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2023 ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists

by ScreenCraft on February 1, 2023

Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2023 ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 600 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Semifinalist announcement on February 22nd 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 Quarterfinalists:

A Diamond in the Ruff's Daniel Broderick
A Dickens of a Christmas Catherine Fridey
A Frosty Falls Christmas Catherine Ross
A Funny Kind of Christmas Paul A Mendelson
A Mid-December Night's Elf Leah Vale
A Pirate and a Princess (working title) Mark Kelly
A Potluck Christmas Summer Johnson
A THOUSAND THINGS THIS SUMMER Martha Bradford Papadopoulos
A.A. and The Ghosts Onil Lad
AMARILLA Iain Anderson
An Exchange Student's Guide to Love and Legends Barbara Giannini
An intruder in the termite hill Paulo Roberto da Silva
Art in Tandem Elizabeth Blackmer
Aunt Pip's a Witch! Lu Lenoxx
Becky Brenneman's Bangin' Bat Mitzvah V.C. Rhone, Mindy Schneider
Becoming Miss Christmas Sharon Spaeder
Best Summer Never Shaun Balbar, Alexia Coelho
Bloom for You Trisha MacGaffey
Bonnie & Kyle Khalil Hakeem
BREE INCARNATE Laurie K. Miller
Carry My Ghost Bryce Emley
Carving the Pumpkin Diamond Duncan Marriott
Christmas in Sugarplum Gena Elyse, Michele O'Connor
Coral Hearts David Gray
Cows For Guns David Morrow
Cyberpink (New Half-Hour Pilot) P.A. Lopez
DADDY ISSUES Marisa Forrest
Daisy for Mayor Leslie Valdes
Danny Angel, Double Agent John Madormo
Darcy Delane :Pet Psychic Wendy Braff
Demon Elementary Simon Owens
Detective WolfHawk Alex Britten
DISCONNECT Joey Day Hargrove
Dr. Twinkle's Seriously Busy Automobile David Franzblau
Emery & Ellsworth Make a Picture Madi Stine
Emily at the End of the World Phil Reilly
Fairytale Club Jon Cooper
Family Portrait Adam Seidel
Fear Not Sheriden Jackson
Felix's Bar Mitzvah Sammy Sultan
Film Club Mark Schroeder
Finding My Identity Keelay James
Flashback Jane Jaclyn Whitt
Forever Home Caleb Ellis, Sam Valentine
From Above Ben Tedesco
Ghost Hamster Beverly Neufeld
Gift of the Amazon Barry Greenawald
Glastonbury Gerrard Hartland
GRAHAM Stephanie Hutchinson
Hair Brained jordana howard
Harry's Hill Jeff Reese
Hazel Anthony Turek
Hearts on Fire Ryan Frances-Wright
Hiamovi: Red Dog of the Prairie Allison Johnson
High Winds: a feature film about climate change, land and legacy    Chris Crowley
Hope Skates Maddison Bullock, Kathryn Lefroy
Immemorial Alex Haven
IMOGEN & THE CENTAUR SIMON FIRTH
In the Way of Grace Phyllis DeMarco
IN-BETWEEN Sandra Webb Smith
InstaGraham Harry Borland
Iris & Ajax Katie McClung
It's All About Love C. L. DiGiovanni, Douglas Jackson
Jake Sandberg Michael Tannenbaum, Andrew Nadeau
Joy Rider Jordan Lewis
Just Winging It Katie Streicher
KAYLA BAKER, CURSE BREAKER Laurie K. Miller
LAIKA John McCarney
Legends from the Underground Alexia Buchholz
Light in the Forest Austin Ellsworth
Lone Sport Ted Fryia
Maddie and Frannie Virginia Austin
Marnie Michael Berner
Maya of Brooklyn Brittany Ramjattan
Memory Lane Reid Johns
MIRRORLAND Laurie K. Miller
MIXTECO KID Miguel Orozco
Mr. Pupular Hamish Johnson
My Brother Fruitcake Shiva Sawyer, Jen Senko
My Brother, Samson Cheran Rush
My Everest Connie Weidel
My Real Imaginary Friends Kyle Rizor
NADIA Nadine Milad
Nana and Jake Ross Allaire
Nothing But Glory Onil Lad
Paint! Bailey Moore
Paw Prints Julie Young
Pedro and The Cockatoo David J. Diaz
Perfect Misfits Beverly Nault
Piper and the Parrot Tom Hunley, Ralaina Hunley
Planet News Carolyn Cameron
Pony Express Steve Ireland, Sean Hogan
PROFESSOR HUGSBY'S FACTORY OF CHILDHOOD DREAMS Dave Mac
Qubit Darren Moran
Raven's Gate Jennifer Ramsey
Red Knights Forever Dos Goats Films
Rosie and the Magical M.R.I Machine Sammy Sultan
Rubot From The Stars Bryan Binder
SANTAMAN: Re-Gifted Colin O'Brien
Saving Haven Karen Conley
Secret Santa Ryan W. Smith
SIYAPPA -Trouble incoming Chhavi Sawhney
SKATE Jim Hunsaker
Sold J. Gabriel Ware, Raisan Ware
Spirit Week Eric Endres
Starlight Hunter Cline
Stuck With You Alexander Lee Janjigian
Tailgaters Mary Santarelli
The 1st President of Mars Jennifer Ramsey
The Ballerina Academy Maggie Dallen
THE CHOSEN OF GAIA Marcela Mariz
The Dragon Key Lyn Pinezich
The Everlasting Gift David-Matthew Barnes
THE LITTLE KITE J. F. Robinson
The Long Run Liz Larsen
THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS CLOCK Debra Mooradian
The MinuteMen Jay Sharron
The Motherboard Cory Kahaney
The Naughty List Kristen Crocker
The Nebulons B.K. Frizzell
The Orange Orange Drew Ladner
The Pill Jenn Shaw
The Place We Stand Together Catherine Wright
The Poet of Sugar Creek Karen Conley
The Politician Khadija Diakite
The RUFF Rescuers Melinda Wick
The Top Hat Society Joe Morgan
The Ugly Elf Peter Banachowski
The Unanticipated Emancipation of Zebulon Pierce Rudi O'Meara
The Vital Life of Jonty Whale William Dobson
The Wishgrant Mezi Mulugeta
THE WISHING CHAIR David Gray
Thunderbird Hills Duane Graves
Tiny Apocalypse Joel Francke
Trick 'r Pete Sean Winans
TRUE BRIT Rosemary Zibart
Wild Goose Chase Audrey Hackett
Wildcats! Adam Maddox
Willy & Richard: A Football Miracle Kevin Dwyer
With a Little Luck Laura Becker
WON'T STOP BELIEVIN' Charlie Fountaine
World Class Jessica Jiji
WORLDS APART Thomas Gaunt
Young Lincoln Jennifer Peterson
YOUNG POET Marcela Mariz
Yule Regret This Lauren Kent
YVES Laura Piety
Zenith Uncharted Martha Duzett

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