Save the Cat Names 2026 Grand Prize Winners
Updated: 08/24/2026
Griffin Henry Sloan and Melissa Anderson have been named the Save the Cat Grand Prize Winners for their feature screenplay, Midnight Sun, while Allison Gibson won the TV Pilot Grand Prize for her script, Promised Land.
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