2023 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition

Grand Prize Winner

Iris by Cidney Hue and Shunori Ramanthan

Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

Carapace by Alex Gonzalez
El Coco by Blake Robbins
Incarnations by Albert M Chan
Iris by Cidney Hue and Shunori Ramanthan
Marooned by Marc McCutcheon
Perfect World by Emil Faithe
Point Nemo by Alex Rivers
Skpow! by Stephen Notley and Dwayne Martineau
The Ordinary House of Extraordinary Lane by Robert Walcott
The Tain by Luke Hart-Moynihan

Semi-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Better Future by Roger Hart
Akari’s Gift by Euroy Tan
Alien Hoax: A Love Story by Gary Lamb
Anthrax Island by Scott Gilman
Area:98 by Stephen Hess
Black Joy Always Wins by Sharyon Anita
Bookertown by Sam Buckner III
Carapace by Alex Gonzalez
Charlie and the Unexplained by Eric La Febre
Charly Talks to Herself by Lisa Nagy Isaacson
Chronoception by Sam Kench
Clinic by Rob Tymchyshyn
Colburn by Allison Volk
Combustion by Christopher Wright
Coppelia by Don Shroll
Crazy Time Movie by Courtney Garbera and Lucas Garbera
Dark Sky by Lance Bradley
Delete. by Geoff Dupuy-Holder
Delivery Guy by Rich Rose
Displaced by Jem Splitter
Dream by Scott Seagren
Dry by Shirley Miller and Justin Gold
Duplicity by Blaise Hesselgren
EarthJacked by Mark Ruggio
El Coco by Blake Robbins
End of Scene by Jen Butler
Enduring Chill by Ian P Causer
Finding Phil by TJ Berry
Freeway by Kathy Boettcher
Future Tripping by Brian White
Ghost Soldier by Brett Elam
Gin-Verse by Francesco Capussela
Helen by Tim O’Leary
Helios Rising by Patrick Holden
High School Never Ends by Danny Hogan
High-School 51 by Danyul Tomlin
Incarnations by Albert M Chan
Inhuman Resources by Adam Arkin
Iris by Cidney Hue and Shunori Ramanthan
King Me by Brian McWilliams
Leanderthal by John Herndon
Little Green Mend by Brian Menz and Linda Whitemore
Little Red Cells by Ronald Ecker
Maiden by Jake White
Man’s World by Alexander Julian
Marooned by Marc McCutcheon
Midnight by Alyssa Giannola
Moar by Cain Angelle
Monster Syndrome by Melissa Harkness
Moonscope by David Hunter Fein
Neurotransmission by Andrea Berting
New Olympus by Matthew Nicholson
Not in the Stars by Sandford Galden-Stone
Omnilingual by Rudi O’Meara
Orbital by Merlin Goldman
Perfect World by Emil Faithe
Point Nemo by Alex Rivers
Princess Phoebe by G R White
Red by Theodore Soderberg
Red Christmas by Matthew Kelcourse
Remember, Love by Alan Ray
Rent-a-Life by Connor Brown
Ride of the Valkyries by Dan Goforth
Rude Mechanicals by Julian Hoxter
Sacrificial by Michael Lucid
Sci-Family by Claudio Torres
Sedalia by Lisa Jay
She Dreams of Neon by Michael Graham
Shucks by CChristopher Bush
Skpow! by Stephen Notley and Dwayne Martineau
Spider by Ryan Skinner
StarRiders by James Rodriguez
Strings by Matthew Millard and Sierra Millard
Succubus by Rob McNeil
Tarragon: Key Keeper by Karlie Lucas
Terminated by Steve Coy
The Blind Thief’s Apprentice by Sian B Jekyll
The Bridge by Phil Burdette
The Choice by Nathan Waire
The Exchange by Jeff Meyers
The Gene Pool by Jennifer Weber
The God Machine by Michael Bowler
The Goddess Within by Stav Kalogeras
The Invasion of Tim by Dominic Abeyta
The Link by MB Stevens
The Logic Gate by Carl Bresk
The Nest by Richard Abercrombie
The Ordinary House of Extraordinary Lane by Robert Walcott
The Shimmers by Brendan Vogel and Ruth Sabin
The Song of Solomon by Bob Canning
The Story of I by John Fox
The Tahoe Signal by Mark Mc Quown
The Tain by Luke Hart-Moynihan
These Messages by Walter Scharold
Things Are Looking Up by Dan Grodnik
Trace by Matthew Davis and Hillary Stringer
Universal Frequency by Richard Krzemien
Valentine’s Baby by Michael Harrold
Villain Era by Simone Gerber
Wild Geese by Matt Sadowski

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Better Future by Roger Hart
A Girl Called Arf by Marcas McClellan
A Shimmer in Space by Adrienne Kohler
A World of Sin by Zenas Cao
Akari’s Gift by Euroy Tan
all that glitters… by Arnold Greenspan
Alien Football Hero by Joel Karlinsky
Alien Hoax: A Love Story by Gary Lamb
Alligator Stomp by Bill Daley
Alt Alex by Danny Baram
An Elephant’s Prayer by Eclipse Neilson
Ancient of Genes by Dan Gallagher
Anthrax Island by Scott Gilman
Area:98 by Stephen Hess
Asteroids by Matthew Kelcourse
Athor by Brian Streaty and Paul Rose
Atlantica by Donald Smith
Axolotl by Jack Ebstein
Babel by Andrew Fontanez
Becoming Elizabeth by Aimee Pitta
Beneath the Surface by Jack Rice
Beyond Heirus by Matthew Marshall
Bill, God of War by Caleb Dillon
Binary by AK Moore
Binary War by Holly Rudolph
Biomass by Rob Tymchyshyn
Black Joy Always Wins by Sharyon Anita
Bloom by Kyle Woods
Blue Honey by SherLann Moore
Bookertown by Sam Buckner III
Boy From Earth by Marc McCutcheon
Butterfly (Dangerously Beautiful) by DeBorah Breeding
Can’t Save ‘Em All by Charlie Ricottone
Carapace by Alex Gonzalez
Charlie and the Unexplained by Eric La Febre
Charly Talks to Herself by Lisa Nagy Isaacson
Chronoception by Sam Kench
Clinic by Rob Tymchyshyn
Colburn by Allison Volk
Combustion by Christopher Wright
Coppelia by Don Shroll
Crash by Denise A. Agnew and Marie D. Jones
Crazy Time Movie by Courtney Garbera and Lucas Garbera
Dark Arrival by Ken Jones and John Berry
Dark Sky by Lance Bradley
Dead Instead by Rachel Sudbeck
Delete. by Geoff Dupuy-Holder
Delivery Guy by Rich Rose
Demon in the Mountain by Ryan Christiansen
Devilspawn by Daniel DeShazer
Displaced by Jem Splitter
Dream by Scott Seagren
Drones by Nicholas Herbert
Dry by Shirley Miller and Justin Gold
Duplicity by Blaise Hesselgren
EarthJacked by Mark ruggio
El Coco by Blake Robbins
Electric Love by Petula Miller
Empathy in an Uncanny Valley by Korstiaan Vandiver
End of Scene by Jen Butler
Enduring Chill by Ian P Causer
Error by Niki Smart
Evermoon by Michael Cravotta
Extraction by Luke Muyskens
Fairy Dress by Neha Shrivastava
Fallasee by Marqus Bobesich
Feed the Flame by Ford Disco
Ferals by M.R. Fitzgerald
Finding Phil by TJ Berry
Fire Ants (Solenopsis Invicta) By Dan Barwick
Freeway by Kathy Boettcher
Future Tripping by Brian White
Getaway by Kyle Finnegan
Ghost Soldier by Brett Elam
Ghostwalker: A Post-apocalyptic Love Story by Tony Corporan
Gin-Verse by Francesco Capussela
GMO by Emil Faithe
God of the Cheap High by Steven Bollinger
Goodbye, to Your Reality! By David Fein
Gorgon by Richard Humphries
Heaven’s Silence by Michael Gossette
Helen by Tim O’Leary
Helios Rising by Patrick Holden
Hereditary by Craig Berger
High School Never Ends by Danny Hogan
High-School 51 by Danyul Tomlin
History of Unexplained Phenomena by Gregory Hutchins
Human Stalk by Nil Unerdem
Illusory by Mike Kearby
Incarnations by Albert M Chan
Ineffable by Marcus McGee
Inflection Points by Peter Andrews
Inhuman Resources by adam arkin
Iris by Cidney Hue and Shunori Ramanthan
Jaguar Ghost by Gary Smiley and Toby Osborne
Jimmy & Jara From Outta Space by Anton Diether
John H Watson Crime Doctor by Timothy Liebe
Karma by Tyra Hughes
King Me by Brian McWilliams
Lady of Devices by Carol Hall
Larry’s Best Friend by David Hill
Leanderthal by John Herndon
Little Green Men by Juhani Nurmi
Little Green Mend by Brian Menz and Linda Whitemore
Little Red Cells by Ronald Ecker
Lydia’s League of Angels by Sherry Savage
Maiden by Jake White
Man’s World by Alexander Julian
Marooned by Marc McCutcheon
Medusa Virus by Gayla Kraetsch Hartsough
Medusa: Rise of the Gorgon by Clint Ford
Midnight by Alyssa Giannola
Miracle and the Coven by Sebastian McGrogan
Moar by Cain Angelle
Monster Commandos by Jermaine Jones
Monster Syndrome by Melissa Harkness
Moonscope by David Hunter Fein
Murray’s End by Esa Nurminen
My Martian Gardener by Joseph Lawrence LaCroce
Neurotransmission by Andrea Berting
Never See the Sun Again by Mason McDonald
New Olympus by Matthew Nicholson
Not in the Stars by Sandford Galden-Stone
NZR by Leon Masters
OliViA by Elizabeth Musgrave
Omnilingual by Rudi O’Meara
Once and Future by Kylie Ann Boersma
Orbital by Merlin Goldman
P.I. by Alexander Winter
P.O.K.E.T by Celina Dobson
Palace of the Giants by Lois Buchter
Parallel by Nick Padmore
Perfect World by Emil Faithe
Persona by Jeffrey Howe
Piper of Cragencarn by Alan Howcroft
Placeholders by Dominic White
Point Nemo by Alex Rivers
Porcupine by David Hunter Fein
Pride of the Magi by Christopher Harris
Princess Phoebe by G R White
Prison Earth by Mark Simborg
Psychopomp by Celina Dobson
Race Music by Hasan Oracius
Rainier by Peter Roach
Ramses Faro and the Labyrinth of the Crocodiles by JT Thompson
Recovered by Harry Kelley
Red by Theodore Soderberg
Red Christmas by Matthew Kelcourse
Remember, Love by Alan Ray
Rent-a-Life by Connor Brown
Ride of the Valkyries by Dan Goforth
Rude Mechanicals by Julian Hoxter
Sacrificial by Michael Lucid
Safeguard by Tom Moriarty
Same Old Scene by Justin Shaw
Sandstorm by Robert Brickman
Saving Santiago by Jonathan Vermeer
Sci-Family by Claudio Torres
Sedalia by Lisa Jay
SH+AGUAR The Night Huntress by Sandhi Santini
She Dreams of Neon by Michael Graham
Shelf Life by C Simon
Shucks by Cchristopher Bush
Skpow! by Stephen Notley and Dwayne Martineau
Space Race: Induction by Johnathan Burns
Spectacular Man by Garry McNulty
Spider by Ryan Skinner
Star Ducks by Jake Lynch
Starmaps by Arthur Vincie
StarRiders by James Rodriguez
Strings by Matthew Millard and Sierra Millard
Succubus by Rob McNeil
Sucking In the Seventies by Bob Cousins
Superior by Richard Stone
Surface by Frank Kelly and John Sullivan
Tardigrades in Space by Jonathan Anderson
TARO: Legend of Japan by Blue Spruell
Tarragon: Key Keeper by Karlie Lucas
Teleportation Security Administration by Kevin J. Howard
Terminated by Steve Coy
Terms of Entanglement by Dave Schroeder
The Adipose Virus by Lucy Fazely
The Asteroid of Doctor Moreau by Craig Gulow
The Black Lights by Paul Jonas Kinnunen
The Blind Thief’s Apprentice by Sian B Jekyll
The Book of Monk by Michael Bockman
The Bridge by Phil Burdette
The Choice by Nathan Waire
The Dragon Key by Lyn Pinezich
The Emperor Of Luna Park by Robert Skir
The Exchange by Jeff Meyers
The Gene Pool by Jennifer Weber
The Girl in the Woods by James Ryan
The Giving Day by Jon Brecto
The God Machine by Michael Bowler
The Goddess Within by Stav Kalogeras
The Grandfather Paradox by Phil Moore
The Invasion of Tim by Dominic Abeyta
The Jump by John Killoran
The Keystone by Christine Autrand Mitchell
The Last Giants by Darrell Dorsett
The Last Guardian by Francisco Castro
The Link by MB Stevens
The Logic Gate by Carl Bresk
The Magic of Misfits by Bill Freas
The Moth by Brittany Jelinski
The Nest by Richard Abercrombie
The Never by Wil Willis
The Ordinary House of Extraordinary Lane by Robert Walcott
The Persistence of Memory by Sid Bodalia
The Plant Thief by Norm Fassbender and Katherine Holowach
The Realms by Ronald Glass and Marisa Glass Notier
The Red Zone by Terry Podnar
The Road to Sorrowful by Andrea Lawson
The Screen Time Machine by Jane Tulley and Jane Ann Gonzalez
The Scripts of Virtue by Jai Walia
The Seedling by Kevin J. Howard
The Seventh Robe by Ged Maybury
The Shimmers by Brendan Vogel and Ruth Sabin
The Song of Solomon by Bob Canning
The Story of I by John Fox
The Tahoe Signal by Mark Mc Quown
The Tain by Luke Hart-Moynihan
The Theory Of Invisibility by Aimee Pitta
The Twin Portraits by Eva Everett Irving
These Messages by Walter Scharold
Things Are Looking Up by Dan Grodnik
Titanblood by Brendon O’Brien
To The End by Chris Hicks
To the Moon and Back by Gareth Mallon
Trace by Matthew Davis and Hillary Stringer
Transistor Punk by Ryan Thomas Riddle
Typhoid Maria by Timothy Porter
Under Vanishing Skies by Gregory Fields
Unemployed Santa by Lorna Norrise and Lauren Rosson
Unicorn Down by Jodi Davis
Universal Frequency by Richard Krzemien
Valentine’s Baby by Michael Harrold
Villain Era by Simone Gerber
Virtual Reality by Dave Grove
Vodoun Series by Stuart Creque
Wake the System by Micah Sloat
Wendhes Wildman by Kim Lozelle
What I Saw by Damion Stephens
What Things Will Come by Brian Lajeunesse
Who They? by A Lane Fox
WICCA by Kelsey MacGillivray
Wild Geese by Matt Sadowski
Worse Than Nazis by Christopher Harmon
Yugo Girl by Pat Branch