Scriptation Showcase Script Competition Announces 2026 Teleplay Semi-Finalists

The Scriptation Showcase is pleased to announce its 2026 semi-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

• Calamity Jen — Geoffrey Scheer
• First Place — Loie Plautz
• Greg’s Dojo — Jeremy Burchard
• MYTHS CALL ME LEGEND — Julianna Hernandez
• Now Hiring — Matthew Cody
• Side Effects Include — Andrew Kelly
• Soulnetics — Lottie Hunter
• 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

• AWAKEN LAZARUS — Evan Escobar
• Cimarron — Gregory Williams
• Consent — Frank J Avella
• Cruze — Marcus Andrews
• Fated — H.M. Ross
• GENTLE — Jake McKone
• Gorgeous — Alexandra Keddie
• HALOS — Trinity Simpson
• Hotel Street: Red Sky In Morning — Jeff Lyons
• MIRROR EP1: C.O.D.A. — Naveen Pignolet
• Mosh — Paul Hart
• Murder of One — Danny Hamel
• Republic of California — Becca Blackmore
• Shades of Right — Joshua Reeves
• The Fourteenth — Steven Bogart
• The Good Thief — Matthew DeJohn and Frank DeJohn
• 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
• 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
• ZERO-YUN HALF-LIFE — Stian Dahl Sommerseth

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