2025 FEATURE SCREENPLAY WINNERS
1st Place - The Golden Script Winner
Tara Price
COMMUNITY SHED
2nd Place
Alex Murawski
ANEMOIA
3rd Place
Noah Radant
MAKHEART MANOR
2025 FEATURE SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
David Thome
TALKING PICTURES
Tim Young
CRAZY HONEY
Tara Price
COMMUNITY SHED
Steven Hart
OVERWHELMING DARKNESS
Bob Hiltermann
GRATEFUL DEAF
Haynie Walker
IT MAY CONCERN
Athena Mandis
SAY SORRY
Ben Parsons
THE GENTLELADY FROM OHIO
Stephanie Scott
THE ANSWER GIRL
Patterson McKinney, Catherine Miller
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE
Dustin Richardson
THE TWO MUSKETEERS
Noah Radant
MAKHEART MANOR
Elizabeth Savage Sullivan
NO RUNNING
Cameron Snyder
FERTILE
Tim Greene
ARTIFAKT
Faisal Qureshi
THE LADDER
Robert Brody
GALAXIES
David Shannon
LITTLE COWBOYS
Dominic Graham
THE DEGENERATE
Jeanne Schieffer
THE CANDLE MAKER
Lucy Megan Wilkins
ENDCLIFFE
Matthew Taub
DISCO DEMOLITION NIGHT
Ryan Skinner
MOON SHOCK
Duncan Novak
THE CAT BURGLAR
Michael Amir Bina
BAHAR, BORN AT NIGHT
Alex Murawski
ANEMOIA
Jonathan Glendening
REFUGE
Gabe Berry
HEART FULLA HEAD
Zephyr Quintain
UNITED WE STAND
Grace Hansen
ADVERSE POSSESSION
Roy Tan
TEARS OF THE TIGER
Kyle Thomas
LAST LEG
Jon Meredith
THE RIVER
Angelita Mendoza, Victor Capiz
THE BLUE DRUM
Oliver Silver
PATER
2025 FEATURE SCREENPLAY SEMIFINALISTS
Liam Bradley
A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
David Thome
TALKING PICTURES
Mary McDermott
MAKE ME A MOVIE!
Tim Young
CRAZY HONEY
Tara Price
COMMUNITY SHED
Yvonne Racz
1956
Steven Hart
OVERWHELMING DARKNESS
James Sperl
CAPTIVE
Giampietro Manzalini
PARISINA - PUNISHMENT WITHOUT FORGIVENESS
Bob Hiltermann
GRATEFUL DEAF
Lowell Williams
INEXTRICABLY BOUND
Haynie Walker
IT MAY CONCERN
Athena Mandis
SAY SORRY
Neil Pollner
WITHOUT A HITCH
Collette Letendre
FOREVER MINE
Ben Parsons
THE GENTLELADY FROM OHIO
J.D. Maybaum
THE ABSENCE OF MATTER
Stephanie Scott
THE ANSWER GIRL
Patterson McKinney, Catherine Miller
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE
Scott Gilman
YOO HOO, JOHNNY APPLESEED
Ryan Ross
CHASING THE OCEAN PORTAL
Dustin Richardson
THE TWO MUSKETEERS
Roger Elliott
TWO BASTARDS AND A BOY
Noah Radant
MAKHEART MANOR
Elizabeth Savage Sullivan
NO RUNNING
Will Kisor
JAMES MONROE: AMERICAN MESSIAH
Cameron Snyder
FERTILE
Hugo Dabas
APPREHENSION
Nathaniel Anglin
GHOSTING
Tim Greene
ARTIFAKT
John Cerrito
SIN CHILD
Faisal Qureshi
THE LADDER
Odessa Gaines
OF RUIN AND ROT
John Young
THE HAWALA CONNECTION
Robert Brody
GALAXIES
Kent Donguines, Andreas Vatiliotou
ERROR 404
Stephen Neely
THA BRETHREN
David Shannon
LITTLE COWBOYS
Dominic Graham
THE DEGENERATE
Jeanne Schieffer
THE CANDLE MAKER
Lucy Megan Wilkins
ENDCLIFFE
Michael Klug
ONE LAST BUILD IN CENTRALIA
Matthew Taub
DISCO DEMOLITION NIGHT
Emilio Medina
THE CITY OF ASHES
Amanda Lemberg
THE LIGHT'S END
Ryan Skinner
MOON SHOCK
Duncan Novak
THE CAT BURGLAR
Christine Chen
EN ROUTE
Brian Karre
TOM AND THE SAGITTARIUS
David Strong
SMOOTH OPERATOR
Michael Amir Bina
BAHAR, BORN AT NIGHT
Adeline Jackson
CROSS BELL
Alex Murawski
ANEMOIA
John Broadhead
A DESERT GOD
Stephanie Gaston
14
Jonathan Glendening
REFUGE
Gabe Berry
HEART FULLA HEAD
Zephyr Quintain
AT CLOSE OF DAY
Zephyr Quintain
UNITED WE STAND
Steven Traviss Smith
SING ME YOUR QUESTIONS
Grace Hansen
ADVERSE POSSESSION
Robert Byrd
DARK TRIAD
Roy Tan
TEARS OF THE TIGER
Austin Zartman
SPROUT
Sam Norman
RAGEQUIT
Kyle Thomas
LAST LEG
Michael Frederick
THE PAPER MAN
Jon Meredith
THE RIVER
Genet Hughes
EQUALITY
Angelita Mendoza, Victor Capiz
THE BLUE DRUM
Oliver Silver
PATER
Naser Shahrivar
THE PERSIAN LOVER - CREED AND GREED
Jasmeet Singh
LUCKY MEN
Sarah Lawrence
PEACE SO SWEET
2025 FEATURE SCREENPLAY QUARTER-FINALISTS
Liam Bradley
A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
David Thome
TALKING PICTURES
Mary McDermott
MAKE ME A MOVIE!
Mary Elizabeth Davis
AGAINST THE WALL
Tim Young
CRAZY HONEY
Alex Halpern
THE TRACK
Tara Price
COMMUNITY SHED
Yvonne Racz
1956
Jan Pearson
HOME
Steven Hart
OVERWHELMING DARKNESS
James Sperl
CAPTIVE
Lawrence Wells
FAIR YOUTH
Giampietro Manzalini
PARISINA - PUNISHMENT WITHOUT FORGIVENESS
Richard Michael Turner
THE SECRET MINISTRY OF GRASS
David Simons
ON THE RUN
Bob Hiltermann
GRATEFUL DEAF
Jolan Bastien
INWARD
Lowell Williams
INEXTRICABLY BOUND
Abel Orosz
I DON'T THINK I WANT TO EXIST ANYMORE
Haynie Walker
IT MAY CONCERN
Colin O'Brien
SANTAMAN: REGIFTED
Athena Mandis
SAY SORRY
Neil Pollner
WITHOUT A HITCH
Collette Letendre
FOREVER MINE
Ben Parsons
THE GENTLELADY FROM OHIO
Samantha Schell
THE COUNTERPART
J.D. Maybaum
THE ABSENCE OF MATTER
Jermar Smith
PRESS
Stephanie Scott
THE ANSWER GIRL
Sehar Iqbal
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Renn Tan
UNBOUND
Patterson McKinney, Catherine Miller
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE
Robert Hambach
MAN CRUSH
Scott Gilman
YOO HOO, JOHNNY APPLESEED
Alan David Pritchard
THE PEBBLE CHAMPION
Ryan Ross
CHASING THE OCEAN PORTAL
Rachel Morgan
THE NAUTILUS CONSPIRACY
Adrián Duston-Muñoz
SKUNKWORKS
Dustin Richardson
THE TWO MUSKETEERS
Roger Elliott
TWO BASTARDS AND A BOY
Robert Michael Neumann
RENEWAL
Noah Radant
MAKHEART MANOR
Julia Hettmann
DOOMSDAY DUMMIES
Megan Young Rigoni
DAYS LIKE THESE
Elizabeth Savage Sullivan
NO RUNNING
Pouya Pirhosseinloo
THE GIRL WITH ASH[EN] SKIN
Will Kisor
JAMES MONROE: AMERICAN MESSIAH
Cameron Snyder
FERTILE
Hugo Dabas
APPREHENSION
Jarad Kopciak, Danny Abbott
IRON
Nathaniel Anglin
GHOSTING
Muli Glasberg
THE EARTHLIEN
Tim Greene
ARTIFAKT
Christopher Robert Smith
RIPTIDE
John Cerrito
SIN CHILD
Faisal Qureshi
THE LADDER
Joan Macbeth
BABY, LET'S TALK
Odessa Gaines
OF RUIN AND ROT
David Elio Jara
EXIT POINT
Jill Underhill
INSOMNIA CAFE
John Young
THE HAWALA CONNECTION
Michael Tobin
HEBREW SCHOOL DROP OUT
Robert Brody
GALAXIES
Kent Donguines, Andreas Vatiliotou
ERROR 404
Katherine Garner
PAPER THIN
Stephen Neely
THA BRETHREN
Sara Relli
MILE END
David Shannon
LITTLE COWBOYS
Mark Aaron Donnell
BRICKBAT
Peter Armitage
THE ACTING TSAR
Dominic Graham
THE DEGENERATE
Jeanne Schieffer
THE CANDLE MAKER
Mark Zaslove
WIND
Lucy Megan Wilkins
ENDCLIFFE
Michael Klug
ONE LAST BUILD IN CENTRALIA
Nan Schmid
THE LANGUAGE OF WOLVES
Matthew Taub
DISCO DEMOLITION NIGHT
Emilio Medina
THE CITY OF ASHES
Elodie Lossy
INNER WAR
Amanda Lemberg
THE LIGHT'S END
Ryan Skinner
MOON SHOCK
Duncan Novak
THE CAT BURGLAR
Christine Chen
EN ROUTE
Brian Karre
TOM AND THE SAGITTARIUS
David Strong
SMOOTH OPERATOR
Michael Amir Bina
BAHAR, BORN AT NIGHT
Marshall Kiernan
LADY LAVA
Adeline Jackson
CROSS BELL
Alex Murawski
ANEMOIA
Yevhenii Kvasha
SAFE HAVEN
John Broadhead
A DESERT GOD
Stephanie Gaston
14
Lisa Mac
THE VICTORIAN CHOCOLATIER
Laura Harbin
3AM CLUB
Jonathan Glendening
REFUGE
Gabe Berry
HEART FULLA HEAD
Steven Meier
RED LUCE
Zephyr Quintain
AT CLOSE OF DAY
Zephyr Quintain
UNITED WE STAND
Charlie Prince
LOVE ON THE HIP·PO·CAMPUS
Steven Traviss Smith
SING ME YOUR QUESTIONS
Anna Geldermann
WHAT ART CAN DO
Grace Hansen
ADVERSE POSSESSION
Jason Baldwin
TOURNIQUET
Robert Byrd
DARK TRIAD
Roy Tan
TEARS OF THE TIGER
David Poric
TOAST, GOATS'N GUNS
Roberto Roy Nylund
HOTSPOT
Austin Zartman
SPROUT
Sam Norman
RAGEQUIT
Kyle Thomas
LAST LEG
Sara Wonderstern
THE CHILDREN WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
Michael Frederick
THE PAPER MAN
Jon Meredith
THE RIVER
Genet Hughes
EQUALITY
Ryan Mekenian
THE MAN IN THE FLYING LAWN CHAIR
Kevin R. Frech
SINS OF THE FATHER
Angelita Mendoza, Victor Capiz
THE BLUE DRUM
Abdul Karim Mansour
THE BATTLE OF KARBALA
Oliver Silver
PATER
Naser Shahrivar
THE PERSIAN LOVER - CREED AND GREED
Robin Leiman
FROM THE TOWER
Jasmeet Singh
LUCKY MEN
Sarah Lawrence
PEACE SO SWEET