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Fall 2026
Honorable Mention

Screenplays

(in Alphabetical order)

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25 Cases of Canadian Club by David Bernal (Feature Screenplay)

2nd Movement by Francesca Reggio (First Time Screenwriters)

4TH AND NOTHINGNESS: A WEST TEXAS FEVER DREAM by Charles Little (Feature Screenplay)

A Girl Who Wilted by Chandini Prakash (Women Screenwriters)

A Hail Mary by Tim Bussen (First Time Screenwriters) 

A Mirror For An Engineer by Mohammed Elmzaghi (Feature Screenplay)

Adventures in Serial Killing by Jack Warner by (Feature Screenplay)

All Bucks Baby by Sabrina Dukhon (First Time Screenwriters)

Almost Broken by Edwin Dasso & Brian Kurlander (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Amends by Makisa Francis (Short Script)

American Sweetheart by Kate Taylor & Rebecca Jo Huston (First Time Screenwriters)

ĀN by Yuhe Wendy Chen (Women Screenwriters)

Anna Schuk by Vincenzo Pugliese (First Time Screenwriters)

As Is by Christopher Glass (Short Script)

Be Better by Louisa Duchin (Feature Screenplay)

Bear Keeper: A Montana Territory Tale by Jonathan Wang & Michael Lee Knight (Feature Screenplay)

Bekiri by Molly Brennan (Women Screenwriters)

Beware Miracles by Justin Rossbacher (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Bible Belt by Ciera McElroy & Mary Collins (Women Screenwriters) 

Big City Dreams by Chris Desmond (Feature Screenplay)

Blank by Shiva Ramanathan (Feature Screenplay)

Blindsided by Carlos Tejera (Feature Screenplay)

Blood & Rust by JUAN MENESES (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Blood On The Hill by David Ennocenti (Series/Episodic)

Bobbie & Diana by CeCe Pleasants Adams (Feature Screenplay)

BRICE by Jeff Goldstein (Feature Screenplay)

Brother Can you Spare a Dime? by Gernell Welcher (NYC Screenwriters)

CANTÜS by Paden Burger (Feature Screenplay)

CARBON by Bradley Nathanson (Feature Screenplay) 

Casa Voyeur by Judy Klass (Feature Screenplay)

Cast Aside Home by Joseph Paragona Jr. (Feature Screenplay)

CLASSROOM PUNCHOUT by Denys Kopaniev (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Coming Soon by Richard Opper (Feature Screenplay) 

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE by Dan O'Day (Feature Screenplay)

Cornhole, The Movie by Jeff Griggs (Feature Screenplay)

Crooked Frames by Padric Noonan (Feature Screenplay)

Dangerous Fruits by Amanda Holland (Women Screenwriters)

Dear Island by Don Donahue (Short Script)

Death Whistle by Caleeb Pinkett (Feature Screenplay)

Destiny Dog by LC Anderson (Feature Screenplay)

Deuce by John Kinney (Feature Screenplay)

Discontinue direne by NoneYing-Tza Chen (Short Script)

Dissemblance (Pilot) by Henry Lourens (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Dot Org by Dan Gunderman (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

End of Endurance by Sara Araya (First Time Screenwriters)

Escape by Marc H Stevens (Feature Screenplay)

Evermoon by Michael Cravotta (Feature Screenplay)

Eyewitness News by Gary Duong (First Time Screenwriters) 

FALLOW (Final Version) by Clementine Moss (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Family Time - feature by Kamal Williams (First Time Screenwriters) 

Fate by Masoud Abdoli (Short Script)

FEAR OF GOD [10626] by Mark Lindberg (Feature Screenplay)

First Opportunity by Quentin Han (First Time Screenwriters) 

Florida U by Kate McFarland (Series/Episodic)

Florida Woman by Carolyn Bergier (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

FOR ALL TIME (Formerly MR. SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS) by Christena Alcorn (Women Screenwriters)

Foreign Exchange by Terrence Ross (NYC Screenwriters) 

Forgiveness Pilot by Reagan Lopez (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

FRAME by Sherry Liu & Xinrui Liu (First Time Screenwriters) 

FREE WILL 2.0 by Heath Papkov (Feature Screenplay)

Frocked by Chloe Hawker (Series/Episodic)

From Denmark With Love by John King (Feature Screenplay)

Front (V6) by Robert Zurawski (Feature Screenplay)

Fun by Katherine Wolf (Feature Screenplay)

Galactic Infinite by Marc Reynoso (Short Script)

Ghost Mountain - Feature Screenplay by James Taing & Brian Kazmarck (Feature Screenplay) 

GIGATOPE by Arnab Roy (Feature Screenplay)

Gods Will Fall by Yoshua Shelton (Series/Episodic)

Grandmothered by Eric Rich (Feature Screenplay)

Ground to Cloud by Bryant Karnes (Feature Screenplay)

Gwen Made Ben by Jay Manheimer (Feature Screenplay)

Helada by Faith Dismuke (Feature Screenplay)

Herb Jenk by Adam Seidel (NYC Screenwriters) 

Hollywood Murder! Constructing the Production Code by Dale Worthington (Series/Episodic)

HOUSES by James Mangan (Feature Screenplay)

How To Fix A Broken Heart by Joshua Kreuzman (Feature Screenplay)

HUMDRUM by Daniela Di Salvo (Women Screenwriters) 

Hypocrites by Lauren Ancona & Michael Ancona (First Time Screenwriters) 

I Love You Tammy Cunningham by Gregory Paul (NYC Screenwriters)

I ONLY WANTED TO HELP by VICTORIA POSEY (Feature Screenplay)

Illicit by Paul Mroczka (Feature Screenplay)

In Memory by Alex Navarrette (Feature Screenplay)

INAUSPICIOUS by Renee Eastabrooks (Women Screenwriters) 

Inbetweening by James Newman (Short Script)

Inertia by Nyah Gazda (Feature Screenplay)

Infinite Man by Yoshua Shelton (Feature Screenplay)

Informi Rosso by Marcos López Onewto (Feature Screenplay)

Jai Life by W Currin & Snipes Jr. (Feature Screenplay)

Jane Austen's Juvenilia by Dana Wall (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

John Henry by Rodney Nugent (Feature Screenplay)

Jolt Survival Tele Series Pilot by Roberta M. Roy (Series/Episodic)

The Cannoli Crusades by Kim Taylor & Natalie Menna (NYC Screenwriters)

Keep the eyes closed by PJ Lam (First Time Writers)

Khosrow and Shirin by Hadis Bagheri (Feature Screenplay)

Killer Kev by Brian Barna (Feature Screenplay)

Killinaboy by Anne Lanier (First Time Screenwriters) 

Klaus by Erica Sweany (Short Script)

L.A.C.R.C. by Mirron Willis (First Time Screenwriters)

Lady Death (previously "Sniper Queen") by David Ennocenti (Feature Screenplay)

L'Amour2 (Love Squared) by Lucie Stotter (First Time Screenwriters) 

Last Man Standing by Alex Dauphin (Short Script)

Lazarus Rising medical drama by Pavan Grover (Series/Episodic)

LBJ - The Rise and Fall by ADean Bell (Series/Episodic)

Leeward by Gary B.Haley (Short Script)

LILIBETH by Maria Brenda (Women Screenwriters)

LISTED by Adesola Stewart (Women Screenwriters) 

Listen Before You Go by Sergio Andres & Dudier Silla (First Time Screenwriters) 

Little Shoes Short Film Screenplay by Kinan Kotrash (Short Script)

Long Ride by Ginaris Seijas (Feature Screenplay)

LOTUS ROOTS by Joy Zhou (Feature Screenplay)

Love the Sinner by Rachel Renaud (Feature Screenplay)

LoveVortex and the Drakor’s Curse by Pekka Harju-Autti (Feature Screenplay)

Lunarian by Matt Valvardi (Feature Screenplay)

Magda by Charles Borg & Charles Andrew (Feature Screenplay)

Masking to Unmask by Tatiana McClintock (NYC Screenwriters) 

MASTER HEIST - A TRUE CHRISTMAS FICTION by Kai Fischer (First Time Screenwriters)

Mattie Silks by Elba Sette-Camara (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

MEDALLION by Jim Flores (Feature Screenplay)

Medusa: An Animated Series by Ruby Mainieri (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

MESA by Pam Covington (Feature Screenplay)

Midi by Julia Zichy (First Time Screenwriters) 

Milk of Human Kindness by Beatriz Yuste (Women Screenwriters)

Mob Adjacent by Jeffrey Gentile (Feature Screenplay)

Monkey Trap Pilot R6 by Denning Powell (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

MORDECHAI AND KLAUS by Rosalyn Rosen (Women Screenwriters) 

Morgan by Jim Hall (Feature Screenplay)

Mr Leo by Andrew Goffe (Feature Screenplay)

Murder on the Track by Sara Manion (Women Screenwriters)

Mutter by Garrett Swann (Feature Screenplay) 

Nanabolele by Deborah Goemans (Short Script)

New Religion by Galen Kane (First Time Screenwriters) 

Night Dance by Dan Loschack (Feature Screenplay)

No Man’s Land by Wilford Orme (First Time Screenwriters)

NORTH by Ness Wilson (Short Script)

Nya Blue by Laura Belle Wallgren (Feature Screenplay)

Obon by Julie Scully (Women Screenwriters)  

Oceans Wildly Norm Hunter (Feature Screenplay)

Odysseus Returns by Donald Tongue (Short Script) 

One Hogan Place (NYC) by Wesley Cheng (Short Script)

Orphan City by Rusty Thomas & Micah Samuel Thomas (First Time Screenwriters) 

Pascal D'Angelo by Richard Vetere (NYC Screenwriters) 

Penguin by Hannah Lerner (Women Screenwriters) 

PLAYING IN SHADOWS by STEVEN J. SHANK (Feature Screenplay)

Poison Ivy by G.P. Zurenda (First Time Screenwriters)

Prime Frequency by Andrew Carroll (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Protection by Casey Daley (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Publicity by Kate McFarland (Series/Episodic)

Pyrophoric by Gina Suzanne & RenziJude Hawkens (Short Script)

Rag Dolls by J M Stifle (Series/Episodic)

Rainbow Cowboy by Leslie K Bloom (Feature Screenplay)

Red Card Redemption by Richard Tuckman (Feature Screenplay)

Red Flags by Jennifer Bouani & Jacqueline Schumann (Feature Screenplay)

Red Line by Robert Ewing (Feature Screenplay) 

Reverse Destination by J.R. Brown (Feature Screenplay)

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree by Ervin Anderson (Feature Screenplay)

Roebling by Scott Fifer & Blaire Baron (Feature Screenplay)

Roommates of the Silence by Victor Atkins (Short Script)

S P A C E by Jane Ballentyne (Women Screenwriters) 

Same As It Ever Was by J RO'Hara (Feature Screenplay)

Serengeti by Greg Nichols (Feature Screenplay)

Servants of the Mother by Michael Paskaru (Feature Screenplay)

SHADOW SERVICE by David Bryant Perkins (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Sit Still Please by  Riley Spencer (First Time Writers)

Situational Awareness by Dara Sanandaji & Jeffry Arthur Mulrain (Series/Episodic Pilot (5) Script)

So Far Down by Sam Chuck (First Time Screenwriters) 

Sons of Treason by Sheila Rinear (Feature Screenplay)

Soroban Impact Masks and Collars by Gregory Ranky (Feature Screenplay) 

SOURCES by Bill Hartin (Short Script)

Space For Pluto by Jonny Gentry (Short Script)

Sposito by Anthony Esposito (Feature Screenplay)

Starbaby Empire by Sarah Calone (First Time Screenwriters) 

STARS ALSO DIE by Shauna Ray Ratapu (Feature Screenplay)

STRANDED by Douglas Wentworth & David Hogan (Feature Screenplay)

Stupid Pill by Vince Parenti (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Summer-licious by Kurt Anbarci (Feature Screenplay)

Suspicious Minds by Jared Nicholas Kitt (First Time Screenwriters) 

SYVERTSEN'S COMPLEX by Marni Sullivan (Feature Screenplay)

Tailspin by Lawrence Cremo (Feature Screenplay) 

Texoma Shrooms by Debiya Zbeck (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

The Age Of Heroes by Anitha Perinchery (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

The Breaker and the Broken by Michael Yurinko (Feature Screenplay)

The Breeze by Susan Damato (Feature Screenplay)

The Bridge To Brooklyn by Tony Barone (Feature Screenplay)

The Brilliante by Yoji Cole (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

THE CASSANDRA MURDERS by MADELINE DALY PUCCIONI (Women Screenwriters)

The Christmas Clauset by Brian E. Neal (Feature Screenplay)

The Devoted by Michael Williams (First Time Screenwriters) 

The Display by Kaila Hines (Series/Episodic Pilot Script) 

THE DOLL TEST by Teressa Hill & Yaa Boaa Aning (Feature Screenplay)

The Extraordinary World of Cecily Blinkstop by Jennifer Potts (Feature Screenplay)

The Felix Tapes by Warren Camp & Andrew Pedesclaux (Feature Screenplay)

The Final Moo by Jeff Reese (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

The Girl In The Glass by Weeda Anderson (Feature Screenplay)

THE GREENHOUSE by Desireé Natalia Shepherd (Feature Screenplay)

The H.V.C. by Heraclio Aguilar (First Time Screenwriters)

The Hitmen by Mike Mayhall (Feature Screenplay) 

The Improv Theater by Billy Brandes (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

The In Between by Théophile Champaloux & Victor Galmard (Feature Screenplay)

The Inquiry by Zeil Rosenberg (First Time Screenwriters)

The Jade Sisters by Mike Cymanski (Feature Screenplay)

The Kitchen (screenplay) by Earl Crittenden (NYC Screenwriters)

The Lady in Red by Martin Greenstein (Feature Screenplay)

The Last Semester by D C Cummings & John Goshorn (Feature Screenplay)

The Last Vampire by James Albanese (Feature Screenplay)

The Lines Between Us by Russ Rankin (Feature Screenplay) 

The Love Card by Koto Katayama (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

The Lower Thirds by Danny Chicon (NYC Screenwriters))

The Memory Game!!! by Tennille Hartley (Short Script)

The Memory Tax by Russell Babcock (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

THE MONARCH PROJECT by Jeff Warrick (Feature Screenplay)

The Night Clerk by Mark D. Clark (Feature Screenplay)

The Ninth Session by Deborah Serani (Women Screenwriters)

The Nose Whistler by Ben Hirschhorn (Short Script)

The Perfect Christmas Movie by Andrew  Munsey & Jamie Munsey (Feature Screenplay)

The Quarterbackby Cecil Harris (Feature Screenplay)

THE REAL PROM QUEENS OF WESTFIELD HIGH by Laurie Crompton (Women Screenwriters )

The Reckoning at Calvary by Nick Cavarra (Feature Screenplay)

The Reincarnation of Marie by Henry Woodman (Feature Screenplay)

The Sallows by Savannah Oakes (Feature Screenplay) 

The Screenwriter by Josh Alter (First Time Screenwriters)

The Seventh Summer by O Silver (Series/Episodic )

The Shape of America by Gittlin & Fattal (Women Screenwriters) 

The Shareholder by Jeff Honea (Feature Screenplay)

The shotguns by Laurence Chavis (First Time Screenwriters) 

The Soul Scouts by Carter Glace (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

The Understudy by Calvin Cearley (Series/Episodic)

THE UNIFORM by Mickey Falcone (Feature Screenplay) 

THE VACUUM WE RETURN TO by John Wu (Feature Screenplay)

The woman who had power over porn with contact details by Michael Aston (Feature Screenplay)

THREAD by Randall Stanton (Feature Screenplay)

TODDD. by Hunter Fein (Feature Screenplay)

Too Old To Go Home by Jacob Mullen (Feature Screenplay)

Touched by Andrew Butte (Feature Screenplay)

Trapped Forever by Peter Bonilla (Feature Screenplay)

Travel By Night by Tim Barley (Feature Screenplay)

Uncertain Eyes by Gary B. Haley (Feature Screenplay)

Unconditional by Michael Stenger (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Underbelly by Sally Stubbs (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

Unfollowed by Unknown (First Time Writers)

Vengeance by Sue Jin Song (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

VIRAGO by John MONTGOMERY (Feature Screenplay)

Voice Notes by Maria K.Singh (Short Script)

WHAT REMAINS OF US by Robert Azar (Feature Screenplay)

What Yet Remains by Christopher Schnupp (First Time Screenwriters)

When You're Finished by Asha Letia Henderson (Women Screenwriters) 

Where Shadows Bloom: Tamed by Instinct by Amber Morgan (First Time Screenwriters) 

Why Not Her? by Taylor Bartczak (Feature Screenplay)

Willow by Tiffany Walter (Feature Screenplay)

Xennial by Heraclio Aguilar (Series/Episodic Pilot Script)

YES, MISTRESS by Kaci Hamilton (Women Screenwriters)

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