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!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.
Tar Pits
Forced to take sides in a centuries-old intergalactic war, a veteran soldier and her scientist ex-wife bond with giant alien warriors in a final battle that will decide the fate of humanity.
