2022 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Family & Holiday Screenplay Competition

Grand Prize Winner

Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Jersey Christmas Movie by Brian White and Laura Napoli
Hal Mark and the Wonderful World of Christmas by John Dickson
Home for Christmas by John McCarney
Imaginary Ruby by Marta Reeder
Laika by John McCarney
Merry Christmas From Pittsville by Elizabeth McKenzie
Seven Thousand Islands by Gary White
The Bench Warmer by Craig Cosgray
The Bermuda Shipwreck by Eric Murphy
The Twelve Dishes of Christmas Eve by Martha Caprarotta

Semi-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Christmas Carol Too by Wendy Nichols
A Goat Named Glory by Rebecca Spindler
A Jersey Christmas Movie by Brian White and Laura Napoli
A Separate Christmas by Holly Lancaster
A Very Strange Christmas by Max Sartor
Act Like It’s Christmas by Donna Hoke
Bad Pussycat by John Mahony
Ball Humbug by Heather Wilk
Billy Forbes Couch Potato by David Fisher
Blue Christmas by Robert Holbrook
Christmas 2.0 by Mark Violi
Christmas in Cryonis by Molly Bandt
Christmas Spirit by Julie Cameron
Cloud To Ground by Ellen Lent
Daddy by Corey Camperchioli
Dolphin Song by Aloura Charles, Tom Richards, Joan Scheckel, and Katja von Garnier
Don’t Mention Shakespeare! by Debra Cutshaw
Dr. Claus by James Sismanes
Dumplings for Christmas by David Au and Mark Neal
E. Bunny by Dayle Dodds
El Thespian by Mandore Oviedo and Johnny Oviedo
Elsie by Ricki Holmes
Feliz Navidad by Jessica von Schramm
Fifth Avenue Gentlemen’s Society by Christopher Isenegger
Figure Eights by Dan Williams
Flying High by Kenneth Gildin
Forget You?! by Denis Mortenson
Grounded by Jennifer D’Angelo Kircher and Gregory D’Angelo
Hal Mark and the Wonderful World of Christmas by John Dickson
Hard Candy Christmas by Nick Abdo
Harlem, 1917 by Jeremy Cohen
Harper Lee and Me by Donald Thompson
Holiday Grab Bag by Carmen Ayala Brown
Home for Christmas by John McCarney
Hope for the Holidays by Rachel Handler
How the West Wasn’t Won by Dean Edwardson and Mike Allred
Imaginary Ruby by Marta Reeder
It Takes a Village by Lexi Nicholas
Ivory Towers by Barbara Albers Jackson
Laika by John McCarney
Legend of Siren Island by Drina Kay
Letters to Santa by Jody Ellis
Lights, Camera, Christmas by Eric Maus
Love at Netherfield Library by Dana Van Allen
Mary’s Christmas by Henry LeBlanc
Merrily All the Way by Bradford Richardson
Merry Christmas From Pittsville by Elizabeth McKenzie
Miracles in Mississippi by Barbara Albers Jackson
Miss Hercules by Martin Hiew
Mr. Christmas by Kevin Dembinsky
Mr. Hallaboo’s Holiday by Jeffrey Dugan
Mrs Santa by Pat Branch
My Grumpy Valentine by Maria D’Haene and Elise D’Haene
Norah’s Ark by Thomas Pace
Not Fade Away by Robin McDonald
Prison Camp by Doug Howell
Rainbow Man by Bonnie Culver
Red by Theodore Soderberg
Ryan’s Treasure Hunt by Carol Hall
Sacred Sky by James McCoy
Sandi Claus by Lee Tidball
Season of the Wish by Suzanne Scott
Seeking Santa by Timothy Martin and Cherri Stoute
Seven Thousand Islands by Gary White
Snorkel McCorkle and the Lost Flipper by Linda Thornburg
Surfdog by Jamaica Michaels
The Awesome Black Blizzard by Candace Hilligoss
The Bald Eagle by Jeremy Cohen
The Bench Warmer by Craig Cosgray
The Bermuda Shipwreck by Eric Murphy
The Big Ride by Hal Ackerman
The Boy from the Sea by John Woodard
The Christmas Challenge by Kim Hornsby
The Christmas Ship by Robert Gregg and Carl Behrend
The Dangerous Derangements of Doc Halloween by Nick Hurwitch
The Day After Christmas by Aaron Dancik
The Holiday Hunt by Sean Wathen and Sean Wathen
The Keeper of Everything Real by Aimee Pitta
The Last Santa by Michael Rhodes
The Most Wonderful Time by Sean M. Wathen
The Santa Claus Effect by Kathryn Radmall
The Smiles of Cheshire, Mass. by Stephen Evans
The Spirit Set-Up by Stephanie Hill
The Thanksgiving Day War by Michael Elliott
The Twelve Dishes of Christmas Eve by Martha Caprarotta
The War on Christmas by Karl Larsson
This Holiday Season by Caleb Duffy and Rachel Callman
Tink by Theresa Cardiello
Tinsel & Coal by Andy Silverman
Tip Toe by Seth Conley
Toycoon by Nava Silton
Twelfth Night of Christmas by Donna Hoke
Waltzing Through Christmas by Kim Hornsby
We Three Kings by Felix Mack
When Common Sense Tells You Not To by Lawrence Whitener
Whispering in a Silent Room by Scherrie Payne
Wild Wild Christmas by Ryan Evans and Jose Flores
William the II by Virginia Austin
With Further Ado by Beverly Peders
You are Singer by Amanda Miess

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

“Christmas” Karol by Anthony Rea
#ChristmasRomance by Erika Sovey
#winterwonderland by Elise D’Haene and Maria D’Haene
A Bedtime Story by Robert Walcott
A Bookish Little Christmas by Rebecca Leigh
A Christmas Carol Too by Wendy Nichols
A Christmas Miracle by Craig Winstead
A Dickens of a Christmas by Catherine Fridey
A Family by Cid Weinberg
A Goat Named Glory by Rebecca Spindler
A Hemidemisemiquaker Christmas by David Sanders
A Holly Jolly Christmas by Matt Wittig
A Jersey Christmas Movie by Brian White and Laura Napoli
A Leap of Faith by Elizabeth J. Musgrave
A Love for Cranberries by Tim Northburg
A Royal Christmas at the Ski Bum Lodge by Stephen Lane
A Separate Christmas by Holly Lancaster
A Spirit Over Dollsport by Che Dortch
A Star Barn Christmas by Larry Portzline
A Very Strange Christmas by Max Sartor
Absolute Zero by Bryce Hatch
Act Like It’s Christmas by Donna Hoke
Ally All Over Again by Monika Moreno-Lapp
An Emerald Christmas by M Lashomb
An Empty Place by Jeremy Cohen
Angel Wings by Roger Stigliano
Bad Pussycat by John Mahony
Bad Seeds by Sean Nash
Bah, Lovebug! A Valentine Carol by Rebekah “Rx” Score and James “Doc” Mason
Ball Humbug by Heather Wilk
Becoming Dancer by Jessica Green
Bells: From Manger to Reindeer by M Adrian Brassington
Billy Forbes Couch Potato by David Fisher
Blue Christmas by Robert Holbrook
Bobby’s Magic Pond by Edwin Turner
Borderlands Lowrider Challenge by Dan Williams
Breaking Out Grandma by Oskar Toruno
Buck and the Angel by James Schlicker
Butterflies by Steve Driffin
Canadian Holiday by David Rocchio
Captain Blood by Kate Imy
Christmas 2.0 by Mark Violi
Christmas Ball by Carmen J. Madison
Christmas Coffee by Suzanne Saunders
Christmas Date by Lanny Grant
Christmas Down Under by Leanne Erkes
Christmas in Cryonis by Molly Bandt
Christmas in Sugarplum by Gena Burchette and Michele O’Connor
Christmas Sister by Harry Kelley
Christmas Spirit by Julie Cameron
Christmasland by Maggie Dallen
Cloud To Ground by Ellen Lent
Coco for Christmas by Tegan Hickey
Comfort and Joy by Ian Patrick Williams
Creeples! by Patrick Pidgeon
Curbside Service by Christan van Slyke
Cyberia by Danny Baram
Cyclone by Alan Madden
Daddy by Corey Camperchioli
Dolphin Song by Aloura Charles, Tom Richards, Joan Scheckel, and Katja von Garnier
Don’t Mention Shakespeare! by Debra Cutshaw
Dr. Claus by James Sismanes
Drosselmeyer by Mark Geiger and Marie Hilton, John Rainey
Dumplings for Christmas by David Au and Mark Neal
E. Bunny by Dayle Dodds
El Thespian by Mandore Oviedo and Johnny Oviedo
Elsie by Ricki Holmes
Escalator! by Russ Meyer
Feliz Navidad by Jessica von Schramm
Fifth Avenue Gentlemen’s Society by Christopher Isenegger
Figure Eights by Dan Williams
Finding Grace by Fiorella Ruas
Firerider by Stuart Creque
Flying High by Kenneth Gildin
For Ship’s Sake by Janelle Lee
Forget You?! by Denis Mortenson
Gen INX by Pat Branch
Grace ’til Christmas? by York Davis
Graham by Stephanie Hutchinson
Grounded by Jennifer D’Angelo Kircher and Gregory D’Angelo
Hal Mark and the Wonderful World of Christmas by John Dickson
Hard Candy Christmas by Nick Abdo
Harlem, 1917 by Jeremy Cohen
Harper Lee and Me by Donald Thompson
Heaven Help Me! by Serita Stevens
Hip to Hippie by Donna Richards
Holiday Grab Bag by Carmen Ayala Brown
Holly Jolly Christmas by Willette Taylor
Home for Christmas by John McCarney
Hope for the Holidays by Rachel Handler
Houseguests on Vacation by Scherrie Payne
How the West Wasn’t Won by Dean Edwardson and Mike Allred
How to Train Your Human by Megan Schemenauer
Imaginary Ruby by Marta Reeder
In His Father’s Footsteps by Bev Irwin
In the Spirit by Richard Bailey
It Takes a Village by Lexi Nicholas
It’s a Long Road Back by Philip Rossetto
Ivory Towers by Barbara Albers Jackson
Jackpot by Nava Silton
Jason and the Kosmonauts by Kieran Shea and David Osorio
Jingle Bell Rock by Justin Bellow
Jingle Jingle: A Christmas Musical by Michael J Barilla
Jumping into Hemingway’s Pool by Nick Roberts
Kentucky Fried Calamari by Sonia Blangiardo-Goins and Brandon Goins
Klone Kid by J Christopher Haslip
Laika by John McCarney
Legend of Siren Island by Drina Kay
Letters to S.A.N.T.A. by Sonia Blangiardo-Goins and Brandon Goins
Letters to Santa by Jody Ellis
Letting Go by Estes Tarver
Lights, Camera, Christmas by Eric Maus
Little Green Mend by Linda Whitmore and Brian Menz
Little Moose Patrol by Philip Sassi
Little Pepper by Joerg Everding
Little Ripley’s Dragon Family by Austin Steele
Living By Faith and Government Cheese by Laura Vomvos
Love at Netherfield Library by Dana Van Allen
Maddie And Frannie by Virginia Austin
Makwa by Johnny Cole
Mary’s Christmas by Henry LeBlanc
Me and my Cello in Paris by Derina McLaughlin
Merlin’s Prophecy by Judy Johns
Merrily All the Way by Bradford Richardson
Merry Christmas From Pittsville by Elizabeth McKenzie
Miracles in Mississippi by Barbara Albers Jackson
Miss Hercules by Martin Hiew
Miss Kringle by Cael Anton
Mr. Christmas by Kevin Dembinsky
Mr. Hallaboo’s Holiday by Jeffrey Dugan
Mrs Santa by Pat Branch
My Ability and Judgment by Barbara Albers Jackson
My Colorado Cowboy by Zsiporah Moon
My Grumpy Valentine by Maria D’Haene and Elise D’Haene
News Flash! by Kimberley Ann Sparks and Christopher Sweeney
Next Level Dads by Derek Polen
Night Fighter by Amanda Miess and Rachel Hemsley
Norah’s Ark by Thomas Pace
Not Fade Away by Robin McDonald
One Christmas in Hawai’i by Sharon Black
Opening Nights by Ratziel Bander and Susan Kohler
Optimist Club by Ron Salkind Meliment
Out of the Fires by Deb Bush
Paint! by Bailey Moore
Play On! by Jennifer Alexander
Pokey Nose by Tami Ryder
Possibilities by LYNDON MCGILL
Prince of the Wild Horses by Derina McLaughlin
Princess Pirate by Major
Prison Camp by Doug Howell
Rainbow Man by Bonnie Culver
Red by Theodore Soderberg
Rikkorrokkir by James Steele Haney
Ryan’s Treasure Hunt by Carol Hall
Sacred Sky by James McCoy
Sandi Claus by Lee Tidball
Santa and Son by Mark Travis Fuller
Saving Grace by Thomas Duffy
Season of the Wish by Suzanne Scott
Seaworthy by Susan DeMinico
Second Wind Woman by Edwin Turner
Seeing Christmas Stars by Ann Mary Mullane
Seeking Santa by Timothy Martin and Cherri Stoute
Seven Thousand Islands by Gary White
Shadows of a Dream by Nadine Vaughn
Single Belles by Maggie Dallen
Sirotas by John McCarney
Sister Mary’s Watchdog by Terri Emerson
Sleeping With Bears by Bruce Sloman
Snorkel McCorkle and the Lost Flipper by Linda Thornburg
Snow Knows When to Fall by Ian Baaske
Space on Earth by Jem Splitter
Stoney Saves Christmas by Lisa Johnson Mitchell and Sara Lundell Wahl
Stretch by Stephen Lane
Stuffing Christmas by Warren Lane
Surfdog by Jamaica Michaels
Tailslide by Jennifer Alexander
The 80S Club by Pat Branch
The Accidental Christmas by Michael Alcorn
The Assistant Curator by Richard Bailey
The Awesome Black Blizzard by Candace Hilligoss
The Bald Eagle by Jeremy Cohen
The Bench Warmer by Craig Cosgray
The Bermuda Shipwreck by Eric Murphy
The Big Ride by Hal Ackerman
The Boy from the Sea by John Woodard
The Christmas Challenge by Kim Hornsby
The Christmas Con by Madeline Hombert and Michael Markus
The Christmas Ship by Robert Gregg and Carl Behrend
The Crayon Critters are Coming! by Jon Ha
The Cure for Shyness by Nancy Bailey
The Dangerous Derangements of Doc Halloween by Nick Hurwitch
The Day After Christmas by Aaron Dancik
The Down Window by Silvano-Mari Robinson
The Dreamseekers by Scherrie Payne
The Emerald Whisper by Aurelia Turrall
The Eve by Ged Hartland
The First Michael by Michael Buonocore
The Florida Man Conspiracy by Stephanie Kolar
The Forest for the Trees by Peter Murphy
The Gift by Michael Lyttle
The Girl from the North Pole by Mark Onspaugh
The Hero of the World by Staci Greason and Linda Hill
The Holiday Hunt by Sean Wathen and Sean Wathen
The Keeper of Everything Real by Aimee Pitta
The Last Santa by Michael Rhodes
The Legend of Saint Nicholas by Jeff Haber
The Light Before Christmas by Shanna Riker
The Magic Hourglass by Joel Karlinsky
The Miracle Moment by Bryan Marvis
The Most Wonderful Time by Sean M. Wathen
The Music Scrooge by Jim Evry
The Prince’s Carol by Harry ter Haar
The Reindeer Games by James Willingham
The Santa Claus Effect by Kathryn Radmall
The Santa Line by James Newton
The Second Story Santa by Stan Williamson
The Smiles of Cheshire, Mass. by Stephen Evans
The Spirit Set-Up by Stephanie Hill
The Strange Case of the Christmas Mystery by Barry E. Gaines
The Thanksgiving Day War by Michael Elliott
The Twelve Dishes of Christmas Eve by Martha Caprarotta
The Vacation Clause by Mere Walton
The War on Christmas by Karl Larsson
The Wild Harts by Kim Hornsby
Thirty Days Till Christmas by Mary Barrett and Michael Fedele
This Holiday Season by Caleb Duffy and Rachel Callman
Three-Squared by Frank Wood and Frank Wood
Thrust! by Tony Corporan
Tink by Theresa Cardiello
Tinsel & Coal by Andy Silverman
Tip Toe by Seth Conley
Tippy the Elf by William Sikorski Jr. and William Sikorski III
Toycoon by Nava Silton
Trailblazer by Janice Stickley
Twelfth Night of Christmas by Donna Hoke
Twinkle by Robert Powers
Viva La Greca! by Christina Concetta
Waltzing Through Christmas by Kim Hornsby
We Three Kings by Felix Mack
We Three Teens by Diane Lansing
When Common Sense Tells You Not To by Lawrence Whitener
Whispering in a Silent Room by Scherrie Payne
White Trash by Alex Christian
Wild Wild Christmas by Ryan Evans and Jose Flores
William the II by Virginia Austin
With Further Ado by Beverly Peders
Wyoming Christmas Carol by Hannah Barefoot
Yava by Tevin Houle
You are Singer by Amanda Miess