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Comedy Screenplay Awards
 Season 8 Results:

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Overall Winner - Season 9

Finalists

*Thanks once again to all of the hard-working writers who entered, and congratulations to our Season 8 Quarter-Finalists, Semi-Finalists, Finalists and Winner!​

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We had a large number of entries this

season, boiling that group down to the list you see on this page was no easy task.  We're very grateful to have received so many wonderful projects, keep on writing everyone, and stay well!

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Safe Words  -  Daniel Clements

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Work is Torture -  Chris Pecchenino

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Go To Hell  -  Benjamin Font

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Maddie and Frannie  -  Virginia Austin 

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Ars gratia Artis  -  Stefan Alexander

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Gorilla  -  David Herman

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The Mythical Golden Trout  -  Craig Peters

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Adventures in Serial Killing  -  Jack Warner

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Lap of Luxury  -  Jackson Hukari

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Laffoon: Tales from the Quarter  -  Jack Hutsey

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Semi-Finalists

Space Cadets: The Next Generation  -  Edwin McDonald IV
The Righteous Knight  -  Dale Sweeney
He's A Dog  -  Cheryl Bealer-Wynton
Guy Who Just Bought a Boat  -  Patrick Tierney
Our Ugly Baby  -  Ray Keller
The Jobber  -  Robert Palestini
Christmas in Cryonis  -  Molly Bandt
Dad Band  -  Mike Harlow
Sam and Kaya  -  Shannon Brady
Dodo in London  -  Mark Bradley
WIDOW'S PEAK  -  Matthew Stevens
Love Curse  -  Brian Moon
The Ass of G.A.W.D.  -  Mark Bowes
Varsity  -  Emmylou Barden
One Hit Wonder  -  Robert Burke
The Witches of Beaverlick  -  Erica Russell
Scott B. Donaghy: Professional Referee  -  Christopher Loveland
Broken Spirits  -  Matthew Hoch
Dream Machines  -  Ron Lundmark
You and You Too  -  Mariana Rodrigues Serra Silva
Bliss  -  Grace Hannoy
Silver Flake  -  Francis Rose
The Devil’s Detour  -  Chris Bloomfield
Selling The Sun  -  Tom Adams
Gentle Parenting  -  Charlie T Savage
The Cursing Tree  -  Nan Schmid
Reality Check  -  Adam Karpel
My Space Therapy  -  Nate Raven
The Dirty Double  -  Frankie Campisano
The Most Perfect Christmas  -  Maria & Kevin OBryan
Backside of The Vase  -  Marina Charalambides
Dead End  -  William Read Hopkins
The Queen, The Knight, and The Witch  -  Letia Solomon
Geoffrey's Last Stand  -  Anna Forsyth
It's a Long Long Way to Tipperary  -  Rick Hays
Tuesday Night Dragonslayer Club  -  Michael Rogan
Lifesavers  -  Nicki Holcomb
The Toledo War  -  Scott Saffran
Dead Man With A Plan  -  Joel Stern
Clicks  -  Ross Schneiderman
Bag of Dicks  -  Verlon Roberts
Daddy Issues  -  David F.M. Vaughn
Isabella Goes to the Gala  -  Lynn Laguna
Joystick  -  Jerry Hsu
Jason and the Silent Knight  -  Eric Sandefur
Checking Out  -  Brian Hershkowitz
Doctor Babies  -  Annie Sicherman
Next Semester  -  Gabe Berry
Fear of Not Flying  -  Charles Ross
Through a Glass Ceiling, Darkly  -  Richard Geiwitz
Reverse Course  -  Gregory Cohen
My Dad Thinks He's Five  -  John Ducey
The Wizard of Proz  -  Gary Blackwood
The Two Musketeers  -  Dustin Richardson
Don Senatore  -  Alex Beattie
Fugitive Bride  -  Scott Billings
My Human Experience  -  Aimee Dansereau
Road to Machu Picchu  -  Stewart Fergus
Mr. Fear  -  Callum Henderson
Little Killer  -  Stephen Jimenez-Robb
Touch the Fire  -  Kevin Karp
Bullseye  -  Riley Scott




 

Nick'd  -  Mike Nielsen

Lulubelle  -  Michael Goyert
The Devil I Know   - Josh Brody
Bank Robbery Hottie  -  Ruby Mainieri
The Odds  -  Bill Ehrlich
Minus One  -  Michelle Blair Wilker
Being a Gentleman  -  David Poric
My Friend Satan  -  Brett Martin
Bouncers  -  Andrea Wahbe
The Disconnection Of Family Affairs  -  Shane Weiss
The Devil You Know  -  Daniel Reiner
So Close  -  Kim Kolarich

Sawdust  -  Hector Frost
The Great Job Swap Out   - Rob Gruen
No Mirrors  -  Brian Lustig
Husband Day Care  -  Zack R. Smith
Stripped  -  William McNeill
Stu, Jesus and the Devil  -  Joel Karlinsky
King Con  -  Warren McHenry
The Good Girl Of Chinatown  -  Melissa Lee Speyer
The Envy of Ledd  -  Gary Irons
Checks and Balances  -  Drew McInturff
Coffee Boy  -  Daniel Siegelstein
Human Nature  -  Cooper OConnell
If They Did It  -  Jordana Hatab
A Midsummer Night's Play  -  Eric MacKinnon Johnson
The Day We Tried to Live  -  Sergio Padilla
Playing Hero  -  Warren Lane
Pete & The Parties of Pure Evil  -  Warren Lane
Our Invincible Kindness  -  Brian Wapole
The Misadventures of a Polite and Indifferent Man  -  Bobby Gorman
World Wrestling League of Badassery  -  Lee Lucero
Everything's AI-OK  -  Matthew Lowe
Sexperiment  -  Alex Murawski
Knuckleheads  -  David Meister
Golden Oaks Nursing Home  -  Bri Kaisen
Hail Larry  -  Evan Frondorf
My Fair Drag Queen  -  Devin Toohey
Sharlie  -  Rob Margis
Alicia&I  -  Mariana Garcia
Eat Me  -  Jason Tostevin
Black Santa   -  Parco Richardson
A Grave Undertaking  -  Cameron Goodwin-Hadden
Troubles in Paradise  -  Will Kisor
Ant-Arctica  -  Larry Swanson
Starring Jake Wilkins & Jake Wilkins  -  Ed Wiles
Sarah in the City  -  Lexi Brandt
The Landlord  -  Nick Rose
Crazy Honey  -  Tim Young
Peak Water   - John Boal

I Got Yu Babe  -  T. Camponeschi

Previously  -  Erin Carere, Carlo Carere

F**boys  -  Adam Sandel

Joe Strummer's Cadillac  -  Bryan Farrell

The Infinity Thieves  -  TK Sheffield

On a Slow Boat  -  Keith Houk

The World is Beautiful  -  Brandon Drake

No Strings Attached  -  Kelly Jean Karam

Cave Dwellers  -   Francis Indigo

The Imbalance 2  -  Naomi Lisner

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Quarter-Finalists

Practice Baby  -  Michael Snow
Hazel McSalty  -  Bob Cousins
Mail Order Bride  -  Racine Hiet
Santa Hunk  -  Andrew Collinson
The Plant  -  Jeff McLaughlin
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater  -  Jason Mark
Buried  -  Flynn Fletcher
Concrete  -  Kiki Einziger
Graveyard Shift   - Thelma Gutiérrez
Huggins  -  Robert Carr
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Billy's Family Tree  -  Dave Pliler
Racquetball Friends  -  James Camali
Figure it Out!   - Michael McGrath
Damage Waiver   - Melissa Martin
Bachelor Weekend  -  Anna Nicholas
The Dazzlewood on St. Cloud   - Arynetta Northcutt
Running Man  -  Robert Kornhiser
IRL  -  Patricia Petelin
Mystic!  -  Jorge Goyco Diaz
A Sure Thing  -  James Mangan
Chasing Abigail  -  James Newton
My Year On The Planning Board  -  William Foucher
Murder and White Lace  -  Helga Maria Marcks
Two Guys Roofing  -  Lance Lars
You Got Schooled  -  Meghan Mirasolo
Pretty but Tired  -  Lily Davis
Diagnosis  -  Dean Porter
The Adventures of White Pony and Mini Horse  -  Ben Wilson
Shotgun Springs  -  Adam Nix
MerBros!  -  Nicholas Malik
Jenny Jinx  -  Tylor Skory
Curtains-Up  -  James Holley
Winning Ticket  -  Garrett Davis
Oh, Fuck Me  - Steven Tralongo
Hobo For Mayor  -  Brett Felty
Femme  -  Abbie Hills
Shock Therapy  -  John Hill
Fats & harry  -  Reid LaRoque
Locks  -  Dan Bernardi
The Vigorish  -  Jason White
Pump Jockeys  -  Alexander Sim
Fixins  -  Adam Brandt
Cancer (Not Zodiac)  -  Shushan Lazaryev
The Out of Town Wedding  -  Jed Rigney
Disordered  -  Mary Read
Chelsea, Who Lives in Chelsea  -  Kevin Machate
Heaven Sent  -  Abe Novick
Boy Wonders!  -  Nadya Reich
The Boys' Club  -  John Madormo
California Stop  -  Nikole Zivalich
Big News  -  Jonathan Horowitz
Til Death Do Us Party  -  Fletcher Michael
Most Wanted  -  Peter Smith
Mommy's Boy  -  Abby O'Brien
HR  -  DP Wauchope
Dirty Laundry  -  Genevieve Sage
Short Stack  -  Josh Baumgart
Fanny's Kitchen   - Richard Wenz
The Zooses   - Rob Cooper
Maya Santos Comedy Assassin  -  Krishna Ramnath
Inside Lane  -  Paul Blake
The Split  -  Lindsay Kent
Seagull  -  Thom Cree
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Lying  - Martin Kivell
Perfect Smile  -  Eric Weinstock
Toronto Mo!  -  Greg Hildebrandt Jr
Epic Nerdito  -  Daniel Finkel
The Good, The Bad & The Undead  -  Joe Villanti
Man Out of Country  -  Vahid Imani
Inventing Disaster  -  Maria Restivo Glassner
How Do You Spell Ransom?  -  Jonathan Isshak
Past Present  -  Melissa Behrend
IRiS  -  Randall R. Reese
Un-Cognito   - Kevin Renshaw
Living Too Late   - Alex McAulay
Bury Me At Make Out Creek  -  Anneliese Farrer
Privately Held  -  C Lade
Pen Pal  -  Jamie Rose
Little Guy  -  Lindsay E Smith
FindHim!  -  C.E Lawson
Red Foxes   - Gena Pruitt
Rip Van Rachel -  Daisy So
Rescue Eddie  -  J.R. Spaulding, Jr.
Queen's Champion  - David Keenan  
Lighting & Grip + Zombies  -  Elise Dean
Sweet Thang  -  Edward Gadrix
Cannibals  -  Michael Swiskay
Say Sorry!  -  Athena Mandis
Destiny's Tits  -  Brayden Dinkler
Martini  -  Paul Molnar
To Die Alone  -  Davin Intsiful
Forgive Me,  Father  -  Philip Halmarack
Homeschool Kingpin  -  Chris Eckenwiler
Nate the Job Hunter  -   Zach Toth
Sex & Samosas  -  Jasmine Aziz
One Night Stan  -  Robbie Robertson
The Swindle  -  Kevin Statham
Two Stoned Ladies  -  Justin Nosler
Crossfire  -  Davis Grant
A Bad Day For Good Deeds  -  D. E. Asher
Oona in Limbo  -  Ryan Greenberg
The Alumni  -  Ty Davis
Positively Medieval  -  Marissa Ziets
Deliver Us  -  Liz Mitts
A Retired State of Mind  -  Brianna Khan
Yardwork  -  Ned Richards
Citizen Workshop for Artisan Crafts  -  Margaret Bowman
Highly Philosophical  -  Jamie Powter
Becoming American  -  Khulan Baasanjav 
Assume The Worst  -  Justin Cutrer
The Gray Squad  -  Guilherme Viegas
Are You F***ing Kidding Me?  -  Christopher Ross
Oswald the Almost Famous Opossum  -  Sara Pascoe
Blessed  -  Warren Lane
Encore Manor  -  Everett Kagan
Die Zombies Die  -  Jerry Rector
Jailhouse Christmas  -  Erich Ebner
Locked and Loaded  -  Lorna Fitzsimons
The Handoff  -  Ariel Palin
Doof Shidder: The Man Who Can Smell Names  -  Tommy Oler
Dead Close  -  Jerrica Carr-Lee
Unified Hands  -  Aaron Johnson
Recall Notice -  JG Nair
On The Road  -  Blake Hawk
Ghost Hostel  -  Dale Basye
The End  -  Ben Tarn
When Pigs Fly  -  Terry Podnar
Snowed In  -  Rasim Poloskin
House Money   - Will McNeill
Robert Diamond and the Red Ruby Robbery  -  Justin Lewis
The Do-Badders  -  Kathreen Khavari
Hal, The Spud King of Japan  -  AJ Thibault
Nerds  -   Edward Abrahams
In-U-G0  -  Matilda Thorpe

Meat Pie  -  Kimberly Summer
Swatted  -  David O'Brien
All My Friends Are Dead  -  Carly Crickenberger
Grave Business  -  Danielle Tjoelker
Toilet Sharks  -  Bruce Griffiths
Oopsies  -  Sorabh Dhir
LA Nights  -  Arthur Glenn
Winner Winner  -  Michael Raymond
Diane From Kernville  -  S.E. King
Mannies: "Humble Beginnings"  -  Dylan S. Wallach
The Thing To Do  -  Mackenzie Kyle
Laundry Room Conspirators   -  James K. Stewart
Ben's "Cancer"  -  Benjamen Schroeder
Chameleons Tale  -  Matthew Brendal
Frankenberg  -  Alene Latimer
Motor City Monsters  -  Eric Kallevig
Nut House  -  Danielle Bishop
Idiopathy  -  Jenny Bess
Friends with Fae T.  -  Alexander McDowell
Granny's Last Joke  -  Andy Grieshaber
15 Seconds  -  Jeff Carpenter
Sister Cousins  -  Emily Russell
Knockout   - Chris Binning
Gravamantis  -  Neroli Wesley
Finding Benjamin -   Kevin Brunner
The Practice Marriage  -  Stewart Fergus
A Very Lysergic Afternoon  -  Dominic Garneau
Marilyn on the Couch -  Hans Galesloot
Harriet and Marv's Very Long Life  -  Jeremy Musher
Tenure Tract  -  Emerson Olin
Foreign Affairs  -  Ben Mansbridge
Seasonal -   Setty Brosevelt
Late Date  -  Denise Widman
The Benevolent Hitman  -  Anthony LoPresti
The World Class City  -  Mark Krebs
Dante is in the Dark  -  Luigi Malucelli
Goodbye Nelson  -  Jack Sacks
D.E.I  -  Chriselle Almeida
Mortified  -  Chris Triggiani
Damaged Goods  -  Craig Dietz
A Lifetime in Paris  -  Levi Brandes
Breaking Balls  -  Todd Sodano
The Boulevard  -  Wiliam Douglas
Cooperate  -  Ruby Rechler
Hunting the Lion  -  Mark Henderson
Mars/Venus/Dionysus  -  Corvin Kevlihan
Everything's Fine -   Robert Fitl
The Confluence   - Jason Asnes
Cashapp or Cash  -  Jason Slotkin
Mini Balls   - Joe Gatto
I’m Coming  -  Danielle R Erlich
Motherf**ker  -  Wilder Carnes
ArtWorks   - Jeffrey Meyer
Jurassic Narc  -  Lou Perez
Fucbois  -  Zakarius Q Young-Hodges
Ajnabiyeh  -  Batoul Mourad
The Day I Left Company XYZ  -  Michael Corcione
Sloth Boy  -  Jake Burling
The Modern Age  -  Max Kemp
Vamanos Estrallas!   - J.K. Zepeda
The Strange Truth About Billy's Intelligence  -  Funmi Adetola
Big Kidding  -  Milana Rudinskaia
Bring a Date to D&D  -  Tim Bennett
Bat Zilla  -  Orly Lewittes
Gentrifried  -  Max Marcus
Jesus Rocks  -  Cindy Shiner
Digger -   Dave Wade
The Factory  -  Jeremy Freeman
Heavy Metal Heat  -  Sam Hergott
Canterbury Trails  -  Michael Brose
World's Worst  -  Jason D. Myles
Boys  -  Taylor Bartczak
Open  -  Stacey Garratt
Harming Prince Charming  -  Lyndal Simpson
Sickies  -  Alex Schulman
Dollar a Day  -  Daniel Van Nostrand
At the Movies  -  Kelly McInerney
Rags to Fabs  -  Paul Skinner
The Art of the Matter  -  Janna Jones
Bland Ambition  -  Greg Lewis
Brem & Me  -  Kevin Edward Corrigan
E arrivederci!  -  Thomas Bauer
I Follow You  -  Zoé Mahfouz
Brick City, Sticky Wicket   -  Travis Taylor
Space Crawler  -  Constantine Konstin
The Cottages  -  Erin Elizabeth Keefer
SecurUS   -   Peter Andrew Williams
Reality Is On To Something  -  Holly Sawyer
The Pig Path  -    Brian Landis
Slugs  -  Mark Kauffman
PARANORMAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY  -  Bob Canning
Dougie's Last Christmas    Toph Whitmore
The Happiest Moment    Joseph Lint
Flop Era    Celine Foster
VITO'S WAY    Richard Meiman, Jon Wachter
Tokens: The '90s Sitcom    Maria Villasenor
The Illuminati: A Comedy    Jason Wolf
What Kind of Films Do You Like     Idil Sukan
The Cashier    Andy Edmunds
THE PLOT, THICKINS!    Russ Lindway
indian medium    Tapan Sharma
A.A.  -  Ryan Davis
Driving While Parked    David Hunter Fein
That Time of the Month    Jordan Frazier
Sophomoric    TJ Coughlin
AI UNPLUGGED: THE TRINITY    Craig Trumbo
Private Infidelity    gino Baratta
The Dutchman    Robert Morgan Callahan
Infest    Glenn Jason Gaylord
Welcome to Hell    Charlie Shoup
The Marriage Maker    Cam Seamus, Dave Bone, Laury Falter
Love and Other Bloody Messes    Brian McGrath
FAST FOOD    Robert Steven Jones
I, Brownie!    Stanislav Rubakhin
Bear Frat - Pilot    Will Moro
THE MOB AND I    Mark Wakely
GAMBIA UNTITLED    Xochi Blymyer
The Writers Room    Richard Martin Powell
Too Old To Rollerskate    Georja Umano
In A Pickle  -  EJ Mayer
Just What I Need  -  Allie Nelson  
Unlimited    Paul Robertson
How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Getting Screwed    George Monteiro
REZ    Listening Raven
Star-Crossed Lovers    Frank M Victoria
Broken People    Gordon Woolvett
Sleeping Rough    Kyle Parris
The Goat  -  Maggie Scudder
The Porn Czar  -  Michael Elliott
Chronic  -  Mary Lemmer
Self-Help  -  Rivers Cassedy

 

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