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. The full list of qualifiers is below.
Even in the contest’s inaugural year, the situation was extremely competitive and there were a great many writers and projects that impressed.
So it’s a big congratulations to those who made the Semi-Finals, and a sincere message to those who didn’t, that this is by no means the final word on their project. To all writers, it’s worth recalling an 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, etc.
Accordingly, here are the names and project titles of those who progressed in their respective category, competing all the while against their own kind.
BOOM BOOM
Euroy Tan
CUTTER’S LEDGE
Frederick Strype
HEAT DEATH
Dan Glaun
THIRD MAN
Michael Ouzas
REQUITED
Bill Johnston
THE BEASTS OF RAMREE
Alastair Collinson
THE CARRIER
Todd Restler
THE SHETLANDER
Martina Muhoberac
A CAROL & ETHEL PRODUCTION
Julian Rosenblum
DAVID’S BROOK
Jake Duerden
HORSEMAN OF THE ESOPHAGUS
Adam Sedlak
STEVE WANTS TO DIE
Josh Corrigan
THE RACE THAT STOPS A NATION
Nick Pollack
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
Quinlan Orear
EVA’S AMERICAN DREAM
Isabella Bodnar
FREEFALL
Chris Desmond
HIJRAH BABY
Nicole Ballivian
JIYAN
Daniela Saioni & Mazdak Taebi
MADAM PRESIDENT
James B. Saunders
OFFICER X
Michael Joiner
ORSON
Jared Egol
REVOLUTIONARY SPY
James Foye
THE LAST INDIAN WAR
Michael Graf
MOVING ON
John Bruno
SEEING
Steve Brehm
THE LITTLE MARIACHIS
Robert Morales
HYPEFEAST
Sid Patwa
RIPPLE ROAD
William Leiren
THE CREEK
Jaye Blohm
VIOLENT PHASES
John Ladorola
CLEARWATER
Jeff Bryce
DTF
Daniel Gentile
QB
Lee Kunz
THE SUNNY EXPRESS
Sean Riehm
AS TIMES GOES BY
Jon Davis
CUL DE SAC
Alex von Hofmann
EXTINCTION
Kirk Wedell
FINAL ECLIPSE
Sean Mogridge
TARO: LEGEND OF JAPAN
Bruce Spruell
THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI
Arnon Shorr
DAMNED NATION
Jeffrey Henderson
DEMONICA
John Austin
FERGUSON
Jonhenri Alston
GONE HOLLYWOOD
Sara Hallowell
GREATEST RADIO SHOW…
Rebecca Benzell
HUMAN ERROR
Bryan Firks
IMPUNITY
Josephine Lundstrom
LADY CHARON
Jessica Romagnoli
ODE TO PSYCHE
Alex Morf
POINT OF SEPARATION
Jonathan Ross
PROMISES TO KEEP
Adam Rodman
THE PARTISAN
Jessica Romagnoli
THE PRODUCT SPECIALIST
Matt Tannery
SHINING CITY
Arthur Veenema
WILD C.A.T.
Lena Pousette
BARSTOW
Abba Smith
BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN
TK Kelly
SPACEWICHED
Isaac Smith
SUPERFREAK
Sierra Hall
THE CHURCH OF TODD
Deron Sedy
TIME HOLES
Steve Szlaga
HEARTLAND
Anthony Povah
STALAG OKLAHOMA
David Stovall
THE MERCY SHIP
Jasper Moeyaert
THE SENSUALIST
Suzanne Griffin
THE SOMEBODIES
Nick Bilardello
BLACK MONEY
John Neirinckx II
FIN
Robert Bowman
UNTITLED HORROR
Dayton Thomason
OVER & OUT
Callie LeClaire
PAST DUE
Jesse Nesser
THE OBJECT OF MY CONFECTIONS
Andrew Kaberline
ST. CASTRO STREET
Kirsten Cornay
THE WITCH’S HUSBAND
Hannah Rebecca Carlson
TRUE SCOTSMAN
Peter Carellini
Congratulations to all our 2021 Semi-Finalists, and good luck to everyone in the next round!
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