Short Screenplay Awards
Season 9 Results:
Overall Winner - Season 9
Finalists
*Thanks once again to all of the hard-working writers who entered, and congratulations to our Season 9 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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The Scream of the Butterfly - Anjini Taneja Azhar & Ariya Akhavan
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Food Chain - Richard Garry
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The Foreger - Katherine Bowman
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Feel That? - Michael Buonocore
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Sea of Dreams - Andy Sieger
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Semi-Finalists
Beyond Avalon - Edward Ybarra
Inflamed - Link York
Abracadaver! And The Prestige Of Patriarchy - Matthew Stevens
Cringe - Warren Lane
Hell's General - Tara deBach
Red River Valley - C. E. Simon
Needs More Yin - Tone Bailey
The Other Man - Carlan Morari
He Will See You Now - David Draper
The Ministry of Dreams - Spartak Sevov
Oops, My Dad's a Duck - Shaun Radecki
Somnia - Rich Hynes
Twinkle, Twinkle - Bing Yao
Sub Stealer - Jay Thachet
JD: The Rainmaker - Samuel Rogers Jr.
Happy Medium - Becca Blackmore
So I Paint Short Film - Lee Whittaker
Good Behavior - Reilly Housley
Faith - Michael Aparicio
Stuntwoman - Merridith Allen
Mecanique - Josh Andersen
The Uncertainty Principle - Brian Stewart
'They Eat Their Own' short - Steven T. Smith
The Same World - Miles Colella
Confessional - Emily Knudson
To Be a Man - Robbie Robertson
The Naughty List - Brandon Osterman
Far From The Barbarous Coast - J. Phillip Wilkins
Last Stand at Butte City - Natalie Schwan
The Thing To Do - Mackenzie Kyle
Take My Hand - Jay Hodgkins
The Speech - Josh Miller
The Scribe - Georgette Skolnick
Reflections - Jeff Walker
Cry For Midnight - Quinn Bailey
After Midnight - Sunny King
Lucky Five - Jack Salvatore
Into the Darkness - Emelie Svensson
Green Scheme - Debbi Mack
Tracer - Julia Campanelli
The Return - Geoff Hall
The Shadow Over Christmas - Marc Roussel
Karma - Ray Keller
The Table Read - Mark Flehmer
Dollar a Day - Daniel Van Nostrand
Sparing of the Rod - Liam Cairns
Four of Seven in Therapy - Peter Marzilli
Box Camera - Shiva Ramanathan
Up Close - Lukas Hassel
Oy...A Jewish Comedy Series - Shara Ashley Zeiger
Defining Moment - Sarantis Raftopoulos
Newlydeads - Tammy Klembith
Long Way Home - Terry Podnar
The Meeting - Mark Naccarato
The Other Side - Mark Harris
The Witch of Acadiana - Nick Mendoza
Dwindle - John Broadhead
R.I.P. Jenny Lee - Jason Rice
The Light in the Mist - David Beshears
Our House - RAYMOND ZACHARIASSE
Linked Hearts - Kathleen Hof
Tallahassee Twin - Andrew Kaberline
Press the Button - Rich Vecchione
Kingdom - Matt Curtsinger
Failure to Thrive - Shawn Waugh
But Wait ... There's More - John Boal
Canopy - Shiv B
What I'd Give You - Spencer Lynn
Slippers - Kevin Dobbs
Widows - Katie Fahey
Schoolboy Stalin - Tom Fox
The Harlem Hellfighters - Julian King Monroe
DevilShort3 - Frank Michael Victoria
Time Flies - Johnny Kitterick
City Lights Reflecting - John Bullaro
El Male - Leonardo Mileikowsky
Paranormal Employment Agency - Bob Canning
We Will Never Be - Alfred Thomas Catalfo
Awareness of Influence - Alan Robert Howcroft
A Siren Song - Mahée Merica
Genesis - Tapan Sharma
The Guns of September - Anselmo Garcia
Distractions - Bob Messinger
Yung - Johan Perruchoud
For Anya - Robert Bessel
Piggy - Don Willis
Delicious Flesh - Virginia Youngren
One of Us - Alan David Pritchard
Wildcats - John Christopher Klauder
Texas Hold'Em - Kerri A Quinn
13 Steps - Loren Davis
Theodore's Plate - Stephen Wade Nebgen, Anthony Severe, Jr.
Home to Vote - Maeve Ryan
Head Wound - Paul Corricelli
The Pearl - Hannâ B.
Tempting Fate - Terry Luke Podnar
Savage - Dave Mac
The Revver - Mike Hanson, Kelly Susan Moothart
Deep Ascent - J. Thomas Peterson
My Dead Sister - Janet L. Loftis
Cabal - Kyle James Rynicki
The Tree Witch - Terry Lynam
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Quarter-Finalists
Robbed Blind - Erik Miguel Gervais
Magic Pen - Mighty Nice
Only Sinners Go To Heaven - Yaslynn Rivera
Hell Home - Dakota Violet
Life. Play Again? - James Cheon
Mindweaver - Andrew Fong
Demented - Chris Kilduff
Bad Moonshine - Warren Lane
Bungelosenstrasse - Justin Jerreau
Timeout - Emma MacGillivray
High Voltage - Hannah Whisenant
The Blind Reaper - Jeffery Dixon
All My Friends Are Dead - Carly Crickenberger
Marline Max and the Amateur Kidnappers - Ben Rothrocck
Creature of Habit - Shelby Renjifo
I Willm Never Give Up On You - Robert Kiraly
The Tenement Clairvoyant - Rae Brody
Answer Me - Ryan Cullen
The Sick and the Dead - G Prevost
Hansel on the Mantel - Picazzo Stevens
It's About Life -- Sylvesta Stuart
Corporate America Inc. - David Abramov
Hysterical - Hadley Dion
Morning After - Bill Jordan
Pink Slipped - Bobbie Lucas
Scavenger - Jason Smith
Bloodline - Matthew Esquivel
A Bear in the Woods - Andrew Laurich
Peg O' My Heart - Tristan Young Mercado
Culture - Collin Edwards
Villain Camp - L.A. Singletary
What Comes After - Erin Audley
The Anchoress - Matthew Fisher
By Any Other Name - Walter Thompson
Maya's Room - Andrew Weaver
72 Hours - Joshua Green
Drones on the Moon - Jared Barnett
Killswitch Engineer - Brad Cooper
Breathe - Anna Lisa Karhinen
The Astrologer - Ray Keller
Bread - Jack Heath
Blackbeard - Loren Elmer
The Consumer - DJ Alvine
Dead by Daybreak - Stephen Hornyak
Magpie - Sylvia Hoeks
How To Let Go - Joseph Davis
Zombie-Juice - Kenneth Webb
Egg Auction - Jocelyn Woods
Interpolation - Samuel Johnston
The Way We Fall - Matt Curtis Slater
The Square Root of Pie - John Milton Branton
Skeleton Crew - Jon Platt
Mirabel - Greg Gibson
In Plain Sight - Thomas Rex
This Also is Vanity - David Harper
Snow Angel - Laura Kemp
Global Population Crisis - Charles Ricottone
Mirror Eyes - Devin Hylton
Generation Killer - John Bias
Jack Dingle - Chad Smith
Good Old Days - Jordan Freese
For All We Know - Grace McKeaney
Extended Warranty - Tess Sullivan
True Treasure - James Lee Beeler
Immunity - Robert Rhyne
The Building - Christopher Glass
Blink - Gertrude Namara
Life/Line - Cael King
Winter's Embrace - Shantel Thompson
Those That Stay - Drew Atchison
Filipino Karate Kid - Anna Isabel Campos Lamers
For You - Sarah Ngo
Once Down on the Train Tracks - Abigail King
In Plain Sight - Kristen Field
Millicent - Dennis Ostermaier
Show and Tell - J.M. Kallet
Cashapp or Cash - Jason Slotkin
Interfaith Exorcisim - Vanessa Bloom
Io - Jeff Rubino
Incredible Creatures - Dicot Alvarado
Revolver - They Wilson
Voiced - Jeri Marshall
Wasted - Mark Turner
Curl Jam - Tonya Holloway
Small Talk - Linda Kampley
Romance Clean-Up on Aisle 5 - Richard Morell
Star Trek Janitor - Thomas Black
Remorse - Einar Gunn
Flat Earth - Navid Nobakht
Surprise, I Speak Furniture - Logan Nguyen
Nameless Demon - Eric Hauvery Cetina Karsten
A Rare Gem - Paul Landry
Cross River Dance - Kevin Adelaja
Chill - William Drew
Date Bait - Ora Yashar
Greasy Grass Creek - Channing Kury
Finals - Mya Baker
Plans - Kristina Patrice Watkis
The Burden - Michael Rakoff
Shinobi of the West - B.A. Buffong
Here's Waldo - Marshall Welch
Roach - Jesse Foy
Felling - Sammy Leach
$luts - Lela Cermin
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Baldoon - Janet Hetherington
Scallywags - Kamdyn Atkinson
Wang and Da Rats - James Bylinsky
The One-Two - Esther Binstock
Characters - Pauline Hevia
Bus - Jean Pierre Dixon
The Book of Mice - Erin Leonard
The Dreamdoctor - Joshua Scammell
Unfinished - Wills Maxwell Jr.
Aces - Raza Rizvi
Honk - Vivia Font
Desvanescidos - Natalia Cruz
Enchanted Girl - Mike Oppenheim
Moving Scattered - Claire Crowley
Nielheim: "Date Night" - Elyssa Catalfano
Saving Kevin - Eduardo Fierro
La Vérité Libère - Lawrence Whitener
Ferine - Jonny Wright
We Were Just Beginning - Sam Baxter
Inheritance - Danu Mudannayake
Sisters in Space - David Beshears
Sun Is Coming? - Saeid Ghasemi
Milk Carton Faces - Thomas Pohl
Success is Nothing - Brandon Glick
In With the Storm - Cara Marshall
Widow Maker - Sarah Marsh
Solemates - Sarah Dassero
Inside Out - Orlando Bryant
Good Behavior - Caleb Dillon
Better Man - Lizzie Finn
Infinite - Eric Kingsbury
Justinian & Theodora - Hussein Sherif
Keshkatha - The Hair Story - Gopal Seshadri
Upstaged - Jacob Rosenbaum
The Dancer - Christian Lukowiak
Breaking Point - Lochie Graham
Walk Into a Barn - Richard Selvi
Dr Jekyll and Miss Heidi - Natasha Mikaela
Emily, Jacob and The Monster - Mark Zakeri
Mattress-cide - Michael Johnston
Words Left Unspoken - Chelsea Jones
Blue Suicide - Oliver Valente
Everything's Fine. - Robert Fitl
Black Nite - Matthew Trudeau
Aubade - Konstantinos Doxiadis
The Real Me - Charles Choi
Peak Water - John Boal
Sugar - Derek Nicoletto
Boycotted by Prejudice - Carlos Pires
The Magic Mirror - Joanne Rose
Logger's Run - Charles Tucker
​It's A Reel Mother For Ya - Kent Flaagan
Mafia Prom Date - Michael J. Volpe
Driving While Parked - David Hunter Fein
To Bleed Or Not To Bleed - Antony Berrios
Real Dead - Jordan Wolfe
DRIPS - Kit Wilson
Terrorance - Daniel Bodenmann
Casting Shadow - Angela Sincere
Margaret White - Ryan Whittal
Liminal - Lydia Campbell
App-daptable - Lorna Norrise
Never The Same Mira - Michael Thomas Yahn
The Archive - Gabe Cyrus
No Trace Tunnel - Jennifer Boch-Wawrzyniak
Survive The Night - Richard Hohenrath
Altered Appearances - Sunni Linville
Forever Friends - Stirling J McLaughlin
Marky the Magnificent Fairy - Cynthia Kern OBrien
Blue Sky Out of the Oresteia - Katherine Taylor
Injustice! Ex Parte Crow Dog - Christopher Manydeeds
Mississippi, 1958 - Michael J Dunker
A Musing Story - Wendy Bustamamente
Captain C 'eh' N 'eh' D 'eh' To The Rescue - Joseph Michael Leone
Please Kill Robinson Scott Thomas - Frederick Jerome Taylor
Circuito: The Final Thousandth - Gianlorenzo Albertini
The Mystery of the Missing Reading Glasses - Ron Katz
The Treasure Box - Ursula Echeverria
Elixir - CR Sherman
Last Supper - Maryellen DeVivo
Writing Wrongs Young - Richard Sloggett
What A Fool - Paige Rosemary Anne Ryan
Last out - Stan Hope
Get Over Yourself - Jerry Remillong
Hearing Red - Kristen McNaule
Please Hang Up - Andrea Tellez, Sophie Tellez
Making Waves - Joseph Drew Larimore
El Coco - Anika Brown
Exodus 2024 - Marquis J Ewing
Baroness Camila Dela Nobre - Wilson Francisco Pereira
A Requiem for a Christmas Eve - Peter Williams
Letha's Dilemma - Melody Brooke
Tina in the Burbs - Molly Gandour
The Happiest Moment - Joseph Lint
Dark Sky - Diana Robertson Bond
Charley from the War - Terry Lynam
The Other Side Short Film - Erik Maxwell Phillip, Roman Grace
Don't Forget Me - Tamu Favorite
Elvis Presley Must Die! - Lew Osteen