342 Original Screenplays from 1,323 entries advanced to the Quarter Finals
Quarterfinalists have the option to resubmit a new draft of their advancing screenplay.
Quarterfinalist Resubmission Deadline: February 4th
Semi Finalists TBA March 4th
Quarterfinalists Appear in Alphabetical Order by Writer's Middle/Last Name ↓
Sci-Fi | Walking Cities | Anna | Abrashina |
Drama | The Pursuit of Something | Carley | Aggromito |
Short | Safe Harbor | Serena | Aguirre |
Drama | Scarred Hearts | Andrew | Akler |
Action | The Miracle Man | John | Alarid |
1 Hr Pilot | The Great Rising - Pestilence | Matthew | Allen |
1/2 Hr Pilot | I Am Your Guru | Kyle | Anderson |
Drama | Pet Sounds | Iain | Anderson |
Short | Definitely Not A Monster | Brea | Angelo |
Action | Lancastria - Churchill's Biggest Secret | Richard | Apletree |
Drama | Soul To Squeeze | Alex | Arabian |
Thriller | Case Unsolved | C.J. | Arellano |
Short | Idle Hands | Robert | Armanyous |
Short | Duality of the Soul | Katherine | Arthurs |
Comedy | Taming Holden Caulfield | Virginia | Austin |
Drama | Riding Shotgun | Nafi | Ayvaci |
Short | Gas! | Lee | Bailes |
Thriller | The Manifestation | Caerthan | Banks |
1 Hr Pilot | Grunt Work | Sal | Bardo |
1 Hr Pilot | Pink Moon | Sal | Bardo |
Drama | Betrayal of Reason | C. Hope | Belmont |
Sci-Fi | Aurora Novus | Annisa | Belonogoff |
Thriller | Act of Love | Elvin | Betancourt |
1 Hr Pilot | Belle | Melissa | Birks |
Thriller | The Sound Side | Alex | Blumberg |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Not Dead Yet | Leah | Bognanni |
Action | Mescalero | Anderson | Boyd |
Family | Billtown | Kenneth R. | Frank |
Thriller | Growl | Samantha | Brennan |
Action | The Wizard Wize | Robert | Brody |
1 Hr Pilot | Lifted | Carolee | Brown |
Thriller | Chindi | Timothy | Bryan |
Thriller | Praesidia | Timothy | Bryan |
Thriller | Prisoners of a Dark Night | Timothy | Bryan |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Minimum Rage | Brandon | Burkhart |
Thriller | Burner: A Killing in Palm Springs | Bob | Canning |
1 Hr Pilot | Empty Inside | Elan | Carson |
TV Sample | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Take a Stand | Elan | Carson |
1 Hr Pilot | Homebodies | Chris | Carter |
1 Hr Pilot | The Pandora Window | Ray | Chambers |
TV Sample | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang Gets Diverse | Jordan | Champagne |
1/2 Hr Pilot | The Killer B's | Dave | Chan |
Comedy | Love, Acceptance and My New Quince | Nicola Jane | Chase |
Short | Rough Translation | Jonathan | Cheng |
Drama | MELINA: I Was Born Greek | Melina | Chiaverini |
Short | One Small Visit | Jo | Chim |
1/2 Hr Pilot | The Mama Cho Show | Quincy | Cho |
Thriller | M | James | Clark |
1 Hr Pilot | The Nut Farm | Warren | Clarke |
Action | Family Spies | Warren | Clarke |
Comedy | City Spirit | Warren | Clarke |
Comedy | Green Wars | Warren | Clarke |
Family | They're Out Of This World | Warren | Clarke |
Thriller | Attack Therapy | Warren | Clarke |
1 Hr Pilot | At the Displeasure of the President | Brian | Cohen |
Short | Vegan-tarian | Brian | Cohen |
1 Hr Pilot | Wild Way | Shane | Collins |
Drama | Heart-Shaped Box | David | Comfort |
Comedy | Stone Dead | Matthew | Corley |
Thriller | Beast of Virginia | Matthew | Corley |
Sci-Fi | Soul ace | Roi | Costa |
Action | Sucking in the Seventies | Bob | Cousins |
Sci-Fi | Sucking in the Seventies | Bob | Cousins |
1 Hr Pilot | The Academy | Brit | Cowan |
Drama | Make Believe | Brit | Cowan |
Thriller | Saints and Sinners | Brit | Cowan |
Drama | Snake on Fire | Andrew | Crane |
1 Hr Pilot | ASOMNIA | Stuart | Creque |
Thriller | Trick or Treat | Stuart | Creque |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Apocryphal | Cece | Criss |
Comedy | Grrrls Drool | Katie | Crone |
Drama | Repair the Carrows | Johnny | Cruz |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Billy's Time Machine | Robert | Cuen |
Drama | Pachucos | Robert | Cuen |
Drama | The Mayor of Boulder Hill | Denis | Curto |
Drama | Watching For Bees | Amanda | Darling |
Family | Watching For Bees | Amanda | Darling |
Short | Prima | Kimisha Renee | Davis |
Drama | The Road Home | Sam | Day |
Drama | The Road Home | Alexandra | Day |
Short | Have You Been To La Rumorosa? | Michele | De Maria |
1 Hr Pilot | Decompression | Michael | Deigh |
Comedy | The Pinkerton Family Tree | Chris | Diven |
Drama | The Rommel Gambit | John | Doble |
Thriller | The Door | Michael | Douglas |
Drama | The Gardner Heist | Timothy | Driscoll |
Comedy | David's Brook | Jake | Duerden |
Short | Punish Me | Michael | Dukakis |
Short | The Lion | Samantha | Duncan |
Drama | What We Leave Behind | David | Duty |
1 Hr Pilot | Cyber | Joe | Dzikiewicz |
Comedy | Yankee Doodle Zombie | Joe | Dzikiewicz |
Comedy | Little Red Cells | Ronald | Ecker |
Action | The Conspiracist | Michael | Egenolf |
Comedy | Bright Side | Maria | Eliades |
Comedy | TESStosterone | Erin | Elizabeth Keefer |
Drama | Trophy | Jody | Ellis |
Comedy | The Last Great Ankle Contest | June | Escalante |
Drama | Otis N' the Dough Boyz | Alexander | Etseyatse |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Girl's Best Friend | Amanda | Fein |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Girl's Best Friend | Caitlin | Fein |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Stage Mom | Amanda | Fein |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Stage Mom | Caitlin | Fein |
Short | Things They Say To Me | Edward | Field |
Drama | The Return | Eduardo | Fierro |
1 Hr Pilot | Devil's Lake | Jaye | Fisher |
Drama | Five Fathers | Aron | Flasher |
1 Hr Pilot | Ponzi | Wigham | Foothill |
Short | Do Not Donate | Dorian | Frankel |
1 Hr Pilot | To The Depths | Benjamin | Fraser |
Drama | The Bank Thief | Jordan | Freese |
Comedy | Spot Time | Catherine | Fridey |
Drama | This Is How It Ends | Melia | Gabriel |
Drama | Look At Me | Dan | Gallun |
1 Hr Pilot | Lipstick Lies | Kristin | Gammill |
1 Hr Pilot | The Soldier and the Spy | Mike | Garcia |
Short | Things They Say To Me | Emery | Gare |
Action | Blind Spot | Steve | Garvin |
Drama | The Exile | Gustavo | Garzon |
Drama | We Are Rampage | Gustavo | Garzon |
Comedy | Anything For Love | Michael | Gibney |
Short | Dinosaur Junior | Michael | Gibney |
1 Hr Pilot | re.Form(ed) | Johnny | Gilligan |
Drama | Indefensible | Chris | Givens |
Thriller | The Grip | Alex | Gold |
Drama | Sunday Night | Bruno | Gonzalez |
Thriller | Violent Green | Tony | Gonzalez |
1/2 Hr Pilot | After Disney | Jenny | Gorelick |
Action | Picket Charlie | Michael | Graf |
Action | Steam | Nye | Green |
Drama | Pages From The Green Book | Janae | Green |
Thriller | Kill for Love | Maceo | Greenberg |
Short | Exercises in Fertility: Long Story Short | Robyn | Greene Arrington |
Drama | Sir Kevin | Randall | Greenland |
Drama | The Sleeping House | Suzanne | Griffin |
Short | All The Bright | Patrick | Griffith |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Family Politics | Arielle | Haller-Silverstone |
Comedy | Blood Moon | Sara | Hallowell |
Comedy | <BL/ITE> - A Black (and White) Comedy | Jennifer | Halstead |
Family | Chairman NOW and the Battle of Darkness | Jennifer | Halstead |
1 Hr Pilot | Herculine | Rachel | Harrison |
1 Hr Pilot | The Freshmen | Joe | Hayes |
Drama | Vincent and Paul: Unspoken Brotherhood | Frank | Hays |
1 Hr Pilot | Black Holes & Broken Hearts | Pelé | Hearn |
1 Hr Pilot | The Third Law | Kenny | Heidt |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Wolfe Pack | Lindsay | Heiman |
TV Sample | South Park: Sextpidemic | Lindsay | Heiman |
Family | Minor Miracle | David | Henderson |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Not Yet | Marieve | Herington |
1 Hr Pilot | Hewitt Sisters | Caroline | Hewitt |
Action | Death Row, Inc. | Lewis | Hiigel |
Thriller | Death Row, Inc. | Lewis | Hiigel |
Drama | Look At Me | Jessie | Holder Tourtellotte |
Thriller | Close To You | Samuel | Holloway |
Drama | Captain F*ck It | Melanie | Holmes |
1 Hr Pilot | Crocodile | Chris | Holt |
Short | Pictures Only | Charles A. | Honeywood |
Thriller | Fever Dream | Jordan M. | Horowitz |
1 Hr Pilot | Hewitt Sisters | Paul | Hufker |
Drama | Until Proven | Rachel | Hughes |
Short | Step 9 | Leah Rae | Hulgin |
Action | The Cauldron | Edi | Ibok |
Comedy | Eddie's Complex | Anna | Israel |
Drama | Scars | Anna | Israel |
1 Hr Pilot | Deadshot Girls | Heidi | James |
Short | Love Bugs | Heidi | James |
Short | Yarn | Dympna | Jardine |
Short | Lost and Found | Katrina | Jaxson |
Sci-Fi | Astrotopia The Twelve Realms | Lisa | Jonas |
Comedy | The Anklebiter | Andy | Jones |
Sci-Fi | The Anklebiter | Andy | Jones |
Short | The Lesson | Kimberly | Kalaja |
Family | Brisket | Joel | Karlinsky |
1 Hr Pilot | The Freshmen | Adam | Karlson |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Garbage People | Jay | Kasten |
Action | Grass Snakes | Daniel | Katz |
1 Hr Pilot | Heathens | Josh | Kaukl |
Comedy | Battle Of Lough Swain | Sean | Keating |
Short | Rescue Cat | Stef | Keegan |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Telepathetic | Andy | Knuth |
Comedy | The Asylumeers | Jaimie | Kourt |
Short | Bugbear | Thomas | Krygier |
1 Hr Pilot | Purgatory | Aimée | Kwan |
Comedy | Gnaw | Kathryn | Kyker |
Thriller | Gnaw | Kathryn | Kyker |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Spotlights | Warren | Lane |
Action | Sixgun Saint | Warren | Lane |
Sci-Fi | Sixgun Saint | Warren | Lane |
Drama | The Art of Losing | Steven | Lankenau |
Action | Kid Angel | MIchael | Latta |
Drama | 7 on 10 | Samantha | Lavin |
1 Hr Pilot | The Alchemist's Daughter | Mary | Lawrence |
Drama | Wish Upon A Star | Lynne | Lee |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Love, LTD. | Ada | Lee Halofsky |
1 Hr Pilot | Heavy | Collette | Legault |
Action | Ashes Under The Sand | Richard | LePow |
Action | We Flew When The Birds Walked | Daniel | Leventhal |
Drama | The Impresario | Daniel | Leventhal |
Drama | Land of Blood | Graham | Leverton |
Short | The Blakes | John | Licata |
Drama | The Princess of the Bottom of the World | Dan | Linehan |
Sci-Fi | Lazarus | David | Loong |
Short | The Spark | Rebekah | Louisa Smith |
Comedy | Together Again | Emmett | Loverde |
TV Sample | What We Do In The Shadows: Open | Emmett | Loverde |
Short | Red Centre | Zac | Low |
1/2 Hr Pilot | BAM! The Ring | David Christopher | Loya |
1/2 Hr Pilot | LA Cult | Michael | Lucid |
Action | Magnificent! | Coleman | Luck |
Family | Devil's Child for President | Gwen-Florelei | Luib |
Short | White Rabbit | Steven | Lundgren |
Drama | Tiny, Texas | David | Lykes Keenan |
1 Hr Pilot | Eat What You Kill | Leslie | Lyshkov |
1 Hr Pilot | Red Spy Queen | Leslie | Lyshkov |
Thriller | Fantasy | Murdoch | MacNeil |
Short | Of Mouse and Man | Paul | Magliari |
Thriller | Retribution | Rob | Magnotta |
Thriller | The Horrors of Public Access | Doug | Mallette |
Comedy | Together Again | Larry | Maraviglia |
Short | Minding The Zs and Qs | Jason | Mason |
Drama | Home Game | Michelle | Massie |
Thriller | M | Christian | Maxwell |
Drama | The Buzzing Tree | Keith | Mayfield |
1 Hr Pilot | Artemisia: A Story of Light and Shade | Rachel | McAdam |
Family | In the Footsteps of Thaddeus Thackeray | Adam | McDaniel |
Drama | Home Game | Tim | McHugh |
Drama | Deathless | M. Rowan | Meyer |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Maximum Beauty | Brian | Michaels |
Comedy | U.S. Inc. | Joel | Michalak |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Life After Camp | Mike | Miller |
Comedy | Pleasant Grove | Andrew | Miller |
Action | Killer of Men (El Soldado de Marbach) | Arturo | Mireles |
Family | Professor Harrington's Extraordinary Laboratory | Sean | Mogridge |
Sci Fi | Professor Harrington's Extraordinary Laboratory | Sean | Mogridge |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Billy's Time Machine | Edson | Montenegro |
Short | The Shed | Enya | Moore |
1 Hr Pilot | Served Cold | Adel | Morales |
1 Hr Pilot | Ode To Psyche | Alex | Morf |
Short | Disrupture | Ross | Morin |
Drama | El Timbre De Tu Voz | Gabriella | Moses |
1 Hr Pilot | Hope | Graham | Mulvein |
Drama | Last of My Name | S.M. | Namkoong |
Sci-Fi | Rewinder | Arun | Narayanan |
Comedy | Today | Javaid | Nayyar |
Family | Brisket | Eafat | Newton |
Sci-Fi | Rebellion | Matthew | Nicholls |
TV Sample | Supernatural: Lucky and Cassie | P James | Norris |
Drama | Riding With Charlie | Shintaro | Ogai |
Comedy | Write or Die! | Christine | Okeefe |
Sci-Fi | The Clocktower | Tammy | Olsen |
Drama | South Tower | Jordan | Oneal |
Comedy | Three Gardens | Jacqueline | Owens |
Short | A Legacy Of Lines | Renee | Padmore |
Sci-Fi | Head Games | David | Page |
Drama | Opening Out | Tamar | Palmer |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Codeswitch | Sasha Kai | Parker |
TV Sample | Shrill: Diamond | Jaclyn | Parker |
Family | The Wishing Tree | Astrina | Patten |
Thriller | Auntie | Deirdre | Patterson |
1/2 Hr Pilot | 1993 | David | Perez |
Sci-Fi | The Wall | Alex | Perez |
Family | Solomon's Train | Troy | Perkins |
Comedy | The Wraith of Mrs. McGuire | George | Petersen |
Thriller | Final Interview | Lou | Peterson |
Thriller | Kill for Love | Laura | Picklesimer |
1 Hr Pilot | Ditto | Adam | Pietropaolo |
Short | I'm Just Looking For My Friend | Katie | Plattner |
Action | Rooftop | Stephen | Polakiewicz |
Thriller | Play Dead | Stephen | Polakiewicz |
Drama | Dog of War | Katterina | Powers |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Banshee Girl | Evan | Purcell |
Drama | Bearing Witness | Windsor | Racine |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Al-Lozanos | Michael | Ramos-Lynch |
Drama | Flo | Henry | Ravai |
Drama | The New Road | Michael | Raymond |
Family | Memory Bank | Michael | Raymond |
Sci-Fi | Memory Bank | Michael | Raymond |
Sci-Fi | Tethered | Michael | Raymond |
Sci-Fi | The New Road | Michael | Raymond |
Thriller | Tethered | Michael | Raymond |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Apple | Paul | Read |
1 Hr Pilot | Sinderella | Chris | Rebbert |
Drama | The Telltale Light | Joshua | Rebell |
Short | Rain For Jo | JL | Reed |
Drama | The Strange Affair of the Elevator | Katy | Regnery |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Chains | Jason | Rhee |
Drama | Bad 'N' Ruin | Eric | Rich |
Comedy | #LIKEME | Selina | Ringel |
Short | Sourdough | Rachel | Rios |
Action | Flight Plans | Keith | Rivers |
Action | Into The Tech Verse | Willie | Robinson |
Thriller | Suffer The Children | Marco Antonio | Rodriguez |
Comedy | And No One Mourned | Kyle | Rogers |
Drama | Guardian | Ky | Rogers |
Thriller | The Ruin of Eden | Jessica | Romagnoli |
Drama | Broken Pieces | Richard | Rosso |
Thriller | Nepenthe | Andrew | Rudd |
TV Sample | Bob's Burger: Menstrual-Morphosis | Kristin | Sanchez |
1 Hr Pilot | Knight Errant | Sabina | Sattar |
Drama | When We Lost The Battle | Vanessa | Schaefer |
Sci-Fi | Aurora Novus | Nicole | Scharf |
Drama | Riva the Re-Virgin | Joe | Schlegel |
Drama | Popular | Marley | Schneier |
1 Hr Pilot | God's Banker | Elias | Schulze |
Short | Stuyvesant | Michael | Schwab |
1 Hr Pilot | QB | Brett | Scieszka |
1 Hr Pilot | Homebodies | Warren | Sefton |
Drama | Riot Girl | Monica | Sender |
Comedy | The Color of Love | Debbie | Shannon |
1/2 Hr Pilot | The Great Train Robery of 2077 | Jared | Sharam |
Sci-Fi | All Is Well | Aaron | Sharp |
Comedy | Poultrygiest | Jeff | Shevlowitz |
Family | New York Times | Robbie | Simon |
Sci-Fi | New York Times | Robbie | Simon |
Drama | The Farrell Girl | Lyndal | Simpson |
Short | Possum | Lyndal | Simpson |
Action | The Heart of Sri Katava | Cairo | Smith |
Comedy | Pleasant Grove | Zack R. | Smith |
Drama | Meg and the Wonderous World | Kyle | Smith |
Family | The Heart of Sri Katava | Cairo | Smith |
Thriller | GASP | Samuel | Spitale |
TV Sample | What We Do In The Shadows | Janalyn | Steele |
Action | The Firekeeper | Daniel | Stevens |
Drama | Elephant in a Safeway Bag | Roderick | Stevens |
Family | The Good Coach | Scott | Sublett |
Drama | Copper Bullets | Shupiwe | Suffolk |
Family | Santa Boss | Beth | Szyperski |
Drama | Chermere | Paolo | Taddei |
1/2 Hr Pilot | A Little Race-ish | Ursula | Taherian |
1 Hr Pilot | Grace in the Clutch | Addie | Talbott |
TV Sample | Shrill: Fashion | Tristen | Tarp |
Drama | Blind Justice | Ramona | Taylor |
Thriller | Nightmare on Hatchet Island | Josh | Taylor |
Comedy | Jackson Jackson and the Secret of the Secret Sauce | Michael | Temple |
Sci-Fi | Dinner Theater | Emil | Terziev |
Thriller | Dinner Theater | Emil | Terziev |
1 Hr Pilot | GeriOsitiy | Barbara Ward | Thall |
Sci-Fi | The Missing Link | Oliver | Thomas |
Family | Alliance | Cary-Jamal | Thompson |
Family | Validation | David | Thorpe |
Family | Children of Earth | Tobias | Tobbell |
Sci-Fi | Children of Earth | Tobias | Tobbell |
Short | Sorry, Truly | Franziska | Tometschek |
Drama | The Elvis Conspiracy | Rikki Lee | Travolta |
1 Hr Pilot | Beneath The Waterline | Maggie | Tsavaris |
Short | Sorry, Truly | Renee | van Velthuijsen |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Happily, Ever After | Andrea | VanEerten |
Comedy | Tender | Tandy | Versyp |
Thriller | Tender | Tandy | Versyp |
1 Hr Pilot | Repression. | Molly | Vogel |
Comedy | Brook Farm | Alexander | Wake |
Thriller | The Sound Side | Mitchell | Waranch |
Short | Smashing Teacups | Case | Watson |
Sci-Fi | The Wolvener of Los Angeles | Shawn | Waugh |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Fleas and Rats | Callie | Webb |
Short | Greener Pastures | Emily | Weber |
1 Hr Pilot | The Sand Creak Massacre | Timothy | Weckesser |
Drama | The Big D | Michael | Weinreb |
1/2 Hr Pilot | They/Them | Chris | Welles |
Short | Two Fisherman | Rick | Whelan |
TV Sample | What We Do In The Shadows: Escape Room of No Escape | Selina | Whitby |
Comedy | Modern (Marriage) Dance Part 3 | Melissa | White |
Action | Dangerous Ground | Brian | Whiteman |
Action | Land of the Father | Kevin | Wilson |
Thriller | Stop!: A Horror Anthology | Chris | Wiltz |
Thriller | Bride and Doom | Emily | Winter |
Short | Mali's Legacy | David | Wolgroch |
Thriller | The Lion of Engaziwa | J | Woods |
1 Hr Pilot | Virus, Inc. | Kelly | Woodson |
Comedy | Hey, Wait A Minute! | Michael-Leon | Wooley |
Sci-Fi | Hey, Wait A Minute! | Michael-Leon | Wooley |
Action | The Phoenix and the Basilisk | Alison | Wroblewski |
Action | Legend of the Meteor Sword | Yiyi | Yin |
1 Hr Pilot | Burt & Mildred Go West | Randall | Zobel |
1/2 Hr Pilot | Automated | Karim | Zouak |
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