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PAGE Awards Contest Announces 2023 Semifinalists

The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards competition has now posted their list of Semifinalists for 2023, representing the top 25 scripts in each of the contest's 10 genre categories. This year’s Semifinalists include scripts by writers from all across the United States and around the world: Colombia, Brazil, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Italy, India, Singapore, South Korea, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

The 2023 PAGE Awards Semi-Finalists:

ACTION/ADVENTURE

#1 WITH A BULLET
David Martin

ACQUISITION
Mike Jupp

AIRMED ONE
Ty Strange

THE ALCHEMIST’S GREAT WORK
Darren Ursino

AVALANCHE EXPRESS
Megan Wilson

CALL OUT
Neer Shelter

CARTEL HELL
Mike Murphy

THE CHAINS OF MEN
Michael Sinoway

ESCAPE VELOCITY
Rudy O’Meara

THE FOREVER WINTER
Vandon Gibbs

GARE DU NORD
Takeo Hori

HELL IN HIGH WATER
Kathleen Leabo

THE HUNGRY GHOST
Alicia Buck

JULES GOLD
Katherine Morein & Jody Gehrman

THE LAMB
John Ingle

LITTLE RED
Richard Moon

MAD SCIENTISTS
David Page

MERCURY RETROGRADE
Nino Aldi

OCELOT
Toby McGilvray

PLUNDER
Mike Jupp

RIDERS IN THE SKY
David Martin

THE SNAKE AND THE CROW
Derek Ladd

THE SNOWMEN
John Dart & Jeff Swanson

SURFACING
Michael Arlington

SYMPATHY FOR THE WILD
Eamonn Cogan

COMEDY

ALEX AND HER
John Knight & David Dorman

BAGGAGE
David Lambertson

BEST. APOCALYPSE. EVER.
Josh Barkey

COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
Tara Hall

A COP AND A VAMPIRE WALK INTO A BAR
Boris Coll

CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
Asha Kurian & Mark Farris

DADDY ISSUES
Marisa Forrest

DEAD MELODY
Gabe Berry

DIGGER
David Wade

EMILY’S TOY BOY
Paula Smith

FIFTH AVENUE GENTLEMEN’S SOCIETY
Christopher Isenegger

FLOATERS
Michael Noonan

HOOSIER DADDY
Jeffrey Field

KISS ME LIKE THAT
J. Florence Jones

LOOKING FOR JANIS
Kate Kelsen

LUCY GONE WILD
Abigail Mason

THE MAN DANCE
Jerry Perez

THE MAN IN THE FLYING LAWN CHAIR
Ryan Mekenian

PINKY SWEAR
Matthew Manson

PLOT TWISTS IN BEVERLY HILLS
Sam Wright

SINGLE BULLET THEORY
Mike Bencivenga

SPACE CORPS
Gary Makin

SPEAK ENGLISH
Kieran Angelini

TOXIC.
Colin Lawrence

WORST CHRISTMAS EVER
Brenda LePage

DRAMA

AFTER YOU
Sean Wathen

ANYWHERE GOOD CHRISTMAS
J. Wayne Davidson

BELONGING
Liz Field

CATCHING FIREFLIES
Lee Whittaker

CIGAR BOX LETTERS
Douglas Spaltro

DOLLY DOES A THING
Lily Mercer

FILTHY
Lisa Cole

FIRST PERSON SHOOTER
Cameron Raynes

HANNAH’S ANSWER
Graeme Burfoot

HARE
Nicholas Schmid

THE JEWS OF KAIFENG
Paulo Cohen-Myers

JUBILEE
Ben Lokey

THE LAST GOOD DAY
TJ Berry

MAKE BELIEVE
Brit Cowan

MOVING THE CHAINS
Deb Makinney

NOT IN THIS LIFE
Daniel Broderick

POLAROID JOE
Dominic White

PRETTY BOY
Kristine Peterson & Francesca Miller

PSYCHO KILLER
Linda MacPherson Davidson

TEA WITH THE AMBANIS
Sandhya Hermon

TRAWL
Michael Schatz

UNDERCURRENT
Debby Huvaere

WAITING GAMES
Jeffrey Field

WALKING IN IOWA
Alex Murawski

WILD HEARTS
Jessica Rowlands

FAMILY FILM

BEYOND THE SEA WALL
Shane Weiss

BOOKED
Jennifer Ruisch

CHRISTMAS MIRACLE WORKER
Curtis S. Burdick

CLARA AND THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE
Ben Lokey

COOKIE
Brenda LePage

A DOLPHIN IN OUR LAKE
David Hartmann

DISCONNECT
Joey Day Hargrove

ELECTRIC PEAK
Eric Maus

FIREFLIES
Amanda Keener

THE GREAT KIWI CAPER
Jackson Herman

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
John McCarney

INKED
Erika Kathryn

A KEEPSAKES CHRISTMAS
Rich Orstad

MESTENGO
Theresa A. Carey

THE POET OF SUGAR CREEK
Karen Conley

MY REAL IMAGINARY FRIENDS
Kyle Rizor

PAINT!
Bailey Moore

ROY G. BIV
Sebastian Davis

SANTA’S DOG
Barbara Giannini

SAVING CINDERELLA
Melinda Saranchock & Chris Saranchock

THE SECRET OF SHANGRI-LA
Lisa Gold

SPACE CADET
Nicole Delprado

SUPERMODEL UN
Jessica Jiji

THE TOWN THAT LOST CHRISTMAS
Dawn Coleman

UNCHARTED
Mere Walton

HISTORICAL FILM

ALL THINGS FALSELY
Suzanne Faber

AMERICAN INFAMY
Takeo Hori

CRY OF THE CHILDREN: THE DENMARK VESEY STORY
Nick Roberts

DON
Alberto Battistutti

FERNWEH: THE ACHE FOR DISTANT PLACES
Rosemary Griggs

GODFOR
Pablo Torrellas

GOODBYE IRAQ
Vannar Jaddou

GREEN V CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
Daniel Parino

THE IDEALIST
Justin Senkbile

JIMMY
Kent Moran

KID SOLDIER
Kelly Jean Karam

LIFE
Henry Hughes

THE MAN YOU WERE
David Herzfeld

NO GOOD DEED
Heather Farlinger

NUMBER $EVEN
JanEric Ohrn & Alan J. Field

OH MISTS, MY MISTS
Guilherme Viegas

ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMSTERDAM
Leon Golterman

PRIVATE THOMPSON’S SECRET WAR
Gina DeAngelis

THE PURPLE HEART BATTALION
Steve Migdol & Sherrie Okunami Migdol

SAVING MARK TWAIN
Staton Rabin

SLIGHTLY OUT OF FOCUS
Travis Carr

A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG
Robert Simpson

THE STRATFORD WIFE
Sarah E. Sinclair

TRICE
Matt Foss & Carlos Washington

UNSUNG VALOR
Frank Jordan

SCIENCE FICTION

AGAINST ALL ENTROPY
Nick MacMurdy

BELYANA
Edoardo Nolfo

BLACK ICE BELOW
Peter Frasier

BLACKLAND COUNTY
Josh Taylor

CORA
David Milwee

CULPRIT
Gideon Schmorak

THE DEADHEAD
Justin Ballheim

THE EMPRESS OF DAGAR
Daniel Beals

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Jeannine Willey

GRID
Joshua Tywater

HUMAN ELEMENT
Dariusz Kraszewski

INTREPID
Michael Langer

LIFE ON THE LAND
Catherine Bonny

PERSEPHONE IN THE UNDERWORLD
DQ Kaufman & Liz Ellis

RE:COLLECTION
Jake Fogel

REVELATIONS
Johnny Gilligan

RUNAWAY FOREST
Stella Ruggiero

SCAVENGE
Curt McCray & Kent McCray

SECOND GENERATION
Brad Starr

THE STARLINER MURDERS
Kari Wolf

THE STAY BEHINDS
Branden Kramer

TAKEOVER
Jace Serrano

TIES THAT BIND
Luca Violante

TRANSFERENCE
Johnny Gilligan

TUNGUSKA
Mauro Fieschi

THRILLER/HORROR

12:43
Steven Snell

ALWAYS WE BEGIN AGAIN
Nic Cohen

BETIDE
Oscar Gutierrez Rodriguez

BLOOD KEY
David Page

THE BUTCHER: ELWOOD
Sean Whitney

CAMP S.L.A.Y.
Joel Michalak & Andrea M. Jensen

CONFIDANT
Marni Sullivan

COY DOG
Matthew Corley

DUST ON DIRT
Adele Smaill

ELEVEN ELEVEN
James Williams

GUNN
Doug Rao

IN DARKNESS DWELL
Simon Littlejohn

THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH
Gina DeAngelis

THE LOST AND THE ROTTEN
Ryan Chong

LURE
Nick Tassoni

THE NIGHT SHIFT
Greg Borzilleri

OASIS
Ken Henderson

THE ONES WHO STAY
Jef Burnham

RECOVERY
Robert Cosci

THE SEVENTH CIRCLE
Zach Bradshaw & Robert Ham

SHADOW MATH
Robert Ian Simpson

SIMPLE BEAST
Erik Odom

THE THINGS THAT LIVE IN THE WOODS
Joshua Ingle

THREE PADDIES
Dominic Graham

WINTERGREEN
Lyndal Simpson

SHORT FILM

12 HOURS
Kelly Stanphill

AGING QUEENS
Joffre Faria Silva

AMERICAN DREAM
Gene Cartier

THE BEHOLDER
Ryan Gregory

ELLIOTT
Shaun Radecki

GEARJAMMER
Branko Maksic

GOLDEN HOUR
Maureen McEly

THE LOTTERY
Victor Ridaura

LOW AND OUTSIDE
Christa Davis

LUCY THE LION
Natalin Avci

MAYBE TODAY, MAYBE TOMORROW, MAYBE NEVER
Tim Cairns

OLD SCHOOL
Bernhard Riedhammer

THE OTHER MAN
Carlan Morari

OVERWORKD
Victoria Hirakawa-Lee Castro

PICKY
Anthony Zonfrelli

PINK X BLUE
Josh Smith

PIX
Peter Andrews

POK POK
Eda Benjakul

THE REVVER
Mike Hanson & Kelly Moothart

ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
Stuart Alan Creque

THE SPHINX
Chloe Myerson

SUICIDE AT NOON
Merrit Schmidt

THIRTEEN
Allison Norlian

UN VIOLON
Joanne Bellew

UPWARD MOBILITY
Patsy Sheehan

TV DRAMA PILOT

ADELITAS
Octavio Llano

ANCHOR RIDGE
Christopher O’Bryant

ASTOUNDING
Amanda Kowalski

BEARCATS
Monica Foley

BROKEN
Dathan Paterno

CALL ME MADAM
Marc Blitstein & Brian Rousso

COPPER
Theo Lipfert

CRENSHAW
Scott Kassel

DARK CARGO
Neer Shelter

FAKES
Jessica Jiji

THE HELLHOUNDS
Z.R. Denis

KINGDOM COME
Vee Saieh

NASHAA
Jas Kandola

OFFICER X
Michael Joiner

ONCE A FIGHTER...
Benjamin Kim

ONCE AND FUTURE
Kylie Boersma

THE PROTEGE
Sean Fitz-Gerald

QUEER AND SOUTHERN GOD
Shawn-Caulin Young & Melisse Prusinski

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Patia Prouty

TO BE THE MAN
Stephen Downs

TRIBAL DETECTIVE BEARHEART
Cressandra Thibodeaux

WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!
Aimiende Negbenebor Sela & Andrew Rubin

YAO GUAI: DRAGONS AND DEMONS
Brent McKnight

YONGE STREET STRIP
Lisa Gold

YOOHOO LANE
Kelly Jean Karam

TV COMEDY PILOT

12 STEPS TO BECOMING A LESBIAN
Victoria Bullock

BAILING
Sarah Crosthwaite

BODICE RIPPERS
Laura Mannino

COMIN’ OUT SWINGING
Victoria Arena & Dave Arena

CROSSING
Tray Epps

DICK DOCS
Marc Blitstein & Brian Rousso

GLAMVILLE
Rachael Brant

GOTTA BE McGEE
Thomas O’Connor

HALF THE PROBLEM
Virginia Abramovich

HEARTS & KIDNEYS
Indigo Hinton

LOVE FOOL
Zina Kresin

MID-30’s
Amy Haeussler

MOMO
Matthew Cameron

THE MONTCLAIRS
Justin Thomas, Lucas Mills & Jonny Svarzbein

NARMER JEFFERSON VS. PLANET EARTH
Aaron Yarber

NEPOTISM BABY
Juli Del Prete

NEW CHAPTER
Ryan Manns & Jocelyn Manns

OLD MOM
Stephanie Ogozaly

OPEN WIDE
Claire Ayoub

THE REBOOTS
Andrea Lawson

THE SCOOP
Rachael Morgan

SHELF LIFE
David Zorn

THE TRIB
Dan Glaun

VENUS SAVES EARTH
Alison Bonn

WASTED ON YOUTH
Brian LaPerche

Updated: 08/15/2023

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