2018 ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists Announced
Listed below are the quarterfinalists of the 2018 ScreenCraft Family Screenplay competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from roughly 600 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting.
This year’s jury is comprised of development executives and directors from Pure Flix, Hallmark Movie Channel, and Sony's Affirm Films, manager Jewerl Ross of Silent R Management, and beloved four-quadrant husband and wife screenwriting team The Wibberleys.
Stay tuned for the upcoming announcements of the semifinalists and grand prize winners here and our Twitter and Facebook pages within the next few weeks! And if you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries in 2019, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.
Here are the quarterfinalists:
A Christian Carol | Shaun Radecki |
A Future Romance | John Martins III |
A Harrowing Week with Grandma | Lisa Doan |
A Heart That Forgives 2: The Battle Within | Ken Jenkins |
A Keepsakes Christmas | Rich Orstad |
A Moment with Monet | Greg Klapheke |
A Storybook Christmas | Carol Ayer |
Agape | Brandon Shenk |
Androo Kangaroo | Daniel Allen |
Arizona Sunrise | John Martins III |
Aroma of Love | Andreya Armstrong |
Art in Tandem | Elizabeth Blackmer |
At the Edge of the World | Eugene La Haye & Buster La Haye |
Badgarth's Promise | Daniel Doyle |
Benefit of Time | Katie Neuner |
Bigfeet | James Jennings |
Bloom | Kevin Murphy |
Bunny Love | Jessi Rita Hoffman |
Camp Hero | Joseph Kovler |
Campers Vs. Aliens | Matthew Baram |
Captain C! | John Paul Su |
Cat and the Trolls | Michael Amundsen |
Caterpillarland | Roxanne Beck |
Cherry Glass | Bruce Gadel |
Christmas in Dreamland | Stephen Dexter |
Christmas Present | Matt Ritchie |
Claus | Lindsey Gudritz |
Court Ordered Christmas | Sandy Silverthorne |
Cranes | Matt Lewis |
Crossing Open Ground | Ross Mayberry |
Daddy-o | Roger Stone |
Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor | Shelley Thompson |
DinoKids | Lisa Baile |
Doorway to Eden | Bryan Kelsey |
Dotty Campbell, Monster Hunter | Erin Hays |
Dragon Flute | Julie Bliss Umbreit |
Dysfunctional Family Oriented | Manuel Salazar |
Elfnapped | Richard Seidman |
Eternal | Nelson Roney Walters |
Fixer Upper Christmas | Gina Cresse |
Flea | Mary Martinelli |
George's Repair Store | Cinthia Procópio |
Get Some Chow | Jean Estevez |
Gospel Truth | Heather Denny |
Gotham Ghouls | Franck Benayoun |
Grandpa's Boot Camp | Katie Streicher |
Heart of a Mustang | Jalynn Venis & Margaret Evans |
Heaven is a Gated Community | Susan Jackson |
Horse Up a Tree | Terrance Lynam |
House of Fire | Peter Gazdag |
It's All in the Kiss | Marguerite Conradie |
Japanese For Baseball | Ray Keller |
Journey to Questica | Cristina Pippa |
Kaiju Rescue | Devon McBride-Wilson |
Kids Rule | Jill Gurr |
Land of the Forgotten Souls | Shirley Warke |
Lankster the Prankster | Cherell Williams |
Lark At Break Of Day Arising | Linda Gray & Mark Beech |
Letters to S.A.N.T.A. | Sonia Blangiardo & Brandon Goins |
Lost Family Found | Russell Johnson |
Lost Sheep | Frederick Jones & Shirlee Wilson |
Love Never Sleeps | KD Farris |
Lower Beings | Ervin Anderson |
Lunch Lady Land | Jordan Dale |
Mario's Story | Diane Young |
Meant to Be | George Escobar |
Missileman | George Escobar |
Mistaken Identity | Cherell Williams |
Model Home | Barbara Sundstrom |
Money Talks | Jeremy Gurvits |
Morningside | Elio Bernardo-Ruiz |
Mr. Unlucky | Tony Nichols |
Ms. Dad | Nate Gubin |
Muscle and Bark | Gina DeAngelis |
My Mother's More Neurotic Than Yours | Lynda Levy |
Ninja Mom | Ren Hanami |
Nonstop London: A Christmas Journey | Susan Jordan |
O'Malley's Critter Control | Michael J. McDonough |
Oggleswog the Dragon | Monique Amado |
Once Upon a Queendom | Joey Day Hargrove |
Once Upon His Shoe | Pamela Kay |
Otter Madness | Tia Devlin |
Over The Rainbow | Lucia Tarantino |
Peace Kid | Philip Suraci, Jr. |
Pericles and Ruth | John Martins III |
Pickett's Pride | Tess Card |
Pipsqueak | Kathi Wahed |
Pixylations | Joe Laudati |
Pomaika'i | Karl Simpson, Jr. |
Prince | Jim Stramler |
Protectors of the Playground | Rich Orstad |
Pull | Marc Messenger |
Puppy with a Purpose | Candy Fox |
Purgatory Creek | Chuck Pollycutt |
Rearranged | Zarna Garg |
Rescue Dog | Rich Orstad |
Runaway Cruise | Theodore Soderberg |
Safe Thus Far | Timothy Kernc |
Savannah | Wayne Thornley & Paul Ian Johnson |
Sea Change | Bruce Leaf |
Second Place Jake and the Soda Pop Kid | Stephen James |
Shooting Angels | R.W. Hahn |
Short Line | George Morgan & Tom Bleecker |
Sindone Treasure of Turin | Barbara Sundstrom |
Sleigh Bells and Sea Shells | Charles Murov & Will Spodnik |
So Completely | Gene Golus |
Space Case | Robin Brantley & David Brantley |
Space Homey | William Maxwell |
Stinky Feet and the Menehunes | Rich Figel |
Stone Cold Crazy Mother Trucker | Katterina Powers |
Storm Rider | Laverne Claddy-Acevedo & Kendra Acevedo |
Stumpy Comes Clean | Andy Watters |
Summer Wine | Marina Albert |
Super Nerd | Linda Smith |
Surviving 14 | Katie Streicher |
Suspended Dreams | Chris Staviski |
The Book of Wishes | Anna Scotti |
The Courageous Life of Jeremy Braxton | Emily Maroutian |
The Dragon's Hoard | Elizabeth Blackmer |
The Dragonologists | Alexandria Danya |
The Dream Stone | Dan Pavlik |
The Dreamer of Dreams | David Kushner & Joshua Bullock |
The Fight Is on | Keisha Jackson |
The Great Turkey Town Miracle | Steve Dini & E. Joren Christensen |
The Heart of a Tiger | SreyRam Kuy |
The In-Between | Eric Perchuk & Carly Okyle-Perchuk |
The Journey of Jefferson Lee | Mark Beech |
The Last Wild Indian | Heather Ragsdale |
The Layout | Rachel Weinhaus-Yarkoni |
The Legend of the Crown | Olivia McCarthy |
The Legend of The Five | Becky Head |
The Light Within | Simon Eidorson |
The Lonely Hero of Someplace Else | Michael Bruno |
The Method and His Madness | Mimosa Jones Tunney |
The Pirate Queen | Sarah-Kate Fenelon |
The Rainbow | Russell Koos |
The Redeeming Season | Patricia Crawford |
The Road to You | Amy Walker Molina & Kelli Cloud Barton |
The Shepherd's Guide to Love | Mary Huckstep |
The Sword Princess | Thomas Knight |
The Team | Keith M. Preston |
The Upside-Down Man | David Asmussen |
This Close | Marc Messenger |
Time And Space | Steven Prowse |
Training Taylor | April Miller |
Trapped | George Escobar |
True Brit | Rosemary Zibart |
Trust Your Caddypillar | Elan Maier |
Tweet | Victoria Morris |
Ty the Pie Guy: The Movie | Ty Freedman |
Underwood | Theresa Giese |
Walk by Faith | Ron Beverly |
Wanted | Duane Piedmont |
Where There Be Unicorns | Jeremy Bradford |
Wiretrap | Michael Magnotta |
Word Over Word | Tonia Davidson |
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