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2025-2026 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNERS & FINALISTS

Please join us in celebrating this year's finalists!

SCREENPLAY FEATURE FINALISTS
1st Place - Reverie by Giada Curiale
2nd Place - Waking a Queen by Jean Barker
3rd Place - A Fine Line by Dan Burns
Pink Rabbits by Todd Robert
The Desert Shrine by V.R. Marianne Zahn
A Day to Relive by Chris Donald Griffin
Lullaby by Aliza Brugger
Surf City by Robert A Breedlove
Helicopter by Keith Rubin
27 Cows by Christopher Mark Holt
 

SCREENPLAY SHORT-FILM FINALISTS
1st Place - The Comfort Woman Statue by KYUNG-JA LEE
2nd Place - The White Scarf by Marc Angelo
3rdt Place - PLUCK by Eva Louise Hall
Red Sneakers by Jennifer K Galm
The Red Blanket by Carolina Alves
Agency by Ari Harmon
Confessions From a Serial Dater by Kalvin Taylor
Stray by Noah Lang, Blake Hoss
Blackout by Luka Silvestrini
Walkers by Stephen Motta
 

TELEPLAY 60-MINUTE FINALISTS
1st Place - DESCENT by Nadine Pequeneza
2nd Place - JUIF by Michele Noble
3rd Place - THE MECHANIC by Peter Gibbons
Fated by Haley Mancini
BONAPARTE by Kevin Karp
Music Is Us by Dan Kinber
Scent by Chris Donald Griffin
Mad Color by Annique Arredondo
Complete Reset by Chris Donald Griffin
BLUNT by Hadeel Ramadan

TELEPLAY 30-MINUTE FINALISTS
1st Place - Public Way to Water by Marty Johnson
2nd Place - Happiness 2.0 by Michele Noble
3rd Place - Jane Austen's Juvenilia by Dana Wall
TV Dyke by Xanna Don't
Disco Cop by Benny Davis
Getting Well by Nathan Shapiro
Hey Doorman by Haji Outlaw
Above Average Heroes by Carlos Greaves
Midnight Fever by Vincent DeFeo
JAZZMEN by David Allen King

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