The Inspired Screenwriting Competition

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We are proud to announce the winner of the 2025 Inspired Screenwriting Compeition is….

After What Happened at the Library

Written by Kyle Chu & Roísín Isner

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Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming networking portal and how to join and connect with all of our amazing writers! In the meantime, check out all of our finalists below!

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Inspired Screenwriting Competition’s Finalists, Quarter Finalists and Next Draft Award Recipients!

The Finalists

Bad Daughters by Anastazia Rae

Iamhere by Dominique Cieri

Boy Moms by Erin Sullivan

After What Happened at the Library by Kyle Chu & Róisín Isner

Postponed by Maren Hill

Lark by Matilda Corley Schulman

Comediettes by Stephanie Weber

Welcome To Roswell by StormMiguel Florez

Kitbash by Tim Kontje

Listed in alphabetical order by writer’s first name

The Quarter Finalists

Bad Daughters by Anastazia Rae

BOOM!Town by Bob Pondillo

Monsters of Embrees Island by Charlotte Simmons

An Institution by Dan Takacs

HUMDRUM by Daniela Di Salvo

Iamhere by Dominique Cieri

Pervy Skank Assassins by Dorrie Lipman & Lena Buda

Le Bon Temps by Eileen Dennehy

Briefly, Before I Die by Eleonora Saravalle

Irrevocable Trust by Eric Grant

Mayfair Lady by Erin Martin

Boy Moms by Erin Sullivan

Motoboys by Joe Tripician

RUNNING IN PLACE by Jude Lutz

How to Gain Followers and Kill Demons by Kristen Bobst

The Lost Child by Kristoffer Tabori

After What Happened at the Library by Kyle Chu & Róisín Isner

PROCREATION, INC. by Lex Powell

Postponed by Maren Hill

miri & gav by Matilda Corley Schulman

Lark by Matilda Corley Schulman

THE LEGEND OF BOARIS AND PIGMALION by Michael Bowler

Comediettes by Stephanie Weber

Welcome To Roswell by StormMiguel Florez

Kitbash by Tim Kontje

Swashbuckle by William Moon

Listed in alphabetical order by writer’s first name

The Next Draft Award Recipients

Listed in alphabetical order by writer’s first name

The Elephant in the Dark by Amir Karami

Van 59 by Brian Trotter

Dungeons and Wagons by Eric Prochnau

This is Not a Haunting by Gabriel Eby

Emma Who? by Laura Michelle Edmundson

Blue Idaho by Noah Zayn Mortier

FALL by Ron Yungul

Mountain Top by Shobi Martin

1956 by Yvonne Enid Racz

Submissions for the Competition are now closed.

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