Announcing the 2023 TITAN Awards Quarter-Finalists

After the initial inter-category competition, Industrial Scripts is delighted to announce the Quarter-Finalists of The 2023 TITAN Screenwriting Contest.

The full list of qualifiers is below.

Even in the contest’s third year, the situation was highly competitive and there were a great many writers and projects that impressed.

So it’s a big congratulations to those who made the Quarter-Finals, and a sincere message to those who didn’t, that this is by no means the final word on their project.

To all entrants, 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+ book copies sold)

The TITAN Quarter-Finalists by Category

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, Drama vs Drama, etc.

Writers could elect to compete in 10 different categories.

Accordingly, here are the names and project titles of those who progressed in their respective category.

2024 TITAN Screenwriting Contest Judge - Basil Iwanyk ($4bn+ box office producer)

Feature Scripts – Action and Thriller

AMBER
Mark Brown & Dennis Donovan

CHARISMA
Dallas Faulkner

CHARON’S DIVIDE
Robert Bridge

CONFIDANT
Marni Sullivan

DEAR GRANDSON Scott Reneau

GEMINI
James LeJeune

KOSOVO
Timothy Guay

RULE OF LAW
Eric Johnson

SIX SABOTAGE
Jeff Edwards

THE 7TH
Donna Jason



Feature Scripts – Comedy

AMERICAN FALLOUT
Harry Kakatsakis

BIKINI BLUES: MY SUMMER AT FAT CAMP
Christina Lopez

DRAMA QUEEN
Stephanie Scott

ELSIE
Ricki Holmes

GOD, WAR AND TURKEYS
Candler Proffitt

HAUNTED HEART
Mike Bencivenga

LOVES COMPANY
Jason Laurits

MAKING MEAD
David Zaccaria

STARRING JAKE WILKINS & JAKE WILKINS
Ed Wiles

THE WAR UP HERE
Harris Solomon, Nicole Kohut


Feature Scripts – Drama and Sci-Fi

ABSOLUTION
Heather Hood

BERNIE
Temitayo Fasusi

CHOWCHILLA
Jane Gideon

CRUISE OF THE AMBERJACK
Evelyn Foster

KEANU REEVES IS MY MUSE, MY SON IS A DRAGON
Phoenix Black

MERMAID
Vincent Nel

PENANCE
Patrick Mahon

SON OF AFRICA
George Tarr

THE FLID SHOW
Richard Willett

THE NIIHAU TERROR
Jeff Prahl


Feature Scripts Family and Animation

ASKARI
Christiaan Smit

DETECTIVE CLAUS
David Zeltser

DRAGONSPHERE
Stephen Irving

ESCAPE FROM PET HEAVEN
Avery Koenig

GRISTLE
Heidi Hornbacher

JINGLE BELL ROCK
Curt Samlaska, MD, FACP,  FAAD

LITTLE GREEN MEND
Brian Menz

SATURDAY MORNING SIEGE
Robert Walcott

SPACE RIVER RUNAWAYS
Nick Pollack

TOOTH FERĒ
Dre Higginbotham


Feature Scripts – Horror

A PLACE NO ONE GOES
Gary Nei

BARONESS
Brent Hartinger

BLOODY BENDERS
Kyle Souza

FATAL NOSTALGIA
Daniel Stillo

POLAR
Christopher Kearney

SWINE LAKE
Michael Rakoff

THE CHILDREN EATERS
Robert Wooldridge

THE OLD WEST END
Noah Petrillo

THE OLIVE GROVE
Ivan Germano

THE SUICIDE POND
Daniel Noy


2024 TITAN Screenwriting Contest Judge - Georgia Brown (former Head of Amazon Studios, Europe)

Television Scripts – 60m Drama

ARCANA
Chandler Patton

BUTCH
Rae Binstock

JOHANNA VAN GOGH
Patrick Griffith

MAID TO STEAL
Derek Quick

MEADERVILLE
Bryce Berkowitz

N.A.R.P.
Esther Shihabi

NEW OLYMPUS
Matthew Nicholson

NOVEL ROMANCE
Phoebe Zimmerer, Lauren Ferebee, Ken Viteri-Lynn

PRESCIENT
Rebekah Outman

RAISING FATHER
Martin Fox


Television Scripts – 30m TV Comedies

AUGMENTED REALITY
Jenna Cosgrove

CAMP PSYCHOPATHWAYSDanny Galvin

CURIOCITY
Maxxwell Gay

GREEK HOUSE
Dallan Beam

I’M NOT DEAD, I’M DREAMING
Peter Petralia

POE & CO. DETECTIVE AGENCY
Mindy Strouse

SKETCHY BUSINESS
Michael Belmont

THE GULF CITY GAZETTE
Genevieve Smith

THE UNDERSTUDY
Eric Giancola

VOTE GOODE
Ryan Cruise


Television – Series Bibles

BEING A WITCH AND OTHER THINGS I DIDN’T ASK FOR
Sara Pascoe

DARK PRAYER
Natasha Mostert

FIRST BORN
Lonnie McIntyre

GREEK HOUSE
Dallan Beam

INTER-STELLA
Steve Valentine

N.A.R.P
Esther Shihabi

THE LION’S ROAR
Teju Prasad

THE MIDNIGHT SIDE
Natasha Mostert

THE TERMINAL CLUB
Kimberly StCroix

YOKOZUNA
Nicolas Fehrenbach


Short Film Scripts

A GIRL NAMED WES
Simone Gerber

AFTER WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LIBRARY
Kyle Casey Chu

BOAR HUNTING
Cortney Stowers

BURIED
Jasmin Prophete

CALL OF THE VOID
Edward Nenedzhyan

CODE 136 AT DONCASTER COMIC CON
William Todd

HOLD ON TIGHT
Kate Austin-Raffan

KITTY
Holden Weihs

THE LATE SHIFT
Hallie Reese Kostrencich

THE LIGHT AT THE END
Lynda Simmons


1-Page Film and TV Pitches

FLUKE
Martin G Blinder

AGAINST MY WILL
Martin G Blinder

CATCH YOU BECAUSE I CAN
Anna Wang

LOVE AND OTHER EMERGENT PHENOMENA
Nico Rao Pimparé

MARTYR
Vache Kechichian

THE BORDERLANDS CLUB
Ronald Glass

THE GOSPEL OF AFRANIUS
Bogdan Veklych

THE GREY WHALE
Arlene Stinchcombe

WINGS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Naama Esther Leibson

YOKOZUNA
Nicolas Fehrenbach


Congratulations to all our 2023 Quarter-Finalists, and good luck to everyone in the next round!

Learn more about The TITAN Screenwriting Contest.

2024 TITAN Screenwriting Contest Judge - Shannon McIntosh (Oscar-Nominated Producer)

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