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 |
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