2018 WINNERS FEATURE | TV PILOT | SHORT
CONGRATULATIONS TO 2018’s WINNERS.
Our team and industry readers have spent the last few months evaluating entries in every genre from writers across 20 countries. Below are our Winners, Semi-Finalists & Quarter-Finalists in our Feature, TV Pilot and Short categories. Congratulations to those who placed and a huge Thank You to everyone who entered. 2018 was a record breaking year in terms of the number of submissions and the overall quality of the work submitted.
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GALÁPAGOS Year 2437. Three thousand meters under the icy crust of earth, the last remaining pocket of mankind struggle to answer the question: Is life for the sake of living any life at all? |
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FITS THE CRIME When a serial killer targets London’s gay community in the 1980s, a young police detective in a vehemently homophobic police force hunts him down in order to deal with the confusion over his own identity. |
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LYRE by Amanda Prentiss A battered post-WWII housewife desperate to escape her abusive marriage struggles against her growing guilt, as well as her community’s prying eyes, after she accuses her husband of a crime she committed. |
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WASHED A misfit group of disillusioned religious zealots band together hunting down charismatic religious leaders and expose their hidden crimes. |
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INK STAINS by Natalie Howell A group of clueless students struggle to navigate the pitfalls of college life whilst also trying to keep a failing student-run newspaper alive. |
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ESTHER IN WONDERLAND by Stephanie Bollag & Lily Lyor Askenazi In this tale of female self-expression, community and the seductive power of hip-hop music and breakdance, the Hasidic rebellious, married young Esther joins a crew of female breakdancers and gets romantically involved with the crew-leader’s younger brother, Sawyer. |
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NO ORDINARY STRANGER After being attacked and left for dead in the Wyoming wilderness, a wandering drifter is forced to confront his traumatic past when he is taken in by two dubious strangers. |
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DO UNTO OTHERS by Matthew Muchka A grieving father confronts his child’s killer on live television and must decide if the revenge his family wants is worth his soul. |
SEMI-FINALISTS FEATURE | TV PILOT | SHORT
FEATURE SF’s 45 Semi-Finalists
Amanda Keener | Magic Research Society |
Amy Cornforth | Neptune’s Stone |
Ashley James Louis | A Long Shadow at Noon |
Ben Browne | Credence Falls |
Brian Kazmarck | Diary of a Dead Man |
Bruce Branit | Loop Thief |
CHARLOTTE Cameron | Kill or Cure |
Craig Rickard | DRY |
Dave Thomas, Nell Thomas | Prophesy |
David Lyon | The Game of Time |
David Snee | Remember the Fire |
Douglas Spaltro | STILL, MAX |
Ed Wiles | The Tower |
Gary Makin | Facsimile |
Gemma Addy | Small Town |
Graham Leverton | Land of Blood |
Grace Cleere | Lost Giant |
Guy Polin | Hotel Flughafen |
Iannis Aliferis | Mary and Dionysus |
James Stewart | Foxed |
Jason Harang | Sorry for Dying |
Jason McBeth | TORCH |
John Dummer | Forget-Me-Nots |
John Fairhurst | Spark |
Jordan Prosser | Hungry Man |
Julian Chomet | FRED PERRY |
Karen Farmer | Betrand The Terrible |
KEVIN Dembinsky | Nudie Mag |
Krystyna Łoboda | Schicchi |
Lisanne Sartor | Six Letter Word |
Matt Hubsher | Signal |
Matt Wedge | The Killing Moon |
Megan Williams, Joe Newkirk | Two Hours From |
Nicole Jones | Shrimp |
Paul Mahoney | Nora, Netball, and Ninjas |
Pete Simmons-Hayes | Internet Friends |
Philip Buckley | The Things He Sees |
Russell DeGrazier | “MAD Boy, I’ll Blow Your Mind, Be Mine” |
Stacy Hullah | The Remnants of Lucy Jordan |
Stephanie Ginger | Valentine |
Tim Brothers | Six Seconds |
Timothy Burnham, Christol Ware | The Diary of Roman Thurgood |
Tricia Cerrone | The Skeleton Watch |
Zac Kish | Fuck You, John |
TV PILOT SF’s 41 Semi-Finalists (both 1hr & 1/2 hr)
Alex Williams | Playing the Palace |
Allison Osborne | Family Secrets ‘Pilot’ |
Amanda Keener | Madam Caraveil’s Caravan of Curiosities |
Amanda Prentiss | Lyre |
ANDREW ENINGER | Bad Gays |
Auryn Lieb | DISCONNECTED |
Ben DeLoose, Matthew Chilelli | Leviathan |
Bob Bowse | Inside |
Carlo CARERE, Erin Carere | DARK HORIZONS |
Christopher Brandt | Blue Highway |
Craig Page | parts |
Douglas Spaltro | WASHED |
Dustin Drye | Elements |
Fearghas Cleary | The Circuit |
Gregory Pohl | Pharm Animals |
james berg | The Great Gay Hope |
Jay Cundiff, Kyle Jorgensen | Elvis Bites Man |
Jeff Bower | FIX |
Julie O’Hora, Leanna Adams | FLORIDA WOMAN SAVES THE DAY |
Kelsey Pfeifer | Nothing They Can Take |
Kristie Grover | Third Party |
Laura Beck | HARDCORE VEGANS |
Lena Pousette, Deon van Rooyen | WILD C.A.T. |
Lisanne Sartor | Tested |
Lukas Hassel | Galápagos |
Margaret Kaminski | Wizard Fest: Pilot |
Matt McManus | Anno Domini |
Matt Thomas | Carpetbaggers |
Michael G. Mack | ABSALOM |
Michele Yeo, Kimberley Gonsalves | C U Next Tuesday |
monique reymond | There’s No Place Like OM |
Nabil Chowdhary | The Replacement |
Natalie Howell | Ink Stains |
Neal Wiser | QUANTUM EFFECTS – Pilot: My First Time |
Reeve Segal, Kaela Crawford | How Grace Got to Run the World |
Robert Dillon | The Sistahood |
Sam Martin | Commercial Space |
Steve Blame | Fits the Crime |
Suzanne Slack-Smith | Red Flag |
Thomas Gough | The Emerald Triangle |
Vincent Stoia | I am not a Cereal Killer |
Alyssa Lerner | Bubble |
Andy Erikson | One More Day Inc. |
Christina Kinsella | Static |
Eduardo Garabal | Less The Divine Mary |
Eric Hajjar | Mainline |
Garrett Kruithof | Sweetie Pie |
Glyn Carter | Sossity |
J. R. Dawson | Aira |
Jamie Benyon | CRUISIN’ |
Jason Petrovitch | White-Collar Crime for Kids |
Jen Gutierrez | Louisiana Rain |
John Kontoyannis | SAIRA |
John Le Brocq | Jeremiah 8.8 |
Josh Smooha | Dr. Hash |
Joshua Michael Payne | Doesn’t Fall Far |
Kelly Holmes | The Prescription |
Kristen Alario | Holes of Glory |
Kylie Rolincik | Mother Mary |
Matthew Hopper, Steve Kenny | No Ordinary Stranger |
Matthew Muchka | Do Unto Others |
Montgomery Haines | Vacation From Yourself |
Natasha Mynhier | In a Beat |
P.J. Palmer | North Star |
Patrick Nash | The Storyteller |
Rob Rex | The Klawg |
sarah polhaus | Ruby Throat |
sarah polhaus | The boy’s gone |
Shai Taylor | Cracked Red Clay |
Stephanie Bollag | ESTHER IN WONDERLAND |
Steven McMillan | Skin Clean |
Stuart Creque | WET ROT |
2018 QUARTER-FINALISTS FEATURE | TV PILOT 1HR | TV PILOT 1/2 HR | SHORT
FEATURE QF’s 124 Quarter-Finalists
Alec McKay | The Sweet Science |
Alex Nava | VORACIOUS |
Alison Parker, Raza Rizvi | The Fat Pact |
Amanda Keener | Fireflies |
Amanda Keener | Magic Research Society |
Amelia Fergusson | The Grace Period. |
Amy Cornforth | Neptune’s Stone |
Amy Gardner | Billy and The Goblin Rebellion |
Andres Rivera | Warbrave |
Ashley James Louis | A Long Shadow at Noon |
Becky Hutner | The Last Boat Ride |
Ben Browne | Credence Falls |
Brendan Beachman | Manifest Montana |
Brian Kazmarck | Diary Of A Dead Man |
Bruce Branit | Loop Thief |
Bryan Kelsey | The Man by the River |
Cameron Corcoran | Tree Stump |
Chance Muehleck | Madrigal |
CHARLOTTE Cameron | Kill or Cure |
Chris Canning | A Song for Leonard |
Clint Elliott | Stone’s Point |
Conor Walsh | One Under God |
Courtney Castello | Inadequate For The Job |
Craig Rickard | DRY |
Cynthia Ruiz | In her Eyes |
Daniel Shepard | THE ECHO |
Dave & Nell Thomas | Prophesy |
David Johnson | Due Process |
David Lyon | The Game of Time |
David MCMAHON | NancyGirl |
David Snee | Remember the Fire |
Deirdre Brenner, Jillian Reilly | BLACK SEA ROSE |
Despina Moraitou Politzi | LOVE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD |
Devon Lehr | The Carrington Affair |
Dirk Strasser | Conquist |
Douglas Spaltro | STILL, MAX |
Ed Wiles | The Tower |
Eli Standing | SLAVE |
Elle van Knoll | The People in the Sea |
English Bob | The Sandstorm |
Erica Tachoir | Scattering Jake |
Gary Makin | Facsimile |
Gemma Addy | Small Town |
Grace Cleere | Lost Giant |
Graham Leverton | Land of Blood |
Guy Polin | Hotel Flughafen |
Hamilton Mitchell | Step-MILF |
Hunter Ridgway | MARIA ISABELLA SILVALESSA |
Iannis Aliferis | Mary and Dionysus |
Jacob Mynatt | Dead Guy Days |
James C. Schlicker | Bad Spirit |
James Hibbard | THE CONTESTANT |
James Stewart | Foxed |
Jamie Benyon | The Struggling Life of an A******e Screenwriter |
Jason Harang | Sorry for Dying |
Jason McBeth | TORCH |
Jerry Perez | The Pocketknife |
Joe Eatherton | Tilting at Windmills |
John Sheerman | London Bridge is Falling Down |
John Dummer | Forget-Me-Nots |
John Fairhurst | Spark |
John Ira Palmer | Outside of Deary |
John McMinn | The Irish Express |
Jordan Harris, Andrew Schrader | Witches Be Crazy |
Jordan Prosser | Hungry Man |
Joshua Traywick | The Book of Sam & John |
Julian Chomet | FRED PERRY |
Justin Scott | Totality |
Karen Farmer | Betrand The Terrible |
Keaton McGruder | COLD FIRE |
KEVIN Dembinsky | Nudie Mag |
Krystyna Łoboda | Schicchi |
KT Parker | Distant Voices |
Lee Cooper | THE BREAK |
Lee Field | Sins Of The Father |
Lee Lawson | Crystal Line |
Lisanne Sartor | Six Letter Word |
Marc Blake | THE BIG DAY |
Marjory Kaptanoglu | Invader |
Martin Arnest | Pathfinders |
Matt Hubsher | Signal |
Matt Wedge | The Killing Moon |
Matthew Ziol | Enzo’s Oven |
Megan Williams, Joe Newkirk | Two Hours From |
Melissa Osborne | EASY OUT |
Michael Lederer | SAVING AMERICA |
Michael Rhodes | Bison Man |
Mico Montes | The Immortal Door |
Mollie Beach | Dear Wilson |
Molly Coffee, Charles Thomas | Kaylee, Age 8 |
Nabil Chowdhary | Class Of |
Neil Krolicki | Murderabilia |
Nicholas Carleton | A Life on Fire |
Nicholas Carleton | Staring into Infinity |
Nick Fogg | The Unquiet |
Nicole Jones | Shrimp |
Norm Fassbender | That Cartoon Guy |
Paul Mahoney | Nora, Netball, and Ninjas |
Paul Sheridan | Convergence |
Pearse Lehane | Potter’s Ground |
Pete Simmons-Hayes | Internet Friends |
Philip Buckley | The Things He Sees |
Qaseem Fazal | The Family Value |
Russell DeGrazier | “MAD Boy, I’ll Blow Your Mind, Be Mine” |
Ryan Hartley | THE LONG MILE |
Sean McConville | The Last Moon |
Shaun Raad | Saint Pete |
Sheila Jenca | Waitlist2018 |
Sheila Jenca | Violet Volcano |
Stacy Hullah | The Remnants of Lucy Jordan |
Stephanie Ginger | Valentine |
stuart schulz | RAINBOWS AND SILVER BUCKLES: THE ADVENTURES OF JOE AND MUZ |
Sy Huq | Finding Alexandria |
THEO PANAYIDES | NEW YEAR’S AND OTHER PARTIES |
Tim Brothers | Six Seconds |
Timothy Burnham, Christol Ware | The Diary of Roman Thurgood |
Tonia Kempler | Leora |
Tricia Cerrone | The Skeleton Watch |
Wendy Young | The Superb Lyrebird and Other Creatures |
Will Welles | Rustlands |
William Chen | Tiger Dreamer Prisoner |
Zac Kish | The First Annual Ricky Litgoe Memorial Fun Run |
Zac Kish | Fuck You, John |
TV PILOT – 1 HOUR QF’s 68 Quarter-Finalists
Allison Osborne | Family Secrets ‘Pilot’ |
Amanda Prentiss | Lyre |
Annette Rodig | Unto Eden |
Antonio Olivas | WITCH & TRIAL “Moral Myopia” |
Ben DeLoose, Matthew Chilelli | Leviathan |
Bob Bowse | Inside |
Bruce Gadel | The Ambassador’s Wife |
Carlo and Erin CARERE | DARK HORIZONS |
Christopher Beaton, Justin Talley | Prince of Vice |
Christopher Brandt | Blue Highway |
Christopher Lastrapes | Filii Familias |
Courtney Avichouser | 808 State of Mind |
Craig Page | parts |
Daisy Martey | ON THE BEAT |
Dan Levey | Throw Your Stones |
David Brynlund | The Vice |
David Dalessandro | Columbia Rising |
Dino Sardella | Strange Events in Crimson Grove |
Douglas Spaltro | WASHED |
Dustin Drye | Elements |
Gino DeMarco | Starchart |
Gino DeMarco | (Dis)Honorable |
Gregory Pohl | Pharm Animals |
Hunter Davis | Cogged |
Ignacio Vasquez | Croton Falls |
Irina Schmedes | Disconnected |
Jay Cundiff, Kyle Jorgensen | Elvis Bites Man |
Jeff Bower | FIX |
Jennifer McAuliffe | AT THE TABLE |
Jeremy Barras, Ben Levine | Filtered Dreams |
Jess Waters | Ozell’s Gym |
Joe White | All Hail The King |
Kathleen Cromie | Nations |
Kathryn Nawrocki | Blackball |
Keaton McGruder | HAZEL |
Kelsey Pfeifer | Nothing They Can Take |
KERRY-ANN CALLEJA MCGREGOR | THE UNWANTED |
Kevin Karp | NAPOLEON pilot script for Shore Scripts |
Kristie Grover | Third Party |
Lawrence Rothfield | The Authenticator |
Lena Pousette, Deon van Rooyen | WILD C.A.T. |
Lisanne Sartor | Tested |
Lukas Hassel | Galápagos |
Marcus Russell | The Bliss Wish |
Martyn Eaden | Brixton Green |
Mary Cantonis | Against the Wall |
Mary-Anne Costart | Scorched Earth |
Matt McManus | Anno Domini |
Matt Thomas | Carpetbaggers |
Melissa Neiman | A Matter of Degree |
Michael G. Mack | ABSALOM |
Michael Snow | ADRIFT |
Molly Vogel | New World Order |
Nabil Chowdhary | The Replacement |
Neal Wiser | QUANTUM EFFECTS – Pilot: My First Time |
Nelson Downend | In Chrysalis |
Nicholas Julius | Cafe Americain |
Ohad Ira Amram | Bottleneck |
Oliver Brackenbury | Heirloom “Pilot” |
Robert Dillon | The Sistahood |
Sam Jones | Brightstar |
Scott Davis | By Design |
Sean Collins-Smith | Lifers Anonymous – “Pilot” |
Steve Blame | Fits the Crime |
Suzanne Slack-Smith | Red Flag |
Thomas Gough | The Emerald Triangle |
Vincent Stoia | I am not a Cereal Killer |
Wes Whittaker | Sky Hotel |
TV PILOT – 1/2 HOUR QF’s 50 Quarter-Finalists
Alex Williams | Playing the Palace |
Amanda Keener | Madam Caraveil’s Caravan of Curiosities |
Andrea Lawson | THE BATTLE OF MARBLE HILL |
ANDREW ENINGER | Bad Gays |
Andrew Pinon | Venus |
Andy Knuth | JACK TO REALITY |
Angela Gay Magnus | Plain Janeisha |
Craig Miller, Dustin Chafin | Craig and his Uncle Ron |
Dana Quercioli | Converted |
Dustin Drye | Middle Schooled |
Elisabeth Tsubota | Sycamore Lane |
Eric Shahinian | Binary |
Fearghas Cleary | The Circuit |
Frank Trezzi, Tom Nanos | You Got Served |
Greg Wayne | Young Aleister Crowley |
Greg Wayne | Rare Medium |
Hafizah Abdul Wahid | 52 Weeks |
Harry Whitehead | The Adventures of Dexter Burgees |
Henry LeBlanc | Nowhere But Up |
Jabari Howard | Life With Rodney |
james berg | The Great Gay Hope |
James Rubin III | Checked Out |
Jennifer Mondfrans | Ultra/Violet |
Jordan Pick | Going Viral |
Julie O’Hora, Leanna Adams | FLORIDA WOMAN SAVES THE DAY |
Karla Jacobs | Mack’s PT |
Keith St. Lawrence | Westphall |
Laura Beck | HARDCORE VEGANS |
Lilliana Winkworth, Jeremy Sender | CAUSES |
Lira Kellerman | Love Scenes, LLC |
Luke Field | The Lighthouse Keeper |
Luke Roberts | Tea |
Margaret Kaminski | Wizard Fest: Pilot |
Michael Bina, Shawn Shekarchian | Same Same But Different |
Michele Yeo, Kimberley Gonsalves | C U Next Tuesday |
monique reymond | There’s No Place Like OM |
Natalie Howell | Ink Stains |
Nicholas Viscounty | Geeds |
Oliver Warren | Cusp: “Chicken Boy” [Pilot] |
Peter Groynom | Same Old Jenny |
Reeve Segal, Kaela Crawford | How Grace Got to Run the World |
Robert Keller | The Great Divide |
Sam Martin | Commercial Space |
Scott Root | Glitter Gulch |
Seaton Kay-Smith | Tragedy: A Comedy |
Shari Vasseghi | Persian in America |
Skyler White | Avalon, CA |
Timothy O’Rawe | And God Said, Let There Be Golf |
Zac Kish | Fuck You, John |
Zach Heltzel | Scorched Earth |
SHORT QF’s 66 Quarter-Finalists
Adam Hollingworth | Watching Georgina |
Alejandro Sesma | HOUSE ON FIRE |
Alexander Frasse | The Cartoon |
Alyssa Lerner | Bubble |
Andy Erikson | One More Day Inc. |
Blake Morris | Hallucinations |
Bruno Chiecco | The Fuck Up |
Carys Watford | The Hotel Room |
Christina Kinsella | Static |
Dan Tice | DICKVILLE |
Danielle Reid | #lovemylife |
Daniyal N. Khan | Closure |
Eduardo Garabal | Less The Divine Mary |
Emily Vere Nicoll | BORNE BACK |
Eric Hajjar | Mainline |
Ezra Ani | THE DINNER TABLE |
Garrett Kruithof | Sweetie Pie |
George Zwier | Chemistry of Fear |
Glyn Carter | Sossity |
Hamish Nichols | Freedom Pass |
J. R. Dawson | Aira |
Jamie Benyon | CRUISIN’ |
Jason Petrovitch | White-Collar Crime for Kids |
Jason Smith | Scavenger |
Jen Gutierrez | Louisiana Rain |
Jeremy Storey | An Angel Whispers |
Jessica Spotts | Outskirts |
Jim Duncanson | Finding Elizabeth |
John Kontoyannis | SAIRA |
John Le Brocq | Jeremiah 8.8 |
John Morrison | The Undisputed Champion of the World |
Josh Logue | Express |
Josh Smooha | Dr. Hash |
Joshua Michael Payne | Doesn’t Fall Far |
Kansas Starr | The Disentanglement of Odelia |
Kelly Holmes | The Prescription |
Kristen Alario | Holes of Glory |
Kylie Rolincik | Mother Mary |
Lisa Gray Fisher | Fugitives From Memory |
Mark Keigley | I Was A Teenage Werepossum |
Matthew Gross | Restoring Gelbert Groth |
Matthew Hopper, Steve Kenny | No Ordinary Stranger |
Matthew Muchka | Do Unto Others |
Matty Groves | Roo Boy |
Michael Felker | Burn Card |
Mike Glover | Digging |
Mike McFarland | Canis Lupus Familiaris |
Montgomery Haines | Vacation From Yourself |
natasha dahlberg | Prawn Cocktail |
Natasha Mynhier | Saved By Savion |
Nicolas Diaz | Pontus |
P.J. Palmer | North Star |
Patrick Nash | The Storyteller |
Regina Gonzalez-Arroyo, Olive Goanta | Take Me Home |
Rob Rex | The Klawg |
sarah polhaus | Ruby Throat |
sarah polhaus | The boy’s gone |
Shai Taylor | Cracked Red Clay |
Stanislava Buevich | Sex and Valentina |
Stephanie Bollag | ESTHER IN WONDERLAND |
Steven McMillan | Skin Clean |
Stuart Creque | WET ROT |
Tony Boncza | Samuel’s Garden |
Vanessa Bailey | BUS STOP |
Will Spires | Red or Black |