2023 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Animation Screenplay Competition

Grand Prize Winner

Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

Bug and the Milkman by Jesse Rothenberg and Adam Simers
Holy/Sex by Howard Hong
It’s a Wonderful [After]Life by Megan Sass
Saturday Morning Siege by Robert Walcott
Schoolyard P.I. by Fernando Flores Artiga
Shadow Realm by Reenita Hora
Squeakinho by Richard Seidman
Static Reapers by Alesha Lemons
Verducci: The Museum on Mars by Veru Narula and Daniel Kulhman
Weeb Sh*t by Gregory Lemmons

Semi-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Golden Rule by Paige VanTassell
Badgarth’s Promise by Daniel G. Doyle
Boom Lagoon by Shaun Radecki
Bug and the Milkman by Jesse Rothenberg and Adam Simers
Catnipped by Marc McCutcheon
Chocolate Time by Justin Sloan
Cop Raptor by Gustave Cadet and Jacob Chattman
Damsels and Dragons by Avery Koenig
Dead Arm by Andrew Luft
Deliverance by Anna Abrashina
Fair Effing Godmothers by John Pitek
Hallows Eve High by Ryan Johnston
Heroes From Space by N J De Luca
Holy/Sex by Howard Hong
Imagine/Nation by Phil Krampf
It’s a Wonderful [After]Life by Megan Sass
Meet Madoodle by B Maddox
Meet the Roaches by Ryan Evans
My Brother the Mouse by Richard Seidman
Ocean by Anthea Jones
Offspring by Hannah Silverman
Pepper’s Ghost: See and Believe by Jean Dempsey
Playing God by Shamus Kelley
Princess Death by Jeanne Grandilli
Santa’s Magnificent Four by Dev Ross
Saturday Morning Siege by Robert Walcott
Scáthach: A Shadow’s Tale by Daniel McNaught
Schoolyard P.I. by Fernando Flores Artiga
Shadow Realm by Reenita Hora
Soraya by Grassy Knoll
Splitzville by AK Moore and Rolando Garcia
Squeakinho by Richard Seidman
Static Reapers by Alesha Lemons
Step-Monster by Andrew Goldmeier
TARO: Legend of Japan by Blue Spruell
The Boy From the Mountains Beyond by Lynn Elliott
The Goose Girl by Gary Blackwood
The Hare by Bryson Edmondson
The Innkeeper by Caleb Dillon
The Naughty Squad by James Willingham
The Quest for Blattopia by Dominic White
The Reindeer Games by James Willingham
The Secret of Ebbets Field by Richard Seidman
The Shadow of Nedlog by Terri Emerson
Todd Peters: Vampire Superhero by Adam Pica
Verducci: The Museum on Mars by Veru Narula and Daniel Kulhman
Villain Era by Simone Gerber
Weeb Sh*t by Gregory Lemmons
Why Me by Sam Buckner
XODOXX by Eric Schinzer

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Golden Rule by Paige VanTassell
A Long Way Home by Steven Bogart
A Very Good Wish by Roni Keller
Artilia by Peter Noel
Asamir by Sean Sullivan
Badgarth’s Promise by Daniel G. Doyle
Becoming Dancer by Jessica Green
Bijou, the French Poodle by Huguette Anhalt
Blockhead by Carol I Hoffman
Boom Lagoon by Shaun Radecki
Bug and the Milkman by Jesse Rothenberg and Adam Simers
Catnipped by Marc McCutcheon
Chocolate Time by Justin Sloan
Chronic Town by William Zide
Cop Raptor by Gustave Cadet and Jacob Chattman
Damsels and Dragons by Avery Koenig
Dead Arm by Andrew Luft
Deer Christmas Unicorn by Kelly Kurowski
Deliverance by Anna Abrashina
Destroy All Monsters II: Countdown to Armageddon (The Musical!) by Kerry Glamsch
Domesticated by Joey Day Hargrove
Escape From Pet Heaven by Avery Koenig
Fair Effing Godmothers by John Pitek
FrankenDad by Andrew Varhol
Goon Adventures by Kevin Schroder
Gotham Ghouls by Franck Benayoun
Hallows Eve High by Ryan Johnston
Heirheads by Mike Nielsen and Kevin Robertson
Heroes From Space by N J De Luca
History Emergent: Janus Nasim and the Identity Crisis by Kyle Moser
Holy/Sex by Howard Hong
How to Be a Robot by Yameen Hameed
Imagine/Nation by Phil Krampf
It’s a Wonderful [After]Life by Megan Sass
Knighted by Mike Nielsen
Land of Oz-Zoo by William Sikorski
Little Green Mend by Brian Menz and Linda Whitemore
Marlowe by Mark Mc Quown
Meet Madoodle by B Maddox
Meet the Roaches by Ryan Evans
Mi and the Kid by Wahid Ibn Reza
Midwinter’s Tale – The Last Yuhl by Iam Typn
MillyLilly by Igor Nikitin
Monster Agents: Lily Bigfoot and Frogman by Brandon Prosek
My Brother the Mouse by Richard Seidman
Narmer Jefferson vs Planet Earth by Aaron Yarber
Norman Brody and the Magic Psychology Practice by Steven Vivell
Not in This Life by Daniel Broderick
Ocean by Anthea Jones
Offspring by Hannah Silverman
Peasants by Kristina Grosspietsch
Pepper’s Ghost: See and Believe by Jean Dempsey
Persephone by Kristina Van Kirk Hoffman
Pet Shop by Carol I Hoffman
Pippin and Lulu by Linda Federico-Omurchu
Playing God by Shamus Kelley
Porcupine by David Hunter Fein
Prairie Pups by Kashad Moore
Princess Death by Jeanne Grandilli
Professor Hugsby’s Factory of Childhood Dreams by David J McDonald
Raising Sammy by Sam Buckner
Santa’s Magnificent Four by Dev Ross
Santa’s Dog by Barbara Giannini
Saturday Morning Siege by Robert Walcott
Scáthach: A Shadow’s Tale by Daniel McNaught
Schoolyard P.I. by Fernando Flores Artiga
Scooter by Richard Blumenthal
Shadow Realm by Reenita Hora
Soraya by Grassy Knoll
Splitzville by AK Moore and Rolando Garcia
Squeakinho by Richard Seidman
Static Reapers by Alesha Lemons
Step-Monster by Andrew Goldmeier
TARO: Legend of Japan by Blue Spruell
That’s Lug by Barry E Gaines
The Amazing Adventures of Bartholomew Bee by Arnold Greenspan
The Boy From the Mountains Beyond by Lynn Elliott
The Ghost in the Torn Blue Jeans by Michael Vance
The Goose Girl by Gary Blackwood
The Hare by Bryson Edmondson
The Innkeeper by Caleb Dillon
The MerWorld by Liz Cotone
The Naughty Squad by James Willingham
The Pest Inspector by David McPete
The Quest for Blattopia by Dominic White
The Reindeer Games by James Willingham
The Secret of Ebbets Field by Richard Seidman
The Shadow of Nedlog by Terri Emerson
The Sky Road by Ellen Federico
The Unlikeliest of Heroes by Paul Zeidman
Titans Wet Pet Store by Pamela Carboon
Todd Peters: Vampire Superhero by Adam Pica
Verducci: The Museum on Mars by Veru Narula and Daniel Kulhman
Villain Era by Simone Gerber
Weeb Sh*t by Gregory Lemmons
Who Fucked the Alligator? by Alex Bisignani
Why Me by Sam Buckner
Wind in the Willows by Kayden Hnyla
World Wrestling League of Badassery by Lee Lucero
XODOXX by Eric Schinzer