We are so pleased to congratulate all of our 2020-21 Finalists & Spotlight Award Nominees.
We are down to the Final Five screenplays in each category.
Advancing screenplays represent the top 3% of total screenplays submitted.
One more round of judging remains. Winners to be announced April 8th!
(Results listed alphabetically by category/last name)
ACTION/ ADVENTURE
Picket Charlie | Michael | Graf |
Sixgun Saint | Warren | Lane |
We Flew When The Birds Walked | Daniel | Leventhal |
Flight Plans | Keith | Rivers |
The Heart of Sri Katava | Cairo | Smith |
COMEDY/ ROMANTIC COMEDY
Green Wars | Warren | Clarke |
Grrrls Drool | Katie | Crone |
David's Brook | Jake | Duerden |
Battle Of Lough Swain | Sean | Keating |
Today | Javaid | Nayyar |
DRAMA/ PERIOD/ BIOPIC
Trophy | Jody | Ellis |
Deathless | M. Rowan | Meyer |
El Timbre De Tu Voz | Gabriella | Moses |
The Telltale Light | Joshua | Rebell |
Popular | Marley | Schneier |
FAMILY FILM/ MUSICAL/ ANIMATED
Brisket | Eafat | Newton |
Brisket | Joel | Karlinsky |
In the Footsteps of Thaddeus Thackeray | Adam | McDaniel |
Santa Boss | Beth | Szyperski |
Alliance | Cary-Jamal | Thompson |
Billtown | Kenneth R. | Frank |
SCIENCE-FICTION/ FANTASY
Professor Harrington's Extraordinary Laboratory | Sean | Mogridge |
Astrotopia The Twelve Realms | Lisa | Jonas |
The Anklebiter | Andy | Jones |
Tethered | Michael | Raymond |
Memory Bank | Michael | Raymond |
THRILLER/ HORROR
Attack Therapy | Warren | Clarke |
Kill for Love | Maceo | Greenberg |
Fever Dream | Jordan M. | Horowitz |
Kill For Love | Laura | Picklesimer |
Suffer The Children | Marco Antonio | Rodriguez |
Stop!: A Horror Anthology | Chris | Wiltz |
SHORT SCRIPT
Have You Been To La Rumorosa? | Michele | De Maria |
Things They Say To Me | Edward | Field |
Things They Say To Me | Emery | Gare |
Stuyvesant | Michael | Schwab |
Possum | Lyndal | Simpson |
Two Fisherman | Rick | Whelan |
1 HR TV PILOT
Homebodies | Chris | Carter |
Ponzi | Wigham | Foothill |
The Soldier and the Spy | Mike | Garcia |
Crocodile | Chris | Holt |
Ode To Psyche | Alex | Morf |
Homebodies | Warren | Sefton |
1/2 HR TV PILOT
Not Dead Yet | Leah | Bognanni |
Family Politics | Arielle | Haller-Silverstone |
Not Yet | Marieve | Herington |
Not Yet | Jeffrey | Jones |
Codeswitch | Sasha Kai | Parker |
1993 | David | Perez |
TV SPEC SAMPLE
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Take a Stand | Elan | Carson |
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang Gets Diverse | Jordan | Champagne |
What We Do In The Shadows | Janalyn | Steele |
Shrill: Fashion | Tristen | Tarp |
What We Do In The Shadows: Escape Room of No Escape | Selina | Whitby |
BEST ROLE WRITTEN FOR A LEADING MAN
Brisket | Joel | Karlinsky |
Heavy | Collette | Legault |
Deathless | M. Rowan | Meyer |
Riding With Charlie | Shintaro | Ogai |
Popular | Marley | Schneier |
BEST ROLE WRITTEN FOR A LEADING WOMAN
Trophy | Jody | Ellis |
Picket Charlie | Michael | Graf |
Not Yet | Marieve | Herington |
Crocodile | Chris | Holt |
Fever Dream | Jordan M. | Horowitz |
BEST DIALOGUE
Ponzi | Wigham | Foothill |
Kill for Love | Maceo | Greenberg |
Battle Of Lough Swain | Sean | Keating |
Today | Javaid | Nayyar |
Popular | Marley | Schneier |
BEST ENSEMBLE
Grrrls Drool | Katie | Crone |
David's Brook | Jake | Duerden |
Ode To Psyche | Alex | Morf |
Today | Javaid | Nayyar |
1993 | David | Perez |
BEST FIRST TEN PAGES
Trophy | Jody | Ellis |
Ponzi | Wigham | Foothill |
Crocodile | Chris | Holt |
Deathless | M. Rowan | Meyer |
Codeswitch | Sasha Kai | Parker |
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Things They Say To Me | Edward | Field |
El Timbre De Tu Voz | Gabriella | Moses |
Suffer The Children | Marco Antonio | Rodriguez |
The Good Coach | Scott | Sublett |
Two Fisherman | Rick | Whelan |
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AWARD
Love, Acceptance and My New Quince | Nicola Jane | Chase |
Professor Harrington's Extraordinary Laboratory | Sean | Mogridge |
El Timbre De Tu Voz | Gabriella | Moses |
Today | Javaid | Nayyar |
They/Them | Chris | Welles |
CULTURE & HERITAGE AWARD
Duality of the Soul | Katherine | Arthurs |
One Small Visit | Jo | Chim |
El Timbre De Tu Voz | Gabriella | Moses |
Last of My Name | S.M. | Namkoong |
The Heart of Sri Katava | Cairo | Smith |
COURAGE & FORTITUDE AWARD
In the Footsteps of Thaddeus Thackeray | Adam | McDaniel |
Killer of Men (El Soldado de Marbach) | Arturo | Mireles |
The Strange Affair of the Elevator | Katy | Regnery |
Homebodies | Warren | Sefton |
The Heart of Sri Katava | Cairo | Smith |