Scriptation Showcase Script Competition Announces 2023 Features + Shorts Semi-Finalists

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

Comedy Feature

  • Adult Onset by Daniel Rehnberg
  • Adventures in Serial Killing by John Munn
  • AllStore by Holden Weihs
  • Athena the Sasquatch Plays for Keeps by Christine Trageser
  • Ball Don’t Lie by Isaiah Mouw
  • Brew by Kimberly Dilts
  • Cate Starr Vs The Giant Space Squid by Holden Weihs
  • Cult Family Reunion by Lori Fischer
  • Divorce, Marry, Kill by Alex Watson
  • FrankenDad by Andrew Varhol
  • Heartless Romantic by Keegan Duncan
  • I’ll Be Doggone by Robert Cole
  • Journey Boys by Michael Mortimer
  • Magus by Holden Weihs
  • No Rules by Ashley Gianni
  • Posthumous by Josh Granovsky
  • Scout’s Honor by Cynthia Mersten
  • SQUISHED by Dan Chaimowitz
  • Technicolor Noir by Madison Sean Flannery
  • The Shirley Brothers Comeback by Alana Gerdes

Drama Feature

  • A Voyage to Forgiveness by Anthony Greenstone
  • A Woman’s Touch by Brendan Wade
  • Acorn by Matt Lowerre
  • Adam by Hayden Howe
  • Alferd by Jarad Kopciak
  • Amarilla by Iain Anderson
  • Atlantis by Jeremy Gluck
  • Belinda & the Great Storm by Angeline Walsh
  • Beneath the Underdog by S. Wilbur Frazier
  • Blue Dream by Lee Peterkin
  • Broken Compass Ranch by Sarah James
  • Burying Marshal Campion by Mark Rigney
  • Capable People by Matt Stewart
  • Chosen by Cosmo Wallace
  • Coach Lion by Rory Karpf
  • East Jesus by Duane Graves
  • Edelweiss by Duane Graves
  • Effigy by Jason Kaleko
  • Freight by Emily Sheehan and Andrea Sheehan
  • House Guest by Elias Campbell
  • Hungry by Kate Gleason
  • Infinite Man by Greg Robbins
  • Keeper by R.L. Hooker
  • La Jaula by Ruben Gloria and Jett Salazar
  • Lion’s Mane by Alexandria Albanese
  • Love You Better When You’re Wild by Brian Wapole
  • Meetings With Marty by Gregor Nicholas
  • Miracle by Réka Divinyi and Krisztina Goda
  • On the Other Side by Naji Awad
  • Only Apparently Real by Michael Richter
  • P.I. by Alexander Winter
  • Parallel by Ryan Werner
  • Patriots and Tyrants: Graveyard of Empires by Jack Gorman and Shannon Walsh
  • Perry by RJ Watson
  • Porcini by Christine DeLozier and Scott Finnegan
  • Richard Spong by Terry Podnar
  • Sonoran by Jack Aupperle
  • Tango of Hope by Mikhail Bogomolny
  • Tender Outcast by Douglas Soesbe
  • The Blood Before by Leigh Hyser
  • The Blue Bicycle by Parker Case
  • The Bonsai by Jason Whiton
  • The Final Mission by Claudia O’Brien
  • The Fountain by Link York
  • The Ghost Under My Bed by Sara Caldwell
  • The Grim Reaper by Juhani Nurmi
  • The Judas Apocalypse by Dan McNeil and Jasmine Aziz
  • The Miracle of Birth by Holden Weihs
  • The Recluse by Eric Duffy
  • The Sun Also Rises by Phillip Hardy
  • The Walrus-Man by Evan Gwynne
  • The Wardrobe by Peter Noel
  • They Seem Nice by Nathan Weinreich
  • Trash Baby by Jacy Mairs
  • Warning Signs by Aaron Michael Bailey
  • What You Remember Saves You by Brett Schneider

 

Short

  • 387 by Megan Sass
  • Anokhi by Rohini Jadhav
  • Apocalypse! Behind the Scenes by Alex Paulk
  • Average Joe and Hackzilla: A Love Story by Vincenzo Lucciola and Anton Schettini
  • Bella Nova by Khadija Roane
  • Changes by Martyn Eaden
  • Do Unto Others by Joseph Michael Leone
  • Exhale by Joe Klaunberg
  • Faithless by Patrick Lazzara
  • Feed the Brute by Corsica Wilson
  • Freeborn by Shane Harbinson
  • Hearts in a Sling by Stephanie Gould
  • In With the Storm by Cara Marshall
  • It’s Just My Mom by Ryan Cunningham
  • Johnny Jump Up by Shiva Ramanathan
  • Kitty by Holden Weihs
  • Know the Enemy by Charles Tucker
  • Korean Shooter by Jimmy Prosser
  • Loaded by Jacqueline Fitzgerald
  • Oh Come, All Ye by Hawken Vance
  • Open Letter by Diego Martin
  • Out of Time by Deanne Gittens
  • Overworked by Victoria Castro
  • Pietra Fredda by Matthew Nicholson
  • Pocket of Love by Shawn Zou
  • Shiloh by David Schroeder
  • Single Fatherhood by Joseph Schmidt
  • Testimony by Gina Marie Rodriguez
  • The Beholder by Ryan Lee Gregory
  • The Corpse by David Churchill
  • The Painting by Rob Shearer
  • The Ride by Alysha Haran
  • Tough Cookie by Kofi Tendai
  • Triceratops Summer by Michael Richter
  • 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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