2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition Finalists

Listed below are the Finalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition. These exceptional projects were selected from almost 800 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!
We're excited to share these projects with our industry jury that includes: Zoe Howard (Literary Agent, Howland Literary), Erin Clyburn (Literary Agent, Howland Literary), Carly Watters (SVP and Senior Literary Agent, P.S. Literary), Kimberley Cameron (President, Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency), and Elizabeth Kracht (Literary Agent, Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency).
Stay tuned for the Winner announcement on April 5th on our blog and on our Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram 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:
Cynoflax | Charulata Sinha |
I Knew You Once | Vanessa Võ |
My Best Friend's Body | Zoe Kerr |
Night Shift | Mike Waterston |
Nurture | Jackie Fenn |
Rushford Recapitulation | Christopher Rose |
Sorry, Delivery | Paula Lennon |
The Burnt House (or, Colin and Cusatelli) | Jared Warner |
The Sound of the Summer | Eileen O'Donoghue |
Trees | Leanne Phillips |
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