2022 ScreenCraft Comedy Competition Semifinalists

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2022 ScreenCraft Comedy Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 2,000 submissions. Congratulations to these writers!
Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on July 27th 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.
Here are the Semifinalists:
...And Questioning | Owen Boardman |
1-800-BAD-GUYS | Steven Fisher |
17 Deep in The Buffalo | Josh Breitfeller |
2nd Horse | Steven Tobiasz |
A PERSON OTHER THAN GRUNT | Christopher Branch |
Archibald Capital | David Drandorff |
Arthur & Lancelot | Victoria Zeutzius |
Asha from Earth | Sunny Karnan |
Atlantis Attacks | Hayden Black |
B.Z.P.D. | Brian Ernst |
Be Bold! | Ruby Mainieri |
Best Life Ever | Tina Gandhi, Sarah Weale |
Beth vs. Bensonville | Ryan Luong |
Black Mormon | Eric Stroud, Rory Kulz |
Blue Comedy | Vincent Accettola |
BRODUCERS | Teri Fruichantie, Noah Applebaum |
Butterfly High! | Matt Stephens |
Celebrity Chef | Anthony Petito, Joe Petito |
Chameleon | Ariane Hahusseau |
Chaos Becomes Us | Rachel Rios |
Charlie's Pub | Keith Macri |
Crips | Brian Koukol |
Cuffing Season | Jon Bershad |
Dad Tokes | Anthony Rea III |
Dearly Beloved | Max Pepose |
Death Death | Marissa Ruben |
Devil Woman | Chelsea Rivera |
Dick 2.0 | Henry Sarwer-Foner, Noel Baker |
Drive Away | Zach Grossman, Sasha Grossman |
Fat Jesus | Kyle Leland |
FMK | David jacks |
For The Boys | Michael Lackos |
Forever Love | Sean Reidy |
Friendmance | Olivia Haller |
Glory Glory | Ethan Judelson |
Go Darts | Tim Corrao |
Gurus | Isaac Flattau |
Gus Klowndaemon: Children's Entertainer | Graham Johnson |
Hillbilly Bath | Lauren Kleeman |
Holy Hell | Nora Alameddin |
Hopped | Narineh Tahmasebian |
HUMBUG | Chris Colpitts |
Hypnotic | Sam Peter Jackson |
I'm Not Okay, I Promise | Sam Mazany |
Jenkins and Watts: Paranormal Attorneys At Law | Michael Brennan |
JENNIFER'S LAST STAND | Heather Kennedy |
Kiki's Kingdom | M.M. Kagan |
Love or Money | Sean Bocardo |
MARIA, PI | Debra Treviño |
Materni-tease | Christopher Backs |
Monster Cops | Matt Harry |
Mr. Shaky-Choky | Danny Galvin, Brad Pike |
Murder Marina | Zeyne Guzeldereli |
My Ex's Guardian Angel | Alexia Verbeke |
My Nigga | Camille Cruz |
NANNIES | Simone Norman |
No Such Thing | Chad Oliver |
NOT SAFE FOR WORK | Colin O'Brien |
Off Color | Tapan Sharma |
Old Patrol | Kevin Jordan |
Outside the Garden | Benjamin Lewis |
P's in a Pod | Alex Pires |
Phoebe Saves the Day! "Phoebix, Arizona" (Pilot) | Mike O'Neill |
Pineapples in the Winter | Kelly Buchanan |
Publicity | Wayne Wiggins |
Punk Bitch | Taylor Berger |
Reaper, Inc. | Kristen Angonese |
Scout's Honor | Helene Griffin |
Silver Spoon | Lucy Porter |
Squire | Colin MacLeod |
Standby | Patrick Tierney |
SWIRL | Jamaul Phillips |
TAPPED | Sarah Martellaro |
The Announcer | Jacob Chattman |
The Break up Brigade | Avery Koenig |
The College A Cappella Sad Boy Confidence Show | Colin Petersdorf |
The Dangerous Derangements of Doc Halloween | Nick Hurwitch |
The Documents! | Johnny Cruz |
The First Michael | Michael Buonocore |
The Making of Backwards Faces | Chris Aresco |
The Man Who Knew Poe | Steve McGrath |
The Trib (Pilot) | Dan Glaun |
The Very Last Ponderosa | Zebidiah Millett |
Three Husbands, Please! | Mack Ogden |
Time And Space | Steven Prowse |
Titters | Erica Rose, Ali Clayton |
TUD | Cole Fremed |
Twenty5 | Shalice Coutu |
Uneducated | Octavia Clahar |
UniCorps | Thomas Bell |
Upward Dog | May Wilkerson |
Useless Bay | Nathaniel Moher |
Vacationland | Natalie Rand |
Welcome To Thystle | Mike Carreon |
Yesterday's News | Chris Rose, Neil Garguilo |
Young Grandma | Annie MacKinnon |
Your Dad's Girlfriend | Rachel Napoleon |
Youth and Asa | Jordan Schiff |
ZOO-MANS! | Jeremy Wadzinski |
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