2026 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

..Time After Time by Maureen
1000 Year Old Women by Delrey Pearson
2276 begins by Gerald Hanks
5Alive by Delaina M Waldron
7th Wave by Noah Lang
A Nice Place to Visit by Jack Warner
A Promise of Vengeance by Giacomo
Abduction by AJ Thibault
Addictive by Tricia Tribble and Roger Tribble
Age of Prophecy by Abdur Mohammed
Age of the Universe by Bill Trongone and Veronica Hewitt
Ai Becomes Us by Erika Rawes
AI Law by Craig Berger
Aiden: Genesis by Jesuan Do Amaral
Albion by Blaise Hesselgren
Alex Finn vs the Nightmare Marauders by Paul Zeidman
Alien Winter by T A Kuepper
Alienated by Tamara Hernandez
Alison Apland by Greg O’Braonain
All Blues by Gregory Wragg
American Cyborg by Joseph Fountain
An Historical Guide to Rescuing Princes by Dana Dill
And Darkness Fell by Phillip Frydendall
Angel Pass by Drina Kay
Arakan by Eric Close
Aria* by Kaisha Bicknell
Article 19 by Michael Brody
Atlantica by Donald Smith
Autonomy by Fadi Fares
Blood Treasure by Colin Palmer
Bloodline by Robert Misirian
Blue Acres by Brian Baker
Bonded by Grayson Callender
Break the Bottom Turtle by Molly Owen
Broken Worlds by Terry Podnar
Cadre by Brian Streaty
Cain and Abel by Dev Ross
Callisto by Brian J Leitten
Cargo by James Moran
Cartoon Noir by Lee Nordling
Ce-V by Deborah Havens and Brad Havens
Chameleon by Russell Babcock
Chasing the Croakadit by Andy Silverman
Chasing Time by Jay Ragan
CHNL x by Mark Brown
Christmas for the Broken Hearted by JM Moon
Cliff’s Edge by Kevin Deziel
Codename: Bestshot by Matt Prielipp
Cohabitant by John Budinscak
Cold Winds Dark Days by Simon Moore
Colonization by Wade Cox
Contact: Rendlesham by Richard Monahan
Cookie Cutter by David Tressel and Morgan Piere
Crash Victoria by Craig Gulow
Cybersmith by Pablo Torroella
Dark Ore by Lauren Bonett
Darlin’s by Alexis Ann Croyle
Deathlete by Arlis Mongold
Demon Star by Robert Officer
Department of Unseen Affairs by Sam Speron
Destiny’s Vessel by Suzanne Lutas
Die Laughing by Mike Murphy
Dinosaur Astronaut by Nicholas Benson
Dog Cage by Chuck Prongua
Dolphin Ascension by Paul Nurkowski
Dread Pirates by Peter R Feuchtwanger and William Goldman
Dreamcatcher by Rocky Polan
Ecto/Omega by PK Fulton
Fantasy Fading by Matthew Eli Judd
Finding May Green: Lost in London by Anwen Bull
Fitz and the Crusaders by Alex Pickett
For Mom by Luis Ortiz
Foreign Bodies by Ros Jones
Freedom One by Jack Cusick
Future Millennium by Rob Luka
Future’s Past by Tom Clark
Gap Year by Peter Andrews
Garden Variety Aliens by Cat Girczyc
Genesis by David Schwartz
Ghost in the Machine by Sam Collins
Ghost of the Year by Jayde Rossi
GMO by Emil Faithe
God Hunter by Robert Flowers
Graveless by Glenn Maneval Jr
I’ll Fly Away by Duane Kellogg and Bob Stromberg
In Your Wildest Dreams by Lew Osteen
Indian Springs by Jennifer Weber
Inferno: New Orleans by John Bias
Jaanana by Bernard Amador
Jake in Flux by Jeff Reese
James and Peter by Brian Jude
Journey to the Heart of Amazonia by Yelitza Prada
Kaiju Cleaning Services: A Documentary by Alex Schor
Kathleen’s Sound Bath by Devin Jane Febbroriello
KHDZ by David Beshears
Kill All Zombies by Antonio Malpica
Killing Henry Carter by Amy Jayne Conley
Kiss Hug Five by Angelo Bell
Kiss Them Goodbye by Barbara Blomquist
Land of Oz-Zoo by William Sikorski
Lazarus Code by Carlos Garcia Moreno
Le Chat Noir by Jeanie Kanaley
Lineage by Parker Stocksdale
Lonelyhearts’ Corridor by James Mulcahy
Long Live the Queen by Jason Hynes
Lost by Ben Del Fuoco
Love in the Multiverse by Ray Keller
Lucid by Adam Delmonico
Majestic by Jordan Freese
Mantis by Laura Lyte
Many Happy Returns by Pamela Green
Market by Matilda Corley Schulman
Medusa by Nathan Shapiro
Midnight Rainbow by Kelly Song
Mind Mend by Durnford King and Laurel Schmidt
Monitor by Eric Lotter
Monster Posse by Marc Ketchem
Morbidly by Don Stroud
MotherCode by Richard Scott and Justin Sloan
Mulberry Street by Nicholas Cariddo
My Name is Daedalus by Tim Morgan
Neanderthal by Daniel Padilla
Nia Noel by Jasmine Perry
Norman Brody and the Magic Psychology Practice by Steven Vivell
Ø by Zach Messner
Ocean Bries by Chris Valenti and Nick Alverson
Ocean’s Above by Sidney Johnson
Odysseus by Michael Chludzinski
Olympians Save the World by Craig Gusmann
Orbit by Roth Rind
Pandora’s Eyes by James M. Corkill
Paradigm Shift by Douglas Ross
Party Time by Adam Libarkin
Phantasmagoria by PK Fulton
Pride & Joy by Thomas Heizer
Product 125 by Jim Falletta
Project Lacuna by Amit Kumar
Promethean by Heather Graham
Rave Wave: Face the Music by Devan Gavin-Von Roue
Reconstruction by Eran Medina
Resolution by Jack Richard
Return of the Shah by David Mulligan
Rise by Elizabeth Marcellin
Rising Fawn by Evan Corrales
Rivalry by Cyrus Aldridge
Robinson Crusoe on Greenbriar by John Pepin
Rogue Mine by Martin McLoughlin
Romeo and the Beanos by J Thomas Wells
Runnin’ With the Pack by Greg Richards and Madeline Richards
Second Star by Timothy Matthew Boissey
Serving Power by Paul Thornhill
Shadows by Michael H. Moore
Silverlight by Victor Spiegel and Jon Cohen
Simulation by Anne Kennedy
SK8 (From Outer Space) by Alessandro Incalza
Society of the Moon by Jack Warner
Space Invaders by Tom Sturm
Stalk by Tony Jerris
Starkite by Haley Beasley
Starless Earth by Adrian Catarzi
Stone Circles by Ray Keller
Story Hunter by Anna Abrashina
Strange Chapel by Austin Highsmith Garces
Sub Rosa: Saving the Orca by DC Copeland
Sunshine Time Travel by Jon Platt
Switch by Gary St Martin
Tale of the Dark Prince by DA Barney
Talos:Genesis by Eric Lotter
Tatevarius Sing and the Prism Key by Misryana Why
Temporal Rift by Andy Warin
Terra Base Zero by Ian P Causer
Tesla & the Immortal Alchemist by Kimberly Suta
Tesla Deception by Timothy Eaton
Tessa by Brandon Julian Parker
The Age of the Empath by Steve Brown
The Anpu Clan by Luis Arrarte
The Astral Drifter by Anthony Kapelka
The Black Knight! by Henry Brown
The Blue Animal by Nick Marciano
The Cain Reset by Chahinaz Rezoug
The Cat Lady by Jessica Denson
The Coming Morrow by Lynn Elliott
The Crossing by Paul Sheridan
The Current of Us by D. Hunter Fein
The Cursing Tree by Nan Schmid
The Door and the Book of Mystics by Dark Mind and Pablo Lopez
The Drop by Adam Thomas Lumb
The Empath by Suzanne Porush
The Enclave by Mercury Gustaveson
The Fated by JD Wallace and Jennifer Donohue
The Final Rewrite by Selvir Katich
The Findings of Sunny & Rah by Chanel Downey
The Forever Man by Paul Watson
The Fountain of Hell by Mary Albanese
The Happiness Lottery by Robert Hirsch
The Healer Chronicles by Brian Baker
The Hidden Rook by Sara Althani
The Human Planet by Ben Tannous
The Hymns of Harvest by John Varkados
The Inner Protocol by Gabriel Cuny
The Jump by John Killoran
The Killing Moon by Kyle Rizor
The Last Just Human President by Eran Medina
The Last One by Manuela Ritzmann
The Legend of Chaske Ghostkiller by Fred Agnew, Lynny Prince, and Gregory Fugate
The Light at the End of the World by Renn Tan
The Myth Dimension: The Born Conspiracy by Andrew N Bailey
The New Yorker by Jerry Pyle
The Octopus’s Garden by Edward D Moran
The Order of Days by Russell Silva
The Patsy by DJ Hupp
The Pearsons Eat the Galaxy! by Jessica Green
The Pieces That Remain by Jonathan Cooke
The Puzzle Box by Joe Bitonti
The Quiet Ones by Christopher McGuinness
The Red Zone by Terry Podnar
The Resonant by JB Dunn
The Return of the Last Dragon by Lashawn Evans
The Starliner Murders by Kari Wolf
The Timeline Jumper by Kimberly McLeod
The Trinity Squad by Sterling Sulieman
The Twin Flame Chronicles: Beyond the Veil by Sarah Tump
The Unsilenced Warrior by Bill Lundy
The Verge of Seas by Albert M Chan
The Warlock by Tae Kim
The Witch of Belle Fleur by Isabelle Hardesty
Time Loops by Lisa Hagen
Time Tracker by George Schwimmer
Trace by Matthew Davis and Hillary Stringer
Trailblazer by Suzanne Porush
Transient Good by Brian Stewart
Trapped in Plain Sight by Tammy Klembith
Triangle by Jacob Jamieson
Trifecta by Joe Ellis
Ume by Daniel Frey
Under the Sway of Time by Sebastian Thach
Valence by Michael Iannacone
Vice Times Seven by Leah Kafetz Rothman
Virtual Centurion by David Heger
Vita Nuova by Greg Hair
Volucer by Jay Oellrich and Jenna Oellrich
We Are Glass by Alyssa Jefferson
Werewolves From Outer Space by Justin Nosler
Wish Granting Factory by Olena V Chepurna
Wishing Well by Gary Bickal
Witch Stone by David Goulet
Witches & Warriors by Michael Elliott
Women From Mars by Julian Rucker
Worlds Apart by John Purvis
Zips Bring Me Home by Roger Wirth