Thank you to the nearly one thousand writers who entered The WeScreenplay Feature Contest in 2016. Your hard work, talent, and dedication to storytelling shines through in the entries we received. We're so honored to be entrusted with your work which is why every entry is read at least twice and we make all scores transparent to the writer.
This year we're advancing the top 26 entries to the Finalists round for a 5th read. If your script is advancing it means that your first four judges agreed that this is an excellent screenplay that deserves to be seen. Crafting a script that impacts so many readers is extremely impressive, and we're so excited for these writers! They're on the path toward amazing mentorships with the Director of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the VP of Development for Morgan Freeman, and a Director of Development for Brookstreet Pictures. Not only that, but we're giving away over $20,000 in cash, prizes, coverage, and more.
However, there are excellent scripts that didn't advance. Just because your script isn't on this list doesn't at all mean that our judges didn't enjoy the read – in fact, we're certain that certain scripts not advancing will bring their writer success in the very near future. Thank you for entering your script and always keep writing.
Finally – we'd like to encourage everyone to check out the Diverse Voices Competition presented by WeScreenplay. This contest's winners have signed with management companies and optioned scripts, plus $3 from every entry goes to the Books for Kids Foundation. This contest's missions is to provide a platform for promoting and encouraging diverse voices and stories.
And now, the WeScreenplay Feature Contest Finalists:
| 3D At The Palace written by Kent Wilson |
| The Grocer written by Michael Bierman |
| Cold Abandon written by Matthew OConnell |
| Red Moon written by Jesus Celaya |
| Race Music written by Mark Herder |
| Becoming Bessie written by Paloma Martinez |
| The Falling written by Martin Blinder |
| The Lean written by Pearse Lehane |
| Darlings written by Aaron Yeung |
| Titus Maxwell's Last Case written by Brendon Slee |
| Shelter written by Adam Foster |
| The Poacher written by Travis Opgenorth |
| Ash Wednesday written by Michael Grogan |
| Caliber written by Kenlon Clark |
| Forged written by Kenlon Clark |
| Guns and Grace written by Odin Ozdil |
| The Last Execution written by Tom Vecchio |
| Diminuendo written by Paul Gross |
| Spoon Fed written by Nicholas Jones |
| Gamble written by Kyle Mumford |
| Mesa 1966 written by Orson Scott Card |
| Little Hell written by Amanda Norman |
| Blue Sky and I written by Dumford King |
| Angel Quake written by Terry Hayman |
| The Black Cat written by Chris Bancel |
| The Flower Hunter written by Danny Sheehy |
