2026 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

1 Spy 2 Many by Bob Canning
3: A Space Opera by Riley Warmoth
A King and a God by Vincent Sgro
A Pistoleer and the Khyber Horse by Eric Weston
Addendum 13 by Don Lorincz
All That Glitters… by Jabari Sandy
Alliance by Suzanne Griffin
Alpha Chase by Chuck Gordon
Among Us by Robert Howling
Anchored by Rachel Bauman
Apana: Tears of the Poppy by Douglas Raine
Apex by Erin Copen Howard
Artificial Gravity by James M Corkill
As Good a Place as Any by Craig Gusmann
Ash Street Redux by Pierre Brown
Astral Crisis by Thomas Thorpe
Atonement by Brian Baker
Attunist by Gary B Haley
Autonomy by Fadi Fares
Awakening by Brian J Leitten
Baby It’s Hot Outside by Paul Murdock
Bandits, Bullets, and a Whole Lotta Bad! by Phillip Rogers
Bard Troubles by Riss Smith
Batgirl by Emily Marsh
Battle Bots! by Michael Chludzinski
Battle of the Blue Nile by Richard Carson Bailey
Behemoth by Edi Ibok
Benita the Invincible by Terry Lynam
Beyond the Bounds by Matthew Vitticore
Birds of a Feather by Ray Keller and Heather Marburgh
Black Dragon by Brian Baker
Blood Oil by Maureen Sheehan and Neringa Bryant
Blowback by Eric Murphy
Blue Monday by Chad Dooley
Bone Breakers by Brian Baker
Boomerang by Mike Alter
Botanica by Fred Yager
Boulevaard of Burnt Dreams by Andrey Kretsch
Burning Water by Loren Davis
BUSted by Hunter Davis and Bryan Bockbrader
Cadre by Brian Streaty
Camouflage by Anthony Moore
Caracal. by Selina Gerard-Sharp
Carjack by Bill Mesce
Carolina Bray by Austin Highsmith Garces
Cedars of God by Scott Cahill
Cephalopod by Jocelyn Manns and Ryan Manns
Chasing Bigfoot by Phil Parker
Cheechako by Peter Morton
Chekhov’s Gun by Jason Ryan
Chernobyl Cockroach Killers by Gregory Livingston
Chronicles of Destiny by Andre Kemp
City at Night by Tommy McInnis
City on the Edge by Stephen Yaffe and Barbara Vaccaro
City Over the Edge by Gregory Livingston
Cold Dead Fingers by Jack Warner
Cold Winds Dark Days by Simon Moore
Come as You Are by Simon Cheyne
Coup d’ Etat by Craig Cosgray
Courier Seven by J.N. Gould
Crossmolina: The Story of Pat Nally by Lee Thomas
Crypto Cowboys by Joshua Reis
Darrell From Congo by Bryant Karnes
Dead Riley by Brantley Edwards
Deadlock by Michael Pulicicchio
Deadstick by Stephen Elwain Barber
Demons by Elijah Lawal
Desert Belles by Candace Egan
Disruption by Todd Serlin
Do No Harm by Brian Baker
Doc Savage: Dark Empire by Marc DeLamater
Double Cross by John Ballard
Down the Colorado by Mike Ross
E.A.G.L.E by Stéphanie Cousté
Encantis by Ronan Lobo
Endure by Tom Loveman
Entropy by Daniel J Frey
Escape to Alcatraz by Eugene Hattingh
Evenfall by Dorit Willenbrock
Eye of the Storm by Richard Opper
FIFI: A Monkey’s Tale by Brantley Edwards
Fitz and the Crusaders by Alex Pickett
Five Eyes by Chris Mucha
Free the Beast by Richmond Riedel
Godhood by Walter Maduro
Gone South by Sam Fruitman and Sunil Johal
Good Buddiews by Robert Lanz
Graffiti Games LA by Heraclio Aguilar
Guardianship by Nick Baylor
Hell Descends in the Spring by Trey Randle
Heroic Travelers by Baneesha Mukherjee
His Horse is Crazy by Sven Anarki
Hostile Takeover by Pierre Robinson
How I Woke up Dead by Marc Harris
Hurricane Hunters by Korry Walter
Hysteresis by Lynn Vincentnathan
Impact Yellowstone by James M Corkill
Island 35 by Richard Huttner
Journey to a Frozen Hell by Dan Burle
Katana Crocodile by Nico Burasco
Kiana the Bandit of Panga by Lauren Conoscenti
King’s Evidence by Felicity Fair Thompson
Laduc by Luke Avery
Lady Death by David Ennocenti
Land of Oz-Zoo by William Sikorski
Last by Mark Cuzzetto
Last Known Location by Terrell Harris
Left For Dead by Alex Stirling
Lethal Injection by James Manion
Lost by Ben Del Fuoco
Lotto by Connor Jones and Xavier Roe
Lukla by Will Singer
Lunar Ice by Cassandra Wells
Maddie and Frannie by Virginia Austin
Mari, the Curse of the Sea by Mackenzie Burton
McAllen by Michael Chludzinski
MedAir by Vikki Harris
Mental by Philip Thompson
Meon – Heart of the Galaxy by George Sommer
Mestengo by Theresa Carey
Mother-Sense by Daryl D. Well
Museum of Time by Veronica Tabares
Narcoville by Anton Diether
Navy One by Pedro Vasquez
Never too Late to Die by Ian McGregor
Nicaragua by Colin Palmer
Night of the Jaguar by Eric Weston
No Way Down by Kev Quaid
Nobody’s Heroes by Michael Elliott
Nuke by Brian Baker
Odysseus by Michael Chludzinski
Once Upon a Time in the Projects by Jamikel Scott
One-Hit Wonder by Mike Sbarbaro
Our Own by Shilo Gallay
Outlaw by Andy Yang
Paladin by Bridget McMahon
Pandora’s Eyes by James M Corkill
Paranoia by Paul Myerberg and Janet Lloyd
Perfect World by Emil Faithe
Peshmerga by Robert Soloway
Photoscend by Matt Lewis
Po’Pay by John McCarney
Poisonville by Gary Parker
Post-Traumatic Stress by Jim Lupis
Pray with a Bullet by Julius Galacki
Project Pilgrim by Vaughan Anstee
Promise by Brian Baker
Pup’s Angel by Brian Baker
Purgatory by Brian Baker
Queen Tomy by Brian Baker
Questwalker: Reverend’s Journey by Dalton Chase Crawford
Rad Dragons by Will Buntin
Recompense by Samuel Shindel Spencer
Reconstruction: Power Cell by J A Faulkerson
Red & Goldie and the Princesses by Stephen Leach
Reign of Terror by Michael Gossette
Respawn by D. Hunter Fein
River of Gold by Diane Burton and Dennis Burton
Robin’s ‘Hood by Danielle Erlich
Running Gun by Mike Bencivenga
Sea Wolves by Penn Dunaway
Secret Sayings by Kim Botbyl
Shackleton by Pauline McAlonan
Shades of Darkness by Kevin Carroll
Shaw Vengeance by Isaac David Jeffrey
She-Ras by Gabe Shelly
Sherlock Holmes’ Lost Adventure by Lauren Steinhauer
Shooting Starr by Dave Pearce
Siege Perilous by Laura Miller
Situational Awareness by Dara Sanandaji and Jeffry Mulrain
Society of the Moon by Jack Warner
South of the Law by Edward Badal
Spring Heeled Jack by Joe Mello
Substitute Santa by Jack Warner
Sucking in the Seventies by Bob Cousins
Sugar Takes a Piece of Me by Sabine Smith
Surfacing by Michael Arlington
Sutterville by Brandon Allen
Swimming With Manatees by Bill Bennett
Swing It by David Towne
Syamere Stars by Cadmus Price
Taken & Afraid by Ronson Duncan
Taku Dogs by Sarah Sprague
Tejano Patriot by Al Garza
Terminus Trail by Richard Rosso
Tessa by Brandon Julian Parker
The Ambassador by Brian Baker
The Arc of Ascension by Jim Kuehnis
The Bait – Not Another Shark Movie by Bernardo Melo Barreto
The Billion Dollar Bug by Joseph Lawrence LaCroce
The Black Hatchet by Michael Trachiotis
The Brothers Fury by Dane McCauley
The Bulliiball Showdown – Rise to Glory by Manuel Cantu
The Bushmen by Jason Green
The Coach by Andre Aguirre
The Dark Thespians by Nik Forster
The District by Ryan Chong
The End of the Sofa by Matthew Lowe
The Evolution of Eve by Miranda Haley Kett
The Felling by Gary O’Malley
The Ferryman by Louis Bernstein
The Forever Man by Paul Watson
The Frontrunner by Brad Fawley
The Further Adventures of Amelia Earhart by Bob Shayne
The Getaway by Rachel Thebault
The Healer Chronicles by Brian Baker
The Incredible Machines of Thinkery by Linnhe Harrison
The Judas Apocalypse by Jasmine Aziz
The Kwajalein Warning! by Brad Dude
The Lady Pirates by Theresa Carey
The Language of Wolves by Nan Schmid
The Last Hunt by Scott Cahill
The Lost Treasure of the Mayans by Julius Galacki
The Middle Diamond by David Law
The Mile-High Tango by Ryan Armstrong
The Mission by Kenneth Wright and Amanda Enciso
The Morrisfield Misfits and the Sword of Fate by Jack Warner
The Most Montana Heist of All Time by Jeffrey Smith
The Nieces by Alexia Greene
The Pieces That Remain by Jonathan Cooke
The Potion by Harry Kelley
The Priest by Gary Robert Tudor
The Red, White, and Boom by Hymnson Chan
The Riven Tide by Aaron Mason
The Rommel Gambit by John Doble
The Skim by Bill Wyza
The Sovereign Seal by Mark R ONeill
The Trail to Santa Fe by Mark D Clark
The War on by Jeffrey Bassetti
The Warlock by Tae Kim
The West Moon Chronicle by Frank Jun Kim
The Wild Heart of Alaska by Mary Albanese
Timeshare by Matthew Gottlieb
Trifecta by Joe Ellis
Typhoon by Antwyn Price
Uncle Hong by Andy Yang
Undying by David Creighton
Unshakeable by Heather Farlinger
Up From Corinth by Joel Moore
Villains’ Reunion by Gary Smiley
Visha Kanya by Kenneth Collins
Volcano Cowboys by Korry Walter
Wag by Mark Holtom
Walk With the Devil by Paul Kahn
Warm Brothers by William Gorgensen
Wasteland by Sean Mick
What We Swore by Tyler Hill
Wild by Roger Hawkins
Womb by Sergio Pintore and Daryl D. Well
Wrath of an Eagle by Bruno Borello