2025 ScreenCraft Cinematic Prose Competition Semifinalists

by ScreenCraft on February 5, 2025

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2025 ScreenCraft Cinematic Prose Competition. These exceptional works of prose were selected from over 800 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

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Here are the Semifinalists:

A Distant Kind of Thunder	Paul Coleman
A Fragile Woman	Ciara O'Riordan
A Hard Out	Vincent Marano
Absent Stars	Christopher Charlton
Beenya Soul	Toni Dianne Holm
Betsy and The Emperor	Staton Rabin
Domme & Dommer	Sophia Domina
Early Grave	Paul Levine
End The Patriarchy	Sue Scarlett Montgomery
Fear and Fortitude	Cheri Champagne
Flew Too High: A Memoir	Louie Mandrapilias
Ghosts in the Glades	Staci Andrea
Happy Hour	Elissa Bass
Heirloom	Soo Hong
Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles	Elizabeth Crowens
It's Not Magic	Elizabeth Tabish
James & Jim	Douglas Moser
Koanim	Michael Tabor
Love Unmasked	Tali Sarnetzky
Nine Days Left	Kelly Fordon
Not Fade Away	Robert McGuill
Operation Cupido	Giuliana Sica
Peace I Leave	Amelia Schmidt
Seven Locks	Christine Wade
Sitala	Philip Harris
The Bones of Hope	Maria Ostrowski
The Brill Pill	Akemi Brodsky
The Drunkard's Son	Dennis Foley
The Fool and the Hanged Man	Leslie Reynard
The Origami Deception	David Wickenden
The Popularity Formula	Meehna Goldsmith
The Snipers We Couldn't See	Karen Comba
Three Hearts	Mengge Qin
Unto Death	Emily Packer
Your Number One Fan	Ally Gilfeather