Thank you to all of the writers who entered the WeScreenplay Feature Competition this year! Your hard work, talent, and dedication to storytelling shines through in the entries we received.
From over 1,000 entries, we are thrilled to advance 53 entries to the semifinal round for another read and further consideration. A huge congratulations to every writer advancing — it is incredibly difficult to stand out at this level.
We also want to acknowledge all of the strong scripts that did not advance. It does not at all mean that our judges didn’t enjoy the read – all of the quarterfinalists scripts were strong writing samples and great stories. Thank you for entering your script and always keep writing.
Without further ado, the 2018 WeScreenplay Feature Contest Semifinalists:
| MANIFESTO written by Khaila Amazan |
| Good Mother, Lavender Vine written by Stacey Pierce |
| Fiber written by Lukas Valderrama |
| Little Bird written by Thomas Downs |
| Man’s Lost Friend written by Anthony Mazzarella |
| The Witch of Dresden written by Tim Fasano |
| The Hawk of Quraysh written by Laila Ujayli |
| Flight Behavior written by Amelie Yeager |
| Rebuild written by Paul Santana, Tate Ammons |
| The First Law written by Jack Christian, D. J. McPherson |
| Turnabout written by Bill Hanan |
| THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME written by Alexander Vargas |
| Tres Banditos written by Thomas Leupp |
| Last to Fall written by Jim Maceda |
| Buried written by Karen Frank |
| Bounce Back written by Alex Perez |
| Traumatized written by Kris Lippert |
| Fireflies written by Tyler Welch |
| Escape Pod written by Eugene La Haye, Buster La Haye |
| The Superb Lyrebird and Other Creatures written by Wendy Young |
| Childproof written by Michael Noonan |
| A War on Terror written by Peter Haig |
| Guilt written by Jamie Severson |
| Orion written by Sebastian McGrogan |
| Cake and Candles written by Sally Fitz |
| Trashed written by Samuel Brett Williams |
| Glow written by Lee Burgess |
| BLOOD-LINK written by Michael Prosser |
| Oliver’s Sea Monster written by Michael Gibney |
| The Moment Between the Blink and the Pull written by Lori Bowen |
| JUNK written by Doug Mallette |
| Lost Coyote written by Gustavo Freitas |
| Full Take written by Morgan Lariah |
| The Car Thief written by Mark Bethune |
| The Emperor of Wyoming written by Michael Hamblin |
| Ms Greer written by Alica Gwinner |
| What’s Mine written by Asya Perkins |
| Lemons and Things written by Tilda Fay |
| The Devil, a Rebel, a Fool written by Clayton Fusco |
| STRAWBERRY BITCH written by Patrick Poff |
| Blood and the Rye written by Rajiv Shah |
| Susan the Spy written by Alva Moore |
| Karmarama written by Russell Smith |
| Winter Jasmine written by Jennifer Cooney |
| The Fool’s Errand written by John Murphy, Chris Bramante |
| BLOOD IN THE WATER written by Laura Gillis |
| Forty Winks written by Andrew Stein |
| Ersatz written by Charles Ancelle |
| Zharkov’s Masterpiece written by Elizabeth Samaroo |
| The Memory Bank written by Daniel Cooper, Adam Cooper |
| The Last Frontier written by Holly Holstein |
| Distortion written by Travis Opgenorth |
| The Boy with the Pink Triangle written by Amy Reedy |
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