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
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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