Announcing the 2018 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest Semifinalists
by ScreenCraft - updated on September 6, 2018
We’re excited to feature the scripts listed below that comprise the semifinalists of the 2018 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest. Our jury’s credits this year include The Hangover Trilogy, Due Date, Funny or Die Films and top comedy talent such as Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling and Kevin Hart. Stay tuned for the upcoming announcements of the semifinalists and grand prize winners here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages within the next few weeks!
Without further ado, here are the semifinalists:
| 8 Days a Week | Ian Southwood |
| A Mad Day In Midland | Luke Domet |
| Aliens & Earthlings | Ryan Smith |
| Allie Summons A Vampire | Josh Montoya |
| Altar Ego | Alexandra Keister |
| Attachment | Megan Binnie & Celia Blundo |
| Backstage Pass | Andrew Shaffer |
| Before I Embalm You | Charles Dovbish |
| Big Red | Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce |
| Birthday Magic | George Spicer |
| Bite Me | Sophia Lopez |
| Blue Moon Massacre | Ryan Anglin |
| Boneheads | Kelly Karam |
| Broski | Brett Tietjen |
| Burt Dirk And The Gliesezoids | Andrew Harris |
| Cockblock | Justin Boyd |
| Darryn the Bold and The Sword of Boldness | Justin Best |
| Dead Weight | Cale Curlett |
| DNA | Heather Farlinger |
| Don't Blow Your Top | Phil Burdette |
| Don't Look Back in Anger | Adam Pliskin |
| Eat Dead Bird | Molly Miller |
| Escort Boot Camp | Gary Sharp |
| Exterminating Willie | Jane Rogerson |
| Farb | Patrick Hackeling |
| Figure Me Out | James Barnes |
| From Olympus to Nashville | Jeffrey Chase |
| Frozen Ice | Walker Hare |
| Fuck New Rome | Erik Sternberger |
| Game Set Scratch | Billie Bates |
| Glorious Mack | Vern Lien |
| Gone Astray | Kyle D'Odorico |
| Green Wedding | Sebastiano Pestoni |
| Grim Gets a Life | Peter Fraser |
| Half-Cocked | Chris Chymiy |
| Hellraiser | Luke Wronski |
| Henchman | Andrew Wood |
| Holy Name | Daniel Pike |
| Houseboat From Hell | Bill Keenan |
| I Have No Friends! | Julian Barnett |
| In the Catbird Seat | Kay Denmark |
| Jeff is a Superhero | Adam Bowers |
| Jesus Christ | Brandon Tamburri |
| Judy's Search for God | Dave Wade |
| Loves Me, Loves Me Not | Lisa Penny |
| Maggie, Full of Grace | James Meerdter |
| Me & Jezebel | Lucinda Spurling |
| Merry Fracking Christmas | Jim Berg |
| Michael Wants To Marry | Jen Bieser |
| Minyan | Adam Ansell |
| Nebraskan Son | Cala Adair |
| Out Of Toon | Joel Foster |
| Parents | Bruce Kalish |
| Peter Piper | Jonathan Young |
| Picnic Season | Glory Okeke |
| Queens | Max Sokoloff |
| Rack it Up! | Thomas Yungerberg |
| Saint Gary | Steven Dente |
| Santa's Suicide | Bob Reynolds |
| Saving America | Michael Lederer |
| Seniors on the Run | D.C. Lozar |
| Spacey and Strange | Michael Angelella |
| Step-Milf | Hamilton Mitchell |
| Strange Ways to Learn Spanish | Elan Maier |
| Stuck | Ian Southwood |
| Stupid American | Robin Sitter |
| Stupid Cupid | Dan Gunderman |
| The Cleaners | Matt Marx |
| The Fool's Errand | John Murphy & Chris Bramante |
| The Great Pretenders | Jillian Lauren |
| The Halloween Gang | Frank Barker |
| The House That Hell Made | Charles Dovbish |
| The King of Barcelona | Justin Grundfast |
| The Last Canadian Virgins | Evan Rindler & Jon Rizik |
| The Last Good Cheat | Jacob Hart |
| The Not Ready for Prime Time Family | Richard Willett |
| The Wreckers | Kristy Leigh Lussier |
| There's Something Wrong with Kate | Mia Borders |
| To Travel | Katharine McPhee |
| Together Again | Owain Paciuszko |
| Transfat | Matthew Kelly |
| Wanna Go To Mars? | Peter Levedahl |
| Wedding Season | Shiwani Srivastava |
| When Harry Took Hostages | Gerald Lenton-Young |
| Whiskey | Tom Wholey |
| Whole | Cari Daly |
| Wicked Hot | Pamela Harris |
| Wireless | Nick Greenberg & Shawn Convery |
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