2014 ScreenCraft Comedy Script Contest Quarter-Finalists Announced!
Listed below are the quarter-finalists of the 2014 ScreenCraft Comedy Script Contest! These scripts were selected by our readers and judges from over 1,300 entries. Congratulations to those who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting. Stay tuned for the semi-finalists announcement here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages!
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8 Days A Week by Ian Southwood
A Christmas Survival Guide for the Modern Vampire by Craig Berger
A Helluva Thing by Kristin Kirby
Ain’t That A Kick In The Head by Robert N. Skir
Air Guitar Gods by Stephen Hoover
All About Calvin by Kevin Nugent
Amoe: Embodiment by Steve Sherman
Andy and Chaz Destroy America by Richard Keith
A Pinch Of Diamonds by Margaret Riseley
Art of Shaving by Ivo Raza
At Least He’s Jewish by Jeremy Padow
Baby On Board by Steven Laflamme
Band Together by Joel Michael Ugolini
Bearsville: The Green Herring by Samuel Chudler
Beat Jeff Gordon! by Thomas L. Carmody
Berlin So Good by Rachel Upshaw
Better Half by A.J. Marchisello & Marc Birch
Big Baby by Mike Davidson
Big Dick 6 by William Walkerley
Big Feet by King Lippi & Jason Taylor
Big Footage by Jennifer Zhang
Bite Me by Michael Tahvildari & Monte Bramer
Blondes On A Plane by Mark Lunsford
Blood From A Stone by Bill Palmer
BollyWed by Jennifer Harris
Bonding In Brooklyn by George Rubino
Born 4 Porn By Joe Gonzales
Bros V. Hoes by Joe McClean and David F.M. Vaughn
Burgertime by James C. Harberson, III and Frazer C. Rice
Camp Cold War by Derek Asaff & Aviv Rubinstien
Chaperoned by P.W. Gavan
Chasing Don Juan by Ted Gurich
Cherry Bombers by Amy Rose Lipsky
Citizen Chug by Robert Bradley
Coffins & Chrysanthemums by Michael E. Bierman
Comedy School by W.J. Parolini
Corpse Tub by Christopher Hewitson & Justin Jones
Count Hollywood by Mark Wooster
Dakota by J.A. Romo and Jessica Nolan
Dead Peasants by Matt Barron
Dex & Leon by Justin Green
Dirt Road by Kevin Jackson & Dana Brumley
Dirty Tricks by Daniel Caporetto
Double Take by Scott Robert Waldvogel
Dough Boys by Chris Quigley and Brandon Trenz
Dummy Round by Hannah Leskosky
Elis Applies To Middle School by Scott L. Semer
Ellis Academy by Cassandra Marie
Fasting by Mahmoud El-Azzeh
Fat Envelopes by Mason Hsieh
Fight To Win by Mike and Tim Petrie
First Day by Tony Nichols
Flip Flop by Andrew Schrader & Jordan Harris
Floyd The Ninja by Jason Skorski
Frying Bacon With Aaron Cohen by Nadia Anatolia Selvaggi
Fudgepackers by Holly Jordan
Funny Business by Edd Howarth
GDCI (General Despair Among The Categorically Irrelevant) by Alan Horsnail
Geek & Destroy by Darren Curtis and Matt Silver
Getting A Head by Anthony D. Rivers
Ghost Writer by Stephen Hoover
Given by Nick Schober
Giving Up The Ghost by Kelsey McConnell
Glory Days by Joshua Caldwell & Travis Oberlander
Goat by Jordan Rane
Golden And Gone by Patrick Curran
Grape Expectations by Bob Slu
Grave Matters by Karen Frank
Green Card by Erick Kristian
Grim Gets A Life by Peter D. Fraser
Growing Sideways by Clark Shepard
GSOH by Keith Farnan & Paul Mendelson
Handle With Care by Michael Sidney Johnson
Hangover Man by Nick Roth
Happy Medium by Ashley Good
Harley Davidson by Julian Hynes
He Always Ate His Peas On Thursdays by Curtis Lofgren
Heaven Sent by G.K. Noyer
He's A Bastard by John Moody
High Falls by Amanda Cole
Hogjackers by Marcus Herzberg
Hope Runs Deep by Tiyan Newman
Housesitters by Kevin McDevitt
How I Learned To Stop Masturbating And Love Again by Kyle W. Bergersen
How To Propose To Your Best Friend's Girlfriend by Mike Stern
How We Married Gypsy Princesses by Curt Burdick & Jeff Burdick
I, Hoarder by Christy Stratton
Idiots by Robbie Rosman
I'm Not Kevin by Christopher Lombard
In Your Dreams by Jackie L. Young
It's Always Something by Rich Song
It's In His Kiss by Stephen Sloot
It's Not Always Sunny by Kimberly Hwang
It Started With A Cat by Christine Bonner
Jake & Anna by Anthony Giambusso
Jay Walking In Vegas by Stephen Montagne
Jemma Gold: Teenage Has-Been by Justine Barron
Jenny Green's Killer Freshman Year by Jason Director & Ayla Harrison
Jerky by Ed Pell
Jimmy Ganootz by Michael Lipoma
Joe's Thumb by Denis Mortenson
Just By Chance by Michael Musumeci
K-9 Academy by Derek Asaff
Karma Police by William D. Corkum
Killing All Coburns by Kevin Ngo
Klondike Jack by Sitara Falcon
Kokakispopodopolous: Greek Detective by Alexander Futuric
Ladies In Black by Erica Warnock
Lies To Get Laid By by T.A. Strømme
Life After Death by Derek Asaff
Life's A Beach! by Justin Zipprich
Lilac Man by Edward W. Dorgan
Little Mafia by Aare Tilk
Loophole by Nathen Nyle Fullmer
Lord Ockley & The Alien by Stanley Evans
Lost Souls by Paul Mendelson and Alan Moskowitz
Love Heat: Passion Of The Fists by Jeremy Cordy
Love Makes A Family by Marty Wolff
Love +1 by Andy Barnes
Make The Cut by Richard Goodwin
Man Date by Mark Dubreuil
Man Down by Bob Castrone, Brian Levin, Jason Zumwalt and Joey Kern
Man Or Bork by Marjory Kaptanoglu
Man To Man by Kranti Pally
Maturity by Tom White & Miles Hubley
Matzo Ball Mob by Nadia Selvaggi
Maximum Protection: The Delicate Balance Between Strength And Sensitivity by Joseph Neibich
Mazel Tov by David Friedman
Meet Cute by Susie Ruckle
Meeting Mila by Zachary Strauss
Megaball$ by Marc Baron
Method by Andy Campbell
Missing Peeler! by Jeff Schellenberg
Monkey by Richard Barito
Mother Judgers by Heather Kennedy
Mother Nature's Son by J.B. Berg
Murder Me by David H. Luz
My Posse's In The Zone by Jesaka Long
My Wedding At Auschwitz by Evelyne Tollman-Werzowa
My Zombie Parents by Paul Seetachitt and Barrington Smith-Seetachitt
Neighborhood Assassins by Aaron Senser
New In Box by Lindsay Golder
New Solutions by John Moody
Next Register, Please by Dan O'Sullivan
Nice People And Other Perverts by A.M. Zweiback
No Straight Thing by James C. Harberson, III & Frazer C. Rice
Oath of Office by Evan Dickson
O.C. Remedy by Bradyn Sloan
Of Kings And Concubines by Ronald L. Ecker
Once Upon His Shoe by Pamela Kay
One Crazy Winter by Melissa Emery
One Night Stan by Tony Boland
On Hold by Kenlon Clark
On The 12th Date of Christmas… by Paul F. Longo
Our Band Is Called Mike And Colleen by Ramsey Ess
Overnight by Kelsy O'Neill
Paintball The Movie by Mark Joenks, Chris Moberg & Rebecca Acker
Paper Pusher by Marlene Rhein
Paternity Leave by Diana Love
Penalty Box by Mark Riley and Jon Seamans
Picture Ready by Shauntae R. Allen
Picture Taker by Shauna L. Hagan
Plague Of The Sex Zombies by John Kestner
Play Dirty by Jeff York
Playing Hero by Nate Lane
Please Kill Me by Jamie Uyeshiro
Powercut by Paul Alexander & Paul Mendelson
Preggers by Katiedid Langrock
Prehab by Lawrence S. Richardson, Jr.
Puzzled by John A. Hudetz
Quitter by Corey Azevedo
Rasta Ho-Tep: Rise of the Mummies by Peter D. Fraser
Reality Check by Adi Blotman
Really Evil Board Game by Gerrard Hartland
Reaper Madness by Stephen Hoover
Redbeard by Nick Justicz and Harrison Mann
Redcoats by Liz Kerr
Reel Amerika by Keith Bearden & Joel Haskard
Related by L. Elizabeth Powers
Reprogramming Flacker by Christopher John Fetherolf
Results Not Typical by Barbara McCormick-Thomas
Return To Sender by Nathan Zoebl
Rideshare by Jacob Isser
Ring Bearers by P.W. Gavan
Rubber Ducky by Nicole L. Hill
Safe Word by Lou Iacoviello and Gabe Grier
Scheme Of Things by Jim Ritterhoff & Brian Forrest
Seeking Will Ferrell by Rob Ingalls
Sex Dreams Of Jon Stewart by Denise Papas Meechan
Simon Says by Lisa Hepner
Sink Or Swim by Keith Justin Strausbaugh
Slitzkrieg by Jason Petrovitch
Soft Targets In A Hot Zone by Ricki Holmes
Solar Fraction by Evan Fonseca
Someone To Love by Jill Jaress
Soul Takers by Dave Belisle
Spiral by Marc Rosenberg
Stealing Lincoln by Nick Adams
Steel Shaft by Marcus Matyas
Stoning The Romance by Josh James
Storyland by Henry Fleet
Stupid B**** by Anthony Filangeri
Stupid Money by Scott Antonucci & Mike Corey
Suit Up by Michael Whitton & Matt Kawczynski
Sunny Days Weight Loss by Kathryne Isabelle Easton
SWAParrazi by John Woodard
Teacher's Pet by Scott Pittock
The Accidental Sacrifice Of Anton Smitherson by Saria Steyl
The Adventures Of Colorado Albertson by Jon Hueber
The Adventures Of The Velvet Cat by Bob Canning
The Alternatives by Madeline Holler & Jamie Odeneal
The Apotcalypse by Matthew Zaal
The Astronaut by Zach Dunn
The Boob Job by Debra Vance
The Break-Up Season by Cristina Sword
The Ballad Of The Crash Wolf by Coli B. Sylla
The Bride Hesitates by Michael Latshaw
The Care And Feeding Of Professor Vampire by James C. Harberson, III and Frazer C. Rice
The Chronic-les of Derringer by Cam Wood
The Commune by Tim Schildberger
The Copout by Eric Deal
The Devil And The Fat Girl by Tamworth Grice
The Fantasy Man by Jonathan D. Jones & Francisco Magdaraog
The Fuck-It List by Lisa Super
The Groomsman by Derek Bevil
The Gumshoes by Lisa Garvey
The Gurgitator by David Klein
The King And Rick Harris by John Moody
The Lost Treasure Of The Mayans by Julius Galacki
The Maharaja by Antony Zaki
The Marianated Nottingham by Charley Pearson
The Marriage Myth by Julia Butler & Daniel Mentz
The McKenzie Friend by Paul Mendelson
The Melting Pot by Scott Ruane
The Navigator by Carey Mark Watkins
The Nice Guy by Joseph O'Driscoll
The Package Deal by Austin Flack & Jonathan Kuhn
The Pimp Of Park Avenue by D.B. Toth
The Placebo Effect by Anne G. Scott & Devlin Kane
The Red Velvet Coat by Precious Chong
The Replacement by Mark Simborg
The Resurrectionists by Duncan B Putney
The Shift Manager by John Ott & Matt Tassone
The Slacker by J. Cameron Keenum
The Strange And Shocking Secret Life Of Mrs. Santa Claus by Kathryn Ward
The Umpire by Howard Grieves
The Vacuum Dealer by David Berrade
The Walk-Ons by Aaron Kennedy
The Want Ads by Michael Rhodes
The Wheelman by Derek Asaff
The Wilder Family by Chris Binning
The Woman Of His Dreams by Jeffrey Rubin
The Worst Hostage Ever by Melissa Emery
Three Months by Jared Frieder
Ticket To Ride! by Richard M. Dumont
Time Assassin by David D. Jones
To Hell With Love by Joey Aucoin
Treading Water by Stefanie Kahn
Tree Hugger by Michael Raymond
Tremain's Story by Andy Wasif
Trial Separation by Christine Tamer Bassham & Kevin Tamer
Try Again? by Bruce Bennett
Tuesdays With Satan by Chris Modoono & Gil Zabarsky
Turkey Day Audible by Jodi Jacobs
Unintentional Sex by Michael Musumeci
Unmatched by Arthur Tiersky
Unpredictable by Allison Beda & Eileen Cook
Untitled Secret Service Buddy Comedy by Colin McCormack
Vandals by Adam Franklin
Voice Over Body by Dwayne Perkins & Joe Abel
When Wyatt Caught The Midget by Arnie Zelkovitz
Where's Bruno? by Shane Perez
Who The Fuck Is Eli Davis? by Derek Asaff & Aviv Rubinstien
Yard Of Bricks by John Arvai
Yogaguy by Amir Ohebsion & Omid Arabian
YOLO (You Only Live Once) by Frank Pasquine & Jack Picone
Your Best Bits by Hayden Black
You're A Really Good Friend by Jason Mazzotta
You're Dead To Me by Paul McLalin
Zombie Vigilantes! by Adam Nadler
SHORTS
@Senior Lovin by Joe Tyler Gold
#Share #This #With #Your #Friends by Ritesh Jeswani
20 Minutes Or Less by Scott Antonucci & Mike Corey
Adam's Grand Slam by Nathan C. Perry, Jeff Kubach and Evan Bolick
A Lucky Man by John Otteni
An Evening Of Wine Appreciation by Andy Lear
Anne Goes To Camp by Phil Clarke Jr.
Another Cupid Christmas by Rebecca Golby
Answers by Edgar Martinez Schulz
A Penny And A Wish by Miranda Calamity
A Simple Transfer by Mike Corey
A Sketchy Life (Brought To You By Soda Cola) by Clay Fusco
Baby Davey by Erick Pausz
Baby Talk by Steven D'Arcangelo
Baby Wars by Jeff Thomas
Bad Pussy by Lester Mingo
Bad Trip by Ali MacLean and Michael Harthen
Baked Ziti by Kaenan Oliver & Dominic Oliver
Best Friends Of Cinema by Andrew Berger
Blurred Lines by Christopher Hycner and Chantelle Landais
BreakIn(g) by David Feehan
Brothers by Christopher D. Perham
Bucharest By Bus by Jonathan Poland
Burning Wishes by Cian McGarrigle
By Appointment Only by Barbara McCormick Thomas
Cafe Ria by Marlene Melchior
California Kidds by Corey Mitchel
Career Change by Karl Svacic
Car Trouble by J.R. Cox
Cheryl Kernoodle, Notary Public by Ed Pell
Chick Flick - Guy Flick by Daniel Knight
Child X by M. Miller Davis
Confidence Men by Matthew J. Worley
Connection by Michael Raymond
Cooties by Beanie Barnes
Corporate by Kris Pathirana
Crims by Scott James
Dating A PT by Samantha Napier
Death Cat by James C. Harberson, III and Frazer C. Rice
Domesticated by Claire Berger
Dr. Dick by Carrie Wachob
Driving With Dad by Jeredon O'Conner
Dying To Get Even by Curtis Burdick
Eco Sex by Brandon Rosin
Egg by Carl Pickard
Elaine's Open Marriage by Ali Kemal Guven
Evergreen by John Paul Carlton
Everybody Has A Thing by Allan George
Everything by Matt Bennett Erickson
Evil Like Sunday Morning by Trae Crowder
Face The Truth by Mark Scrimshaw
F*ck, Fight, F*ck by Corey Wilcosky
First Date by Gene Cartwright
First Snow by Rebecca Farina
Five Days In Calcutta by Fred Perry
Fractured by Eli Buck
Frozen by Betsy Morgan
Fu Fu Ali by Nick Olivera
Fucktoys by Brandon Paul Eells
Gerry Carwax: Single by Marqus Bobesich
Get The Hell Off by Robert Gately
Going Down by Arika F. Cullen
Golden Acres by Jason Fox
Halftime by Michael Moncavage
Haunted Toy House by Mark Simborg
Hawaii by Erin Okamoto
Healing by Shane Perez
Hero Story by Piers Rae
Home Row by Tim Snook
Hope And A Wish by Doug Nelson
House Of Crayons by Kendry Pill
House Of The Rising Son by Jithu Aravamudhan
How To Rape Friends And Alienate People by Kenny Langer
How Zombies Act When Humans Aren't Around by Edward W. Dorgan
If You Go There by Stacy Alynn
I Like You A Latte by Sara Amini
I'minadinnerjacket by Dallas Bancroft
Imaginary Jerry by Alex Kelelrman
Innuendo by Arika F. Cullen
Inside The Magician's Studio by Kris Pathirana
I Want To Beat Up Clark Peters by Joseph Picozzi
Jack's Dress by J. Wergin
Jerk/Off by Scott James
Jesus Christ: Life Savior by Evan Bolick and Nathan Perry
Jesus Christ: Savior, Sun Of God, Scumbag by Derek Wollner
Just Be by Ciarán Mc Namara
Keep On Sucking by John Taylor
Kunta's Korner by Caullen Hudson
Last Words by Anton King
Liberal Cookies by Laurie Ashbourne
Life Is Just A Playground by J.R. Cox
Little Stevie Cool by Marco Sinigaglia
Locked Up by Hidde de Vries
Love Is War by Michael Aaron Brown
Love.Story by Renana Hancock
Lucky Devil by Marjory Kaptanoglu
Luke And Eric - Turns Out The Devil Is A Pretty Good Roommate by Charlie Purdom and Wayland Bell
MacGuffin by Cian McGarrigle
Man, Hitman, Henchman by James Lyons
Man With A Jinx by J.D. Corinis
Man's Best Friend by Brent Beebe
Mete Pete by Jeana Grady
Meet The Twittersons by Michelle Muldoon
Mime Sublime by T.C. De Witt
Miss Old Freshman by Ashley Ann Spears
Mitigated by Michael Flores
Mortal Kareer by Foad H.P. and Joe Vu
Mother Knows Best by Shane Perez
My Best Friend, Ben by Christina Jun
Nanny State by John Kestner
Nerds Rule, Jocks Drool by Scott Seiss & Angelo Skarlatos
Night Of The Liberals by George Graham
No Place Like Home by Andrew Riley
One Call by Noah Lang
Only Ugly On The Inside by Theresa Drew
On Pants by Jon Mennella
Petey Goes To The Fair by Irene Barnett
Pigeons by Robert Christian Frostholm
Presence Unknown by Ellie Schmidt
Price Check On Film Noir by Phil Clarke Jr.
Protection by J.J. McDowell
Psi-man & Cy-Man "The Dame" by Sarah Joynt Borger
Public Service Announcement by Amy Wiedmaier
Recovery by Jeremy Craven
Reel Sex by Alexander Naud
Relativity by Barrett Bowman
Remember Brighton by Michael Gibney
Rental Cars by Curtis Ray
Retained by Dana Whitney
Returning The Camera To Amanda Watts. by Andrew Stout & Dennis Budde
Second Chances by Mike Fardy
Second Coming by Zachary Polhemus
Secret Santa by Michael Raymond
Senior Town by Jim Bernfield
Sex And Violins by David M. Troop
Siren Song by Steve Marovitch
Sitcom Hell by Ciarán Mc Namara
Sobering Up: Learn The Signs by Madeline Olsen
Social Network Housing by Tanner Gillman
Soundtrack by Don Sano
Southern Justice by Amber Rapp
Standing Up by Erick Pausz
Superior Cable by Keith Carney
Tell My Story by Anne Marie DiNardo
The Adventures Of Jericho And Suede by Steven Sanders
The Alcoholist by Bradley Tangonan
The Big Game by Jim Williams
The Big Wad by Scott Pittock
The Bike Thief by John Heath
The Champ by Jason Noxon
The Code by Bill Wellborn
The Crazies by John Rae
The Exorcists by Brandon Kirby and Jessie Katz
The Fake by Jared Hillman & Matt Helfgott
The Fall Dude by Daniel Bridges
The Family by Kezia Brett
The Finkle Effect by Susan Whitting
The Frontier by Shannon Marinko
The Importance Of Sex Education by L. Elizabeth Powers
The Last Cubicle On The Left by Christopher O'Rourke
The Life by King Lippi
The Locker Room by Erik Gernand
The Making Of Prisoner's Dilemma by Jonathan Poland
The Mascot Fetish Ranch by Jeffery Stevenson
The Oblate by Gar Hoover & Beth Hoover
The Oxford Chronicles: Little Green Man by Collin Fowler
The Phallus Continuum by Mark Dubreuil
The Photo Op by Dan Leo Durkin
The Possessed Waiter by Marcus Kiehl
The Proposal by Diana Lee Woody
The Real Girlfriend Experience by Mike Corey
The Rough Patch or Happy Anniversary, Honey by Devjani Raha
The Second Coming Meets The Millenials by Brandon Rosin
The Talk by Tim Wen
The Teller by Dennis Hurley
The Will by Amelia Solomon
The Word by Brian MacEvilly
The Yearbook Detectives by Rafael Friedan
Tic by Linda Rumney
Tiffy And The Tortilla by Anita Azenet
Too Fat To Kill Myself by J. Hunt
Vladimir Putin: Hero Patrol! by Samuel M. Johnson
Wash Me by Gavin Hawk
We Banged Your Girlfriend by Kris Kuhn
Wet Shapes Telethon by Kati Skelton
What Ever Happened To Putrid Stink? by Michael Berkowitz
When I'm Gone Will Anyone Notice? by Lisa Hagen
When Santa Met Saul by Caitlin Fein
Where's My Dog? by Hester Schell
Whorefax: Sexual History Reports by Kevin Dembinsky
Writer's Retreat by Sabina Sattar
Young. Proud. Hopeful. by Stephanie Bousley
Z-Boy And The Revenants by Kevin Walsh
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