Optimus Feedback Names Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2026 Optimus Feedback Screenplay Competition.
13 Percent by Andrew Armas
A Very Mindy Christmas by Lizzie Boeck & Brittany Diamond
A Whole Vibe by Lawrence Watford
American Targets by Yoav Grossman
Angry Geezers! by David Wilcox
Arctic Beasts by Alexander Ortiz
Beyond The Yellow Brick Road by Jennifer Sorensen
Bits of Energy by Cheryl Kirwan
Book of Ormes by Michael Massa
Bowie Butane: Private Dick by Mike Murdock
Carla by Henry G Sanders
Carmilla by Candiace Anderson
Closer Than Love by Morris Clark
Colony8 by David Whitcroft
Conduct Unbecoming by Don Marcari
Contretemps by Marylove Thralls
Deadman by Mike Murdock
Doc Savage: Dark Empire by Marc DeLamater
Dowry Deadline by Linda Gauer
Empty Nest by Linda Gauer
Fiera by Eric Weston
Forgive Those Who Tresspasz by Demian Cuthbertson
Good Book by Linda Gauer
Hawk's War by Daniel Sharpe
Hitman: An Interview by Charles Harman
Hot Shoe: The Legend of Stan Bowman by Gabriel Lang & John Lucas
I Wanna Be Adored by Bill Cook
Liberty Scrap by Christina Masciotti
Lightning Bricker Brave & a Place Called Home by Jill Thrussell
Liminoid by Aidan Moss
Mama's Pearls by Sylvia Villasenor
Marrying Sydney by Robin Moss
Matewan by Gabriel Duran
Mecca by Henry G Sanders
Meet Day by Mike Williams
Murder at the Concours d'Elegance by Jason Kubik
My Friends' Couches by Nick Cavarra
My Name on a Grain of Rice by Richard Voigt
My Superior Me by Robin Moss
Once Upon A Time In Reno by Cliff Varnell
Overlook Chase by Mark Stevens
Paganini by John Dymale
Parkway by John Ramey
Pharaoh by Dimitri Devyatkin
Plus One by Lizzie Boeck
Polarization by Alexander Lee
Prison Dogs by Tobi Solvang
Rebel Without A Cause by Dion Cominos
Richard Spong by Terry Podnar
Rita, The Spy's Wife by Grazyna Wasak
Scare Crew by Danni B. Levinson
Scooter Murphy - Space Marshal by David Wilcox
Slicks by Glenn Powell
Sophomoric by Laura Richardson & Marnie Olson
Storm Loading by Demian Cuthbertson
Ten Million Reasons Not To Get Married by Marc Zatorsky & Shawn Zatorsky
The Art of Lies by John Cooney
The Bait by Bernardo Barreto
The Branches of Nexos by John Reynders
The Castle Doctrine by Mike Bevins
The Christmas Crash by Mike Williams & Inka Mehtola
The Endless House by Mark Zakeri
The eXperience by Charles Chip
The Gamer Place by David Lopez
The Lady in Red by Martin Greenstein
The Last Trick by Heath Papkov
The Life I Left Behind by Garren Boatright
The Music Makers by Roger Westry
The Night Stalker by Mike Murdock
Van 59 by Brian Trotter
Vintage Christmas by Teresa Skaggs
Vow Of Silence by Mary Pat Lindl
You Are Here by Mark Ward
Updated: 08/26/2026
Additional Contest Info: Optimus Feedback Screenplay & TV Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!LA Nights
It is 1973, and Quick operates an upscale after-hours establishment in West Los Angeles alongside his socialite son, Dizzy.
Second Opinion
When a renowned child-abuse pediatrician’s family member is accused in an infant’s death, he’s confronted with the possibility that his certainty may have helped put innocent people in prison.
A Bullet For God's Bounty
In a small Arizona town in the 1880s, a righteous French bounty hunter agrees to track down a violent fugitive, only to discover he has been hunting the wrong man.
Greenman
A rising rock star strikes out for Iceland in search of inspiration, only to discover a centuries-old horror that threatens to use her gifts to take over the world.
Morbidly
A young physical therapist slowly loses his grip on reality as he succumbs to the seductiveness of his only patient, a morbidly obese woman with a grisly secret.
Restoration
As an introverted art restorer succumbs to the evil temptations of an ancient painting, otherworldly forces attempt to stop her from unleashing the painting's unholy power.
Misfortune Cookies
Accidentally killing an elderly Chinese chef during a botched robbery, an oafish redneck teenager and her misfit friends begin dying one by one when the chef's ghost returns from the grave, killing them in gruesome fortune cookie-themed ways.
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.
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.
Pretty Baby: The Tragic Death Of Marion Parker
Based on a shocking 1927 crime, a grieving woman exposes the decades-old truth about her twin sister's murder to prevent the killer's lawyer from publishing his own skewed account of the tragedy.
