2022 ScreenCraft Drama Competition Finalists

Listed below are the Finalists of the 2022 ScreenCraft Drama Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 1,600 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!
We are excited to share these amazing projects with our esteemed jury that includes: Carlos Aguirre (VP of Development for TV, Paramount Network), Ilayda Yigit (Literary Manger, MACRO), Alex Bloch (Literary Manager, 42), Jarrod Murray (Literary Manager & Producer, Epicenter), Jason Fong (Coordinator, Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society), Echo Matthews (Agent, UTA), and writer/producer Noah Evslin (GREY'S ANATOMY, NCIS: HAWAI'I).
Stay tuned for the Winner announcement on January 25th 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 Finalists:
Back Fires | Alex Blumberg |
Belvedere Gardens | Marisa Schley |
Beneath The Okanagan | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
Beyond Help | TIFFANY BARKER |
DETENTION | John Ferraro, Steve Coy |
EAT ME | Leslie Thomas |
Fairview | Mia Volta |
Major Hacker's War | Steve Blame |
Merciless | Corinna Jill |
PETA | Brent Delaney |
Philly Boys | Kevin Giles |
SIGNATURE | Jess McKillop |
Signature Photo | Michael Bucklin |
Soul Alley | Matt George |
The Academy | Brit Cowan |
THE APPLICANTS | Justin Ballheim |
The Broken Circle | Shawn-Caulin Young |
The Farrell Girl | Lyndal Simpson |
THE MEDÉA COMPLEX | Patricia Crespin |
The Money Game | Dylan Gallimore |
The Monsters of Saint Margaret | Rachel Stevens |
The Palest Blue | Matt McKinzie |
Tricolor | Sara Bresciani |
Underserved | Henrique Goncalves |
Uprising | Jeff Austin |
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