New Voices in Animation Screenwriting Contest |
2022
Stage 32 is excited to announce our 5th Annual New Voices in Animation Screenwriting Contest!
Placement
Genre
Format
Representation Status
Winners
Winner
Feature
· Animated
· 98 Pages
On their parents' wedding day, two squabbling stepbrothers are lured into a magical rainbow by a leprechaun. As the boys make their way through seven color kingdoms, they're forced to choose sides in a war between mythical Irish creatures, or they'll never make it back home.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Russell writes features, specializing in family comedies and adaptations. He makes a living as a summer camp director, a job similar to managing a vaudeville show, like Kermit on "The Muppet Show". It's the perfect setting to generate new writing material and keep his comedy chops sharp.
Finalists
Finalist
Feature
· Family
The world's youngest cryptozoologist attempts to save a legendary blue tiger from a deranged poacher hellbent on abusing the creature's mythical powers.
- Verified WGA Member
Los Angeles, CA
Rick Mitchell lives in Los Angeles, but he's originally from...his Mom. He most recently spent 6 seasons as a writer on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," where he won 5 Emmys. He loves writing comedy and is constantly working on scripted features and pilots.
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Finalist
Feature
· Animated
· 85 Pages
A revolutionary cockroach from Mexico unites a divided world in order to save Earth from an impending apocalypse caused by climate change.
Anywhere, Baby
Tommy is one of those queers. His animated feature script, CUCARACHA!, made Coverfly's RED LIST, placed at BlueCat, reached the top 10% at Slamdance and became a Finalist in Stage 32's New Voices in Animation. Tommy grew up Catholic in Kentucky but thankfully made it out alive and now lives in Brooklyn with his partner, one ghost, and not a small nu...
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Finalist
Feature
· Animated
· 99 Pages
Frankenstein’s timid teenage son recklessly travels to the Human Realm on Halloween, and, with the help of a savvy paranormal investigator, he takes on monster hunters and his own insecurities before returning home to save his friends from a tyrant set to destroy all monsterkind.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA
Ryan Johnston is a screenwriter and independent producer whose animated feature, HALLOWS EVE HIGH, is a Semifinalist at this year's Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. It is in the top 1% of all scripts on Coverfly, along with #4 on the Red List for Animated Features.
Ryan has also co-created and self-published a graphic novel, HIGH ...
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Finalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 106 Pages
A poor orphan jester attempts to woo a beautiful princess with her jokes with the help of her womanizing Duke bestie, but faces persecution for her sexuality in medieval plague ridden Spain.
Los Angeles, California
SAG-AFTRA actor who serves on the women’s and next generation committees, producer at Sueñito Media, monetized on YouTube, 20k following across social media, went to the White House with MTV for my work in mental health advocacy- something I pride myself running my business and sets and writing our stories with.
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LOLA MARIPOSA
Finalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
Finalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 31 Pages
After an attack from a Rival Tribe leaves them without a home, a wayward Princess must lead a Colony of African Fairies across a strange and mythical land in hopes of finding a new home.
Katy, TX
Able to find the humor in any and all situations, Animation Writer Christopher Robbins uses his unique gift to write comedies/action-adventure shows with comedic elements. One such story, "Mythspora," recently placed as a finalist in the 2022 Stage 32 New Voices in Animation Competition.
SQUEAKINHO
Finalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
The Hummingbird Kid
Private
Finalist
Feature
· Animated
· 91 Pages
There's magic in storytelling! So when an unfinished children’s book comes true a young boy wakes up transformed into a baby hummingbird — the only way to transform him back is to finish telling the story.
No bio available.
Finalist
Feature
· Animated
· 91 Pages
When an unjust Lord threatens to evict an orphanage after its patron dies, a young seamstress discovers magic to bring her stuffed dragon to life and uses her new friend to steal back the Lord's riches for the poor.
Studio City, CA
Duane has been a creative in the toy industry for over 25 years writing broadcast commercials and digital content on a wide variety of brands from Batman to Barbie and everything in between. With his unique experience comes a passion for children and family storytelling, with an affinity for animation.
Having written several television and featur...
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Semifinalists
Semifinalist
Feature
· Animated
· 97 Pages
No logline available.
Wembley, Middlesex, GB
I am an experienced writer who is passionate about all forms of storytelling. I have therefore experimented with prose writing, screenplays and have even been the co-writer for a graphic novel.
Baggage
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Animated
· 71 Pages
When Maggie’s travel-phobic childhood suitcase, Teal, gets mishandled and lost on their first solo trip, they must both confront baggage from the past by making new connections with old friends and soul connections with new friends who show them the true meaning of family, friendship, loyalty and home.
No bio available.
CHOUX CREAM - INSPIRED IN THE STYLE OF A PIXAR SHORT ANIMATED FILM
Semifinalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
DAVY'S BRIGHTEST CHRISTMAS
Semifinalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 120 Pages
When a UFO-debunking shrink and her true-believer bestie are stranded on an alien cargo ship, they must figure out how to help a misfit crew battle a ruthless overlord — or Earth goes boom. (Thelma & Louise meets Guardians of the Galaxy)
Montreal, QC, CA
Working TV/Film writer specializing in David vs. Goliath stories—unsung heroes, real or imagined, fighting against impossible odds. Think visceral, high-stakes narratives that leave a mark. If Eric Roth, Michael Crichton, and Taylor Sheridan had a storytelling love child, that’d be me — scribbling this bio on a whiskey-stained napkin. Scripts have w...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Adventure
· 101 Pages
Four kids who want to give their dog one last adventure, go on a quest to find Mythra, the magical elephant who can cure animals with a kiss from her trunk.
Wellington, NZ
Kristi is a NZ/British genre screenwriter. She’s been commissioned by producers on various projects. Her horror feature 39 Days has been sold to Libertine Pictures (NZ). Kristi also won the Grand Prize of the Stage32 Family Feature and Shore Scripts Action/Adventure competition. She is actively working with NZ directors and producers on her genre...
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GONGORO AND THE SEARCH OF THE LEGENDARY FALCON
Semifinalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
Graveless
Private
Semifinalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 24 Pages
When a troubled young burnout takes a mysterious deal to save his kid brother's
life, he's plunged headlong into an inter-dimensional war between the living, the dead, and those stranded in-between.
No bio available.
Hare We Go Again
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Animated
· 110 Pages
Five years after his infamous loss to a tortoise, Johnny Hare is back on the track to prove he’s still got what it takes to be on top
Venice, CA
No bio available.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Animated
· 96 Pages
When a little boy vanishes in a ball pit at a children’s playland, his 12-year-old sister and three friends dive in to rescue him, entering a scary netherland where they struggle against their thoughts come to life and an evil alchemist hell-bent on using them to reach the real world. COMPS: JUMANJI meets ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Brookline, MA
Phil Krampf is an old soul from New Jersey with razor-sharp humor. He expected a straightforward path to an LA sitcom career thanks to his B.A. in Journalism and M.S. in Film, but even a psychic couldn’t have prepared him for the path ahead.
His scripts explore the supernatural, with screenplays about psychometry, astral travel, Dybbuks, ghosts, a...
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Semifinalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 37 Pages
The all-female alien warrior Klons have exactly 1 week to find a suitable mate or they’ll all perish— so when the last captive man (who they were saving for just this occasion) is accidentally eaten, they must head to Earth in a last-ditch attempt at survival.
Los Angeles, CA
I'm a Berkeley-born lady who raised pygmy goats while growing up in rural Sonoma County, graduated from UC Berkeley, lived my best “indie sleeze” life in San Francisco for a few years, and ultimately moved to LA for the most typical reason: Wanting to make cool stuff!
My dream is to write for TV, as I love collaborating and bouncing ideas off of ...
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Now-What?! (Nahuatl)
Private
Semifinalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 11 Pages
This logline was hidden by the writer.
Los Angeles, CA
Henry Alexander Kelly is a venti-caramel (cause he’s chubby and brown), Nicaraguan, Afro-Latino writer and director from the San Francisco Bay Area. Recently he was selected to be a Circle Member for Dan Lin’s Rideback Rise Fellowship 2023 - 2025. He was an Artist Development Consultant for the Sundance Institute's 2022 Uprise Grant Program as well ...
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Semifinalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 33 Pages
When a freak accident transports broke, melodramatic Edgar Allan Poe and his wisecracking raven into modern day Baltimore, they make ends meet by solving mysteries and crimes as private detectives. If only Edgar could get people to believe that he is the real Poe.
Orange County, California
Mindy Strouse is a neurodivergent writer whose brand is Wild Stories About Weirdos. Mindy has a penchant for mystery, misfits, murder, & 'your mom' jokes. Raised by TV, a Vietnam Vet dad with PTSD, and a mom whose obsessions are cleaning and Catholicism; there is no way Mindy could avoid dark subjects or dark comedy.
Hobbies: Collecting stray p...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Animated
· 103 Pages
Can AI replace a dead parent? When a malfunctioning alien android offers to replicate her father, a 16 year-old robotics prodigy must figure out how to help the hostile visitor without dooming Earth.
Los Angeles, CA
Darren Moran writes high concept, delayed coming-of-age comedies about redemption and reinvention, because he wants people to be able to laugh at the worst thing they’ve ever done, not be defined by it. Which is totally what someone with a closet full of skeletons would say.
Darren has won or placed in numerous screenwriting competitions such as F...
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Semifinalist
TV Script
· Sci-fi
· 37 Pages
After twenty-five years hiding in the desert, freedom fighter Solamat and the disembodied head of a rebel commander meet a self-loathing alien who convinces them to reignite their struggle against humanity's extraterrestrial oppressors.
Los Angeles, CA
Liam Allen-McGoran writes about worlds and how to escape them. After a childhood traveling the country with journalist parents, it’s no wonder he’d be obsessed with strange people and places.
During his time as a nightly news writer, he proudly broke stories of boar attacks and face-eating cannibals. Liam is passionate about history, myth, and the...
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Soroban Impact
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 104 Pages
On a world where sentient robots live amongst society, a determined android from impoverished roots must enter a futuristic martial arts tournament in order to save her old neighborhood and her beloved first home from a greedy developer who wants to tear it down.
Gregory Ranky
No bio available.
The Imaginary Friend Zone
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Animated
· 89 Pages
Sent to a world for abandoned Imaginary Friends, Tulpa, the unfriendliest one there, pretends to befriend a Quirky Imaginary in hopes of learning the secret of returning to the real world and reuniting with her Creator.
Katy, TX
Able to find the humor in any and all situations, Animation Writer Christopher Robbins uses his unique gift to write comedies/action-adventure shows with comedic elements. One such story, "Mythspora," recently placed as a finalist in the 2022 Stage 32 New Voices in Animation Competition.
THE JELLIE
Semifinalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
THE LEGEND OF ADORIA
Semifinalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
Tinker's Christmas
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Animated
· 104 Pages
Shy, clumsy and the brunt of much teasing, Tinker, a young elf, is passed along from job to job until he becomes mechanic of the Village Express. When the reindeer develop chicken pox, Santa turns to Tinker to find another means to deliver the toys. A story about belief—belief in ourselves, in each other, in something greater than ourselves.
Jackson, GA
No bio available.
WILD THING
Semifinalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
WordLotto
Private
Semifinalist
TV Script
· Comedy
· 45 Pages
Comedic view of America's Cultural and Political quagmire. First installment in a series of ten episodes. Three total seasons.
Tom Lop
No bio available.
WORLD WAR SANTAZ
Semifinalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
Semifinalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 30 Pages
What if Alf was a goopy alien whose body produced various fluids that gave humans superpowers? What if he crashed into the garage of a family who runs a struggling marijuana dispensary? What if he got super high and put his Earth family in danger because he is actually a fugitive who is being (falsely??) accused of major terrorist actions on his hom...
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Los Angeles, CA
I am 40. I did stand up for a dozen years and before that I got my MFA in script-writing from a now-defunct program in the Midwest where I conducted a thorough study of character and story. I have firm understandings of all variations of half-hour and hour-long story structures. I play well with others. I am hilarious and cool and old.
Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 34 Pages
A Safe Space is an animated half-hour comedy where a skilled swordsman gets recruited into Intergalactic Bounty Hunters, a corporation created to help capture the Galaxy's most wanted criminals.
Tampa, Florida
Anthony is an influencer with somewhat of an obsession with animation. His adult animated pilot, A SAFE SPACE, is currently a Finalist in the Screencraft Animation Competition. He has written, directed, and uploaded animated content on YouTube and TikTok, collectively with upwards of 68k followers.
AVERY
Quarterfinalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
Barklyn
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 36 Pages
In 2521, hundreds of years after humans have exhausted Earth's resources and fled the planet, three awkward high schoolers return to find New York City running exactly as it did before...except it is now called BARKLYN and run by DOGS.
New York, NY
Jess (a psychology savant who hails from Melbourne, Australia ) and Marcus (a Latino ex-lawyer from Dallas, Texas) met while pursuing their MFAs in Musical Theater Writing at NYU. They shared the same two secret desires -- dunking a basketball and writing TV comedy -- and decided to do something about the latter. They remain baselessly optimistic ab...
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BERGEN
Quarterfinalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Family
· 105 Pages
A young squirrel living in a small xenophobic village finds her world turned upside down when she discovers a human's pet gecko eating the garbage in her backyard.
Charlie has worked as a credited writer on the Netflix animated series "Johnny Test", the true crime series "iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas", and as a freelance writer for Nickelodeon's live action sitcom "The Thundermans: Undercover". In 2022, his animated feature script "Boba" was optioned after winning the grand prize in both Screencraft's 2021 ani...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Adventure
· 115 Pages
When a hotshot cadet at the Intergalactic Police Force training academy uncovers a robot uprising, she must team up with a misfit crew in order to save the school...and the universe
Reno, NV
Coming from a big, loud, multiracial family, Shane has always had a desire to entertain. With experience in everything from screenplays to journalism, he consistently uses his passion for storytelling to deliver meaningful messages in creative ways.
COURAGE
Quarterfinalist
Unknown
Animated
No logline available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Animated
· 100 Pages
A retired intergalactic hero turned helicopter parent faces the difficulties of letting go when his son runs away in search of independence and a galaxy of his own to save.
Tacoma, Washington
A veteran who almost became a statistic, Jim fought through PTSD and discovered the power of friends and family. He writes bold adventures across sci-fi/fantasy worlds grounded in emotionally relatable characters.
Jim seeks to do with stories what Bo Burnham does with comedy - take on the anxieties and fears of youth in the context of exciting jou...
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Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 29 Pages
After a health scare at her legendary father’s funeral, stoner Des Consuelos embarks on a journey to take his spot atop the boxing world, while her grief-stricken Lung vows to make her body a living hell.
San Diego, CA
Jimmy Prosser is a writer/director. He currently is an AFI Screenwriting Fellow (class 2026). Jimmy’s recent scripts ("Dimebag" & "Korean Shooter") tell diverse stories with an appealing comedic veneer. In 2023, Korean Shooter won the WeScreenplay Short Script Lab, LA Shorts Film Festival (staged reading), Tokyo Int’l Short Film Festival, and Big A...
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Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Comedy
· 39 Pages
After her onstage meltdown and botched suicide attempt vaults her into the
spotlight, sardonic stand-up Sandy Kellerman must survive the absurd life of fame she wasted years chasing.
Los Angeles, California
According to one exec, “Frankie Campisano writes like Aaron Sorkin on acid.” The writer, comedian and filmmaker is one of the founding members of Nice Hog! Productions, a multidisciplinary creative collective.
They've previously worked at NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Classics, Strategy PR, Jigsaw Productions, and Fox Broadcasting Company.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Animated
· 102 Pages
A singing cat and his misfit friends break out of pet heaven to be reunited with their owner; battling heavenly bureaucrats and the netherworld, they must learn that sometimes, love means letting go.
Ann Arbor, MI
Avery Koenig is an award winning screenwriter who has had multiple projects on the Red List. He interned for Magnet Management, worked as a PA, then rose to associate producer for Critical Content on "Crowdsolve," a never-before-seen show that was--never seen. Freelance coverage for Mark Clayman (EP Pursuit of Happyness), now he works as a teachers ...
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Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 34 Pages
Father Zodiac is an animated half-hour comedy that follows the misadventures of the Captain, an enigmatic leader of a religious family known simply as “The Religion." He tracks down his long-lost daughter for help when meddling IRS agents, nagging followers, apocalyptic premonitions, and mounting debts to a cutthroat maharishi threaten to bring his...
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- Verified WGA Member
Los Angeles, CA
Rick Mitchell lives in Los Angeles, but he's originally from...his Mom. He most recently spent 6 seasons as a writer on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," where he won 5 Emmys. He loves writing comedy and is constantly working on scripted features and pilots.
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Fiski Films
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Animated
· 50 Pages
An animated TV show about a visionary filmmaker trapped in the world of instructional videos and his long-suffering family who are pressed into service as cast and crew. Despite the challenges, Victor never tires of chasing the American dream and taking care of his family.
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Family
· 105 Pages
After moving to a new house, a fifth grade troublemaker befriends the magical boy living in her backyard fort, endangering her family's new life when his world begins to seep into theirs.
Los Angeles, CA
Jordan's “fascinating, flawed characters, immersive world building, and mischievous originality” can be seen in projects for James Franco and Indigenous Media, distributed by Amazon and Netflix.
Her script Scent of Linden recently premiered at the Sofia International Film Festival.
She is an Academy Nicholl Fellowship finalist, Universal Fellows...
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