2026 Quarterfinalists
Ambassador Of Hope, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Todd Haylock
Bach And The Beggars, (Short Screenplay), Writer Clinton Joe Andersen
Battleship Jean Bart, Race Against The Clock, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Antonio Messina
Beings Of An Inferior Order, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Bob Dawson
Blood Bath, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Robert Merritt Blankenhorn
Blood On The Prairie, (TV Pilot), Writer Kelly Wiseman
Boricua, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Tony Barone
The Breeze Of Fire, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Ali Javad
Brice, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Jeff Goldstein
The Bullwhip Mutiny, (Short Screenplay), Writer Frank Fusco
Cavell, (Short Screenplay), Writer Alexander Menu
The Dashwoods, (TV Pilot), Writer Marieke Gaboury
Enlightenment, (Short Screenplay), Writer Christian F.L. Craps
Faking Thunder, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Jason Abraham
Flame Of Freedom, (TV Pilot), Writer Daniel Patrick Tannam
The Grand Gypsy, (TV Pilot), Writer Ottavio Gesmundo
Granville, (TV Pilot), Writer Brian Nolin
Guy, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Jordan Taylor
In Memory, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Alex Navarrette
Katerini, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Steven Michael Statharos
The Lady Doctor, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Tony Barone
The Last Letter Of Livia Vernazza, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Pnina Shinebourne
The Last Sentinel, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Stuart B Long
The Lewis And Clark Expedition Of 1803-1806, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Edward Joseph Mackin
The Loss We Bear, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Roberta Steve
Maccabaeus, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Jack Perezselsky
Mr. R. Garnett, (TV Pilot), Writer Talya Lotan
Muir, (TV Pilot), Writer Adam Segaller
My Summer With Sam, (Feature Screenplay), Writers Talya Lotan, Randall Gamby
Oceans Between Us, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Daniel Shannon
Peace, Undone, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Bob Dawson
Phimbo, Phimbo, (Short Screenplay), Writer Mpho Malange
Play For A Kingdom, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Philip Cerruti
Plume, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Teague Caden Kennedy
Rainy Lake, Episode 1: Red Skirt’s Girl, (TV Pilot), Writer Mary Casanova
Red Dirt Rainbow, (TV Pilot), Writer Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo
Revolutionary Spy, (Feature Screenplay), Writer James Foye
The Rickover Effect, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Rick Scarmack Jr
Robert And Bertrand, (TV Pilot), Writer Christian F.L. Craps
The Royal Executioner, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Marshall Ferrin
Shadow In Hawthorn Bay, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Steven Robert Mitchell
Snow White’s Lipstick, (Short Screenplay), Writer Li Lin-Liang
Sylvia, (Feature Screenplay), Writer JF Sweet
This Is How He Survives, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Trisha T Pritikin
Till The Sun Grows Cold, (Feature Screenplay), Writer John Bebout
The Trackman, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Raffaella Luciani
Tulok-Warrior Of The Ice, (Feature Screenplay), Writer Grainne Maguire
U.S. Grant, (TV Pilot), Writer Levi Gordon