2026 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A City Between Us by Marion De Juniac
A Good Return by Helen Rana
A Goth Christmas by Marlene Rhein
A Little Extra by Timothy Craig
A Noble Path by Stephen Elwain Barber
A Perfect World by Kathy Aspden
A Warm and Comforting Glow by Zachary Brimeyer
All the Quiet Places by Hughes Patrick Cousins
American Canvas by Gene J Wolande
American Widow by Vladimir Lisinac
An Elephant in the Dark by Abdullah Azizi
An Obvious Fact by Ama Adair
Andy & Me by Julia Pearlstein
Art of War by Mark A. Dahl
Atrophy by Bob Singleton
Aubrey Ames by Nadine Nonn
Bastard Nation by Eric D Conger
Be My Eyes by Dustin Stevens
Bend in the River by Jeff Barker
Beneath the Surface by Ros Jones
Beyond the Glass by Francis DiClemente
Bitter Cure by Pamela West
Bitter Harvest by Jack Warner
Blockhead by Carol I Hoffman
Bond Girl by Drusilla Lawton
Bonded by DE Greenfield
Boo’s Cruise by Michael G Morero
Brass Ring by Scott Saffran
Brother’s Keeper by Christy Daniels
Bubbling Under the Surface by Naomi B Lisner
Burden of Command by Shashank Upadhye
Burning Water by Loren Davis
BuzzKill by Dana Barnaby and Audrey Hyams
Cake by Jeffrey Brust
Capsized by Scott Corbett
Champagne and Other Problems by Matthew Ruth
Chasing Mary by Jack Teague
CHNL X by Mark Brown
City by the Sea by Joseph Pignataro and Toni Spera
Class of ’99 by Michael Elliott
Close to Love by Lew Osteen
Compliance by Zach Coseglia
Crime Spree by Louis Spirito
Cross Currents by L. E. McClintock
Crossing Massachusetts by Bill Wells
Crown & Conflict by Teja Chillara
Cut Bank by Kaitlin Messerly
Danny’s Fight by Scott Darden
Daughter Birmingham by Jim Hendricks
Demon of Venice by Linda Federico-OMurchu
Departure Time by Michael Riedel
Destiny at Daytona: The Frank Lockhart Story by John R Bayer
Destiny Dog by L C Anderson
Detective Green by Jacqueline Fisher
Detention Diary by Bryan Matthews
Dirty by Chris Craig
Disarma by Jesus Gonzalez
Donnie and the Devil by Hadj Gill and Ashveer Gill
Don’t Call Me Hero by Michael Elliott
Donut Boy by Trent Bester
Dreams of Starlight by Dan Hertzog
Edenbridge by Paul Allen
EDM by Scott Barker
Electric Eye by Kim Butler
Electricity by Marlene Rhein
Embrace of the Carp by Linda Walton
Emmaline by Nina Moyer
Everglow by Jessica Zhang
Familiar Realm by Jose Montalvo
Fathers’ Day by Mike Murphy
Final Adventure by Edward Gillespie
Finding Fantastic by Heidi Hornbacher
Fireproof by Nate Plotkin
Flesh by Gary Hewitt
Floating Back to Memphis by David Juergens
For Viktoria by Edward Badal
Forests of the Night by Chris Machuca
From This Day Forward by Chuck Frank
Gentlemen of the Gridiron by Birgit Syran Myaard
Getting Well by Nathan Shapiro
Girls Night Out by Natasha Wing
Gleason’s by Jess Waters
Gnarled Gods by JR Dimuzio
God Don’t Make Mistakes by Tracy Streeter
Granny’s Shot by Toni Berrie
Grease Kitchen by Alina Amir
Greyhound 1170 by Zach Jansen
Han by Kim Putman
Hands on the Wheel by Gordon Gravley
Hangfire by Donald Lewis and Jose de Avila
Hatchie’s Bridge by Dale Janda
Hell Hath No Fury by Michael Graf
Her Ice by Kimberly Jurgen
Hidden Steps: Behind the Veil by Nicholas Gerasimou
Hiroshima by Jannik Ohlendieck
Hollywood or Bust by Iris Mangual
Hopium by Jennifer Donohue
House of Ether by Jennifer Donohue
How You See Me, How You Don’t by Jason Crane
Idolized by Jessica Dyer
In His Mercy by Vincent Caligione
In Ottie’s World by David John Preece
Irena by Barry
It’s Just You and Me Baby by Ramona Robinson
It’s What You See by Lisa Hickey
Jaidee by Clint Morey
January Seventh by Joel Dahl
Jingle Bell Rock by Curt Samlaska
Justin Cody’s Race to Survival by Clarissa Jacobson
Kalliopi by Aliki Sakallerou
Kate’s Light by Dave Schroeder
Kim’s Money Tree by Kyung-Ja Lee
Lake Effect by Paul Simpson
Land Angels by Lauren Hackney
Late Summer Cherries by Hendrik De Smet
Latent by Wolfgang Landau
Livestream by Allan Scott Tamshen
Lola Ray by Josh Brownstein
Looking For Love…? by James Anthony Pearson
Love and Glory by Gary Parker
Lovesick by Marcus Stricklin
Loving You by Cheyenne Ervin
Lungs by Lara Karuna
Lupae by Edris Caige
Maintaining Is Exhausting by Karman Graham
Major by Rudi O’Meara
Maria and Jose… and Charlotte by Jose Flores
Mayfair Lady by Erin Martin
Mercy Road by Maria Doctor Fernandez and Ta’Sha Douglas
Middletown by Ken Close
Mine by Todd Foley
Moment of Glory by Ben Fiore
Money by James Schlicker
Need by Cote Bellard
Neela by Shyaam Karra
No Te Caigas by Michael Upshur
Nobel by Tom Vecchio
Of Patriots and Tyrants by Kevin Stuart Birnbaum
On the Line by Nathan Corpus
Outlaw by Andy Yang
Paradiso by Tyler Harvey
Parts Unknown by Adam Guerino
Pasos de baile by Teresa Techera
Patsy by Gary B Haley
Peeping Maureen by Samantha Shaber
Pepita by Mark Bowes
Perfectly Normal by Christopher Maring
Pieces of Me by Kenneth Collins
Pieces of You by Jack Warner
Pizza Face by Jake McKone
Polaroid Babies by Jules Caldeira
Postcards From Kansas by Fred Nolting
Potential by Alex Marsha Sylvia
Prairie Pothole League by Geoffrey O’Gara
Priority One by Hannah Augenstine
Recompense by Samuel Shindel Spencer
Rewiring Jade by Jane A Dafoe
River of Gold by Diane Burton and Dennis Burton
Rivkele by Alan Wynzel
Rot by Ryan Skinner
Round Trip by John Laurence
Running Around by George Perez
Running by Geoffrey O’Gara and Dan Whipple
Running to Life by Bill Jordan
Sanctuary by Alex Vaz
Saratoga by Robert Potter
Saving Spero by Stacy Bannerman
Serena by Christopher Murray
Serpent’s Tooth by Jeff Hall
Serving Faith by Paul Thornhill
Sexcluded by Phoebe Lynch
Shadow Self by Thomas Zimmerman
Silky Sullivan by Stephen Krespel
Slippery Slope by Cole Potter
Sniper Queen by David Ennocenti
Somewhere Heavenward by Barbara West
Stateless by Andy Yang
Stealing Darkness by Sean Lawrence
Steps by Lynn McPherson
Still Perfect by Michael Fitzer
Sunrise by Michael Angelus
Super Fams by DR Ransdell
Survival by Stephen Leach
Sutton’s by JW Newberry
Targets by Rick J Lucas
Tears in the Sand by Kelli Chillson
Terriers in the Jungle by Georja Umano
The 2nd Wife by Alina Amir
The Advocate by James Sutherland
The Astrologer by Ray Keller and Richard Schmidt
The Boy Anew by Nathan Davis
The Breaking Point by David Brown
The Cajun by Patrick Teal
The Cannonball Kid by Adrian C Catarzi
The Current of Us by D. Hunter Fein
The Cursed and the Favored by Brock LaBorde
The Detour by Dion Aralihalli
The Eleventh Arrondissement by RL Galbraith
The Empath by Suzanne Porush
The Evolution of Eve by Miranda Haley Kett
The Fail Son by Francis Rose
The Forever House by Russell Bennett
The Forgotten Exile by Loreana Valentini
The God Gene by James Vincent
The Great Adventure by Clint Morey
The Higher Path by Edward Badal
The Highwayman by Don Shroll
The Hunting by Katherine Cortez
The In-Between by Maddie Olejnik
The Jump by John Killoran
The Last Rebels by Danny Daniel Powell
The Lazarus Curse by Barbara Ashley
The Lone Wolf by William Parsons
The Lonely Wish by Nick McCabe
The Lot by Mark D Clark
The Mark One Motor Lodge by Vasilios Papapitsios and Marco Moliterni
The Miffletoe Connection by Andre Campbell and Brandon Bott
The Monday Descent by Phil Peyton
The Nurse by Shanee Edwards
The Old Master by Anthony Murphy
The On-the-Roof Gang by Matt Zullo
The P.A.C.T. People for Active Community Treatment by Nathan Zen Sapien
The Second Silence by Marilyn Marchetti
The Space Between by Erica Pitzi
The Trickster and the Sage by Benj Austin
The Ugliest Man in Pictures by Ken Krauss
The Why by Shane Graham
The Young Poet by Tomas Maggi
Third-Most Wanted by Darrin Reed and Stephen Tesher
Thumpers by Dawn Kalani Cowle
Time Piece by Stephen Inniss
Tonopah: A Peacekeeper’s Promise by Jackie Boor
Two Truths and a Lie by Megan Peterson
Uncle Joey by Maria Felicetti
Under the Music by Cheryl Willis
Unshakeable by Heather Farlinger
Van 59 by Brian Trotter
Versus by Alex Marsha Sylvia
Vessels by Derek Weissbein
Vincent by James Valko
War Stories by Anthony Catalano
Welcome to Dabsville by Sara Hallowell
What The River Knows by Alicia Inshiradu
Whatever It Takes by Barbara Blomquist
Whispering Winds by Richard Guimond
Wilder by Kris Shuman
Will by Michael L Williams
Women At Work by Steven Friedman
Wren by Kyle Thomas
Zephyr Hills by Audrey Hackett