2023
Grand Prize Winner
Suicide at Noon by Merrit Chelsey Schmidt
Finalists - Top 10
(Alphabetical Order by Title)
Ashes to Ashes by Rachel McClard
Becca Goes Back by Julie Kraut
Just Gone by Justin Daab
Mason by Kevin Waite
PEW!PEW!PEW! by Matthew DeCapua and Loren Dunn
Point Nemo by Alex Rivers
Slit by AJ Currie
Suicide at Noon by Merrit Chelsey Schmidt
The Ingénue by Kyle Andrews and Frances Wendorf
The Monster Wrangler by Lukas Ridge
Semi-Finalists
(Alphabetical Order by Title)
A Fire in the Mind by Kenneth White
A Labour of Love by Olga Holtz
A Red Shirt by David Angelelli
Alliance by Suzanne Griffin
Anders By Wiktor Grodecki
Arrivederci Papã by B. Isabella Bodnar
Ashes to Ashes by Rachel McClard
At Night & Noon by Micala Burns
Babalon by Baron Brady
Becca Goes Back by Julie Kraut
Blowback by Eric Murphy
Bokhoven Manor by Ty Hosler
Chasing Abigail by James Newton
Cherry Park by Joseph Hooten
Christmas Witch by Martina Webster and Dalea Faulkner
Closer to Fine by Marisa Forrest
Confidant by Marni Sullivan
Dance Dads by Samantha DeNaro
Dead Horse Lake by Michael Graf
Dead Shot Mary by Robert K. Benson
Death to Cinema by John Mahony
Devotion by John Ellis
Dima by Merrit Schmidt
Dirtbag Fantasies by Jay Tigers
Dmitry’s Revenge by Martin Kenneth Zitter
Don't Touch Me by Ervin Anderson
Esperanza by David Christopher Loya
Eve by Jana Nicastro, Dominic Orozco, Alvin G Morris, and Megan Hurt
Eversville by Jodie Anders
Family Spies by John Tan
Fashion Apocalypse by Susan Berman
Fires of Saint Sebastian by Tomek Chenczke
Fun City by Gordon Rayfield
GIL by P.S. Lutz
Good Pussy: The Anatomy of a Crazy Cat Lady by Bree Wyrd
Grand Falls Killings by Thomas Seymour
Growing Up in Public by Kanchi Wichmann
Home Sweet Hell by Jake Fullilove and Kevin Hodes
Hurting Each Other by Rebecca Bohanan
International Incident by Johnny Fairchild and Jared Pettit
Is That Cool? by Alex Klein
It’s Just a Mountain by Brad Boyer
Just Gone by Justin Daab
Leonard by Joshua Payra
Little Miracles by Carlos Perez
Love and Glory by Gary Parker
Love and Murder: The Honor Killing of Vincent van Gogh by Irv Arenberg
Lucille's Treasure Chest by Diana Richardson and Laurel Aarsvold
Make Me Smile by Michael Graf
Mason by Kevin Waite
Mat-Leave by Tamara Green
Missing the Point by Link York
Moon Shine by K.T. Roth
Mr. Shakespeare's Plays by Christena Alcorn
On Island by Rie Anders
Out of the Flames by Stephanie Hutchinson
PEW!PEW!PEW! by Matthew DeCapua and Loren Dunn
Pinay in the Desert by Aimee Suzara
Please Don’t Eat the Children by David Marc
Point Nemo by Alex Rivers
Red Summer by Paul Kahn
Retail by Susie Shaw
Run By Night by Kevin McMahon
Scuttlebutt by Matt Manser
Single Bullet Theory by Mike Bencivenga
Six by Six by Georgia Well and John Chimo Arnold
Slit by AJ Currie
Standby by Patrick Tierney
Stuck-Up Scumbags of the 8th Grade by Luke Johnson
Student Loan Story by William Mayhew
Submarine by Ron Horton
Suicide at Noon by Merrit Chelsey Schmidt
Supreme Ruler by Duane Edwards and Frederick Mensch
The Final Assassination by Donell Jackson
The Florida Terror by DeVante Charlie F Grace
The Gate Key by JG Blodgett
The Ingénue by Kyle Andrews and Frances Wendorf
The Lost Muse by Sharon Hamlet
The Monster Wrangler by Lukas Ridge
The Overturning Moment by Tom Holowach
The Polski Affair by Kenneth Gildin
The Practice Marriage by Stewart Fergus
The Price of Blood by Mitchell Martin
The Prosecutor's Witness by Donald Ray Schwartz
The Red Zone by Terry Podnar
The Sweet Mystery of Life by Benjamin Woolley
The Trial of Jean Gum by Joan Kufrin
The Unfinished Story of Anne Frank by Candace Hilligoss
The Wrong Candidate by John Ravitz
These Messages by Walter Scharold
Those We Trust by Marie Jones
Time Hustlers by Andrew Hopps
Tin Kickers by Ned Farr
Under the Clock by Wilke Durand
Warm Brothers by William Gorgensen
Warrenville by Craig Thornton
Weekend at Bernie's III by Craig Miller and Pete Johnson
Welcome to America by Weiyang Liu
What Happens at the Carnation by Alex Stone and Alex Morrison
Whiskey Mountain Days by William Walker
Quarter-Finalists
(Alphabetical Order by Title)
(I’ll Never Find) Another You by Michael Elliott
13 Finches by Lawrence a Wood
2088: A Farmer Takes a Wife by Russell Bennett
A Boxed Life by Frank Mendicino
A Fire in the Mind by Kenneth White
A Kiwi Kind of Christmas by Kate Powis
A Labour of Love by Olga Holtz
A Red Shirt by David Angelelli
A Small Temporary Inconvenience by Cleveland Bailey, Jr and Jack Isgro
Advetures in Serial Killing by John Munn
Against All Odds by Jessica Rose
Alliance by Suzanne Griffin
Allured III by C.J. Stussi and Armand Kachigian
American as Fuck by Jazz Mann and Ravi Kamble
American Fallout by Harry Kakatsakis
Anders By Wiktor Grodecki
Anna Incognito by Laura Preble
Ark of Life by Jay Taylor
Arrivederci Papã by B. Isabella Bodnar
Ashes to Ashes by Rachel McClard
At Night & Noon by Micala Burns
Autumn in September by Philip Oyok
Aviatrix by Mark Braunstein and David Vernon
Babalon by Baron Brady
Becca Goes Back by Julie Kraut
Bermuda by Michael Winfield
Big Days by Isaac Banuelos
Billy & Ray by Mike Bencivenga
Billy and Tina by George Goodenough
Blowback by Eric Murphy
Bob by Bryan Lake
Bog Water by Jonathan Weisbrod
Bokhoven Manor by Ty Hosler
Broken Rope by John Collins
Brown Recluse by Stuart Forrest
Butch by Rae Binstock
California by Adam Seidel
Cancelled? by Thomas L. Ferguson
Canvas 31 by Jared Doles
Celeste by George Brighton
Charley's River by Ron Horton
Chasing Abigail by James Newton
Cherry Park by Joseph Hooten
Chimera Senen by David Zeller and David Greenspan
Chipmunk Charlie by Joe Eatherton and Lisa Weber
Christmas Witch by Martina Webster and Dalea Faulkner
Climate Changed by Alan J. Field
Closer to Fine by Marisa Forrest
Colors of the Soul by Dustin Asch
Confidant by Marni Sullivan
Croatoan by Nicole Poulain
Dance Dads by Samantha DeNaro
Dark City by Simon Bowler
Dark Moon Hotel by Leonidas Stanescu
David Bernal by David Bernal
Dead Horse Lake by Michael Graf
Dead Shot Mary by Robert K. Benson
Death to Cinema by John Mahony
DemonTrap by Clem Martini
Desert Star News by Robert Haus
Devotion by John Ellis
Dima by Merrit Schmidt
Dirtbag Fantasies by Jay Tigers
Dmitry’s Revenge by Martin Kenneth Zitter
Don't Touch Me by Ervin Anderson
Down At The Val by Neil Goodchild
Emotional by Tiriq R. Callaway
Escape by Mark Leclair
Esperanza by David Christopher Loya
Eve by Jana Nicastro, Dominic Orozco, Alvin G Morris, and Megan Hurt
Eversville by Jodie Anders
Family Spies by John Tan
Fashion Apocalypse by Susan Berman
Father's Day by Jon Brecto
Fighting Felines by Devon Villacampa
Fire and Brimstone by Chad Ashworth
Fires of Saint Sebastian by Tomek Chenczke
Flickerbeat by Dana Hawthorne
Flinch by Steve Savitz
For Phillip by Rob Seyk
For the Love of Buttered Popcorn by Stephan Straw
Forced: A Love Story by Y.S. Kim
Full Contact by Dave Kraft
Fun City by Gordon Rayfield
Get Lost by Raymond Ussery
Ghosts Live Forever by Harold Hababou
GIL by P.S. Lutz
Glitch by Miriam Stark
Good Pussy: The Anatomy of a Crazy Cat Lady by Bree Wyrd
Grand Falls Killings by Thomas Seymour
Growing Up in Public by Kanchi Wichmann
Guilt by Elaine Slater
Haunted Heart by Mike Bencivenga
Heaven's Silence by Michael Gossette
Hellfire N’ Pronoun by John McCarney
Hemings and Condell by Martin Keady
Her Favorite Color by Michael Joiner
Her Seventh Death by Virginia Austin
Hidden Gems by Hagop Kaneboughazian
Home Sweet Hell by Jake Fullilove and Kevin Hodes
How Not to Write a Romance Novel by Suzy Stein and Fernando Perez
How to Survive a Narcissist by Steffany Sommers
Humor Me by Tracy Curtis
Hurting Each Other by Rebecca Bohanan
Huyton:Voyage by Joshua Payra
Identity by Joseph Jaussi
International Incident by Johnny Fairchild and Jared Pettit
Is That Cool? by Alex Klein
It’s Just a Mountain by Brad Boyer
Jungleland by Robert Martorana
Just Gone by Justin Daab
K3+ by Erasmo Acosta
Last Chance Cafe by Jack Rice and John T Rice
Leonard by Joshua Payra
Life in Four Colors by Adolfo Acosta
Little Miracles by Carlos Perez
Love and Glory by Gary Parker
Love and Murder: The Honor Killing of Vincent van Gogh by Irv Arenberg
Love in Rio by Elvira Demiri and Cameron Casino
Lowry by Michael Colucci
Lucille's Treasure Chest by Diana Richardson and Laurel Aarsvold
Make Me Smile by Michael Graf
Malled by Janna Jones
Martyr's Ridge by Alister Brooks
Mason by Kevin Waite
Mat-Leave by Tamara Green
Minister Speer by Sven Anarki
Missing the Point by Link York
Monstrosity by Robert Nelson
Mooch Match by June Fortunato
Moon Shine by K.T. Roth
Mother Holle's Fairy Tale by Miro Pokorny
Mr. Shakespeare's Plays by Christena Alcorn
Music From a Scorched Earth by Pamela Schott
My Lovely Neighbors by Jake Buczewski
Nevada Low Ball by JG Blodgett
No Good Deed by Heather Farlinger
October by William Zide
Officer X by Michael Joiner
On Island by Rie Anders
Oona & Huckee by Rosemary Druar
Open Call by J.M. Corral
Out of Nowhere by Mike Bencivenga
Out of the Flames by Stephanie Hutchinson
Paper Birds by DW Ardern and Gerad O'Shea
Paroled by Rob Putnam
Pepper's Ghost: See and Believe by Jean Dempsey
PEW!PEW!PEW! by Matthew DeCapua and Loren Dunn
Picture Perfect by Alex Rivers
Pinay in the Desert by Aimee Suzara
Please Don’t Eat the Children by David Marc
Point Nemo by Alex Rivers
Possessed AF by B. Isabella Bodnar
Probable Cause by Shane McCabe
Quantum Telegraph by Joshua Jashinski
Quintana by William LiPera and William LiPera
Rainbow Railway by Charles Tucker
Red Summer by Paul Kahn
Retail by Susie Shaw
Revenge of the Christ by Ruben Varela
Run By Night by Kevin McMahon
Run! Run! Run! - The Lives of Abbie Hoffman by Michael J. Shapiro
Ruth by Valentina Weil
Saint Catherine's Boys by John Ravitz
Saving Boomer by Rcarlherzog
Saving Roses by Louann Fernald
Say What? By Stuart Forrest
Scandal at Blandings by Gary Parker
Scary Fairy by Allison Scanlon
Scuttlebutt by Matt Manser
Sidetracked by Edward Gillow
Single Bullet Theory by Mike Bencivenga
Six by Six by Georgia Well and John Chimo Arnold
Slit by AJ Currie
South Paws by JG Blodgett
Space Gamers by Joseph Jaussi
Stand Tall! by Vincent Paterno
Standby by Patrick Tierney
Stone in Love by Jerrad Burford
Stuck-Up Scumbags of the 8th Grade by Luke Johnson
Student Loan Story by William Mayhew
Submarine by Ron Horton
Suicide at Noon by Merrit Chelsey Schmidt
Supreme Ruler by Duane Edwards and Frederick Mensch
The Big 3-0 by Patrick Dill
The Cast Party by Adam Patla
The Collar Of Freedom by Alexandra I
The Dark Side of the Moon by Keith Stern
The Devil Pulls the Strings by Joseph Zarek and J. W. Zarek
The Donut Dollies by Jess Hill
The Enclave by Mercury Aka
The Final Assassination by Donell Jackson
The Final Filmmaker by Nathan Cook
The Final Reel by Rachel Thomas-Medwid
The First Eternal by Rapsodies
The Florida Terror by DeVante Charlie F Grace
The Gate Key by JG Blodgett
The Gene Pool by Jennifer Weber
The Giant by Peter Noel
The Great American Game by Shiva Sawyer and Steve Marians
The Grint by Earl Thompson
The Hollow Earth by Kenneth James
The Ingénue by Kyle Andrews and Frances Wendorf
The Jump by John Killoran
The Last Santa by Michael Rhodes
The Lost Muse by Sharon Hamlet
The Mansion by Titika Stamouli
The Marked by Byron L. Marsh
The Monster Wrangler by Lukas Ridge
The Nameless Kingdom by Kasey Leedom
The Overturning Moment by Tom Holowach
The Philanthropist by Bruce Dundore
The Polski Affair by Kenneth Gildin
The Practice Marriage by Stewart Fergus
The Price of Blood by Mitchell Martin
The Prosecutor's Witness by Donald Ray Schwartz
The Red Zone by Terry Podnar
The Rex Foundation by George Barnett
The Rommel Gambit by John Doble
The Sensualist - A Woman in Black by Suzanne Griffin
The Shirley Brothers Comeback by Alana Gerdes
The Spirit of '76 by Jerry Jerome
The Storm King by Alex Hendler
The Sub by Jade Shine
The Sweet Mystery of Life by Benjamin Woolley
The Trial of Jean Gum by Joan Kufrin
The Unfinished Story of Anne Frank by Candace Hilligoss
The Unseen by Shiva Ramanathan
The Wrong Candidate by John Ravitz
These Messages by Walter Scharold
Those We Trust by Marie Jones
Time Hustlers by Andrew Hopps
Tin Kickers by Ned Farr
Toilet Hooch by Joshua Jashinski
Trick Selfie by Chad Wellinger
Under the Clock by Wilke Durand
Unexplainable by Jack Anderson and Sam Butler
Unwitched by F.M. DiMeo
Vinny Talks to Herself by Lisa Isaacson
Wandering Star by Richele Caragianis
Warm Brothers by William Gorgensen
Warrenville by Craig Thornton
Weekend at Bernie's III by Craig Miller and Pete Johnson
Welcome to America by Weiyang Liu
Werewolf Apprentice by James Albanese and Paul Paul Rose
What Happens at the Carnation by Alex Stone and Alex Morrison
When We're Wild by Brian Wapole
Whiskey Mountain Days by William Walker
Yava by Tevin Houle
Your Own Two Feet by Stanley Friedman
2019
Grand Prize Winner
(Features & TV Pilots)
Lady Parts by Bonnie Gross
ISA Hollywood Writer Award Winner
Mission College by Jasmine Leyva
Grand Prize Winner
(Shorts & Web Series)
A Lady of Vassar by Anthony Fernandez
Finalists
(Features & TV Pilots)
2nd
Mission College by Jasmine Leyva
3rd
Call Out by Nir Shelter
4th
Flat-rate Frank by Jeffrey Howe
5th
White Momma by Fredrick Leach
6th
White House 101 by Jack Cusick
7th
I'm Not Jack by Jack Cusick
8th
The Wild Heart of Alaska by Mary Albanese
9th
Wyld by Erin Considine
10th
A Lady of Vassar by Anthony Fernandez
Semi-Finalists
(Features & Pilots)
Mona by Adam Finley and Gareth Hutchins, Adam Finley
The Clairvoyant by Adrian Prospero
Pick Up by Amy Sullivan
Pledge Mom by Amy Sullivan
A Ballad For Syria by Annie Macdonald and Robert B. Mac
99 by Arthur M Jolly
America First by Barbara Nunberg
Willful Blindness by Barbara Nunberg
Undressing by Becca Ayers
Old MacDonald had a Corpse by Blaze Foster
Lady Parts by Bonnie Gross
Hand by Brandon Trask
Conceptus by Brian Herskowitz
Warrior Warrior Pilot by Brian Michaels
Light by Chase Kuker and Michael Schilf
Saving Harry Snow by Chris Zeller
Shakespeare & Marlowe: A Write Pair by Chris Oneill
The Rise of Quaid and Serendipity by Christopher Fetherolf
Life Is Easy by Clark Kokich
Tapped by Courtney Cilman
His Last Dead Monkey by David Pantano
Hook by David Rocchio
Kayfabe Intercontinental by David Piechowski
Hell For Breakfast by Deborah Seibel
Freefall by Denise Meyers
Girl Trouble by Devi Snively
Analog by Dominic Smith and Molly Ferguson
The Method by Duncan Ralston
The Church Dealer by Elizabeth Clark
Somewhere Lies the Truth by Elizabeth J. Musgrave
Beginner's History by Emily Cheever
Wyld by Erin Considine
Caged Birds by Fredrick Leach
White Momma by Fredrick Leach
Orville and Mae by Gary Awad
The Six by Gillian Gordon
Muscle and Bark by Gina DeAngelis
Shooting at Ballerinas by Hank Isaac
Hell's Heaven by Ira Livingston IV and Chars Bonin
I'm Not Jack by Jack Cusick
White House 101 by Jack Cusick
Revolutionary Spy by James Foye
The Franchise by James Grayford
Mission College by Jasmine Leyva
The Steagles by Jeanie Clark
Flat-rate Frank by Jeffrey Howe
Totem by Jeffrey Kennedy
Board to Death by Jodi Teti
Pixylations by Joe Laudati
Red Letter Chronicles by Joe Moore
A Free State by Joel Fishman and Harry W. Kendall
The Romans of Bleecker Street by Joel Fishman
Robert Smalls by John Harris
Odd Man Out by Jymmi Willoughby
Battle Cries by Karen Walker
Paperweight by Katie Scrivner and Michael Sokey
Badass by Kelly Byrnes
Shunned by Kevin Bachar
Whiskey Town by Kim Gauger and Judi Lewison
A Player Born by Kirby Ward
Dream Divers by Leigh Stimolo
Special Skills by Leigh Cesiro and Adam Kaplan
The Bliss Killer by LeLe Park
Unt. Lindsay Farris Project by Lindsay Farris
4Plex by Liza Behles
The Clade by Maria Cozzi
Hit Escape by Mark Reynolds
Senseless Confidential by Marty Beaudet
Chasing the Lemon by Mary Goldman and Tim House
The Wild Heart of Alaska by Mary Albanese
Mind Games by Matthew Manson
Rhapsody by Max Nicholson
Paradize City by Megan Mcmurray
All The People I Like Are Dead by Melody Cooper
Northern Cross by Melody Cooper
A Bellevue Love Story by Michael Wolfe
Kid Midnight by Mychal Sargent
Trigger by Nick McMurdy
Shrimp by Nicole Jones
Call Out by Nir Shelter
Beadwindow by Paul Mooney
Inked In Blood by Paul Corricelli
Headspace by Randy Horton
Finding Christmas Magic by Rena Popp
Passing Through by Robert Rhyne
East of Mecca by Sheila Flaherty
The Violinist's Daughter by Shelly Drancik
The Last Firefly at Sandpoint by Steve Trebilcock
The Fall by Tamra Teig and Michael Lipoma
Booth by Thomas Cummings and Philip David Black
Frontier Zero by Tod Fennell
Night Sweep by Tony Abbate
Distortion by Travis J Opgenorth
Mother-Daughter by Tricia Lee
Prentice Park and the Missing Monkey by Turi Haim
Ladylove by Vanessa Leigh
I'm With Aids by Warren Wagner
Out From Under by William Robinson
The Food Section by Winston Wood
Forgotten Warrior by Xander Bernstein
Semi-Finalists
(Shorts & Web Series)
Chimera by Alainna MacPherson
A Touch of Blue by Alex Troxler
Maggie's New Boyfriend by Allison Beda
Service by Anna Forsyth
A Lady of Vassar by Anthony Fernandez
Kris by Chad Dowdy
Lydia's Tree by Colleen Asbury
Braving the Night by Daniel Feldman and Joshua Kushner
The Road to Glenfinnan by David Dinning and David McDermott
Playground Tales: Children of War by Eric White
Intrigue at Rasputin's Cove by George Bigelow
Bureau 121 by Helene Taylor
Saint. Sinner by J. Franklin Evans
For Pete's Sake by Katterina Powers
Dating at Dawn by Mark Christopher Boyd
The Redemption of Frank Malone by Mary Goldman
The Welcomers by Matt O'Connor
Danielle's Brain by Matthew Schutt
Leaks by Matthew Schutt
Sundown by Melody Cooper
Time-Sensitive by Michael Berlind
Manifest (The Artist) by Mila Johansen
The Watch by Rachel Thomas-Medwid
Just For Him by Robbie Robertson
See You Later by Willis von Werner
2018
Grand Prize Winner
(Features & TV Pilots)
Stringer by Elaine Loh
ISA Hollywood Writer Award Winner
Odium - a Requiem for Love by Annika Pampel
Grand Prize Winner
(Shorts & Web Series)
Apartment Story by Greg Fortier
Finalists
(Features & TV Pilots)
2nd
Odium - a Requiem for Love by Annika Pampel
3rd
All In by Andrea Nettleton
4th
Lenore by Goldie Jones
5th
*Apartment Story by Greg Fortier
6th
Hard is the Good by Susan Brunig
7th
REDSKY5.0 by Robert Brody
8th
Mars One by Seaton Kay-Smith
9th
King Without a Kingdom by Wiktor Grodecki
10th
Broadband by Bonnie Cahoon
Semi-Finalists
(Features & Pilots)
Hiber by Adam Pachter
The Devil You Don't by Adrienne Arno
The BoxMan by Alexander Beale
Here Come the Clowns by Alexander Beale
The Paradoxical Cat by Alfred Dunham
Oil And Water by Alfred Thomas Catalfo
Patchwork by Amanda Keener
All In by Andrea Nettleton
The Mentor by Andrew Stone & Meredith Levine
High And Dry by Andrew Smith
Lame Possession of Maggie Stone by Anna Senn
Odium - A Requiem for Love by Annika Pampel
It Had To Be You by April Hartmann
Secret and Confidential by Ben Maraniss
Dead Giveaway by Bob Taicher
Fly Navy - "Decelerate Your Life" by Bobby Telatovich
Broadband by Bonnie Cahoon
Wild Horses by Brian Kowalchuk
The Corrupton of Beauty by Bruce Dundore
Twirl by Cara Winter
Dark Horizons by Carlo Carere
For the Taking by Charice Nicole Rynders
Disassembly by Christopher DeWan
Teller by Dan Fabrizio
Virtually President by Dan Hart
The Narrow Edge by David Deverell
Those Beneath by Debi Yazbeck
Blind Pursuit by Debi Yazbeck
HICKAM by Diane Hanks
Night of the Loving Dead by Don Hauka
Stringer by Elaine Loh
Nuggets by Eric Rudnick
The Dreaming by Eric Steele
Sight by Eva Gonzalez Szigriszt
The Dead Line by Gabriel Duran
PLUGGED by Geoff Dupuy-Holder
The Devil's Answer by Geoff Dupuy-Holder
Lenore by Goldie Jones
Silicon Curve by Heidi Nyburg
Bad Princess by Holiday Kinard
Close Proximity by Jack Comeau
Hang On by Jason Gruich
The Memphis Mafia by Jason Williams
Hollywood Motors by Jeffrey Nicholson
In the Name of the Father by Josh Susie
Calloused Hearts by Josh Susie
White Power Barbie by Josh Berman
Bad Ass by Joshua Rollins
The Broken Places by Joshua Rollins
Perspective by Joy Martinello
Legacy by Kellen Hertz
Dream House by Lily Waronker
Tragically Famous by Lisa J Cristoforo
Con Law by LL Byrd
I am Law -- Daddy's Little Girl by Lori Johnson
Galápagos by Lukas Hassel
Hellraiser by Luke Wronski
Storyville by Mariah Gretchen Robinson
In The Wolf's Mouth by Mariah Gretchen Robinson
The Weekenders by Marilyn Anderson
Give me that Becky by Marina Bendocchi Alves
Radio Chaos by Mark Reynolds
Ashtabula by Mark Paone
On the Corner of Eden and Grace by Marsha Rosenzweig Pincus
Chasing the Lemon by Mary Goldman
Liminal by Megan Meadows
Token Kyle by Melissa Emery
Hope House by Melissa Birks
Slave Children by Michael Faunce-Brown
Old Bones by Michael Lipoma
Alice is Gone by Michaela von Schweinitz
Amorous by Naomi Pandolfi
Mobster Memoir by Nicholas Tana
Control by Nicholas Tana
Perfect Record by Paul Nash
Pot of Gold by Randy Turner & E. R. Womdelsduff
9/10 by Richard Willett
Rational Panic by Robert Rhyne
Red Sky 5.0 by Robert Brody
King Company by Robert Brickman
Triggers by Robert J. Sawyer
Space Mission Six by Ron Yungul
Hard is the Good by S.B.
Deserted by Scott Seagren
Malice by Sean Mason
Mars One by Seaton Kay-Smith
KopKiller by Shane McCabe
Punctured by Shari Grewal
The Heart of a Tiger by SreyRam Kuy
The Aviatrix by Stephen Kelly
The Mushroom King by Steve Trebilcock
Jungleball by Steve Dini
Becoming Terpsichore by Susan Polk
Sex & Death by Thomas Thonson
The Moor by Thomas Thonson
Wacky Spookyville by Tirosh Schneider
A Violent Week by Tyler Dowey
King Without A Kingdom by Wiktor Grodecki
Quintana by William LiPera
The Three Lives of Angel Fleming by William LiPera
Semi-Finalists
(Shorts & Web Series)
HOV by Daniel Ginsberg
Wild Abandon by Dawn Prato
Warm Fuzzies by Elizabeth Kindra
Touch by Esra Cengel
Another Day On the Subway by G. Michelle Robinson
Apartment Story by Greg Fortier
Orlonski Is Missing by Hank Isaac
The Order by Jean Buschmann
Our Last Game Night by Jen Gutierrez
Soul Survivor by Jessica Clothier
Rock Music by John Wilkins
Our Lives Are Good by John Porter
Dr. Hash by Joshua Smooha
The Secret Club by Kelly Lamphear-Dash
Dry Back Doors by Kevin Porntosapon
Serenity by Mark Golik
Sacrifice by Martin McSweeney
Runner by Michael Quintana
Un Homme and a Lady by Mitch Yapko
The Gazebo by Richard Willett
Whistler's Mother by Robbie Robertson
Dissonance by Ryan Jones
The Miscalculation by Stephen Davis
Shade by T.J. Barkwill
Insignificant by Wendy Wilkins
2016
Grand Prize Winner
(Features & TV Pilots)
SUGAR LAND by R.B. Ripley
Grand Prize Winner
(Shorts & Web Series)
RARE MODEL by Cody Pearce
Category Winners
(Features & TV Pilots)
ACTION/ADVENTURE
HOLLOW GRAHAM by Stephen Lewis
ANIMATION/FANTASY
THE EMPTY SEA by David Poulshock
COMEDY
FULL-TIME DAD by Scott Reynolds
DRAMA
DOWNBEAT GANGSTERS by Michelle Daniel
HISTORICAL
THE BOOK OF REVENGE by David Miller
HORROR
OASIS by Randall Hahn
SCIENCE FICTION
WENDIGO by Jess Nakaska
THRILLER
TURBULENCE by David Poulshock
PILOT
SUGARLAND by R.B. Ripley
SHORT
RARE MODEL by Cody Pearce
Special Mention
MERIDIAN by Allison Hagen
SILICON VALLEY ASSOCIATE by Douglas Robbins
THE 5 by Gregg McBride
WRECKING BALL by Gus Avila
CITY OF GOLD by Jason Carroll & Ryan Petey
TOWER OF STRENGTH by Jeremy Storey
DREAMWALKERS by Michelle Daniel
MONKEY MOUTH by Monte Light
DENMARK by Robbie Robertson
DELIVERED by Scott Reynolds
UNLISTED by Stephen Gill
A DEAD GIRL OR A LIVE BOY by Vincent Green
Semi-Finalists
(Features & TV Pilots)
THE MEMORY WAR by Adam Pachter
MOONCHILD by Alan O’Brien
A DATE WITH DESTINY SMITH by Allison McWood
MERIDIAN by Allison Hagen
WOLF WOMEN by Andy Wolfe
SHADOW CASTERS by Angel Partie
LEGRAND by Angelina Carkic
STARLIGHT by April Rouveyrol
REARVIEW by Ben Conway
ABE LINCOLN: PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1 by Bill Walker & Brian Anthony
THE PROTECTOR by Bill Mess
OFF-DUTY by Carl Franzen
REALITY STRIKES by Carlos Uribe
THE EXPLORER’S CLUB by Christian Walker
RARE MODEL by Cody Pearce
IN QUEST OF THE BLUEBIRD by Connie Zerden & Robert Mann
FISHERS OF MEN by Daniel Chomistek
THE HANGMAN by Darryl Anka
SONG OF THE TOADFISH by David Hill
THE BOOK OF REVENGE by David Miller
THE EMPTY SEA by David Poulshock
TURBULENCE by David Poulshock
VISTA POINT, NORTH SIDE by David Kurtz
EXIT TO REALITY by Derek Kent
SILICON VALLEY ASSOCIATE by Douglas Robbins
LEGACY by Elizabeth Armancas
BLOODY MARY by Emily Felt
LOVE HATE LOVE by Emily Felt
KILLER BE KILLED by Franklin Friedlander
SIMON SAYS by Gary Files
FAMILY REUNION by Gina Lee Ronhovde
THE 5 by Gregg McBride
WRECKING BALL by Gus Avila
BREST WESTERN by Hal West
NEVER TOO LATE by Hannes Kivilaht
BLOOD DEBT by A.J. Farshchian and Ivan Borodin
ELEVEN DAYS by Jaginder Singh
DYING WITHIN by James Boggan
TEMPORARY LICENSE by Jana Godshall & Christina Stevens
CITY OF GOLD by Jason Carroll & Ryan Petey
THE MAURY CHRONICLES by Jeffrey Tumin
THE RUBBER ROOM by Jennifer Dunbar
TOWER OF STRENGTH by Jeremy Storey
WENDIGO by Jess Nakaska
GIVING UP THE GHOST by Jessica DiGiacinto
FANGED! By Joey Ernand
GOAT by Jordan Rane
ESCAPE VELOCITY by Karl Archer
ONE LAUREL CANYON PLACE by Kathryn Graf
SON OF A BITCH by Kevin Miller
THE LEBEAUX FILE by Kirkland Morris
TRIAL AND ERIN by Larry Shulruff
AN INN, A GYM, A TAXI by Lee Stoneman
POTTERSVILLE by Liam Hayes
OFFSPRING by Melanie Schiele
DOWNBEAT GANGSTERS by Michelle Daniel
DREAMWALKERS by Michelle Daniel
FORGIVING EVIL by Mike Scherer
THE FOURTH NIGHT by Mike Briock
MONKEY MOUTH by Monte Light
THE SNOWMAN by Nick Cammilleri
CALAMITY JANE. QUEEN OF SPADES by Pamela Perry
SUGAR RUSH by Patrick Bohan
CHASING DAKOTA by Paul Littell
ANGELUS by Phil Swinburne Guy Morton
SUGAR LAND by R.B. Ripley
OASIS by Randall Hahn
THE FINDINGS by Randall Hall
SOLOMON’S CHOICE by Richard Geiwitz
STEALATHON by Rick Majzun
MUCK: “PILOT” by Rob Raffety
DENMARK by Robbie Robertson
HI CONFLICT by Robert Barclay
NATE OF AMERICA by Robert Wooldridge
ALL AMERICAN BOY by Scott Boswell
DELIVERED by Scott Reynolds
FULL-TIME DAD by Scott Reynolds
SEEDS by Scott Shoemaker
Y2K by Scott Reynolds
A WARM, SOFT BODY NEXT TO ME by Semone Fournillier
STFU by Semone Fournillier
LOIS, SUPERMAN AND WILLY by Stefano Bozzo
HOLLOW GRAHAM by Stephen Lewis
THE ROSEBUD SCHOOL by Stephen Pullen
UNLISTED by Stephen Gill
VODOUN by Stuart Creque
QUARRYING SOULS by Tadhg Culley
EFFICIENT MARRIAGE by Tal Almog
EVERY TICKET TELLS A STORY by Tamara Steren
THE ISLAND CALLS by Teresa Roberts & Aaron Strongoni
JUNCTION by Thomas Kirlin
ZWARM by Thomas Herring
FORGOTTEN WORLD 1: THE SAREEN’S GIFT by Till Noever
WRITER’S DUEL by Ellery VanDooyeweert
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK by Troy Graham
GOD OF DESOLATION by Ulvrik “Wolf” Kraft
THE PICK-UP GUY by Vandon Gibbs
A DEAD GIRL OR A LIVE BOY by Vincent Green
YONKHEER by Wendy Jane Henson
HADLEYVILLE by Zach Jansen