Scriptation Showcase Script Competition Announces 2023 Features + Shorts Quarter Finalists

The Scriptation Showcase is pleased to announce its 2023 quarter finalists for the Features + Shorts category! Congratulations to these talented writers and thanks to everyone who submitted this year.

Comedy Feature

  • A Ravenous Man by CK Eastman
  • Adult Onset by Daniel Rehnberg
  • Adventures in Serial Killing by John Munn
  • AllStore by Holden Weihs
  • And the Little Dog Laughed by Kevin Brunner
  • Athena the Sasquatch Plays for Keeps by Christine Trageser
  • Backsliding by Bill Kelman
  • Bad Bottom by Alex Diehl
  • Ball Don’t Lie by Isaiah Mouw
  • Barnstorming by Jay Ferraro
  • Brew by Kimberly Dilts
  • Cate Starr vs The Giant Space Squid by Holden Weihs
  • Cowboys & Indians by Amisha Patel
  • Crunkillmatic by Max Gaspard
  • Cult Family Reunion by Lori Fischer
  • Dad Undead by Adam Brown and Kyle I. Kelley
  • Dead Authors by Olivia Turnbull
  • DeLorean Disco by Saida Tilkin
  • Divorce, Marry, Kill by Alex Watson
  • EBUG by Paul Sokal
  • ELFless by Roland László Papp
  • Falling in Time by Alikona Shizue
  • Fast Forward by Brian Wapole
  • For the Love of Latte by Miriam E Bavly
  • FrankenDad by Andrew Varhol
  • Heartless Romantic by Keegan Duncan
  • I Am Santa by Matt Burns
  • I’ll Be Doggone by Robert Cole
  • Jepp by Dana Hammer
  • Journey Boys by Michael Mortimer
  • Killing Squirrel Creek by Erik Howard
  • Local-ized by Leonidas Stanescu
  • Lost in Bodie by Leo Bulgarini
  • Love and Rockets by Christopher Foley
  • Love in the Time of Coronavirus by Emilio Santín
  • Magus by Holden Weihs
  • Mic Check; Karaoke Love by Gregory Bonds
  • Mr. Box & Boogy’s Big City Blues by Al Diaz
  • Mr. Jingles by Ned Thorne
  • My Thinner Self is Trying to Kill Me by Aysha Wax
  • Narayana Neurosis by Karan Talwar
  • No Rules by Ashley Gianni
  • Our Lady of the Artichokes by Katherine Vaz
  • Pal’s Quest for the Silly Woman by Jeff Fong
  • Pick by Bernhard Riedhammer
  • Porcini by Christine DeLozier and Scott Finnegan
  • Posthumous by Josh Granovsky
  • Psycho Bitches by Daniel Duane
  • Ramona by Robert Tota
  • Scout’s Honor by Cynthia Mersten
  • Seclusion by Bill Hochhauser
  • Squished by Dan Chaimowitz
  • Strangeless Teens by Brian Thomas
  • Stripper Moms by Tricia Horvath
  • Subject 77 by Mark Anthony Mosolino
  • T-Rexorcist: The Musical by Dana Hammer
  • Technicolor Noir by Madison Sean Flannery
  • Tender & Mild by Finn Caulfield
  • The Band by Kathryn Cehrs
  • The Crisis by Omid Niliaram
  • The Jesus Nut by John Prather
  • The Other Room by Rafael Roa and Virginia McLure
  • The Shirley Brothers Comeback by Alana Gerdes
  • Toxic Femininity by Ania Dent
  • Turn of the Scrooge by Mark Snelson
  • Verbatim by Anthony Clifton
  • Zayde and Becky by Andrew Epstein
  • Zero to Eighty by Sylvia Mulholland

Drama Feature

  • A Fire Within by Jack Murray Balta
  • A Little Dead by Ben Richardson
  • A Million Miles Away from Home by Adriano Falconi
  • A Pill to Die For by Claudia Dato
  • A Song of Bullets by Lizzy Shannon
  • A Spider Sat Beside Her by Karen Lanning
  • A Voyage to Forgiveness by Anthony Greenstone
  • A Woman’s Touch by Brendan Wade
  • AbaS&Ment by Rick Limentani
  • Acorn by Matt Lowerre
  • Across the Sea by Kathryn Cehrs
  • Adam by Hayden Howe
  • After the Underground by Amisha Patel
  • Alaka’i Prep by Ross Matlin
  • Alferd by Jarad Kopciak
  • Alligator Juice by Vatisha King
  • Amarilla by Iain Anderson
  • And the Victor Is… by John Eloff and Mikael Sahlberg
  • Atlantis by Jeremy Gluck
  • Belinda & the Great Storm by Angeline Walsh
  • Beneath the Underdog by S. Wilbur Frazier
  • Bingo Hollabouth by Francesco Capussela
  • Bitch-Fi by Emily Rodriguez-Kaufman
  • Black Shaman by Xueli Han
  • Blue Dream by Lee Peterkin
  • Blue Moon by Taylor Ghrist
  • Broken Compass Ranch by Sarah James
  • Brother Rosalino by Frank Kyazze
  • Burying Marshal Campion by Mark Rigney
  • Capable People by Matt Stewart
  • Cat Darling by Rie Anders
  • Chosen by Cosmo Wallace
  • Church Choir Christmas Party by Becca Blackmore
  • Coach Lion by Rory Karpf
  • Collision of Duty by Jermaine Jones
  • Covert by Kevin Luna
  • Cutter’s Caskets by Nathan Weinreich
  • Dawgs: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them by Meredith Wargo
  • Deadline by William Hyland
  • Delulu by Adam Jay Ung
  • Devil’s Gold by Julie Korzenko
  • Displaced Persons by David Dancyger
  • Down in Arizona by Corey Finnegan
  • Down, Down, Baby by Stephen Wuensch
  • Downriver by Dana Coen
  • Dr. Vigilante by Alberto Hazan
  • East Jesus by Duane Graves
  • Edelweiss by Duane Graves
  • Effigy by Jason Kaleko
  • Epic Dharma TV by David Bernal
  • Fiddler’s Gun Part 1 by Harrison MacDonald and Pete Peterson
  • Freight by Emily Sheehan and Andrea Sheehan
  • Full Contact by Dave Kraft
  • Gamer Girl’s Nightmare Odyssey by Tom Burke
  • Gemini by James LeJeune
  • Georgy Girl by Alison Yardley
  • Girls Night by Tapan Sharma
  • Gone Bad by Mark Laurnoff
  • Grace and the Good Bishop by Alan O’Connor
  • Grown by Ant Rivera
  • Guilt by Craig Heiting
  • Half Life by Kate Metroka
  • Henry by Robert Evans and John Cutler
  • Her Voodoo Tattoo by Justin Ball
  • Hometown by S.M. Ruze
  • House Guest by Elias Campbell
  • How Green Was My Uncanny Valley by Ryan Imhoff
  • Hungry by Kate Gleason
  • I Chose Earth Over Heaven by Tom Burke
  • In the Dirt by Chris Cusumano
  • Inferno by Railey Jane Savage and Clara Derrick Gallagher
  • Infinite Man by Greg Robbins
  • Inheritance by Kelly McClellan
  • Inside Out by Jack Kearney
  • Jackie, Holly, Candy & Craig by Craig Highberger
  • Jamaica Station by Kaitlin Oster
  • Jimmy by Kent Moran
  • Just Kids by Margo Rosenberg and Joan Noroff Katz
  • Keeper by R.L. Hooker
  • King Crimson by Samuel Sleiman
  • La Jaula by Ruben Gloria and Jett Salazar
  • Lake Como by Leslie Luke and Cody Smart Luke
  • Law and Deceit by Chandra Gerson
  • Lion’s Mane by Alexandria Albanese
  • Locked-In by Paul Sokal
  • Love Me, Love My Dog by Courtney Froemming
  • Love You Better When You’re Wild by Brian Wapole
  • Magic Bus by Jeff Lester
  • Mangrove by Iain Anderson
  • Manual Override by Ryan Sterrenberg
  • Martyr’s Ridge by Alister Brooks
  • Meetings with Marty by Gregor Nicholas
  • Mermaid by Vincent Nel
  • Metamorphosis of the Woman in the Tree by Randa Garrana and Chiara Miniconi
  • Meth Gators by Emily Colón-McMonigle
  • Miracle by Réka Divinyi and Krisztina Goda
  • Mission Story by Andrew Blackwood
  • Mix*ed by Tobias Daniels
  • Montezuma’s Treasure by Hal Streckert
  • Moonscope by David Fein
  • Mother by Charles Stein
  • Moxy by Kimberly Cisneros
  • My Nana’s Voice by Alicia McMahon
  • My Only Everything by Gillie G. Perkins
  • Nobody’s Heroes by Michael Elliott
  • Off the Mat by John Acquaviva
  • Ombre by Kevin Brunner
  • On the Other Side by Naji Awad
  • Once Upon Another Life by Carol Capomaccio
  • Only Apparently Real by Michael Richter
  • Out of Place by Hannah Garfield
  • P.I. by Alexander Winter
  • Pacifica by Ava Barry
  • Parallel by Ryan Werner
  • Patriots and Tyrants: Graveyard of Empires by Jack Gorman and Shannon Walsh
  • Peach Fuzz by Matthew Preston-Bloom
  • Perry by RJ Watson
  • Porcini by Christine DeLozier and Scott Finnegan
  • Predestined by Selton Shaw
  • Prisoners of Our Own Device by Andrew Gajer
  • Quintessential Orphan by Alicia Grill
  • Rebels by Brett Gaul
  • Richard Spong by Terry Podnar
  • Rivals by Caeden Fial
  • Round Robin by Karla Droege
  • RoY by Konrad Maximilian Piotrowski
  • Running Blind by Guy Mansfield
  • Sacrificial by Michael Lucid
  • Salt Away by Megan Schoenberg
  • Salt Kiss by Bixby Elliot
  • Saving Roses by Louann Fernald
  • Sentinel by Robert Wagner
  • Seventy-Four by Christopher Goodenough
  • Shine by Kayli Carter, Austin Kirk, Ian Mather, & Anne-Marie Trabolsi
  • SINder by Danielle R Erlich
  • Solice by George Basiev
  • Someday Sweetheart by Misha Segal and Michael Steves
  • Sonoran by Jack Aupperle
  • Standing on Borrowed Legs by Landon Purser
  • Steven’s Pass by Amanda Renee Knox
  • Sturgeon General by Molly Bandt and Celia Ramsey
  • Tady Earther by Susan Shoemaker
  • Tango of Hope by Mikhail Bogomolny
  • Tender Outcast by Douglas Soesbe
  • The Applicants by Justin Ballheim
  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord by Damon Wolf
  • The Blood Before by Leigh Hyser
  • The Blue Bicycle by Parker Case
  • The Bonsai by Jason Whiton
  • The Butterfly Never Dies by Roland László Papp
  • The Cycle by Josh Snyder
  • The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
  • The Final Mission by Claudia O’Brien
  • The Forever Hotel by Justin Ballheim
  • The Fountain by Link York
  • The Fourth Psalm by John L Martins III
  • The Freedom Swimmers by Kent Wong
  • The Ghost Under My Bed by Sara Caldwell
  • The Grim Reaper by Juhani Nurmi
  • The Hermit by Kevin Staake
  • The Incel by Ryan Imhoff
  • The Judas Apocalypse by Dan McNeil and Jasmine Aziz
  • The Kindness of Strangers by Mick Torres and Ashley Torres
  • The Last Skywriter in the Universe by Steven Keith Bogart
  • The Litigator by Desmond Ngai
  • The Lost Girls by Anya Camilleri
  • The Man Who Turned His Back on New York by Liam Callander
  • The Miracle of Birth by Holden Weihs
  • The Outworlder by Gordon Meyer
  • The Pickleball Killer by Jim Carroll
  • The Recluse by Eric Duffy
  • The Renter by Lindsay Smith
  • The Sun Also Rises by Phillip Hardy
  • The Titanomachy by Mikael Holcombe-Scali
  • The Walrus-Man by Evan Gwynne
  • The Wardrobe by Peter Noel
  • The White Fence by Claudia Dato
  • They Seem Nice by Nathan Weinreich
  • This Wonderful Life by Sam Juergens
  • Time, Space & the Poet by John Turner
  • Time, Space, and the Poet- Part 2 by John Turner
  • Trash Baby by Jacy Mairs
  • Triumph of the Wolves by D.B. Lloyd
  • Unknown God by Alexander Blum
  • Until We’re Fish by Susannah Rodriguez Drissi
  • Vegetable Soup by Dionne Ferrell
  • Volk by Frank Parrinello
  • Voodoo Child by Natalie Rodriguez
  • Warning Signs by Aaron Michael Bailey
  • What You Remember Saves You by Brett Schneider
  • Where the Sun Never Sets by Amr Nabeel
  • Wide-Body Exchange by Robert Cecka
  • William Tell by Silvan Schmid
  • Witchblood by Richard Hohenrath
  • Woman Unburied by Campbell Dalglish
  • WorldWind by Brett Schneider
  • Wrench in the Plan by Jay Shirtz

Short

  • 387 by Megan Sass
  • A Woman’s Body by Tiffany Tenille
  • After What Happened at the Library by Kyle Chu and Roisin Isner
  • All Fairies Can’t Fly by Sivaram Anandan
  • Anokhi by Rohini Jadhav
  • Anti-Life by David Holcombe
  • Apocalypse! Behind the Scenes by Alex Paulk
  • Appreciate by Pamela Carboon
  • Authentic Leadership Mastercraft with Dmitry Medvedev by Evan Mathew Weinstein
  • Average Joe and Hackzilla: A Love Story by Vincenzo Lucciola and Anton Schettini
  • Baggage by Jacueline Fitzgerald
  • Bella Nova by Khadija Roane
  • Bittersweet by Alec Gutherz
  • Border by Jacueline Fitzgerald
  • But Wait … There’s More by John Boal
  • By The People by Thomas Marrier
  • Caiaphas by Thomas McCone and Lucas McCone
  • Changes by Martyn Eaden
  • Count on Me by Graeme MacQueen
  • Darla vs. Hockey by Montgomery Burt
  • Do Unto Others by Joseph Michael Leone
  • Do You Remember Me? by Tonia Magras
  • Exhale by Joe Klaunberg
  • Faithless by Patrick Lazzara
  • Feed the Brute by Corsica Wilson
  • Fifty-Four’s List by Charles Saunders
  • Flight by Kate Austin-Raffan
  • Forgiving Retribution by Curt Samlaska, MD, FACP, FAAD
  • Freeborn by Shane Harbinson
  • Glitch by Sharon Burrell and Darren Lee Murphy
  • Gone by Adva Reichman
  • Grave Business by Danielle Tjoelker
  • Hearts in a Sling by Stephanie Gould
  • I Know How to Swim by Cheryl Lewis
  • In With the Storm by Cara Marshall
  • It’s Just My Mom by Ryan Cunningham
  • Johnny Jump Up by Shiva Ramanathan
  • Just Ahead of Home by Lynda Simmons
  • Killer Intern by Angel Ramirez
  • Kitty by Holden Weihs
  • Know the Enemy by Charles Tucker
  • Korean Shooter by Jimmy Prosser
  • Loaded by Jacueline Fitzgerald
  • My Phone by Attiyya Brown
  • New Year Nightmare by Cindy Sanabria
  • Nielheim by Elyssa Catalfano
  • Occupational Hazards by Laura Medeiros
  • Oh Come, All Ye by Hawken Vance
  • Open Letter by Diego Martin
  • Out of Time by Deanne Gittens
  • Overworkd by Victoria Castro
  • Paper by Sara Brown
  • Peak Water by John Boal
  • Perfect Vision by Matt Curtsinger
  • Pietra Fredda by Matthew Nicholson
  • Pocket of Love by Shawn Zou
  • Pok Pok by Eda Benjakul
  • Reformed by Mark Flehmer
  • Scratcher by Alex Castillo and Joe Quintero
  • Shift by Sharon Burrell and Darren Lee Murphy
  • Shiloh by David Schroeder
  • Shout! by Finn Caulfield
  • Single Fatherhood by Joseph Schmidt
  • Smoke and Mirrors by Matt Curtsinger
  • Spitball News by John Boal
  • Splash ‘n’ Dash by Robert Meagher
  • Superman Doesn’t Steal by Tamika Lamison
  • Tempting Fate by Terry Podnar
  • Testimony by Gina Marie Rodriguez
  • The Beholder by Ryan Lee Gregory
  • The Corpse by David Churchill
  • The Dead Stroke by Alex Scigliano
  • The Electricity in Me by Mat Sheldon
  • The Giant by Jocsan Hernandez
  • The Legacy by Margo Rosenberg and Joan Noroff Katz
  • The Light at the End by Lynda Simmons
  • The Painting by Rob Shearer
  • The Quiet Affair in Ohio by Eric Bender
  • The Ride by Alysha Haran
  • There for All the Moments by Alek Abate
  • Third Wheel by Kylie Sparks
  • This Is the Life by D Warren Rose and Gordon Giddings
  • To Behold by Farook Qais
  • Tough Cookie by Kofi Tendai
  • Triceratops Summer by Michael Richter
  • Two Americas by Jeff Lester
  • Ubiquitous Indignities: A Tragedy by J. Treacy Cole
  • Unchosen by Alexander James Dingeman
  • Walk This Way by Penny Jackson
  • What We Leave Behind by Jasmyne Le
  • When Big People Lie by Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz and Pablo Cervera
  • Wontons by Shannyn Soliven
  • Worry Court by Laurel Gans
  • Worst Enemy by Kevin Machate and Todd Rodgers

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