After the initial rounds of intense inter-category competition and the quarter-final announcement, we were delighted to announce the Semi-Finalists of The 2021 TITAN Screenwriting Contest, as promised, on the 30th October 2021.
Today, though, on Tuesday November 30th 2021, the contest reaches its penultimate stage.
The thirteen Finalists / Category Winners can be viewed below. We then announce both the three Grand Finalist screenplays, and their respective Gold-Silver-Bronze finishing order, on 17th December.
As before, even in the contest’s inaugural year, the situation was ferociously competitive and there were a great many writers and projects that impressed.
So it’s a big congratulations to our Finalists, and a sincere message to those who didn’t make it, that this is by no means the final word on their project. To all entrants, it’s worth recalling a certain attitude – nay, the only attitude – which gets writers ahead in any creative arena:
“By the time I was fourteen, the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I simply replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing.”
Stephen King
(350m copies sold)
The TITAN Awards is a screenwriting contest whereby material competes against its own kind for as long as possible over the course of a contest cycle. Horror feature vs Horror feature, Series Bible vs Series Bible, Sci-Fi vs Sci-Fi, 1 Page Pitch vs 1 Page Pitch etc.
Accordingly, here are the names and project titles of those who triumphed in their respective category, competing all the while against their own kind.
Please note: The TITAN also awards two special prizes: The Wildcard Award (to a raw writer, with tremendous potential), and The Pearl Award (for diverse themes, characters and narratives). You can read more about these awards, here. All our Semi-Finalists are still in contention for these two supplementary awards, which will be announced on the 17th December 2021 along with the outright Grand Final winners.
THE CARRIER
Todd Restler
(competes for a place in Grand Final round)
HORSEMAN OF THE ESOPHAGUS
Adam Sedlak
(competes for a place in Grand Final round)
REVOLUTIONARY SPY
James Foye
(competes for a place in Grand Final round)
MOVING ON
John Bruno
(competes for a place in Grand Final round)
RIPPLE ROAD
William Leiren
(competes for a place in Grand Final round)
DTF
Daniel Gentile
(competes for a place in Grand Final round)
CUL DE SAC
Alex von Hofmann
(competes for a place in Grand Final round)
SHINING CITY
Arthur Veenema
(competes for a place in Grand Final round)
SUPERFREAK
Sierra Hall
(competes for a place in Grand Final round)
THE MERCY SHIP
Jasper Moeyaert, Carl Plaesier, Toon Anthoni and Laura van Passel
(final category winner)
FIN
Robert Bowman
(final category winner)
OVER & OUT
Callie LeClaire
(final category winner)
THE WITCH’S HUSBAND
Hannah Rebecca Carlson
(final category winner)
Congratulations to all our 2021 Finalists, and good luck to all the screenplay category winners in securing a spot in the Grand Final round!
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Was I eliminated from the competition? This was my first time entering.
Hi Alexander, all entrants were emailed and kept up-to-date throughout the contest, so please do check all your email folders. Thanks!