2025 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition

Semi-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

#OnOn by Marianda VP
3 by Riley Warmoth
Achilles’ Game: Stalemate by Taz Diaz and Noureddine Hifad
Apex by Ritchie Stonian Johnston
Arctic Fix by Randy Taylor
Ardor by Wolfgang Landau
Battle of the Blue Nile by Richard Carson Bailey
Becoming Super by L. Dinah Palmisano
Bethune: Pai Chu En by Robert Vink
Boomerang the Great by Ana R. Dominick
Captain Cam by Shane Redding
Chokepoint by Tamra Teig
City on the Edge by Barbara Vaccaro and Stephen Yaffe
Clearcut by Kenneth White
Climbing High by Bill Jordan
Crossfire by Nathan Ellis
Dead Energy by James M Corkill
Desolation by Frank Kelly
Destiny by Scott Cox
Devil’s Island by Peter Mayfield
Diablito by Jose Manuel
Divorce Majeure by Max Isaacson
Donut Holes by Cheryl Miller
False Flag by Peter Murphy III
Feral Mountains by Terry Podnar
Get to Tomorrow by Steven Hartman
Ghost in the Grid by D Ross
Ghost Valley by Patricia Schwarz and Ian Scott
Grass Snakes by Danny Katz
Hard Currency by Ben Waller
Heart Fulla Head by Gabe Berry
Heart of a Nation by Richard Mundy
His Horse is Crazy by Sven Anarki
Hydra by Adam Stone
Iceman by Cecil Harris
Iron John by Brian P Wapole
Ishmael From 110th by Jonathan Cardell Sims Sr
Isle of Despair by Margaret and Ben Silebi
Jack Stone: The Fuhrer’s Revenge by J.R. Blomberg
Legends Unleashed by Kim Saltarski
Lights, Camera, ACTION by Josh Sackheim
Like Clockwork by Darrin Reed
Nguyen or Lose by Kathy Li
Old Bones by Michael Lipoma
Or Die Trying by Gregory Nagy
Our Hearts Were Forged In Vengeance by RB Ripley
P-315 by Sonya Marshall
Penthesilea: Rise of an Amazon by Stephanie Neroes
Pet Sitters by Sam Fruitman
Precursor by Steve Brown
Rebel Racers by Georgia Waters
Rebel Runaways by Hannah Joyner
Red Ball by Phillip Hollins
Red Zone by Zach Witt
Rednecks by Matthew Webster
S.A.R. by Saraphina Redalieu
Secret Sayings by Kim Botbyl
Shackleton by Pauline McAlonan
Shooters Roll by Mitchell Boling
Show Runner by KT Roth
Skate, Spy, or Die by Stephen Krespel
Sniper Queen by David Ennocenti
Soiled Doves by Brent Weindling
Speed Dating by David Zorn
Stillwater by Christopher A. Schultz
Subcity by William Zide
Tagger by Allan Tamshen
Tangled Web by Robert Morgan Callahan
The Art of Lies by John Cooney
The Beast by Joshua Carback
The Bulliiball Showdown by Manuel Cantu
The Dead Owe Nothing by Aaron Huggett
The Dirty Blonde by Sven Anarki
The Firedogs by Lit Kilpatrick
The Gateway by Parm Saini
The Iron Horse of Lucy Steele by Paul Zeidman
The Isle of Thom by Christopher Mancuso and Richard Miller
The Legend of Diamond Henry by Giordan Emilio Zemach
The Maid of Orléans by Collin Frey
The Nine Lives of Walker Harris by Vaughn Roste
The Pale Horse by Kyle Rizor
The Quisling by Lynn Elliott
The Right Kind of Wrong by Eric Murphy
The Sun Won’t Set by Thomas Wood
The Switch by Thomas Clary
The Taraz Heist by Rosie Nisanyan
The White Nile by Jill Robi
The Wind Tunnel by Ljubomir Medenica
To Lie Among the Sugarcane by Trey Randle
Treasures from Thirteen Heavens by Joseph Martarella
Unfathomable by Barry Brock
Unholy Toledo by Mary Goldman and Tim House
Wake Island by Marshall Ferrin
Waterloo by Eileen Dennehy
Wench by Paige Compton
West Women by Wilandrea Blair
When Angels Weep… by John McCarney
When the Pines Fall by Lucas Cunningham
White Camel by Benjamin Sehat
Wrongfully Detained by Arianna Hairston

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

#OnOn by Marianda VP
3 by Riley Warmoth
A Hostage Situationship by Molly Brady
A King and a God by Vincent Sgro
A Mansion of Many Rooms by Daniel V Carbone
Achilles’ Game: Stalemate by Taz Diaz and Noureddine Hifad
Adriatica by Gabriela S. Rodriguez
Alligator Chow Mein by Paddy Doheny
Amber by Mark Brown and Dennis Donovan
An Exchange Student’s Guide to Love and Legends by Barbara Giannini
Apex by Mark a Pollesel and Dave Alexander
Apex by Ritchie Stonian Johnston
Archangel by Arthur Fishel
Arctic Fix by Randy Taylor
Ardor by Wolfgang Landau
As You Wish by Mike Peters
Authoritarian by Fernando Medina
Battle of the Blue Nile by Richard Carson Bailey
Becoming Super by L. Dinah Palmisano
Bethune: Pai Chu En by Robert Vink
Betting on Boat Man by Jay Hodgkins
Birds of a F****d Up Feather by Paula labash
Black Chick With a Gun by Angelo Dania
Blood For Oil by John Murray
Boomerang by Mike Alter
Boomerang the Great by Ana R. Dominick
Brooklyn Safari by Rodney Bernardo
Brother by Angelino Donnachaidh
Buffett Babes by Jana Vandelaar
Callahan by Michael Graf
Callers to Our World by Salvatore Bono
Captain Cam by Shane Redding
Carver by Patrick Murphy
Chasing Humanity by David Velasco
Chivalry by George Alexanian
Chokepoint by Tamra Teig
City on the Edge by Barbara Vaccaro and Stephen Yaffe
Clearcut by Kenneth White
Climbing High by Bill Jordan
Cold Dead Fingers by Jack Warner
Coup d’ Etat by Craig Cosgray
Crossfire by Nathan Ellis
Currency by Jeelan Syed and Paul Lawrence
Dangerous Days by Ruben J Varela
Dead Energy by James M Corkill
Dead Winter Run by Jake Hart
Deadbeat Dad by Danielle Gross
Dear Grandson by Scott Reneau
Dehdmen 47 by Chad Westmiller
Desolation by Frank Kelly
Destiny by Scott Cox
Devil’s Island by Peter Mayfield
Diablito by Jose Manuel
Dishonored by Vladimir Lisinac
Dive Bar by Stephen Polakiewicz
Divorce Majeure by Max Isaacson
Do Not Disturb by Ben Miller
Domino by Justin Dec
Donut Holes by Cheryl Miller
Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo by Bryan Ferguson
Echo Force by Krissa NG
Face to Face by Francoise Gralewski
Fair Wind Blowing Warm by Adam Hersko-RonaTas
Falls to Climb by Franck Benayoun
False Flag by Peter Murphy III
Fam by Peter Cohen and Casey Barnhart
Femme by Geaux Francois
Feral Mountains by Terry Podnar
Finding Atlantis by Katharine Panzella
Finding Eden by Brad Dude
Flight of the Star-Cadets by Ged Maybury
Get to Tomorrow by Steven Hartman
Ghost in the Grid by D Ross
Ghost Valley by Patricia Schwarz and Ian Scott
Go to Hell by Benjamin Font
Gods Among Us by Tayo Talabi
Gold Run #10 by Thadd Turner
Grass Snakes by Danny Katz
Gravity by James M Corkill
Greatrex by Stephen Hall
Halfdan’s Fury by Ivo Alexander and Carlos Boellinger
Hands Off Me Treasure by Chris Valenti and Nick Alverson
Hard Currency by Ben Waller
Hardkour by Charles Tucker
Heart Fulla Head by Gabe Berry
Heart of a Nation by Richard Mundy
Hell Ops: Demon Extraction by Kris J. L. Wilson
His Horse is Crazy by Sven Anarki
Hot Fudge Warriors! by James McWilliams
How the World Ends by David Case
Hunter’s Moon by Tim Brennan
Hydra by Adam Stone
Iceman by Cecil Harris
If You Are a Dreamer by Raijal Royall
In Ottie’s World by David John Preece
Iron John by Brian P Wapole
Iron Lady by Rick Omi
Ishmael From 110th by Jonathan Cardell Sims Sr
Isle of Despair by Margaret and Ben Silebi
Jack Stone: The Fuhrer’s Revenge by J.R. Blomberg
Kain by Sean Clarkson
Kill Kelko by Kieran Angelini
Last Ride by Curtis Ellison Jr
Latent by Wolfgang Landau
Legacy by Cyrus Aldridge
Legends Unleashed by Kim Saltarski
Lights, Camera, ACTION by Josh Sackheim
Like Clockwork by Darrin Reed
Live to Fight by Jayson Crittenden
Mad Scientists by David Page
Madam Black by Edward Gillow
Mel vs. Cartel by Angelo Dania
Missing Bills by Robert Chapman
Mystery! Adventure! by Joshua Rose
Nazuma by Robert Soloway
Nguyen or Lose by Kathy Li
Night of Game by Alex Beattie
Night of the Banjhakri by Sam Ellis
Nobody’s Heroes by Michael Elliott
Old Bones by Michael Lipoma
Or Die Trying by Gregory Nagy
Orion by Sebastian McGrogan
Our Hearts Were Forged In Vengeance by RB Ripley
Overwhelming Darkness by S A Hart
P-315 by Sonya Marshall
Penthesilea: Rise of an Amazon by Stephanie Neroes
Perfect World by Emil Faithe
Pet Sitters by Sam Fruitman
Phantom in Time by Douglas Charles Macleod
Pole Star by Christophe Beaucourt
Precious Commodity by Georgette Skolnick
Precursor by Steve Brown
Pussyfooting by Stephen Bullard
Rebel Racers by Georgia Waters
Rebel Runaways by Hannah Joyner
Red Ball by Phillip Hollins
Red Sea by Kevin Taylor Bryce
Red Zone by Zach Witt
Rednecks by Matthew Webster
Renewal by Robert Michael Neumann
The Firedogs by Lit Kilpatrick
Rise of the Seven by Henry Brown
S.A.R. by Saraphina Redalieu
Satan’s Atlantis by Jeff Prewett
Secret Sayings by Kim Botbyl
Semper Fi Wives by Lee Lee
Shackleton by Pauline McAlonan
Shooters Roll by Mitchell Boling
Show Runner by KT Roth
Sixgun Saint by Warren Lane
Skate, Spy, or Die by Stephen Krespel
Sliver by Leon Thomas Braun and Rico Mielnicki
Snake Island by Caden Hollander
Sniper Queen by David Ennocenti
Soiled Doves by Brent Weindling
Soldiers of Fortune by Matthew Koppin
Somethin’ X-tra! by William Swett
Spark of Hope by Wayne Derossett
Speed Dating by David Zorn
Spirit Walkers by Barbara Blomquist
Stillwater by Christopher A. Schultz
Stories My Father Never Told Me by Jeff Rosenberg
Stuntman by Adam Stone
Subcity by William Zide
Sundowning by Shay Michael
Surfacing by Michael Arlington
Swords & Feathers by Harold Brown
Tagger by Allan Tamshen
Tangled Web by Robert Morgan Callahan
Tarragon: Key Keeper by Karlie Lucas
Team Echo by Craig Berger
Tears of Redemption by Tonythescreenwriter
Ted’s Butler by PK Silverson and Bill Lundy
Ten Hours until Dawn by Teresa Sullivan
Terra Silica by Alena Alova
Terriers in the Jungle by Georja Umano
ThA Brethren by stephen neely
The Adventures of Sir Hampton the Great by Grady Cook
The Age of the Empath by Steve Brown
The Art of Lies by John Cooney
The Art of Lies by john cooney
The Beast by Joshua Carback
The Bulliiball Showdown by Manuel Cantu
The Cajun by Patrick Teal
The Carrier by Meiko Patton
The Citadel of the Five Mountains by Jerzy Suchocki
The Conjuror’s Bird by Heidi Lauren Duke
The Creighton Chronicles: Master of Death by Ben Parsons
The Dead Owe Nothing by Aaron Huggett
The Devil, a Rebel, a Fool by Clay Fusco
The Dirty Blonde by Sven Anarki
The Gateway by Parm Saini
The Henchmen by Jason Stratton
The Iron Horse of Lucy Steele by Paul Zeidman
The Isle of Thom by Christopher Mancuso and Richard Miller
The Jewels of the Twilight Mage by Garrett Hines
The Last Mermaid by Steven Supparits
The Last Travelers by Darrell McGregor
The Legend of Diamond Henry by Giordan Emilio Zemach
The Lyon of Times Square by Christopher Loveland
The Maid of Orléans by Collin Frey
The Meeting House by Sophie Neville
The Nine Lives of Walker Harris by Vaughn Roste
The Northern Lights by Heidi Lauren Duke
The Pale Horse by Kyle Rizor
The Price of Blood by Mitchell Martin
The Puzzle Box by Joe Bitonti
The Quisling by Lynn Elliott
The Red Bowl by Dianne Janis
The Red Rides Alone by Torey Newlan
The Red, White, and Boom by Hymnson Chan
The Right Kind of Wrong by Eric Murphy
The Sea Dragon by Adam Sharp
The Silos of Kavat by Robert Soloway
The Sun Won’t Set by Thomas Wood
The Switch by Thomas Clary
The Taraz Heist by Rosie Nisanyan
The TPG vs. the Legions of Hell by Jaise Gilbert
The White Nile by Jill Robi
The Wind Tunnel by Ljubomir Medenica
The World Turned Upside Down by Dennis OFlyng
They Called Me Rising Moon by Terence A Rousseau
Tiger Cruise by Lawrence A Wood
Time Hunters by Matt Jakubowski
To Lie Among the Sugarcane by Trey Randle
Treasure of the King’s Tomb by AW Scott and Jean Su
Treasures from Thirteen Heavens by Joseph Martarella
Triggered by Ritchie Stonian Johnston
Trophies by Peter Van Horne
True North by Hope Tarr and Raj Moorjani
Tuesday Night Dragonslayer Club by Michael Rogan
Ugly by Antonio Malpica
Unfathomable by Barry Brock
Unholy Toledo by Mary Goldman and Tim House
Valley of Bones by Craig Cosgray
Vampires Aren’t Real by Brandon Crowson
Vigilant Enforcettes by Philip Mckenzie
Wake Island by Marshall Ferrin
Waterloo by Eileen Dennehy
Wench by Paige Compton
We’re Cops! by Markus Lundborg
West Women by Wilandrea Blair
Western Sunset by Matthew Brendal
When Angels Weep… by John McCarney
When the Pines Fall by Lucas Cunningham
White Camel by Benjamin Sehat
Wildflower of the Valley: Carnal Bloom by Hannah Vernot
Work Release by Awan Jay Wye
Wrongfully Detained by Arianna Hairston
Zombie Alamo by Mike Walski and John Walski