2016 New York Screenplay Contest Official Finalists

Action / Adventure

  • Throw On The Gloves written by Eugeniu Birlea
  • The Last Vikings written by David Thorndill 
  • Branding written by Charles Laulette 
  • Internal Conflicts written by Suzanne Saltz
  • Man in the Mirror written by Michael Neumeyer
  • Abducted written by Paul Forrest
  • Rise of the Blue Blood written by Mark Bellantoni
  • Thembi written by Tom Glasson
  • The Last Bookstore written by Brooke Purdy, Colette Freedman
  • The Elemental Conductors written by Jesse Wolfe

Biographical / Historical

  • Radical written by Dianna Zimmerman 
  • Treasures within written by Sandra  Stoodley
  • Letters from Thurgood written by Robert F. Redmond, Jr
  • USNB-22 written by Warren R Hull
  • Alcatraz Reservation written by Jose Luis Solis Olivares
  • The Legend of William Tell written by J. Ian Sample
  • Russia Was A Woman written by Amy Gerber-Stroh
  • Red Harvest written by Legrand McMullen
  • The Crab Pot written by Joseph Grinstein
  • Wisconsin Krueger's 1918 written by Dick Corman

Comedy

  • My Mother's Hands written by Jennifer Katz
  • The Caterer written by Dale Brandenburg
  • Blame it on the Moon written by John Rischmiller
  • Misprints written by Adam Preston
  • La Certa written by Laurence Vannicelli
  • Science Bunnies written by Heidi Chapman, Craig McGrath
  • One More Joke written by Jeremy  Sporn
  • Play written by Adam Garcia
  • Ron and Zoe written by Frank Arciszewski
  • Tramps  written by Brittany Jelinski

Drama

  • Eve's Sisters written by Cile Pace
  • Maya Doesn't Live Here Anymore written by Daniel F. Pfeffer
  • Negative Space written by Adam Bradley
  • Inland written by Guillermo Zouain
  • Wendy written by Angela Atwood
  • The Dresden Angel written by Tony Freeman
  • Sometimes You Get the Bear written by Paul Herbig
  • Scattering Rachel  written by Colette Freedman, Brooke Purdy
  • The Red Shoes written by Tina Love
  • Inheritance written by Michael Curtis

Family Film

  • Flake written by L. Lee Lapidus, Norman Lapidus
  • Madame Facades written by Charles Laulette
  • Pilot Whale Fog written by Bonnie Carini  & Douglas Macilroy
  • Lemon Made written by Erik Adolphson
  • Trapped in Tuscany written by Jennifer Rapaport
  • Hard Evidence written by Jerry Smiley
  • Bronx Zoo written by Steven Jon Whritner
  • Off The Hook written by John Arvai
  • Arri written by Carlos Rubio Recio and Javier Aguayo 
  • Jeff  written by Justin Elias

Horror / Sci-Fi

  • 6 Billion To One written by Mark Hibbett
  • Stoners Vs. Vampires written by Stuart Creque 
  • The Nightmare Halls written by Olivier Rongione
  • Sanctuary written by Scott Pittock
  • Seven Gates of Hellam written by Timothy Sommerfeld
  • Wolf Dreams written by Tyler Peck
  • Everett, Constructed written by Emmett Jack Lundberg
  • Black Star written by Eric Anthony Glover
  • Venor written by Matt Nye
  • The Infinite Instant written by Danielle Lee Parker

Thriller

  • In-Sane Asylum written by Lawrence Leslie
  • A Mother's Blood written by Ernie Zibert
  • Seven Days written by Bruce Rose
  • Night Without Shade written by Dimitri Dietrich Limpert
  • Snow Angel written by Christian Scheid
  • Doppelganger Inc. written by Lee Dinova
  • Youth Emergency written by Kirk Bueckert
  • Pretty written by Tyler Peck
  • Howler written by Sydney Lloyd Smith
  • Gamble written by Kyle C. Mumford

Fantasy

  • Epiphany written by Despina Moraitou 
  • Witches Protection Program written by Michael Phillip Cash 

Short Screenplay

  • Nicoletta written by Samantha Zanjani
  • Aswang (Ghoul) written by Josh Bartolome
  • Hotel Soleil written by Rebekah Wilkinson
  • Dance, Hamster Dance written by Raqi Syed
  • Free Invisible Dinosaurs! written by Mara Blazic
  • Fishin' With Pops written by Damon Ragsdale
  • The Girl From Pearl City written by Simone Rowe
  • Quietus written by Josh Bartolome
  • Nature written by Alec Silberblatt 
  • Hangdog Company written by Amy Russo

Stage Play

  • Wolves at the Door written by Jeremy Storey
  • Bonnie's Future Sisters  written by Meghan Gambling 
  • Do You Believe In Magic? written by Lisa Sniderman
  • The First Ladies Club written by Corean Strong
  • The Day the Congressman Cried written by Ed Purchla
  • A Lover's Dream written by Courtney Asunmaa
  • Black Funeral written by Patricia Ann Gerfin (AKA Ann Simon)  
  • Fishin' With Pops written by Damon Ragsdale
  • Maggie and Mandy and a nice cup of tea written by Denis Edwards
  • Two Merchants of Venice written by Stephen M Hunt 

Treatment

  • The Hairdresser written by Steven Serban
  • Bullard written by Luc Alper-Leroux
  • State of Mind written by Dana Fairbairn
  • Treasures within written by Sandra  Stoodley
  • To My Casa written by Michael DiLauro
  • Keep The Bucket written by João Paulo Horta, Guilherme Gueiros
  • Rough Point written by Timothy Mendonca
  • A Pearl Before Swine written by Marisa Torre 
  • Fractal written by Konstantinos Tsokalis

Television Pilot - Drama

  • Europia written by Anthony Etherington
  • Bog Walk written by Dominique A. Holmes
  • The Gig written by Jordan Andrykowski, Jonathan Waserman
  • Waterloo written by Phoenix Glass
  • Some Other Eden written by Anthony Etherington
  • The Rats of Gramercy Park written by Christine Stevens DeLorenzo 
  • Afraid written by Dallas Ryan Roberts
  • Traffik written by Diana Djurcinovska
  • Assassins written by Matt Crofts
  • Hometown written by Wendy Wilkins

Television Pilot - Sitcom

  • Earth on Heaven written by Micah Paisner
  • Win the Internet written by Trevor Martin, Nathan Hulne, Nick Delehanty, William Russo, Jim Smylie
  • The Kickass Chocolate written by Andie Hong
  • LoveDrop written by Christian Peterson, Melissa McNallan
  • Making It! written by Mike Fernandes 
  • Off The Menu written by Dennis Camlek
  • Burn the Floor written by Chloe Weinberg
  • Deli Takeout written by Jim Norman
  • Queens written by Raul Martin Romero
  • Gangster Pride: Into The Den written by Andrew M. Bullis

Television Spec Script

  • The Big Bang Theory: The Alternate Imperium written by Mark Hibbett
  • New Girl: A Weekend of New Experiences written by Matt Crofts
  • Better Call Saul: "Hugo"  written by Davina Willett
  • Modern Family--Paintball Wars written by Amanda Scott, Veronica Slattery
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine: "Fish Slapping" written by Victor Luna 
  • Frank's Vision Quest written by Evan Hilsenrath
  • 2 Broke Girls  written by C. Danielle Wilcox
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Trying Too Hard written by Howard Jordan, Jr.
  • The Size of the Fight in the Dog written by David Samuels
  • Big Bang Theory - The Memory Game written by Debra S Johnson