Scriptapalooza Announces 2025 Quarterfinalists

Scriptapalooza has announced 356 quarterfinalists from a total of more than 4,100 submissions.

Quarterfinalists
100 Years in the Valley by Emily Nye
13% by Andrew Armas
A Flood to Remember by Liam Pinheiro-Rogers
A Hobo in the White House by John Bateson
A King and a God by Vincent J. Sgro
A Reckoning for the Lost by Lain Kennedy
A Story of Wrath by Theo Leipert
After What Happened at the Library by Kyle Chu & Roisin Isner
Age of War by Peter Bloomquist
Alaska Event by Michael Klodawski
Alfred by Liam Geldman
Alien Exodus by Paul Murdock
Alteration by John Bullaro
American Taint by Josh Rubin
Amish Zombies by Johnathon Miller
An Easy Buck by Philip Cannon
Andy Cleans Up by Ryan David O’Connell
Angels Desired by Lukas Scheja
Anne Boleyn Smith by David Burch
Apache Echo by David McCartney
Astral Crisis by Thomas Thorpe
Back Door to Heaven by Ronald Ecker
Based on a Non-True Story by Emilio Santin
Bastard Nation by Eric Conger
Battle of Heaven by Edelmiro Gonzalez
Behind The Hedges by Helene Forst
Beyond the Red Horizon by Peter Yurkovich
Big Dog by Roy & Erin McMullen
Birthday Magic by George Spicer
Black Dress by Ryan Atiana
Blood Batteries III: The Rape of Africa by Benjamin Roussey
Bonus Day by Nancy Sexton & Alon Bar
Bouncing Back by Julie Ackerman
Broke by Ray Spruill
Buchanan by Lon Fairchild & Jared Pettit
Burnt Flowers by Augustine Troppe
Busy Bee Club by Nina Shelton
By Way of Canarsie by Rob Cucurullo & Stacey Nation
Cabo by Scott & Derek Johnson
Caddy Crush by Julie Regine Dolan
Cafe Lavender by Luke Avery
California Stories by Cale Rogers
Camshaft by Mark Donnell
Cartel Del Toro by Marty Morrisroe
Cassandra by John Lange
Chasing Shakespeare by Tracy Charlton
Cheeseheads by John Krueger
Chicano Batman by Ricardo & Deanneka Flores
Chivalry by George Alexanian
Christmas at the North Star Inn by Terri Reed
Christmas Evil by Greg Maksudyan
Chronicles of a Missman by Eddy Duran
Clay Mountain by Jeffrey R. Kazanjian
Cloudy with a Chance of Crazy by Gary Whorley
Club Rorschach by Eleanor Horner
Concrete Village by Rosita A. Ruvalcava
Confirmation by Tom England
Contract Cookie Man by Vatisha King
Coosemania by Sumit Biswas
Critter Catcher by Scott Nabat
Cry of the Geckos by Emir Atac & Jaylon Kurt
Czech in the Rear View Mirror by Deborah Klika
Dance of the Innocent by TL Michaels
Date Like a Man by Marian J. Wymore
David Versus Goliath by Ted Kallet
Death by Architecture by Anthony Poon
Departure by Anna Lomakina
Dogwood by Josh Marion
Don’t Paint the Pooka by Tim Carey
Doom & Gloom by Matthew Katz-Overstreet
Double House by Aron Gerson
Dracula: Genesis by Jack Polo
Dream Ralis by Barry G. Kienzle
Duncan by Ruth van Vierzen
Duress by Gary Lippman
EF-5 by Mark Wakely
Electric Road by Mark Ching
Ella (Echoes in the Dark) by Cheryl DeMarco & Rebecca Schuster
Emerald City David Bobrow
EpicCenter by Luke Swanson
Escaping India by Vineeta Bovinett & Alan Bovinett
Everyone’s An Athlete by Steven Diamond
Facilities by Alec P. Ward
Family Embers by Carlo Colecchia
FateBeneFratelli by Andrea Palermo, Anna Soares de Oliveira & Rogerio Boo
Ffin by Jamie Cotton
Fire Keeper by Daniel Richard Stevens
Forkful by Joseph Izzo & Joseph Mangelli
Founder Effect by Rob Pilkington
Four Days in Hermosa by Christopher & Marlana Schaefer
Fred’s Dead by Tim Bradbury
Freedom Isle by Lin Anderson
Freedom One by Jack Cusick
Godlike by Tim Law
Gold Star by Milon Venus Parker
Gone But Not Forgotten by Cara Reinard
Goodbye Boopie by Sachin Mehta
Grace Call by Sean Barry
Greg’s List by Greg Falkin
Guy Who Just Bought a Boat by Patrick Tierney
Halloween: Patient 31 by Tom Cunningham
Handful of Thieves by Richard Harrison
Hanging in Or The Life of Leah by Zanna Noe
Heart of Galaxy by George Sommer
Here to Stay by Nicola Vann
Hollywood Projects by Aaron Willett
Hoosier boy by Anthony Korol
House Always Wins by Ethan Saez-Moreno
House Pest by Charles Jessen
How We Are by Sabrina Peterson
Huntsmen by Frederik Dery
I Just Am by Raymond McDonald
If I Killed A Man For You by Brian McGrath
In Better Spirits by Carly Daley
In The Sea of Life Enisled by Ralph Waine Hoy
In The Shadows by Adam Wells
Indian Country by John T. Young
Indigo Monday by Nicole Palo
Inescapable by Lorin Wertheimer
Insomnia Café by Jill Underhill
Introspective by Anthony Wood
Jazz on a Wave by Bob Merz
Jewell Street by Nikola Ojdanic
Just Married, Italian Style by Anthony Palmiotto
Kara by Brian Cunningham & Taylor Ellis
Kate’s War by Gary Wayne Ress
Kingdoms by Abby Riggs
Kiss the Sky by Taryn Grimes
Lazy Boy by Jason Thinh Nguyen
Let’s Talk Tacheles by Matthew Danciger
Leviathan by Kylee Q. Robinson
Libertyland by Yvan Chouinard
LifeSport by Alex Wendown
Limited Run by James Westbrook
Little Adults by Mercedes Garcia
Living on the Edge by Tony Valenz
Lobster Bisque by Asya Khmelova
Love & Detroit by Michael Dunker & Alex Ruiz
Lucifer Lake by Philip Girault
Lying Down with Dogs by Richard Carson Bailey
Madrid Affair by Jeffrey van Davis
Maestro! Maestro! by Fred Calvert
Makeup by Keith Hankin
Mama Bear by Jennifer Andis
Marah from Eilat by Leiter S. Daniellson
Measuring the Mountain by Adrian Stadtmiller
Mils and the Tortoise by Gabriel Bienczycki & Emily Tong
Moon Players by Valerie Green
Night Paddle by David Migicovsky
No Matter What Forever by Terry Hensley
No Place for God by Tory Stauffer
Oar River by Jody McNicholas
On The Black by Kristen Mack & Kelley Mack
On The Run by David Simons
Once Upon a Time in the Projects by J. Mike Scott
Orchard Lane by Donna Gooden
Out For Blood by Derek Jones
Out Like a Lamb by L.J. Swanson
Over My Dead Body by Bruce Li
Over the Moon and Under the Sun by Gregory Breuer
Paquette by Samuel Hughes
Pearl Fisher by Suzanne Birrell
Personal Glory by Guido Rovatti
Pet Peeve by Kendall Mezza
Pizza Face by Jake McKone
Pretend You Love Me by Don Shroll
Pretty Bones by Jay Mackenzie Roach
Prime by Christopher L. Miller & Charles Thomas
Private Jungles by Vitor Cunha
Protocol Six by Edward Gillespie
Psychosis by Frank Tumminia
Quiet Storm by Stephanie Novel & Jordin Sparks
Racer Unknown by C.J. LongHammer
Rebecca Gold by Alan Dunlop & Ian Diaz
Reflection by David Gutierrez
Remains by Mathew Hart, Gilad Barak & Boaz Salomon
Renegades by Warner Miller
Reserved by Sarah Leff
Rider by Michael Ezell
Riverbottom Debutante by Charles & Paulette Bane
Roaming Souls by Lacy Bryn McClory
Rock, Paper, Scissors by Christine DeBoer
Rocky Road by Phil Yuhas
Rooms in a Bar by Daniel Williams
RosenRosen by Stephen Guinan
Ruff Night by Alex Barbatsis & Johny Bosworth
Sands of Lanikai by Greg Blair
Santos by Barbara Jones-Cabrera
Scream King by Paul Hofmeister
Semblance by Scott Hoops
Serving Justice by Paul Thornhill
Shackleton by Pauline McAlonan
Sing Me Your Questions by Steven Traviss Smith
Smash and Grab by Charles Huttinger
Smiling Feet by Clark Barclay
Snowman by Taylor Phillips
South Lands by K.E. Lanning
Spirit Guide by Paris Tosen
SS3 by Gage Miles
Starfish, Distilled by Melissa Moody
Steel True by Kristina Woodall
Sticky Notes by Jan Fredric Dalby
Stormy by Willie Hagan
Street Cleaning by Michael Mack
Study in Crimson by Tim Labor
Swim the Deep End by Charles Mabey
Systema by Jeff Harvey
Ten Minute Rule by Justin Ward
Texan Werewolf in Manhattan by Terrence Ross
That Which Binds Us by Daryl Denner
The Adventures of Clara by Mike Vegas Dommermuth & Claudia Hackl
The Age of Elijah by H. Philip Owens
The Answer Girl by Stephanie Scott
The Ashes of El Dorado by Christopher Botvidson
The Blob 2080 by Harry Kelley
The Bloke by George Roark & T Needham
The Book of Daniel by Michael Finn
The Book of Yokai by Erik Melligan
The Bookseller’s Daughter by Carl Robinson
The Brain Trust by Tim Rosenow
The Breakup Gift by Jennifer Minigh
The Dance by Xavier West
The Dead Owe Nothing by Aaron Huggett
The Dinosaur Bowl by Herbert McCollom
The Dog by J.T. Hayter
The Dog Days of May by Diego Navarro
The Doover by Patrick Aguirre
The Dowry by Mike Scherschel
The Emerald Gada by Mark Abriel
The Everleigh Club by Stefanie Lyons
The Ferryman by Louie Bernstein
The Fish Princess by Hung Duong
The Flight of the Goddamned Butterfly by John Dayton Cerna
The Frenchman by Jack Rice
The Frog and Toad by Shane Salter
The Gods of Wild Places by Mary Schnepf
The Great Gus by Eric Dean
The Guardianship by Jami Brandli
The Halfing Princess and the Fool by Helen Williams
The Hole by Rade Mileusnic
The Honored Society by Adrian Piccolo
The Iceberg Hermit by Leonor Frierson-Stroud
The Importance of Being Elvis by Donald Davenport
The Imposters by Joe Leone
The Jam by Jerry Pyle
The Language of Wolves by Nan Schmid
The Last Coral Reef by John Blanton
The Last Round by Jaime Molina
The Last Stuntman by Michael Gonzalez
The Last Trucker by Timothy Doyle
The Life of Sam by Michael Jargens
The Line by Joseph DeBella
The Long Way Down by Adrian Moroney
The Lost Scout by Stephanie Parney
The Man Below by Ben Deloughery
The Match by Crystal Rivers
The Measure of She by Karen Dee Carpenter
The Midnight Hour by Andy Greenspan
The Music We Once Shared by Harrison Fowler
The Nautilus Conspiracy by Rachel Morgan
The New World Project by Tyson Persall
The Newlywed Game by Cheryl Winkelmann
The Old Ways by John Rice
The Ones God Left Behind by Myriam Roelli
The Owens River War by Philip Canterbury
The Pact by Stefan Hillbrand
The Pig Path by Brian K. Landis
The Priest by Benjamin Davies
The Rats Stay by Jennifer Hunter
The Razor’s Edge by Brett Ermilio
The Redemption of Mr. Rich by Jim Durkin
The Reluctant Messiah by G.L. Sherman
The Rewind Connection by Rob Wills
The Road to Revenge by Hector Miranda
The Rose of Sharon by Tom McCown
The Rules of Dating by Gary Grandolph
The Runners by William P. Shaw
The Sabine Saga by William A. Murphy
The Scorched Face by Pauline McAlonan
The Seer by Matthew Karges
The Selkirk Seven by Blake Posey
The Skin Stealer by JR Mitchell
The Slaver’s Wife by Gary Rosenblum
The Slavic Amazons of Lucerne County by Diane Dusick & Virginia Rafferty
The Spirit Within by Lissette Denise Mehl
The Squall by Trevor Markwart
The Tale of Altora by Wesley Martin
The Tall Man by Nick Heckrote
The Teenage Bodyguard by JZ Murdock
The Translator by Adriano Belcastro
The Tree With No Heart by Aaron Huckleberry
The Trials of Destiny by Allan Love
The Trouble with Fiction by Bruno Rubeiz
The Two Of Us by Dianna Ippolito
The Unconquerable Degree by Richard Caldwell
The Unfruitful by Troy Suza
The Visitors by Bess Frankel
The White Diamond by Howard Sewell
The Wolf Pit by Justin Carr
The Wonder-Filled Norah Minh Le by Neena Phan
The Wormholes of Chicago by Charles F. Larimer
There, Where the Shadow Begins by Alejandro Miguel Pereira
Third Wave by Nile Sarkisian
Third-Most Wanted by Darrin Reed & Stephen Tesher
Tijuana Touchdown by Ronald Dean Smith
To Be Frank by J.L. Pflugrath
Tobias and Tilly by Sean LaFollette
Together We Are An Ocean by Kevin Rexroat
Tom and the Sagittarius by Brian Karre
Tower of the Dragon by Trevor Tocco
Toys by Damon Mena
Trailer Trash by Charles Eggert
Trauma Therapy by AnnaMichelle Schissel & Ryan David O’Connell
Treasures by Linda Leonard
Trucker by Michael L. Williams
Turn the Sandglass by Robert Gokay
Two Minutes to Midnight by Andrew Dawson
Unconditional by Max Lamkin
Under the Pecos Sun by Beverley Wood
Unintended by Marcos Gallegos
Unmarked by Mikki Richardson
Valley Kids by Nona Kocharyan
Vampire Missionaries by Kathleen Rhodes
Vengeance is Mine by Maureen Sheehan
Vicious by Eric Thompson
Vlog of the Witch by Joel Koskinen
Voice Like a River by Shiela Olley & Bryan Muliyil
Voodoo Valentinos by Michael Louis Gould
Wading River by Robert Priel
Weary Traveler by Brian McKeon & Alexandra Kelly
Week at the Nees’ by Ronan Joyce
Welcome to Paradise by Rick Beaty
Welcome to This Life by Sarah Martin
What Good is Believing by Thomas Pace
What’s A Zayde? By Andy Epstein
What’s Dog Spelled backward? by David Paul Lyday
Wheelchair Blues by Stella Elorza
Where or When by Nicholas J. Saldate
Whistleblower by Lewis Ritter
White House at Night by Richard Carson Bailey
Wildfire! by Dwight Adair
Willis by Don Hofmeister
Winter by Michael Rhodes
Witchdoctor by Andre LeDoux
Witches & Warriors by Michael A. Elliott
Woo Girls by Julie Sharbutt
Woods of Madness by Roberto Nino de Rivera
Writer’s Block by Eve Rouverol
Xerxes by A. F. Javan
XI-VO by James Grabowski
Yahoo Boy by Wendy J. Bednarz
Yell Already by Jerome Egan
Yolk by Joy Berdon-Charles
Yuri’s Night by Steve Finegan
Zoophobia by Mary Ellevold

Updated: 08/01/2025

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