2024 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition

Grand Prize Winner

Paper Flowers by Allison Masloske

Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Blind Eye by Allison Kitaguchi
Balancing the Life of Belle Da Costa Greene by Judith Abingdon
Disobedience by Ali May
Paper Flowers by Allison Masloske
QB1 by Michael Weinreb
The Escapist by Rudi O’Meara
The Lion From Kyoto by Keir Teeter
The Many Lives of Mona Lisa by Amanda Quinby
The Resurrectionists by Travis J. Opgenorth
Three Cups of Tea by Benjamin Connor

Semi-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Blind Eye by Allison Kitaguchi
A Labour of Love by Olga Holtz
A Noble Path by Stephen Barber
A Pill to Die for by Claudia Dato
ACAB by Michael Pietrowski
Apples by Rudy Salas
Balancing the Life of Belle Da Costa Greene by Judith Abingdon
Beds of Love by John Ferraro and Nicholas Ferraro
Billboard by Lesley Harter
Black Blizzard by Matt Moon
Bloody Noses by Matilda Corley Schulman
BOIL. by Devone Jones and Jake Maida Vale
Burying Granddad by Sam Harding
By Any Means Necessary by Guy Ducker
Carefree by Kristy Fusich
Chessboard Rumble by Jens ‘Pil’ Pilegaard
Chief Nip by Dawn Brown
Child of the Disappeared by Michael Holliday
Comet by Alec Whittle
Covert Township by John Jackson
Diary of a Jesuit by Arthur Fishel
Disobedience by Ali May
Down the Colorado by Mike Ross
Exposed by Natalie Bergman
Finding Perry by John Ripper
Fury at Ludlow by Bruce Leaf
Gender Perfect by Brian P Wapole
Hick Darling by LeeAnne Lowry
High School Never Ends by Danny Hogan
Hung Over by Michail Eggelhoefer
In My Way by Sophia Mitri Schloss and Irene Mitri
In Transit by Julia Bucci
Incarnations by Albert M Chan
It’s Always the Husband by Melanie Abrams Fierstein
Japanese for Baseball by Ray Keller
John Hancock’s Chest by Guy Hallifax
Kentucky Blood by T. Siena
L.A.C.R.C. by Mirron Willis
Lady Jay by Alexandra Amadio
Lake Girls by Michelle Bergamo
Lark by Matilda Corley Schulman
Life in Four Colors by Adolfo Acosta
Lives of Red and White by Hayley Jean Reeves
Madame Liberté by Miriam Stark
Maestra by Susan Polk
Maravilla by Mario Quimiro
Mier by Oliver North
Mine by Todd Foley
My New Right Hook by Rachel Multerer
My Wooden Wings by Rachel Multerer
Nashaa by Jas Kandola
Other People Ruin Everything by Danny Katz
Paper Flowers by Allison Masloske
Past Lives by John Cerrito
Promised Land by Danny Holst
Push by Faisal Qureshi
Pyre by Eleonora Mignoli
QB1 by Michael Weinreb
Red Touches Yellow by Margie Walker
Return to Hamhung by Jackie Chang
Riddle by Shiva Ramanathan
Road Closure by John Cerrito
Severed Souls by Isabella Bodnar
Shames Bond by Michael Meyers
Silence of Fury by David Hunter Fein
Silver Flake by Francis Rose
Silver Wings by A.W. Scott
Sixteen by Zeke Miller
Sturgeon General by Celia Ramsey and Molly Bandt
Suebird by Kimberly Stuckwisch
Sugar Rush by Philip McElroy
Targets by Rick Lucas
The 100-Yard War by Cody Schlegel
The Abdication by Anselmo Garcia
The Astons by Lydia Vezzani
The Chevalier by Joe Beatty
The Dark Art of Self-Preservation by Jessica Sanders
The Escapist by Rudi O’Meara
The Fabian Waltz by Kris Hall
The Final Score by Christopher Marton
The Girl With The Red Hair by Gallo And Harris
The Jump by John Killoran
The King of Kansas City by Christopher Loveland
The Language of Wolves by Nan Schmid
The Lion From Kyoto by Keir Teeter
The Many Lives of Mona Lisa by Amanda Quinby
The Met by Barry Leach
The Multiple by Christopher Carlson
The New World by Paola Ferrari
The Resurrectionists by Travis J. Opgenorth
The Stagemaster by Nicolas Boulenger
The Story of a Simple Man by Mark Tachovsky
The Weeding by Steve Lucas
The White Diamond by Howard Sewell
Three Cups of Tea by Benjamin Connor
Tilt by James Sismanes
Untethered by Maggie Grant
Valentine by Stephanie Ginger
Woodside by Gerard Shaka
XX by Jacqueline Wright

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

0 & 2 by Thomas Scott
A Blind Eye by Allison Kitaguchi
A Chick in the Cockpit by Ray Keller and Erika Armstrong
A Father’s Legacy by Jeri Fonté
A Labour of Love by Olga Holtz
A Lament for Sleep by Patrick Burton
A Noble Path by Stephen Barber
A One Time Thing by Justin Nosler
A Pill to Die for by Claudia Dato
A Texas Tragedy by Al Garza
Abduction of an Angel by Jose Luis Azcarreta
ACAB by Michael Pietrowski
Aevum by Jay Hodgkins
Alba: The Road of Shadows and Runes by Darren Rae
Alive and Well by Neil K Goodchild
Always, Forever by Lucas Miller
An Unexpected Paradise by Kanani Rose
Angels of War by Natalie Bergman
AnimaLib by Stephen Colley
Apples by Rudy Salas
Artifice by Eric Murphy
Ashes by Melissa Harkness
Ati Wakes by nikolai hamel
Awaken The Wolves by Jason William Lee
Azalea by Nate Raven
Baby Tooth by Drew Lewis Brown
Back in Time by John Paul James
Bait and Switch by Ray Keller and Richard Schmidt
Balancing the Life of Belle Da Costa Greene by Judith Abingdon
Beds of Love by John Ferraro and Nicholas Ferraro
Bethlehem Born by Pablo Torroella
Billboard by Lesley Harter
Black Blizzard by Matt Moon
Black Country by Glenn Pollard
Black Mailbox by James Albanese
Black Sunday by Coli Sylla
Bliss Inc. by James Sismanes
Blood Red Green by Christopher Mendt
Bloody Noses by Matilda Corley Schulman
BOIL. by Devone Jones and Jake Maida Vale
Boo’s Cruise by Michael G Morero
Breakaway by Dakota Lasky
Bright Yellow Gun by Mark Bankins
Bullet Proof Money by David Healy
Burying Granddad by Sam Harding
By Any Means Necessary by Guy Ducker
Cage Trap by Richard Buzzell
Cages by Ray Rhamey
Camouflage and Lipstick by Lawrence Daly
Carefree by Kristy Fusich
Carnage in d Minor by Stacey Spivey
Catch as Catch Can by Monty Floyd
Chessboard Rumble by Jens ‘Pil’ Pilegaard
Chicago Ed by Bryce Berkowitz
Chief by Melanie Abrams Fierstein
Chief Nip by Dawn Brown
Child of the Disappeared by Michael Holliday
Coldwater by Craig Berger
Comet by Alec Whittle
Commie Spies by Martin Kenneth Zitter
Conquer the World by Gary Champagne
Countermove by Lee Hanson
Covert Township by John Jackson
Crimson by Danielle Ureta-Spontak
Crossroaders by Jonathan Hughes
Crow by Matilda Corley Schulman
Daisy by Iain Anderson
Dead Ends by TJ Johnson K Dixon Ludlow
Dead-Speak by Josh Brody
Deceit by Naomi Lamont
Diary of a Jesuit by Arthur Fishel
Disobedience by Ali May
Dissidence by Tim Snoha
Dogfight by Zack Pesata
Dollface by Ronson Duncan
Down the Colorado by Mike Ross
DragonTown by K Wolf
Dying to See You by Nicholas Zingarelli
El Pavo Bravo by Austin Savage and Roland Esparza
El Titan by George Perez
Elderly Arthur and the Residential of Gloom by Matthew Lowe
Electric Fish by Christopher Ross
Empty House by Sean O’Connor
Evergreen by Tony Cammarata
Executive Privilege by Kashad Moore
Exposed by Natalie Bergman
Finding Perry by John Ripper
Finding the Words by Dave Orvis
Flamingo Grove by William Holmgren
Flavor of the Month by Jose Villanueva
Frequency by Vanita Borwankar
Furlong Fix by Alana Gerdes
Fury at Ludlow by Bruce Leaf
Gas Station Ballrooms by Ashley Wilson
Gender Perfect by Brian P Wapole
Good Bones by Justine Rivero
Good Country by Jeff McMahon
Hick Darling by LeeAnne Lowry
Hidden Sparks by Joseph J Davis
High School Never Ends by Danny Hogan
His Horse is Crazy by Sven Anarki
How To Steal An Election by Christopher Hall
Hung Over by Michail Eggelhoefer
I Love You, Oscar Wilde by York Davis
Imagine a Girl by Brett Goldman
In a Manger by Hannah Cleal-Jones
In My Way by Sophia Mitri Schloss and Irene Mitri
In Transit by Julia Bucci
Incarnations by Albert M Chan
It’s Always the Husband by Melanie Abrams Fierstein
It’s For You by Jill Hoppe
Jackie Cochran’s Story by Krista Gallagher
Jamaica Station by Kaitlin Oster
Japanese for Baseball by Ray Keller
Jessie’s Saint by Linda Butorac
John Hancock’s Chest by Guy Hallifax
Kentucky Blood by T. Siena
Klan and Kin by Luke Thistleton
L.A.C.R.C. by Mirron Willis
Lady Jay by Alexandra Amadio
Lake Girls by Michelle Bergamo
Lake Shore Harbor by Gary White
Lark by Matilda Corley Schulman
Last in Line by Ben Mansbridge
Leaving Eden by Colin d’Amato
Life During Wartime by Mark Bowes
Life in Four Colors by Adolfo Acosta
Lives of Red and White by Hayley Jean Reeves
Lord War by Jamie McMillan
Love & Detroit by Michael Dunker
Loving the Spirit by Richard Carson Bailey
Maccabees – The Rebellion by Zev Ledman
Madame Liberté by Miriam Stark
Maestra by Susan Polk
Manitowish Waters by Rachel Multerer
Maravilla by Mario Quimiro
Marnie by Michael Berner
Memento Mori by Jason R. Kay
Mier by Oliver North
Minding Therapy by Ros C Johnson
Mine by Todd Foley
Molotovs by HF Crum
Monetizing Helen by Peter Andrews
Money Bag by Kashad Moore
Murder in Manaus by Mary Tourangeau-Angell
My Name Is Jonas by Cory Bortnicker
My New Right Hook by Rachel Multerer
My Wooden Wings by Rachel Multerer
Nadia Deconstructed by Lydia Anne
Nashaa by Jas Kandola
NaturalAwe by Barry Lindstrom
Nine Months Left by Matthew Lowe
No Good Deed by Heather Farlinger
No Man’s Land by Rachel McClard
No Rest for the Wicked by Denise Meyers
Ocala by David Andexler
Of Heroes and Men by Arnold Greenspan
On the Verge by Yair Karlberger
Other People Ruin Everything by Danny Katz
Our Better Angels by Steven Michael
Outcalls by Billie Mintz
Panopticon by Sophia Peaslee
Paper Flowers by Allison Masloske
Paper Thin by katherine garner
Past Lives by John Cerrito
Pawn by Rosario Pellerito
Phebe by Beth Andelin
Picking Up Jesus by David McPete
Pistol City by Lee John
Play Responsibly by Donald Lewis
Podiums by Marina Charalambides
PREtirement by Melanie Abrams Fierstein
Promised Land by Danny Holst
Provocation by Art Blount
Push by Faisal Qureshi
Pyre by Eleonora Mignoli
QB1 by Michael Weinreb
Ragtime Warrior by James Saunders
Ready Set Kill Pilot by Felicia Baxter
Red Touches Yellow by Margie Walker
Red Zone by Stan Williamson
Reich by Ryan Peverly
Rematch by Antoine Mizel
Return to Hamhung by Jackie Chang
Riddle by Shiva Ramanathan
Riot Queens by Mehul Shah
Road Closure by John Cerrito
Rockpaw by Nora DeLyra
Ruby Ridge by Lawrence Kane
Rule of Law by Eric Johnson
Running Through Revolution by Sarah Rossmann
Saint Louis by Shawn Mahan
Same Love by Jonathan Jagdeo
Scapegoat! by Nan Schmid
Scorpions by Chris Pittas
Scratch by Bria Deans
Seaside Chase by Mark Turner
Severed Souls by Isabella Bodnar
Shaka by Emelie Svensson
Shames Bond by Michael Meyers
Signature Photo by Michael Bucklin
Silence of Fury by David Hunter Fein
Silver Flake by Francis Rose
Silver Wings by A.W. Scott
Sixteen by Zeke Miller
SMOT by Lance Cartelli
Soon, You’ll Be Dead by Rey Rodriguez
Spitfire by Heidi Hornbacher
Stand With Warriors by Cynthia Roberts
Standstill by Steven Demmler
Starblood by Audrey Lorea
Steel Petals by Rhonda Burnaugh
Student Affairs by Rodrigo Varandas
Sturgeon General by Celia Ramsey and Molly Bandt
Subsitute by Angela Jobson
Suebird by Kimberly Stuckwisch
Sugar Rush by Philip McElroy
Summer of Oz by Marc McCutcheon
Sway by Matthew Davis and Hillary Stringer
Targets by Rick Lucas
Team Emma by Andrea Zastrow
The 100-Yard War by Cody Schlegel
The Abdication by Anselmo Garcia
The Age of the Empath by Steve Brown
The Astons by Lydia Vezzani
The Bastards Knew by Timothy Eaton
The Black Heart Book by Carol I Hoffman
The Blockheads by Vaughn Roste
The Brockton Brawler by Timothy Driscoll
The Bullring by Edward Dawson
The Checkered by Mark Gunnion
The Chevalier by Joe Beatty
The Dark Art of Self-Preservation by Jessica Sanders
The Darkest Light by Bryan Marvis
The Deputy by Paul Corricelli
The Doctor by Robert Gregg
The Dybbuk of Williamsburg by Max Kinchen
The Escapist by Rudi O’Meara
The Fabian Waltz by Kris Hall
The Final Score by Christopher Marton
The First Last Time by J.J. Lawson
The Food, The Care, The Love We Share by Hernando caicedo
The Forget-Me-Nauts by Kelly Asher
The Fusion Affair by MartinBernard Foley
The Girl With The Red Hair by Gallo And Harris
The Glory of Young Men by Scherrie Payne
The Grey Area by Josh Snyder
The High Tide by John Saveland
The Hunting by Katherine Cortez
The Immaculate Deception by Stewart Fergus
The Incels by Jordan Thomas Matthew
The Jump by John Killoran
The King of Kansas City by Christopher Loveland
The Language of Wolves by Nan Schmid
The Last Encore by Gabrielle Nehring
The Last Verse by Raquel Trujillo
The Least of These by Ellen Winburn
The Lion From Kyoto by Keir Teeter
The Magician’s Daughter by Linda Marr
The Many Lives of Mona Lisa by Amanda Quinby
The Met by Barry Leach
The Minors by Ben Miller
The Multiple by Christopher Carlson
The New World by Paola Ferrari
The Past by Kaisha Bicknell
The Phantom Of Venice by Daria Burge
The Plot Against Africa by John Frederick
The Resurrectionists by Travis J. Opgenorth
The Road Back by Charles Jessen
The School by Adam Rocke
The Secret Gardener by Wendy Jones
The Simple Invention of Him by Kurtis Standley
The Stagemaster by Nicolas Boulenger
The Story of a Simple Man by Mark Tachovsky
The Teenage Bodyguard by JZ Murdock
The Things We Bury by Ryan Bennett
The Unthinkable by Jude Birdsall
The Very True Existence of Susannah and Her Friends by C. E. Simon
The Vigilant by Thomas Gidlow
The Way You Look Tonight by John Cerrito
The Weeding by Steve Lucas
The White Diamond by Howard Sewell
Three Cups of Tea by Benjamin Connor
Till Death Rip Us Apart by Guil Parreiras
Tilt by James Sismanes
Time Out by Russ Meyer
Tribulation Trail by Chessie Reiss
Twisted Spokes by Jeff Hopkins
Two Damaged by Kryz Woodhouse
Umbra by Isa Luzarraga and Katie Evans
Under Olympus by Anton Diether
Untethered by Maggie Grant
Valentine by Stephanie Ginger
Wakenings in Babylon by Candy Petersen
Walk a Mile in Our Shoes by Michael a Lyttle
Welcome Home by Brogden Richmond
Well, I Guess This Is Growing up by Brian Cheng
When Darkness Knocks by Nicholas Gerasimou
Whiskey Sour by Sterling Daniels
Whitewashed by Josh Duckworth
Witch Queen by Dayna Noffke
Woodside by Gerard Shaka
Wounded Healers by Sanchia Oppenheimer
Write Me In by Ali Jordan
XX by Jacqueline Wright
Zayde and Becky by Andrew M Epstein