2025 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition

Grand Prize Winner

The Garden by Nathan Patton

Top 10 Finalists

Anning Station by Christine Autrand Mitchell
Dead Serious by Isobel Houseman
Far Arena by Charles Templin
Moar by Cain Angelle
Never Going H.O.M.E. by Xavion Niles
Nexus by Lauren Spiegel
Riot Machine by Clinton Morales
The Garden by Nathan Patton
The United States of Automata by Austin Langley
The Verge of Seas by Albert M Chan

Semi-Finalists

A Billion Parts per Million by Marco Ruggio
A Slaughter of Crows by Washington Laws
A Slight Alteration by Devin Barnes
Alice and The Land of Wonder by Danielle R Erlich
Alien Target by Dexter Williams
Anning Station by Christine Autrand Mitchell
Athor by Brian Streaty and Paul Ian
Beag Island by James Pearson
Beasty and the Beau by Steven Vivell
Beneath the Lair by June Neely
Biomass by Rob Tymchyshyn
Black Desert by Denise Agnew
Brother by Angelino Donnachaidh
Bunkers, Bombs and the Apocalypse by Nick Marciano
Captain Cam by Shane Redding
Cipher by Olivia Webb
Cycles of the Moon by Jennifer Krueger and James Mulholland
Davisville Evil by Kevin Lobo
Dead Queue by Terrance Henry
Dead Serious by Isobel Houseman
Death Becomes Me by Christopher Rubi
Departure by T. D. I
Dragon Seeds by Serita Debra Stevens
Duper by Jay Rath
Earthrise by Christopher Harris
Elixir by Emilio Corsetti
Elven by Matthew Tallacksen
Family Pickle by Brandon Prosek
Far Arena by Charles Templin
From Father to Son by Chris Ristic
Gone by Tyler Schultz
Half-Powers by Mar Sudac
Harper’s Fairy by Nat Mauldin & Jeffrey Stein
Hereditary by Craig Berger
Highest Peak by Sean Mogridge
Knights of Wisdom: The Last Creation by Brad Cooper
Kraliens by Erika Kathryn
L.O.T.U.S. by Nathan Patton
Legacy’s Child by Iam Typn
Liveona by Paul Shiban
Moar by Cain Angelle
Monster Mash by Michael Paterka
Never Going H.O.M.E. by Xavion Niles
Next Door by Kimberley Lynne
Nexus by Lauren Spiegel
Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer
Norman Brody and the Magic Psychology Practice by Steven Vivell
On the Record by Adam Goudchaux
Overlorde by Brian Streaty and Paul Rose
Patricide and Capsaicin by Shanthanu Venugopal
Point Nemo by Alex Rivers
Project Abaddon: Rise of the Destroyer by Patrick Donovan
Protocol Six by Edward Gillespie
Qualia by Art Blount
Quantum Love (Or How Nick and Valerie Destroyed the World) by Steve Savitz
Red Hoods by Dana Carrabon
Revelation by John Fantini
Riddle by Shiva Ramanathan
Ride of the Valkyries by Dan Goforth
Riot Machine by Clinton Morales
Rulers of Wander-land by Courtney Bowen
Saltpeter by Angelo Bell
Sam and the Rabbit by John Anselmo
Shadows & Echoes by Chris Dale
She Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah by Bill Lahey
Shifted by Maya Florin
Simulation by Peter Jang
Soul Code by Crispin Rovere
SS3 by Gage Miles
Starship Sakira by Leslie Brockett
Stranded by Thomas Hauser
Talking Pictures by David Thome and Mary Jo
The 7 by Steve Ronaldson
The Bloodhound by Tim Morgan
The Change by Elisabeth Dale
The Coyote by Michael Holliday
The Dark by Joe Becker
The Drain by Dax Santi
The Fairy Godmother Algorithm by Terrell Harris
The Garden by Nathan Patton
The Inventors’ Vault by Zach Brown
The Marksons by Elias Johnson
The Non-Prophet by Ari Donnelly
The Place Between Our Lives by L Clay Callender and David Ellard
The Quiet Fire by Christopher McGuinness
The Red Queen by Ken Peters
The Relict by Olivia Piraino
The Seed Sower by Leonard Rampello
The Sword’s Awakening by Matthew Tolbert
The United States of Automata by Austin Langley
The Venus Prophecy by AG Conlyn
The Verge of Seas by Albert M Chan
Three Pretty Girls by Michael Dunker
Time Thief by Stan Evans
Troman: Welcome to the Jungle by Robert Pietzsch and Adam Rocke
Two by Radem
Uncommon Ground by Jennica Johnson
We Are Glass by Alyssa Jefferson
Wild by Deaniera Wibisono
Wingman by Roope Rainisto

Quarter-Finalists

0.465972222222222 by John Evans
A Billion Parts per Million by Marco Ruggio
A Cosmic Apocalypse by Matthew Kelcourse
A Slaughter of Crows by Washington Laws
A Slight Alteration by Devin Barnes
After the Harvest by Jeffrey Howe
Afternotes by Julian Bernhardt
Alice and The Land of Wonder by Danielle R Erlich
Alien Target by Dexter Williams
Alisha Rose & The Butterfly People by Jody Sillence
An Inconsequential Choice by Ricardo Bravo
Anning Station by Christine Autrand Mitchell
Ant-Arctica by Larry Swanson
Arthur Black’s Ending by Caitlyn Conefry
Ash and Rose by Thomas Weitzel
Athor by Brian Streaty and Paul Ian
Aurora Dawn by John Grace
Bail by Michael Dean
Beag Island by James Pearson
Beasty and the Beau by Steven Vivell
Beautiful Dreamer by Quin Buchanan
Beneath the Lair by June Neely
Big Brother by Ronen Tregerman
Biomass by Rob Tymchyshyn
Black Desert by Denise Agnew
Black Girl Magic by Taiwo Kujichagulia-Seitu
Blowback by James Hereth and Rhonda Smiley
Bright New Eden by Alan Howcroft
Brother by Angelino Donnachaidh
Bunkers, Bombs and the Apocalypse by Nick Marciano
Captain Cam by Shane Redding
Carnibots by Carlos Burgaleta
Child of Chaos by BJ Cyprian
Chimera by Andy Walraven
Cipher by Olivia Webb
Common Terry by David Yost
Cowpocalypse by Greg McCabe
Cycles of the Moon by Jennifer Krueger and James Mulholland
Dark Gravity by Michael Childress II
Dark Magic Kingdom by Stephen Polakiewicz
Darkness, Darkness by Dane McCauley
Davisville Evil by Kevin Lobo
Dead Queue by Terrance Henry
Dead Serious by Isobel Houseman
Death Becomes Me by Christopher Rubi
Defroster by Nathan Patton
Departure by T. D. I
Doomsday Dummies by Julia Hettmann
Dragon Seeds by Serita Debra Stevens
Drowned City by Brian Fingeret
Duper by Jay Rath
È Morto! By Kari Mote and Michael Clifton
E.L.Fin by Joseph Costa
Earthrise by Christopher Harris
Elixir by Emilio Corsetti
Elven by Matthew Tallacksen
Emergent by Pearse Lehane
Exhibitant by Tim Northburg
Exoworld by Ivo Alexander
Extraction by Guy Castonguay
F.O.E. by Andrew N Bailey
Family Pickle by Brandon Prosek
Far Arena by Charles Templin
Fazoom! By Paul Zeidman
Final Dreams by Mike Wilczynski
Floating Cities of Venus by John Pepin
Forever After by Emil Faithe
From Father to Son by Chris Ristic
Furgrow Birds Spiritual Rose by Roger Wirth
Gods Among Us by Tayo Talabi
Golden Heart by Benjamin Sehat
Goldflesh by Aviad Shely
Gone by Tyler Schultz
Half-Powers by Mar Sudac
Harper’s Fairy by Jeffrey Stein
Heartware by Gabriela Tagliavini
Hellbreak by Dan Grodnik
Hereditary by Craig Berger
Highest Peak by Sean Mogridge
Hostile Magic by Phillip Stern
Hotel Etenus by Lukas Strautins
Ice Fire by Aaron Mason
Idol by Medea Mazaray
Ilium Ridge by Glen Cram and Ron Hier
Immortal Brain by Peter Gartner
In Vivo AKA the Halmeoni Code by Alyssa Lobit
Knights of Wisdom: The Last Creation by Brad Cooper
Kraliens by Erika Kathryn
L.O.T.U.S. by Nathan Patton
Legacy’s Child by Iam Typn
Lights Camera Paranormal Action! by Cat Girczyc
Likeness by Micheline Wu
Limbo Land by Alex Paulk
Liveona by Paul Shiban
Lonesome Highway by Michael Gossette
Magic Bullet by Dan Roberts
Man-Made by Ryan Cunningham
Market by Matilda Corley Schulman
Medicine Woman by Hilary Van Hoose
Megalith by Jack Cox
Miracle and the Coven by Sebastian McGrogan
Moar by Cain Angelle
Monkey Trap by Lee Denning
Monster Mash by Michael Paterka
Mothman vs Bigfoot by Allen Sircy
Murder Victims Club by Amanda Keener
Naman by Lambert Bouley
Never Going H.O.M.E. by Xavion Niles
New Flagstaff – AI by JB Dunn
Next Door by Kimberley Lynne
Nexus by Lauren Spiegel
Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer
Nightstar by Ronnie Thibodeaux
Norman Brody and the Magic Psychology Practice by Steven Vivell
Occult by Vaughn Lawson
On the Record by Adam Goudchaux
Operation Sea Devils by N.A. Nielsen-Young
Ostensible by Tim Boissey and Yonash Breneman
Overlorde by Brian Streaty and Paul Rose
Panphobia by Joshua Montcalm
Paradise Sucks by Laurent Gaertner
Patchwork by Amanda Keener
Patricide and Capsaicin by Shanthanu Venugopal
Perfect World by Emil Faithe
Phantom in Time by Douglas Charles Macleod
Point Nemo by Alex Rivers
Pole Star by Christophe Beaucourt
Preincarnation by Kendall Castor-Perry
Project Abaddon: Rise of the Destroyer by Patrick Donovan
Protocol Six by Edward Gillespie
Qualia by Art Blount
Quantum Love (Or How Nick and Valerie Destroyed the World) by Steve Savitz
Red Bark by Kate Salters
Red Hoods by Dana Carrabon
Redpoll by Jason Sotolongo
Reign by Jess Guim
Remembrance by Bastian York
Requiem for a King by Hugh Blewett
Rescuing Lizzie by Mark Whittington
Respond by Alicia Kitamura
Return of the Messiah by Benjamin Sehat
Revelation by John Fantini
Riddle by Shiva Ramanathan
Ride of the Valkyries by Dan Goforth
Riot Machine by Clinton Morales
Rulers of Wander-land by Courtney Bowen
Saltpeter by Angelo Bell
Sam and the Rabbit by John Anselmo
See Attached by Dee Mick
See You See Me by Erin Galey
Shadows & Echoes by Chris Dale
She Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah by Bill Lahey
She-Ras by Gabe Shelly
Shifted by Maya Florin
Simulacra by Michael Duclos
Simulation by Peter Jang
Smoke by Carlos Perez
Sons of the Dollar by Guilherme Viegas
Soul Code by Crispin Rovere
SS3 by Gage Miles
Starlings by David Polsdorfer
Starship Sakira by Leslie Brockett
Still in Time by Greg Harvey
Stone’s Throw from Hell by Eide Lee
Stranded by Thomas Hauser
SUN of a B*TCH: The Proving Grounds by Maxwell L Highsmith
Talking Pictures by David Thome and Mary Jo
Terrorance by Daniel Bodenmann
Terrorburgh by Matthew Roberson
The 7 by Steve Ronaldson
The Bird at the End of Time by Scott Neil
The Bloodhound by Tim Morgan
The Call by Abel Bill
The Chair in the Garden by Drew Alexander Ross
The Change by Elisabeth Dale
The Coyote by Michael Holliday
The Cryptid Chronicles by Isaac Luna
The Dark by Joe Becker
The Definition of Insanity by Will Kellogg
The Drain by Dax Santi
The Enochian Wars: Armageddon Unleashed by Frank Palumbo
The Event by Izabela Borowska
The Fairy Godmother Algorithm by Terrell Harris
The Forgotten Door by Thomas Gaunt
The Garden by Nathan Patton
The Gateway by Parminder Saini
The Good Club by Gerald Smith
The Green Machine by Jeffrey Chase
The Half-Sisterhood by Lynnesta Goldman
The Hatchery by Tóth Béla
The Human Fix by Jason Kemppainen
The InterGalactic Mechanic by Alex Block
The Inventors’ Vault by Zach Brown
The Iteration by Will Lorimer
The Kill Clause by Kevin Tavolaro and Kelly Tavolaro
The Ladder by Faisal Qureshi
The Last Exodus by Carlos Galinho Pires
The Last Messenger: Part One by Tasia Williamson
The Maiden by Luigi Monteleone
The Marksons by Elias Johnson
The Morrisfield Misfits and The Sword of Fate by Jack Warner
The Non-Prophet by Ari Donnelly
The Pale Empress by Nicholas Winter
The Past is Not by Kevin Barney
The Patsy by DJ Films
The People’s Republic of Detroit by Mike Butler
The Place Between Our Lives by L Clay Callender and David Ellard
The Quiet Fire by Christopher McGuinness
The Red Queen by Ken Peters
The Relict by Olivia Piraino
The Royal We by Maggie Walters
The Salient, Part l – Genesis by Douglas Haynes
The Seed Sower by Leonard Rampello
The Skin We Wear by Liam Fitzpatrick
The Skull by Joel Hayes
The Station by Christopher Patrick
The Switch by Thomas Clary
The Sword’s Awakening by Matthew Tolbert
The Unicorn Sonata by Jared Michael Delaney
The United States of Automata by Austin Langley
The Unknown Elf by Karlie Lucas
The Venus Prophecy by AG Conlyn
The Verge of Seas by Albert M Chan
The War Witch by Anthony Moore
There Is Life by Mike Wilczynski
Three Pretty Girls by Michael Dunker
Time Thief by Stan Evans
Time Twist by Lizzy Shannon
Troman: Welcome to the Jungle by Robert Pietzsch and Adam Rocke
Twilight Kingdom by Gareth Meadows
Two by Radem
Uncommon Ground by Jennica Johnson
Unknown Depths by Ville Hokkanen
Venera by Charles Tucker
Vintrospection by Lisa Nagy Isaacson
Waves by Christian Zimmer
We Are Glass by Alyssa Jefferson
Wench by Paige Compton
Wickie by Tom Kelsey
Wild by Deaniera Wibisono
Wingman by Roope Rainisto
Witches & Warriors by Michael Elliott
Wonderland by Tim Bartell
Working My Way Back to You by Poe Tam
Wormholes by David Hitchcock
Zephyr Hills by Audrey Hackett
Zero Flux by JB Dunn
Zombie Football by Jim Greer
Zona Norte by Marco Santiago