Roadmap Writers Shorts Competition |
2024
1 short script will win consultations & 1 short film will earn a BraveMaker screening & distribution consideration, along with mentorship & marketing.
Placement
Genre
Format
Representation Status
Grand Prize Winners
Grand Prize Winner
Short
· Horror
· 11 Pages
An ambitious young professional's life spirals out of control as she fights for her career and sanity over a videoconference call.
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
With a career spanning roles as an engineer, designer and marketer, Joshua’s scripts draw from his experiences in the corporate world. As such, they are filled with existential dread and feature monsters.
His accolades include being a PAGE Awards Bronze Prize Winner, Nicholl top 50 semifinalist, Final Draft Big Break Finalist, and Grand Prize wi...
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Top 10 Finalists
Top 10 Finalist
Short
· Horror
· 4 Pages
A twisted reimagining of the Tooth Fairy - an addict who claims baby teeth to get a fix. But when a young boy uses this for financial gain, it's an opportunity the Tooth Fairy cannot pass.
Croydon, Surrey, GB
A horror-based screenwriter from London, UK. I love to write stories that push the audience and characters out of their comfort zone and push the boundaries in the genre.
Top 10 Finalist
Short
· Horror
· 8 Pages
A four-year-old girl is haunted by a malevolent supernatural entity emerging ominously from toilets, turning her innocent encounters with bathrooms into terrifying ordeals.
Los Angeles, California
Annabel is an Australian screenwriter, filmmaker, actor, and the protective eldest of four girls. Her family’s relocations swept them from South Africa’s back blocks in the ‘90s, with lions and baboons, to Australia's outback teeming with creepy crawlies, and the foreboding jungles of Indonesia. Fearfully looking over her shoulder and in her socks h...
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Top 10 Finalist
Short
· Family
· 19 Pages
When backyard cabbages roar to life and attack, a nature loving trans-tween must battle to save her kid brother and survive the night.
Shanghai, Shanghai, CN
From New Zealand and living in China, Greg's journey into writing began when he was locked down in his apartment for six weeks during Covid with the only available food being government-supplied vegetables. On the 3rd week he declared "I f**king hate vegetables" and wrote his first kids horror/comedy script "Night of the Living Veg" which was a fina...
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Top 10 Finalist
Short
· Drama
· 17 Pages
Retirement-village resident Malcolm is not the man he used to be. When his chess partner, Rufus, is in danger of being moved to a different facility, Malcolm tries to save the only person who remembers him for the man he was. The only problem is: Rufus has Alzheimer’s.
Los Angeles, CA
Mentorship Matters, RespectAbility Fellow, WB Finalist, Paramount Finalist, Soho House Script lab, ISA Fast Track Thriller winner, CA Individual Artist Fellow. Stephen is a biracial Japanese/Jewish military brat who cut his teeth in New York’s theater scene. After graduating NYU/Tisch, he was an artist at the Flea Theater (Drama Desk). Locksmith, ...
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Quarterfinalists
ARBITER
Quarterfinalist
Short
No logline available.
Quarterfinalist
Short
· Drama
· 15 Pages
While burying their newest secret (a dead ex-boyfriend), two sisters find themselves forced to confront every secret in the middle of the New Mexican desert...
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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TAKE THE PAIN
Quarterfinalist
Short
No logline available.
The Right Numbers
Private
Quarterfinalist
Short
· Drama
· 15 Pages
No logline available.
Jackson, CA
Sarah Armstrong-Garner attended film school where she studied screenwriting and fell in love with storytelling. She's published two novels, Sinking and Drifting. When she’s not writing, she can be heard on the podcast, Writing Paranormal.
Top 25 Semifinalists
Top 25 Semifinalist
Short
· Drama
· 16 Pages
On the last day of school, a bullied teen leaves them something to remember.
Hollywood, CA
Born and raised in Chicago, she has won many awards as an indie doc filmmaker: Silence: In Search of Black Female Sexuality in America and Afraid of Dark received much attention in the press. Now making her horror debut with, Soul Doll as a writer and director, Mya Baker has changed the trajectory of how we see horror while paying homage to West Afr...
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Top 25 Semifinalist
Short
· Horror
· 10 Pages
A queer, Latina couple driving through a deserted highway in the middle of the night stop on the side of the road and quickly discover the desert isn't as devoid of life as they thought.
Los Angeles, California
Born and raised in Venezuela, Victor’s abrupt emigration after a failed coup inspired him to create stories exploring themes of identity and belonging as experienced within Latino and immigrant communities in the US. Equipped with an MFA from USC’s Peter Stark Program and a deep love of genre, he has become a Slamdance award-winning writer, a RMTV H...
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LEFT
Private
Top 25 Semifinalist
Short
· Unknown
No logline available.
- Verified WGA Member
Pasadena, CA
Ellen is an award-winning, WGA writer for TV, film, theater and podcasts. Her special sauce, “traumadies,” is a mix of Catskills schtick blended with a feminist edge, featuring strong female protagonists who dig their own graves, but rebel as they climb their way out. Raised on Long Island, Ellen’s Sicilian mom converted for her Jewish dad, but woul...
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Top 25 Semifinalist
Short
· Comedy
· 19 Pages
A hopeless phone addict's night out turns existential when he becomes aware of the edits of this very short.
Los Angeles, California
A former winner of the Austin Film Festival Pitch Competition and the UCLA Professional Program's Nate Wilson Joie de Vivre Award, Nick specializes in putting imaginative spins on familiar genre tropes. His most recent feature screenplay, SUNDOWN, was on the 2023 Black List. His published books, such as SO YOU CREATED A WORMHOLE: THE TIME TRAVELER'S...
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Top 25 Semifinalist
Short
· Comedy
· 14 Pages
Erin gets more than she bargained for when she prays to God for help fixing her relationship.
Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Justin is an aspiring comedy writer trying to break free from the clutches of being an Admissions Counselor at a D3 university. He has placed twice in a Comedy Writing competition & a Shorts competition. He loves to tell stories and make people laugh as much as he can.
Top 25 Semifinalist
Short
· Comedy
· 6 Pages
Ray thought it would be funny to include a trade clause in his marriage contract. However, when his wife, Karen, successfully pulls off a trade, he’s not laughing anymore.
Toronto, ON, CA
Though new to writing for the big screen, Ren has delivered inspiring work in multiple disciplines including commercials, documentaries and branded content. Ren is a Second City Toronto alumni having written, taught improv, and performed sketch for the venerable comedy institution.
Top 25 Semifinalist
Short
· Thriller
· 21 Pages
A Wall Street wannabe is swept into the underbelly of New York after meeting a seductive drifter.
Los Angeles, CA
Liam’s screenwriting journey started as a Rod Serling fan in their shared hometown in upstate New York. Inspired by Serling’s allegorical storytelling, he attended USC’s film school where his thesis film was selected in over 30 festivals internationally. Since then, he has worked on the production-side of the industry, most recently wrapping as the ...
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Top 25 Semifinalist
Short
· Drama
· 20 Pages
While driving to the hospital to fulfill her mother’s dying wish, a woman's plans are upended by a desperate junkie and infant, thrusting her into an unforeseen and challenging situation.
Oakland, Ca
A dramedy writer living in the San Francisco Bay Area, Cyn is obsessed with exploring the human psyche and all its foibles. The seeds of storytelling took root as a youth while watering trees at her family's small Colorado landscaping nursery, a job that did not come naturally. Over the years her passion for words grew. Some of the aspen saplings d...
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Top 50 Quarterfinalists
Top 50 Quarterfinalist
Short
· Other
· 14 Pages
After moving into her new home, a broken-hearted woman discovers a disturbing secret when she opens a letter not addressed to her.
Rockdale, New South Wales, AU
Kel is a passionate Autistic screenwriter, playwright & director who writes with women at the heart, exploring the often untold and unexplored in uncommon ways. Her award-winning stories are unique, innovative & imaginative narratives that highlight and interrogate the reality of women’s lived experiences, evoking empathetic connection—creating both...
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Top 50 Quarterfinalist
Short
· Sci-fi
· 13 Pages
In a future where transhumanism is the law, a Freeborn father resists an authoritarian regime to protect his unmodified daughter, knowing his defiance will cost him everything.
Porters Lake, NS, CA
Shane Harbinson, a 55-year-old Canadian screenwriter and actor, brings a unique perspective to storytelling. With a focus on exploring themes of humanity and technology in a dystopian future, Shane's work, including his acclaimed scripts 'Freeborn' and 'The Affected', reveals a deep interest in the ethical dilemmas posed by advancements in AI and cy...
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HOLD YOU SO TIGHT
Private
Top 50 Quarterfinalist
Short
· Sci-fi
· 12 Pages
Finding traditional therapy lacking, a woman arrives at an appointment for another kind of treatment, hoping to cure her anxiety with a hug from a homemade robot.
Los Angeles, CA
Come on in, we're open! Eric started as an actor & decided glamour is overrated. He's sold a TV pilot to TNT & optioned another to Fox. He is currently in pre-production on his second film as writer/director. His highlight reel includes winning the ATX Festival's Pitch Competition with a live pitch in front of 200 people. Eric volunteers with Young ...
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Top 50 Quarterfinalist
Short
· Other
· 28 Pages
A heist goes horribly wrong for 2 different groups of people.
Santa Clarita, California
My shorts speak for me better than I ever could
Let There Be Light
Private
Top 50 Quarterfinalist
Short
· Historical
· 13 Pages
A young orphan girl struggles with her faith upon meeting someone who challenges everything she previously believed to be true.
Los Angeles, California
Originally from a small, tropical island in Brazil where power outages were part of her daily routine, Giovanna had bigger dreams set in the mystical and far-away land many would call Los Angeles. She persisted and now finds herself a Screenwriting and Theatre Arts double major at Loyola Marymount University, following that very same dream.
Top 50 Quarterfinalist
Short
· Horror
· 13 Pages
The Italian Marble Institute hand-selects sculptress Ellen Corsair to study in the marble capital of the world, Carrara, Italy. Will the stone come alive or will it mark someone's grave?
New York, New York
Matt Nicholson is a queer screenwriter based in LA with 55 wins and over 140 placements in international screenwriting contests. His portfolio of short scripts and hour-long pilots brings new twists to old myths and champions stories about family legacy. Matt has worked as a stage manager, researcher for "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," and Editor-I...
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Top 50 Quarterfinalist
Short
· Comedy
· 15 Pages
When Small Town High School's star lax bro Jax McCauley comes out as gay, he must choose to either follow the status quo of teenage gay romance, or express his true feelings for his straight best friend and risk losing everything. TEEN GAY FAIRYTALE is a satirical, coming-of-age short film that combines the humor of MEAN GIRLS with the nuance of SEX...
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Queens, New York
Rachel Billings is a NYC-based filmmaker and theatermaker with over two years of experience working on a wide variety of union and nonunion productions as either a Production Assistant, Office Assistant, or Art Director. Notable projects that they have worked on include season 2 of Severance for Apple TV+, Ebony Magazine's Cover Shoot with Jeffrey W...
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Top 50 Quarterfinalist
Short
· Drama
· 17 Pages
A man awakens in a locked closet and confronts his past.
Newton Center, MA
I’m a member of the Harvard Square Scriptwriters and have been writing features and pilots after receiving an online Certificate in Screenwriting from UCLA. Many of my scripts have done well in Screenwriting contests, examples being semifinalists in the 2020 PAGE (The Magic Hourglass) and the 2020 Austin Film Festival Competition (The Siphonist Pil...
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Top 25 Semifinalists
Top 25 Semifinalist
TV Script
· Comedy
· 34 Pages
To protect their prestige and save their jobs, two rival imaginary friends must team up after their humans meet and fall in love.
Los Angeles, CA
Jack spent his formative years coping with his parents’ divorce by hanging out in his room making up stories and jokes about the Catholic Church. Which made him weird as a kid but as an adult, he refined that awkwardness into an acerbically irreverent sense of humor directed at sprawling societal institutions.
With training from the University o...
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Murder Mystery Weekend
Private
Top 25 Semifinalist
Short Story
· Unknown
· 38 Pages
No logline available.
New York, New York
Yvonna Russell is a writer with over 10 years of experience in covering the arts, style, and good causes for various blogs and publications.Yvonna has written four novellas Snatch, No Matter What, Unfinished Business, and The Last Movie Star. Her first short story is Back Stage Romance Christmas.
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