PAGE Announces 2026 Contest Finalists
The judges of the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards competition have now posted their list of this year's Finalists — the top ten scripts in each of the contest's ten genre categories. Winners will be announced on October 15th.
ACTION/ADVENTURE
BAT CITY RUN
David Milwee
A FISTFUL OF BASTARDS
Chris Sacks
FRAUD
Jill Hoppe
JACKED
Pablo Briz
THE LAST EMBER
Kevin P. Ryan
THE MOUNTAINS BEHIND US
Charles Murray
NIGHTWATCH
Scott Leddy
THE SUN ALWAYS SETS IN THE WEST
Zach Smith
SUNSPOT BABY
Richmond Weems
UNFORTUNATE SONS
Jamison Silverman
COMEDY
#FIGHTFORNOAH
Ryan Clarke
THE ACCIDENTAL P.I.
Sarah Tantillo & Sandy Gingras
AGED OUT
Kirk Evans
THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE
Katie Streicher
FAUX BAE
Drew Mackintosh
IRISH TWINS
William Holloway
MAJOR TURNOFF
J.R. Underhill
ROCK BOTTOM
Nelson Downend
SMALLWOOD
David Page
SO WHY DON’T YOU KILL ME?
Devi Snively
DRAMA
CONSEQUENCES OF TRUTH
Ben Lokey
DARE MIGHTY THINGS
Darin Tatum
FILTHY
Lisa Cole
GALAXIES
Robert Brody
GHOST OF THE YEAR
Jayde Rossi
INSOMNIA CAFE
J.R. Underhill
LANDFALL
Amy Fruchtman
SOUTH WIND COME
Ernestina Juarez
SUMMERS IN KAMARES
Anastasia Bonaccorso
TOUCH ME
Virginie Van Robby
FAMILY FILM
FOUND
Adam McLaughlin
HOW TO BE COOL IN TEHRAN
Michelle Farhang
MAGGIE’S HOUSE
Richard Sirianni
MIDNIGHT SUN
Griffin Sloan & Melissa Anderson
MY KARATE BAT MITZVAH
Merridith Allen
THE PIGLETS
Anja Wykes & Katrin McCabe
ROCKY ROAD
Phil Yuhas
SKY PIRATES
Alex English
SPELLCASTERS
Brenda LePage
WARRIOR’S TRAIL
Marco Rodriguez
HISTORICAL FILM
ANDY & ME
Julia Pearlstein
BELONG
Daniel Parino
THE CARRIER
Salva Rubio
THE DEVIL’S BREATH
Tom Hogan
JUMPMAN
Alex Pickering & Matthew Breault
LONELY SKIES
Lisa Lueddecke
A NOBODY FROM DETROIT
Kelly Jean Karam
OPERATION AJAX
Jake Hulse
SPINNIN’ THE WEBB
Chet Falzerano & Judith Falzerano
A SUBJECT OF INTEREST
Pedro Eiras
SCIENCE FICTION
33 FEET INTO THE PAST
Harri Kangas
AURA
Ryan Clarke
ELIXIR
David Warner
ERASURE
Ryan Berry
FIGMENT
Kevin Koljack
QUANTUM VEIL
Terri Fuller
RENASCENT
Kirk Weddell
STILL IN TIME
Greg Harvey
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE: LOVE IN THE DARK FUTURE
Lynn Esta Goldman
VOYAGER
Sarah Fischer
THRILLER/HORROR
ANCHOR BABY
Eduardo Moral
BENEATH THE DUST
Brady Skye
DIE BRITTANY, DIE!
Jackie Lee
DUST TO DUST
Joo Lee
THE LANDLORD
Joel Michalak
RATTLE
Sean Mick
SEEKING SUGAR MASON
Christopher O’Bryant
THE TRUNK SITUATION
Nevada Grey
WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY?
David Lambertson
XIMENA’S HAIR
Alina Tyazhlova
SHORT FILM
ARTICHOKE
Karen Siff Exkorn
DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME?
Kevin Talley
EMPATHY
Michael Wood
LUNAR
Joanne Bellew
MARCH HARE
Laura Kindred
THE PHONE CALL
Sandhya Hermon
REMOTE
Patrick Mahon
THE RIDER & DEATH
Scott McCartney
TAGGED
Roy Pruden
WHITE RABBIT
Nelson Downend
TV DRAMA PILOT
BODY BROKERS
Gisella Bustillos
BRIDGET FURY
Emily Brubaker
THE CROONER
Joel Breitman
CROW
Matilda Corley Schulman
THE DIVISION
Allison MacKenna
FREEDOM GENERAL
Raymond Cho
ON THIN ICE
Sam Robson
QB1
Michael Weinreb
THE UNCANNYS
Christine McVie
THE WEAPON
Lesley Fera
TV COMEDY PILOT
BANK
Jonathan Hoy Perez
GAP YEAR
Emma Nostrand
HAPPY SAD SCARED MAD
Helena Cho
HOODWINK
Naomi Cooper
HOW DID I GET HERE?!
Brian Larkins
KAYFABE
Ali Malik & Jack Kelly
POLE
Mimi Karsh & Lia Aprile
SHOP TV
Jayde O’Brien
SPAGHETTI
Henry Sarwer-Foner
VERA VS. VERN
Kayti Murphy
Updated: 09/15/2026
Additional Contest Info: 2026 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!The Ones Who Came To Die
When a reckless soldier leads four estranged friends into the Scottish Highlands searching for a lost wartime gold cache, they become human bait in an elite society’s secret blood sport—until the forest’s ancient predators break loose and turn the hunt on everyone.
Eternal Blessings
After suffering a head injury that leaves her suspended in an altered state, a woman with a troubled past time travels back to 1980 to warn her younger self of the dangers ahead.
RIAN COUNTRY SAFARI
In the mid-80s, a twenty-something personal injury lawyer inherits an unregulated drive-through safari park and must keep it running long enough to sell it--despite knowing it’s an accident waiting to happen.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Osali
Osali is about a ghost of a witch who was murdered during the Salem witch trials.
Sting
Sting is about a solar flare that hits Earth in the distant future and sends the world into an apocalypse.
Arch Angel
Arch Angel is about Michael, the general of Heaven's Angel Army.
The life once lived
The life not lived is about a scientist named Doctor Conners who created a memory device called Ganesha that can allow people to remember who they were in a past life.
Out of time
Out of time is about a struggling musician who runs into a disgraced talent agent from Hollywood.
Only Human
Only human is about a homeless man that doesn't know he's really a Dog.
