Calling All Writers: Weekly Contest Roundup – 12/4/2017

By Staff · December 11, 2017

Welcome back to The Script Lab’s weekly screenwriting contest roundup – our gathering of all the latest in contest news, updates, and announcements for emerging screenwriters looking to make a splash. Screenwriting competitions are tried and true when it comes to planting a foot firmly in the appropriate door, so remember to check back often (every Monday) for the most up-to-date info on all the weekly winners and deadlines!

Contest News, Updates, and Announcements:

National Screenwriters Day Names Quarterfinalists

The quarterfinalists in the 2017 National Screenwriters Day Screenwriting Competition have been announced. Check out the full list below:

Gary Makin, Facsimile
Michael Barnard, Everybody Says Goodbye — The Story of a Father and Son
Meg Leader, The God Helmet
SiewFeng (Kaede) Loh, The Talented Uncle Julian
Bobby Sacher, Hope to Die
Richard Willett, My Brother’s Killer
Tina Field Howe, Axis Prime
Joel Karlinsky, The Magic Hourglasses
Kathy Krantz-Stewart, Hollow Earth Quest
Randy Cruts, Today the Tiger Smiled
Chuck Bila, Spicy Pie Society
David Johnson, Back Biting
Demitra Papadinis, The Wonderful
Julian Biba, Leap of Faith
Art Blum, The Channel
Ferdinand Gernandt, Discordant
Jan Dalby, Campout Finale
Jan Dalby, Angelica’s Touch
Therese Harrold, Not As I Do
Freny Desai, William D McCann, Diss’d
Mary Krell-Oishi, Best Served Cold
Joanne Guidoccio, Between Land and Sea
Craig Horwitz, FEAR, There & Everywhere
Nick Walsh, One Night in Georgia
Khalil Sullins, The Disease
James Sullivan, The Face of Pain
Jan Kaschner, Husband Heist
Jeff Eagle, Zigi
Frances Presley Rice, Daddy King And Me
Kate M. McMahon, Taste This!
Bobby Sacher, The Killing Mind
Kathaleen Brewer, The Valedictorian
Ian Greenham, Warnings on the Water
Dianne Butts, Jenna’s Light
Rebecca Ann Dowty, Agent M.I.L.F.
Chris Courtney Martin, Pale Horse
Sean Collins-Smith, End of Life
Ana Loes, f7 / f2
JoAnn Hess, Grandfella
John Dummer, The Moonbeam Fisherman
Don Stroud, Splashdown
Alexis Blaess, Shunko
Bobby Sacher, Splintered Soul
Einar Gunn, Fifteen Years Later
Richard Novosak, Future Uncertain tense
Amanda Samaroo, Love Is Free Will
John Pisano-Thomsen, Pride & President
Delia Colvin, Radar Contact
Lucinda Spurling, Me & Jezebel
Mitch Emoff, Pete Simon – Agent of God
Sonya Davis, Probe 2
Michael Lavers, After Love
Herman Dhaliwal, The Ticket
Ken White, Lions of Florence
Jeff Bergquist, Voluntary Manslaughter
Jeff Racho, Buccaneers of the Asteroid Belt
Linda Toussaint, Nauti Girls
Bruce Butler, Catch 4:20

StoryPros Announces Contest Finalists

The finalists have been announced in the 11th Annual StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition. Check out the full list here:

3D At The Palace, Kent Wilson
A Better Place, Katterina Powers
American Heroes, Michael T. Miller
Angeles Bay, Jerry Earl Brown
Beam Brian, Gerber
Binary Code, Philip Sedgwick
Blade, Blood, Bullets & Babes, Patrick Thompson
Cosmic Justice, David Carren, Richard Gould
Darryn The Bold, Justin Best
Dead On The Inside, Selene Raffel
Deep Water Blues, Richard Guimond
Exit Permit, Nektarios Chrissos
Fireflies, Amanda Keener
For Elise, William Gammon
Ghost Writer, William Gammon
God Willing, Fernando Chavez
Gods And Guns, Ken Floyd
Grace Note, Kara Emily Krantz
Grant’s Cross, Ernestina Juarez
If You Walk Away, Scott A. Aiman
Insinuation, F. Scott Mudgett
Juror 77819, Jamee Decio
Luckmaster’s Next Song, Alan Howcroft
Matriculation, Mark J. Rose
MissGuided, Bridget Bell McMahon
Mona Lisa Caper, Gina Cresse
Needles, Michael Bierman
Old West, Amechi Ngwe, Nnamdi Ngwe
Phantom In Time, Douglas Charles Macleod
Play The Fool, Mark Gunnion
Shadow Dragon, Lance Horton
Sleep With Me, Carolina Bernzt
The Eidolons, Patrick Hatten
The Elephant Whisperer, Robin Trevor-Goode
The World Around, Patrick Poff
Wrath Of Angels, Jordan Dale