Thank you to all of the incredible writers who entered WeScreenplay Short Script Lab this year! Your hard work, talent, and dedication to storytelling shines through in the entries we received.
As you probably know — WeScreenplay believes that the best way for writers to grow is through feedback. That is why WeScreenplay provides free, written feedback with every single competition entry. We are glad to hear from so many of you how helpful the notes were and excited to see WeScreenplay writers are improving all the time!
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We are thrilled to advance entries to the Quarterfinalist round for another read. A huge congratulations to every writer advancing. Stay tuned for the Semifinalist announcement on September 6th!
We also want to acknowledge all of the strong scripts that did not advance. If your script is not on this list, it does not at all mean that our judges didn’t enjoy the read – in fact, we’re confident some of the scripts not advancing will bring their writers success in the very near future. Thank you for entering your script and always keep writing.
Without further ado, the 2023 WeScreenplay Short Script Lab Quarterfinalists can be found on Coverfly here or below.
| “Oh, Fuck Me” | Steven Tralongo |
| 12 Hours | kelly stanphill |
| 4 Women | Alysia Powell |
| A Last Summer Adventure | Margaret Salmon |
| A Little Java | Craig Chisholm |
| Actual Life | Katia Plotnikoff |
| After What Happened at the Library | Kyle Casey Chu, Roisin Isner |
| ANML | Jake White |
| AT 7PM | Andrew Rose |
| Average Joe and Hackzilla: A Love Story | Vincenzo Lucciola, Anton Schettini |
| Baby Wake Up | Tanya Shock |
| Back Up & Restore | Zoe Kerr |
| Banter | Mel Evans |
| Bench Seats | Courtney DeStefano |
| Benny’s Second Birthday | R.J. Glass |
| Birdhouse | jerry pyle |
| Blue As The Ocean | Cathy Beasley |
| Boar Hunting | Cortney Stowers |
| Boiling Point | Amy Charlesworth |
| BOSTON | Andre Cherry |
| Breaks | Robert Shaw |
| Captain Drunkard and the Enabler | STAN EVANS |
| Carnal Instinct | Walid Said |
| CARROTS | Jake Redmond |
| Changes | Martyn Eaden |
| CHASING GHOSTS | Kate Surinskaya |
| Cherry-Colored Funk | Chelsie Pennello, Corbett Blair |
| Chosen | Michelle Farley |
| Chrome Plated | Sarah Ward |
| Chronic | Chloe White |
| Chuy | Hawken Vance |
| COFFEE CHOICE | Bridget Bell McMahon |
| Come Alive | Williy Lau |
| COW HEAVY AND FLORAL | Richa Rudola |
| Daily War | Monica Zhai |
| Darla vs. Hockey | Montgomery Burt |
| Deadline | Amy Gardner |
| Dear Octavia, Love Robbie | Taelor Clay, Robert Marcomeni |
| Depravity | Ian Murillo |
| Deserving | Adam Branson |
| Devil’s Instrument | Frederik Ehrhardt |
| Diversion | Tatiana Zakharchenko |
| Don’t Pick Up | Ben White |
| Doors | Gina DeAngelis |
| Dream of the Ploughed Field | Lisabelle Tay |
| Dreamsicle | Karen Frank |
| Ebony | Isaiah Dennis |
| Egg & Cheese On A Roll | Claire Tran |
| End Over End | Sam Robotham |
| Everything Is Perfect And I Have Nothing To Complain About   | Mark L. Feinsod |
| Exhale | Joe Klaunberg |
| Exit Fee | Emil Gallardo, Derek Ho |
| From the Deep | Heather Parra |
| From Way Up Here | Celeste Chaney |
| Girl in Seoul | Missy Greenberg |
| Gloves | Michael Clifton |
| Gold | Kylie Murphy |
| Gold Bloom | Samuel Miller |
| Green Grass | Aram Atkinson |
| Grief | Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo |
| HAGA | Ellena Eshraghi |
| Help Wanted | Alex Donewald |
| High Performance | Jessica Wei |
| How Do I Live With This? | Raphael Chinca |
| How Do You Recognize Crazy? | Katharine Rex |
| I Won’t Clean the Tub | Kathryn Mockler |
| I’m Matt Damon | Michael Yocum |
| In Person | Jennifer Goldson |
| In The Mood For A Date | Carolina Gimenez |
| Inappropriate | Autumn Silvas |
| Innocents | Katharine Rex |
| Iron Fist | Kagure Kabue |
| IRON LUNG | Vee Saieh |
| Is it Yesterday Yet? | Siike Donnelly |
| It Won’t Always Be Like This | Elijah Barry |
| Jade | Eris Qian |
| Junie Junie | Anna Krieske |
| Kazooli The Glad | Mike Hadge |
| Kid Midnight | Mychal Sargent |
| Kissyfoot | Michael Clifton |
| Korean Shooter | Jimmy Prosser |
| Koukla | Jamie-Michelle Whalen |
| Lashes | Jill Sachs |
| Last Chance To Dance | christopher ruzin |
| Lay Lefty Down | Brady Walker |
| LAY LONG AND THEYʼLL CARRY YOU AWAY | Matt Porter |
| Leslie and Milton | Steven Keith Bogart |
| Let Me Buy Your Death | Malt Schlitzmann |
| Light Go Shining | Max Olson |
| Little Elephant in the Kitchen | Vaal English |
| Look At Me | Richard Thompson |
| Masking | Joel McElvaney |
| Merrow | Alexander Seltzer |
| MORTAL (HOT COMB)AT | Paige Wood |
| My Truck | Cory Dean Ford |
| Niki Tomi Beto | Jon Ayon |
| Niño de Vidrio (Child of Glass) | Gerardo Maravilla |
| NO CHOICE | Cynthia Riddle, Julie Kohner |
| On the Last Day | Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid |
| One Child Born | Stuart Creque |
| Only In This World | Dorothy Xiao, Jane Han |
| Outlet | Jared White |
| OVERWORKD | Victoria Castro |
| Paper Monsters | Michael Clifton |
| PERNELL | Jeffrey Fiermen |
| Phoebe and the Bee | Chuck Czech |
| Pietra Fredda | Matthew Nicholson |
| Pilgrim | Chris Upson |
| Portrait | Allegra Oxborough |
| Prey/Predator | Sarah Ward |
| PUT OUT THIS FIRE | Sade Corneille |
| RAMONA | David Woll |
| Reel Hearts | Michelle Grace Maiellaro, Alice Pucci |
| Reformed | Mark Flehmer |
| Robert Diamond and the Red Ruby Robbery | Justin Lewis |
| Samantha’s Boss Needs To Talk | Sarah Glees |
| SAWBILL | Michael DiSalvo |
| Say Yes | Gabe Berry |
| Scratcher | Alex Castillo, Joe Quintero |
| Seeking | Catherine Taaffe |
| SELF-HELP | Michael Pollock |
| Shame on who | Danielle Reid |
| Single Fatherhood | Joseph Schmidt |
| SINS OF THE FATHER | Christopher Guerrero |
| Skate Carefully | Mike Gerbino |
| Sleeper | Gavin McClenaghan |
| Smarty Pants | Damian |
| Snitcheroni Pizza | Gianfranco Cuoco |
| Snow in July | Sera Barbieri, Heather Barbieri |
| Some Dominican Boys Don’t Dance | Ivan Salcedo |
| Spin Cycle | Michael Goyert |
| Stupid C*nt | Ksenia Nikto, Polina Zabrodskaya |
| Sunhat | Naomi Christie |
| Survived By (2023) | K.D. Chalk |
| Tamale Queen | Juan Maldonado |
| The Blue Inside | Arya Singh |
| The Bone Shift | Bryce Carlisle |
| The Boy Without Words | Debby Huvaere |
| The Call Out | Jess C Wheatley |
| The Doll | Lena Cigleris |
| The Flip Side | Alise Morales |
| The Forager | Katherine Bowman |
| The Gifting | Nick Perry |
| The Hood | Dante Desmond |
| The Lottery | Victor Ridaura |
| The Monkey Bars | Matt Farquharson |
| The Orange on the Seder Plate | Jacob Combs |
| The Ride | Alysha Haran |
| The S.S. Finders Keepers | Christian Klink |
| The Stranger in Paris (1924) | Jeremy Span |
| THE UNICORN LOAN | Janine DeMaria |
| The Upper Room | Joel Perez |
| The Vanishing Rider | James Cirenza |
| THIRTEEN | Allison Norlian |
| THIRTY MAGIC CANDLES | Joe Hurst |
| To Live Again a Butterfly | Glenn Forbes |
| Tough Cookie | Kofi Tendai |
| Towering Times | Franck Benayoun |
| Two Sisters and a Body | Chanté Channel-Propes |
| Unblocked | Samantha Stone |
| Under the Sheets | Kevin Hoffman |
| Unicorn Boy | Joe Tripician |
| Unknown | DORIAN GOTO STONE |
| Vampyre | Sophia Reinero |
| Veronika | Ruchit Negotia |
| Vinyl Taped Mary Jane | Angel Hilson |
| What Liba Felt | Nik Perring |
| What the Ghost Wants | Joshua Scammell |
| Where To? | Cyn Nooney, Victoria Clayton |
| Whitch | Hoku Uchiyama |
| Who Are You, Nanu? | Anjini Taneja Azhar |
| Witch, Please! | Daniel Nemes |
| Witness to Breath | Doug Conant |
| Work. Is Everything. | Niv Elbaz |
| Zetz | Merlin Goldman |
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