2022 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition

Grand Prize Winner

Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

Backwaters by Jeffrey Craine
Benita the Invincible by Terry Lynam
DCeit by Bob Ingraham
Electric Peak by Eric Maus
Exhale by Kathryn Orwig
Psychopomp by Celina Dobson
Stormtrooper by Randall Fontana
The Last Stunt by Elizabeth Weigandt
The Shelter by Richard Kaylor
Triggered by Chris O’Neill

Semi-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

555 Willamette by Andre Aguirre
A Promise to Keep by Angela Cincotta
ACE by Jacobo Fe
Ambergris by Jacobo Fe
AnimaLib by Stephen Colley
Appetite for Destruction by Wil Willis
At All Costs by Alice Flynn
Backwaters by Jeffrey Craine
Beamers by Richard Morris
Below the Radar by Dana Ridenour
Benita the Invincible by Terry Lynam
Blacksnake by Douglas Booth
Blood Debt by Arthur Rains-Mcnally and James Dailey
Blood Runs Deep by Nick Amatuzio
Blotter by HF Crum
Blue Nile by Richard Bailey
Body Cast by Aaron Sutch
Bones of Dust by Steve Trebilcock
Border Dogs by T. Siena
Bulldozer Girl by Irwin Greenstein
Cherry Tree Lane by Erica Guthrie
Collision of Duty by Jermaine Jones
Crude by Dave Alspach and Gene Lafitte
Damned Troublemakers by Ty Bradford
Dark Magic Kingdom by Stephen Polakiewicz
DCeit by Bob Ingraham
Destiny of the Republic by Mark Cary
Direct Response by Jacobo Fe
Dynasty XVIII by Mary Ann Clarke Scott
Electric Peak by Eric Maus
Erebus by Eliot Hagen
Ergosphere by Martin McLoughlin
Error 404 by Lawrence Abbott
Escaping Disposal by Brian Dzyak
Exhale by Kathryn Orwig
Eyeful by Howard Fridkin
Five Swords Under Heaven by Logan Shaw
Follow the Badge by Jayson Crittenden
Gate’s Flying Circus by Dennis Debon
GhostMaster by Elizabeth Delaney
Go to Hell by Alex Sosin and Chris Courtner
Godfor by Pablo Torroella
Good Heart of Lea Perger by Peter Noel
Guns of Perdition by Jim Spivey
Higher Primates by T. Siena
House of Ether by Jd Wallace
I Bring the Sword by Thomas Yungerberg
Inn of the Flying Cows by Caitlin Amans
Jutland by Craig Reed
King of Pain by David Page
Lawless — Diary of a Fixer by JD Wallace
Legend of Siren Island by Drina Kay
Lifesaver by Tiaan van Niekerk
Los Angeles Lurid by Kole Lee
Meg and May by Chloe Spencer
Nazis vs Aliens by Jez Gee
Nemesis by Kranti Pally
Paint the Night by Mark Feinsod
Priceless by Barbara Lettieri
Prize Fight by Natalie Ganey
Psychopomp by Celina Dobson
Pueblo by John Mccarney
Runaway Ship by Theodore Carl Soderberg
Saint Catherine’s Boys by John Ravitz
Savage Gambit by Michael J Alcorn
Shaolin Wolf-Man by Tom Freyer
Smash and Run by Ian Eyre
Smuggler’s Moon by Leia Vogelle
Spot Time by Catherine Fridey
Star Ducks by Jake Lynch
Stormtrooper by Randall Fontana
The Bermuda Shipwreck by Eric Murphy
The Brothers Fury by Dane McCauley
The Contractor by Casey Costello
The Crimes Of Paris by Michael Stark
The Cull by Murray Woodfield
The Doctor by Robert Gregg
The Heart of Gold by Arnold Greenspan
The Iron Horse of Lucy Steele by Paul Zeidman
The Last Stunt by Elizabeth Weigandt
The Love Intere$t by Katharine Densmore
The Maccabees by Zev Ledman
The Maid of Orléans by Collin Frey
The Price of Blood by Mitchell Martin
The Progeny by Christopher Isenegger
The Repatriots by Andrea Lawson
The Rommel Gambit by John Doble
The Shelter by Richard Kaylor
The Son of the Sun by Jacobo Fe
The Weapon by Peter Murphy
The World Turned Upside Down by Dennis O’Flyng
Ticket to Ride: The Legend of Railroad Bill by Arnold Greenspan
Toxic Tide by Kathleen Werner
Trapped by Rick Omi
Triggered by Chris O’Neill
Twelve Crosses by Paul Murdock
Unholy Toledo by Mary Goldman and Tim House
Wonderland Creek by Duane Kellogg, Jr.
Work Release by Awan Jay Wye
Worlds Apart by Thomas Gaunt

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

555 Willamette by Andre Aguirre and Dre Aguirre
A Promise to Keep by Angela Cincotta
Ace by Jacobo Fe
Agenda 21 by J.L. Blakely
Ambergris by Jacobo Fe
An Endangered Species by John T. Frederick
Animalib by Stephen Colley
Another Will Come by Kevin J. Howard
Appetite for Destruction by Wil Willis
At All Costs by Alice Flynn
Atlantis Risen by Karen Ashikeh Lamantia
Backwaters by Jeffrey Craine
Bad Seeds by Sean Nash
Beamers by Richard Morris
Below the Radar by Dana Ridenour
Benita the Invincible by Terry Lynam
Billion Dollar Bounty by Stan Evans
Blacksnake by Douglas Booth
Blackstone Jack And The Island Of The Warshadows by Michael Hahn
Blood Debt by Arthur Rains-McNally and James Dailey
Blood Runs Deep by Nick Amatuzio
Blood Thief by Winnie Soldi
Bloody Buckley by Les McDiarmid
Blotter by HF Crum
Blowback by Eric Murphy
Blue Nile by Richard Bailey
Body Cast by Aaron Sutch
Bones of Dust by Steve Trebilcock
Border Dogs–El Corrido De Los Perros by T. Siena
Boy Two by Randall Stanton
Bulldozer Girl by Irwin Greenstein
Bullwhip by Caitlin Amans
Call Me Thor by Jamie Campbell
Captain Blood by Kate Imy
Cherry Tree Lane by Erica Guthrie
City on the Edge by Stephen Yaffe and Barbara Vaccaro
Class Warfare by Alan O’Brien
Clipper by Katharine Panzella
Collision of Duty by Jermaine Jones
Cotton-Pickin’ Heroes by Michael Kenney
Coup d’ Etat by Craig Cosgray
Crossover by Neringa Bryant
Crude by Dave Alspach and Gene Lafitte
Cryptozoology by Rick Mitchell and Matt Quinn
Cucaracha! by Tommy Heleringer
Damned Troublemakers by Ty Bradford
Daniel and the Sea Dragon by Andrea Higgins
Dark Country by Edward Case
Dark Dark Matter by Jessica Anguiano and Chris Jupitz
Dark Magic Kingdom by Stephen Polakiewicz
Dark Of Night by Jeff Affrunti
Dark Wilderness by Vin Morreale, Jr.
DCeit by Bob Ingraham
Death Academy by Joseph Ruffoni
Destiny of the Republic by Mark Cary
Direct Response by Jacobo Fe
Don’t Stop Running by Lee Hanson
Dragons by Jason Ginsburg
Dynasty XVIII by Mary Ann Clarke Scott
East Berlin by Grey Kupiec
Electric Peak by Eric Maus
Erebus by Eliot Hagen
Ergosphere by Martin McLoughlin
Error 404 by Lawrence Abbott
Escape from Starry Night by Daniel Younger
Escape from Sumatra by Mona Miller
Escaping Disposal by Brian Dzyak
Eternal Life by Lyndon McGill
Exhale by Kathryn Orwig
Eyeful by Howard Fridkin
Feeling Gravity Pull by Mike Guerrini
Ferals by M.R. Fitzgerald
Final Frontier by Francis Marfone
Fire On The Ridge by Dan Williams
Firewater by Prescott Beresh
First Prize by Eva Montealegre
Five Swords Under Heaven by Logan Shaw
Follow the Badge by Jayson Crittenden
Footsteps of the Moai by Joseph Casner
Forever by Silvano-Mari Robinson
Fresh Catch by Bridget Mcmahon
Galahad by Nicholas Pangilinan
Gang of One: Hurricane Ron by CJ Hatch
Gate’s Flying Circus by Dennis DeBon
Ghostmaster by Elizabeth Delaney
Go To Hell by Alex Sosin and Chris Courtner
Godfor by Pablo Torroella
Gone Bad by Mark Laurnoff
Good Heart of Lea Perger by Peter Noel
Grandma Gunner by Sam Bass
Grimoire Lullaby by John Barnett
Guardians of Eden by David Luz and J Randolph Harrison
Guns Of Perdition by Jim Spivey
Halsted: Between Pleasure & Pain by Jacobo Fe
Hell Ain’t Half Full by Lynwood Shiva Sawyer
Hero Inc by Julio Torres Mendoza
Higher Primates by T. Siena
Hooligans by David Hollis
House Of Ether by JD Wallace
Humanity Inc. by Ian Honeyman and Joanna Paola
Hyena by David Mcabee
I Bring the Sword by Thomas Yungerberg
Inn of the Flying Cows by Caitlin Amans
Jackpot by Nava Silton
Jason and the Kosmonauts by Kieran Shea and David Osorio
Jesse James vs. Jack the Ripper by Alasdair Mcmullan
Jutland by Craig Reed
King Of Pain by David Page
Ladies of Fortune by Ruthie Hanson
Lawless — Diary Of A Fixer by JD Wallace and Jennifer Donohue
Legend of Siren Island by Drina Kay
Lena’s Rules by Ken Comer
Liberty Dies by Richard Giarraffa
Lifesaver by Tiaan van Niekerk
Lights Out by Rachel Beede
Little Criminals by Caitlin Amans
Los Angeles Lurid by Kole Lee
Love in a Rogue World by Harvey Yazijian
Ma Jackson by Ian Causer
Mad God Of The Toltec by Ben Nuttall-Smith
Max Justice by Adem Suljic
Meg and May by Chloe Spencer
Mortal Path: Bound by Blood by Dakota Banks
Mortis Radix by Aaron Mason
Mr. Machete by Eric La Febre
Mustang by Gordon Phipps
My Dog Dakota by Lee Arter
My Summer as a Superhero by Mark Onspaugh
Nazis vs Aliens by Jez Gee
Nemesis by Kranti Pally
Nightmare Eel by Scott Kirkpatrick and Erin Zukowski
Offshore Robbery by E Elizabeth Franklin
Old Bones by Michael Lipoma
Paint the Night by Mark Feinsod
Paladin by Bridget McMahon
Pararescue by Lawrence Whitener
Pathfinder Down by Tom Brannagan
Penalized by Mark Roberts
Perfect World by Emil Faithe
Preacher’s Daughter: Giant Slayer by Gregory Bonds
Priceless by Barbara Lettieri
Prize Fight by Natalie Ganey
Promise by John T. Frederick
Psychopomp by Celina Dobson
Pueblo by John McCarney
Quantum by Ben Lopez
Queen of Swords by Alyssa Stevens
Red Valley by Joey Perotti
Revenge of The Christ by Ruben Varela
Rise of the Sphinx by Jayson Crittenden
Ronin by Natalie Ganey
Runaway Ship by Theodore Carl Soderberg
Saint Catherine’s Boys by John Ravitz
Saints and Sinners by Brit Cowan
Savage Gambit by Michael J Alcorn
Saving Amphibia by Jane Wilding
Shaolin Wolf-Man by Tom Freyer
Silo Six by Adem Suljic
Skin Deep by David Hall
Sky Racer by LeMar Fooks
Smash and Run by Ian Eyre
Smuggler’S Moon by Leia Vogelle
Snapdragon by Joseph Walters
Sol by James Fox
Spencer, 1928 by Veronica Tabares
Spies, Lies, And Lovers by JD Wallace and Jennifer Donohue
Spot Time by Catherine Fridey
Star Ducks by Jake Lynch
Star Wars: Ghosts by Liam Norris
Storming Fort Knox by Michael Hahn
Stormtrooper by Randall Fontana
Straight Up by Rod Spence
Submarine Outlaw by Lydia James
Taken & Afraid by Ronson Duncan
Tar Pits by Don Stroud
Tax Man by Kieran Shea and David Osorio
Terminal Squad by Eric P Granger
Teton Reckoning by Debi Yazbeck
The Adventures of Calla Mcquade by Deborah Pratt
The Antiquity by Ronald Ecker
The Ascension by William Hodges
The Bermuda Shipwreck by Eric Murphy
The Billion Dollar Bug by Joe Lacroce
The Brothers Fury by Dane McCauley
The Cagney Chronicles by Abigail Fraker
The Contractor by Casey Costello
The Creed by Leslie Wood
The Crimes of Paris by Michael Stark
The Cull by Murray Woodfield
The Defiant by Gareth Meadows
The Doctor by Robert Gregg
The Down Window by Silvano-Mari Robinson
The Druid, The Sword And The Raven by Guido Giordano
The Experts by Marshall Hopkins
The Forest of the Im{Paled by Lynwood Shiva Sawyer
The Gun Maker by Brian Releford
The Heart of Gold by Arnold Greenspan
The Invincibles by Don Perez
The Iron Horse of Lucy Steele by Paul Zeidman
The Klingsor Initiates by Alec Cuddeback
The Last Cossack by Ronald McQueen
The Last Stunt by Elizabeth Weigandt
The Last Travelers by Darrell McGregor
The Legend of the Chow Chow Heroes by Jessica Chen
The Library Of Forgotten Technology by Mari Winther
The Lost Khan by Jon Rosen
The Love Intere$t by Katharine Densmore
The Maccabees by Zev Ledman
The Maid of Orléans by Collin Frey
The Music That Greets You at the Gates of Heaven by Jeffrey Smith
The Ocean’s Own by Kathryn Orwig
The Price of Blood by Mitchell Martin
The Princess of Magpies by Mark Jordan
The Progeny by Christopher Isenegger
The Repatriots by Andrea Lawson
The Rommel Gambit by John Doble
The Savage World by Tom Moriarty
The Shelter by Richard Kaylor
The Sky Is Falling by William Johns
The Son of the Sun by Jacobo Fe
The Suspicious Ones by Roi Costa
The Temple of the Cobras by Larry Johnson
The Trucker by Mari Winther
The Weapon by Peter Murphy
The White Shaman by Sean Mcconville
The World Turned Upside Down by Dennis O’Flyng
Thrash by Kieran Shea and David Osorio
Ticket To Ride: The Legend of Railroad Bill by Arnold Greenspan
‘Til She Comes Home by Sharon Curcio and Diana Saenz
To the Moon and Back by Gareth Mallon
Tourney Planet by Jacobo Fe
Toxic Tide by Kathleen Werner
Trajectory by Harry Longstreet
Trapped by Rick Omi
Trapped in Plain Sight by Tammy Klembith
Triage by Tim Auld
Triggered by Chris O’Neill
Trucker P.I. by Prescott Beresh
Twelve Crosses by Paul Murdock
Tyler Hudson’S Christmas Eve Adventure by Carol Hoffman
Typhoid Maria by Timothy Porter
Unholy Toledo by Mary Goldman and Tim House
Until Death by Alyssa Stevens
Wild Hearts by Aloura Charles
Winnemucca by Stephen Chrabaszcz
Wishing Well by Gary Bickal
Wonderland Creek by Duane Kellogg, Jr.
Wordlotto by Tom Lop
Work Release by Awan Jay Wye
Worlds Apart by Thomas Gaunt