2023 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition

Grand Prize Winner

Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Forgotten Time by David Price
From the Ashes by Rhyess Nash
Fulfillment by Sarah Kennedy
Highway 29 by Madison Morse
Jack & Dick by David R Stokes
Kiss of Darkness by Michael McClung
Mary [Redacted] by Phae Amara
Sashimi by B Kelley
Saving Roses by Louann Fernald
The Gunslinger Bride by Charmaine Colina

Semi-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

86*d by Matt Stein
A Brand New Year by Lynne Logan
A Forgotten Time by David Price
A Promise I Made to Mr. Bagels by Romeo Ciolfi
American Sons by Roger Stigliano
And Strangers Again by Denis Memedoski
Angel Eyes by Richard Mauro
Balancing the Life of Belle Da Costa Greene by Judith Abingdon
Behind Her Reflection by Kay Kestner
Bigger Life by Gabriela Torres
Blind Bet by Erin Ziccarelli
Bobby Goodall by Colin Carroll
By Dark by Sabrina Barton
Canvas 31 by Jared Doles
Central Avenue by Phoenix Starr
China Diaries by Louis Stannard
Clearwater by Heather McDonald
Club Drama by Kelly CochranYzquierdo
Confluent by Hayley Siegel
Das Rosa Winkel the Pink Triangle by Brenda Clarke
Devotion by John Ellis
Don’t Know Much About History by Sheldon Gleisser
Dorothy Kilgallen by David Murphy
Dropping the Gloves by Anna Forsyth
Falling in Love With Love by Jeffrey Massie
Fear the Hollers by Brett Elam
Francesca’s Passion by Lisa Mouhibian
From the Ashes by Rhyess Nash
Fulfillment by Sarah Kennedy
Get Me off the Island by Rosario Pellerito
Godfor by Pablo Torroella
Gods at Your Service by Nikhail Asnani
Gold Mountain Express Reavers Vie by Gene Lassers
Heavy by Collette Legault
Highway 29 by Madison Morse
How ‘Bout Them Cowboys by Sean Neumann
Hubble by John McHale
Intrinsic Innocence by Jeremy Masterson
Jack & Dick by David R Stokes
Just Us Kids by Stuart Forrest
Justice by Douglas Hall
Kiss of Darkness by Michael McClung
Korkogyny by James Homer
Lafayette by Marshall Ferrin
Let There Be Bread by Gary Awad
Leviathan by Kevin Brodie
Life in Four Colors by Adolfo Acosta
Life on the Run by Andrew Fuhr
Little Romance by Paul Mroczka
Live Free or Die by Suzanne Patrick
Long Journey Short Path by Mike Voss
Love and War Without End by Martin Blinder
Made in Chicago by Stafford Echols
Mary [Redacted] by Phae Amara
Matam by Damien Mulvany
Mavenmoon by Matt Lewis
Medicine by Jeremy Gough
Nine Months Left by Matthew Lowe
No Address by Robert Craig, Julia Verdin and James Papa
Once a Homecoming Queen by Joan Moran
Open Call by J.M. Corral
Paul by Brian Flaccus and Chadwick Hopson
Ricky Benes by John Paul James
Right Beside You, Dear by Scott Honea
Sashimi by B Kelley
Saving Roses by Louann Fernald
Second to None by Jack Larkin
Seeking Gold by James Newton
Seoul ‘88 by Nancy Bercaw and Jennifer Dangelo
Serpent’s Tooth by Jeff Hall
Simulation by Peter Jang
Slab City by Bruno Guedelha
Southpaw by Nora Delyra
Star and the Crescent Moon by Parviz Saghizadeh
Stewardess by Teresa Sullivan
Swampers by Christopher Bishop
Talk Dirty to Me by Harris Korn
The Boroughs by Penny Brandt Jackson
The Chetnik by Jeffrey Stone
The Chevalier by Joe Beatty
The Curse of Ham by Robert Landau
The Fox by Marc Castaldo
The Gunslinger Bride by Charmaine Colina
The Last Good Day by TJ Berry
The Last Thing I Do by C Simon
The Link by MB Stevens
The Man by Carla Queipo
The Men of Always by Jack Larkin
The Painted Muse by Farah Merani and Gillian Muller
The Pill by Roesha Godbolt
The Seventh Sin by Jeana Harris
The Spectrum by Paul Hilburger
The Tomb of Abraham by James Rutledge
The Troubles by Jake White
Two Keys by Laura Woodworth
Unforgettable by Gary Parker
Valley of Secrets by Matt Curtsinger
Waiting for Oblivion by William Zide
Waterhouse by Alice Charles
Worthy by Ryan Griffitts and Mary Griffitts

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

86*d by Matt Stein
A Boy Like No Other by Marion de Juniac
A Brand New Year by Lynne Logan
A Forgotten Time by David Price
A Promise I Made to Mr. Bagels by Romeo Ciolfi
A Siren’s Sweet Whisper by Fred G Stemme
A Snowball’s Chance by Jeff Cone
Adult 1.0 by Amelia Wasserman
Alcanza el Sol (Reach for the Sun) by Douglas May
Along the Way by Alex Leopardi
American Sons by Roger Stigliano
An Empty Place by Jeremy Cohen
And Strangers Again by Denis Memedoski
Angel Eyes by Richard Mauro
AnimaLib by Stephen Colley
Arabelle by Steve Trebilcock
Autumn in September by Philip Oyok
Balancing the Life of Belle Da Costa Greene by Judith Abingdon
Becoming by Matthew Parvin
Beedabi’be, Welcome Home by Pablo Lopez Guzman
Behind Her Reflection by Kay Kestner
Between the Silence by Steve Spiro
Bigger Life by Gabriela Torres
Blackness of Space, Whiteness of Bones by Melissa White
Blind Bet by Erin Ziccarelli
Bobby Goodall by Colin Carroll
Bookertown by Sam Buckner
By Dark by Sabrina Barton
Canebrake by Tony Perri and Sheldon Strickland
Canvas 31 by Jared Doles
Cat Cat Mouse by Ginger Britt Daniels
Cayce by George Schwimmer
Central Avenue by Phoenix Starr
Change by Charles Mabey
Chasing Zane by Paul Bradford
China Diaries by Louis Stannard
Church Choir Christmas Party by Becca Blackmore
City of Roses by Peter McMurran
Clearwater by Heather McDonald
Close Enough To Perfect by Dan Williams
Club Drama by Kelly CochranYzquierdo
Coal Dust Dreams by Barbara West
Concentric Circles by Jayson Johnson
Confluent by Hayley Siegel
Created Equal by Michael Bockman
Crippled Wing by C Jeffery Evans
Curbside Service by Christan Van Slyke
Danger With Wings by Jonathan Logan
Das Rosa Winkel the Pink Triangle by Brenda Clarke
Dauphin Island by Jeffry Chastang
Deadline by Kevin Rexroat
Dear Michael by Theresa Cardiello
Deborah The Prophetess of Tabor by Serita Stevens
Deliver Us From Evil by Jeffrey van Davis
Devotion by John Ellis
Dmitry’s Revenge by Martin Zitter
DNA by Korey Hagans
Don’t Know Much About History by Sheldon Gleisser
Dorothy Kilgallen by David Murphy
Dropping The Gloves by Anna Forsyth
Eagle Scout by Mark Travis Fuller
Eco-Yard by Michael Casey
Equity by Elizabeth Joyce
Evangeline by Elizabeth Musgrave
Eva’s Doll by Andrey Kretsch
Even a Just Man Falls by Mark Christopher Boyd
Falling In Love With Love by Jeffrey Massie
Fare Thee Well by Louis Alvarez
Fear The Hollers by Brett Elam
Final Decision by Steve Brody
Francesca’s Passion by Lisa Mouhibian
Fratricide by Asante Jones
From the Ashes by Rhyess Nash
Fulfillment by Sarah Kennedy
Get Me Off The Island by Rosario Pellerito
Gin Mill by Eric Glawe
Glory Days by Marc McCutcheon
Godfor by Pablo Torroella
Gods at Your Service by Nikhail Asnani
Gods Of Rock by Bryce Hatch
Gold Mountain Express Reavers Vie by Gene Lassers
Goofy Foot by Richard Redlo
GreyHats by Alia Zeid
Heavy by Collette Legault
Hellfire and Pronoun by John McCarney
Highway 29 by Madison Morse
Hitting Rock Bottom by Gary Rose
Hollerith Data by Tracy Boothman
House Money by Don I Waldo
Houses of the Holy by Dean Cameron
How ‘Bout Them Cowboys by Sean Neumann
How To Break Up Parents’ Relationship by Cicy Nie
Hubble by John McHale
Hugging the Cactus by Darryl Timm
I Love You, Infinity by Brayden Dalmazzone
In Dreams, I am a Valley by Jon Ayon
Inside Out by Jack Kearney
Intrinsic Innocence by Jeremy Masterson
J Dash by Antonio Ingram
Jack & Dick by David R Stokes
John H Watson Crime Doctor by Timothy Liebe
Johnstown by John Kiefer Radzniak
Joy Management by Ren M
Just Us Kids by Stuart Forrest
Justice by Douglas Hall
Kiss of Darkness by Michael McClung
Korkogyny by James Homer
Lafayette by Marshall Ferrin
Landlord of Paradise by Gayla Kraetsch Hartsough
Last Stop by Tommy McInnis
Legacies by Jeff McMahon
Legacy by Jessica Brandon and Jared Mark Brandon Flande
Les Blessés (The Wounded) By Bob Canning
Let There Be Bread by Gary Awad
Leviathan by Kevin Brodie
Life During Wartime by Mark Bowes
Life in Four Colors by Adolfo Acosta
Life on the Curb by Ty Strange
Life on the Run by Andrew Fuhr
Life. Love. You! by Bogdan Nicolae Groza
Little Romance by Paul Mroczka
Live Free or Die by Suzanne Patrick
Long Journey Short Path by Mike Voss
Losing it in LA by Marco Ruggio
Love and War Without End by Martin Blinder
Made in Chicago by Stafford Echols
Man’s Best Freind by Arthur Wasem
Maruta by Felix Halim
Mary [Redacted] by Phae Amara
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by Jordan Butcher and Jacob Ethan
Matam by Damien Mulvany
Mavenmoon by Matt Lewis
Medicine by Jeremy Gough
Multiverse 58 by Shiva Sawyer and Laura Sage
My Father’s Nature by Keme Hawkins
My One And Only by Matt Thompson
My Sex Life by Rosalyn Rosen
Myall by Vaughn Roste
Nine Months Left by Matthew Lowe
No Address by Robert Craig, Julia Verdin and James Papa
Not in Our Town by Kevin Barney
Once a Homecoming Queen by Joan Moran
Open Call by J.M. Corral
P.I. by Alexander Winter
Paul by Brian Flaccus and Chadwick Hopson
Pearl Fisher by Suzanne Birrell
Piece by Abbie Watts
Portland by Michael Weinreb
Presumption by Andy Healy
Richard Spong by Terry Podnar
Ricky Benes by John Paul James
Right Beside You, Dear by Scott Honea
Rise of the Voodoo King by Janson Mancheski
Run for the Roses, the Bill Horn Story By John Anastasi
Sashimi by B Kelley
Saving Roses by Louann Fernald
Sea Fever by Richard Guimond
Second to None by Jack Larkin
Seeking Gold by James Newton
Semicolon by Nicholas Cariddo
Seoul ’88 by Nancy Bercaw and Jennifer DAngelo
Serpent’s Tooth by Jeff Hall
Simulation by Peter Jang by Peter Jang
Sisters in Time by Ian Greenham
Skelzies by J.A. Brown
Slab City by Bruno Guedelha
Snake Oil by Danny Katz
Somebody’s Son by Judy Nogg
South Side by Christopher Markos
Southpaw by Nora DeLyra
Spyder: One Man’s Quest for the “Little Bastard” by Brett Howard Nelson
Stalag of the Bush Moons by YL Morris
Stand Your Ground by RollerCoaster Screamplays
Star and the Crescent Moon by Parviz Saghizadeh
Stay-Away Gardens by William Gebby and Christopher Eubanks
Stewardess by Teresa Sullivan
Still Perfect by Michael Fitzer and Karin Partin-Wells
Strawberry Mansion by Harry Rob Bruner
Supervillain by Gustave Cadet
Surviving Icarus by Adam Karpel
Swampers by Christopher Bishop
Talk Dirty to Me by Harris Korn
Tapped Out by Melody Herr
The 10th by Rudi O’Meara
The Boroughs by Penny Brandt Jackson
The Chetnik by Jeffrey Stone
The Chevalier by Joe Beatty
The Confession of Saint Olga by Nickolas Jakimow
The Corruption of Beauty by Bruce Dundore
The Curse Of Ham by Robert Landau
The Enterprise by Marisa Forrest
The Final Mission by Claudia OBrien
The Forest for the Trees by Peter Murphy
The Four Of Us Are Dying by Jesse Dorian
The Fox by Marc Castaldo
The Gunslinger Bride by Charmaine Colina
The Hunchback of Notre Dame High School by John Woodard
The Judas Branch by Bill Loiselle
The Last Cossack by Ronald McQueen
The Last G-Man by George Covic
The Last Good Day by TJ Berry
The Last Thing I Do by C Simon
The Last Wife by Kevin Mellon
The Linen Bands by Jeffrey van Davis
The Link by MB Stevens
The Lionesses and The Eagle by Anne-Marie Caluwaert
The Long Drive by Bob Crandall
The Man by Carla Queipo
The Men of Always by Jack Larkin
The Missing Beat by Brandon Pantry-Melsom
The Olive Tree by Mike Colucci
The Painted Muse by Farah Merani and Gillian Muller
The Pill by Roesha Godbolt
The Quisling by Lynn Elliott
The Red Witch by Heather Graham
The Secret Codex by Kevin Pike and Hans Shluijter
The Secret Coterie of Swans by Dylan Brown
The Secret of the Smile by Robin Russin
The Seventh Sin by Jeana Harris
The Spectrum by Paul Hilburger
The Three Lives of Angel Fleming by William LiPera
The Tomb of Abraham by James Rutledge
The Troubles by Jake White
The Vairocana by Jason Jacobson and Michelle Trantina
The Very True Existence of Susannah and Her Friends by C Simon
The W by Quin Earley
There You Are by Mackenzie Kyle
Thicker Than Blood by Kenneth Gildin
Timescapes by Keith Mallory
Tug by Kevin Dobbs
Turn the Sandglass by Bob Gokay
Two Keys by Laura Woodworth
Unconditional by Jeremy Masterson
Unforgettable by Gary Parker
Valley of Secrets by Matt Curtsinger
Vamps by Pam Price
Vanilla Chocolate Chip by Jim Valko
Vice Versa by Jason Lajoie
Viktor – 119104 by James Dillon
Waiting for Oblivion by William Zide
War Photographer by Henry Rose
Warm Brothers by William Gorgensen
Waterhouse by Alice Charles
Wayward by Christopher Cramer
What Happened in Folsom by Stephanie Lachelle Elie
Whatever It Takes by Drew McInturff
Widow’s Pique by Frances Rubio
Windy City by Joseph Anthony Francis
Women Come To Judgement by Nate Bynum
Worthy by Ryan Griffitts and Mary Griffitts
Wounded Geese by Brian M Bartels
Yorkville by Robert Landau