2024 Summer Edition

Grand Prix: Feature Screenplay
The BANNER
Tina Juárez
USA
Honorable Mention
The War Within Her
Christian Georges Bruyere
Canada

How I Learned to Blog Like a Champ After the End of the World
Nick Carmine
USA

Queen of Hearts
Kathleen Welton
USA

Grand Prix: Television Script Pilot
Bound By Blood
Dakota Banks
USA

Honorable Mention
Detective Show
Chris Warner
USA

Here She Comes
Dan McNeil, Jasmine Aziz
Canada

Holywood Ghostwriter
Melanie Villines
USA

Grand Prix: Short Script (40)
The Deadline
Mike Gallagher
USA

Honorable Mention
Firecracker
William Stewart
Canada

South for Winter
Jill Ferrari
USA

Grand Prix: Super Short Script (under 10 pages)
Best Synopsis
Bagel Dog
Tracy L Swanson
USA

Grand Prix: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
John Horse
Walt Alexander , James Riordan
USA

Grand Prix: First Time Screenwriter (Short)
Pool Boy
Joseph Anthony Francis, John Logan McGee
USA

Pin Doll
Eva-Marie Kung
UK

WHAT I'D GIVE YOU
Spencer Lynn
USA

BEST FIRST 10 PAGES
The Mighty Mighty Hornets
Robert Requejo Ramos
USA

Young Screenwriter (under 30y)
The Little Boy and The Duck on a Cliff's Edge
Gabriella Leonardi
UK

American Screenplay
Birds of Lithium
George Alexander Villalba, Carlos Figueireido, Evill Reboucas
USA

Feature Screenplay by s Chicago Screenwriter
NUNS WITH GUNS
Mark Wakely
USA

Honorable Mention
Kids Today
Melanie R Weiss
USA

Best Foreign Screenplay
Pin Doll
Eva-Marie Kung
UK

Honorable Mention
F.F.S!
Jay Wheddon
UK

Best Female Screenwriter
Immunity
Shari Umansky
USA

Honorable Mention
Call Me Norma
Rebekah Scheffelmaier
Canada

Best Drama Screenplay
MAFIA PROM DATE
Michael J. Volpe
USA

Honorable Mention
Alabama Jubilee
Kristin Leary
USA

Brothers and Sisters
Jamie Michael Lorusso-Zyskind
Australia

Best Comedy Screenplay
CODSWALLOP
Paul Larsen
USA

Honorable Mention
Karen: White, Woke, and Looking for Good Customer Service
Shannon Penrod
USA

Best Horror Screenplay
The Shadow Falls
Clay Callender
USA

Honorable Mention
Dentata
Joshua Chin
Canada

Thriller Screenplay
The Judas Apocalypse
Dan McNeil, Jasmine Aziz
Canada

Honorable Mention
Lock Her Up
Elizabeth Ann Searle
USA

Best LGBTQ Screenplay
Product of the System: The Kristopher Sharp Story
Amanda Turner
USA

Best Sci-fi Screenplay
SPIRALMIND
Benito F Perez, Jackson J Smith
USA

Honorable Mention
Penumbra
Kathryn Radmall
UK

Best Action Screenplay
Spitting Fire
Angie Comer
USA

Best Psychological Screenplay
The Language of Wolves
Nan Schmid
USA

Honorable Mention
Limo Girl
LaMont Prospect
USA

Just Us Kids
Stuart James Forrest
USA

Historical Screenplay
Carlo Massimo
Doruntine
USA

Best War Screenplay
FREE HUNTER
Gary Sherwood, Jennifer Julian
USA

Best Crimi Screenplay
Dead Horse Lake
Michael Graf
USA

Honorable Mention
Light Em´ Up
Sami Garcia
USA

Best Fantasy Screenplay
1000 - The Sword in the Stone series (Episode #1: The Druid, the Sword and the Raven)
Guido Maria GIORDANO
Italy

Honorable Mention
No More Gods. Episode 1. White Tiger
Louise Wilding
UK

Best Romantic Screenplay
The Fax Affair
Eden Gray
Australia

Best Western Screenplay
Throwdown at Broken Axe
Richard C Geiwitz
USA

Film Screenplay for Kids/Family Screenplay/Fairy Tale
Kibombo jumps in Capital City
Alejandra Chacón Gallardo
Mexico

Best Stage Play
Wicked Smaht
Kevin Scott Chess
USA

Best Book
Safe Passage Guaranteed
Pete Torrey
USA

2024 Winter Edition

Best Feature Screenplay
The Boys I Never Kissed (Christina Andrea Offley, USA)
Honorable Mention
Prince of Chicago (Bruce Hickey, USA)
Fear the Reaper (Jason John Cicalese, USA)
Nocturnal (Peter Hardy, USA)
Pocket Money (Teodora Pancheva, UK)

Best Short Script (40)
Grandma Böse (Alicia Hayes, USA)
Honorable Mention
RoboCapo (Michael Cipiti, USA)
Tom's Diner (Christie Glascoe, USA)
Two Harbors Pilot (Brian Lange Stemmler United States)


Best Television Script Pilot
IRiS (Randall Reese, USA)
Honorable Mention
Widow's Wishes (Holly Sawyer, USA)
Aris (V.P. Evans, USA)
The Secret Life Of Jake Edwards (Jeff Edmond, USA)
The Sands (Hannah Looney and Jason Cortez, United States)


Best Super Short Script (under 10 pages)
You Should Not Of Come Here (Charlie Oliver Ashton, UK)

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
The Academy of Kings (Marine Claire Puel, France)
Honorable Mention
Soul Survivors - An Obsession Of The Heart Part One (Adam Poulos, USA)
The Strongman (Todd Ryan Jones, USA)

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
The Acting War (Portia Williams, USA)
Honorable Mention
Ready Set No! (Willem Hietkamp, Netherlands)

Best Best Synopsis
Intertwined in Silence (Sebastian Alejandro Fernandez - Moris Rodriguez, Peru)
Honorable Mention
Bell Tolls (Sebastian Davis, UK)

Best Young Screenwriter (under 30y)
IRENE (Valerio Pampaglini, Italy)
Honorable Mention
Heartbeat by Heartbeat (Alex Shores)
Self Improvement (Samuel Roberts)

Best Drama Screenplay
Next Time We Meet (Robert Gokay, USA)
Honorable Mention
Disposable (Laurie Brown, USA)
The Spanish Teacher (Barbara de la Cuesta, USA)
Christian Morris (J.A. Brown, USA)

Best Comedy Screenplay
Winslow's Warranty (Nathan Cox, William Clark and Grace Clark, USA)
Honorable Mention
The Balcon Question (carlo ghioni, Canada)
CODSWALLOP (Paul Larsen , USA)
F***boys (Adam Sandel, USA)

Best Horror Screenplay
Succubus In The Hood (Jeffery A. Brown, USA)
Honorable Mention
The Ghosts of Crystal Lake (Mario G. Lopez, USA)
The House With Two Front Doors (Lucy Mills, UK)

Best Thriller Screenplay
Mallory (Liz Chiodo, USA)
Honorable Mention
Stranger in Our Bed (Samantha Lee Howe, UK)

Best LGBT Screenplay
VENGEANCE IS A LADY (Michael Williams, USA)
Honorable mention
Closet Door (Moon Abbott, USA)

Best Female Screenwriter
Reality Is On To Something (Holly Sawyer, USA)
Honorable Mention
Speechless (Lottie Anderson, France)
Women of the Corinthian Cafe (Kandis Heckler, USA)

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
You Are My Oxygen (Toby Smith, UK)

Best Action Screenplay
Nobody's Heroes (Michael Alan Elliott, USA)
Honorable Mention
Separated By Force (John Ravitz, USA)

Best Psychological Screenplay
The Colouring Book (Toby Smith, UK)

Best Historical Screenplay
Not Mrs. Singer (John Clive Carter, UK)
Honorable Mention
The Last Prince - Pilot (Cellan Thomas, UK)
Will´s Secret (Kevin Short, UK)

Best Crimi Screenplay
A Walk With The Wicked (Robert Gallegos, USA)

Best Fantasy Screenplay
The Other Half Script (Olga Bogdan, UK)

Best Feature Screenplay by Chicago Screenwriter
Suffer the Act (Tony Bustamante, USA)
Honorable Mention
The Arrangement (Don L. Lorincz, USA)

Best American Screenplay

Home for Christmas (Joseph Anthony Francis, USA)

Best Foreign Screenplay
A boy Called Freddy (Sophie Rose Neville, UK)

Best Romantic Screenplay
Wishing on Stars (Rosie Maddox, USA)
Honorable Mention
Waiting for You (Janna Jones, USA)

Best Western Screenplay
For The Freedom (Hans Sluijter, USA)

Best Stage Play
Sleepers, Awake (Ali Kiani, USA)

Best Book
MARKY THE MAGNIFICENT FAIRY: A DISABILITY STORY OF COURAGE, KINDNESS, AND ACCEPTANCE
(Cynthia Kern Obrien, USA)