The call was put out, and the responses showed up. En masse.
Writers of screen and television from far and wide. A vast spectrum of genres. Multiple awards.
All 104 of them collected here for your browsing – and reading – pleasure.
It is with great pride that I humbly present The Maximum Z Winter ’24 Script Showcase.
Please note that each listing includes the writer’s email, so if you want to read that script, you can contact the writer directly and ask ’em.
The link to the Showcase is posted on all my social media platforms, and if your script is listed, I ask that you do the same. It’s the most effective way to help spread the word and shine a spotlight on your material, which was the whole purpose of doing this in the first place.
A big thanks to all the writers who sent in, and I wish you all nothing but success and a flood of read requests – especially from agents, managers, producers and directors.
Enjoy.
FILM
A GIRL, A HORSE AND THE WRONG BOY
Guy Crawford
Romantic Drama
After making a daring midnight escape from the family home, a headstrong trust fund princess joins forces with an ex-nun on a do or die mission to reach her one true love before her daddy can drag her back to marry a rich man’s son and solve his IRS problems with a wedding vow, I do.
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A PRIEST IN BERLIN
Brian Mulligan
Drama
Berlin 1938. When the Catholic Church makes a deal with the devil, a closeted young priest must confront his church and the Nazis to become the hero the world needs.
Semifinalist – Austin Film Festival 2023
Semifinalist – Screencraft Fellowship 2021
Semifinalist – Finish Line 2022 – 2023
Top 1% – Coverfly
Top 15% – Nicholl Fellowship 2021
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AMY’S IN THE FREEZER
Venita Ozols-Graham and Brigitte Graham
Dark Comedy
A small time con woman trying to turn over a new leaf becomes a big time fugitive when she’s taken hostage during a botched bank robbery, ending up with the heist money as well as the FBI and bank robber hot on her heels.
Grand Prize Winner – Best Comedy – Fade In Awards
Semifinalist – NYC Screenplay Awards
Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival
Quarterfinalist – PAGE
Quarterfinalist – Screencraft
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ARMOR OF GOD
Gary Barnard
Horror/Slasher
Jessie is a devout Christian until her sister is murdered in front of her setting of a chain of events that makes her see her church in a whole new light.
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BEERUPTION
Paul Newton
Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy
A disgraced crypto-entomologist must uncover why the state’s entire bee population is amassing in a dormant volcano before an evil almond growers association can use the situation to enslave all the bees. However, they must tread carefully to avoid triggering a massive beeruption that could decimate a peaceful resort town.
Finalist – Best Screenplay Sci-Fi Feature Film – 2024 HorrOrigins
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BLACK TIE
John Painz
Action, Thriller, Surreal
Patrick has know idea who he is or who he used to be, and suddenly finds himself between two warring factions who want to control the powers of reincarnation.
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BLITZ KIDS
Dimitri Mark LaBarge
Drama/Musical
In 1982 London, a queer Puerto Rican singer-songwriter’s rise to stardom is jeopardized by an ill-advised romance, her disintegrating New Wave band, and a world suddenly careening towards all-out nuclear war.
Top 10% – Nicholl Fellowship
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CHRISTMAS ON CAMPUS
Eric Vardeman
Holiday Romance
A heartbroken college professor and a cheerful student advisor find holiday magic and unexpected romance as they oversee students on a quiet college campus during the holidays, discovering that Christmas can heal old wounds and bring new beginnings.
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DAYS GO BY
Jeremy Foote
Drama
When an expectant father gets news that his mother is ill. He goes home to a lot more than he bargained for.
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DEATH’S BROTHER
Julian Martin
Psychological horror/Drama
Haunted by nightmares of murdering his beloved family, a tech guru must hold onto his sanity while tangling with a homicidal internet cult.
Semifinalist – ScreenCraft Horror
Semifinalist – Los Angeles International Screenplay Contest
Top 20% – Nicholl Fellowship
Semifinalist – Filmmatic Horror
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EBBIE SCROOGE
Mere Walton
Family/Holiday
A harried mother clings to her sanity during the holidays – checking items off her list – wrapping presents, decorating, saving her company, keeping her husband out of jail, oh, and surviving visits from three annoying ghosts.
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EDGE OF EXPOSURE
Rosemary Griggs
True Crime Drama/Mystery/Thriller
Inspired by a True Story, when a tenacious FBI agent stumbles upon a murder connected to high level corruption, he races against time to expose the truth and protect his family before his daughter leaves for college.
Featured Top Script on the Black List (8)
Top 1% of Genre scripts on Coverfly
Top 2% of all scripts on Coverfly
Finalist – Golden Script Competition
Semifinalist – The Writers Lab
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FALLING FROM THE SKY
Robert Rhyne
Thriller
While on house arrest for lying to the police, an attention-seeking Texas teenager witnesses a murder but finds no one will believe him –except the killer, who will stop at nothing to eliminate the only witness.
Semifinalist – Nicholl Fellowships 2024
Finalist – Page International 2022
Finalist – Nashville Film Festival 2024
Finalist – StoryPros Awards 2024
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FIGMENT
Kevin Koljack
Sci-Fi/Horror
A man on the brink tries one last-ditch effort before ending it all: an experimental augmented-reality experience that forces him to face his demons and those of the other test subjects. But, as things get all too real, he must confront his trauma if he hopes to survive the horrors within.
Semifinalist – PAGE 2024
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FIRE KINGS
Phoenix Black
Drama, Action
A war vet police officer infiltrates a Vietnam vet’s motorcycle club suspected of drug smuggling, finding the brotherhood he needs to recover from his past.
POINT BREAK meets THE BIKERIDERS
phoenixblackthewriter@gmail.com
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HAREM
Nick Phillippa
Action, War
A pacifist Nurse must assist a special forces team in a dangerous mission to rescue a harem of women and girls held captive by Daesh terrorists and their diabolical leader who is prepared to fight to the death.
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HIGH STEPPIN’
John Boal
Comedy
On an idyllic campus in N. California, the rogue leaders of the 1983 Bradford University Marching Band — Drum Major “Wank”, sizzling Trombonist “B Flat”, Jamaican Piccolo player “Winston” and blind drummer “20/20” — perform hilarious half-time shows with prickly political and cultural themes until a “Ringer” hired by the conservative Alumni Association subverts one of their shows; gets their travel funding suspended and threatens to eliminate their free-spirited and creative autonomy.
Semifinalist – San Francisco Indie Film Fest 2023
Quarterfinalist – Screencraft Comedy 2024
Quarterfinalist – Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards – Spring 2024
Quarterfinalist – The Script Lab 2023
Quarterfinalist – Filmmatic – Pitch Now Season 5
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HI, LIBIDO
Farook Qais
Romantic Drama
On her journey into adulthood, a devout Muslim woman navigates the delicate balance between her family’s expectations, sexual fulfillment, and the idea of marrying for love.
Winner – Roadmap Writers Jumpstart 2023
Nominee – Movieplay International Film Festival 2024
Honorable Mention – Finish Line 23-24
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HOLIDAY BROMANCE
Cid. B. Weinberg
LBGTQ/Holiday
A country guy from Napa, and a city guy from San Francisco attend separate holiday events on the grounds of the Presidio National Park, and go home with each other’s lost dog.
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HOMECOMING TO MURDER
Carol Preflatish
Drama
Nathan Perry returns to his hometown to become the police department’s first detective. To make his job permanent, he has to discover who is breaking into homes in the most affluent part of town, but more importantly, who murdered one of the residents.
Runner-up – Best Screenplay (Long Format) – Imajinn Awards, Imaginarium Convention, Louisville, Kentucky, 2023.
Best Feature Script – ICECenFest, October 2023, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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HOTLINE MIAMI
Creators: Jonatan Soderstrom & Dennis Wedin
Written By: Michael Zegarra
Action, Drama
Two veterans search for equilibrium, in an 80s Miami, after a botched black ops mission.
Nominee – Best Script, WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival
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INTERNAL LAPDOG
Richard Buzzell
RomCom
In this romantically comedic charade, a woman tries to land the ideal man for her, strong and confidant on the outside, but weak and docile on the inside – an internal lapdog.
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ISAAC’S GOLD
PJ McIlvane
Western Drama
Hardscrabble Isaac and Ivy endured tragedy but lost their passion until a vengeful sociopath returns from the grave to brutally test their love, loyalty, and faith.
Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival 2024
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LITTLE RED
Richard Moon
Coming of Age Thriller
A young farm girl in a war-torn country heads out over the hills and through the woods on a mission to save her family, only to face off against a hungry wolf, a dangerous hunter, and family secrets she never suspected.
Semifinalist – Enderby Entertainment Award, Austin FF 2022
Semifinalist – PAGE Screenwriting Awards 2024
Semifinalist – PAGE Screenwriting Awards 2023
Semifinalist – Los Angeles Screenplay Awards Summer 2022
richard@moonhillproductions.com
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MAGNIFICENT ME
Cory Joel James
Sci-Fi / Drama
After a suicide attempt, a young artist questioning his gender identity agrees to an advanced VR therapy program entering spiritual simulations that blend cinematic dreams and reality in order to confront childhood traumas and find their true identity.
-Received The Kevin Smith Scholarship for Screenwriting at Vancouver Film School
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MIGHT COME A WINDSTORM
Jill Elaine Hughes
In 1997, during an Ohio Thanksgiving dinner, the matriarch of a racist family succeeds at hiding her mixed-race heritage until her granddaughter unravels the truth.
Official Selection – Silk Road Film Awards Cannes 2022
Official Selection: WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival 2022
Winner – Best Screenplay – Berlin Independent Film Festival 2022
Finalist – Oaxaca International Film Festival 2021
Semifinalist – Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021
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MIXSTREET KIDS
Nicholas Robins
Coming of Age, Musical, Drama
In the streets of Brooklyn, New York, five multiracial teenagers form a boy band that takes the pop music scene by storm in the 90s while navigating the highs and lows of fame.
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MY SOULMATE DIED AT BIRTH
Ross H. Martin
Rom Com
One male comedian, battling alcoholism, meets a female comedian always running away from her problems. Both joke about their failures to meet their soulmates, but when the Universe tries bringing them together, they keep missing the signs.
Quarter-Finalist – Table Read My Screenplay
Finalist – Filmique International Film Festival
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NAVAJOLAND
J.R. Blomberg
Action Crime Thriller
To honor his murdered father’s legacy and save his own life, a young Navajo man races to uncover Montezuma’s cursed treasure while being hunted by the ruthless U.S. Marshal who killed his father.
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NECROLEPSY
Kev Dooley
Horror
When a narcolepsy study turns patients into ravenous brutes and the security system traps everyone inside the clinic, a med student is forced to choose between fighting to escape and their commitment to “do no harm.”
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NEVER ENDING
Sam Robotham
Fantasy, Drama
After decades of isolation on a desolate island, an elderly Peter Pan has his quiet life upended when a young boy mysteriously arrives, forcing him to reckon with the haunting memories of his past.
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OLLIE
Amir Mo
Horror
After a grieving couple has their fourth miscarriage, they give up trying to conceive and adopt a cute shelter dog instead, only to discover that the newest member of their family is actually possessed by a demon.
Semifinalist – 1497 Features Lab, PETA endorsed
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ORDINARY MORTALS
Ian Martin
Black comedy / showbiz drama
Tired of fame, a jaded movie star seeks anonymity among everyday folk, only to find himself entangled in an extraordinary mix of crime, romance, and fantasy, all while dodging the tireless chase of an obsessive paparazzo.
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PAAN
Tim Westland and J.E. Clarke
Sci-Fi / Action Adventure
When their Colony ship is attacked by a space-faring pirate race known as the Huuk, teen colonist Pete, his sister Wendy, and a ragtag group of kids, must find a way to stop the aliens and save humanity. (A SciFi reimagining of Peter Pan)
Quarterfinalist – PAGE Awards
Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival
Quarterfinalist – Screencraft Animation
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PENNY DREDDFUL
David Mueller
Comedy, Mystery
When the strait-laced daughter of a heavy metal icon sees her father arrested for murder, she must step out of his chaotic shadow to find the real killer. Who framed Ozzy Osbourne?
Quarterfinalist – PAGE Awards 2024
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PIXIE DUST
Jim Boston
Comedy
Two modern-day University of Minnesota-Twin Cities students start their own sorority in order to reach out to other female UMN-Twin Cities students tired of being marginalized.
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RECAPTURE/NEXUS
Eric Lotter
Sci-Fi
In a galaxy scarred by war, a family finds itself at the center of a desperate battle to keep the peace when a rogue general attempts insurrection, bent on escalation.
Quarterfinalist – StoryPros International Screenplay Contest 18th Annual – 2024
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ROUGH SURFACE
Tim Brennan
Drama
When the 1980 murder of a Lakota Sioux girl is ignored by authorities, a tenacious reporter risks her career to investigate, rocking the foundations of a small town. Based on actual events.
Top 10 – Table Read My Screenplay Spring 2023
Quarterfinalist – ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain 2023
Quarterfinalist – Creative Screenwriting Feature 2023
Finalist – The Script Lab – TSL Free Screenplay 2019
Finalist – Final Draft – Big Break 2018
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RUBY RIDGE
Lawrence Kane
Contemporary Western action-thriller
After being set up on a bogus weapons charge, a clerical error leads an ex-Green Beret to miss his court date. Standing up for his constitutional rights, he refuses to surrender and soon becomes the target of a bloody government siege at his mountaintop cabin.
Winner – Big Apple Screenplay Awards
Winner – Fade In Screenplay Awards
Award Winner – Stage 32 Action/Thriller contest
Winner – Dublin Film Awards
Official Selection – Beverly Hills Film Festival
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SAVE THE AMAZON
Lisa Lutes
Mockumentary
When a streamer cancels their favorite TV show, a group of superfans struggle to film it themselves.
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SENT AWAY
Joel McElvaney
Drama
When a troubled teen gets sent to stay for a summer with his dad, newly-released from prison, he uncovers a dark family secret that leads him to run away rather than return to his mother and abusive stepfather.
Semifinalist – Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Fall 2021
Semifinalist – Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2022
The Short List – Barnstorm Fest 2023
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SIDESHOW
Cindi Woods
Dramedy
When their circus owner dad dies, three disconnected adult siblings learn their inheritance is tied to a cross-country trip together-in a clown car-where they uncover long-held resentments that might just be the ties that bind…if they don’t kill each other first.
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SOFTY
Debranjan Ruj
Family, Drama
After the birth of their disabled daughter, a couple struggle to give her and her younger brother a normal childhood, not realizing that their parenting methods are actually creating cracks in the stability of the family.
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STONES
Adrienne Thorne
Dramedy
An impetuous teenage farm girl seeks freedom from her all-male household on a trip to a national dairy knowledge bowl competition, despite her overbearing brother coming along as chaperone.
Quarterfinalist – Nicholl Fellowship
Finalist – ISA Virtual Pitch Competition
Semifinalist – ISA Genre Busting Comedy
Second-rounder – ISA Fast Track Fellowship
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SUCCEEDING: DESPITE MY FAMILY
Mark A. Tortorici
Romantic Comedy Drama, Musical
(Think La La Land set in New York City Area, or The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as a musician)
A musically talented man in his early forties with a diagnosed mental illness defies looking for a normal job, and confronts the opposition of his family, as he uses a period of unemployment to finally pursue the music career he has put on hold for decades. He must also confront his estranged wife and equally musically talented teenage son, who are both convinced the father will never be an artistic success, and that his desire to be a musician is all a delusion of his mental illness.
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SUGAR GREEN
Mark Gunnion
Action/Espionage
When an environmentalist with extreme mountaineering skills is recruited by a shadowy “committee” to infiltrate a remote meeting of oil company mercenaries, she discovers an assassination plot, and must risk her life to stop it.
Quarterfinalist – StoryPros
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SUICIDE SQUEEZE
Brad Kallet
Dark Comedy
Suicide Squeeze is a dark comedy about an obsessive, tortured baseball fan who publicly threatens to commit suicide if his favorite team doesn’t win the World Series.
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SUPERTANKER
Shawn Corridan
Action Thriller
When the world’s largest oil tanker runs aground, threatening to destroy the entire Pacific Northwest, a disgraced salvage captain lays claim to the wreck, pitting him against an approaching super storm and his dubious past.
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THE ACETYLENE WHORES
M. Evangeline
Roadtrip Chick Flick
Lola Hodges and Mo Sullivan seem doomed to unhappiness in a small desert town until Lola’s anger at her cheating husband prompts Lola to seek revenge by dismantling Charlie’s prize four-wheel drive pick-up truck with an acetylene torch; Lola and Mo begin an adventure of revenge and survival by breaking ties with the small town and joining forces on a road trip across the Southern deserts.
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THE BOY IN THE CLOSET
Laurel Ellis
Supernatural Horror
After escaping an abusive household, a woman and her son find their new sanctuary harbors a demon that feeds off children’s souls.
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THE COLONY
Joseph Murillo
Sci-Fi/Horror
A struggling family trying to rebuild their lives relocates to a desert home built on top of a growing infestation of chemically mutated ants looking to tear their fresh start apart.
Best Sci-fi Script – HorrOrigins Film Festival 2022
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THE ERASED GIRLS
Meghan Lajewski
Historical Drama
When a rebellious teen escapes a home for unwed mothers, she finds unlikely solace with a childless widow who offers to protect her from the home director who’s hellbent on tracking her down.
Quarterfinalist – Nicholl Fellowship 2024
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THE EVENT
Izabela Borowska
Drama, Fantasy, Music
After a bus crash, a teenage dancer caught between life and death must grapple with the father who abandoned him, his own deepest regrets, and the prospect of saying goodbye to his love – or joining her forever in the afterlife.
Winner – Fantasy Category, Script Summit 2020
Semifinalist – Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship Season 6
Quarterfinalist – CineStory Feature Retreat and Fellowship Competition 2020
Quarterfinalist – Industrial Scripts / The TITAN Awards 2021
Quarterfinalist – ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2023
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THE EXALTED ONES
Jason Miller
Horror
With only the voice of his daughter to protect his sanity, a disabled blue-collar man must defend his rural home from mind-controlling vampires who believe he possesses a mysterious and powerful artifact.
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THE FORGET-ME-NAUTS
Kelly Asher
Drama / Adventure / Dark Comedy
When a down-on-her-luck millennial reunites with her Dementia-stricken mother, who she thought was dead most of her life, the duo embark on an unhinged and profound road trip, discovering what matters most along the way.
Quarterfinalist – Emerging Screenwriters Drama 2024
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THE GHOST’S WRITERS’ WORKSHOP
Philip C. Sedgwick
Drama (Historic Arizona, Hollywood themed)
The ghost of a screenwriter murdered in a historic Arizona hotel resurrects hope for the afterlife when a group of wannabe screenwriters arrive for a writing workshop coinciding with the festive Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration.
Nominee – Best Original Screenplay, Burbank International Film Festival 2020
Finalist – Block Island Film Festival 2021
Finalist – Rhode Island International Film Festival 2020
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THE GOOD AMERICANS
Rob Tobin
Musical drama
“The Good Americans,” is a hip-hop musical drama about two mixed-race American lesbians on January 6, 2021, who have to figure out how to respond to what their country has become.
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THE GRAND JURY
Suzanne Lutas
Sci-Fi/Thriller
In a climate-ravaged future, a homeless teenage math prodigy competes for a coveted spot on a space exploration mission while secretly yearning to find her father’s missing spaceship.
Semifinalist – Reelheart International TV Pilot & Screenplay Competition 2018
Semifinalist – Wiki Screenplay Contest January 2022
Winner – Arrow International Film Festival 2022
Winner – 2023 Greenciak Festival Nov 2023
Gold Award – Paris Film Awards July 2023.
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THE HAUNTED REALTORS
Marie Grillo
Horror/Comedy
When a middle-aged realtor inherits a haunted house he must get the house staged and sold in order to solve his financial problems.
1st Place – Austin Spotlight Film Festival 2020
2nd Place – Hollywood Jumbo Festival 2021
Quarterfinalist – Scriptapalooza 2021
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THE LEGEND OF YAKATUTCH
Sean Francis Ellis
Horror, Mystery, Action
When his friends are attacked by an unknown animal in the Yukon wilderness, a young First Nations man learns he is descended from a line of indigenous warriors, and must embrace his heritage in order to stop the legendary creature, before it discovers his mountain town.
Semi-Finalist – ISA Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure 2023
Second Round – ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2022.
Semi-Finalist – ISA Emerging Screenwriters Suspense 2021.
Semi-Finalist – ISA Horror & Thriller + Genre-Busting 2021.
Best Project & Pitch – INTERNATIONAL 3D STEREO MEDIA SUMMIT, BELGIUM 2014
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THE NEXT KING
Kyle J. Scimone
Crime Drama/Thriller
A generational clash leaves a father and son on opposite sides of an organized crime war. Once tensions reach there breaking point, one man must choose between the preservation of his family, or control of the city.
Finalist – Emerging Screenwriters
Finalist – Los Angeles Screenplay Awards
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THE OPEN AIR
Stacey Russell
Dramedy
To avoid having to go to a home for adults with disabilities, a young man with Down syndrome convinces his sister to join him on a trip through the South Island of New Zealand to find the rest of their family and themselves.
AN IRISH GOODBYE meets HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE and A GOOD YEAR
staceycampbellrussell@gmail.com
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
James Welday, Gaston Leroux (source material)
Horror, Mystery
The blossoming romance of Victome Raoul de Chagny and young soprano Christine Daae is pushed to their limits when a mysterious spectre haunts the Palais Garnier. Gaston Leroux’s classic novel is faithfully brought to life.
Nominee – Best Script – Widescreen Film & Video Festival 2024
Official Selection – Widescreen Film & Video Festival 2024
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THE RINGMASTER
Kyle Rizor
Horror
In a quiet Midwestern town, the sudden reappearance of a sinister Ringmaster unleashes a string of supernatural events, challenging the resolve of a small-town sheriff and his daughter as they confront their town’s darkest secrets and their own personal demons.
Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival 2023
Originals Bureau 2024
Semifinalist – Filmmatic Horror
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THE SET LIST
Ross Ostroff
Drama / Music
When a once famous singer-songwriter returns to the spotlight after years of seclusion and addiction, he must play the greatest set of his life in order to move on from the past demons that threaten to derail his comeback show.
Semifinalist – ScreenCraft Drama 2020
Quarterfinalist – The Script Lab – TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2023
Top 8% – Discoverable Coverfly
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THE SILENCE DEVOURS
Alyssa Jefferson
Psychological Horror/Mystery
When a true crime podcast journalist returns to her rural hometown for a wellness check on her estranged mother, she unravels a twisted family secret, unleashing a horror that threatens her grasp of reality.
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THE ULTIMATE ENCHANTMENT
Aimee Dansereau and Allison Chaney
Romantic Comedy
A workaholic fairy and a charming vampire, who detest one another, are forced to team up to find a romantic match for a VIP client at the magical matchmaking company they work for, and inadvertently fall in love.
Semifinalist – Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival 2024
Quarterfinalist – Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Fall 2024
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THE UNLIKELIEST OF HEROES
Paul Zeidman
Animated fantasy-comedy
On the run from a tyrannical wizard, a novice witch from a magical dimension ends up stranded without her powers in the least magical place of all – New Jersey.
3rd Place – Family/Teen/Animation – 16th StoryPros
Semifinalist – Emerging Screenwriters Animation 2024
Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival 2023
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THREE WISE MEN
Brett Nicholson
Comedy
Three bumbling buddies lost in the Mexican desert on Christmas Eve team to help a pregnant young woman trying to hike to Texas before she gives birth in the wilderness.
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THROUGH
Travis Seppala
Sci-Fi/Action
When a trio of college students invent a teleportation device, they find themselves on the run from a secret military operation that wants their technology.
Second Rounder – ISA Fast Track Fellowship
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TIL DEATH DO US PART
Don Santiago
Rom-Com
After a forty-year-old immature man is legally forced to honor a marriage contract to his fuck buddy, then loses her to the seemingly perfect man, he must discover that she’s truly the love of his life.
“No Strings Attached” meets “Anyone But You”
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TO TASTE DEATH
Jeffrey Lee Sibley
Surreal Horror
In a secluded location, strange occurrences and increasingly bizarre behaviors disrupt the lives of a Mother, Father and Kid in this surreal study on the death of family structure.
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UNIMAGINABLE
Paula Goldberg
Drama / Sci-Fi / Historical
When a woman who has lost her purpose in life is tasked with delivering a gift to her estranged father, she suddenly travels back in time to the horrors of the Nazi occupation in Poland. There, she confronts the demons holding both their lives hostage.
Selection – The Women’s List 2024
Semifinalist – Dallas International Film Festival’s Screenwriting Competition 2024
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UNITED WE STAND
Tom Savage
Sports Drama
Ex-footballer, Harry George. gets a chance at redemption when tasked with starting the new national team for the world’s smallest island nation. If combining reluctant locals with asylum seekers wasn’t tough enough, his job is further complicated by the island’s best player being imprisoned in the island’s offshore immigration detention centre.
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UNTIL THE BLOOD RUNS COLD
John Henderson
Horror
Troubled teens locked in a remote juvenile detention center find themselves at the mercy of a relentless, otherworldly force and must forge an unsteady alliance to survive the night.
It’s THE BREAKFAST CLUB meets ALIEN.
johnmichaelhenderson@gmail.com
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VENUS GABLES
Lincoln Michael Manning
Period Drama
In the Three Sisters Swamp off the Black River in a late 1940s North Carolina, hides a house where the locals tell transplanted vet, Jamie Greene, that a “menagerie of monsters” dwell. Amongst the outcasts is Alora, a young women with amnesia, who is said to be a cursed siren. Jamie discovers that Alora’s past only begins to unlock the intrigue at Venus Gables.
lincoln.michael.manning@gmail.com
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WAITING GAMES
Jeffrey R. Field
A charismatic liar who spins elaborate tales to strangers in hospital waiting rooms becomes an unlikely source of support for a grieving mom dealing with the disappearance of her twin girls.
Semifinalist – Nicholl Fellowship 2018
First Prize – Feature, Omaha Film Festival Screenwriting 2024
Finalist – PAGE 2018, 2023, 2024
Semifinalist – Script Pipeline 2023
Top 50 – Tracking Board Launchpad
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WHEN YOU BECAME US
Nicholas Geisler
Sci-Fi Rom Com
In near-future Pittsburgh, a tech-resistant country musician falls for a freewheeling woman with a computer chip in her brain that merges her mind with the internet… and everyone on it.
Quarterfinalist – Final Draft Big Break
Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival
Finalist – Almanac Screenwriter’s Colony
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YELLOWJACK
Ken Henderson
Period Arthouse Horror
A fur trapper’s wife dies during a yellow fever plague in the late 1800s and returns to haunt him.
Semifinalist – Horror – PAGE International 2024
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ALL STORMS BREWING
Christopher J. O’Bryant
Crime/Drama
The patriarch of All Storm Brewery prepares to take the company public, threatening the privilege his family has grown accustomed to, and a sin from his past resurfaces that may destroy everything and everyone he holds dear.
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A STROKE OF LUCK
Jed Power
Dramedy
After a cynical stroke survivor is admitted to a chaotic yet hopeful rehab hospital, he must rediscover his strength, purpose, and humor—while forming unlikely bonds with quirky patients and staff who refuse to give up.
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BAMBO GOES POSTAL
Stacy Bannerman
2-D adult animation sitcom
Fed up with courtroom corruption, an environmental attorney reinvents themselves in Appalachian coal country, picking up an anthropomorphic fainting goat for mail route misadventures and homeschooled murder mayhem.
#16 – Coverfly’s The Red List
Semifinalist – Emerging Screenwriters Animation 2024
Quarterfinalist – Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices 2024
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BLACK CAR
Steve Cleary
Comedy
An idealistic driver-for-hire struggles to deliver a milquetoast businessman to LAX as he must deal with a family emergency and a demanding harbor master who wants him to move his derelict boat from the marina.
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CARE SOURCE
Matthew Nicholson
Dramedy
Single mother Nancy Nathanson must give a once-in-a-lifetime presentation to NASA for her family business when an unexpected and debilitating medical diagnosis not only risks her job but will change her dysfunctional family forever.
Best Screenplay Prize – Top Shorts
Semifinalist – Humanitas New Voice Fellowship
Semfinalist – Shore Scripts
Semifinalist – Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
Quarterfinalist – Slamdance
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DAMNED IF YOU DON’T
Anthony Campbell
Dramedy
When a man discovers that he’s dead and Purgatory is the Newark Airport of the afterlife, he’s forced to reckon with haunting his widow to save her soul and befriending the exiled and unhoused to save his own.
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EDUCATING AVA
Caroline Rovello
Fantasy/Drama
Jane Austen’s ghost helps a woman overcome her personal and professional challenges.
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ESCORTED
Roger Wilson-Crane
Thriller, Drama
When devoted husband Max is mistaken for a mature high-end escort, he’s pulled into a seductive world of wealth and deception to pay off his debts. But when a client is found dead under suspicious circumstances, Max’s web of lies begins to unravel – putting his marriage, friendships, and very survival at risk as his life spirals out of control.
Finalist – All3Media New Writers Collective 2024
Finalist – Page Turner Screenplay Award 2024
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FUTURE KING
Dawn Prato
Drama, Modern/Urban Fantasy
When a disillusioned businesswoman accidentally wakes King Arthur in the present day, she must sort fact from fantasy if they’re going to survive his enemies, both ancient and new – trouble is, she may be one of them.
Semifinalist – Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition 2023
Honorable Mention – The Finish Line Script Competition 2022-2023
Second Rounder – Launch Pad Pilot Competition 2022
Semifinalist – The Script Lab TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2021
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H.O.A.
Pete Johnson
Sitcom
When a couple from Brooklyn join a quirky island community, they find both opportunity and reason for concern in the oddball H.O.A. that wields inordinate power over Breezy Point Estates.
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MEADOWOOD METEORS
Brett Joyce
Half-hour Comedy
A star pitcher suffers a career ending injury and must swallow his pride when he becomes an intern for a professional baseball team. It’s there he finally learns what it means to be a team player.
Quarterfinalist – Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Fall 2023
Semifinalist – Table Read My Screenplay Competition Spring 2024
Quarterfinalist – Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition 2024
Quarterfinalist – Creative Screenwriting Pilot Competition 2023
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OFF-BALANCE
Logan Day
Comedy
A runaway med school student. An okay-ish writer. A struggling dad. A part-time teacher. Four unlikely friends in their 20s share an apartment and navigate the ups and downs of life in Seattle.
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OR WORSE
Rina O’Malley
Drama
When infidelity rocks the foundations of five high-society couples, a domino effect forces everyone to confront the buried truths that threaten their carefully manicured lives.
Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival 2024
Semifinalist – Stage 32 TV Drama Screenwriting 2024
Quarterfinalist – WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab 2025 (currently still in contention)
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PARASOCIAL
Autumn Adams
Comedy Thriller
A chronically online teen’s obsession with a beautiful influencer takes a dark turn when they start attending the same school.
Comps: SWARM meets YOU
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THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SHOW
Jordan Grahame
Half-hour teen sitcom, satire, coming-of-age
Seven teenagers navigate high school, friendships, and relationships in Davenport, Maryland, but misadventure awaits them at every corner in their awkward adolescence.
Quarterfinalist – TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2022
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THE CONNECTORS
Craig T. Williams
1-hour procedural
Set in the Bronx, 2 women meet as adults discover they were born on the same day to the same father, create an agency that reconnects missing family members.
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THE DEMONOLOGIST
Edgardo Granel-Ruiz
Fantasy-Mystery-Drama
An amnesiac professor of demonology must stop a vengeful son, armed with a weapon capable of destroying the world, on his crusade against those who wronged his family.
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THE POD
Saraphina Redalieu
Comedy
After managing to stay alive during the first year of the apocalypse, a podcast host must assume the identity of her dead scientist wife in order to help rebuild society and ensure her own survival.
Semifinalist – Finish Line Script Competition 2023-2024
Top 25 – Roadmap Writers Jumpstart Writing Competition 2023
Top 3% – Coverfly
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THE UNMENTIONABLES
Stephanie Campisi
Dramedy
When three dysfunctional siblings inherit their parents’ clandestine sex shop empire, they must fend off attacks from the town, church and rival organizations to preserve their nervous wealth – and their family secrets.
SIX FEET UNDER + OZARK
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THE WILD HARTS
Kim Hornsby
One-hour Drama
A married couple running a Wilderness Center and Lodge in the remote Pacific Northwest battle loggers and politicians in the name of environmental preservation while keeping five diverse teens on track.
Coverfly Red List – Family, One Hour TV
Semifinalist – Hollyshorts Screenwriting Competition 2022
Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival 2024
Quarterfinalist – Emerging Screenwriters 2021 & 2022
Top 100 – Table Read My Screenplay Austin 2021
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TRUE CONTROL
Halley Reed
1-hour Drama / Science Fiction
In what she thinks is 1824, Tess Albritton faces marriage and is torn between two choices: the safe bet nice guy who promises stability, and the mysterious bad boy who promises the adventure she longs for. When she follows her heart, her entire reality is turned upside down.
Quarterfinalist – WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab 2025
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UNICORN INCLUDED
Jonathan Fournier
Half-hour comedy
Unicorns are real, but they make bad roommates! A late bloomer has finally moved out on his own, only to find out he has an unadvertised roommate: a lazy, sarcastic unicorn who’s been hiding out in the condo and won’t leave.
Second Rounder – Austin Film Fest
Quarterfinalist – Final Draft Big Break
Pilot is based on four short webisodes (also called Unicorn Included), which were showcased at Seoul Webfest 2020 and received nominations for “Best Creator” and “Best Sketch Comedy”.
jonathanfournier.writer@gmail.com
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WASHERS
Jonathan Angelo C. Concepcion
Hour Drama Thriller pilot
A witty Art Cleaner and an MI6 Agent team up to keep a Suave Russian Oligarch afloat by selling his quirky art collection, to prevent him from selling his rare minerals to his rival; an even worse, more ruthless Oligarch.
Honorable Mention – 2023/2024 Finish Line Script Competition
concepcionjonathan3@outlook.com
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W.H.E.E.L.S. OF S.T.E.E.L.
Jonas Oppenheim
Adult animation/comedy/action/half-hour
W.H.E.E.L.S. O.F. S.T.E.E.L. is adult-animation comedy in the “cool-guy/rad-car” tradition, except this car is an idiot. When his talking super-car is blown up, secret agent Bicep “Sep” Wheels must team with goofball talking station wagon NATT. If the “Knight Rider” car had Kimmy Schmidt’s personality.
Quarterfinalist – Final Draft Big Break
Second Rounder – Austin Film Festival
Quarterfinalist – Launch Pad Pilot Competition
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WIKI
Nicole Jones-Dion
1-hour / Horror / Sci-Fi
A modern-day reimagining of The Monkey’s Paw for the internet generation. The lives of three college friends are turned upside down when they discover a mysterious online wiki site. Any changes made to the wiki magically come true in the real world — with unpredictable and deadly consequences.
Winner – FOX Writing Fellowship
Official Selection – The Stunt List Originals Bureau
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