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!Dark Latitude
When a young woman uncovers a hidden photograph tied to a murdered WWII survivor, her search for the truth exposes a forgotten escape—and those determined to keep history buried.
Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
Tech Me Out
Fleeing Soviet Ukraine with his mother and grandmother, a quiet teenage immigrant builds a new life in America, where the resilience and kindness of those around him help shape the man who co-founded WhatsApp.
Tech Me Out
Fleeing Soviet Ukraine with his mother and grandmother, a quiet teenage immigrant builds a new life in America, where the resilience and kindness of those around him help shape the man who co-founded WhatsApp.
Bubbling Under the Surface
After an elderly Holocaust survivor is nearly murdered in her nursing home bed, her family and the Muslim carer who saved her are pulled into a widening chain of antisemitic attacks, domestic violence, and police investigation that threatens both communities before the hatred spreads further.
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.
