2022 Chicago Script Awards Winners


Grand Prix: Best Short Script

(nominated for awards Best Feature Film on Golden Art Film Academy)
Edgar and the Undead (Montgomery Burt, Canada)

Best Feature Script
Dear Eszter (Alex Balassa, Marisol Mijares, Alejandro Orozco, Mario Pacheco Szekely, Chile)

Honorable Mention: Feature Script
Litten's Passion (Arik Bjorn, Debi King McMartin, Evelyn "Lyn" Morgan, USA)

Honorable Mention: Short Script
Appearances (Joan Tofteland, Canada)

Best Super Short Script
Graham-Land (Colleen Frances Franklin, USA)

Best Television Script - Pilot
ALIENAZION - The Conquest of Space (ANTONIO BELLIDO MARIN, Spain)

Best First-Time Screenwriter (Short script)
The Deaf Girl (Novella Bex, USA)

Best First-Time Screenwriter (Feature script)
Bloodlines: The Mogadishu Diaries 1992-1993 (Eddie Clay Thompkins III, USA)

Best Drama Screenplay
Good Morning Sunshine (Mariah Larocque, USA)

Best Comedy Screenplay
MIC CHECK; KARAOKE LOVE (Gregory Bonds, USA)

Honorable Mention: Comedy Screenplay
Adult Adolescent (Persia White, USA)

Best Horror Screenplay
The Shadow Falls (Clay Callender, USA)

Best Thriller Screenplay
The Contractor (Casey Costello, USA)

Best LGBT Screenplay
S.T.A.R. (Yael Deynes, USA)

Best Female Screenwriter
Amy and Angel (Julia Verdin, Deedee Benkovich, USA)

Best Scí-fi Screenplay
Fujiyama 2060 (Brandy Seymour, Gin Wills, Crystal Ash, Liz Richie, USA)

Best Young Screenwriter (under 25)
Social Work (Greg Davidson, USA)

Best Chicago Screenplay
Dine With Me (Monica Keaton, USA)

Best American Screenplay
CODE 10 (Matthew Margo, USA)

Best Foreign Screenplay
No biscuits in heaven (Ruth Finnegan, UK)

Honorable Mention: Foreign Screenplay
Shades (Dionne Wilson, Canada)