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Winners
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TV Script
· Sci-fi
· 52 Pages
A group of post-apocalyptic survivors band together to survive the upheaval this new life has created, even if the end of the world is only a fabricated mental representation of the real-life grief they are experiencing.
Weehawken, NJ
Melissa Malone is a filmmaker and writer based in NYC. Her work can be seen brought to life in the series "Or So the Story Goes," "Block Watch," "Kith & Kin," and numerous short films.
In her spare time, she loves writing, traveling, camping, and running her production company Outtake Productions which she started with her late wife.
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Feature
· Sci-fi
· 96 Pages
An unlikely bond between scientists and renegades in a technofascist matriarchy challenges the comically narcissistic powers of the age.
No bio available.
Finalists
Finalist
TV Script
· Comedy
· 34 Pages
The lives of Australian-raised teenagers in 1998 are upended when they return to their homeland, Israeli-occupied Southern Lebanon, but not even political conflict cannot suppress their teenage desire for scheming and rebellion.
Astoria, NY
Batoul is a screenwriter based in NYC. She is a 2024 Moonshot Pilot Accelerator fellow where she had the opportunity to pitch to companies and studios like HBO, Netflix, etc. She is also a 2024 Sesame Writer’s Room Workshop where she is developing content for children’s media. Batoul is particularly interested in the intersection between comedy and ...
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Feature
· Comedy
· 112 Pages
When 3 estranged, poor and desperate sisters discover their abusive father left them nothing in his will, they must band together and plan a heist to steal back the family heirlooms he was buried with.
St. Catharines, ON, CA
Anastazia Rae is a Canadian screenwriter/director/actor. She is based in Ontario, Canada.
She is trained in theatre, film and voice from Concordia University of Edmonton and attended American Theatre Wing's Spring board NYC in 2009.
Anastazia is passionate about encouraging a positive environment for mental health in creative spaces.
Bad Reviews
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Feature
· Drama
· 88 Pages
A female writer’s 2nd book flops. Faced with losing her fancy NYC apartment she takes a job as a nasty book reviewer (using a male pseudonym), then grapples with how to review her own 3rd book for the Times.
Hawaii
Story-seeking by nature, Danica focuses on uplifting stories she has encountered throughout her life. As a Hawai'i Women in Filmmaking Fellow, she is currently in production for her first documentary, Leaked: The Period Stories, which highlights menstrual experiences from people of different cultures, identities and generations. In addition to scree...
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TV Script
· Comedy
· 36 Pages
An insecure fifteen-year-old girl sets out on a mission to dominate the stand-up comedy scene, even if that means sneaking her way into a live teen reality competition with only luck, a little trauma, and a washed-up British comedian by her side.
New York City, NY
After realizing I could channel my ridiculous anxieties (Cillian Murphy's eyes, European STDS) into comedic fuel, I discovered my passion for screenwriting. Now I turn absurd tales into animated adventures and comedic scripts, with a comic anthology set to release through Scout Comics.
Beaverton
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TV Script
· Drama
· 54 Pages
In 2047, the lush canal city of Beaverton, MI has become an example for mitigating the effects of climate change by rewilding with beaver colonies. Adopted siblings Circe, wildlife liaison; Orion, apprentice herbalist; and Electra, high-schooler and tree climber; must navigate community unrest after an elderly citizen is injured by a moose.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Emma is a video creator, screenwriter and rewilding advocate.
Her business, Chickadee Films, just celebrated its fifth year in the for-good consulting space where she works with clients to create animated, video and audio content.
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TV Script
· Historical
· 60 Pages
In 1920s Manhattan, Irish immigrant Bridget Campbell, disguised as aristocrat Beatrice Campbell, enchants the city's elite with her musical talent. She befriends philanthropist Anne Morgan, hiding her sexuality, and Belle Da Costa Greene, concealing her African American heritage.
These trailblazing women confront personal demons and defy the socie...
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Niamh Gormley is an award-winning Irish screenwriter. Her period drama, Bridget in Manhattan has received multiple international awards, including Best TV Pilot at the Sugar Loaf Film Festival, New York (2024) , Best Historical Screenplay, Best Script Awards, London (2025) and Best LGBTQ Screenplay at the New York Script Awards (2024).
Dippers...
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Finalist
Short
· Thriller
· 13 Pages
A young African-American woman's hair appointment results in an unexpected wound, prompting her to seek revenge against her hairstylist to get even. Literally.
Atlanta, GA
Tiara Elyse Watkins is an actress and writer based in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Mercer University in 2021 with a degree in Media Studies where she was exposed to screenwriting and playwriting. She graduated, summa cum laude, and was awarded outstanding junior and senior in Media Studies as well as outstanding junior in Theater.
Tiara is...
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Finalist
TV Script
· Comedy
· 29 Pages
When two chaotically fun cousins, stubborn Nadine and people-pleasing Lana, announce their decision to leave Virginia to embark on a new adventure in Los Angeles, they never expect their eccentric and clingy Arab-American family, Nadine's hippy, lesbian mother and Lana’s religious and traditional parents along with her two siblings, to uproot their ...
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Los Angeles, CA
Manelle Dridi, is a Tunisian-Palestinian American who is an engineer-turned-filmmaker. She speaks Arabic, English, French, and Spanish and is currently a documentary producer that is part of the Brown Girls Documentary Mafia community. Manelle identifies as part of the LGBTQIA+ community and wants to bring the spectrum of tradition & religion, sexua...
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Finalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 94 Pages
Facing eviction, two best friends learn there's no such thing as Easy Money.
Atlanta, GA
Brittany Scott Smith is an Emmy® award winning television director, producer, and writer who has served as the supervising producer of "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" (Comedy Central) and as the co-executive producer of "The Rundown with Robin Thede” (BET). Smith has directed numerous television shows, including “A Black Lady Sketch Show” (HBO...
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TV Script
· Comedy
· 30 Pages
A young woman reluctantly joins a support group for family members of those with cancer where she discovers the universality of grief and the camaraderie found in living with those living with (and dying from) cancer.
No bio available.
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Finalist
Short
· Comedy
· 11 Pages
Set in the early aughts, two queer high-school students can’t agree on posting the anticipated chapter of their online fan fiction when their manuscript is stolen.
Shannon Sears-Rivera
No bio available.
Finalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 32 Pages
Desperate to find her footing in the world of journalism, a recent college graduate returns to her hometown – the self-proclaimed psychic capital of the world – to exploit their unusual traditions, but a more pressing story finds her first: her ex-boyfriend’s suicide.
TWIN PEAKS meets TRUE DETECTIVE
Portland, OR
Dee Mick -- let’s hear it for her, the first woman in her family not to become a teen mom. A true fact, but hardly the most interesting thing about her.
Based in Portland, Oregon, Dee is a multifaceted creative with a passion for character-driven storytelling that lingers in your mind long after the page is turned. Writing has always been more t...
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Finalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 68 Pages
When a young woman returns to her hometown eight years after a car accident that claimed her brother’s life and the shocking suicide of her favorite teacher, she discovers evidence suggesting her teacher’s death was not as it seemed. As she delves into the circumstances surrounding his death, she becomes entangled in a modern-day tragedy worthy of t...
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Brooklyn, New York
Micah is a New York based Casting Director, with credits spanning from Broadway to new developmental works. She holds a degree from Harvard University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with highest honors. At Harvard, Micah completed a joint concentration in Folklore & Mythology and the Classics, which provided her with extensive training in the ...
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Finalist
Feature
· Drama
· 118 Pages
A young horse trader finds herself entangled in the world a of secluded West Texas Cattle Ranch, navigating the desires of its inhabitants, both human and animal, while trying to honor her own secret motivations for being there in the first place...
Los Angeles, CA
As a recovering student athlete (Equestrian) (yes, she is a horse girl), and now a writer/actor based in Los Angeles, Matilda finds herself sharing stories filled with a little bit of magic and a whole lot of heartbreak. Matilda hopes to give voice to women who have maybe been told to quiet down one too many times -- and maybe in the process, make...
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Finalist
Short
· Drama
· 12 Pages
At a senior apartment in Little Tokyo, a Korean elderly woman and her Japanese caregiver confront their racial animosity when they discover a shared tragedy from the past.
Los Angeles, CA
Throughout my challenging journey as an Asian American female writer/director, including the turnaround from HBO Pictures after the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, my passion for filmmaking has remained unwavering.
My dedication stems from a promise I made to my mother, whom I cared for over a decade while stepping away from filmmaking.
I’ve crea...
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LUMPIA SHANGHAI
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Finalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 97 Pages
A second generation Filipino-American teenager struggles with her sexuality and her future as she navigates through her last year of high school.
No bio available.
Money in the Walls
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TV Script
· Drama
· 51 Pages
In this Southern Gothic, a tormented woman discovers her domineering mother is a serial killer and struggles to keep from becoming just like her.
Wimberley, Texas
Writer and director of the Emmy Award-winning children’s television series, The Traveling Trio, Lora Gray is also the winner of three Tribeca Film Festival awards for her short films, which she wrote and directed. Always on a mental adventure, Lora sees writing as a way of sharing her explosive imagination with others.
Lora currently lives on an enc...
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TV Script
· Drama
· 57 Pages
Relive the Moreton Murders, as retired Detective Asher is forced to secretly investigate those closest to her when she receives a mysterious confession letter from the real killer - who isn’t the person she convicted.
Staunton, Virginia
Elisabeth is an award-winning actress and screenwriter. She most recently won the Tony Cox 60-Minute Episodic Screenplay award at the Nantucket Film Festival, and just graduated with a Master's in Shakespeare from Mary Baldwin University. When Elisabeth isn't writing, she’s busy chasing after her toddler, Marlowe, and her dachshund, Snuggles.
Finalist
Short
· Horror
· 27 Pages
Set against a background of a mystical island, a rural doctor must uphold her oath and protect the secret of a deceased islander.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Award-winning filmmakers Sonia and Miriam Albert-Sobrino, collectively known as ALSO Sisters, defy the ordinary directing duo. Following their tenure in Nursing, Sonia and Miriam immersed themselves in the world of visual storytelling through comprehensive education in film schools both in Spain and the US. Over the ensuing decade, ALSO Sisters' cr...
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Short
· Western
· 8 Pages
In a sexy, action-packed short set in1862, a married woman risks it all to chase the woman she loves out west.
Los Angeles, California
Quinn Marcus is a lesbian, nonbinary writer and comedian from Atlanta, Georgia. She's created and hosted comedic talk shows on MTV (Quinnterviews) and ABC (A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus). Quinn was a cast member on MTV's Girl Code. She's written and starred in award-winning short films. Her debut short, Alone with People, won best dramatic...
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Feature
· Drama
· 99 Pages
When two women ride into the Montana wilderness to scatter a loved one's ashes, they must confront their own damaged lives and death itself to earn another chance at living.
Poulsbo, Washington
Laura was a professional firefighter for almost twenty-two years, and at one point got her writing fix crafting and revising fire department training manuals. Eventually, the terrors and triumphs of the job inspired her to attempt something that makes running into burning buildings look easy – crafting decent fiction.
Roles Reversed
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Short
· Family
· 19 Pages
Roles Reversed peeks into a shadow demographic’s essential function in American society - bilingual children in immigrant households. Vivi, a bilingual Haitian-American fourth grader in Brooklyn, NY, is an all-around caretaker in the two important milieus of her life - school and home. Childhood reluctance turns into adult responsibility when she st...
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No bio available.
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Feature
· Comedy
· 103 Pages
After Chloe finds out her family can't afford to pay her ransom, she collaborates with her clueless kidnappers to raise the money in a way that also promotes her homecoming queen campaign.
Los Angeles, CA
Before I knew what a screenwriter was, I knew that whatever I chose to do with my life, I wanted to make people laugh the way I did when watching movies like “Mean Girls” and series like “30 Rock”. A soon-to-be graduate of USC’s Writing for Screen and Television major, I can now say with confidence that I want to make people laugh by writing female...
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Finalist
TV Script
· Fantasy
· 61 Pages
A young amnesiac peasant with mysterious powers searches for her three-year-old daughter amid vicious religious persecution, rampant disease, and dangers around every corner.
Los Angeles, CA
Polina’s grandmother used to read her Ancient Greek myths and legends when she was little. That sparked a passionate love for history and storytelling. In addition to Screenwriting, she later majored in Philosophy and minored in Classics and Archaeology. She writes across genres: from period pieces based on true events to high-fantasy to romantic co...
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TV Script
· Fantasy
· 58 Pages
Year 2024, a global feminist conspiracy to replace all world leaders with women is set into motion four weeks before the U. S. Presidential election.
Hollywood, CA
Like many foreigners, Leqi learned English from watching Friends too many times. Her funny graduation speech from AFI class of 2018 gathered 20 million views on Chinese social media and her thesis film The Chef won the 2nd place in 2019 Student Academy Awards. Born and raised in Northern China, bordering Russia and North Korea, Leqi has a unique vie...
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TV Script
· Comedy
· 31 Pages
This satirical dark comedy follows former PTA President turned empty nester, Nina Massri, who is sent to an Empty Nest support group after forcefully being removed from the kickoff PTA meeting. She quickly becomes the leader of a band of misfit parents who have a newfound goal of taking revenge on the PTA....
Encinitas, CA
Having grown up in a big fat Catholic, Lebanese, Mormon household in a conservative town like Bakersfield, California; then moving to the big cities of NYC and Los Angeles has really given me a unique perspective. I use each interaction as a guide, I listen to others with intention. I have a duty to use my platform and voice to tell true, and inclus...
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Finalist
Feature
· Drama
· 97 Pages
Fighting to let go of her past, the only present this mom wants for Christmas is the gift of forgiveness.
Dayton, OH
Angela is a multi-faceted writer. She has been writing and directing stage plays for over twenty five years. During the pandemic she wrote and directed four short documentaries and fell in love with being able to reach people all over the world with her work. Recently she co-wrote an animated/live action short that was featured as a part of the Wh...
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Finalist
Short
· Other
· 7 Pages
A young girl's illness parallels the Earth's decline in this animated short about climate change and the power to heal our planet.
Austin, Texas
J. Kenner is an optioned screenwriter as well as the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over one hundred novels featuring emotionally compelling characters and complex plots.
A film school grad and former attorney, JK has practiced First amendment, entertainment, and general civil litigation in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas, and ha...
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TV Script
· Comedy
· 41 Pages
A dark workplace comedy following three women navigating the cutthroat world of modern pro-wrestling as they struggle to make it in a male-dominated industry: a daughter vying to inherit her father's business, a new writer discovering the ropes, and an up-and-coming wrestler looking to break out.
New York, New York
Julie Harrison-Harney is an experienced comedy writer and digital/social strategist. Previously, she was a writer for WWE's Monday Night RAW and Director of Digital for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. She wrote and developed comedy series for Above Average and was a writer for Upright Citizens Brigade. She currently oversees social and origi...
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Finalist
Feature
· Drama
· 117 Pages
As the 2012 apocalypse looms, a fifteen-year-old girl creates an 'end of the world' bucket list that sends her down a complicated journey of growing up.
Brooklyn, New York
Jacqueline Xerri is a writer, director, and editor based in New York and is Black List Recommended (Top 1% of Scripts). Her past work includes the short film ‘Monkey Bars’ (2021) which features Milly Shapiro (Hereditary) and is executive produced by Ethan Lazar (The Witch). In 2023, she was a Semifinalist at the CineStory Foundation Fellowship with ...
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Finalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 98 Pages
A headstrong college student with a dysfunctional vagina grows hellbent on having great, painless sex — that is, if God doesn't cockblock her first.
Los Angeles, CA
A Chicagoan in Los Angeles, Ellen is a writer by night, an entertainment assistant by day, and painfully Midwestern at all times. Inspired by her Catholic guilt, she crafted her sex comedy screenplay TIGHT, which recently made the Writers Guild Initiative’s shortlist for the Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting and is in consideratio...
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Finalist
Feature
· Historical
· 96 Pages
The true story of a young woman who shelters and aids the escape of the fugitive Scottish prince.
Los Angeles, California
Known for her work as the STAR TREK franchise's official science advisor, Erin Macdonald is a tattooed astrophysicist who finally found her calling in storytelling. In 2019 she was hired as the first woman science advisor for the STAR TREK franchise and spends time in all of the writers rooms for each show, working closely with the showrunners and w...
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TRAVEL NURSE
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TV Script
· Comedy
· 36 Pages
An eccentric travel nurse with a will to never settle finds herself rooming with an unlikely group of nursing friends in a brand new city while temporarily working at an underfunded, mismanaged hospital that slowly begins growing on her.
Farrah Penn is an author based in Los Angeles who enjoys creating women-centered stories. She graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in Creative Writing. Her published books include Twelve Steps to Normal (2018, Hachette), a Junior Library Guild Selection, and Cancelled (2024, Penguin Random House), which received a starred Bookl...
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Semifinalists
Semifinalist
Short
· Thriller
· 28 Pages
Drawn in by the allure of quick riches and friendship, a lonesome woman falls prey to the promises of a pyramid scheme, only to discover she's entangled in a deadly cult.
Chicago, IL
I’m Jennie, a character-driven screenwriter and story editor dedicated to helping emerging female writers bring their stories to life. Over the past 5 years, I’ve honed my craft at schools like Second City and iO. I have studied character development, story editing, and script development with industry-leading writers such as Brent Forrester and S...
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Semifinalist
TV Script
· Historical
· 67 Pages
One woman spy and playwright, in lawless 17th century London, asserts her rights to independence and power in a world controlled by men.
New York, NY
I’ve always been a storyteller. As a costume designer collaborating with directors, playwrights and designers for 30 years, I tell stories with clothes. Most of my experience is in Shakespeare. My work in other genres includes Broadway, National Tours, Off-Broadway and Regional Theater. I always intended to be a writer, but was enticed away by desi...
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Semifinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 59 Pages
What's the cost of winning? After the assault of one of their own, a team of female collegiate soccer players are about to find out, and make others find out as well, whether they want to or not...
Los Angeles, CA
As a recovering student athlete (Equestrian) (yes, she is a horse girl), and now a writer/actor based in Los Angeles, Matilda finds herself sharing stories filled with a little bit of magic and a whole lot of heartbreak. Matilda hopes to give voice to women who have maybe been told to quiet down one too many times -- and maybe in the process, make...
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Semifinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 27 Pages
Five teenaged girls attend a trans-affirmation sleep-away camp in the middle-of-no-where Maine for 2 explosive weeks in summer of 2014.
April L. (she/her) is an East-Coast based actress, writer & director.
Semifinalist
Short
· Comedy
· 13 Pages
Following a cervical cancer diagnosis, Tess, 38, learns that the cancer may be spreading. While she weighs her doctor’s suggestion for a hysterectomy against her visiting mother’s wishes, she’s forced to determine what’s best for herself — for once in her life.
Los Angeles, CA
Tara Shoe is a writer, director, and artist living in LA. Her focus is on TV and film screenplays, where she demos her fine storytelling skills with a notably "hyper casual" voice. Her background is in on-stage storytelling and sketch comedy, writing and drawing comics, and in art departments on films.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Western
· 103 Pages
A defiant Chinese-American gunslinger, with a bounty on her head, poses as a mail-order bride to hide from the law and avenge her family's murder.
Los Angeles, CA
Originally from the Philippines, 2024 Academy Nicholl Fellow, Charmaine Colina, grew up in LA raised on Saturday morning cartoons and Dodger games. But like many immigrant kids, she rarely saw herself represented in media. Screenwriting is how she created a a world where heroes come in all colors and genders. At UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and T...
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Inhabiters
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Semifinalist
Short
· Sci-fi
· 5 Pages
In a futuristic city, the ambitious Karmane who works as an ‘Inhabiter,’ an illegal practice that allows one to inhabit peoples bodies and perform various activities, receives an unusual request.
Jade Bindon
No bio available.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 104 Pages
Just before the L.A. Riot, a grieving young Korean-American woman takes over her parents' restaurant after a violent robbery, but falls for a Mexican chef despite her father’s opposition.
Los Angeles, CA
Throughout my challenging journey as an Asian American female writer/director, including the turnaround from HBO Pictures after the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, my passion for filmmaking has remained unwavering.
My dedication stems from a promise I made to my mother, whom I cared for over a decade while stepping away from filmmaking.
I’ve crea...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 109 Pages
Over the course of twenty-four hours, in the middle of Oklahoma, one pair of college best friends are forced to confront the feelings they have never dared to explore, when one decides to graduate early, leaving school and the other behind...
Los Angeles, CA
As a recovering student athlete (Equestrian) (yes, she is a horse girl), and now a writer/actor based in Los Angeles, Matilda finds herself sharing stories filled with a little bit of magic and a whole lot of heartbreak. Matilda hopes to give voice to women who have maybe been told to quiet down one too many times -- and maybe in the process, make...
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Semifinalist
· Sci-fi
· 60 Pages
Tourists come to the renowned hot springs to commune with nature and the supernatural but dark secrets are bubbling beneath the town’s placid surface. When a shocking murder that was predicted by a local psychic rocks the community, newcomer Dr. Katie Alcott learns that if the paranormal is the norm, anything is possible.
Simi Valley, CA
Not many writers go into the business because a telephone pole fell on their big toe. When that weird college injury left me on crutches, the only elective class still open that I could get to was Creative Writing. Life has a funny way of setting you on the right path. After publishing award-winning books with Harper Collins and Random House, my mom...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 105 Pages
Sparkle attends high school by day and at night she works as a prostitute. She receives a chance to train for a dance competition that will give her a chance at a future beyond foster care and freedom from the life she's trapped in.
Titusville, FL
Sarah has an extensive background in art and music. She has directed over 30 short films and recently directed her first feature film. She has received recognition on several of her screenplays.
After six years in a cult, she faced incredible trauma and psychological hell. This created a desire for her to face the darkness of humanity in her stori...
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The Places We'll Go
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Short
· Drama
· 15 Pages
A couple retreats to a desert rental house to reconnect, but as they confront their unresolved issues, they must decide if their love is strong enough to overcome the growing distance between them.
Los Angeles, California
No bio available.
Semifinalist
TV Script
· Comedy
· 31 Pages
When a Texas raised teen confused about her own Blackness is forced to attend a Black high school in Detroit, she must acknowledge her discomfort with being surrounded by her own people.
Detroit, MI
What defines Morgan’s writing the most is the fact that she spent her formative years in Texas and she went to high school and college in Michigan. While in Texas, she had a very multicultural experience, whereas in Michigan, it was predominantly black. This allowed her to notice certain disparities in different communities and it inspired her love ...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 104 Pages
When her actress best friend starts dating a co-star, Maggie’s feelings take an unexpected turn. Will she chase a cross-country promotion or risk (another) friendship for love?
This queer love letter to the romcom is two for the price of one: a fake dating scheme between the “leads” and a slow-burn friends-to-lovers tale — if THE SIDEKICK finally s...
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New York, NY
Ashley is a former tech employee working to turn her 2023 layoff into a line on her Wikipedia page. She brings a fresh, inclusive voice to the screen after spending the decade after film school chasing health insurance.
A prolific, expeditious writer at the intersection of multiple identities, Ashley delivers character-driven stories with strong...
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Semifinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 60 Pages
A married couple and their live-in friend grapple with the unraveling of their carefully balanced dynamic as buried desires and unspoken conflicts rise to the surface within their shared home. (A mini-series.)
Madison, Wisconsin
I was born in the Soviet Russia. Got a B.A. in Playwriting from Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow (Russian Yale, an excellent school). Then worked as a dramaturg and a creative writing teacher at a children's theater. Immigrated to the US knowing I'd have to learn to write in English. Got a Master's degree in psychology from Harvard and spent years...
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