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Congratulations to the following writers!

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GRAND PRIZE WINNERS:

SYLVIA, Feature Screenplay - J.F. Sweet (Historical/Biopic)

 

CULTIVATION, TV Pilot Script - Stevie Nelson (Horror/Supernatural)

 

BIBI, Short Screenplay - Heloise Chung, Brandy N. Carie (Horror/Supernatural)

GENRE WINNERS:
 

MARKO: DOG OF WAR, Feature Screenplay - Richard J. Norris (Drama)

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BRIANNA vs. BRIANNA, Feature Screeplay - Brianna Barrett, Brianna L. Barrett (Comedy)

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FORSAKEN, TEXAS: Feature Screenplay - Jordan Jacobson (Horror/Supernatural)

 

THE TROUBLES WE BROUGHT, Feature Screenplay - Howard Adam Brande (Mystery/Crime)

 

THE PRICE OF LOVE, Feature Screenplay - Rebecca Scott (Thriller/Suspense)

 

THE RED, WHITE, AND BOOM: Feature Screenplay - Hymnson Chan (Action/Adventure)

 

JAYWALKERS MUST DIE, Feature Screenplay - Dario Aristides Antepara (Sci-Fi/Fantasy)

 

SYLVIA, Feature Screenplay - J.F. Sweet (Historical/Biopic)

 

CRYPTO COWBOYS, Feature Screenplay - Joshua Reis (Western, Period)

 

THE SUITCASE OF SOMEWHERE: CARNIVAL,

Feature Screenplay - Michael Willis Layne Jr. (Faith/Family)

 

DACHSHUND THROUGH THE SNOW, Feature Screenplay - Casey Anne Apregan (Holiday)

 

JACOBIN, TV Pilot Script - John Francis Czarnik (Drama)

 

MAINERS, TV Pilot Script - Brynn Doucette (Comedy)

 

CULTIVATION, TV Pilot Script - Stevie Nelson (Horror/Supernatural)

 

STUPID PILL, TV Pilot Script - Vince Parenti (Thriller/Suspense)

 

THE LOST GIRLS, TV Pilot Script - Ajableu Arielle (Historical/Biopic)

 

BY SOME CHANCE, Short Screenplay - Vincent Marano (Drama)

 

BIBI, Short Screenplay - Heloise Chung, Brandy N. Carie (Horror/Supernatural)

 

THE BLUE CHAIR, Short Screenplay - Jaspreet Kaur (Mystery/Crime)

 

SOUL CONTRACT, Short Screenplay - Alison Thalhammer (Sci-Fi/Fantasy)

 

BITE DOWN, Short Screenplay - Kate Schultz (Western/Period)

FINALISTS:
 

BURNING WATER, Feature Screenplay - Loren Davis

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BRICE, Feature Screenplay - Jeff Goldstein

 

PANTHEON: WARLORDS OF THE NEBULA, Feature Screenplay - Dempsey Blackmon

 

MUÑECO & EL MERENGUERO, Feature Screenplays - Jovanny Guaba

 

BREAKING POINT, Feature Screenplay - Tracie Yake

 

PLAY FOR A KINGDOM, Feature Screenplay - Philip Cerruti

 

FATAL ERROR, Feature Screenplay - Mark Howard Mazza, Josie Hull

 

THE ADVENTURES OF NICK TRACY AND CHARLIE, Feature Screenplay - Heath Erik Papkov

 

THIRST, Feature Screenplay - Dillon Douglas Slack

 

VIRAL CODE, TV Pilot Script - Amy Kinney

 

CHERRY BLOSSOMS, Feature Screenplay - Marc Stephen Del Gatto

 

BEAST OF THE ROCKIES, Feature Screenplay - Donovan Cage

 

AFTER AMBER, Feature Screenplay - Rashidat Oyiza Musa

 

THE COOKIE TABLE, Feature Screenplay - Jennie E. Nicassio

 

FAT MEN IN SKIRTS, Feature Screenplay - Steven Simone-Friedland

 

FOREVER FORWARD, Feature Screenplay - Michael Lemish

 

GEHENNA, Feature Screenplay - Aizen Malki

 

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNDEAD, Feature Screenplay - Gary Myles Scullion

 

MINT, Feature Screenplay - Jon C. Carlson

 

CAT’S PAW & BEFORE SHE WAS JOAN, Feature Screenplays - Crecia Mathalia

 

ANNA INCOGNITO, Feature Screenplay - Laura Preble

 

WEBELOS, Feature Screenplay - Travis W. Bruyer

 

THE SHADOW FALLS, Feature Screenplay - Clay Callender

 

SOUL TOUCH, Feature Screenplay - Matthew Warner

 

THE LAST HUNT, Feature Screenplay - Scott Joseph Cahill

 

ALL NAZIS DIE, Feature Screenplay - Nathan Shapiro

 

PREHISTORIC VENGEANCE, Feature Screenplay - Chelsea Lin, Erik J. Waldman

 

CASA VOYEUR, Feature Screenplay - Judy Klass

 

FOR KEEPS, Short Screenplay - Dave Malone, Paulette Guerin

 

NOTHING IN GOOD FAITH, Feature Screenplay - Francisco Zuloaga Cosme, Jae Han

 

THE GREAT STORM, Feature Screenplay - Lorenda Kirves Wyant

 

TO KILL A KING, Feature Screenplay - Kaenan Oliver, Jay Flynn, Dominic Oliver

 

THE BANNER & LABYRINTH OF DESTINY, Feature Screenplays - Ernestina Juarez

 

MARRYING MONEY, Feature Screenplay - Rob Sheely

 

PORT CHICAGO 50, Feature Screenplay - L.A. Lyle

 

THE QUANTUM KILLER, Feature Screenplay - Dario Aristides Antepara

 

THE LOSS WE BEAR, Feature Screenplay - Roberta Steve

 

THE DEATH ROW COOK, Short Screenplay - Jessica James

 

SANTA AI, Feature Screenplay - Stephanie Bourbon

 

THE MONUMENTAL TWINS OF MAGIC, Feature Screenplay - Kit Wilson

 

ALTER EGO, Feature Screenplay - Robert Vaughn

 

THE MANSION ON THE HILL, Feature Screenplay - Christopher Soucy

 

RECOMPENSE, Feature Screenplay - Samuel Shindel-Spencer

 

ALPHA CHASE, Feature Screenplay - Chuck Gordon

 

REVIEW, Feature Screenplay - Jonathan Zarantonello

 

MOONSCOPE, Feature Screenplay - David Hunter Fein

 

SMOKE ON THE WATER, Feature Screenplay - Jeffrey Dean Connell

 

UNEXPECTED LOVE, Feature Screenplay - Barbara Holbert

 

NOBODY’S HEROES, Feature Screenplay - Michael Alan Elliott

 

THE RED, WHITE, AND BOOM, Feature Screenplay - Hymnson Chan

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL, Feature Screenplay - Steven Keith Bogart

 

GARBO’S CUBAN LOVER, Feature Screenplay - Odalys Nanin

 

MISFORTUNE COOKIES, Feature Screenplay - Don Stroud

 
SEMI-FINALISTS:
 

THEY’RE OUT THERE, Feature Screenplay - Garrett Queener

 

PSYCHOSIS, Short Screenplay - Robert Ellis

 

THE UNDERTOW, TV Pilot Script - Bobby Ellis

 

THE DOLL KEEPER, Feature Screenplay - Diane F. Sismour

 

LUCY. TV Pilot Script - Courtney DeCamp

 

THE SECRET LIVES OF THINGS, TV Pilot Script - Charles Rutheiser

 

WIND THERAPY, Feature Screenplay - Kevin A. David

 

HOA, Feature Screenplay - Christopher Randall

 

THE GRUDGE BANK, Short Screenplay - Lidiia Derevianko

 

VET KIDS, TV Pilot Script - Sue Skelding

 

THE SEVEN, TV Pilot Script - Amber Wheelock

 

THE VAMPIRE RUSSELL, Feature Screenplay - Jeff Goldstein

 

CREATION STORY, Feature Screenplay - Sarah Ash

 

MR. CHARLIE, Feature Screenplay - Ricky Long

 

ONE HOGAN PLACE, TV Pilot Script - Wesley G. Cheng

 

A DREAM TO FLY, Feature Screenplay - Henry H. Pak

 

E-TICKET, TV Pilot Script - Veronica Kellar

 

UNDERTOW, Short Screenplay - Jason Bickings

 

THE LEGEND OF IRON DOG, Feature Screenplay - Andrea H. Park

 

MY STORY, TV Pilot Script - Gregorio Jose Vera II

 

SOPHIE’S MIRACLE, Feature Screenplay - Susan Kelejian

 

DEAD CENTER, Feature Screenplay - Grayson Tumult

 

U.S. GRANT, TV Pilot Script - Levi Gordon

 

THEY WILL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS, TV Pilot Script - Oliver Pierre Yandle

 

THE SAN QUENTIN NEWS, Feature Screenplay - Thomas William Bolema

 

A STORM OF LEAD, TV Pilot Script - David Thomis White

 

THE ESCAPE OF ANA FLORES, Short Screenplay - Mark Rigsby

 

THE DEATH COLLECTOR, Feature Screenplay - Charlie Mezzano

 

BEFORE THE PROM, Feature Screenplay - Marion Degos Crackower, Carrie Simon

 

DEUCE, Feature Screenplay - John A. Kinney

 

THE LEDGER, Feature Screenplay - John Dwyer

 

TRANQUILITY, Short Screenplay - Mark Joseph Wasserman

 

SAME TIME NEXT YEAR, Short Screenplay - Brandon Smith

 

F.P. CON DELTA, Feature Screenplay - John Christopher Klauder

 

SICK AND TIRED, Short Screenplay - Christina Marie Leonard

 

FATHER NATURE - MOTHER TIME, TV Pilot Script - Don Famularo

 

FROM MAFIA PRINCESS TO GOD’S PRINCESS, Feature Screenplay - Barbara Cueto

 

WILDERNESS, Feature Screenplay - Laura Palickar

 

2ND MOVEMENT, TV Pilot Script - Francesca Reggio

 

THE DASHWOODS, TV Pilot Script - Marieke Gaboury

 

HELD ON, Feature Screenplay - Timothy Glowacki

 

A SAUIN SAGA, Feature Screenplay - William Alexander Murphy

 

ASTRO-NOTS, TV Pilot Script - Emma Claire Keating

 

THREE QUEENS, Feature Screenplay - MeMe Cherry

 

STRANDED, TV Pilot Script - Amy Kay DuBoff

 

A FAMILY TREE, Short Screenplay - Grant Lahaie

 

FOREVER PRINCENEY, Feature Screenplay - Ariel Orama López

 

SOUTH WIND COME, Feature Screenplay - Ernestina Juarez

 

BLOOD BATH, Feature Screenplay - Robert Merritt Blankenhorn

 

HORROR-FEST, Feature Screenplay - Bill Brock

 

TO HELL, Feature Screenplay - Matthew David Rafferty

 

CHRISTMAS AT THE ORPHEUM, Short Screenplay - Todd Bronson

 

MIRACLE ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD,

Feature Screenplay - Thomas J. Stohlgren, Arthur O. Thomas

 

THE SHAPE OF STAYING, Feature Screenplay - Shaye Steinhardt

 

MOB ADJACENT, Feature Screenplay - Jeffrey Gentile

 

THE CHANGE, TV Pilot Script - Elizabeth Barnard Sampson

 

TANNENBAUM, Feature Screenplay - Jeremy Wade Rodman

 

THE CHRISTMAS CLUSTERFUCK, TV Pilot Script - Robert Vaughn, Jennifer Gibson

 

NIGHT OF DESIRABLE OBJECTS, Feature Screenplay - Merrick John Sequeira

 

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THADDEUS THACKERAY, Feature Screenplay - Adam McDaniel

 

SPIRITS OF THE DEAD, Feature Screenplay - Keith Mark Gilman

 

THE INCIDENT IN WEEKI WACHEE, Feature Screenplay - Christopher Laudando

 

EL LLANTO (THE WEEPING), Short Screenplay - Marco Rodriguez

 

AFTERLIVES, TV Pilot Script - Avraham Isseroff, Jayme McMillan

 

JUDGY, Short Screenplay - Sherri Z. Heller

 

KID, Feature Screenplay - Jordan Hopa

 

21st CENTURY LOVE & FIVE STEPS AHEAD, Feature Screenplays - Rich Wingerter

 

NEVER MY WAR, Feature Screenplay - Lee Urwin

 

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS, Feature Screenplay - Emilio Santín

 

CHILD OF DAWN, Feature Screenplay - Leslie A. Lee

 

THE FOURTH NIGHT, Feature Screenplay - Mike Briock

 

IT’S ALL A BLUR, Feature Screenplay - Sandra Jones

 

BUNK 5, TV Pilot Script - Christina Zagarino, Renata Townsend

 

PRETTY LITTLE LUCY, Feature Screenplay - David Williamson

 

UNTIL SEPTEMBER, TV Pilot Script - Harker Jones

 

INTO THE FIRE & POSSUM KINGDOM, Feature Screenplays - Henry Slaughter

 

CRASHERS, Feature Screenplay - Lindy S. Hudis, Stephen R. Hudis

 

THURSDAY AT TEESEE’S, Feature Screenplay - Vincent Apollo

 

DISCLOSURE, TV Pilot Script - Darius Wright

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QUARTER-FINALISTS:
 

BEFORE US (TRILOGY), Feature Screenplays - Cory Martin

 

IRONBISON, TV Pilot Script - Mitch Lewis

 

THE SUN ALSO SETS, Feature Screenplay - Jonathan Bricklin

 

25 TO LIFE, TV Pilot Script - Courtney DeCamp

 

ROAD TO DAMASCUS, Feature Screenplay - Donald Gage

 

TAKING ARIZONA, HEALED, Feature Screenplays - Jeff Goldstein

 

SISTERS: TREE OF SOULS, Feature Screenplay - Sarah Ash

 

BRUCE’S HOUSE: AN EPIC 80's HEAVY METAL ADVENTURE,

Feature Screenplay - Eric D. Patton

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BOOK LOST, TV Pilot Script - Cheyenne Bates

 

HOTEL CALIFORNIA, TV Pilot Script - Aly Trasher

 

SNATCHERS, TV Pilot Script - John Francis Czarnik

 

THE NUMBERS, TV Pilot Script - Stefon James Cooper-Langhorne

 

IT’S HIM, Short Screenplay - Ralph Scott, Todd Covert, Dino Tripodis

 

BING, Feature Screenplay - John Andrew Fenner

 

TENNESSEE WHISKEY, Feature Screenplay - Albert D. Mason

 

THEY COME AT NIGHT, Short Screenplay - Tony Archer

 

LABOR DAY WEEKEND, Short Screenplay - Agostino Zoida

 

PIT ROAD, TV Pilot Script - Lucas Boger

 

OLLIE, TV Pilot Script - Sonia Janae, Maishia

 

ROCK BOTTOM, TV Pilot Script - Dayle Johnson

 

MSG BANGCOCK: COVER ME, I’M FUCKED & MSG ATHENS: ALL GAS, NO BRAKES,

TV Pilot Scripts - Donovan Cage, Kelley Smith

 

BLOOD ON THE PRAIRIE, TV Pilot Script - Kelly Wiseman

 

HIDDEN, Feature Screenplay - Mine Yapıcılar

 

CLIQUE, TV Pilot Script - Dea Divi

 

MAKING  SUPER, TV Pilot Script - Jay Rath

 

PARADIGM OF  A FROST FLOWER, TV Pilot Script - DeAndrea Dorsey

 

FOREVER YOUNG, Feature Screenplay - Shanita Logan

 

SEER, TV Pilot Script - Ashland Menshouse

 

ALICE IN THE UNDERGROUND, TV Pilot Script - Anne Elizabeth Matthews

 

WHAT ABOUT HUGGY?, Short Screenplay - Richard Bruce Stirling

 

ST. GEORGE AND THE COUGARS, Feature Screenplay - Christopher Swider

 

STRACTOR, Feature Screenplay - Amanda Marie Pearce

 

THE DAY OF THE DRIFTER, Short Screenplay - Bruce Radek, Ralph Sounders

 

WARRIOR, Short Screenplay - Dale Deacon

 

FREE SAFETY, Short Screenplay - Reena Patton

 

A WHITE CHRISTMAS GETAWAY, Feature Screenplay - Lynn Vincentnathan

 

EIGHTH NOTES, TV Pilot Script - Christina Holloway, Maru Letona Holloway

 

HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, TV Pilot Script - Yannick Touratier

 

THAT MUCH, Short Screenplay - David R. Schleicher, Kristofer R. Schleicher

 

THE CANDLESTICK MAKER, Feature Screenplay - Jeanne Kay Schieffer

 

SEEN, TV Pilot Script - James Arthur Burchett

 

SEE ROCK CITY, Feature Screenplay - Denis Curto

 

DISCORD, TV Pilot Script - Cheyenne Marie Washington

 

IN THE SHADOWS, TV Pilot Script - Michael Hayes

 

FEATHERS TO FREEDOM, Short Screenplay - Fehia L. Tangitau

 

BUCKETS KEY, Feature Screenplay - Christopher Ryder

 

POOL BOY, TV Pilot Script - Jeremy Roth

 

THE BUSHMEN, TV Pilot Script - Jason A Green

 

HELLSTER INC. & WINNIE & CLYDE, Feature Screenplay - Matthew David Rafferty

 

WATCH ME, Short Screenplay - Sabrina Wright

 

THE RURALS, Short Screenplay - Judson Vaughan

 

MY BEST LIFE, TV Pilot Script - Chris Paseka

 

EMBEDDED CAMERA, Short Screenplay - Kate Schultz

 

EVA AND THE LIFE MACHINE, Feature Screenplay - Stan Slater

 

THE DEVIL PULLS THE STRINGS, TV Pilot Script - J. W. Zarek

 

DEATH IN POLAND, Feature Screenplay - Grant Huffman

 

VAN 59, Feature Screenplay - Brian Trotter

 

A HOME RUN, Short Screenplay - Yvonne Coughlan

 

DAD’S DR. VISIT, Short Screenplay - Chris Paseka

 

ALIEWINE, Feature Screenplay - Rome Harrison

 

TIMBER, TV Pilot Script - Lila Bayet

 

BREAD AND CIRCUSES, TV Pilot Script - Larry H. Pollack

 

THE REAL SPAGHETTI, Short Screenplay - Richard Stirling

 

THE BOY AND THE DOG, Short Screenplay - Andrew James Bleidner

 

THE BAD HABITS OF UNHAPPY PEOPLE, Feature Screenplay - Chantal Massuh-Fox

 

THE WEIGHT OF CARE, Feature Screenplay - Joe Fishel

 

DIRTY WORK, TV Pilot Script - Benjamin Pollack

 

MY YOGA MAT, Short Screenplay - Michael Monteiro

 

OUTTA LEFT FIELD, Feature Screenplay - Hank Slaughter, Jana Clayton

 

THE NIGHTSTAND, Short Screenplay - Will Morrison

 

FATED QUEERS, TV Pilot Script - Will Morrison

 

ANCESTORS FROM THE STARS, Feature Screenplay - Joe McNeal

 

WICKED WOMEN AND THEIR MEN, & THE TRUE LEGEND OF PEARL RIVERS,

Feature Screenplays - Merrill Anway Jones

 

SOUL SLASHER, Short Screenplay - Curtis W. Harrison

 

PRAYING MANTIS IN A JAR, Feature Screenplay - Rosalyn Rosen

 

DATING INCORPORATED, Feature Screenplay - Donna Keegan, Marian Sing

 

THE ALLEGORY OF THE HOOD, TV Pilot Script - Diane Thomassin

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
 

THE CORRUPTED REALM, Short Screenplay - Karsten De Bolt

 

AROUND THE WAY: WHEN HOME TURNS DANGEROUS, TV Pilot Script - Terence Pittman

 

BOARDING PASS HOLLYWOOD, Short Screenplay - Horentia Cornelissen

 

5:56 AM, TV Pilot Script - Gary St. Martin

 

STAR VOYAGER, TV Pilot Script - George R. Rigney

 

FACES, TV Pilot Script - Benjamin K. Burgess

 

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO CHURCH, Feature Screenplay - Jim Lupis

 

PACKAGE BOYZ, TV Pilot Script, Rome Harrison

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, TV Pilot Script - Cheja Tucker

 

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***Hollywood Storytellers reserves the distinction of its genre awards for scripts demonstrating exceptional creative and technical achievement​. In categories where submissions do not meet the competition's standards or minimum scoring threshold for recognition, a winner may not be declared.