2017 ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Contest Semifinalists Announced

by ScreenCraft - updated on December 22, 2017

Listed below are the semifinalists of the inaugural ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Contest. These projects have the honor of moving forward to the final round of judging. In true dramatic fashion, this cycle was as competitive as they come. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far, congratulations to our quarter-finalists, and thanks to everyone who submitted. We’re excited to be exploring such a classic genre. The submissions were compelling and nuanced, like every great drama should be.

Stay tuned for the announcement of the winners on December 27th, here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages.

2017 Drama Semifinalists

12 Steps	Justin Hughes
13 East	Enrique Posner
A Long Shadow at Noon	Ash J. Louis
Artesia	Emily Tomson
As An Actress	Maria Hinterkoerner
Bampa's War	Dave Stevenson
Bella & The Bear	Nicholas Clifford
Ben	Guy Polin
Black & Blonde	Jon Davis
Black and Blue	April Blanding
Black Jack	Stephen Curran
Blackout.con	Ruben Bush III
Blind Dog Travels	Katharine Yee
Blood Along the Road	Bobby Marino
Break My Fall	Keith Wiggins
Burning Brigade	David Kushner
Butterfly Children	Melanie Schiele
Californio	Pedro Fernandez
Caroline	Kelly Karam
Cat And Mouse	Bristol Mac Donald
Coyote Call	Adam Ward
Crossing The Ocean	Devin Klos
D. T.	Ken Comer
Deep State	Anthony Nero
Escher	Jason Kessler
Far Horizons	Michael Moyer
Fiasco	Edward Klau
Foxed	James Stewart
Free Will	Laura Lance
Gifted	Robert Horsey
Glitches	Kelly Brynes
Golden State	Brittany Worthington
Goodbye My Enemy	Matthew Ryan
Hammer Of God	David Kushner
Henry Moore is Melting	Jenny Seidelman
Hidden	Shiva Ramanathan
Jelly Men	V.L Esteves
Kyd's Game	Marc Rosenberg
Land That We Love	Julian Awoonor Renner
Last Days of Last	J. Figueiredo
Liberte	Lisa Weiss
Little Africa	Curtis Adair
Midnight at the Movies	Jennifer Gutierrez
Motel Elliot	Michael Fodera
Naomi	Jeffrey Grossman
Negative Space	Adam Bradley
Newton's Laws of Emotion	Eugene Ramos
North of Here	Kurt Smith
On Your Mark	Paul D'Angelo
Papaw Land	Justin Blake Crum
Perfectly Broken	Tiziana Giammarino
Potter's Ground	Pearse Lehane
Project Gladstone	Peter Donovan
Psycho	Fabia Sabella
Quarter Turn	Karl Swingle
Rowena Reinhart	Hassan Asuncion
Saluda	Tim Westland
Sand and Rain	Christopher O'Bryant
Scattering Jake	Erica Tachoir
Scriptures and Cigarettes	Joseph O'Driscoll
Second Childhood	Clifton Koons II
Sedger Mor	Catherine Wright
Signs of Being	Tracey Bradley
Someday, Ohio	Anna Hozian
Southern Knights	Scott Bloom
Spytown	Adam Tobin
Stan's Killing Himself	Billy Kirland
Strangers in Our Own Skin	Kyle D'Odorico
Sugar Land	Alexa Garster
The Boat	Robert Wooldridge Jr.
The Consul General's Wife	Rob Wilson
The Dancer	JT O'Neal
The Disease	Khalil Sullins
The Displaced	Renata Scruggs
The Domina Effect	Helen Gaughran
The Heart of a Tiger	SreyRam Kuy
The Hobbyist	Frank Graziano
The Last Supper	Gregory Noel
The Lotus Eaters	Tatjana Soli
The Man in the Jungle	Shruti Swaminathan
The Night Watchman	Thomas Gaunt
The Problem with Time	Jason Edwards
The Quality of a Memory	Austin Nordell
The Revolutionist	Lynn Mills
The Sparring Partner	Karelia Scott-Daniels
The Sweethearts Gang	James C. Schlicker
The Today King	Timothy Burnham
The Tunnel	Joseph New
The Wagners and the Wildflower	Elias Markos
Too Guard Bell	Kayona Ebony Brown
Warbrave	Andres Rivera
Western	Zach Smith
Wings	Louis Spirito