Announcing the 2018 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalists
by ScreenCraft - updated on September 6, 2018
We’re excited to feature the scripts listed below that comprise the quarterfinalists of the 2018 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest. Our jury's credits this year include The Hangover Trilogy, Due Date, Funny or Die Films and top comedy talent such as Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling and Kevin Hart. Stay tuned for the upcoming announcements of the semifinalists and grand prize winners here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages within the next few weeks!
Without further ado, here are the quarterfinalists:
| 8 Days a Week | Ian Southwood |
| A Future Romance | John Martins III |
| A Mad Day In Midland | Luke Domet |
| A.B. is an E.T. | Aaron Yarber |
| Adam and Eve | Kate Kelsen |
| Agent M.I.L.F. | Rebecca Ann Dowty |
| Aliens & Earthlings | Ryan Smith |
| Allie Summons A Vampire | Josh Montoya |
| Altar Ego | Alexandra Keister |
| Apocapolis | Mark Hertzler |
| Attachment | Megan Binnie & Celia Blundo |
| Backstage Pass | Andrew Shaffer |
| Basement Barry | Jaquie Brown |
| Battle of the Exes | Matthew Hoch |
| Before I Embalm You | Charles Dovbish |
| Bernice | Denise Hamilton |
| Best in the World | Carrie Morrison |
| Big Red | Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce |
| Birthday Magic | George Spicer |
| Bite Me | Sophia Lopez |
| Blue Moon Massacre | Ryan Anglin |
| Boneheads | kelly karam |
| Bougainvilleaville or Love? Again? | Alva Moore |
| Broski | Brett Tietjen |
| Burt Dirk And The Gliesezoids | Andrew Harris |
| Cancer Girl | Hannah Doty |
| Catch 4:20 | Bruce Butler |
| Cheap Heat | Aaron Sutch & Ben Greene |
| Cinnabon Phil | David Klein |
| Cleared To Play | John Moore |
| Close 2 Strangers | Sarah Miller |
| Clowntdown to Doomsday | Nicholas Dant & Blake Kirtley |
| Cockblock | Justin Boyd |
| Complicated in Love | Eric Yoder |
| Crazy Cat Lady | Carrie McCray |
| Cruel Pecans | Jonny Flores |
| Cut the Cord | Jodi Asadourian |
| Darryn the Bold and The Sword of Boldness | Justin Best |
| Dead Weight | Cale Curlett |
| Digger | Dave Wade |
| DNA | Heather Farlinger |
| Don't Blow Your Top | Phil Burdette |
| Don't Kill Me I'm Happy | Tobias Hussey |
| Don't Look Back In Anger | Adam Pliskin |
| Donkey Hotey Saving America | Michael Lederer |
| Down On The Street | Charles Dovbish |
| Dying for Likes | John OBrien |
| Eat Dead Bird | Molly Miller |
| Encounters | Gary King |
| Escort Boot Camp | Gary Sharp |
| Exterminating Willie | Jane Rogerson |
| Fake A Wish | Michael Nelson & Zack Kahn |
| Farb | Patrick Hackeling |
| FEAR SUM | James Mayson |
| Fear There and Everywhere | Craig Horwitz |
| Figure Me Out | James Barnes |
| Flip It Or Die Tryin' | Justin Strommer |
| French Rabbit | Shannon Davies |
| Freshman 15 | Jerry Cavallaro |
| From Olympus to Nashville | Jeffrey Chase |
| Frozen Ice | Walker Hare |
| Fuck New Rome | Erik Sternberger |
| Funeral of a Lifetime | Sarah Newton |
| Game Set Scratch | Billie Bates |
| Gangster Of Love | Michael Hoff |
| Generation | George Rubino |
| Get Right | Stacie Shellner |
| Giant | Andrew Thompson |
| Glorious Mack | Vern Lien |
| Gold Medal Domination | Karolyn Carnie |
| Golden Oldies | Harrison Pierce |
| Gone Astray | Kyle D'Odorico |
| Good Taste | Jacob Bann |
| Green Wedding | Sebastiano Pestoni |
| Grim Gets a Life | Peter Fraser |
| Half-Cocked | Chris Chymiy |
| Hellraiser | Luke Wronski |
| Hemingway's Brooklyn | Steve Einhorn |
| Henchman | Andrew Wood |
| Hey! | Christopher O'Bryant |
| Holy Name | Daniel Pike |
| Homeward, Brother! | Alec Garcia |
| Hostage from Hell | Melissa Emery |
| Houseboat From Hell | Bill Keenan |
| I Am Human | Anastasia Blackwell |
| I Have No Friends! | Julian Barnett |
| I Killed Morgan Freeman | Donald Upton & Paul G. Newton |
| I love IT | Ryan Smith |
| In the Catbird Seat | Kay Denmark |
| Invisible Boxes | Bil Gaines |
| It's all in the kiss | Marguerite Faure |
| JACKPOT! | Lou Parees |
| Jeff is a Superhero | Adam Bowers |
| Jesus Christ | Brandon Tamburri |
| Judy's Search for God | Dave Wade |
| Jump | Andrew Stussie |
| Key to the Highway | Peter Gazdag |
| Kidnapping Inc. | Jasmuel Andri, Gilbert Mirambeau & Bruno Mourral |
| Killing Kelko | Kieran Angelini |
| Knowing Valentine | Chilli Kippen |
| Kragnok the World Saver | Lamont Merritt |
| Learning to Breathe | Michael Maitland |
| Let's Be Happy | Tim Bennett-Huxtable |
| Lies To Get Laid By | Torkjell Stromme |
| Life in Transition | Jeff Breuer |
| Lost Angels | Jason Morgan |
| Lot Lizard | Jojo Stocks |
| Love Blossoms | Roy Stewart |
| Loves Me, Loves Me Not | Lisa Penny |
| Lovestuck | Bob Cousins |
| Loving Liberty | Harvey Yazijian |
| Maggie, Full of Grace | James Meerdter |
| Maid Of Dishonor | Aadip Desai |
| Mall Stars | Erica Fagan |
| Me & Jezebel | Lucinda Spurling |
| Merry Fracking Christmas | Jim Berg |
| Michael Wants To Marry | Jen Bieser |
| Milton and Janis | Richard Rosenzweig |
| Minyan | Adam Ansell |
| Mom | Jordan Champagne |
| Mother Christmas | Donald Cameron |
| Mourning After | Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich |
| Mr. Sabotage | Ray Keller |
| My Friend with Asperger's | João Maria |
| NancyGirl | David McMahon |
| Nebraskan Son | Cala Adair |
| Necropolis | Dennis James Clarke |
| Nina Karenina | Gordon Phipps |
| One Hit Wondering | Jordan Rockower |
| Operation: Goldblum | Todd Norwood |
| Our Better Selves | Lauren Devora |
| Out Of Toon | Joel Foster |
| Parents | Bruce Kalish |
| Peaches | William Long |
| Peter Piper | Jonathan Young |
| Picnic Season | Glory Okeke |
| Pie Fight | Richard McEwen |
| Pilots of Potential | Matthew Wilson |
| Plaid | Bridget Visser |
| PODS | Ernest Koehler |
| Points for Trying | Jason Paris |
| Powderpuff | Kyle Little |
| Pushing Buttons | Lou Wollin |
| Queens | Max Sokoloff |
| Rack it Up! | Thomas Yungerberg |
| Saint Gary | Steven Dente |
| Santa's Big Secret | Maggie Farnks |
| Santa's Suicide | Bob Reynolds |
| Saul Revere | William Braudis |
| Senior Moment | Robert Mangrum |
| Seniors on the Run | D.C. Lozar |
| Seven Dates in Seven Nights | Josette Berardi |
| Snap Together | Patrick McKenna |
| Sold! | Adam Nadler |
| Spacey and Strange | Michael Angelella |
| Stellar Chance | Nadia Desyatnikova |
| Step-MILF | Hamilton Mitchell |
| Strange Ways to Learn Spanish | Elan Maier |
| STUCK | Ian Southwood |
| Stupid American | Robin Sitter |
| Stupid Cupid | Dan Gunderman |
| Super Swipe | Krista O'Connor |
| Ssweet Old Man | Andrew Mescher |
| Take Out | Jim Schweitzer & Ryan Myers |
| Test of Strength | Danny Baram |
| The Advance Team | Paul Carson |
| The Afterlife of Erotica Evans | Harvey Yazijian |
| The Anti-Comic | Steve Savitz |
| The Arrangement | Charles Frankenberger |
| The Blackout | Paula Roman |
| The Box Life | Travis Crain |
| The Breakdown | Michael Charron |
| The Buffer | Stephanie Sourapas & Tom McCurrie |
| The Cleaners | Matt Marx |
| The Deal Breaker | Stacie Shellner |
| The Dutchman | Robert Callahan |
| The Fool's Errand | John Murphy, Chris Bramante |
| The Great Pretenders | Jillian Lauren |
| The Halloween Gang | Frank Barker |
| The Heckler | Steve Mitchell |
| The Heist Before Christmas | Derik Wingo |
| The House That Hell Made | Charles Dovbish |
| The Inept | Tim Neavin |
| The Judge, The People Vs. | Poppy Cleere |
| The King of Barcelona | Justin Grundfast |
| The Last Canadian Virgins | Jon Rizik & Evan Rindler |
| The Last Good Cheat | Jacob Hart |
| The Man WHo Knew Poe | Steve McGrath |
| The Music Angel | Jim Evry |
| The Not Ready for Prime Time Family | Richard Willett |
| The Pity Party | KD Amond & Lulu Marcil |
| The Romance Plan | Rick Hays |
| The Rookie Card | Justin Warren |
| The Scorpion Flies Solo | Robert Janda |
| The Shepherd | Matt Potter |
| The Taskforce | Dennis Spain |
| The Thief | Jenny Seidelman |
| The Third of July | Rochelle E. Fisher |
| The Wreckers | Kristy Leigh Lussier |
| There's Something Wrong with Kate | Mia Borders |
| To Travel | Katharine McPhee |
| Together Again | Owain Paciuszko |
| Transfat | Matthew Kelly |
| Urban and Turban: Good Cop, Brown Cop | Ronnie Khalil |
| Wanna Go To Mars? | Peter Levedahl |
| Wasted | Alec Gibbons |
| Wedding Season | Shiwani Srivastava |
| What If? | Alvaro Garcia Lecuona |
| What the Hell Happened to Franklin? | Rachel Weatherly & Aaron Grant |
| When Harry took Hostages | Gerald Lenton-Young |
| When the Joke Tells You | Peter Gazdag |
| Whiskey | Tom Wholey |
| Whole | Cari Daly |
| Wicked Hot | Pamela Harris |
| Wireless | Nick Greenberg & Shawn Convery |
| Witches Be Crazy | Jordan Harris & Andrew Schrader |
| Zombie Kush | Kyle Little |
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