Do you have the next great low budget screenplay? SYS is trying to find screenplays in any genre that could be produced for less than $1,000,000 USD.
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Winner
Feature
· Thriller
· 93 Pages
No logline available.
Las Vegas, NV
No bio available.
Finalists
Finalist
Feature
· Musical
· 105 Pages
A recently released convict joins a struggling Go-Go band in Washington D.C., using the chaotic and soulful music scene as a path to redemption while striving to pay for his younger brother's prestigious music fellowship.
Baltimore, Maryland
Washington D.C. native Travis Houze grew up immersed in
creativity, sparking his passion for storytelling at an early
age. By the age of 12, he was already filming and crafting
documentary-style narratives, focusing on the lives of those
closest to him. This early exploration of visual storytelling
evolved into a distinct style that caught the ...
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Semifinalists
Confessions
Semifinalist
Feature
Thriller
No logline available.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 87 Pages
A devoted husband finds his sanity tested when he experiences reoccurring hallucinations that he's a prisoner in the state mental hospital, accused of his wife's murder, and is subjected to a sinister doctor's bizarre medical experiment intended to unlock the suppressed memories of his crime.
Brooklyn, New York
Matthew started writing screenplays once he discovered he has no talent for acting. If this doesn't work out he may try costume design next.
A few of his scripts have won a few contests you've probably never heard of. And his debut feature, the psychological thriller SOUVENIRS, was in the Top 10 Redbox kiosk rentals during the week of Halloween i...
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Entering Karman County
Semifinalist
Feature
Thriller
No logline available.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 106 Pages
A Latino literature professor seeking tenure to remain in the USA agrees to do a poetry workshop in a prison. But when a Black inmate secretly communicates to him through his poetry that he’s innocent, he sacrifices everything to try and stop the inmate's fast-approaching execution. (Inspired by Actual Events)
Akiva has studied screenwriting under Jacob Krueger (NYC), Scott Myers (Black List Blog), and the Sundance collab program. Rage Against the Night was a Nicholl Fellowship 2020 Semi-finalist and 2023 Quarter-finalist, an Austin Film Festival Screenwriting 2020 second-rounder, and the 2020 winner of the Chicago Social Justice Screenwriting Competiti...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 103 Pages
After returning home from duty in Iraq, a troubled veteran is visited by the ghost of an Army Staff Sergeant and is tasked with looking after the dead man's widow and young child.
Sedalia, MO
If you ask screenwriter David Timothy Duty when his love of the movies began, he will tell you it started when he was five with Steven Spielberg and the illustrious vision of a small boy and his extraterrestrial friend riding a bike across the moonlit sky with the magical music of John Williams guiding their journey.
If you ask David when his pas...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 102 Pages
Ten years after being rescued by her boyfriend from a serial killer's attack, a young woman - now married to the man who rescued her - must reconcile her failing marriage during an anniversary retreat as a copycat killer targets them.
Phoenix, AZ
David is a horror writer whose work is influenced by the Chicano ghost stories and folklore he grew up with. He's the writer and creator of the comic book series NIGHT OF THE CHIHUAHUAS, and the horror fiction podcast RED RIDING HOODS. His screenplay DAGON, based on the story by HP Lovecraft, made the Blood List. A native of Arizona, he lives in ...
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Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 100 Pages
Four interwoven multicultural stories that take place in the World Trade Center on the night before September 11, 2001.
Richard Willett was born in Hollywood but grew up in Vancouver. He was a playwright in NYC before moving back to L.A. a few years ago, where he's an optioned screenwriter now working on his eighth paid writing assignment. He has twice been in the Nicholl Top 50 and has also been an Austin semifinalist and a PAGE and Sundance Lab finalist.
A PRICE PAID
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 85 Pages
This logline was hidden by the writer.
Andrew Marshall
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Other
· 107 Pages
When a global incident spirals out of control, a lone wolf doomsday prepper agrees to mentor an unprepared owner of a remote gas station and finds she's not prepared to fall in love.
San Diego, CA
Harry started early growing up with Academy Award-nominated mother, June Squibb. He has directed many projects, the most accomplished being the multi-award-winning short, "Admissions," starring James Cromwell. He is currently concentrating on writing socially conscious horror/SciFi/fantasy with a dramedy tone, sharing that which thrilled and terrifi...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Action
· 100 Pages
A reclusive fisherman finds himself trudging through the swamps of the Lowcountry with a bullet in his chest. A botched murder attempt has forced this drifter on the run with nowhere to go. He discovers a corrupt Sheriff's Department has made him the perfect scapegoat, but they didn't account for how much life this loner had left.
Lexington, Kentucky
Jeff is a throwback to the 1990's action screenwriters. High concept plots with riveting twists & turns. All wrapped in under two hours that makes for a lean, entertainment machine. He often centers his scripts around wise-cracking, working-class men and women. They are brave, but human and relatable. "These are the kind of frickin' movies you can w...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 108 Pages
On the cusp of American Civil War, a group of Boston intellects cast out to the countryside to establish a progressive society, but their ill-prepared nature sends them into historic disarray.
Normal, Illinois
Creative writer at University of Illinois, studied under New York Times best selling author Alex Shakar. Played semi-pro hockey until sustaining a career altering injury. Currently work for a Fortune 100 firm, raising a family and getting back to my writing and storytelling roots.
Gossip in the Sanctuary
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 111 Pages
Set in the 1980's, a young black girl comes of age in the shadows of her overbearing, ruthless father - a southern Baptist preacher who is struggling with his own demons as he fights to keep his family together.
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 91 Pages
A determined U.S. official exposes a covert high-tech military program, placing himself and loved ones at risk.
Los Angeles, CA
Lee Brandt channeled his youthful dreams for world domination into writing in the entertainment industry. His action-thriller 19 FLOORS was a finalist at the Slamdance Screenplay Competition. Having lived in Mexico city, the deep south and now Los Angeles, Lee has experienced a perfect triangular vortex of knowledge, while graduating from the School...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 88 Pages
A college-aged girl begins teaching a volunteer sex ed class to middle schoolers, but soon realizes that she still has a lot to figure out when it comes to her own sex life.
Brooklyn, New York
Ariella is a Brooklyn-based writer. She was the 2019 Michael Collyer Memorial Fellow in Screenwriting and won the Olga and Paul Menn Prize for Playwriting from the University of Chicago. Her screenwriting has been recognized by BlueCat, the Austin Film Festival, Fresh Voices, and the Atlantic Film Festival.
Light Years From Home
Quarterfinalist
Feature
Sci-fi
No logline available.
Out Of Time
Quarterfinalist
Feature
Sci-fi
No logline available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 87 Pages
Days from her sixteenth birthday, a teenager runs away from home and deceives her grandmother so she can travel down the West Coast and track down a truck which belonged to her father, a soldier killed in action.
New York, New York
Alexander Leiss is a New York-based screenwriter and filmmaker who has written seven produced short films and whose feature screenplays have been recognized by ScreenCraft and the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Following his graduation from Binghamton University, Alexander held internships at New York-based production companies Archer ...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
Comedy
No logline available.
Property of...
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 90 Pages
A female tattoo artist enters the dark world of human trafficking to rescue her kidnapped daughter from a drug kingpin who is going to sell her in 2 hours.
David Santo
No bio available.
Rescue Dog
Quarterfinalist
Feature
Drama
No logline available.
Soccer Babe
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 112 Pages
A California woman overcomes her childhood handicaps and fights divorce, discrimination, injury, and disease to play on an elite men's soccer team.
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 106 Pages
A grieving journalist’s obsession with a missing persons case leads her to an alleged time traveler on a mission to prevent humanity from destroying itself.
Brooklyn, NY
Mark is an award-winning graphic designer and half of the married, Emmy-nominated filmmaking duo The Sposatos. His first feature screenplay made Top 2% on Coverfly's Red List, Top 10% at Nicholl, Semifinals at the PAGE Awards, and Finals at ScreenCraft. An early inspiration was watching family member David Chase create The Sopranos. A junkie for har...
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The Hollow Tree
Quarterfinalist
Feature
Comedy
No logline available.
The Last Truth of Solomon Hutson
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
· 100 Pages
A homeless Black Korean War vet with PTSD fights to get home to his rural sea island roots after 23 years on NYC streets.
Don Mousted
No bio available.
The Strippers and the Vampire's Daughter
Quarterfinalist
Feature
Horror
No logline available.
The Untitled Twin Project
Quarterfinalist
Feature
Drama
No logline available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 113 Pages
A down-on-his-luck ventriloquist has the chance to solve his money problems by winning the town’s annual talent competition, but he must choose between saving his career, his life or the well-being of a neglected child.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB
Michael, a Nicholl Fellowship and PAGE Awards semi-finalist with Beyond the Veil and The German, grew up in a working-class town in West Yorkshire, UK. This background shapes his hard-hitting stories and complex characters. He blends cross-genres with psychological elements and mind-bending plots. His directorial debut, The Girl in the Attic, earned...
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The War on Santa
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 90 Pages
Devastated when he learns Santa is fake news, a six-year-old boy starts a war on Christmas, threatening to end the cherished holiday unless Santa can prove he exists.
Chatsworth, CA
No bio available.
Think Tank
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 101 Pages
When the CEO of a right wing Think Tank is taken hostage, he must win a televised debate or face death.
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Family
· 112 Pages
A 14-year-old foster boy lands in an emergency placement that he hopes might become his "forever" home. The family's 14-year-old son, afraid his parents will keep the boy, schemes to make him want to leave.
Springfield, OH
The mother of five children, Peggy and her husband served over 25 years as a therapeutic treatment foster home (lots of stories) and adopted their last four foster children. Peggy is a peace activist, ran for state and federal political offices (lost but a great run), and founded the local peace center, teen center, and Parkinson’s Disease Supp...
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Vision
Quarterfinalist
Feature
Thriller
No logline available.
Second Rounders
98.6 MILES
Private
Second Rounder
Feature
· Unknown
· 113 Pages
A man who risked his life for freedom of expression - feels compelled to silence his outspoken and controversial teen son - as their community has become so outraged about an issue - he fears for his son's life.
No bio available.
Alternative Education
Private
Second Rounder
Feature
· Family
· 102 Pages
Many students need an alternative approach to learning to make it more relevant to their life experiences. They find the standard approach to teaching not relevant to their needs. Alternative Education explores the connections that real life experiences provide to these students and their Teachers.
No bio available.
An Angel Whispers
Second Rounder
Feature
No logline available.
Big Sister
Private
Second Rounder
· Drama
· 103 Pages
No logline available.
David Chester
No bio available.
Common Cents (animation)
Second Rounder
Feature
No logline available.
Consent
Second Rounder
Feature
No logline available.
Second Rounder
Feature
· Thriller
· 90 Pages
When two women find themselves trapped in separate booby-trapped rooms, they must work together to escape despite knowing only one of them can make it out alive.
Scottsdale, Arizona
My television show, Astro Alyssa, and my feature length crime thriller, A Price Paid, are currently in production. I have several internationally produced short films, including the award winning film "Jump".
I graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in psychology in 2008 and went on to receive a M. Ed. in counseling from Ottawa Uni...
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GeÓ'ndert
Second Rounder
Feature
No logline available.
Grandma's House: Over The River and Through the Woods
Private
Second Rounder
Feature
· Horror
· 97 Pages
A brother and sister of a bi-racial family love going to white grandma’s big house they call the puzzle house for Thanksgiving, but grandma has been going through some changes since grandpa died, and just how much she’s changed will be make this their last holiday, ever.
No bio available.
Second Rounder
Feature
· Drama
· 100 Pages
This is a spin on the classic 1949 movie The Heiress moved 19th Century Washington Heights NY to 21st century Striver's Row Harlem. The accomplished Katherine "Katt" Sloper falls for the ultimate cad, Maurice Townsend. She creates a world of beauty and has an immense capacity to love even though her mother withholds it because Katt is the only surv...
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Chattanooga, TN
I am a physician whose day job allows me to pursue my passion for writing. I genuinely like maybe 11 people and that number fluctuate between 9 and 12 most days. I prefer to be alone with my little dog, Ethel Mertz with my vintage albums and books. But I am fascinated by the human condition and know in order to write believable dialogue, I need to b...
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Second Rounder
Feature
· Drama
· 109 Pages
It's Reparation's Day, and conservative pundit Flannery is not happy about it. Matters get worse when he learns that he's in fact biracial. Unwilling to accept this, Flannery gets sent on a journey through his ancestors' past to understand why reparations matter and are deserved.
Dallas, TX
At 4, I knew I was going to be in the Industry. At 24, the first black anchorwoman in Australia. At 28, a TV entertainment reporter in Los Angeles. Covered the Oscars, Grammys, Emmys -- interviewed Spielberg, Elizabeth Taylor, Whitney Houston, Will Smith, and others. At 40, produced talk shows, became the head casting director of America...
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Hawkeye Harrigan returns
Second Rounder
Feature
No logline available.
Second Rounder
Feature
· Thriller
· 113 Pages
An aging hitman falls in love with a haunted FBI agent who has moved into the apartment below his. Anxious to get out of the business, he raids her files and performs his final hits in the grisly style of the dormant serial killer she has spent her career chasing, until the real serial killer comes out of retirement to track down his now more famous...
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No bio available.
Horseplay, A Love Story (romance)
Second Rounder
Feature
No logline available.
Second Rounder
Feature
· Drama
· 107 Pages
A fast living guy in his early thirties finds out his father has cancer and must face his own demons, while deciding whether he is ready to save his father’s life.
No bio available.
Second Rounder
Feature
· Drama
· 102 Pages
On the last day of his life, Trey maneuvers through the socio-economics, systemic racism, and hood politics of living (and dying) in Southside Jamaica, Queens.
Brooklyn, NY
I write what I know -- the world from a Black perspective.
My stories confront race, class, and identity while my characters strive to find their footing in an ever-evolving existence. Through my narratives, I aspire to challenge the limits of storytelling and encourage audiences to perceive the world from new vantage points.
Southside Jamaica...
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Second Rounder
Feature
· Drama
· 111 Pages
A teen athlete completely emotionally shuts down after a suicide attempt and the only one who can break down his walls is a bitchin’ bulimic girl who is a force of fuckin’ nature.
Los Angeles, CA
Hoyt Richards – Award winning Actor/Writer/Filmmaker
In 2000, he moved to Los Angeles, where he began working as an actor. Expanding his skill set to include directing, screenwriting, editing and producing, Hoyt created his own production company, Tortoise Entertainment in 2010. With Tortoise, Hoyt has produced two feature films: Dumbbells (2014) an...
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