Announcing the 2018 ScreenCraft Short Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalists

We’re excited to feature the scripts listed below that comprise the quarterfinalists of the 2018 ScreenCraft Short Screenplay Contest. With the rise in demand for high-quality short content across new platforms and devices, and the increased industry importance placed on short filmmaking worldwide, we’re honoring the craft of short-form narrative screenwriting via this 4th annual competition, which features a prestigious jury of industry-leading professionals.
This year's jury includes executives from Warner Bros’ stage13, Super Deluxe, Vimeo Staff, and VICE!
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 quarterfinalists:
A Chance In Hell | Mychal Sargent |
A Good Soaking | Lyndol Michael |
A Hungry Feeling | Jonathon Rodgers |
A Jungle Dark | Courtney Suttle |
A New Suit | Matthew Muchka |
A Safe Place | Kelly Bender |
A Second Husband | Thomas Britt |
A Silence That Haunts | Mico montes |
A Slight Hesitation | Marcus Stricklin |
A Well Decorated Corner | Sam Kench |
Abel's Promise | Anthony Crossen |
Aboriginal | James Beeler |
After FX | L.A. Singletary |
Ageusia | Will Schneider |
Alibi in the Sky | Ryan Evans |
All the Same | Whitney Peel |
All the Stars | Felicia Harder & Duncan Frost |
almost | Tommy DiMassimo |
Always Greener | Massimo Chiarella |
Ambergris | Insa Langhorst |
Amendment | Belinda Gosbee |
Amuse-Bouche | Shelly Lipkin |
An Agent of Love | Joseph Stilwell |
An Angel Whispers | Jeremy Storey |
Arabella | Tamim Almousa |
Ark Light | Kevin Kautzman |
At Home | Marissa High |
At the Edge | Suzanne Watts |
Augmentation | Daniel Sheiman |
Babirusas | Debra Hill |
Bangs Script | Roxana Altamirano |
Banshee Avalon | Alan Sanchez |
Battle of the Clays | Gajendra Babu Santhanam |
Be Advised | Tom Hipp |
Benched | Paulina DomÃnguez |
Benny | Liz Felix |
Beyond the Palette | Ryan Fogle |
Big Lips | Zlatina Pacheva |
Big Things | Margaret MacDonald |
Bigger | Ari Halevy |
Birth | Mico montes |
Black Bird | Jessica Hinckle |
Black Girl In The Ring | Saeed Thomas |
Blight | Brittany Clemons |
Blind Man Bounty | Shiva Ramanathan |
Blood on the Dance Floor | Abhi Jeyakkumar |
Blue | Ashley Eakin & Noelle Liljedahl |
Born Still | Ashley Platz |
Born to See | Kristina Usaite |
Bre's Company | Mike Peters |
Breaking out | Mandy Vicsai |
Brownie | Curtis Adair, Jr. |
Bubble | Alyssa Lerner |
Bucky | Jeffrey Doiron |
Bumper Sticker Girl | Ash Lazer |
Bureau 121 | Helene Taylor |
Call Me Lina | Demetris Yiapanis |
Carry Tiger to Mountain | Rajiv Shah |
Charlie | Alejandro Parga |
Cheater | Shaun Ford |
Chelenga | Neely Kartha |
Cherry | Trevor Jue |
Cherry Pie | Dominic Finocchiaro |
Child Narco | Marco Santiago |
Chitlin | Michael Clifton |
Chloë 'Two Fingers' | Lisa Tedesco |
Cicadas | Aleks Arcabascio |
Cinnamon Part One: Gowon's Son | Jaimie Boyd |
Clinic | Joseph Hamilton |
Cloned: An Anthology | Raymond Jeong |
Closure | Daniyal N. Khan |
Code of the Assassin | Joshua Ausley |
Come Die With Me | Mark Schmitz |
Como se Dice | Gwendolyn Hulet |
Contrast | Tramaine Townsend |
Conviction | Enrique Vasquez |
Cough | Jay Murray |
Country Roads | Stephen Bodossian |
Crosstown Blaze | Julian Hollinger |
Dandelion | Jacquelyn Quinones |
Dawn | Christopher Stern |
Dead End | Cameron Rogers-Hawson |
Dear Daughter | Lindsey Gudritz |
Discontent | Marco Gabriel |
Discord | Helene Taylor & Jax Smith |
Do Us Part | Isaac Siegemund-Broka |
Doggie | Christos Kardana |
Dolls in the Walls | Katherine Cox & Matt McCarthy |
Dopplebanger | Sofian Khan |
Doppler | Orlando Torres |
Double Tap | Junot Lee |
Doughboy | Cameron Rogers-Hawson |
Dr. Hash | Josh Smooha |
Dream Bus | Steven Whisler |
Drive On | Hallie Berg |
Droplet | Simon Deeley |
Electro | William Gilmore |
End of the world stories - Mexico | Alessandro Pederzoli |
Entanglement | Mark Harding |
Etude | Heather Boone |
Exile | Jeff Mustard |
Faith and Defiance | Navid Mehraban |
Father Figure | Edith Cheng |
Fiber | Lukas Valderrama |
Fighting Johnny O'Brian | Terrance J. Lynam |
Filch | Kiran Deol |
Finding Your Way | Theo Coppola |
Fire Alarm | Tyler Gooden |
First Kill | Norma Knowles-Bastien |
Fish Head | Marcos Durian |
Flight Risk | Julian Boote |
For Andy | Cristhian Andrews |
Forever, Your Fireplace | Kristina Zill |
Four Generations for Nothing | Steve Sagovac |
Francis | Morgan Dwyer |
Freezer | Elisabeth Watts |
Freya | Scott Corbett |
Freya | Sophia Tamaro & Jo Fox |
From Nothing | Alex Joseph Moskovitz |
From the Sun Descendeth | Elizabeth Alcorn |
Frozen | Maya Albanese |
Gaslight | C. Thomas Somma |
Gelato | Katy McClellan |
Ghost Roommate | David Kopp |
Go Your Own Way | Adam Harris |
Going South | Sam Malone |
Goldie Locke and the 3 Bears | Eric Hansen |
Goodnight Death | Elsa Levytsky |
Grace | Peter Szemmelveisz |
Grace | Olivier Surprenant |
Grandma | Maxwell Klaiber |
Grandpa | Elizabeth Kovac |
Grandpa Pat | Courtney DeStefano |
Gun Shy | Rachel Barrett |
Hacked Future | Marat Sarsembayev |
Handful of Water | James Byrne |
Harriet | Sarah Mize |
Hashtag Chicago | Chelsea Clark-James |
Head Case | Peter Andrews |
Heads or Tails | Josef Wilke, Jeff Harman |
Heartland | Monica West |
Heaven Is A Place On Earth | Danish Aslam |
Heliophilia | Mia Fiona Kut |
Her Own Music | Olivia Aleksoski |
Home | Keren Green |
Home | Nir Shelter |
Home | Warren Saunders |
Home Invasion | Cedrick May |
How to Kill Your Roommate | Dave Byer |
Hunted | Jennifer Salazar |
Hyper Real | Adam Cosco |
I Live Alone, Everyone Does | George Snape |
I'm Too Small to Bear The Load | Alana Waksman |
Icon | Joshua Branstetter |
Ignored | Shaun Radecki |
iMemory | Jeffrey Kazanjian |
In A Beat | Natasha Mynhier |
In Suspension | Amara Mesnik |
In The People's Republic | Antonio Solorzano |
Inappropriate | James McNally |
Infiltrated | Justin Bregman |
Infirno | Ryan Curtis |
InPerson | Samuel Sullivan |
Inside | James Boyle |
It's OK. He's Friendly. | Brian Menz |
Jess | Mark Flood |
Joey | Patricia Tabb |
Johnny Jump Up | Shiva Ramanathan |
JoJo Dreams in Black and White | Alex Haney |
Judgement Day | Jacob Davison |
Juggernaut | Michael Goyert |
Just Another Day | Jeb Brantner |
Just Between Us | Pamela Perry |
Just Me | Darcy Bahensky |
Justified Righteousness | Peter Gazdag |
Kaching! | Craig Paulsen |
Kahuna | Rich Figel |
Kaya | Catherine Fordham |
La La Land of Shame | Erin Greider |
Lady Justice | Saray Deiseil |
Landslide | Matt Brutsche |
Last Dance | Brett Warkentien |
Last Supper | William Gilmore |
Laughter House | Abril Carpio Marion |
Lavender Days | Tiffany Clark |
Lenny vs. The Norwegian Dragons | Sam Suksiri |
Let Flow | Jaclyn Gramigna |
Let Go | Matt Brothers |
Liberty Gal | Saviana Stanescu |
Lies, Hamburgers and Cufflinks | Gustavo Freitas |
Life After | Carrie Certa |
Life's a Pitch | Richard Geiwitz |
Like Father Like Son | Massimiliano Sappa |
Little Icarus | Irene Herbruger |
Locked Away | Jeremy Frazier |
Locker Keys | Garrett Ratcliff |
Lollipops | Ivo Huahua |
Long Point | Emily Pasternak |
Lost and Found | Riley Campbell |
Lotus & Jazmine | Afnan Linjawi |
Louella | Erin Cantelo |
LOUISIANA RAIN | Jen Gutierrez |
Love at Death Depot | Jake Hansen |
Love At Last Chance | Zander Jones |
Lucinda and the Fish | Keith Elias |
Lumino | Floyd Rock |
Mail Witch | Xiaoyu Duan |
Make Peace | Riccardo Costa |
Manifestations of Violet | Alisha Hnatjuk |
Manjhi's Mountain | Nevin Millan |
Marching Towards Golgotha | Jordan Hill |
Mary Tries to Get a Piece | Eric Vasallo |
Meangan | Ben Morton |
Meet Me Someplace Better | Daniel Strauss |
Melody's Murder | Cody Young |
Memory Lane | Sherrill Schmidt |
Mental State | Belton DeLaine-Facey |
Methodism in Middle America | Trey Leonard |
Metronome | Scott Lochmus |
Mighty Max | Brandon Shaw |
milkshake. | Laura McIntosh |
Mirage | Craig Paulsen |
Miranda of Mind | Bianca Ahonor |
Mischievously Cupid | DD Goldberg |
Moment Of Clarity | Tony Tambi |
Motivational Killer | Ryan Smith |
My Baby is a Bike Helmet | Julia Dixon |
My Love | Eric Gable |
Nacho Date | Alexandra Keister |
Nai (Milk) | Michelle Ang & Alex Chu |
Naked Ambition | Candice Edwards-Marchrones |
Native Land, Rising Sun Short Screenplay | Ren Hanami |
Nearer, My God, To Thee | Peter Jones |
New Utopia | Waylon Bacon |
Night of the Shtriga | DD Goldberg |
No God at Night | Amanda Quintos |
Nocturne | James Meerdter |
North Star | P.J. Palmer |
Nothing Left | R. Cadell Cook, II |
Nothing Left to Lose | Paul-Anthony Anselmo |
Obeisance Part One | Daniel Wolff |
Obi | Wiley McCain |
Offline | Kate Kelsen |
Okay Annex, | Tricia Lee |
Oleanders | Tonia Kempler |
On My Own | Aadip Desai |
One Fine Morning | William Fowler |
Orchy Cups | Angela Blake |
Our Father | Francesca Nider |
Out Damn Spot | Elise Brown |
Outlaw's Bounty | Brian Sheets |
Outta the Blue | Trudi Kennedy |
Over the Pond | Quique Rivera |
Past Partum | Jeffrey Howe |
Perent Match | Kenny Heidt |
Perpetual Valhalla | Travis Davidson |
Phantom War | Scott Jeschke & Micah McFarland |
Picnic at the end of the World | Chris Dumbleton |
Piece & Quiet | Michael de Silva |
Pieces or A West Hollywood Club Called Rage | Chris Phillips |
Piper & Thomas | Jenny Curtis & Kuali'i Wittman |
Poacher Hunter | Mychal Sargent |
Postcards from Waco | Rod Kashani |
Pregnant Roaches and Fast Mice | Gary Graham |
Progeny | Anthony Weintraub |
Puppy Love | Marnie Mahannah |
Raw | Drake Shannon |
Reach Out and Touch Someone | Penelope Karageorge |
Recreate | Adam Lieberman |
Rectitude Or Justice | Lewis Reckline II |
Red & Green | Jermaine T. Jackson |
Red October | Josh Bartolome |
Reel Life | Jeremy Span |
Resurrecting Maria | Rani DeMuth |
Revolution | Jack Varvill |
Rideshare | Lila Newman |
Rinds | Faye Viviana |
Roam | Hector Martinez & Alex Fernandez |
Robbery | Sin Long Kai |
Roboh | Allan George |
Robotomy | Michael Pizzano |
Rogers and Tilden | Henry Hayes |
Rollers | Jean Estevez |
Sabina | Nicole Starrett |
Saint. Sinner. | J. Franklin Evans |
Samuel's Garden | Tony Boncza |
Scarlett | Ocean Clark |
Scuffed | Staci Truskosky |
Seeing The Light | Bronwyn King |
Sensory | Che Rucker |
Sergio: A Scorpion's Tale | Shaun Radecki |
SHARK | Leigh Cantero |
Shazia | Dilshad Vadsaria |
Shredders | Michael James Dean |
Signal | Chloe Hung |
Simple | Bryan Benson |
Sinner | Peter Szemmelveisz |
Sip of Illusion | Leah Baxter |
Skarnen | Tim Archibald |
Sky Burial | Terry Selucky |
Slots A Commuters' Fantasy | Anthony Povah |
Snowflakes | Jess Mazza |
Sophie's Promise | Terry Coffey |
Soul Skin | Keren Green |
Speechless | Larina Warnock |
Spider Bloom | Emmy Haskett |
Springerle | Finley Mulligan |
Stage Five | Alexandra Timmer |
Star of David | Sydney Deeter |
Stardust | Mariana Camacho |
Stereotypes | Pietro Baragiola |
Sticks and Stones | Laura Inkpen |
Subunderstood | Jack Heyden |
Summer Games | Marcellus Clemmons |
Sundown County | Victor Ridaura |
Sunset Snake Lies | Andrew Wainner |
Swamplands: "Immortal Song" | Ryan Fogle |
Swamplands: "My Son's Killer" | Ryan Fogle |
T.G.I.F. | Arthur Menko |
Taking 'A' Piss | Kyle Strauts |
Talk Me Down | Tamim Almousa |
Ten Minutes in the Life of a Single Working Mother | Jeryl Maglio |
That Girl Is Poison | Jessica DiGiacinto |
The Accompanist | Frederick Keeve |
The Astronaut | Joey Connolley |
The Badge, The Gun, and The Hangman’s Noose | Edward Santiago |
The Book Lovers | Linda Niccol |
The Border | Tom Levesque |
The Brain In The Woods | Adam Makarenko |
The Champion and the Legend | Maurizio Lai |
The Color of Us | Ryan Fogle |
The Conqueror Worm | Gerald Large |
The Cronus Program | David Oster |
The Day He Blinked the World Away (Blink) | Joseph Vranas |
The Dead Girl | Garrett Foster |
The Discarded | James Boyce |
The Doe | James Kautz |
The Doll | Chris Walkley |
The Employee | Charles Harding |
The Eulogy Project | Cindy Heath |
The Eyes | James Beliard |
The Five Fingers of the Devil | Lucia Braccalenti |
The Forest Boy | Jason Morillo |
The Forest Fenced Becomes Backyards, Like Songs Are Born From Sound | Ryan M. Moore |
The Foster | Elliot Seidel |
The Fridge | Dianna Craig |
The Game Master | Mike Whitcher |
The Gazebo | Richard Willett |
The Great Kopycinski | Susannah Hunt |
The Headless Woman | Daniel Caradec |
The Healing of Neal Owens | Matt Hopper |
The Hero | Lori Ochsner |
The House on Carter Road | Shawn Gerrard |
The Invisible Monster | Gordon LePage |
The Karma of Bocce | Duncan Putney |
The Key | Darek Cioch |
The Kilima Chain | Josh Folan |
The Knight of Nogales | Jason McCausland |
The Last Human | Jeffrey Gerein |
The Last Librarian in Raqqa | Laila Ujayli |
The Last Round | T. O. Reuben |
The Ledge | Joel Karlinsky |
The Lesson | Duncan Putney |
The Light | Tony Ferrendelli |
The Little Astronaut | Brody McKinnon |
The Lunch | Arthur Wooten |
The Morning Glory of Saint Winwaloe | V.C. Lennox |
The Mother Load | Talia Osteen |
The Neighborhood Watch | Chelsea Farmer |
The One Upstairs | Jonathan Wymer |
The Oracle of Del Phi | Katrina Duclos |
The Parrot | Adrienne Kohler |
The Partisan | Harry Greenberger |
The Peculiar Case Of The Bolted Canister | Shiva Ramanathan |
The Proposal | Charles Lo Manto |
The Red Stuff | Brad Vance |
The Redemption of Frank Malone | Mary Goldman |
The Reflectors | Ryan Fogle |
The Rubicon | Aminah Hughes |
The Scribe TV Digital | Alicia Norman |
The Shepherd's Wolves | Jonathan Parker |
The Thousand-yard Stare | Peter Gazdag |
The Tug of War | Aaron Sweetman |
The Wind | Janae Green & Maria Mitchell |
The Zit | Mark Landry |
These Four Walls | Kendra Frederick |
Things That Fall | Sy Huq |
This Mortal Coil | Andrea Ashton |
This New West | Ryan Evans |
Thus Passes the Glory of the World | Robert Bowman |
Ticker | Kaycee Hughes |
Tin Star | Garrett Ratcliff |
To Hear From You | Charles Hopkins |
To The Dead Sea | Philip Hogan |
Together | Ryan Still |
Tomorrow | Brittanie Maddox |
Torn | Lily Cheng |
Transplant | Leah Sarbib |
Traps | Tyler Gooden |
Trauma | Kaycee Hughes |
Trophy | Ben Gottlieb |
Tuesday | Megan Carroll |
Tunnel Reflection | Masahiro Onodera |
Twenty Questions | Arla Bowers |
Un Homme and a Lady | Mitch Yapko |
Unconditional | Eva Sylvestre |
Violet | Rafael Gamboa |
Viral | Nicholas Denton |
Virtually Fine | Gil Saint |
Voices | James Beeler |
Wa Wa | Amy Wang |
Wall | Erin Cantelo |
Wet Rot | Stuart Creque |
What's Normal? | J. Ernesto Dominguez |
Whatever Happened to Muffin | Robert Frankel |
When All the Animals Are Gone | Jason Thompson |
When Kingdom Falls: Dark Angel | Daniel Jituboh |
Where dead ships dwell | Maka'ala Atkins |
Where the Wires Lead | Jason Huls |
Whistler's Mother | Robbie Robertson |
White Knight | Katya Delaney |
White-Collar Crime for Kids | Jason Petrovitch |
Whose Son Are You? | Michael Ouzas |
Why I Stay | Elizabeth Shiller |
Wildin' Out | Devin Haqq |
Winter Winds | Joshua Yi |
You Will Die of Cheese | Shannon Strong |
Your Insides | Vanessa Branch |
Zane Is Back | Matthew Mendez |
Zero T | Camila Ohara Tanabe |
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