thanks again!" - Thomas Grigg, ScreenCraft Fellowship finalist

"The ScreenCraft Fellowship was a pivotal moment in my career as a writer. John and Cam made every effort to not only connect me with industry members, but to make sure that I received representation. It's hard to imagine being nearly as confident in the future of my writing without the fellowship. I can't thank ScreenCraft enough and I encourage any writer seeking reps to apply." - Mark J. Stasenko Jr., ScreenCraft Fellowship winner

Here are the dates and deadlines for our 2016 contests: