Palm Springs International Names Winter Competition Winners
Aaron Huckleberry's The Tree With No Heart has been named the Winter, 2025 Winner of the Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards. The Best TV Script and Best Short Script Winners have also been announced.
Best Screenplay
The Tree With No Heart
Writer: Aaron Huckleberry
In war-torn Syria, a woman, her son, and her mentally challenged cousin take in a wounded Western aid worker, unknowingly igniting a chain of deadly consequences.
Best TV Script
What Happens in the Hamptons
Writer: Tyler G. Lynch
A highly engaging and sharply written dramedy that deftly balances humor, social commentary, and character-driven intrigue.
Best Short Script
The Naughty List
Writer: Brandon Osterman
A darkly funny and emotionally resonant holiday short that manages to do something rare in the saturated Christmas genre: feel fresh
Updated: 07/08/2025
Additional Contest Info: Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Arch Angel
Arch Angel is about Michael, the general of Heaven's Angel Army.
The life once lived
The life not lived is about a scientist named Doctor Conners who created a memory device called Ganesha that can allow people to remember who they were in a past life.
Out of time
Out of time is about a struggling musician who runs into a disgraced talent agent from Hollywood.
Only Human
Only human is about a homeless man that doesn't know he's really a Dog.
Sword of Might
Sword of might is about a cursed Sword that gives special abilities to whoever wields it.
Quick Shot
Quick Shot is about an ex-marine with the special ability to slow down time and shoot at impossible targets.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
FORBIDDEN PROVISIONS
A journalist goes undercover as an illegal migrant to get a story on how well the government is treating captured immigrants, only to uncover something grizzlier than he expected.
Splashdown
A mysterious space capsule adrift in the Pacific Ocean pulls a disillusioned Air Force pilot into battle against a shadowy paramilitary force hell bent on utilizing the astronauts' otherworldly cargo to enslave humanity.
Consumed
Trapped in a basement after an apocalyptic earthquake, a grieving wife fights off a horde of parasitic monsters, unaware that her God-fearing husband has already decided her fate.
