2026 Short screenplays
2026 SHORT SCREENPLAY WINNERS
1st Place - The Golden Script Winner
BUTCHER
Michele Love Santoro
2nd Place
THE FAMILY WAY
Rebecca Jean-Carroll
3rd Place
RESULT UNKNOWN
Linda Rönn
2026 SHORT SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
17 scripts
- BUTCHERMichele Love Santoro
- CAVELLAlexander Menu
- CHILD SUPPORTMannie Rivera
- DANDELION CHILDNoelle Brown
- FILOTIMOJessica Pappas, Allison Burnett
- HOME VIDEOSara Reshamwala
- INK BETWEEN USBella Dontine
- MOM'S CLOSETRoberta Peña Coindreau
- MUDSLIDEFrederik Ehrhardt
- PRODIGAL DAUGHTERDaryelle Chery
- RESULT UNKNOWNLinda Rönn
- SHAREDMari Escobar
- STOP SIGNMeng Lou Lei
- THE DECEPTIONVihaan Vidur
- THE FAMILY WAYRebecca Jean-Carroll
- THE YELLA DELISara Burris Hersh
- WAX APPLE COLORWenti Wu
2026 SHORT SCREENPLAY SEMIFINALISTS
26 scripts
- BUTCHERMichele Love Santoro
- CAVELLAlexander Menu
- CHILD SUPPORTMannie Rivera
- CROSSROADS PANAMAFrancisco de la Calle, Michael Conniff
- DANDELION CHILDNoelle Brown
- ERECTUSLounis Tiar
- FILOTIMOJessica Pappas, Allison Burnett
- HOME VIDEOSara Reshamwala
- INK BETWEEN USBella Dontine
- INTO THE FIRMAMENTChristopher Jarvis
- MOM'S CLOSETRoberta Peña Coindreau
- MUDSLIDEFrederik Ehrhardt
- MY YOGA MATMichael Monteiro
- PRODIGAL DAUGHTERDaryelle Chery
- RESULT UNKNOWNLinda Rönn
- SEVEN OF BOROMBORani Nasr
- SHAREDMari Escobar
- STOP SIGNMeng Lou Lei
- THE COMFORT WOMAN STATUEKyungja Lee
- THE DECEPTIONVihaan Vidur
- THE FAMILY WAYRebecca Jean-Carroll
- THE FINAL FIGHTTodd J Stein
- THE YELLA DELISara Burris Hersh
- WAX APPLE COLORWenti Wu
- WE'LL BE SAFE HEREErin Copen Howard
- WHEN THEY ARE HEREGlenn T Harding
2026 SHORT SCREENPLAY QUARTER-FINALISTS
39 scripts
- BUTCHERMichele Love Santoro
- CAVELLAlexander Menu
- CHILD SUPPORTMannie Rivera
- CROSSROADS PANAMAFrancisco de la Calle, Michael Conniff
- DANDELION CHILDNoelle Brown
- DEAD WRONGPatrick Beath
- ERECTUSLounis Tiar
- FILOTIMOJessica Pappas, Allison Burnett
- HOME VIDEOSara Reshamwala
- INK BETWEEN USBella Dontine
- INTO THE FIRMAMENTChristopher Jarvis
- MILK & ASHSandy Hoffman
- MOM'S CLOSETRoberta Peña Coindreau
- MONTEREYRichard Bruce Stirling
- MUDSLIDEFrederik Ehrhardt
- MY YOGA MATMichael Monteiro
- PRODIGAL DAUGHTERDaryelle Chery
- QUANTUM LEAPGloria-Bess Kopilavitch
- RESULT UNKNOWNLinda Rönn
- SEVEN OF BOROMBORani Nasr
- SHAREDMari Escobar
- SOMETHING LIKE A FRIENDScout Latshaw
- STOP SIGNMeng Lou Lei
- THE COMFORT WOMAN STATUEKyungja Lee
- THE DECEPTIONVihaan Vidur
- THE DIRECT LINEKatsiaryna Babaryka
- THE FAMILY WAYRebecca Jean-Carroll
- THE FINAL FIGHTTodd J Stein
- THE L.A. KIDRobert Tartell
- THE LAST LAUGHKylie Jowers
- THE MILVIAN BRIDGEEduard Lim
- THE VERTIGO MUST GO ONSolvan Knell
- THE WHITE SCARFMarc Angelo
- THE YELLA DELISara Burris Hersh
- THREEFOLDTallulah Boote Bond
- THROUGH THE GLASS: A VINTAGE RECALLEDKevin P Ryan
- WAX APPLE COLORWenti Wu
- WE'LL BE SAFE HEREErin Copen Howard
- WHEN THEY ARE HEREGlenn T Harding