2025 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Screenplay Competition

Grand Prize Winner

Yahoo Boy by Wendy Bednarz

Top 10 Finalists

Annie Hell by Ervin Anderson
Buy Now Network by Thomas Yungerberg
Charity Cases by Daniel Vignolo and Matthew Harrison
In the Chill of the Morning by Paul Glen Neuman and Mark Edward
Last Case Resort by Kevin Goolsby and Kevin Heyer
Second Stringers by Liz Tenan
The Cooks of Tanning House by Jen Bieser
The RAs by Bri Kaisen
The Way We Walk by Joseph Kibler
Yahoo Boy by Wendy Bednarz

Semi-Finalists

A Killer Romance by David Biscevic
Almost by Design to Comedy Series by Roberta M Roy
Amy’s in the Freezer by Venita Ozols-Graham and Brigitte Graham
And Still Champion… by Jackie Letkowski
Annie Hell by Ervin Anderson
Appetite for Consumption by Mike Walski
As You Wish by Mike Peters
Bad Romance by Chad Wellinger
Benny Chiba and the Fat Ninja by Ravi Chand
Block Captain by DE Greenfield
Bring a Date to D&D by Tim Bennett and Mike Hartigan
Brothered by Antonio Avella
Buy Now Network by Thomas Yungerberg
Cabin No. 3 by Mitchell Martin
Campus Police by Chase Pierce
Charity Cases by Daniel Vignolo and Matthew Harrison
Charles Somebody by Scott Corbett and Mark Cohen
ChuBBBs, Inc. by Miguel Rivera
City of Lakers by Michael R Barnard
College at 27 by Kevin Statham
Courting Cupid by Hugh Obrien
Dad Band! by Patrick Hand
Death of the Great American Mall by Miles Orduna
Doomsday Dummies by Julia Hettmann
Essie Rosenbaum Must Die by Miles Kahn
Everyone’s Crazy by Richard Spencer
Femme by Abbie Hills
Fish Crimes: Aquatic Victims Unit by Molly Vogel
Flatwood & Mothman are Roommates by Solomon Yeagley
Fouled Out by Rodrigo Varandas
Gender Reveal by Stephen Lemieux
Getting Deep by Mahalia Latortue-Pridgett
Go Go Man by Daniel Louis
Goodbye Nelson by Jack Sacks
Hailey’s Comet by Donna Trousdale and Perry Wolberg
Heaven Sent by Abe Novick
Hell of a Night by Nathan Zingg
Her Name Is Alex by Paula Murrain
Hope Springs Maternal by Miss Marie Belsten
Host Family by Makena Metz
House Pest by Charles Jessen
Hulihuli Moon by Jo Danieli
In Oliver’s Image: An Offbeat Love Story by Jeff Peck
In the Chill of the Morning by Paul Glen Neuman and Mark Edward
Just What I Need by Allie Nelson
Kiss My Ass Demon by John Radtke
Last Case Resort by Kevin Goolsby and Kevin Heyer
Laughing While Dying by Irv Rich
Let’s Kill Santa by Chris Pecchenino
Lights in the Sky by Jason Ginsburg
Limbo Land by Alex Paulk
Love Hurts by Layla Cummins
Loving Liberty by Harvey Yazijian
Making A Killing by Andy Henry
Mommy Needs a Man by Serita Debra Stevens
Mother Dearest Pilot by Tavish Young
Movie Ushers by Scott Darden
Nine Months Left by Matthew Lowe
Norman Brody and the Magic Psychology Practice by Steven Vivell
Nurse Nanny by Jessica Curwen
Oreo by Brandon Collins
Pepper by Kane Seligsohn
Phoebix, Arizona by Mike O’Neill
Phony Jennifer by Doug Omoto
Power Troop by John Anselmo
Pregnot by Drew Toop
Psychic Street by Robert Mogsa
Put Out the Sun by Maso Perez
Rumspringa by Finnegan Haid and Jake Haddock
Scapegoat! by Nan Schmid
Scrambled by Sam Hayat
Second Stringers by Liz Tenan
See You In The Comments by Brenda Jonsson
Senior Assassins by Sarah Granger
Sicknote by Aileen Bartlett
Sirens by Lucy Burnett
Soft Boiled by Joey Pelletier
Suckers by James Moran
Support Group by Eric Irizarry
Tender & Mild by Finn Caulfield
Terminal by Erin Devine
The Cooks of Tanning House by Jen Bieser
The Delivery Guy by Jamie Powter
The Devil I Know by Josh Brody
The Key Party by Eric Chambers
The Life & Times of No One Famous by Robert Bridge
The Perfect Guy by Steven Bolia
The Postman and the Diamond by Stephen Leach
The RAs by Bri Kaisen
The Reluctant Messiah by Gary Sherman
The Way We Walk by Joseph Kibler
Tinderbox by Wendy Jean Wilkins
Too Perfect by Andy Pratt
Vampires Aren’t Real by Brandon Crowson
Whimsey on Ice by Peyton McDavitt
Who Let the Wallflowers Out? by Virginia Austin
Wiseguy Feature by Alan Barkley
Wit Happens by Shaun Delliskave
Writer’s Block by Ron Stewart
Yahoo Boy by Wendy Bednarz

Quarter-Finalists

(Mostly) Happily Ever After by Jasmine Aziz and Dan McNeil
A Good Son’s Guide to Living by Matthew Scott Myers
A Killer Romance by David Biscevic
A Summer With Saddam by Gary Awad
A Sure Thing by James Mangan
Absolute Dinner by Nic Turner
Adventures in Serial Killing by Jack Warner
Adventures in Toyland by Catherine Fridey
Allysons Wonderland by Mugs Cahill
Almost by Design to Comedy Series by Roberta M Roy
American African by Kenneth Bogar
Amy’s in the Freezer by Venita Ozols-Graham and Brigitte Graham
An Unusual Therapy by Desiree Malinowski
And Still Champion… by Jackie Letkowski
Andy9000 by Jon Shaivitz
Annie Hell by Ervin Anderson
Ant-Arctica by Larry Swanson
Appetite for Consumption by Mike Walski
Aqualand by Luke Hunter
As You Wish by Mike Peters
Bad Mango! by Meghan Weinstein
Bad Romance by Chad Wellinger
Baked Cakes by Shellie Lewis
Banana Boy & the Last Call by Will Moro
Batty by Andrew James
Benjamin Lee High School by John Pastore
Benny Chiba and the Fat Ninja by Ravi Chand
Better Days by Christopher Mancuso And Jason Porcino
Beverly Hills Bucket List by Chase Pierce
Blame It on Warhol by Daniel Corter
Block Captain by DE Greenfield
Boy Mom by Marissa Joy
Bring a Date to D&D by Tim Bennett and Mike Hartigan
Brothered by Antonio Avella
Bullsh!t by Adrienne Thorne
Business School by Justin Martinez-Jones
Buy Now Network by Thomas Yungerberg
Cabin No. 3 by Mitchell Martin
Cake Walkers by Marcus Page
Campus Police by Chase Pierce
Catering Hell by Warren Lane
Charity Cases by Daniel Vignolo and Matthew Harrison
Charles Somebody by Scott Corbett and Mark Cohen
Chris and the Coffee Girl By Mike Messier
Chronic by Jessica Gardner
ChuBBBs, Inc. by Miguel Rivera
Church of Punk by Angelo Mike
City of Lakers by Michael R Barnard
College at 27 by Kevin Statham
Courting Cupid by Hugh Obrien
Cry Guy by Josh Schaffer
Curtains on A Christmas Carol by Luke Swanson
Dad Band! by Patrick Hand
Damned If We Do by Renee LoSapio and Cynthia Newby
Dead Melody by Gabe Berry
Dear Prudence by Daniel Falcone
Death of the Great American Mall by Miles Orduna
Defroster by Nathan Patton
Dirty Donna – For A Good Time, Call by Declan Powers and Mark DiPaola
DNA by Heather Farlinger
Do Over by Sari Earl
Don Senatore by Alex Beattie
Doomsday Dummies by Julia Hettmann
Dorming: Picture of a Hot Girl by Megan Esch
Double Walker by Gary Blackwood
Duds & Studs by Brett Joyce
Eggrolls & Gravy by Rebecca Williams Spindler
Essie Rosenbaum Must Die by Miles Kahn
Everyone’s Crazy by Richard Spencer
F.M.L by Ritchie Stonian Johnston
Family Pickle by Brandon Prosek
Fed Up by Sasha Tishman
Femme by Abbie Hills
Fifth Avenue Gentlemen’s Society by Christopher Isenegger
Fish Crimes: Aquatic Victims Unit by Molly Vogel
Fisticuffs by Rich Gallagher
Flatwood & Mothman are Roommates by Solomon Yeagley
Forked By Aslan Hollier
Fort Northwood by Keith Kessinger
Fouled Out by Rodrigo Varandas
Framily by Shellie Lewis
FZORK by Jared
Gaslighters by Paul Jarnagin
Gender Falls by Anthony Torino Blevins
Gender Reveal by Stephen Lemieux
Genies by Kevin McMechan
Getting Deep by Mahalia Latortue-Pridgett
Go Go Man by Daniel Louis
Golf Club by Lilian Barrera and C.K. Hunt
Goodbye Nelson by Jack Sacks
Greenlit by Sam Rose
Grill Parker: Nanny Man by Kim Saltarski
Grimweed by Jeremy Engel
Guardian AHole by David Case
Hailey’s Comet by Donna Trousdale and Perry Wolberg
Hanging Buddy by John Kestner
Heaven Sent by Abe Novick
Hell of a Night by Nathan Zingg
Her Name Is Alex by Paula Murrain
High Steppin’ by John Boal And Ellen Alperstein
Hope Springs Maternal by Miss Marie Belsten
Host Family by Makena Metz
House Pest by Charles Jessen
Hulihuli Moon by Jo Danieli
Hungry Eyes by Egidio Concas
I Am the Walrus by Jack Matosian
If Only by Erika Knight
I’ll Get There by Michele Karpel
Image Is Everything by Nathan Patton
In Oliver’s Image: An Offbeat Love Story by Jeff Peck
In the Chill of the Morning by Paul Glen Neuman and Mark Edward
Intermission by Holly Solomon
Jesus One-Stop by Frederik Ehrhardt
Just Happy to Be Here by Rob Shapiro
Just One Yes by D. Hunter Fein
Just What I Need by Allie Nelson
K.M.S. by Andrew Kim
Keep It Civil by Robby Goldman
Kick Rocks by Peter Herlan
Killer Moves by Meredith McClure
Kiss My Ass Demon by John Radtke
Last Case Resort by Kevin Goolsby and Kevin Heyer
Laughing While Dying by Irv Rich
Lazy Millennial by Erika Hakmiller
Le Chaudron Blanc by Chad Wellinger
Let’s Kill Santa by Chris Pecchenino
Lights in the Sky by Jason Ginsburg
Lights! Camera! Cluster#^&@! by Ryan Dooley
Like, Forever by Diana Wright and Annie Girard
Limbo Land by Alex Paulk
Little Cult by Cody Peterson
Love Hurts by Layla Cummins
Love Never Dies by Tom Freyer
Loving Liberty by Harvey Yazijian
Maddie and Frannie by Virginia Austin
Making A Killing by Andy Henry
Making the Talibrand (The Musical) by Alex Vaz
Mascot Murders by Michael Zielinski
Masquerade by Scott Billings
Medieval Times by Nina Rausch
Mistakes Along the Way By D. Hunter Fein
Molly DGAF! by Dawn Kathleen Shrum
Mommy Needs a Man by Serita Debra Stevens
Mother Dearest Pilot by Tavish Young
Movie Ushers by Scott Darden
Munchies by Philip Sassi
My Frenemy Satan by Brett Martin and Ethan Martin
Neidelman by David Zorn
Nine Months Left by Matthew Lowe
Norman Brody and the Magic Psychology Practice by Steven Vivell
Nurse Nanny by Jessica Curwen
Oreo by Brandon Collins
Our Ugly Baby by Ray Keller
Pandemonia by Bartosz Pietryka
Paul Throws a Party by Matthew Hoch
Pepper by Kane Seligsohn
Perfect Individual by Eva von Schweinitz
Phoebix, Arizona by Mike O’Neill
Phony Jennifer by Doug Omoto
Power Troop by John Anselmo
Pregnot by Drew Toop
Princess Di and the Lesbians by Lesley Hoyt
Psychic Street by Robert Mogsa
Puckers by Haley Bulen
Put Out the Sun by Maso Perez
R(66) by Christopher Patrick
Rainbow Cruise by Diane Lansing
Raisin Men by Katrina Jaxson
Reject Me by Jen Butler
Rival Heat by Veronika Gribanova
Roadside Attraction by Scott Farmer
Rodeo by Lynn Elliott
Rumspringa by Finnegan Haid and Jake Haddock
Running Start by Jillian Cardillo
Sandwiched by Gina Ippolito
Santa’s Sack by DJ Films
Scapegoat! by Nan Schmid
Scrambled by Sam Hayat
Second Stringers by Liz Tenan
See You In The Comments by Brenda Jonsson
Selling Off by Harris Freedman
Senior Assassins by Sarah Granger
Shanked by Liz Mitts
Sherlock Homie and His Sidekick Q by Katrina Jaxson
Showstopper by Makena Metz
Sicknote by Aileen Bartlett
Sirens by Lucy Burnett
Skating With You by April Rock
Soft Boiled by Joey Pelletier
Squid Ink by Max Morgan and Alex Reinhard, Nick Maurer, Blake Antrim, Chris Hassay
Starlite Switch by Laurie Boyle Crompton
Stuffed by Don Lorincz
Suckers by James Moran
Support Group by Eric Irizarry
Tender & Mild by Finn Caulfield
Terminal by Erin Devine
The Adirondack Abscondence by Christopher Della Rocco
The Art of the Matter by Janna Jones and Janna Jones
The Barbers of New England by Nicholas Fowler and Scott Fowler
The Best Man by Kerri A Quinn
The Child Support Avenger by Jermaine Jones
The Cooks of Tanning House by Jen Bieser
The Delivery Guy by Jamie Powter
The Devil I Know by Josh Brody
The Dutchman by Robert Morgan Callahan
The Eight Dates of Hanukkah by Laurel Gans
The Erie Hotel by Paul Grodell
The Florida Man Conspiracy by Stephanie Kolar
The Giving Knee by Tia Matza
The Iceberg in My Head by Matthew Lowe
The Key Party by Eric Chambers
The Ladies Room by Andrew Smith
The Last Camaro by Tom Morgan
The Life & Times of No One Famous by Robert Bridge
The Mathletes by Chidi Ilobi
The Not So Dark Ages by Drew Hellmich and Matt Hellmich
The Pacino Picture by Jennifer D’Angelo Kircher and Gregory D’Angelo
The Painted Man by Glen Hosking
The Park by Christiaan Smit
The Patels Save Christmas by Mehul Shah
The Perfect Guy by Steven Bolia
The Postman and the Diamond by Stephen Leach
The RAs by Bri Kaisen
The Reluctant Messiah by Gary Sherman
The Soup-Ad Model by Matthew Lowe
The Sun Won’t Set by Thomas Wood
The Time Travelers’ Gala by Anderson Boyd
The Way We Walk by Joseph Kibler
There Goes the Agrihood by Adam Hersh
There Is Darkness Inside by Kyle Lavore
Tinderbox by Wendy Jean Wilkins
Tinsel Tensions by Xavion Niles
Too Perfect by Andy Pratt
Tran & Trina by Ryan Luong
Turns Out by Natalie Lynch and Tara Jayn
Unlearners by Casie Cook
Vampires Aren’t Real by Brandon Crowson
Vicky and Venessa by Persia White
Virtually In Love by Dorian Carrillo
Voodoo Valentinos by Michael Gould
Wahoos by Drew McInturff
Waitress #2 by Nathan Patton
Welcome to Jackson by Noah Alexander Frank and Dan Weber
Whimsey on Ice by Peyton McDavitt
Who Let the Wallflowers Out? by Virginia Austin
Wildflower of the Valley: Carnal Bloom by Hannah Vernot
Wiseguy Feature by Alan Barkley
Wit Happens by Shaun Delliskave
Writer’s Block by Ron Stewart
Yahoo Boy by Wendy Bednarz