Shore Scripts Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2026 Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition. Semifinalists will be announced November 13th.

A.C. Cole, FLIPPERS
Adi Blotman, Bad Rep
Ahmad Anderson, Exodus
Alex Logan, Murder Heads
Alex Parslow, Faceless
Alexander Murawski, Walking in Iowa
Alexander Nunez, Jake’s Going to Jail
Alexander Rusakov, WHEN I FALL
Alfie Hudson, I Call Shotgun
Alison Roberto, The Last Prom Queen
Amber R. Dickinson, Love Letters
ameya chaturvedi, Mehmaan
Benjamin Hall, When I Was Younger
Brian Fitch, Wedding Day
Brydie-Rose Peters, EARWIG
Caleb Ellis, Kill Stream
Chantel Delulio, Don Juan is Dead
Christine DeLorenzo, A SOUTHERN MURDER
Christopher Rohrbeck, CAVEWOMAN
Colleen Daniels, An Avenue Of Infinite Regress
Connor Rielly, Midnight Oil
Craig Hyatt, Night Work
Dalton Causey, Slewfoot
Daniel Ezra, Smut
Danny Chicon, The Lower Thirds
Danny Sacco, The Smoky Dreamer
David Djaco, Year 3000 Man
David Thonas, White Meat
Derek Weissbein, Vessels
Dominic Campaniello, The Horse is Good
Donna Daly, AMERICAN DOGLEG
Duncan Allan, Handshake
Edward Badal, Year of the Sword
Edward Klau, THE SERVICE
Edward Klau, KILL FOR HEAVEN
Emil Gallardo, Uninvited
Erin McGuff-Pennington, Rosalie
Francesco Eramo, The end of the show
Frankie Ruthless, Cowpoke
George Kriticos, ANAMNESES
George O’Connor & Tony DeMauro, Die Laughing
George Perez, RUNNING AROUND
Gibran Saleem, Standing Down
Harry Rankin, What He Reached For
Heather Farlinger, UNSHAKEABLE
Ian Masters & Jon Smith, Year Zero
Jack Napier, THE BURNING OF THE WHITTLED CROSS
Jacob Trammel, I Shouldn’t Be
James Buzzo, Golden Hour
Jamie Jules, VIKTOR 119104 – A Man’s Search for Meaning
Jason Kesse, Your Friend
Jay Smith, A GenEx Rom-Com
Jim Hendricks, House of Salt
Josh Mann, The Play
Joshua Frazar, Detective of the Arts
Joy Robinson, Celebrity Mom
Kate He, Interracial Horror
Kenny Kistner, Electa
Kerri Romeo, Wollstonecraft
Kevin Blake & Patrick Garland, Scene
Kevin Karp, THE FACTION
Kryssa Schemmerling & Jodi Gibson, SISTERS OF INDUSTRY
Kyung-Ja Lee, Kim’s Money Tree
Leonard Tachmes, THE LAST SANDWICH ON EARTH
Leonora Anzaldua & Stephanie Wu, Por ti
Levi Chanyoung Kim, Hyung
Maddox Finkel, Obscene
Maria del Pilar Castro, Ball Boy
Matilda Corley Schulman, Winter Ames
Matthew Sprosty, Win Ugly
Matthew Weiner, TRAMP
Mattie Bayne, Ocean City
Maurice Grey, Sanguine
Mauricio Battistuci, The Foundation
Max Bentinck, The Lost Pirate
Michael Buehler, Queen of the Eiger
Michael Sarrow, Doomsday Declined
Michael Sarrow, The Moonset Mistake
Michael Stratigakis & Elissa Shay, No One is Coming
Michelle Lindsay-Baharie & Robert Baharie, VIRILE
Moises Amsel, The Girls
Nathan Hardwick, Pinky Promise
Patricia Parisi, Soul Patch
Peter Mitchell, Seraphim
Peter Mitchell, The Furies Inside
Phaedra Crowe, Her Neck Kept Growing in Her Casket
Pimvenus Clark, Ophelia is Dying
Rachel Deutsch, Door Knocking
Ray Keller & Richard Schmidt, The One Percent
Ria Fend, THE SPONSOR
Rich Orlow, The Kept
Rick Christman, Fat Chance
Robert Gordon, Exquisite Corpse
Rowley Hudson, The Volunteer
Roxy Mckenna & Sean Mckenna, Hello Goodbye Hello
Ryan Meloy, Loather
Ryan Williams, The Darwyn Ghoul
Samantha Jean Kwok, Aelin
Sara Tetreault, IT’LL BE OVER SOON, I PROMISE
Shahnaz Mahmud, The Blossom
Shiva Ramanathan, Blank
Simon James, Mice
Sonya Vai & Maria Manzini, Killing It!
Srija Peruka, Maya
Stelios Antoniou, Cowboys Don’t Fix Things
Stephen Barber, MEAT WAGON
Stephen Goldsmith, Deadweight
Steve Milne, Eternal Flame
Steve Milne, Lonely This Christmas
Stu Webster, Quantum Highway
Sully Uddin, RE(A)LATIONSHIP
Susan Jones, Beacons
Terri Williams, Lucky Enough
Tiara Taylor, Houston
TL Michaels, Dance of The Innocent
Tom Kalaj & Jason Reif, Besa
Tom Vermeersch & Pieter Verlaak, A Killer’s End
Tongayi chirisa, LILY FLAME
Vanessa Herman, Once and Future Self
Victor Atkins, Becoming Isaac
Vincente DiSanti, The Bonding
Windy Raun & Carrie Adams, Baby Sister
Zena Logan, Thoughts and Prayers

Updated: 10/06/2026

Additional Contest Info: Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest