Scriptation Showcase Script Competition Announces 2026 Teleplay Quarter Finalists

The Scriptation Showcase is pleased to announce its 2026 quarter finalists for the Teleplay category! Congratulations to these talented writers and thanks to everyone who submitted this year.

Comedy Teleplay

  • Ain’t That ‘Bout A Witch! — Vincent Bain

  • Ball Girls — Heather Barette
  • Calamity Jen — Geoffrey Scheer
  • Exclusive — Zane Swift
  • Faust Fucking Rebellion — Jazmine Cornielle
  • First Place — Loie Plautz
  • Greg’s Dojo — Jeremy Burchard
  • He Has It Coming — Molly Owen
  • Mind the Gap — Felix Umetiti
  • Moncton — Chris Carra
  • MYTHS CALL ME LEGEND — Julianna Hernandez
  • Never Work With Animals — Foster Marks
  • Now Hiring — Matthew Cody
  • Our Guest Next Week, Poody Oostenheimer — Timothy Lonsdale
  • Side Effects Include — Andrew Kelly
  • Soulnetics — Lottie Hunter
  • THE DELIVERY OFFICE — Francheska Robles Diaz
  • The Dog House — Alec Brown
  • The Happy Place — D.R. Ransdell
  • The Twenty-Third Floor — Elfi Wallisser
  • Throuple — Maggie Callis
  • When God Was A Woman — Jordan Brown
  • Women Seeking Women — Amelia Annen

Drama Teleplay

  • 12:37 — THE KING DAVID HOTEL — Michael John Fedun
  • After the Flood — Stephen Cotterill
  • AWAKEN LAZARUS — Evan Escobar
  • Báthory — Brenna N. Penrod
  • Black Robes — Paul Schultz
  • Cimarron — Gregory Williams
  • Consent — Frank J Avella
  • Cruze — Marcus Andrews
  • Evergreen Memorial — Ksenia Struzhkina
  • Fated — H.M. Ross
  • GENTLE — Jake McKone
  • Gorgeous — Alexandra Keddie
  • HALOS — Trinity Simpson
  • Hotel Street: Red Sky In Morning — Jeff Lyons
  • Integration — Brandon Forseth
  • Jack’s Purpose — Greg Foster
  • KING OF MULLIGAN — Iain Anderson
  • Lightspeed — Craig Pickles
  • Mega Man Episode 1: Elec Man — Kenneth Corl
  • MIRROR EP1: C.O.D.A. — Naveen Pignolet
  • Mosh — Paul Hart
  • Murder of One — Danny Hamel
  • Outlaw’s Odyssey — Jeremy Jones
  • Red Giant — Terrence Chan
  • Republic of California — Becca Blackmore
  • Shades of Right — Joshua Reeves
  • The Capras — Lindsey Medico
  • The Emerald — Jason Swanson
  • The Fourteenth — Steven Bogart
  • The Good Thief — Matthew DeJoh and Frank DeJohn
  • The North Side — Silma Berrada
  • The Product Specialist — Matt Tannery
  • The Reckoning — Solomon Howard
  • The River Saint — Wesley Orlowski
  • The Urning – Life and Times of a Gay Rights Pioneer — Chris Halligan
  • The Whale Rider’s Son — CJ Walker
  • Thread — Kaye Gill
  • Toledo 76 — Doran Hickey
  • UNSHUT — Matthew E. May
  • Vigilante — Nadia Matar
  • We Will Not Give Up The Land — Nicolas Barbier
  • Where The Dogs Are — William O’Donovan
  • Yakima — Shelly Lipkin
  • ZERO-YUN HALF-LIFE — Stian Dahl Sommerseth

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