Chicago Script Awards

2023 Autumn Edition


Grand Prix: FEATURE SCRIPT
A Drawer Full of Socks and Not a Single Pair (Gareth Meadows, UK)
Honorable Mention
The Cry of Milan / Der Schrei des Milan (Joachim H. Böttcher, Switzerland)

Grand Prix: SHORT SCRIPT
This Is The Life (D Warren Rose, USA)

Grand Prix: SUPER SHORT SCRIPT
An Odd Couple (Marko Pyhtilä, Czech Republic)

Best Television Script - Pilot
Winner
JACK'D (Mike Ede, Canada)
Honorable Mention
Life Through the Lens (Chad Hutson, USA)

Best Synopsys
Winner
Time´s Exchange (Khaled Sultan)

Best First-Time Screenwriter (Short script)
Winner
Avithos (Abyss) (Kostis Rampavilas, Greece)

Best First-Time Screenwriter (Feature script)
Honorable Mention
The Memory Keeper (Chu-Yun (Ruby) Huang, USA)

Best Drama Screenplay
Winner
The Great Hunger (Paul G. Andrews, Thomas Keneally, Meg Keneally, Roland Joffé, UK)

Best Comedy Screenplay
Winner
The Last Temptation of Mary (Mike Farragher, USA)
Honorable Mention
THE HOLY GRAIL (C.S. Talbott, USA)

Best Horror Screenplay
Honorable Mention
Marwood (William Turner Brett, UK)

Best LGBT Screenplay
Winner
#instaboys (Matthew Rodney Chess, USA)

Best Female Screenwriter
Winner
Samantha’s Boss Needs To Talk (Sarah Glees, USA)

Best Male Screenwriter
Winner
Kill All Your Darlings (John Lawrence Shea, USA)

Best Psychological Screenplay
Winner
A School Day (Roberto Romano, Valeria Denise Cantera Guzman, Italy)

Best Historical Screenplay
Winner
J. Appleseed (Lenny Britton, USA)
Honorable Mention
Lincoln at Congo Square (Rick D. Bailey, USA)

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Winner
When I Stop Dreaming (Natalie MacMahon, Germany)

Best Fantasy Screenplay
Winner
Wish Granting Factory (Olena V Chepurna, Ukraine)

Best Young Screenwriter
Winner
The Stars Above (Max Rose, USA)

Best Chicago Screenplay
Winner
BeatNikki's Café (Renee James, USA)

Best American Screenplay
Winner
The Loser's Club (Jonathan Turner Smith, USA)

Best Foreign Screenplay
Winner
Eastbound Traffic (Chuck Johnson, Japan)

Best Romantic Screenplay
Winner
(I'll Never Find) Another You (Michael Alan Elliott, USA)

Best Stage Play
Winner
Control of the Dirt (Louise Schwarz, USA)

2023 Summer Edition


Grand Prix: Feature Script
The Mali Empire (Dewane Alexander, USA)

Grand Prix: SHORT SCRIPT
Ice Creamatorium (Joshua T McQueen, USA)
Honorable Mention
The Ballad of River Kendricks: da prologue (Jason Mendoza, USA)

Grand Prix: SUPER SHORT SCRIPT
The French Kiss (Mike Patrick Johnston, UK)

Best Television Script - Pilot
Winner
How Far (Chris Inekhomon, USA)
Honorable Mention
Starship Explorer: The Alien Chef (Sebastian Binder, Germany)

Best First-Time Screenwriter (Feature Script)
Winner
The Arrangement (Kátia Kieling, USA)
Honorable Mention
The Fourth (Gabriel Gervais, Canada)

Best Drama Screenplay
Winner
The Smile of December (Jonathan Vickers, USA)

Best Comedy Screenplay
Winner
Unripe (P.M Nelson, USA)
Honorable Mention
Finding a Silver Lining (Ali Kiani, USA)

Best Horror Screenplay
Winner
As Scared As You (Jesse Dorian, USA)

Best LGBT Screenplay
Winner
The Bad Guy (Melisa Mathis Raney, USA)

Best Female Screenwriter
Winner
Learning to Land (Jodi Elizabeth Levitan, USA)
Honorable Mention
Opposition ( Eon Song, USA)

Best Male Screenwriter
Incident on Highway 7 (J. Aldric Gaudet, Canada)

Best Psychological Screenplay
Winner
Winter Bird (Stephen Delos Treacy, USA)

Best Historical Screenplay
Winner
A CALL TO ARMS (Julian Poulter, UK)

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Winner
Disarma (USA)

 Best Fantasy Screenplay
Honorable Mention
Christmas Witch (Dalea Cherie Faulkner, Martina Beate Webster, USA)

Best Young Screenwriter
Winner
The Unicorn (Spencer Clinton Bolanos, USA)
Honorable Mention
The Black Paintings (Finn Weatherstone, UK)

Best Chicago Screenplay
Honorable Mention
Forget-Me-Nots (John Dummer, USA)

Best American Screenplay
Winner
Night Heat (Henry Keith Myers, USA)

Best Foreign Screenplay
Winner
The Great Sabotage (Michelangelo Franchini, Italy)

Best Romantic Screenplay
Winner
A Picture Worth Every Word (Pat Stone, USA)

Best Social Screenplay
Honorable Mention
Until You are Loved (Dashiell Finley, USA)

Best Musical
Honorable Mention
Hometown - The Musical (Dennis J Manning, USA)

Best Stageplay
Winner
The Mob Trap (Gregg Marshall Greenberg)

2023 Spring Edition

Grand Prix: FEATURE SCRIPT
Talk Like Somebody’s Listening (Ryan Costello, USA)

Grand Prix: SHORT SCRIPT
Partners (Nicholas Ryon Joseph, Jerry Ferrell, USA)

Grand Prix: SUPER SHORT SCRIPT
Valentine (Devon Kelley, USA)

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT - PILOT
Moonlight and Mayhem (LYNDA REISS, TARA TREMAINE, USA)
Honorable Mention

BEST FIRST-TIME SCREENWRITER (FEATURE SCRIPT)
Enter the Room (Harry Waldman)

BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY
Lady Luck (Katie Nocerino, USA)

BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY
Son of a Sheriff (Travis Davidson, USA)

BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY
Morituriosis (Jesse Dorian, USA)

BEST LGBT SCREENPLAY
The Adagio (Gerald C Wood, USA)

BEST FEMALE SCREENWRITER
A Player's Paradox (Grace Sargeant, UK)

BEST MALE SCREENWRITER
The Agreement (Jared Stuart, USA)

BEST HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY
The Rock in the Sea (Niall Duffy, Ireland)

BEST FANTASY SCREENPLAY
Death Sucks (Lena Cigleris, USA)

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY
The Four Of Us Are Dying (Jesse Dorian, USA)

BEST FOREIGN SCREENPLAY
GOING T*TS UP! (jay wheddon, UK)

BEST ROMANTIC SCREENPLAY
WEATHERING IT (Lynn Vincentnathan, USA)

BEST DETECTIVE SCREENPLAY
The Hitchcock Murders (Andy Maycock, USA)

BEST STAGEPLAY
More Going Down (Dennis j Manning, USA)

BEST CONCEPT
DO NOT OPEN (Brian Barnes, USA)

BEST MARKETABILITY/OUTLOOK
The Frontline: The Nurses Strike Back (Matthew Santi, Emanuel Bryant, USA)

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