The WeScreenplay Shorts Competition is dedicated to connecting talented short film writers with Oscar-nominated short film directors and creators for advice on how to create emotionally impactful storytelling in short-form content.
We want to thank every entrant for submitting their work. The shorts we read were so compelling — the judges had a tough time narrowing it down to the quarterfinalists.
And if you’d like alerts when this contest re-opens, sign up via Coverfly here.
A sincere congratulations to the writers who are advancing. Please make sure to congratulate these writers on the Facebook announcement and Twitter announcement — they deserve it!
And now, the 2019 WeScreenplay Shorts Quarterfinalists:
| 5th Ave. and Grand written by Aimee Adell Johnson |
| A Crown for Queenie written by Tiffany Lin |
| A F*cking Starbucks on Bleecker Street written by zack r. smith |
| A Picture’s Worth written by Katie Constantine |
| Abby Dreams of Humans written by Michelle Sarkany |
| An Angel Whispers written by Jeremy Storey |
| Ava written by Angelique Wilson |
| Beans written by Brian Rawlins |
| Beyond the Fuchsias written by Tara Jackson |
| Blood and Ash written by Kenneth Sanabria |
| Blood Sugar written by Sam Thompson |
| blood, blood written by Heather Farlinger |
| Breaking Out written by Mandy Vicsai |
| Cardboard Box written by Bernhard Riedhammer |
| Clatterz on Highwayz written by Eva MeiLing Pollitt |
| Coded written by Naomi Pandolfi |
| Constellation written by Anne Dagenais |
| CREAM, NO SUGAR written by Alaina Pinkney |
| Death Sentence written by Kristen Joy Bjorge |
| deepwater written by Linda H. Codega |
| DIRECTIONS written by Penny Jackson |
| Elkhart written by Jaclyn Parker |
| Estranged written by Jo Osborne |
| Face of a Lipstick Lesbian written by Aaron King |
| FINDING written by Frederick Parks |
| Floss written by Alexander Gustaveson |
| Forerunner written by Geebran Warchausky Cristo |
| From Far and Wide written by Jaskaran Gill |
| Getaway written by Evan Minicucci |
| Ghosted written by Leah Wood |
| Going Home written by Justin Burris McGowan |
| Greg the Puddle written by Shaun Radecki |
| Group written by Zoe Brown |
| Gunner Gets a Hot Tub written by Loretta Seto |
| Holier Than Thou written by Janelle Tweed |
| HOTLINE written by Douglas Spaltro |
| How The Other Half Live written by Michael Kitlas |
| How to Kill Your Roommate written by Dave Byer |
| Hypochondriac written by spencer banfield |
| I Live Alone, Everyone Does written by George Snape |
| Infomercial Impossible written by Matthew Woods, Thomas Green, Mauricio Marces |
| Juana Pelos written by Maria MEALLA |
| Karmic Moon written by Carlton Saito |
| Kid Midnight written by Mychal Sargent |
| LIBERTY written by Nikhil Kamkolkar |
| Lollipops written by Ivo Huahua |
| Lost in Orbit written by Duane Garcia |
| LUCKY KITCHEN written by WEI LIU |
| Mai written by Daniel Bjarnason |
| Making Up written by Ryan Paige |
| MAN written by Cathriona Slammon |
| Man in the Middle written by Richard Moxley |
| Melville written by Jeremy Storey |
| Mentalese Express written by Kai Wei Lee |
| Mind’s Mirror written by Artem Bjork |
| Mover: Loosely Based on an Alternatively Factual Account of My Life as a Data Trafficker written by Gerry Walker |
| My Girlfriend Dana written by Mic Jackson |
| No Other Choice written by Drake Cardenas |
| Nurture the Dark written by Adam Fidler |
| Nutri-Fit written by Eleanor Utting |
| Other People’s Lives written by Montgomery Burt |
| Pink & Blue written by Nike Uche Kadri |
| Pinterest Witches written by Chris Hicks |
| Plastic written by Alex Weight |
| Possum written by Lyndal Simpson |
| Quiet Winter written by Mark Stoner |
| Rage written by Goldie Jones |
| Rat In The Sauce written by Peter Donaruma |
| Reaper Drive written by Christopher Mendez |
| Red House written by Holly Sereni |
| Reel Life written by Jeremy Span |
| Reset written by Emily McDermott |
| Return To Me written by Peter Buhl |
| Rinds written by Faye Viviana |
| Say Yes written by Gabe Berry |
| Show your tongue to Einstein written by Alice Kreyman |
| Sidewalk Chalk written by Shaun Radecki |
| Sleepless written by Juan Pablo Daranas Molina |
| So it Begins written by Peter Gazdag |
| Springerle written by Finley Mulligan |
| Spruce Up the Holidays written by Adam McDaniel |
| Taré written by Peter Russell |
| The Acceptance of Suffering written by Jason Klein |
| The Astronaut written by Joey Connolley |
| The Best West Testament written by Peter Gazdag |
| The Castle Is My Plus-One written by Gary Irons |
| The Circle of Chawce written by Randi LeClair |
| The Cricket written by Gabe Berry |
| The Deal written by Mitch Olson |
| The Grave Digger written by Sam Watson |
| The Invisible Monster written by Gordon LePage |
| The Last Creation written by Brad Cooper |
| The Last Goodbye written by Denise Barrett |
| The Light written by Tony Ferrendelli |
| The Package written by Melanie Thompson |
| The Prospector written by Ross Denyer |
| The Usual Run written by Patty Lovell |
| This Land written by Riley Madincea |
| Trust written by Steve Marra |
| Unlucky Luck written by Ashley Patrick |
| We Are The Last written by Zeus Kontoyannis |
| Wet Rot written by Stuart Creque |
| What The Fuck Bryan! written by Richard Pengelley |
| Winemaker written by Miriam Rahimi-Cholensky |
| You written by Janine Gilbert |
Congrats to all these fantastic writers! All placements have been updated on Coverfly.
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