Shore Scripts Names Quarterfinalists
Shore Scripts has announced the quarterfinalists of their 2025 Feature Screenwriting Competition:
WRITER NAME(S): SCRIPT TITLE:
Aaron Huckleberry: The Tree With No Heart
Adrian Prospero: The Resetters
Alejandro Ayala: BLACK HOLE BARRY
Alex Murawski: Walking in Iowa
Andy Yang: Uncle Hong
Ariella Stoian: Life as a Mesoplankton
Aron Flasher: The Twilight
Baerbel Morsch: OBJECT 547
Bill Blomquist & Sam Severn: The Watermelon Gospel
Boaz Super: Diaspora
Brian Simpson: Rosie’s Choice
Carleigh Foutch: Perfect Revenge
Cat Papadimitriou: Ines At Night
Christopher Shawbell: NEXUS
Coale Coleman: The Birds of Ballylare
D. Ross: THE BAD LADY
Dan Loschack: Night Dance
Daniel Ezra: Locusts
Danielle Lee: Peace for Justice
David Milwee: The Fabled Five
Eduardo Petersen: Damn Lucky
Emma He & Maddie McCann: Superbloom
Hymnson Chan: THE RED, WHITE, AND BOOM
Ioannis Kementsetsidis: God Code
Janelle Lee Austin: The Paperman
Jared Callahan: Thresher
Jason Hinton: The Immovable Sword
Jennifer D’Angelo Kircher & Nancy Stearns Bercaw: SEOUL 88
Jessica Romer: The End of the Circle
Jim Kuehnis: The Arc of Nirvana
Jim Wurst: SWISS CLEAN
Jodi Levtian: Prophecy
Joe Borg: Monday
Joel Maryles: Between Heaven and Hell
Joel Michalak: Calm
John Cleaver: Gray Greene
John Doble: THE AMEN SISTERHOOD
John Morrissey: Star Power
John Paul Su: Karaoke News
Jonathan Ruppert & Toby Osborne: HACKED
Josh Garvin: Uncle Hank Was Here
Juan Bravo: A Long Hard Road
June Escalante: An Unremarkable Family
Kat Magrowitz: Once Upon A Time In East Germany
Katie Wells: Between Us
Kevin Karp: Koba
Laurence Rosier Staines: Christ is Back
Linda Robbins: A KILLING TALE
Lisa Mac: The Victorian Chocolatier
Louisa Connolly-Burnham: Sister Wives
Marine Mondelot: Eon
Matt Campanella: In Good Standing
Matthew Campanella: Pray Hard, Play Harder
Max Rissman: TIME FLIES
Melvin Lima: CA$H4LIFE
Michael Sutter: Red Blooded
Molly Bandt: Sturgeon General
Morgan Von Ancken: Cutting Numbers
Myles Hodder: I DON’T THROW SMALL TANTRUMS
Nepa Khatun: The Body Snatchers
Noah Jorgensen & Nolan Watt: Welcome Home Eugene
Parker Stocksdale: Into The Well
Paul Cornwell: BEARHUG
Pavel Reiner: Fishbowl
Peter Aston: OFF SCRIPT
Pezhmann Mokary: SAKO: tale of a refugee
Phil Yuhas: ROCKY ROAD
Phillip McSween: MEN WE’VE NEVER SEEN
Phillip McSween: The Five
Quinn Spicker: God Makers
Rachel Troche: DEPENDA[BLE
Richard Padro: LENNY – A BROOKLYN STORY
Ryan Callahan: Diamond Rick
Sarah Hilton: Carnival of the Crazies
Teddy Cecil: Sandy Gray
Tom Fredrickson: Notes From The Road
Troy Alexander: Bruises
Tyler Schultz: PHRENIC
Weiyang Liu: WELCOME TO AMERICA
William Buntin II: Substitute Creature
Zebidiah Millett: TWINK DEATH
Updated: 11/28/2025
Additional Contest Info: Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest
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