2024 Winners
Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
Grand Prize Winner
A White and Savage Land
by Alex Rivers
Finalists
(Alphabetical Order by Title)
A White and Savage Land by Alex Rivers
Aponi by Tyler Gibbons
Checkout by Hunter Davis and Bryan Bockbrader
Dead Melody by Gabe Berry
Holocene by Arthur Fishel
Molotovs by HF Crum
Po’Pay by John McCarney
Requiem at Mud Lake by Larry Thomas
Straight Up by Rod Spence
The Sea Dragon by Adam Sharp
Semi-Finalists
(Alphabetical Order by Title)
A Fistful of Bullets by Jerzy P. Suchocki
A Man Capable by Kyle Little
A White and Savage Land by Alex Rivers
Albion by Blaise Hesselgren
All the Small Things by Brian Cheng
Alliance by Suzanne Griffin
Amazon Adventure by Niki Smart
Amber by Mark Brown and Dennis Donovan
Ambergris by Jacobo Fe
American Enterprise by Michael Rakoff and Don Purnell
Aponi by Tyler Gibbons
Beamers by Richard Morris
Boomerang by Mike Alter
Buccaneers of Brig O’Doon by Anthony Ford
Chasing Humanity by David Velasco
Checkout by Hunter Davis
Clutch by Molly Hale
Cordelia’s Adventure by Tony Barone
Cowboys and Indians by Aaron Campbell
Dead Melody by Gabe Berry
Dead Rabbits by Jason James
Dick and Leo Fight a Monster by Will DeWitt
Double Date Safari by Lee Anne Weldon
Euthanized by Don Stroud
Finding Eden by Brad Dude
Follow the Badge by Jayson Crittenden
Fraud by Jill Hoppe
Freedom Run by Aries King
Freeway by Kathryn Boettcher
Friend of the Moai by Joseph Casner
Gemini World by Matthew Kelcourse
Going, Going, Gone by Aurelia Turrall
Graves by Emeka Orjiakor
Holocene by Arthur Fishel
Hunchback to the Future by Gregory Wakeman
Hunt for the Lightning Spear by Brianfaizul Khan
Inscape by Michael A Levine
Jane by Kay Ownbey
Kanon by Jack Azadi
Klan and Kin by Luke Thistleton
Lark by Matilda Corley Schulman
Learning to Howl by Lily Davis
Love You Better When You’re Wild by Brian P Wapole
Malevolent Domain by Dominic Bell
Mattress Store Assassin by Christopher Loveland
Meat My Uncle by James Jones
Molotovs by HF Crum
New Cover by Jessie Cross
Panopticon by Sophia Peaslee
Pithead by Ben Waller
Plan C by Patrick Hogan
Po’Pay by John McCarney
Project Naxis by Matthew Fischer and Christopher Prouty
Rabbit by Jett Tattersall
Ranger Creed by Travis J. Opgenorth
Re:Ignite by Darko Mitrevski
Reckoning Road by Joshua Weeks
Red Carpet Bodyguard by Steffany Sommers
Red Wood by Kevin Scott Chess
Requiem at Mud Lake by Larry Thomas
Return of the Relic by Jason Ginsburg
Ride of the Valkyries by Dan Goforth
RikkorRokkir by James Steele Haney
Road Rage by Adam Karpel
Severed Artery by James Woodland
Space Correspondent! by Michelle Lema
Speaking Day by Tobias Nathe
Spot Time by Catherine Fridey
Starlets by Lauren Smith
Straight up by Rod Spence
Superior by Sean Jasko
Take the Money and Run by Drew McInturff
Target Zero by Michael Freeman
The Ballad of Bam Barlow by James Sismanes
The Countdown by David Trisko
The Coyote Codex by Donald Hauka
The Dirty Blonde by Sven Anarki
The Hits by Jeffrey Golden
The Last City by Roger Dial
The Last Human by Maria Vainer
The Lion of Engaziwa by James Woods
The Old and the Beardless by Cassie LeFevre
The Painted Key by James H Barrett Jr and Tony Robenalt
The Sea Dragon by Adam Sharp
The Seekers by Tom Moriarty
The Shirley Brothers Comeback by Alana Gerdes
The Teacher by Jay Fjestad
The Vengeance of Eleanor Dumont by Tim Northburg
Troup by Gerald Prueitt
Trucker by Charles Andrew and Derek Nelson
Unfathomable by Barry Brock
Unpredictable by Lisa Hickey
Wayward Souls by milton sewell
We Called Them Gods by Nate Crowder
Welcome to Highville by David White
Whispers Against the Wind: Part 1 by Raymond Luedtke
Wild Race by David Cooper
Wonderland Creek by Duane Kellogg
Young Banksy by Carl Governale
Zombie Alamo by Mike Walski and John Waski
Quarter-Finalists
(Alphabetical Order by Title)
100 RIFLES by D. A. Jolivette
1066 by Ben Mansbridge
A Band of Wolves by Reynaldo Leal
A Fistful of Bullets by Jerzy P. Suchocki
A Man Capable by Kyle Little
A White and Savage Land by Alex Rivers
A Woman’s Hand by Birgit Syran Myaard
Ace of Spades by Lyndon McGill
Albion by Blaise Hesselgren
Alien Drug Wars: The Tunnel by Alexander Hall
All the Small Things by Brian Cheng
Alliance by Suzanne Griffin
Amazon Adventure by Niki Smart
Amber by Mark Brown and Dennis Donovan
Ambergris by Jacobo Fe
America, Inc. by Robin Shushan
American Enterprise by Michael Rakoff and Don Purnell
Apana: Tears of the Poppy by Douglas Raine
Aponi by Tyler Gibbons
Be Someone by Jane Kelly Kosek
Beamers by Richard Morris
Belladonna by Danielle Tjoelker
Billy and the Goblin Rebellion by Amy Gardner
Black Wing by Patrizio Ferretti
Boom the Conqueror by Ana R. Dominick
Boomerang by Mike Alter
Buccaneers of Brig O’Doon by Anthony Ford
Buntline and Cody by Joe Wolff
Campaign by Leon Thomas Braun
Chasing Humanity by David Velasco
Checkout by Hunter Davis
Cherry Tree Lane by Erica Guthrie
Children of the Sun by CK Alexander
Chivalry by George Alexanian
Clutch by Molly Hale
Cody by Bruno Timoteo
Cold Day in Hell by Roy Griffis
Cordelia’s Adventure by Tony Barone
Cowboys and Indians by Aaron Campbell
Crow by Matilda Corley Schulman
Currency by Jeelan Syed
Dark Veil by Criss Gidas
Dead Melody by Gabe Berry
Dead Rabbits by Jason James
Death on the Blue Nile by Richard Carson Bailey
Den of Thieves by Michelle Muldoon
Dick and Leo Fight a Monster by Will DeWitt
DNA by Heather Farlinger
Double Date Safari by Lee Anne Weldon
Dove’s Labyrinth by Jenn Fonteyn
Drenched by Roopal Badheka
Eddie’s Very Long Week by Chiara Tonini
El Alacran by Julie Miller
Elderly Arthur and the Residential of Gloom by Matthew Lowe
Epicenter by Luke Swanson
Euthanized by Don Stroud
Exiles of Gallaxia by Stefan Rasporich
Explosion at Black Tom! By James Saunders
Finding Atlantis by Katharine Panzella
Finding Eden by Brad Dude
Follow the Badge by Jayson Crittenden
Fornever by Mark Roush
Fraud by Jill Hoppe
Freedom Run by Aries King
Freeway by Kathryn Boettcher
Friend of the Moai by Joseph Casner
Gate’s Flying Circus by Dennis Debon
Gemini World by Matthew Kelcourse
Going, Going, Gone by Aurelia Turrall
Golden years by Timothy O’Rawe
Graves by Emeka Orjiakor
Guardian of Rome by Jakob Vestergaard
Holocene by Arthur Fishel
Home Sweet Homeland by Robert Binney
Homeworld by Marta Jorgensen
Hunchback to the Future by Gregory Wakeman
Hunt for the Lightning Spear by Brian Faizul Khan
Hunted by Alan Barkley and Linda Barkley
Hunter’s Moon by Tim Brennan
Hydra by Adam Stone
If I Never Get Back… By Marcus Stricklin
In the Hands of God by Abbas Garmabi
Inferno Protocol by Alex Sosin and Chris Courtner
Inscape by Michael A Levine
Invasive Species by Patricia Semler and James Prine
Jane by Kay Ownbey
Joke & Dagger by Duncan Putney
Kanon by Jack Azadi
Keys to the Kingdom by Dane McCauley
King of Pain by David Page
Klan and Kin by Luke Thistleton
Lark by Matilda Corley Schulman
Learning to Howl by Lily Davis
Legends of the Broken Coin by Stuart Pollack
Legends Unleashed by Kim Saltarski
Less Traveled by Sheldon Gleisser
Loner by PK Silverson
Lost Souls by Jeremiah Granden
Love You Better When You’re Wild by Brian P Wapole
Luminesce by Jordan-Paige Sudduth
Maccabees – The Rebellion by Zev Ledman
Malevolent Domain by Dominic Bell
Manslaughter by Stephen Chrabaszcz
Mattress Store Assassin by Christopher Loveland
Maya Gold by Pete Pielow
McAlister’s Way by Richard Marman
Meat My Uncle by James Jones
MedEvac by Jeremy Gough
Miss Diagnosed by Shahar Ben Halevi
Moag by David Goulet
Molotovs by HF Crum
Moon Road by Nathan Ellis
Mountain Champs by Jerry Suits
My Name is Noah by Stuart Haag
Nemesis by Jon Gillette
New Cover by Jessie Cross
Nobody’s Heroes by Michael Elliott
Nokosee: Rise of the New Seminole by DC Copeland
Obsidian by P.R. Sherman
Occult: Odyssey by Khalil Clark
Odysseus by Michael Chludzinski
Old Bones by Michael Lipoma
Old Man Dead by Allen Sircy
P Gen by Katherine Blessan
Pandora by Andrew Varhol
Panopticon by Sophia Peaslee
Paradise Alley by Gary Ress
Parallel Now by Randall Fontana
Paris to Peking by David Ward
Pithead by Ben Waller
Plan C by Patrick Hogan
Po’Pay by John McCarney
Power Couple by Ari Donnelly
Project Naxis by Matthew Fischer and Christopher Prouty
Puzzle Box by Edward Ybarra
Queen of Kings by Dathan Paterno
Rabbit by Jett Tattersall
Ranger Creed by Travis J. Opgenorth
Re:Ignite by Darko Mitrevski
Reckoning Road by Joshua Weeks
Red Carpet Bodyguard by Steffany Sommers
Red Flag Fleet by Kathryn Orwig and Nick Markham
Red Wood by Kevin Scott Chess
Rednecks by Matthew Webster
Requiem at Mud Lake by Larry Thomas
Resurrection Run by Sean Mick
Return of the Relic by Jason Ginsburg
Return to the Allagash by Jim Levi and Bob Harris
Revelations Act I: Chasing Ghosts by DJ Alvine
Revenge of the Christ by Ruben Varela
Ride of the Valkyries by Dan Goforth
RikkorRokkir by James Steele Haney
Rise of the Dark Horse by Antoine Bonner
Road Rage by Adam Karpel
Rodeo by Lynn Elliott
Runaway Ship by Theodore Soderberg
Sanctuary of Shadows by Mark A Donnell
Saying Goodbye to Hank by Elizabeth Skwiot
Severed Artery by James Woodland
Shadow Provocateurs: Shadows in the Hourglass by Don Hood
Showdown by Jason Grieve
Silence of Fury by David Hunter Fein
Silver or Lead by Timothy Driscoll
Sorry Sarah by Kristopher Wilson
Space Correspondent! by Michelle Lema
Speakeasy by Lou Brockman
Speaking Day by Tobias Nathe
Spot Time by Catherine Fridey
Sprung by Kelsey Jones
Starlets by Lauren Smith
Stormheart by Mishal Aslaim
Straight up by Rod Spence
Strike by Charles Borg
Superior by Sean Jasko
Surfacing by Michael Arlington
Surviving Sand Island by Lisa Hagen
Take the Money and Run by Drew McInturff
Target Zero by Michael Freeman
Tears on the Wind by Jeri Fonté
Ten Hours Until Dawn by Teresa Sullivan
The Adventures of Sir Hampton the Great by Grady Cook
The After War by Matthew Kelcourse
The Age of the Empath by Steve Brown
The Badland by Josh Smith
The Ballad of Bam Barlow by James Sismanes
The Better Angels by Paul Kahn
The Book of Raquel by Olga Holtz
The Coal Miner’s War by Randall R Reese
The Countdown by David Trisko
The Coyote Codex by Donald Hauka
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
The Dirty Blonde by Sven Anarki
The Druid, the Sword and the Raven by Guido Maria Giordano
The Dutchman by Robert Morgan Callahan
The Eyes Have It by Ben Hebert
The Fire Keeper by Dan Stevens
The Girl Who Saved Washington by Georja Umano
The Hangar by Ryan Hinrichs
The High Country by Gary Bickal
The Hits by Jeffrey Golden
The Last City by Roger Dial
The Last Human by Maria Vainer
The Lion of Engaziwa by James Woods
The Longsword Hunter by Chad Magnant
The Man Who Killed Sherlock Holmes by Stephen Siegel
The Mob And I by Mark Wakely
The Morning After the Morning After by Roberta M Roy
The Northland Conspiracy by W J Ryan
The Old and the Beardless by Cassie LeFevre
The Painted Key by James H Barrett Jr and Tony Robenalt
The Patriotic Hitman by Alex Beattie
The Progeny of Aengus Hawks by Christopher Buonopane
The Reaper by Matt Kappadakunnel
The Riven Tide by Aaron Mason
The Rommel Gambit by John Doble
The Sea Dragon by Adam Sharp
The Seekers by Tom Moriarty
The Shift by Kate Gnetetsky
The Shirley Brothers Comeback by Alana Gerdes
The Summer of 67 by Nicholas Gerasimou
The Survivalist by Curtis Nelson
The Teacher by Jay Fjestad
The Underboss War by David Ennocenti
The Unseen Terror by Barry Siskind
The Vengeance of Eleanor Dumont by Tim Northburg
The Verge of Seas by Albert M Chan
Throwdown at Broken Axe by Richard Geiwitz
Tricky Charlie by Louis Bray
Troup by Gerald Prueitt
Trucker by Charles Andrew and Derek Nelson
Unfathomable by Barry Brock
Unnatural Disasters by James W Gould
Unpredictable by Lisa Hickey
Unshakeable by Heather Farlinger
Uproar by Stick Canning and Travis Mathers
Walking Catastrophe by John Pepin
War Angels by Monica Arisman
Wayward Souls by Milton Sewell
We Called Them Gods by Nate Crowder
Welcome to Highville by David White
Whispers Against the Wind: Part 1 by Raymond Luedtke
Whispers by Allan Tamshen
White Devil of Shanghai by Anton Diether
Wild Race by David Cooper
Winter of 1950 by Heegu Kang and Hojin Park
Wonderland Creek by Duane Kellogg
Yesterday’s Shadows by Clare McKay
Yeti or Not by Saul Dennis
Young Banksy by Carl Governale
Zombie Alamo by Mike Walski and John Waski