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2022 ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists

by ScreenCraft on August 3, 2022

Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2022 ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 800 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Semifinalist announcement on September 7th on our blog and on our Twitter and Facebook pages! And if you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly.

Here are the Quarterfinalists:

"Just" Janie Porche
1-800-DIVORCE Mary Ann Rotondi
A FIRE INSIDE Richard Martin
A Town of Outlaws Adam Luff
Acid Gambit Michael Alter
Acid Reign: Into Fallout Season 1 Episode 1 Benjamin Wray
Across the Stars Tim Kontje
ANOMALY Dillon VanOort
Antarctica Ryan Lange, Alan Peery
APACHE Adam Seidel
Arcane Sebastian Watson
Arrow of Honor Robin Woldorf, Rik Center
As Time Goes By Jon Davis
At The Displeasure Of The President Brian Cohen
Away From All Suns Rian McNamara
Backwaters Jeffrey Craine
Barstow Abba Smith
Black Tiger Karl Mather
Blitzkrieg Follies Devin Toohey, Brian Whitaker
Blood and Dreams - "Complicit" Suzanne Griffin
BLOOD TELLS azusa ohno
BLOTTER HF Crum
Blowback Eric Murphy
Boze Opa (Evil Grandpa) Matthew Fahey, Joe Fahey
Breach of Trust Lee Lawson
BRICKBAT Mark Aaron Donnell
Broken Arrow Tommy Tang, Emma Van Slyck
BROTHER TROUBLE Mark Stouffer
Calamity Nile Seguin
Captain Blood Kate Imy
Catch The Fly Michael Bezushko
Centenarian Eric Han
Chaos Rising Kyron McDermott
CHASE AND DRAGONS Stephen Knox
Chivalry George Alexanian
Class Warfare Alan O'Brien
Collision of Duty Jermaine Jones
CONTAINED Monte Williams
Copiapo G K
COPYCAT Cory Marciel
Crab Walkers Toneata Martocchio
CryptoCamp - Inciting Chaos Carmen Nevant
Cyberia Danny Baram
Dark Holds Marko Josic
Dead Man's Hand Austin Ellsworth
Death Waits In The Dark Tom Levesque
DEEP CUT Joel Jensen
Dogs of War Jamaul Phillips
Domino Justin Dec
El MATADOR VOLUME II: GUERRILLA WARFARE        Thomas Oliver Hand
Eleanor Patrick Emralino
ENEMIZATION Felix Halim
Eviscerator Haven Johnson
EYEFUL Howard Fridkin
Fast Cache Jon Barton, Isaac Tomiczek
Finding Alexandria Sy Huq
Fist of the Four Winds Hayden Parsley
Floating Laura John Anthony Celona
FLYTRAP Justin Ballheim
Foreign and Domestic Sean Slater
Forty Niner Patrick Alexander
Freedom World Willie Ying
GIRL AT THE END OF THE WORLD Dillon VanOort
Go Darts Tim Corrao
Go to Hell Alex Sosin, Chris Courtner
Godspeed Simon Sorrells, Casey Nelson
Gorgon Richard Humphries
GRAY SHADOW Laura Kirk
Gridlock Pat Alexander
Gridlocked Martin Wilson
Gunpowder Janusz Bocian
Guns of Perdition Jim Spivey
HALOS-1301 Jason Baffa
Happy Birthday! Nathan Cowan
He's Not Dead! Sean Stapp
Heirlooms Matthew Kelcourse
HEIST/HEIST Takeo Hori
Hel, the last saga: The Series  Orso Vesperini, Terry Newman, Carole Starcevic, Toby Osborne
Her Majesty Keith Saltojanes
Here For You Michael Buonocore
High Sierra Kathryn Cehrs
Honeymoon Vlad Vesa
HOUSE OF ETHER_script JD Wallace, Jennifer Donohue
How To Steal A Kingdom Valerie Bartholatus, Jessica Bartholatus
In the Eye of the Storm William Young
IN THE SICK Edward James Anderson
Into The Ether Steve Brown, Robert Rogers
Invaders! Deven Spencer
IRON MAIDEN Travis J. Opgenorth
IRON SULTAN Jamaul Phillips
Jacked Pablo Briz
Jason Zheng and the Golden Bonze Sergio Pintore, Daryl Well
John of Sherwood Tom Richard Santos
Kandlestick Men Frank Monteleone
Knuckles William Federal
KRONOS Ken West
Land Of The Free Cody Beavers
LAWLESS -- Diary of a Fixer_Script JD Wallace, Jennifer Donohue
Lawyers, Guns & Money Will Kent
Legends of Tíshíā Joshua Redfield
Loaded Cannons Matt Corluka
Lost Knife Sam Lu
Luna Eric Han
MAX 101 - Edge of Forever Sam Lu
McCoy Kat Bosworth
Mescalero Anderson Boyd
MIND BLOWN Paul Jarnagin
Minutes to Midnight Jack Wickliffe
Moonscope Dave Fein
Mustang Gordon Phipps
Nat Cady's Boys Harris McCabe
NIGHT LODGE Farzin Farzam
Nightmare Eel Scott Kirkpatrick, Erin Zukowski
NINTH Christopher O'Bryant
No Code of Conduct Martin Taylor
No Greater Sin Joe Favalaro
No Sin Greater Shannon Kornelsen
Nobody's Heroes Michael Elliott
Oasis Eric Han
OF ALL THE GAMES Ellis Bahl
Off-Label Thomas Schrack
Once Upon A Time In Australia Storm Ashwood
Once Upon a Time in Lincoln County Dustin Drye
Operation Stormy Martin Bernard Foley
ORAC ELLE Frank Monteleone
Outlaws of Contrition County Sam Ball
Overseas Carlton Welch
PALADIN George Ducker
Panay Reprisal Jeffrey Seay
Paper Money Addison Proctor
Parents and the Sleeper Andrew Kimler, Paige Barr
Partners In Crime William Weinbrenner
POWDER Ria Fend
PSYCHOPAST Joseph Capp
Purity Sterling Robert Gallagher
QUEENS Jamaul Phillips
Radical Zack Redmond
Reign Supreme C J Parker, Jon Taylor
Ruggers Ned O'Connor
Sacrilege Stephen Czerwinski
Saints and Simulacrums Alex Arabian
Saints and Sinners Brit Cowan
Samurai West Carlos Gabriel Ruiz
SANCTUARY Mehul Desai, Levar Kelly
SATORI PETER KAUFMAN
SAVAGE PLANET Cory Marciel
Savvy? Pilar Gibson
Scarlet Amanda Mortlock
Scoundrels Spenser Thelonious Harrison, Joe Rosenbloom
SEAL Team '76 Takeo Hori
Secret of the Ghost Killer Natalie Phillips
Seeking Refuge Ligia Storrs Rojas, Justin Storrs
Shentu Across the Ages Allen Wu
Shoot Chris Flora
Sidetracked Ed Gillow
SILVER Heather Kennedy
Sirens Vendetta Antoine Mizel
Sisters of Mercy Andrew Ilitchev, James Myers
Skpow! Stephen Notley, Dwayne Martineau
SKUN Donn Kennedy
Slim & Nun Brandon Burkhart
Slush Turtles Celia Ramsey
Snakes On A Ten Car Train Stephen Krespel
Spectre Six Wally Lurz
Spies, Lies, and Lovers JD Wallace, Jennifer Donohue
SPY GAMES Brian MacGregor
STATION OMEGA Jordan Vogeney
Storming Fort Knox Michael Hahn
Sumo Eli Johnson
Super Zeros Jaye Blohm
Suraya's War Andy Patrizio
Survivor Duty Kyle Curry
Sutton Holler Tennessee Martin
SYNERGY Andrew Frank
Tackle & Bait Genevieve McDevitt
TARO: Legend of Japan Blue Spruell
Templar Martin Taylor
Ten Texan Outlaws Ian Martin
THE APPLICANTS Justin Ballheim
The Astronaut's Daughter Michael Hahn, Elisabeth Meurer
The Blue Nile Richard Bailey
The Book of Blix Danny Baram
The Boy on the Cover Elizabeth Savage Sullivan
The Dame Everett Fox
THE FIRST GENTLEMAN Mark Gunnion
The Guardian of Eden Chelsea LeRond
The Harpooner Joe Mello
The Hazard Room Mike Cymanski
The Horse Killers Josh Flanagan, Ben Hurst
The Isle of Thom Christopher Mancuso, Richard Miller
The Lady Luck Nuki Williams
THE LAST STUNT Elizabeth Weigandt
The Last Travelers Darrell McGregor
The Library of Forgotten Technology Mari Winther
The Long Dark Climb Colin Francis Costello
The Missing Man Michael Price
THE NIGHT WATCHMAN Thomas Gaunt
The Once and Future Earth Will Saunders
The Order Jon Cohen
The Palaeontologist Ross Peacock
The Patriot Program Derek Dobson
The Pirate Queen Nora-Jane Noone
The president's daughter Sylvie Beaudin
The Rainy Day Fund Patty McCarthy
The Streamer Chadwick Shreeves
THE SUCK Casey Costello
The Táin Luke Hart-Moynihan
The Traveler Peter Wiseman
The Unseen Shiva Ramanathan
The Walrus-Man Evan Gwynne
The Woman With No Name Jesse Sherwood
The X-Presidents Hudson Phillips
THEY CAN ONLY KILL US THRICE Brian King
This Is My Brother Brent Minderler, Jesse James Dean
Three Tripp Allen
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Pierce Young
TRUE BLUE PILOT Jamaul Phillips
Tusk James King
Two Lane Forever Andrew Jenner
Under Dark Waters Jeff Nowak
Undercover Deceptions Richard F Russell, Anton Jokikunnas
UNION Marc Moody
Verité Billy Hanson
Victor, The Wild Child of Aveyron - The Musical! Marc Moody
War in the Blood Josh Flanagan
Warbird Claus Schive
Warlord Nathan Fleetwood
Westward Sunrise Rob Carieri
Wheeler Marshall Seese, Jr., Van Jensen
X/WIND Richard Pohl
XS Daniel Hogan
You Worry Me Abigail Bloom, Laura Huie
ZOE MADDOX AND THE LEGEND OF BAOSHAN David Bold

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