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Scriptapalooza Names Quarterfinalists

Scriptapalooza has announced quarterfinalists for their 2026 screenwriting competition.

1% by Ali MacKenzie
25 Cases of Canadian Club by David Bernal
33 Buchanan Road by DJ Mahoney
8 Seconds to Die by Joshua T Brannon
A Bronte Family Christmas by Melissa McCabe
A Christmas Musical by Morgan Pepper
A Gefilte Fish Out of Water by G. L. Sherman
A Hell of Heaven by Kevin Hoyer
A King and a God by Vincent Sgro
A Man Out of Time by Bill Walker
A Setter Dog by John McGrath
A to B by Lyle Satok
A Touch of Magic by Gary Edward Nei
A Visitor by Cathrine Elmerkjaer
A.K.A. Varga by Jose Espinoza
Above the Fold by Melissa McLean
Absent Tomorroe by Michael Avishai
Adaeze's Last Son by Aaron Yarber
Adventures in Empire by Ben Nicholson
Again by Adam Chambers & Richard Preston
Age of Aquarius by Eric Lotter
Air Jane by David Boyle
Alex in Wonderland by Katie Hooper
Aliens' Odyssey by Jorge Ruiz
All About the Money by Jose Fernandez
All Shook Up by Ray Karp
Alligator Juice by Vatisha King
Alta California by Lynn H. Elliott
American Bubble by Johnny Sanchez & Khalil Kain
American Gulag by Michael Casey
Andy & Me by Julia Pearlstein
Another Shot at Life by B. Daniel Martinez
April Showers by Gwen Cox
Arctic Beasts by Alexander Hector Ortiz
Artificial Impact by Tsung-Long Wu
Artificial Influencer by Paul Silverman
Assman by Robert King
Asya by Weiyang Liu
Avoid the Noid by Josh Wimble
Babka by Serena Dykman
Babushka by Christopher A. Pouy
Barren by Michael Wright
Barry the Human by Mark Nesheim
Based on a True Story by John Fisher
Battle of Heaven by Edelmiro Gonzalez
Bayou - It Doesn't Forgive by Joe & Tatyana Putnam
Before the Dark by Scott Mlodzinski
Beguiled by J.J. Randolph
Beings of an Inferior Order by Bob Dawson
Ben Again by John D. MacArthur
Benita the Invincible by Terry Lynam
Beware the Lions by Peter Grendle
Beyond a Shadow by Matthew Hall
Beyond the Yellow Brick Road by Jennifer Sorensen
Bikers and Scientists by Steve Kampwerth
Black Moon Rising by Gary Stephen DeMoss
Black Suburbia by Casner Parfait
Blackbeard by Sammer Abu Alragheb
Bless Her Royal Heart by Patrice Lyle
Bloody Kansas by James Kanady
Blue Ribbon Jury by Bruce Levin
Bodacious Tricksters by Craig Peters
Bond Girl by Drusilla Lawton
Booglinee: the Musical by Doctor Rascal
Book Boyfriend Trouble by Claire Kaplan
Border Crossings by Craig Clifford & Mallory Young
Borrowed Life by Adrienne Toghraie
Breed the Best, Kill the Rest by Graeme Oxendale
Burning Water by Loren Davis
Business Class by Kyle Gillis
Cahoots by Angel Garcia & Jason Summerfield
Cambodian Princess by Jill Clifford
Camouflage in Daylight by Edwin Berne
Campus Countdown by Michael Manias
Carmilla by Candiace Anderson
Carry Me Back by Claire Fortier
Cascade by Jeffrey K. Wood
Case 1638: Recall by Liana Sive
Catch Rider by Jennifer Lyne
Chassis by Ben Barnett
Chivalry by George Alexanian
Christmas by the Pound by Angela Lee
City of Dis by Scott Wagner
Clara for Christmas by Jane Kouloumoundras
Closing Costs by Michael Czar & Cd Mathera
Clowns by Stanley Phillips Jr
Condamned by Eric Olson
Copper Country by Frank Laurich
Courier by Wes Dyson
Critical Reset by Billy Reid
D&b by Aron Gerson
Dahlia Black by Rita Chun
Darien by Farah Ysvette Mourad Vera
Dark Amazon by Stan Evans
Dark Forest Chronicles by Llija Chavdarovski
Dark Moon by Dion Cominos
Dark Places by Andrew Dawson
Darlingwood by James Burchett
Deaconess Dottie by Melissa Walsh
Deadly Betrayal by Richard Bagshaw
Deadly Dimensions by Sandra Mytys
Death and Hollywood by Becky Scott & Molly Rydzel
Demented by William Birney
Desperate War by Ellie Sorenson
Diamond Mountain by Brenden Wysocki
Dickweed by Ragnar Gudmundsson
Dima by Kim Jaspers
Dollarhide and the Lady by Jeffrey M. Meyer & Jessica Gage Tate
Doomsday Declined by Michael Sarrow
Dry Land by Oscar Rodriguez Gorriz
Dutiful Daughter by Linda Leonard
Dying to Play by Keener Cagle
Echidna, Darling by Abigail Sax-martin
Edenbridge by Paul Allen
El Unicornio by Karen Herzog & Juan Reyes
Ellen of Sherwood by John Taylor Ii
Endless Courage by Hester Schell
Escape from Camp Lazarus by Mark Jones
Escravos by Mike Teverbaugh
Estranged by James Love
Eta: N/a by Patrick Green
Ethnic Cleansing Ai by Isabelle Goncalves
Expecting by Bobby Lester
Face Control by Iain MacNeil
Fallout of War by H. Peter Alesso
Fame Costs by Maya Adam
Fearless: the Lost Temple by Jacob Jamieson
Felicitas by Nikolaos Katsouros
Felt by Ran Jing
Feral Mountains by Terry Podnar
Ferris Wheel by Stuart Pollack
Fertile Attraction by Mariah Wilson
Fig by Dawn Hart-allen
Fighters of Fire by Dave Pearce
Filibusta by Ross Weinstein
Finding Atlantis by Katharine Panzella
Finding Fellini by Greg Reitman & Jared Gariti
Finding Moore by Paolo Mazzucato
Florida Woman by Karl Williams
Flowers of Life by Karen Weber-manz
For Billie by James Froeschle
For Democracy by Felipe Perrotta
For Goodness Sake by Davida Lippman
Foreign Agent by Priya Raman
George by Kevin Doyel
Ghosts by Andrew Anthony
Gigged by Claire Slater Hogan
God of Evil by Soni Pillay
God Said What? by Miriam Racquel Feldman & Dovid Feldman
Going Nowhere Fast by Scott Carruthers
Gone Soft by Justin Zorn
Goodnight, Sweet Love by Trad Willmann
Grace Call by Sean Barry
Gridiron by Jim Endecott
Guilty Conscience by Ariel Mayer
Hands Down by Tomasz Kowalski
Harry by David Linski
Hawkins Rock by Allan Holt
Heart of Darkness by Mircea Bumbesti
Heartbreak House by Thomas & Robbie Hargett
Hearts of Snow by Robert Knoll
Heaven Spot by Mikelle Kruger & Patrick O. McKenna
Hedy by Denise M. Worhach
Heel Toe by Kathy Dawes
Hellbent by Richard Brandes
Henry Morgan and the City of Gold by Kevin Callahan
Her Invasion? by Courtney Juricek
Here Comes the Bride by Kacey Arnold
Heroes and Villains by John Burgess & Timothy Burgess
Higher Society by Safiya Nicol
Hollywood Creatures by Tyler Callaway
How to Piss Off a Dragon by Valerii Vovk
Huckleberry Bullets by Malcolm Pelles
Hunter Blackburn by Aaron Bradley
I Am Not Your Hashtag by Matthew Turner
I Choose You by Vance Sanders
Iamhere by Dominque Cieri
Icebound by Christopher Valin
In Cuernavaca by Mark Gallini
In Our Dreams by Nick Bey
In the Net by Harry Kelley
In the Shadows by Adam Wells
Indian Tom and the Beauty Queen by Michael Gilcrease
Infinite Monkey by Laura Kindred
Instruments of Silence by Luke Trenshaw & Benjamin Rezac
Invisible Chains by Francisco J. Mas & Hector J. Alfonso Sr.
Irish Rose by Paulette & Charles Bane
Its All a Blur by Sandra Jones
Ivy League Intifada by Florina Rodov
Jab by Jabari Flint
Jack & Blue by Katherine Sheyno
Jack Thorn: Rock Star by Mauricio Topete
January Seventh by Joel Dahl
Jew(ish) by Rachel Eddy
Justice for Bobby Joe by Lee Fetner
Karaoke News by John Paul Su
Katie Sterling by Jason Davidson
Keep the Light on by Alan Amron & Joey Amron Stefanos
Kiki by Bobby Howard
Kill Kelko by Kieran Angelini
Kill Stream by Caleb Ellis
Kim's Money Tree by Kyung-ja Lee
King Thomas by Eric Dean
Laced by P.S. Harrow
Last Chance Saloon by Paul Allen
Last Summer in New York by Sabrina Zhang
Leaving the Ghost Kingdom by Jonathan J. Clark
Lemon Juice by Jennifer Andis
Lesson Plans by Kevin Doyel
Life in Monaco by Jenni Porkka
Liminoid by Aidan Moss
Lines We Cannot Cross by Rob Reuter
Little Girl Lost by Parnesh Sharma
Live to Tell by Joseph Martarella
Live Wire by Robert Hamm
Looking for Hart by Mark Galasso
Loose Threads by Erick Pausz
Lost in Paradise by Nancy Fitzgerald
Love in Scotland by Teresa Skaggs
Love, Judi by Nancy Russell
Lt by Jill Bauer
Lunar Bay by Dave McLeod
Maddie and Frannie by Virginia Austin
Making a Killing by Neil De La Pena
Mantanzas by Ronald Ecker
Marching on Dreams by Victor Jones
Masters and Servants by John Enright
Maybe It's a Good Thing by Cara Devins
Meet Mrs. Roe by Gary Tonya
Mendoza the Jew by Robin Russin
Middle Seat by Rick Mitchell
Midnight Sun by Griffin Sloan & Melissa Anderson
Miles Away by Gregory Breuer
Milk of Human Kindness by Beatriz Yuste
Mischief Night by Viv Simone
Mister C by Terry Connell
Mix and Match by Barry Steven Kohl
Miyake by Juergen Thumm
Monte Zulu by Timothy Burke
Morgan Vs Virginia by Kyle Portbury
Mother Lode by Bongo Jack Hooper
Mother Russia by Wilhelm Martinez
Mothercode by Justin Sloan & Richard Dane Scott
Murder in Evolution Valley by Alfred Dunham
Muscle Beach by Robert G. Houck
My Fair Drag Queen by Devin Toohey & Brian Whitaker
My Monster by David Warren & Scott Rice
My Name Is Jonas by Cory Bortnicker
My Name's Steve by Daniel Ahmadi
My Saving Grace by Cheryl Demarco & Rebecca Schuster
Nerdy by Nuno Graca
New Fire by Adam Delmonico
New Hollywood by Gary Sherwood
Nicaragua by Michael Swenson
No Matter What Forever by Terry Hensley
Object 547 by Baerbel Morsch
Occupants by Tyler Mager & Americo Siller
Okawa: a Geisha Story by Sam Rose
Olympians Save the World by Craig Gusmann
On in Five by Doran J. Seff
Once Upon a Time in Reno by Cliff Varnell
One Boy by Jane Olander
Outsider Deep Purple by Andrew Lampack
Overlook Chase by Mark Stevens
Painlessly by Bogdan Nicolae Groza
Parkway by John Ramey
Partial Recall by Ray Harlan
Partner. by Whitni Resides
Passport to Peril by Katharine Panzella
Paternity Steve by Sara O'reilly & Jeremy Foley
Perception by Adam Degrazia
Permanent Damage by Aimee Birch
Pettifogger by Chris Paschall
Pharaoh by Dimitri Devyatkin
Pirouette by Patricia Ducey
Pixie and Murray by David Ross
Play on by Milan Mijatovic
Powderblue by Mary Pat Lindl
Prince of Straw by Nathan Allen
Prodigal by Aidan Cullen
Project G.H.o.s.t. by Michael McDermott
Queen Takes Pawn by Ro Bennam
Rachel's Loop by J.T. Gurzi
Ramp Rats by Tom Renville
Red Card Redemption by Rich Tuckman
Rose Red by Austin Turmel
Rusty Crawler by Ty Hosler
Sam Katt, Detective by V.R. Zahn
San Animal by Deleon Demicoli
Sands of Lanikai by Greg Blair
Santa Can Ball! by Mark T. Cary
Scavenger by Cheslav Vinnik
Scripted by Dylan Halpin Hurley
Sea Terror by Paul Huenemann
Secret in the Triangle by Shelley Chester
Sell Out by Lee Stein
Serial Monogamy by David Rakowiecki
Sex Addict by Samantha Ryan
Sexy Time by Ben Glass & Adam Stier
Shadow Self by Tom Zimmerman
Shadow Work by Ian Schroeder
Shadows of Descent by Edward Gillespie
Shaved Ice Girl by Jack Aupperle
Shooters Roll by Mitchell Boling
Sirens of the Storm by J.R. Ford
Skin Hunger by Anna Nesbitt & E.C. Hogan
Skippin' Sisters by Ted McKenna
Sneaky by Seth Eibmos
Sng by Michael-kai Ho Below
Snow Cone by John Rivera
So...now What? by Leighann E. Bell
Sombra by Reid McGlamery
Someday by Angeles Perez
Something Bad Happened to Anais by Michaelia Leigh Mendoza
Spark by Jonathan Todd Ross
Spectrums of Life by Andrew Fischer-gledhill & Nathaniel Geyer
Spiral by Hannah Garfield
Spook by William Hunt
Spoon-fed Addiction by Silvano Williams
Statuemaker by Normann Pokorny
The 49th Day by Craig Peters
The Animal by Eric Sprague
The Barber by Mike Bencivenga
The Barrett Conspiracy by Raman Singh
The Beauty of the Rodeo by Steffany Sommers
The Bismillah Tree by Dennis Nelson
The Break-in by Rick Mallett
The Cat's Meow Bar & Grill Murders by Donahue Silvis
The Country by Adam Matson
The Dead Owe Nothing by Aaron Huggett
The End of Brotherly Love by Gordie Hvolka
The Enigma of Colonel Fawcett by Hermes Leal
The Evangelist by Jave Galt-miller
The Exceptionals by Vincent Vasquez
The Falling Man by Frank Tumminia
The Filthy Forty by Matt McFadden
The Find by Michael MacK
The Finger by Rebecca Munley
The Fish Princess by Hung Duong
The Flight by Evan Balkan
The Forever House by Russell Bennett
The Gamer Place by David Lopez
The George Washingtons by Paul Schutte
The Grave Robber by Ross Inman
The Great Gus by Eric Dean
The Great Storm by Lorenda Wyant
The Guessing Game by Johnny Kurtzuba
The Happiness Cult by Sarah Cho
The Heckler by Steve Mitchell
The Height of Fashion by Michael Stein
The Holidays Can Be Murder by Robert D Palmer
The Hollowing by Kyle Bedwell
The Hostage by Chris Britton
The House on Park Place by Debra Karr
The Intervention by June Escalante
The Invader by Pierce O'toole
The Jesus Tree by Edward J. Hall
The Jewels of Menageron by Ingrid Wren
The Jocular Cat's Meow Bar & Grill/murders by Donahue Silvis
The Kessler Report by Julie Lilly Belote & Paul Beckwith
The Killing of Savages by David Joglar
The Lady in Red by Martin Jay Greenstein
The Lady Pirates by Theresa Carey
The Lake by Jonathan Everett
The Language of Wolves by Nan Schmid
The Last Page by Susie Lindau
The Last Run by Steve Kangas
The Little Red House by Shelby Baldwin
The Lives of the Saints by Luke Richert
The Lost Pirate by Max Bentinck
The Love Ledger by Michael Robert Taylor
The Mark of the Wolf by Giacomo Giammatteo
The Mezzotints by Alex McCarron
The Model by Kenji Nakamura
The Mule Deer by Bern Hyland
The Music Makers by Casey Nelson & Kate Murdoch
The Myth by John Callas
The Peak by Luke Sinkovich
The Polski Affair by Kenneth Gildin
The Puzzler by Ann Leschander
The Reboot by Stephen W. Hiemstra
The Road to You by Barbara Peacock
The Root by Jami Brandli
The S.I.x. by Heath Papkov
The Sales Aid by Tom England
The Scorched Face by Dashiell Hammett
The Second Chance by J. Huska
The Shelf by Anna McCurdy
The Silence After by Neil Clarke
The Silver Abacus by Hillary Anger
The Skeleton Pact by Samantha Kungie
The Skraeling Beast by Craig Houchin
The Slaver's Wife by Gary Rosenblum
The Sleazy Saint by Charlotte Mendel
The Spear of Destiny by Gary Hamilton
The Street-preacher by Joseph Dearing
The Styx by Travis Brown
The Umbrella Guy by Adam Westervelt
The Vote by Kenneth Ackerman
The Voyage by Jacob Jamieson
The Wrath by Kevin Fitzpatrick
This Is How He Survives by Trisha Pritikin
Three Days by Heather Foster
Tidewater by Lori Roper
Til We Drop by Kelsey Pete
Till the Sun Grows Cold by John W. Bebout
Time Humpers by Matthew Gray & Josh Michaels
Tom the Mailman by Mac Grayson
Toss by Dmitry Iyudin
Trail Magic by Mark Pottschmidt
Tropic Game by Marcus Delgado
Trudges by Denise Hatfield
Ugly Business by Jakob Pansieri
Ultimate Werewolf by Brian Ulrich
Unearthed by Billy Reid
Unintended by Marcos Gallegos
Universal Frequency by Richard Krzemien
Unmade by Kymberly Harris
Unrequited by William Blodgett
Unshakeable by Heather Farlinger
Unwritten by Jason Collin
Valley Glen by Erin Sopapunta
Van 59 by Brian Trotter
Vatican Sex Awards by Michael Aston
Vignette by Evan R. Corrales
Vincent by Haik Kocharian
Vintage Christmas by Teresa Skaggs
Violence by Maria Jose Moreno
Violin & Piano by Will Larue
Want for Nothing by Eric John Meyer
Was It Something I Said? by Brian McQuery
Wear It Well by Martin Cohn
What I Lost by Niven Kruidhof
Where the Heart Lies by Andy Kelly
Whirly Kid by Lauren Nguyen
White House at Night by Richard Bailey
Wild Boys by Alexander Hendrie
Wildcowboyz by John Fisher
Wingman by Tim Rosenow
Wish Away by John Vanderberg
Worklife by Beau Turgeon
Wrath in Sheath by Steven Lee
Wren by Kyle Thomas
X9 by Sam Speron
You Are Here by Mark Ward
Zealot by Matthew Fleischer
Zoe & Joe by Sebastian Gutnik
Zoo by Andy Edge & Naz Pankey

Updated: 07/30/2026

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