Palm Springs Names Contest Winner
Muli Glasberg's The Last Word has been named the Spring, 2026 Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards Best Screenplay Winner.
Best Screenplay
Muli Glasberg
"The Last Ward"
When a "renewed" mother stalks her adult daughter in a future where parents become young again, a forensic family clinician must decide whether she's delusional or grieving before the state makes her disappear.
Best TV Script
William Szark
"Takin' It To The Steets"
Fresh out of prison, Tony returns to the Bronx determined to start over — but old loyalties, buried secrets, and a dangerous love pull him back into the life he’s trying to escape
Best Short Script
Angela Manfredi
"We Need Friends"
Falling into the ruins of routine, a couple decides to revive their social life by making new friends. When they can’t agree on who belongs in their circle, their search for connection threatens to tear them further apart.
Updated: 07/28/2026
Additional Contest Info: Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Whiskey Cup
A country music legend’s life begins to unravel when new DNA evidence frees an innocent man imprisoned for a murder that points investigators straight toward him.
The Cajun
When a notorious pirate, made immortal by the curse of a Voodoo Queen, is invited to a mysterious poker game in modern day New Orleans, he discovers a clue to find the treasure that can set him free.
Golden Arrow: Ahmose
Hatshepsut's Palace is a setting of love.
LIKE PULLING TEETH
In 1910 a New York City dentist accidently finds himself with a second job as a private investigator, and when, during a simple divorce case he eavesdrops on one of the biggest country-changing secret meetings, he becomes a dangerous loose end.
The Imbalance
Two best friends in their fifties leap back into acting — and dating — only to find an industry obsessed with youth, a culture addicted to reinvention, and a brutal truth: starting over is harder when you actually know who you are.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her gorgeous girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
