WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF OUR 2026 SCRIPT TO SCREEN FELLOWSHIP
It has been a pleasure to immerse ourselves in such engrossing stories from all over the world.
We want to congratulate all the writers who have graciously shared their work. With so many great screenplays from talented writers, we are in no doubt that a large number of this year’s entrants will go on to forge successful careers in the industry.
OUR 2026 SCRIPT TO SCREEN WINNERS
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Cavity | Pierce Whitney | After his release from the psychiatric ward, a wrathful, African-American teenage boy sets out on a warpath for revenge in his rural Missourian town, only to awaken a malevolent ghost triggered by his anger. |
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Chimera | Daniel van Aldere | After the first human-hog chimera denounces the corporation that created him, he must face a court battle to prove his own humanity — before they silence him forever. |
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Humdrum | Daniela Di Salvo | When a desperate daughter subjects her grieving mother to an experimental tinnitus treatment, the cure proves more devastating than the condition. |
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InPanic | Puja Patel Rios | A first-generation couple, who spent their lives scrubbing the brown off their identities, panic when their boys turn out more gringo than chicken breast and whole milk. Enter two septuagenarian grandmas armed with Fernet, cumin, and zero self-awareness. |
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Los Cubanos | George Perez | Forced to flee Castro’s Cuba in 1980, a husband and wife make the gutwrenching decision to abandon their daughter. Now, in a menacing and uncertain America, they’ll do anything to protect their other child; becoming drug traffickers and assassins, echoing the past they left behind. |
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Sandy Gray | Teddy Cecil | In the remote Scottish Highlands, a young teen sets out to prove the existence of a mysterious creature, hoping to preserve the magic of his community and protect it from industrial ruin. This is the unknown, true origin of the Loch Ness Monster. |
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Strip Search | Christopher Sorensen & Kenyetta Raelyn. | When a by-the-book cop and his reckless partner go undercover as strippers in an all-male revue, they’ll have to shed more than their inhibitions to take down a drug ring. |
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Sylvia | Sally Tatum | Sylvia doesn’t like the real world. She longs to retreat from it. Finally, she does, disappearing inside herself. But soon the lushness of her inner life begins pulling her into something that she can’t escape. |
OUR 2026 SCRIPT TO SCREEN WINNERS
OUR 2026 SCRIPT TO SCREEN SEMI-FINALISTS
(in alphabetical order by writer’s first name)
| WRITER NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
| Anastasia Demidova | Journeys |
| Brittany Scott | Glo |
| Christopher Sorensen | Strip Search |
| Daniel van Aldere | Chimera |
| Daniela Di Salvo | Humdrum |
| Denise Deegan | Questions |
| George Perez | Los Cubanos |
| Jake Schwencke | Fast Life |
| Joe Bonito | Beginning Low |
| John Paul Su | Captain C! |
| Julia Wackenheim | Whoa Nellie! |
| Kari Mote | Mr. Rose |
| Lily Portman | Chopped |
| Louise Monaghan | JOMO – The Joy of Missing Out. |
| Mel Mah | This Way To Home |
| Nace DeSanders | Recall |
| Nasrul Ekram | Mothers |
| Noel Thompson | Noirtier |
| Pierce Whitney | Cavity |
| Puja Rios | InPanic |
| Sally Tatum | Sylvia |
| Tasoe & Plum Stupple-Harris | The Grow-Up |
| Teddy Cecil | Sandy Gray |
| Zoey Sidwell | …Now You Don’t |
| Zsofia Darida | Aryana |
OUR 2026 SCRIPT TO SCREEN QUARTER-FINALISTS
(in alphabetical order by writer’s first name)
| WRITER NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
| Abdullah Kokash | To Beita, With Love |
| Adele Smaill | No Ghosts Tonight |
| Anastasia Demidova | Journeys |
| Atman Patel | Pundit |
| Brian Leitten | Offspring |
| Briony Scarlett | Shaun with an ‘H’ |
| Brittany Scott | Glo |
| Caleb Ellis | Kill Stream |
| Chase Norman | No Room for Error |
| Christopher Sorensen | Strip Search |
| Daniel van Aldere | Chimera |
| Daniela Di Salvo | Humdrum |
| Denise Deegan | Questions |
| Diane Spencer | Weaver |
| Folashade Ade-Banjo | Lightweight |
| George Perez | Los Cubanos |
| Iman June Blackwell | Holy Hustle |
| Jackie Massaro | Lavender |
| Jaime Tintor | Red Iron Mama |
| Jake Schwencke | Fast Life |
| Jared Januschka | Tough Enough!!! |
| Jessica Ennis & Caitlin Cronenberg | Germaphobe In A Sex Club – 20 |
| Joe Bonito | Beginning Low |
| John Paul Su | Captain C! |
| Julia Wackenheim | Whoa Nellie! |
| Kari Mote | Mr. Rose |
| Katherine May | Anne and Bo at the Wedding |
| Lily Portman | Chopped |
| Louise Monaghan | JOMO – The Joy of Missing Out |
| Mel Mah | This Way To Home |
| Miya Kodama | All Consuming |
| Mrittika Sarin | How To Have Sex On Antidepressants |
| Nace DeSanders | Recall |
| Nasrul Ekram | Mothers |
| Natalia DeJesus | Sana Sana |
| Noel Thompson | Noirtier |
| Patricia Ranee | The Duty Doodie Wife |
| Pierce Whitney | Cavity |
| Puja Patel Rios | InPanic |
| Sally Tatum | Sylvia |
| Sarah Deakins | Violet |
| Shaun Radecki | The Umbrella Maker |
| Simone Leon | Herpetology |
| Tasoe Tasoe | The Grow-Up |
| Teddy Cecil | Sandy Gray |
| Rachel Benaissa | Any Thing Any More |
| Zoey Sidwell | …Now You Don’t |
| Zsofia Darida | Aryana |
