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2025 GENRE SCRIPT COMPETITION

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS:

THE COW, Feature Screenplay - Jonathan Face.

WE'LL BE SAFE HERE, Short Screenplay - Erin Copen Howard

THE LAST BROADCAST, TV Pilot Script - Noureddine Hifad



GENRE WINNERS:
 

THE COW, Jonathan Face (Feature Drama Winner)
 

SHITFACE, Chandler Chavez (Feature Comedy Winner)

DEATHSLED, Wesley Drent (Feature Horror Winner)

FERAL MOUNTAINS, Terry Luke Podnar (Feature Thriller/Suspense Winner)
 

LADYBOY BLUES, Richard Lanoix (Feature Action/Adventure Winner)
 

COUNTING ON CLARK, Erin Copen Howard (Feature Sci-Fi/Fantasy Winner)


THE NURSE, Shanee Edwards (Feature Historical/Biopic Winner)


STRANGER CHOICE, Terrance Henry (Feature Western/Period Winner)

HOME FOR THE HOWLIDAYS, Terri D. Alkire (Feature Holiday/Family Winner)


OMAHA!, Kelly Gutierrez (TV Pilot Drama Winner)


DEPARTMENT OF UNSEEN AFFAIRS, Sarantos (TV Pilot Comedy Winner)


THE LAST BROADCAST, Noureddine Hifad (TV Pilot Horror/Thriller Winner)


WOODBRIDGE PARK, Drew Michael (TV Pilot Mystery/Crime Winner)


MAGIC AND COCKTAILS, Marcos Gracia (TV Pilot Action/Adventure Winner)


PLANET HUNTERS, Nick Newcastle (TV Pilot Sci-Fi/Fantasy Winner)


LIFE OF A FIREFLY, Sandra Brown Lindstedt (TV Pilot Historical/Biopic Winner)
 

WE'LL BE SAFE HERE, Erin Copen Howard (Short Screenplay Drama Winner)

I'M WITH TRAUMA, Rebecca C. Scott (Short Screenplay Comedy Winner)

HEDONISM, Jessica James (Short Screenplay Horror Winner)


FOLKS, Jonathan Redding (Short Screenplay Thriller/Suspense Winner)


HOME AGAIN, Stephen Kellam (Short Screenplay Historical/Biopic Winner)


13 STEPS, Loren Davis (Short Screenplay Western/Period Winner)

THE DANCE BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT, William Mariano (Short Faith/Family Winner)



FINALISTS:
 

COME BACK, Short Screenplay - Tiffany Nichole Bromley
 

HENRY AND THE HOUND, Feature Screenplay - Joshua Aaron Thomas
 

DEATH IN REALITY, Feature Screenplay - Erin Copen Howard
 

LADY OF GRACE, Feature Screenplay - Marvin Jackson
 

THE DRILL, Short Screenplay - Vee Kumari
 

BREAKING THE CURSE, Feature Screenplay - Lisa K. Thomas
 

STARLINE POST, Feature Screenplay - Emma Benten
 

TWO FATES,Feature Screenplay - Kelsey Ann Wacker & Lori Lee Peters
 

BUTTERFLY, Short Screenplay - Joseph Leonello
 

ATTAGIRL, Feature Screenplay - Terissa Kelton & Scott Morse


CHILI AND BOOTS, Feature Screenplay - Nyasha Foy
 

THE SEVEN “SEE US! HEAR US!”, Feature Screenplay - J. Blasi-Figueroa
 

KRIS KRINGLE, Feature Screenplay - Maria Ciampi
 

LEVI’S CONVERSION, Short Screenplay - Antonio Guanaes
 

MOTHERSHIP, Feature Screenplay - Joseph Michael Leone
 

APEX, Feature Screenplay - Erin Copen Howard
 

THE SISTREN, TV Pilot Script - Angela Thorne
 

THE END OF HOPE, Short Screenplay - Ricky Serrano Robles
 

THE NETWORK, Feature Screenplay - Rory Laughlin
 

GREEN MEANS GO!, Feature Screenplay - Harker Jones

 

OPERATION: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, Feature Screenplay - Eric Edward Glawe
 

BASED ON A NON-TRUE STORY, Feature Screenplay - Emilio Santín
 

THINK APOCALYPSE!, Short Screenplay - Erin Copen Howard
 

7 THE LEGEND, Feature Screenplay - Randall Paul Swearingen
 

FADEPOINT, Feature Screenplay - Rory Laughlin
 

TAILGATING AT SWEENEY’S FUNERAL HOME, Short Screenplay - Kendra B. Cunningham
 

THE SURREALIST’S MUSE, Feature Screenplay - Steven Keith Bogart
 

AMERICA, Feature Screenplay - Mario Rios Pacheco
 

REAPER, Short Screenplay - Chloe Joanna Stephenson
 

THE SANTA SCOOP, Feature Screenplay - Terri Alkire

 

WARRIOR’S TRAIL, Feature Screenplay - Marco Rodriguez
 

THE PERFECT GAME, Feature Screenplay - Peter T. Simon
 

THE CHAIRMAN, Short Screenplay - Greg Barnes
 

NECROTICA, Feature Screenplay - Wesley Steven Drent
 

BIG AL, HIP HOP AND HER, Feature Screenplay - Ellen Gerstein
 

EMERALD CITY, Feature Screenplay - David Bobrow
 

FINAL DAWN, Short Screenplay - Heather Farlinger
 

AMERICAN MONEY, Feature Screenplay - Timothy A. McGhee
 

PRETENTIOUS MOVIE, Feature Screenplay - Michael Paradiso
 

A MIRACLE FOR CHRISTMAS, Feature Screenplay - Shelley Chester
 

THE “C” WORD (NO, NOT THAT ONE), Short Screenplay - Melanie Gail Wilderman


 
SEMI-FINALISTS:
 

CHILDLESS CAT LADY, TV Pilot Script - Meaghan Hynes Reese
 

1999, TV Pilot Script - Kristopher Pierce
 

SYNNOIA, Short Screenplay - Javier Hinojosa Allely
 

MOGEN THE BOLD, Feature Screenplay - Laura Londagin
 

MUNDANE, Short Screenplay - Teresa Castilho
 

LEGACY, TV Pilot Script - Morgan Turner
 

A THIS AND THAT GOLDEN HOLIDAY, Feature Screenplay - Lisa Summerour
 

TOP SECRET SANTA, Feature Screenplay - Jayne Ormerod
 

THE REVENGE CLUB, Short Screenplay - Marla Naomi Eaton
 

SEA HASH, TV Pilot Script - Molly Olasiji

 

BOOGLINEE, Feature Screenplay - Randall K. Wong
 

LATTE, TV Pilot Script - Kario Marcel
 

LEAD INTO LOVE, Feature Screenplay - Megan Archbold & Melissa Winter
 

HOW TO FLIRT WITH A WITCH, TV Pilot Script - Ilyssa Peltz, Tiana Warner, Stephanie Warner
 

A VERY TIMBER CHRISTMAS, Feature Screenplay - Diana Shoykhet
 

0800 DEADLINE (ANON), TV Pilot Script - Katy Edelsten
 

THREE STRIKES, NO CHRISTMAS!, Feature Screneplay - Ktohri Nicole Ross
 

TROPHIES, TV Pilot Script - Phillip Cook
 

SECOND SET, Feature Screenplay - Candace Lee Egan
 

LOSING LIGHT, Feature Screenplay - Nick Pullia

 

WHITE ORCHID, Feature Screenplay - Maura Campbell & RIk Sinkeldam
 

THE WOMAN IN THE MIRROR, Short Screenplay - Kimber Leigh
 

Pi, TV Pilot Script - Dani Cannon
 

TARGET AUDIENCE, Feature Screenplay - Rory Laughlin
 

THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, Feature Screenplay - Janet Walker
 

SOMEONE LIKE ME/BLACK DRAGON, Feature Screenplay - Timothy S. Lott
 

LOOK BOTH WAY IN THE BARRIO BLANCO, Feature Screenplay - Judith Robbins Rose
 

IN THIN AIR, Feature Screenplay - Jay Rubin & Jim Ruel
 

IN THE GARDEN, Feature Screenplay - Christal Kahles-Jones & Kathy Krantz Stewart
 

SOCIAL TIES, TV Pilot Script - Cas Saxe

 

INTERLOPER, Feature Screenplay - Guinevere Rose
 

RED HANDS, Feature Screenplay - Maureen Anne Meehan
 

SACRED SUN, Feature Screenplay - Michael Louis Gould
 

OCCHUED, Feature Screenplay - Ucon & Saya
 

A SHADOW IN AYLOUL’S STORM, Feature Screenplay - Fidaa Hourani
 

THE FAMILY COTTAGE, Short Screenplay - Michael Shawn McInnes
 

SIDES OF NORMAL, Short Screenplay - Synth Knox
 

COW FARM, TV Pilot Script - Natasha Sofia Goulden
 

DETENTION: ROOM 107, Short Screenplay - Joseph Michael Leone
 

AMERICAN MONEY, Feature Screenplay - Timothy A. McGhee

 

DEAR GRANDSON, Feature Screenplay - Scott Reneau
 

JIMI, JANIS, AND JIM MUST DIE, Feature Screenplay - John Arnau
 

BOB DOOLEY, Feature Screenplay - Margina Sisson
 

GYRE: SONGLINES, TV Pilot Script - Gina Lennox
 

7TH WAVE, TV Pilot Script - Noah Lang & Harold "Blake" Hoss
 

AMBERICA, TV Pilot Script - Amber Shaheen Nelson & Mokotsi Rukundo
 

POCKETS, TV Pilot Script - Erik Walker Neill & Anthony DeVine
 

ANGELS, DEMONS, AND A COURT-MARTIAL, Feature Screenplay - Chris Kreger
 

VOODOO VALENTINOS, Feature Screenplay - Michael Louis Gould
 

CONSUMED, Feature Screenplay - Don Stroud



QUARTER-FINALISTS:

BURNOUT, TV Pilot Script - Izzie Mantese
 

SEASONS CHANGE, Feature Screenplay - Josh Datingaling
 

THE SHADOWLANDS, TV Pilot Script  - Christine Bush
 

SEOUL HEARTS, TV Pilot Script - Cheryl L. Burrows
 

KILLIN’ IT IN THE KITCHEN, Feature Screenplay - Jayne Ormerod
 

SPARROWS, TV Pilot Script - Karen Campion
 

CHASING TRUTHS, Feature Screenplay - Dennis Manning
 

AMERICAN MYTHOS - THE CATHEDRAL, TV Pilot Script - Craig L. Graaff
 

PRECURSOR, TV Pilot Script - Steve Brown
 

ZIMMI: THE ODYSSEY, TV Pilot - Todd Stark

 

NEXT CHAPTER, TV Pilot Script - Brian Meegan
 

AT THE MERCY OF FAITH, Feature Screenplay - Samuel Taylor
 

LE MOGADOR, TV Pilot Script - Noureddine Hifad
 

DEATH CAN BE A FUNNY BUSINESS, Feature Screenplay - Joe Fishel
 

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, Feature Screenplay - Dennis Michael O’Connor
 

THE SESSION, Short Screenplay - Xola Xander
 

LOVE AND PURPOSE, TV Pilot Script - Molly Gross
 

GLORY AND LOOT, Short Screenplay - Jamie R. Kadavy & Troy M. Kadavy
 

HIGHLAND DRIVE, TV Pilot Script - Rosalyn Rosen
 

SPICE (THE VARIETY OF LIFE), Feature Screenplay - Laura B. Londagin

 

MUTT AND JACK’S EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE, Feature Screenplay - Jodi L. Dickey
 

CLEANSE MY SINS, Feature Screenplay - Viveka Thompson-Robinson
 

THE WINTER WOLVES, Feature Screenplay - Mark Kelly
 

ALIEN CAMCORDER, Short Screenplay - Corey Hood
 

AGENT JAX JACKSON: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW, Short Screenplay - Chris Warner
 

2 MAN, TV Pilot Script - Palmer Townes Hope
 

FORBIDDEN LOVE, Feature Screenplay - Timothy Shrikrishnan Lott
 

60 DATES IN SIX MONTHS (WITH A BROKEN NECK), Feature Screenplay -

Maureen Anne Meehan
 

THE GHOST OF DI AN (ZEE AHN), Feature Screenplay - Taylor Hunt
 

NOCTURNAL TENDENCIES, Feature Screenplay - Stephanie Sowder

 

ALL UP IN YOUR BUZINESS: MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS CRAP, Feature Screenplay - Julianna M. Newland
 

A HOLLYWOOD WEREWOLF, Feature Screenplay - Joseph Graves
 

CITADEL LOST, Feature Screenplay - Ernie Rivera
 

THE SOUND OF RUINS, TV Pilot Script - Kris Bart
 

CHAINED TO YOUR GHOST, Feature Screenplay - Amanda Lemberg
 

A PIRATE AND A PRINCESS, Feature Screenplay - Mark Thomas Kelly
 

A PHOTOGRAPH,Feature Screenplay - Conor Clancy & Christina Sussmann
 

GREED, Short Screenplay - Tania Villegas Ocampo
 

A WRINKLE IN TIME, TV Pilot Script - Ben Tobin
 

THE MAR CHRONICLES, TV Pilot Script - A. S. Templeton

 

THE LAST TRIAL, Feature Screenplay - Rebekah Scheffelmaier
 

THE WEIGHT OF GUILT, Short Screenplay - Maria K. Singh
 

THE EXTERMINATOR, Feature Screenplay - William Thomas Curley
 

THE BLACKSMITH, Feature Screenplay - Gina Lennox & Barzou Mansour Ishmael
 

YEAR OF THE DRAGON, TV Pilot Script - Natasha Langridge-Thorpe
 

UNIT F: MONSTER VICE, TV Pilot Script - Chris Warner
 

LOVE KILLS, Short Screenplay - Xola Xander
 

MYSTIC MASALA, TV Pilot Script - Sadhana Singhal
 

INKED IN BLOOD, Feature Screenplay - Paul Corricelli
 

BEACH BLACKOUT, Feature Screenplay - Blair London


A HOUSE FOR THE FLOWERS, Feature Screenplay - Juliana Philippi
 

OVERDUE, Short Screenplay - Philippa Rae
 

ON THE EDGE, Feature Screenplay - Irina Vysotskaya
 

TRUE NORTH, Feature Screenplay - Sophia Flot-Warner
 

FIVE DEFIANT WOMEN, Feature Screenplay - Vivianne Rosenberg
 

NATALIA, Feature Screenplay - Rosalyn Rosen
 

COMING OF AGE, Feature Screenplay - Connor A. Field
 

DANCE, Feature Screenplay - Mark Thomas Kelly
 

MEDICINE, TV Pilot Script - Daniel Austin Jones
 

INVASION OF THE BREWERY SLUGS, Feature Screenplay - William Curley



HONORABLE MENTIONS:
 

THE BEECHER TRIALS, TV Pilot Script - John Gatta
 

DANCING WITH SPIES @GODDESS, TV Pilot Script - Francis Billingsley
 

AT THE MERCY OF FAITH (TERROR VERSION), Feature Screenplay - Samuel L. Taylor
 

CHRYSALIS - THE FAMILY ADVENTURE(S), TV Pilot Script - Marc Ginsburg
 

WINNING, Feature Screenplay - Charles Edward Mack
 

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