2024 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition

Grand Prize Winner

The Riven Tide by Aaron Mason

2024 Winners

Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition

Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

Before the Lightning by John Cerrito
Fix by Jeff Bower
Magical Battler Spellstriker G by Donovan Bertch
Night of the Living Decorations by Steffany Sommers
Parallel by Ryan Werner
Sad Blue Dan by David Smallwood
Swords and Sorcerers by Ava Feneberger
The Human Detective by Tasha Staples
The Riven Tide by Aaron Mason
Vicarious by Joe Gressis

Semi-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Brat Blooms in Bushwick by Judd Schlossberg
A Glass Darkly by Jonathan Talbert
Affirmative by Andrew Quailes
After the Ravagers by Joel Michalak
AI Law by Craig Berger
Aim for the Stars by Will Kisor
Another Mother by Benjamin Ingram
Assemble the Creators by L E Coleman
Back by Matthew Webster
Before the Lightning by John Cerrito
Believer by Nanea Taylor
Biomass by Rob Tymchyshyn
Bitterstead Canyon by Jennifer Giacalone
Bloodbound by Lauren Ferebee
Breakaway by Dakota Lasky
Buddy/Joe by Cameron Young
Capeland by Zach Pappas
Claus by Travis Seppala
Dark Horizon by Annique Arredondo
Darwin Rising by Richard Geiwitz
Death Is a Bitch by Caitie Karasik
Doom Lagoon by Douglas Booth
Drones by Pedro Salinas
Drowned City by Brian Fingeret
Ever, Oscar by Dianne Janis
Everything’s AI-OK by Matthew Lowe
Filter by James Briggs
Fix by Jeff Bower
Fright Masks by Stephen Polakiewicz
Gemini by Shaun Burrell
Gene Wars: The Opening by Andrey Kretsch
Good Bones by Justine Rivero
Here Comes the Sun by Sade Corneille
Hila by Jan Pearson
Human by Emma Kitchen
I’ll Fly Away by Duane Kellogg and Bob Stromberg
Incarnations by Albert M Chan
Inside by Julie Dare
Into the Labyrinth by Sam Thor
Invasive by Rachel Rogers
La Maison Gray by Amanda Fein
Last Seen Alive by Jillian Lozano
Magical Battler Spellstriker G by Donovan Bertch
Man vs. Machine: Crypto Bot’s Trial by Michael Volpe
Mariposa, A Fairly True Tale by Terence Rousseau
Martyr’s Ridge by Alister Brooks
Midas Blush by Sergio Bonnici
More Perfect Union by Rebecca Robinson
My Condo Is a C#nt! by Stephen Chrabaszcz
Nadia Deconstructed by Lydia Anne
Night of the Living Decorations by Steffany Sommers
Old Folks Country by Ashlea Archer
Orangeade by Faisal Qureshi
Parallel by Ryan Werner
Pasifika by Seege Vega
Past Lives by John Cerrito
Placeholders by Dominic White
Project Europa by Scott Seagren
Revelations by DJ Alvine
Rhenium by Kathy Patterson
Roswell ’97 by Samuel Bollen
Sad Blue Dan by David Smallwood
Sanctuary by Evan Rogerson
Scales by Jeremy Kirk
Silverlight by Victor Spiegel
Sol by James Fox
Space Angels by Paul Pastore
Spasm by David Cooper
Stardogs by Michael Snow
Stems by Shauna Joy
Stormheart by Meshal Alsaleem
Sunshine Time Travel by Jon Platt
Susannah of Salem by Mikael Holcombe-Scali
Swords and Sorcerers by Ava Feneberger
The Alpha Transmission by Craig Clyde
The Applicants by Justin Ballheim
The Bastard Prince by Stephen Notley
The Brane Universe by Stacy Dackson and Stephen Dackson
The Civil Servant by Jennifer Weber
The Colony by Joseph Murillo
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
The Deceivers by Audra Gorman
The Enclosure by Kostas Filopator
The Explorer’s Club by Saleh Karaman
The Fairy Courts by Darcy McCool
The Green Sea by Jason Vaughn
The Human Detective by Tasha Staples
The Loneliest Man in the Universe by Mohammad Al Onaizi
The Occurrence by Tom Connelly
The Past is Not by Kevin Barney
The Riven Tide by Aaron Mason
The Spaceman by John Mawson
This Thing Of Ours by Ben Monaco
Traces of Eden by Barbara West
Transference by Johnny Gilligan
Trapped in Plain Sight by Tammy Klembith
Vicarious by Joe Gressis
Yatra by David Barbeschi and Vee Kumari
Your Grandmother is a Witch! by Mark Forler
Ziggurat by Matthew Cunha

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetical Order by Title)

3LLA by Leah Simmons
A Brat Blooms in Bushwick by Judd Schlossberg
A Glass Darkly by Jonathan Talbert
A.I. by Martin Blinder
A.I. P.I. by IanPatrick Williams
Aegis by Christopher Harris
Affirmative by Andrew Quailes
After the Ravagers by Joel Michalak
AI Law by Craig Berger
Aim for the Stars by Will Kisor
Anamnesia by Justine Rivero
Another Mother by Benjamin Ingram
Assemble the Creators by L E Coleman
Astrolingua by Kyle Acosta
Back by Matthew Webster
Back to the Garden by Roberto Miller
Bad Seeds by Sean Nash
Beau Rivage by Logan Rees
Becoming Elizabeth by Aimee Pitta
Before the Lightning by John Cerrito
Believer by Nanea Taylor
Beta Testers by Rob Shapiro
Betty the Yeti by Jon Klein
Biomass by Rob Tymchyshyn
Bitterstead Canyon by Jennifer Giacalone
Black * Star by John Dover
Bliss Inc. by James Sismanes
Bloodbound by Lauren Ferebee
Boy From Earth by Marc McCutcheon
Breakaway by Dakota Lasky
BrightLife by sebastian magiera
Buddy/Joe by Cameron Young
Capeland by Zach Pappas
Casket Girls by Bree Brincat
Chrysalis by Ayah Abdul-Rauf
Claus by Travis Seppala
Colonization by Wade Cox
Counter Earth by Ryan Vaughn
Coy Dog by Matthew Corley
Curses LLC by Thomas R. Wood
Dark Horizon by Annique Arredondo
Darwen Arkwright and the Perigrine Pact by Kevin Rexroat
Darwin Rising by Richard Geiwitz
Daughter of Monsters by Arianna Hairston
Death Is a Bitch by Caitie Karasik
Des Etoiles by Mary Siroky
Doom Lagoon by Douglas Booth
Drones by Pedro Salinas
Drowned City by Brian Fingeret
Dutopia_ By Richard Marks
Elysian Falls: The Prodigal’s Reverie by William Mullins
Emissary by Scott Jeschke and Aaron Jeschke
Enduring Chill by Ian P Causer
Enemy of My Enemy by Brett Block
Ever, Oscar by Dianne Janis
Everything’s AI-OK by Matthew Lowe
Evitable by Jack Matosian
Exodus to Earth by Jim Evry
Filter by James Briggs
Five Queens by Craig Berger
Fix by Jeff Bower
Fortune in the Stars by John Cabral
Frankenstein on Mars by Stephen van Vuuren
Fright Masks by Stephen Polakiewicz
Gaby Guffner: Destroyer of Worlds by Matthew Manson
Gemini by Shaun Burrell
Gene Wars: The Opening by Andrey Kretsch
Gods Demons and Other Things by nick marciano
Good Bones by Justine Rivero
Hanna Foster and the Guardians of Eden by Arnon Shorr
Harbinger by Brittany Chase
Heartless by Glenn Pollard
Here Comes the Sun by Sade Corneille
Hers by Elizabeth Eromosele and Nicole Rosario Muller
Hila by Jan Pearson
Homestay by Shero Syndicate
Hostus Humani by Jack Barnes
Hounds of the Void by Ryan Connor Cadigan
Human by Emma Kitchen
I’ll Fly Away by Duane Kellogg and Bob Stromberg
Ilium Ridge by Glendenning Cram and Ron Hier
Incarnations by Albert M Chan
Infertile by Ben Sharples
Infinity by Chris Bonneau
Inside by Julie Dare
Into the Labyrinth by Sam Thor
Into the Mystic by Garry Hicks
Invasive by Rachel Rogers
June by Eric Anderson
Junior’s Farm by Alec Cuddeback
Kiss Me Dead by Ken Henderson
La Maison Gray by Amanda Fein
Last Seen Alive by Jillian Lozano
Lethal Intervention by Michael Gossette and Dr. Barry Russell Hansen
Let’s Destroy Investutech by Jeremy Thompson
Leviathan by Johanna Saldana
Lights in the Sky by Jason Ginsburg
Loch Awe by Stefan Alexander and Anthony Guilianti
Loveworm by Starla Blatcher
Lucky for Brownie by Jessica Yuen
Lucky Star by Paul Michael Stone and Eric Castle
Magical Battler Spellstriker G by Donovan Bertch
Magicians of the Mechanism by Trish Stewart and Bruno Berndt
Man vs. Machine: Crypto Bot’s Trial by Michael Volpe
Mariposa, A Fairly True Tale by Terence Rousseau
Martyrdom by Joshua Landau
Martyr’s Ridge by Alister Brooks
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by Jordan Butcher and Jacob Ethan
Midas Blush by Sergio Bonnici
Monstrosity by Rob Nelson
More Perfect Union by Rebecca Robinson
My Condo Is a C#nt! by Stephen Chrabaszcz
Mysfidia by James Murphy
Mystic Springs by Sally Smith and Brett Ellen Block
Nadia Deconstructed by Lydia Anne
Neon City Zero by Khalil Gravney
Night of the Living Decorations by Steffany Sommers
Ocean Effect by Heather Farlinger
Old Folks Country by Ashlea Archer
Once Upon a Time in Space by Nat Cowan
Once Upon a Wuss by Ray Rhamey
Orangeade by Faisal Qureshi
Out Of Time by Joe Villanti
Parallel by Ryan Werner
Pasifika by Seege Vega
Past Lives by John Cerrito
Past Time by William McGhee
Perfect World by Emil Faithe
Phantom Walls by Josh Michaels
Placeholders by Dominic White
Powerage by Thomas G. Pohl
Preacher’s Daughter: Giant Slayer by Gregory Bonds
President Santa by Nick Rose
Prestige by Quinn Dailey
Pride of the Magi by Christopher Harris
Project Europa by Scott Seagren
Purebred by Sam Robotham
Quantum Telegraph by Joshua Jashinski
Rain by Harley Jones
Revelations by DJ Alvine
Rewind by Justin Bellow
Rhenium by Kathy Patterson
Roswell ’97 by Samuel Bollen
Rubicon Falls by Michael Eric Ross
Sad Blue Dan by David Smallwood
Saelar by Auriga Ifill
Sanctuary by Evan Rogerson
Sanctum by Emma Sowry
Sandstorm by Terry Podnar
Scales by Jeremy Kirk
Silverlight by Victor Spiegel
Sixgun Saint by Warren Lane
Skepticn by Cameron Young
Slim Chance by Erick Buckley
Slipping by Kevin Barney
Snootwood by Daniel Callaghan
Society of the Moon by Jack Warner
Sol by James Fox
Space Angels by Paul Pastore
Spasm by David Cooper
Spectrum by Alan Slack
Standby Hero by Shawn Mahan
Stardogs by Michael Snow
Stellar Remnants by Michael McMahon
Stems by Shauna Joy
Storm-Blind by Jeanne Haskin
Stormheart by Meshal Alsaleem
Sunshine Time Travel by Jon Platt
Surface by Frank Kelly and John Sullivan
Susannah of Salem by Mikael Holcombe-Scali
Swords and Sorcerers by Ava Feneberger
Symulacrum by M. D. Tuxhorn
The Alderman’s Apprentice by Megan St-Pierre and Mitchell Johnson-Puskas
The Alpha Transmission by Craig Clyde
The Angeldusters by Julian Martin
The Applicants by Justin Ballheim
The Bastard Prince by Stephen Notley
The Blue Animal by Nick Marciano
The Brane Universe by Stacy Dackson and Stephen Dackson
The Circuit by Kirk Weddell
The Civil Servant by Jennifer Weber
The Clocktower by Tammy Olsen
The Cobra Effect by Dennis Flagg
The Colony by Joseph Murillo
The Communing Engine by Sarah Granger
The Damned by Juhani Nurmi
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
The Deceivers by Audra Gorman
The Devil’s Claw by Greg Dale
The Disavowed by Lance Witmer
The Dragon Heart by Will Franke
The Drome by Hunter Davis
The Enclosure by Kostas Filopator
The Endless House by Mark Zakeri
The Explorer’s Club by Saleh Karaman
The Fairy Courts by Darcy McCool
The Fantastic Flynns by Sean Pedersen
The First Colony by Matthew Kelcourse
The Gateway by Parm Saini
The Ghosts Of Rachel Young by Shaun Burrell
The Green Sea by Jason Vaughn
The Guardian by Michael Cloherty
The Half-Sisterhood by Lynnesta Goldman
The Hatch by Mark Onspaugh
The Human Detective by Tasha Staples
The Intergalactic Ambassador by Alexander Charles
The Last Gunfighter by Michael Barbitta
The Loneliest Man in the Universe by Mohammad Al Onaizi
The Longsword Hunter by Chad Magnant
The Lost Boy by Sean Oliver
The Lost Girls by Aloura Charles
The Manor by William Mullins
The Nightwatchman by David Laurie
The Occurrence by Tom Connelly
The Outer Rim by Dhun Sharma
The Past is Not by Kevin Barney
The Pet by Ana Antlitz
The Phoenicians by Carissa Ridgeway and Dwight Tudor
The Purgs by Stephanie Latscu
The Realms by Ronald Glass and Marisa Glass
The Riven Tide by Aaron Mason
The Spaceman by John Mawson
The Sum of Our Parts by Briana Cox
The Toxic Atomic Cockroaches by Walton Dornisch
The Trial of Edgar Allan Poe by Sven Anarki
The Undroids by Scott Corbett
The Way You Look Tonight by John Cerrito
The Witches of West Cork by Michael Beddoes and Amy Clarke
This Thing Of Ours by Ben Monaco
Tornado by William Hunt
Touch, Inc. by Scott Cramer
Traces of Eden by Barbara West
Transference by Johnny Gilligan
Trapped in Plain Sight by Tammy Klembith
True Colours by Mark Renshaw
Try & Stay Calm by Carolyn Miller
U N E A R T H E D by Billy Reid
Unhinged by Jacqueline Fisher
UNIT 142 by Aurora Turrey
Unleash The Dead by Jeff Kongs
Vicarious by Joe Gressis
Waken by Shero Syndicate
Walter vs Himself by Lisa Garvey
Wander by Hank Isaac
Was-Leeu by Spoonie Clarke
Weatherman by Art Nadler
When the Sea Runs Red by Jannik Ohlendieck
Wishing Well by Gary Bickal
Witchsign by Scott Hawthorne
World Wars by David Velasco
Worst Fears by Bryan Bakker
Yatra by David Barbeschi and Vee Kumari
Your Grandmother is a Witch! by Mark Forler
Ziggurat by Matthew Cunha