2024
Grand Prize Winner
Detention by Steve Coy and John Ferraro
Top 10 Finalists
Detention by Steve Coy and John Ferraro
Forbidden to See Us Scream by Farbod Ardebili
Hiss by Madeline Jordan
Integrated by Geaux Francois
Izetta by Tamara Steren
Nightingale’s Bloom by Mary Elder
Powderkeg by Denise Meyers
Southern Draw by George O'Connor
The Bechdel Test by Sadie Katz and Nicole Larson
The Fourth Network by Tobiah Black
Semi-Finalists
A City Clean and Good by Daniel Lin Worthen
A Labour of Love by Olga Holtz
A Sorcerers Apprentice by Autumn Cavender and Scott Ryan
A Visit From My Teenage Self by Megan Denny
About McKenna by Michael Morra
All That We Leave Behind by Yara Caubet
Alphabet City by Kristen McNaule
Amazonka by Mina Poe
An American Camelot by Garrett Graham
Another Way Out by Hannes Kivilaht
Ask Not by Jack Polo
Assistance in Dying by Rachelle Younie
At the Deep End by Franck Benayoun
Billy & Ray by Mike Bencivenga
Black Sands by Vining Wolff
Blackness of Space, Whiteness of Bones by Melissa White
Blood Innocent by Jay Quantrill
Chowchilla by Jane Gideon
Deliver Us From Evil by Jeffrey Van Davis
Desert Star News by Robert Haus
Detention by Steve Coy and John Ferraro
Don’t Touch Me by Ervin Anderson
Drivers License by James Barnes
Dust and Fog by Daniel Corey
El Pavo Bravo by Austin Savage
Escape From the Xoo by Tobiah Black
Esperanza by David Christopher Loya
Essie Rosenbaum Must Die by Miles Kahn
F-86 by Ronald Beaumont
Fake-A-Wish by Colton Childs
Fast Fade by Linda Boroff
Fly Girls by Hildred Wiggs
FML by John "Logan" McGee
For the Good Times by John Wilkins
Forbidden to See Us Scream by Farbod Ardebili
Furlong Fix by Alana Gerdes
Gallows Humor by Demian Cuthbertson
Ghost Soldier by Brett Elam
Go to Hell by Benjamin Font and Emanuel Borria
Grandma Betty by Jacob Lazarow
Grit N’ Glitter by Seth Donsky
Guns of Perdition by Jim Spivey
Haunted Heart by Mike Bencivenga
Heavy by Collette Legault
Hiss by Madeline Jordan
I Guess This Is Growing Up by Tobiah Black
I’m Your Ghostwriter by Amanda Cole and Autumn Karen
If Only the Sea Could Talk by Susan Boggio
Integrated by Geaux Francois
It Might Get Hardcore! By Jamie Sutor
Izetta by Tamara Steren
Jesus One Stop by Frederik Ehrhardt
Joliet by Ioannis Skiotes
Just Belle by Edward Ybarra
Liminal by Sarah Jones
Limited Liability by Meg Ryan and Sean McBride
Looking For Lila Ray by Linda Niccol
Masked Men by Eileen Dennehy
Monte Cristo High by Lauren Hovey and Eric Pastore
Nightingale’s Bloom by Mary Elder
No Good Deed by Heather Farlinger
Nothing Left to Lose by Robert Ripley
Perception by Pauline McAlonan
Poppy Fields by Mand Paskuski
Powderkeg by Denise Meyers
Pregnot by Drew Toop
Richard Spong by Terry Podnar
Rollout! by Stephen Blackburn
Run for the Roses, the Bill Horn Story by Johm Anastasi
Saving Santa by Arun Narayanan
Senseless Confidential by Martin Beaudet
Single Bullet Theory by Mike Bencivenga
Sitter by Ryan Austin
Southern Draw by George O'Connor
Stardust by Sven Anarki
State U. by Nate Bynum
The Bastards Knew by Timothy Eaton
The Bechdel Test by Sadie Katz and Nicole Larson
The Blacksmith by Dermot Davis
The Connection by David A Wimsett
The Coward’s Guide to Becoming a Killer by Alex Sabeti
The Faux Princess and the Vietnam Vet by Judy Nogg
The Forgotten Man by Steve Spiro
The Fourth Network by Tobiah Black
The Golden Age of Television by Tobiah Black
The Grass Station by Nathan Smith
The Gunslinger Bride by Charmaine Caro Colina
The Inner Reaches by Robert Field
The Lamb by John Ingle
The Lotus by Alister Brooks
The Palace of Waterloo by Alec Whittle and Adam Bale
The Shimmers by Brendan Vogel and Ruth Sabin
The Smuggler by Ronán Noone
The Wrestling Show by Julie Harrison-Harney
Thirstygirl by Alexandra Qin
Throuples Therapy by Jade Shine
Undocumented Minors by Weiyang Liu
White House at Night by Richard Carson Bailey
Who Killed William Desmond Taylor? by Nate Washburn
Yours in Murder by Anthony Rainone
Quarter-Finalists
(I’ll Never Find) Another You by Michael Elliott
A City Clean and Good by Daniel Lin Worthen
A Girl Named No by Samantha Skelton
A Labour of Love by Olga Holtz
A Mid-Christmas Morning by Richard Giarraffa
A Sorcerers Apprentice by Autumn Cavender and Scott Ryan
A Visit From My Teenage Self by Megan Denny
A.I. by Martin Blinder
About McKenna by Michael Morra
All That We Leave Behind by Yara Caubet
Alphabet City by Kristen McNaule
Amazonka by Mina Poe
An American Camelot by Garrett Graham
An Innocent Man by Martin Blinder
Angel Eyes by Richard Mauro
Anonymous by Stephen Laughton
Another Way Out by Hannes Kivilaht
Arabelle by Steve Trebilcock
Arclight by Joyce Datiles
Ask Not by Jack Polo
Assistance in Dying by Rachelle Younie
At the Deep End by Franck Benayoun
Athena the Sasquatch Plays for Keeps by Christine Trageser
Barstow by Arjay Smith and Brittany Scott Smith
Beverly Hills Bro by John Hallmann and Jeffrey Linneman
Bid or Taste by Seth Stein and Eli Stein
Big Wheel by Shauna Ray Ratapu
Billy & Ray by Mike Bencivenga
Black Sands by Vining Wolff
Blackness of Space, Whiteness of Bones by Melissa White
Blood Innocent by Jay Quantrill
Bode & His Dog by Andy Bloch
Carefree by Kristy Fusich
Carneyval by Joanna Johnson
Cecil’s Woods by CJ Hatch
Chowchilla by Jane Gideon
Citizen Millovich by Kyle Hrabe
Confluent by Francis Rose
Crabs in a Mother F*cking Bucket by Kari Mote
Crush by Azzurra Nox
Daddy’s Girl by Robb Badlam
Dark Matter by Olga Holtz
Dead Bolt by Jay Quantrill
Death Sentence by Lee Ross
Decibel by Anna Megan Becker
Deconstruction by Lesley Harter
Deep Within by D Ross
Deliver Us From Evil by Jeffrey Van Davis
Desert Star News by Robert Haus
Destiny Dog by L C Anderson
Detention by Steve Coy and John Ferraro
Don’t Touch Me by Ervin Anderson
Drivers License by James Barnes
Dust and Fog by Daniel Corey
E.L.Fin by Joseph Costa
El Pavo Bravo by Austin Savage
Enslavement by Dexter Williams
Escape From the Xoo by Tobiah Black
Escape Velocity by Rudi O’Meara
Esperanza by David Christopher Loya
Essie Rosenbaum Must Die by Miles Kahn
F-86 by Ronald Beaumont
Fake-A-Wish by Colton Childs
Family Chains by Drina Kay
Fast Fade by Linda Boroff
Faster Than Bullets by Patrick Holden
Fear Sum by James Mayson
Fifteen Divide by Ramona Taylor and Josh Katz
Fire Proof Safe by Julio Desanctis
Flags by Jade Shine
Flake by Craig Hanna
Flash Card by J. Stephen Meadows
Flat Pennies by Robert Ward
Fly Girls by Hildred Wiggs
FML by John "Logan" McGee
For the Good Times by John Wilkins
Forbidden to See Us Scream by Farbod Ardebili
Free Chickie by Liz Lachman
Fuck Her Up by Grant MacDermott
Furlong Fix by Alana Gerdes
Gallows Humor by Demian Cuthbertson
Gemini World by Matthew Kelcourse
Gemstones by Keener Cagle
Ghost Soldier by Brett Elam
Gloom by Alison Balnar
Go to Hell by Benjamin Font and Emanuel Borria
Grandma Betty by Jacob Lazarow
Grit N’ Glitter by Seth Donsky
Guns of Perdition by Jim Spivey
Handhaven by Kristen Wade
Haunted Heart by Mike Bencivenga
Hawkwood by Karen Simmons
Heavy by Collette Legault
Hiss by Madeline Jordan
I Guess This Is Growing Up by Tobiah Black
I’m Not Dead, I’m Dreaming by Peter Petralia
I’m Your Ghostwriter by Amanda Cole and Autumn Karen
If It’s the Last Thing I Do by Barry Jay
If Only the Sea Could Talk by Susan Boggio
In the Hole by Alec Gutherz
Inflection Points by Peter Andrews
Integrated by Geaux Francois
Inventure by Joshua Jashinski
It All Comes Down to This by Scott Marshall Taylor and Patrick Wiegers
It Might Get Hardcore! By Jamie Sutor
Izetta by Tamara Steren
Jesus One Stop by Frederik Ehrhardt
John H. Watson, Crime Doctor by Timothy Liebe
Joliet by Ioannis Skiotes
Jump by Nicholas Cariddo
Just Belle by Edward Ybarra
Katrina Van Tassel and the Witches of Sleepy Hollow by Paige Vantassell
Keiko’s Crazy Road Trip by Lorel Keiko Saiki
King Lee by Mark Gallini
Let’s Go Mutts! by Robert Potter
Leviathan by Kevin Brodie
Liminal by Sarah Jones
Limited Liability by Meg Ryan and Sean McBride
Looking For Lila Ray by Linda Niccol
Lost Hope Hotel by Alex Rubin
Love You Better When You’re Wild by Brian P Wapole
Maccabees - The Rebellion by Zev Ledman
Malibu Mother of Two by Cybil Lake
Martyr's Ridge by Alister Brooks
Masked Men by Eileen Dennehy
Mid Life Christmas by Robert Rossetti
Midnight Highway by Jesse Harris
Molotovs by HF Crum
Monte Cristo High by Lauren Hovey and Eric Pastore
My Dad Is Kind of a Nightmare by Andrew Rockwell
My Donna by Christie Schwartzman
My Suicidal Twenties by Danielle Lauriente
Nightingale’s Bloom by Mary Elder
No Good Deed by Heather Farlinger
Nothing Left to Lose by Robert Ripley
Ocean by Anthea Jones
On the Last Day by Rachel Thomas-Medwid
Only You Can Save Her! by Lynn Elliott
Original Sound by Adam Seidel
Our Echo-Lives by Brian P Wapole
Ouroboros by Red Davis
Out of Nowhere by Mike Bencivenga
Paroled by Rob Putnam
Perception by Pauline McAlonan
Phoebe Lark by Jennifer Smith
Pleyn Delit by Tommy Cook
Point Nemo by Alex Rivers
Poppy Fields by Mand Paskuski
Powderkeg by Denise Meyers
Pregnot by Drew Toop
PREtirement by Melanie Abrams Fierstein
Priestly by Molly Ratermann
Quash by John McCarney
Rag Dolls by J M Stifle
Remote by Anthony Rainone
Retail by Susie Shaw
Reunion by John Kim
Richard Spong by Terry Podnar
Riddle by Shiva Ramanathan
Ripe Fruit by Drew Westcott
Rock Bottom by Kevin Barney
Rollout! by Stephen Blackburn
Run for the Roses, the Bill Horn Story by Johm Anastasi
Run! Run! Run! - The Lives of Abbie Hoffman by Michael J. Shapiro
Runestone by Carey Fiock and Sterling Fiock
RWU: Renegade Wrestling Union by Jackson Barker
Saving Grace by Gabriel Giacoppo
Saving Santa by Arun Narayanan
Senseless Confidential by Martin Beaudet
Shapeshifter by Tom Sinclair
Shooter on the Grassy Knoll by James Schlicker
Single Bullet Theory by Mike Bencivenga
Sitter by Ryan Austin
Skunks! by Harry Kelley
Sky Bird by Elizabeth Maloney
Southern Draw by George O'Connor
Springtime for Mashinsky by Joshua Jashinski and Robert Stevens
Stardust by Sven Anarki
Starseeds by Ginger Kearns
State U. by Nate Bynum
Stonebleeder by Ted Bronson
Surrogate by Jon Sanhueza
Tears of a Clown by Michael Buzzelli and Dean Focareta
The Age of Desire by Suzanne Griffin
The Australian by Robert Jemison
The Bad, Bad Guy by Dana Rosendorff
The Bard by Jay Apking and Amanda Cifaldi
The Bastards Knew by Timothy Eaton
The Bechdel Test by Sadie Katz and Nicole Larson
The Big Prince by Timo von Gunten
The Blacksmith by Dermot Davis
The Body of Chris by Erin Brown Thomas and Jake Thomas
The Bullpen by Hoss Carroll
The Connection by David A Wimsett
The Coward’s Guide to Becoming a Killer by Alex Sabeti
The Cycle by Josh Snyder
The Damage Controlman by Manda K. Skelton
The Devil on a Dirt Road by John Kiefer Radzniak
The Dream Cake by Anthea Jones
The Faux Princess and the Vietnam Vet by Judy Nogg
The Forgotten Man by Steve Spiro
The Fourth Network by Tobiah Black
The Golden Age of Television by Tobiah Black
The Grass Station by Nathan Smith
The Great Wrong Place by Douglas Dilg
The Grind by Laurel Gans
The Gunslinger Bride by Charmaine Caro Colina
The Hollerith Data by Tracy Boothman
The Holy by Yusuf Gad
The Inner Reaches by Robert Field
The Lamb by John Ingle
The Law Lover by Dale Botten
The Lotus by Alister Brooks
The Palace of Waterloo by Alec Whittle and Adam Bale
The Passenger by Joshua Jashinski and Matt Ralston
The Price of Progress by Chris Gappa and Christopher Tetley
The Prosecutor's Witness by Donald Ray Schwartz
The Sensualist by Suzanne Griffin
The Shimmers by Brendan Vogel and Ruth Sabin
The Shubert Orphans by Daniel Doble
The Single Girl’s Guide to Narcissists by Diane Thomassin
The Smuggler by Ronán Noone
The Strange Tale of Sam Whitlock by Dale Botten
The Trib by Dan Glaun
The Two of Us by Alison Balnar
The Ultimate Thrill by Alan Mah Baxter
The White Mouse: Witch by Heather Farlinger
The Widow Mrs. Widger by Megan Breen
The Wrestling Show by Julie Harrison-Harney
They Also Serve... by John McCarney
Thirstygirl by Alexandra Qin
Throuples Therapy by Jade Shine
'Til the Buzzer Sounds by Mike Alter
Timely Strangers by Nathan Cabaniss
Trace by Matthew Davis and Hillary Stringer
Tribulation Trail by Chessie Reiss
Tryouts by Jonny Rae-Evans
Typhoid Gary by Julio DeSanctis
Undocumented Minors by Weiyang Liu
Unexplainable by Jack Anderson and Sam Butler
Unum Plus by Daniel Bommer
Vicarious by John Shea III
Virtual Bleed by Marta Ferguson Dun
Wendigo by Jake Bean
What Happens at the Carnation by Alexandra Stone and Alex Morrison
Whatever Happened to Billy Zane? by Ryan Myers
Whispering Pines by Adam Branson
White House at Night by Richard Carson Bailey
Who Killed William Desmond Taylor? by Nate Washburn
Yours in Murder by Anthony Rainone