Winners of Winter 2026

Feature Script

Scarlet

Pascal Franchot

United States 103 pages

Short Script

Boyish

Cha Quallis

18 pages

TV Script

Gin Mill

Eric Glawe

United States 57 pages

Best Female Screenwriter

Aurora Sky

Eleanor Veness

United Kingdom 60 pages

Animation Script

Rose Red

Austin Dru Turmel

United States 127 pages

Sci-Fi or Fantasy Script

THE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLERS

Patricia Planck, Kelly E. Nine

United States 109 pages

Best First-Time Screenwriter

Brodhead Society

Christopher Alan Scott

58 pages

Best Screenplay Based on a True Story

The Last Indian War

Michael Graf

United States 123 pages

Best Twist Ending

Roads Taken

C.J. Palmisano

United States 113 pages

Best Family/Children’s Script

Dog of the Rails

Wayne E. Johnson

United States 15 pages

Best Adapted Screenplay

HEARTSTONE

Michael Williams, Robert Biheller, Phillip Margolin

United States 105 pages

Comedy Script

The Practice Marriage

Stewart A Fergus

United Kingdom 105 pages

International Script

THEY CALLED HIM JOSELITO

Raúl Fernández

100 pages

Best War or Conflict-Themed Script

REZ

Listening Raven

United States 95 pages

Best Dialogue-Driven Script

EF-5

Mark Wakely

87 pages

Historical Screenplay

Two Roads to Riva

Willliam W. Holland

United States 129 pages

Best Mystery/Crime Script

The Letters

Michael angel Johnson

United States 111 pages

Drama Script

H I D D E N

Patricia D. Lewis

United States 95 pages

Best Action/Adventure Script

If I Killed a Man For You

Brian McGrath

97 pages

Best One-Location Script

The Corked Incident

Jesse McClain

United States 78 pages

Best LGBTQ+ Script

It's All a Blur

Sandra Jones

United States 95 pages

Horror or Thriller Script

The Bloody Claws of Willow Creek

Matt R Hausmann

103 pages

Best Student Script

Prince of Nothing

David Allen Case

United States 125 pages

Best Script for a Web Series

COLORADO

Eliot David Cooper

96 pages

Best Stage Play

Banana Palm

Toph Whitmore

Canada/US 70 pages

Best Romance Script

LIBIDO ON STEROIDS

Nicholas J. Szegedi

United States 104 pages

Best Western Script

The Brave and The Brutal

Dan Maysen

110 pages

Best Satire or Parody Script

The Last Mediation of Christ

David R. Schleicher, Mike Bell

United States 15 pages

Best Climate or Environmental Script

Trashed

Vicki Liviakis

7 pages

Best Social Impact Script

Contracted

John P McHale, Xavier Jackson, Lee Anne Hale

United States 97 pages

Best Logline Only

The Doll Keeper

Diane F. Sismour

United States 111 pages