2016 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest Semifinalists Announced

Listed below are the semifinalists of the 2016  ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest, comprising the top 8% of entries received.

Congratulations to these writers, along with the quarter-finalists, and thank you to everyone who submitted. Stay tuned for the upcoming announcement of the grand prize winner here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages!

#2WeeksMax by Michael DeMartin & Nicole Stanton

#FlashedFiction by Carol A. Sabik-Jaffe

40 Something Love by Declan Butvick

After Party by Justin Green

Air Guitar Hero by Nino Abate

A Meeting in Seville by Paul Mendelson

Aspiration Date by Kelly Beck-Byrnes

Becoming Terpsichore by Susan Polk

Before Fathers by John Killoran

Berlin Is for Lovers by Rachel Upshaw

Billy & Ray by Mike Bencivenga

Call Me, Crazy by Bill Poore

Coffins & Chrysanthemums by Michael E. Bierman

Damn 18th Amendment by Alex Walker

Deadtention by Phil Fasso & Chris Cartusciello

Debbie the Viking by Graham Parke

Do the Rites Thing by Rosario Pellerito

Dressing Up by Nadia Selvaggi

Fomo by Michael Dunker

For Sale By Owner by Michelle Davidson & Jeffrey Field

Grass Monkeys by Matt Wildash

Green Carded by Kathy S. Yamamoto

GSOH by Paul Mendelson & Alan Moscowitz

Hoosier Daddy by Jeffrey R. Field

Hot Match by Marjory Kaptanoglu

In Search of an Ending by Paul Bissett

In the Matter of Isobel by Paul Mendelson

Junebug Day by Summer Johnson

Lies Jake Ryan Told Me by Jennifer Jackson

Lost Souls by Paul Mendelson & Alan Moskowitz

Metamorphosis by Prince Gomolvilas

Mom and Dad Must Die by Paul Mendelson & Alan Moskowitz

October Surprise by Jennifer Vandever

Pale Blue Dot by Alex Shifman

Penny Finch by Kelly Beck-Byrnes

Play Dirty by Jeff York

Podunk by Jared Jay Mason

Point and Shoot by Ben Bushell

Precious Little Snowflakes by Toby Schwartz

Project Green Card by Du Kirpalani

Prom Night Inferno by David Aslan

PTA Wars by C.K. Steefel

Rasta Ho-Tep: Rise of the Mummies by Peter Fraser

Reasons Not to be Dead by Riley Madincea

Rent A White Guy by Josh Hallman

Rocket Money by Joseph Baker

Sallywood by Xaque Gruber

School Nights by John Killoran

Simon Says by Lisa Hepner

Someone to Love by Jill Jaress

Tanked by Jackson Malle & Nick Roth

Test of Strength by Danny Baram

The Anklebiter by Andy Jones

The Big Damn Deal by Jeffrey R. Field

The Body by Sally Shepard

The Fake by Samuel Laskey

The Fixer-Upper by Fia Perera & Dava Krause

The Inve$tment Club by Jerrad Burford

The Mayor of Harlem by Bill Lee Brown & Edwonda White

The Monster of Perfect, California by Paul Sheridan

The Navigator by Carey Mark Watkins

The Pink Elephant by Lowell Jon Smith

Ungolden Child by Celene Paramo

Warpaint by Tom Freyer and Ann Kimbrough

Whacked by Darrell Costa & Frank Schultz

When a Boy Becomes a Man by Jeremy Dorfman

Would You Like an Extra Shot? by Johnny Griffith

Wurst Wedding by Todd Devon Smolar

Zenda by Paul Alexander & Paul Mendelson