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2023 ScreenCraft Comedy Competition Quarterfinalists

by ScreenCraft on May 31, 2023

Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Comedy Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 2,300 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Semifinalist announcement on June 28th 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 Quarterfinalists:

"Authorship" Russell Paris
"MEET ME AT THE END OF THE WORLD" Ori Kowarsky
1876! Damion Adams
2060 Lindsay Kent
26th and Cal Ben Berkman
A Brat Blooms in Bushwick Judd Schlossberg
A Dog's Life Sammy Leach
A Girl's Guide to Vampirism Jack Aupperle
A More Perfect Union Jonathan Weisbrod
A.A. and The Ghosts Onil Lad
ACTING TEACHER Montana South Dakota
Adapted for Outer Space Justin Spiegel
Adolescents Joel Michalak, Andrea M. Jensen
Adult Baby Genius Lori Chandler
Adulting Kaleigh Fitzgerald
Adventures in Serial Killing John Munn
Aim Me Sandi Jerome
Alex and Her: A Great Story David Dorman, John Knight
Alexi I Alex Murawski
Am I? Alex Smith
Amalgam Erez Mossek
American as Fuck Jazz Mann, Ravi Kamble
American Awesome Mike Gerbino
Americool Tim Janas
Andi Lake Has Things To Do teri elam
Any Given Sundae Jackson Davies
Anything Serious Francisco Castro
Apocalypse Later J.W. Hendricks, Madison Crews
Apocalypse Not Samantha Silver
Arts, Crafts, Time & Space Michael Beddoes
ArtWorks Jeffrey Meyer
Assisted Living Charlie Griffin
Astronaut Angel Kevin Sterling
Aunt Flo Justin Rubner
Aviations Anonymous - "Co-Pilot" Luciano Mendez
Backsliding Bill Kelman
Bad News Lane José Luís Lopes
BALK Gabriel Santi
Ball Don't Lie Isaiah Mouw
Bankers Sparky Truman
Bar Hop Zach Grossman, Sasha Grossman
Barbara the Barbarian Des Burnison
Bat Sh*t Debbie Billy Abraham
Baxter's Brain Walter Jacobson
Beach Patrol Sarah Larkey
Beard ismail hysam
Beaverton Alexander Dagley
BEFORE 420 Jeffrey Ching
BEINTEINN VALTÝSSON AND MÆJA MÖLLER SAVE ICELAND. Einar Gunn
Bent Out Of Shape Sheri Flanders
Best New Artist Ryan Luong
Bible Park MEGAN SASS
Bite Me Andy Palmer
Black Apples Daviesha Rice
Blenders Kenneth Mosley
Blood Sisters Sera Barbieri, Heather Barbieri
Blue Lobsters Daniel Powell
Bodice Rippers Laura Mannino
Boil the Ocean MATT LINTON
Boiling Points Kevin Nguyen
BOOMERANG scott cramer
BOSS B!T@# Brandon Myhan
Bowie in Birmingham Nick Griffiths
Brave John Burns John Biolsi
Brew Kimberly Dilts
Broke Eat Pray Love Shakira Paye
Bros Before Hoes Shane Anderson
Brother of the Bride Connor Reveley
Bug Nuts Stephen Polakiewicz
Bully Bottom Hadley Carpenter
Bumblefuck Lindsay Heiman
Bust Leah Bleich
C.O.R. - Lift Off Ross & Alex Donewald
Camouflage and Lipstick Lawrence Daly
Camp Cody Brantley
Camp Murder Jaden Curtis
Camp S.L.A.Y. Joel Michalak, Andrea M. Jensen
Cancel Me avery koenig
Canceled Ansuya Nathan
Cancer Culture Becky Braunstein, Brianna Barrett
Carnegie's Call Ryan Skinner
Central Baggage Dan Taft
Charles Darwin in Charge Ben Gottlieb
Chasers Justin Spiegel
Chasing Love Rebecca Glazer, Marianne Gilles
CHASING SHADOWS Tony Ferrendelli, Kim Turner
Chinatown Eyes Kathy Tao
Chosen Ryan Manns, Jocelyn Manns
Chris and Dave Christopher Agnew
Chronic: A Comedic TV Series Mary Lemmer
Chrumbs Aubrey Maddock
Circle Yes or No Kym Mosley
Circus of Smiles Allen Wu
Class Act Kate Leslie
Clean Sweep Isabelle Davis
Clown Oliver Silver
Coffee Boy Daniel Siegelstein
Colette Steve Coy, Marie Bertonneau
Come Again Marshall Seese, Jr.
Come As You Were Aidan Kilpatrick, Christopher Loeber
Confidence Joel Michalak
Cool Boy Andrew Wailes
Cool New Town Julie Sharbutt
Crash and Burn Iam Typn
Cream City Chris Osterndorf
Crowdpleaser Bill Kelman
Cub TV Kevin Eis
Culty Melissa Balint
CurioCity Maxwell Gay, Tucker Flodman
D*ckh*le Jacob Stuebs
Daddy Baby Phillip Roquemore
Daddy Issues Justin Viar
Daphne and Althea Save Greece LeeAnn Patrick, Daniel Shinners
Dead Cthulhu Waits Dreaming Connor Farrell
Dead Woman Walking Samuel Hutchison
DEAD-END JOB Alison Lynch
Deadbeat Fantasy Duncan Dwyer
Death to all Weebs Alexia Verbeke
Death's Daughter Sunny Karnan
Destination Layover Olivia Nam
Día de las Carpas Marina Kato
Diary of a Teenage Lesbian Marina Pavoncelli
DICK Omeed Boghraty
DIE FOR ME Oliver Kent
Dire Transfers Nate Suppaiah
Disruption Hunter Patterson
Doctor Babies Annie Sicherman
DOG MOM Tamra Teig
Doomsday Blade Masters Kevin Gillese
DOWN & OUT Nick Madson
Down To Earth Declan Shrubb, David Trajanoski
Downhill Nicholas Schmid
Driver's Ed Hayley Zablotsky
EASY GAME David Bass
EAT ME Leslie Thomas
Eloise at the Crossroads Peter R. Feuchtwanger
Emery & Ellsworth Make a Picture Madi Stine
Errant Good Matthew Lucas
ESCAPE FROM JURY DUTY Alan Larson
Estate of the Art Ellen Lewis
Eternally Yours Lou Wollin
Even Better Valerie Hurt
F*ckin' Palm Springs Kathleen Krauland, Bryan Chesters
FAKE Vana Medeiros
Fantasma Anneliese Farrer
FANTASY Grace Marlowe
Fashion Apocalypse susan berman
Fatal Family Hilary Schwartz
Featured Extra George O'Connor, Diana Porter
Feudal Jared Duryea
Finding Alison's Playbook Andrew Judge
First Ex Amy Sleper
First Man Sandi Jerome
Fisheye Pilot Dien Sun
Foodie for Love Nicole Torre
For-Profit Derry Fan
Free Chickie Liz Lachman
Freeze Alexandra Dell
Fricasso TIZIANA GIAMMARINO
Gentrifried Max Marcus
Going Nowhere Matthew Davis
Golden Views Lorin Williams
Good Con/Bad Con Joshua Redfield
Good F*ck Charm Isabelle Davis
Good Graces Hal Kirkland
Good News Gary Chad Hutson
Goodbye Everybody Benjamin Lewis
Grateful Thankful Blessed Alex Taylor Eldridge
Gumshoe Brooklyn Jordan Obey
H.O.A. Jon Wierenga, Jay Thomas
Hafrocentric - Girl, Interrupts Juliana "Jewels" Smith
Half and Half Ruby Morgan
Half-Cocked Jason Phillips, Theo Poling
Hangers On Sylvia Park
HAPPY CAMPERS Michi Broman
Happy Yet? Laura Gray
Hard Feelings Michelle Farhang
HARD TIME Nick Pappas
HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT BRAINS, TOO... (not a sequel) brian murphy
He Will Be Missed Josh Folan
Headwinds Noah Miller
Heartless Romantic Keegan Duncan
Hearts on Fire Ryan Frances-Wright
Heaven Forbid Lia Nies
Hebrew School Dropout Josh Hyman
HERE WE GO AGAIN James Ward III, Bryon Starks
Hey Hun Liz Galvao
High Grades Zac Musolino, Cass Dennis, Ruby Davis
High Heels Story Lily Ho
Higher Ground Pamela Ryckman
History Tycoon Amanda Pastunink
Ho Era Margaux Susi
HOBO GROVE Gary Graves
Hollywood Cannibals Chad Wellinger
Horny Devil Missak Artinian
Hostage Party Jesse Nowakowski
Hotel Marie Rachel Bailey
How Many Licks?: "Trial By Error" (Pilot) Brennan Howard
Huge in Japan Kayla Rosenberg
Human Stalk Nil Unerdem
HUMOR ME Tracy Curtis
Humpster Dumpster Lane Unsworth
I Told You So Brian "Crusty" Horgan
In The Heart Of America Jordan Cooper
Influence Laura Han
Injured Megan Mazer
InstaGraham Harry Borland
Invent Hard Janne Pulkkila
It Wants To Feed Elvis Wilson
It's a Long Long Way to Tipperary Rick Hays
It's All Been Done Laura Becker
It's Complicated Maggie Callis
It's Only Us Will Beaby
It's Over Emily Bernard
IVG Christopher Backs
Izzy Victoria Lu
Jan's Awakening Julia M. Sauder
Jenkins and Watts: Paranormal Attorneys At Law Michael Brennan
Jerusalem Idol Lewis Papier
Jesus Rocks Cindy Shiner
Johnny Arrow Paddy Roberts
Judy's search for God Dave Wade
K-Poparazzo Max Werkmeister
Kids Today Unnamed
Killer Vegans Soni Benson, Jamie Benson, Dirk Rogers
KILLING SQUIRREL CREEK (A Howard Sterling Mystery) ERIK HOWARD
Kindred Spirits Suzanne Paschall, Bryan Howell
Kitten David Bell
L.A.'s Best John Wojturski
Lady Player Jenna D'Angelo
Lady Problems Harriet Weaver
Last Stop Richard Doyle
Late Date Denise Widman
Lazarus Pamela H. Leahigh
Lefty Gabriel A. Perez
Leonard Darrell McGregor
Lessons in Kissing Brazilian Boys Jenna St. John
Level Up Daniel G. King
Liaisons Callum Wratten
Life with Nonna Lesley Fera
Lindy Thompson Wants to be a Star Kayla Lanzalaco, Flynn Nicholls
Little Deutschland Jordan Prescott, Matt Tribble
Little Muse Bass Fall
Living Your Best Wife teri elam
Local Moguls Pilot: The Thickening Michael Winters
Locals Only SAMUEL ANGELO
Long Shot Carrie Herrera, Chris Cordola
Loose Threads Erick Pausz, Christopher Semel
Lost & Found Mickey Petrusaitis
Lost Years Eloise McKenzie
Love Fool Zina Kresin
LOVE HANDLES Matt Mitchell, Ben Hirschhorn
Lucy Campden Ali Calamari
Lucy Lopez Sells Her House Kylie Murphy
Lunar Surfers Jonathan Wax
Lunatic Sally Pitts, Ryan Gaumont
Maisy Meredith Strangfeld
Making Friends Lochlann Dowd
Mall Girl Mitchell Nance
Man of a House Pablo Velez, Anthony Guilianti, Dave Bobb, Inés Del Castillo
Manhunt: The Day That Changed Everything Amaka Orji
Maria the Defiant: A Comic Adventure in Six Chapters Robert Carter
Martina Baltimore P. Jenkins
Marty's Muff Madness David Testerman, Glenys Simz Dube
Match Masters Casey Dunn
McBucket List Kirk Young
MEAN SECRETARIES Susan Ferrara
Medicated Sharon Kadosh
MEME GIRLS Matthew Manson
Men Are From Venus C. Pendergast
Merry Christmas from Mud Mountain Michael Buonocore
Mid-Aughts Rachel Gulotta
Midterm Crunch Amy M Fiedel
Monstrous We May Be Emmy Herzog
Mr. & Mr. Tanaka Neil Tinkham
Mr.Christmas Maddy Hillis & Corina Bizim
Multiplex Jennifer Milne
Murder on Ice Danielle Dallas Roosa
Murder Wives Maya Florin
Musicality Sophie Wentzel-Lewis
My Dad's Harder Than Your Dad Nathan Cox
MY DEAD DAD - TV Pilot Hour Long Allison Del Franco
Nan's Guide to Retirement Teresa Bass
Narayana Neurosis karan talwar
Naughty Darlings Trey Burnette
Netflix And Kill Kelly Fulton, Paul Fulton
Never Let Go Raven Petretti
Nip It in the Bud Elissa Hunter
No Matter What James Love
No Mirrors Brian Lustig
No One Wants Us Yagmur Tok
Nudie Mag Kevin Dembinsky
Obviously, Aliens Jennie Goloboy
OLD FARTS Erik Potempa
OLD MONEY Nicholas Wenger
On the Sidelines Mark Greene
Once Upon a Proposal Marcus Ellsworth, James Creighton
Once We Were Kings Chloe Borenstein-Lawee
Once, In a Dry Season (or My Big Gay Divorce) Howard Schreiber
One Good Man Elizabeth Musgrave
One Lousy Mistake Dave Wade
One Night At The Livingston Evelyn Anna Danciger
One Night In Newark Olivia Mayberry
Only Pedestrian in LA Kana Felix
Otherworld, NJ Matthew McLachlan
Our Huge Auspicious Indian-Chinese Wedding Rachel Hong
Our Invincible Kindness brian wapole
Our Lady of Hollywood and Vine-"The Wow Factor" Jacqi Bowe
Our Savior, Traxor Roderick Kashani
Out of Tune Caleb Moran
Out of Water Madi Stine
PA Nation Verena Puhm
Parallel Piece Matthew Woods
Party Bully Talisa Friedman
Party Lines Sean Bloomstine
Peasant Food Connor Savage
Peckerwoods or The ~Somewhat~ Historically-Accurate Account of the Kentucky Outlaw known as Bud Thacker Chance Sparks
Pet Vet & Crematory Justin Casselle
Pi's Caleb Levine
Pig & Bear Tommy Heleringer
Pink Shirts Caleb York
Play Date Jim Cushinery
Please Be Offended David Heiman
Poe & Co. Detective Agency Mindy Strouse
POLES APART Alessandra Brook
Poster Boy Justin Carter
Power Couple Ari Donnelly
Powerless Chris Laughton
Premium Economy Michael Harris
Pro-Tem Carol Ray Hartsell
PUNK MOMS Kate Rappoport, Nicky Urban, Julia Bartlett
Q42! Steph Farber
QLC Marnie B., Clayton Fletcher
RABBIT HOLE Laurie Hartung
Raccoonigans Sheena Santamaria
RAGEMAN! Joel Svendsen
Re-Gifted Joel Michalak
Rebound Hanna Safar
REMIX Sean Boring
RETIRED gODS Mark Labella
Reverse Course Gregory Cohen
Rock 'Til You Die Adam Allen
Rock and Roll Scott Peterman, Cat Davis
Rooted Hadley Houck
RoTC Sejal Moosapeta
RUDY'S CHRISTMAS REVENGE Joanne Bellew
Rumford Nick Roth
Rumspringa Break Jeremy Padow
Run for the Hills Troy Deutsch
Sadist Jennifer Anderson
Salvaged Julie Sharbutt
Sam and Kaya Shannon Brady
Sanctuary Richard Bethea
Saturn Return Mallory Sparks
Scapegoat Olivia Lee
Scatterbrained George Petersen
SCOUTS Mackenzie Sammeth
Scramp Valley Nat Swyer
Sean and Jade Eric Vanders, Anthony Cusumano, Holly Souchack
SECRET SANTA Ryan W. Smith
SECRET SECOND FAMILY Jen Howell
Seed Money Logan Stone
Sellout Jabari Howard
Senioritis Nate Dillon
Serious Laughs Aaron Sutch
She's The Man Callie Waligora
SHIRLEY'S CAPITAL Gail Joy Stewart
Sick & Tired Nelson Downend
Sidekicks Jot Sahi
Sierra Hotel Matthew Coffern
SILICON SALLY Ellen Ancui
Sincerely, Ida Sofia Dillenberger
Single White Aussie adrian tripodina
Six Assholes Kevin Barry
Sludge Kevin Barry
Smallwood DAVID PAGE
Snake Oil David Salisbury
Sofa So Good Jonathan Smith, Dora Tsepa
Son of a Sheriff Travis Davidson
Speak English Kieran Angelini
SPECIAL AGENTS BRIAN PRACHT
SPINSTERS Aurie Ceylon
Springtime for Mashinsky Joshua Jashinski, Rob Stevens
Spy Bros Jared Pettit, Jason Felix
Squatters James Barnes
Standby Patrick Tierney
Star Elite Lisa Lutes
Stay Up Late Jenna Lafferty
Stick Straight Tara Mark Rosenblum
Stone Age Pallavi Yetur
STONE IN LOVE Jerrad Burford
Stonewall Alex Reinach
STOP & GO Gail Barrick
STRAYA Rosaleen Cox
Strike Three Spencer Cohen
Study Abroad Nick Grimes
Stuntwomen Emily E. Ellis
Sugar Baby Russell Bailey
Sydney Steven Tobiasz
Take My Wife, Please Joe Amadon
Take the Cake Julie Chernesky
Talk Black Destiny Macon
Talk Like Somebody's Listening Ryan Costello
TEETH ben hartland
Tell Me More Tomorrow David Sajadi
TEST THIS!! Gregory Corrado, Rick Wernli
The American Hoax Collin Gilbert
The American Oligarchy Alison Greene
The Arc of Joan Marla S Billings
THE ART OF ENTERTAINMENT Montana South Dakota
The Art of Mindlessness Derek Arnold
THE ATHENIANS Zachary Levine
THE BACKUP PLAN Jake Hulse
THE BALLS BRADLEY JACOBS
THE BINKSTER Lawrence Goldman
The Boca Shuffle Tod Klinger
The Bridal Party Ben Mansbridge
The Building Adam Ganser
The Burg Jack Cherry
The Chancer Fiona Graham
The Christmas Adam Ullberg
The Comeback Adam Sutherland
The Compatriots Spencer Cohen
The Cursing Tree Nan Schmid
The Death of John David Binetta Claire Guinan
The Devil Went Down To Disco Red Davis
The Envy of Ledd Gary Irons
The Essential Male Mike O'Neill
The Fake Fischmans Dan Amernick
The Final Rose Jenna Lafferty
The Flat Earth Lunch Club Benjamin Goodall, Andrew Sansom
The Flipping of House Cannibal Phillip Rogers
The Foundling Oliver Morgan
The Garfield Guy Jeff Longsworth
The Grad Assistant Candler Proffitt
The Great Glorious Kingdom of Ückerburg Jorge Moratal
The Handoff Ariel Palin
The Heartbreak Club Riley Scott, Hilty Bowen
The Hopeful Romantic Marissa Ziets
The Idlers Daniel Van Nostrand
The In-Between Times Megan Mazer
The Khans Ben Caro
THE LAST DAYS OF THE CHURCH OF THE STARSEED Andrew Matthews
The Late Night Club Kirsten Koedding
The Laugh List Myron John Tataryn
The Legend Of Eleanor Clark Thomas Wood
THE LIFT Rick Mallett
The Long View Len Uhley
The Montclairs Justin Thomas , Lucas Mills, Jonny Svarzbein
The Muppets' Great Galactic Adventures Kimberly Turner, Tony Ferrendelli
The Nethermead Evan Allgood
The Night Shift Kristina Grosspietsch
The People Team Jonathan Weisbrod, William Stribling, Russ Nickel
The Perfect Match Leka Gopal
The Pirate Delivery Service Nastassia Duval
The Politician Khadija Diakite
The Practice Marriage Stewart Fergus
The Pyramid Frank Buttafarro
The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High Laurie Ann Crompton
The Return of Jesus Jim Rothman
The Santa Claus Fairy Tale dominick tambasco
The Seahorse Nick Logsdon
The Sh!t Can frederic marsanne
The Short Bus Matthew Saio
The Showrunner Ben Carter Olcott
The Silent Spy Speaks Out Lawrence Davidson
The Skipper Telsyn Doucette
The Substitutes Stephen Krespel
The Sugar Baby Daniel Ehrlich
The Tabby Emily McGregor
The Thrower Graham Rich, Frankie Bourne
The Understudy Dan Aho
The Wrestling Show JULIE HARRISON-HARNEY
There's No Christmas Like Show Christmas Taylor Coriell
Thick Skin Natalie Zimmerman
Things To Do Before We Die Tristan Rodriguez
This End Up Mike Ackerman
This Is A Nightmare - Pilot Maggie Smith
This is Hillview Kushagra Kundra
THIS IS NOT THE END Tomas Fleck
Three Sheets to the Wind Thomas Schrack
Three Unwishes Troy Graham
Tiki Bar Funeral Home Amy DePaola
Time Janitors Ryan Manns, Jocelyn Manns
Tin Can Alley Thomas Schoch
TITO DT Houston
Ton-O-Fun Zachary Newbrough
Tonight Tonight Danny Wascou
TOO HORRIBLE TO MENTION Rob Gruen
Topher & Nate & The Invaders From Mars Ryan Dooley
Touchwood Amy Charlesworth
Toxic Jackie Mahoney
TOXIC. Colin Lawrence
Trashy Chelsea Marshall
TREASURE, INC. Ted Sperling
Try Again Grant Hermanns
Tubes Brandon Myhan
Turf Jack Gorman, Shannon Walsh
TV Land Jessica Kinsella
Tweener Kristina Sproat
TWO BLOCKS FROM POPULAR Hal Harris
Uncle Wuzzy Isaac Smith
Unexplainable Jack Anderson, Sam Butler
UNEXPLAINABLE Jason Ginsburg
Unfinished Business Matt Seiiji Ketai
Unfortunate Matthew Solomon
Us Against The World(s) Ross Buran
Vengeance Airlines Hunt Holman
Veruca Tony Binns
Virgin Mojito Alice Melton
Voice of God Edward Field, Emery Gare
Wasted on Youth Brian LaPerche
WE-MEN Calamity J
We're in a Cult Drinking the Kool-Aid greg gleason
WeHos Adrion Trujillo
Welcome to Kickass Bonnie Orr
Welcome to Splitsville Matt Sadowski
WEN MOON HEATHER PROVOST
What Else Joshua Yunis
WHAT I KNOW NOW Kevin Regan
What We Do in the Shadows - Guillermo's Mom's House Kimberly Turner, Tony Ferrendelli
What's Your Damage Julie Drazen
WhenWolf Jeremy Pick
Whitley Social Club David Kane
Wife Material Carley Smale
Wing Man Laura Walters
Witches Amy Maestri, Katie Wilbert
Work Release Patrick Connelly
Wormhole JULIE COHEN, TED KUPPER
Wrecks Joseph Capp
Written By Henrietta Bloom Robin Shushan
Yanks Jennifer Bradford, Katherine Benjamin, Katharyn Stober
YAVA! Tevin Houle
Yeshiva Eytan Raphaely
Yoga™ Paton Ashbrook
Youtopia Danny Galvin, Brad Pike

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