We are proud to announce the 2016 BlueCat Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalists
Congratulations!
Best Feature Screenplay
Best Short Screenplay
Joplin Award (Best International)
Cordelia Award (Best UK)
Roshan Award (Best of India)
Feature Screenplay
Semi-Finalists
The 2016 Feature Screenplay Winner will receive a $15,000 USD cash prize. Four Finalists will receive $2,500 each.
This year, we received a total of 4,523 Feature Screenplays.
Here are the top 78:
| A Bright Tragic Thing | by | Elyse Friedman & Randall Cole |
| A Man Called White | by | Randy Hines |
| A Month | by | Richard Averill |
| Adoring Katie | by | Lauren Fitzgerald |
| Antarctica | by | Jason M. Fylan |
| Are you There God? It’s me, Violaine — A.K.A. Girls Pull Hair | by | Astride Noel |
| Bach, A Monster | by | Avery O. Williams |
| Big Red | by | Brennig Hayden |
| Blood Creek | by | Kyle Francis |
| Bombers | by | Darren Sand |
| Bullfight | by | Stephen Saltarelli |
| Bush Kill | by | Ross Evison |
| Cul-De-Sac | by | Jeremy Leder & Alex Van Pelt |
| Dago Harlem | by | Chjris Caleo |
| Dance of the Wounded | by | Asim Abbasi |
| Death of an Ortolan | by | Justin Piasecki |
| Dog | by | Conall Pendergast |
| Expat | by | Ero Karlsen |
| First to Find | by | Liana Winters Thomas |
| Frankie and Fabulous | by | Kimberly J. Shumate |
| Freewheeler | by | Chris Tolley |
| Getting It Right | by | Katherine Fox |
| Girls of Nephele | by | Bathilde Odolant |
| Grass Monkeys | by | Matt Wildash |
| Hearts of the South | by | Tamara Shure |
| Hetero | by | Brennan Robideaux |
| Hijita de Papa | by | Hannah Leshaw |
| Hired Goons | by | Tom Fallows |
| Humans Among Humans | by | Carylanna Taylor & Jacob Akira Okada |
| In Her Name | by | Richard Smith |
| In The Cradle of Granite | by | Jonathan Holmes |
| Intellectual Beauty | by | Sherece Lamke |
| Kill or Cure | by | Charlotte Cameron |
| Life Expectancy | by | Louis Ackerman |
| Make Believe | by | Ryan Little |
| Memorial | by | John Whitcher |
| Mexican/American | by | Michael Ryan Hahn |
| Miss Juneteenth | by | Channing Godfrey Peoples |
| Mona. Richy. Robby. And Ray | by | Declan Holliman |
| Never a Word of a Lie | by | Karl Mather |
| Nomad | by | Maziar Lahooti |
| North Point | by | David Vlcek & Steve Spremo |
| Not A Word | by | Tim Knowles |
| Octogenarians! | by | Kodjo Tsakpo |
| One and Another | by | Tim Maddren |
| 1:58 | by | Mark Allen |
| Over The Clouds | by | Guilherme Viegas |
| Pan Dulce | by | Jesus Celaya |
| Paper, Metal, and Bones | by | Danny Reckart |
| Parody | by | Chad J. Nelson & Alexander Ellerston |
| Replica | by | Anthony Khaseria |
| Romp | by | Craig Paulsen |
| Still Waters | by | Raolat Abiola |
| Stray Dog Cafe | by | Joseph D’Agosta |
| The Actor | by | Tim Chan |
| The Atomic Sun Was A Red Gold Ring | by | Tyler Henderson |
| The Cargo | by | Billie Jo Mason |
| The Dog King | by | Doug Mallette |
| The Dove | by | Ben Murray |
| The Firebird | by | Suzanne Egan |
| The Flight | by | Joshua Provonchee |
| The Godmammy | by | Anna-Marie Hinds |
| The Lazarus Event | by | Graham Parke |
| The Lonely Veil | by | Andrew Norman |
| The Loop | by | Jaleesa Jones |
| The Motel Experience | by | Ingrid Eskeland-Adetuyi |
| The Pierpoint Corporation Space Adventures of Nucleod 19 Television Showcase Hour | by | David Sergenian |
| The Queen | by | Sara Rose Feinberg |
| The Spanish Affair | by | Tony Hua |
| The Stark Vendetta | by | Paul Sheridan |
| The Station | by | Andrew Byrne |
| The Voyage of Genesis 2 | by | David Thorndill |
| The Warrior’s Ballad | by | R.L. Dean |
| Threshold | by | Tom Trott |
| Title IX | by | Haydn Fox |
| Wavelength | by | Reinaldo Garcia |
| What Not to Forget | by | Joe Borg |
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Short Screenplay
Semi-Finalists
The 2016 Short Screenplay Winner will receive a $10,000 USD cash prize. Three Finalists will receive $2,000 each.
This year, we received a total of 2,086 Short Screenplays.
Here are the top 47:
| Admit One | by | Riley Gowan |
| Apart | by | Elizabeth Capot |
| Barcode | by | Bill Scheggia |
| Blub | by | Daniel Brennan |
| Cantina | by | Jesus Celaya |
| Cassandra | by | George Ding |
| Cat & Mouse | by | Jeremy Storey |
| Changelings | by | Nic Yulo |
| Charlie the Chaplain | by | Marco Ianniello |
| Doin’ It | by | Clarence Williams IV |
| Drought | by | Rich Hill |
| Fish Dog Wife | by | Jeffrey K. Miller |
| 5 Moons of Pluto | by | Bradford Walton |
| FutureHealth | by | Sarah Polhaus |
| Go Fly A Kite | by | Robert Shill |
| Grain | by | Alejandro Seri |
| Help Me Brother! | by | Louis Chan & Yuan Hu |
| Henry Porter | by | Lee M. Krempel |
| I Sleep Easy | by | Tess Carroll |
| If It Happens Again I’ll Kill You | by | Lisa Jay |
| Jacob | by | Chase Caldwell |
| Latchkey | by | Brian Sanders |
| Leap | by | Jacob Beavers |
| Loco Motive | by | Mike Willoughby & James Littlewood |
| Necessary Evil | by | Adam Slutsky |
| 9 Lives | by | Justin Scutieri & Blair Tanenbaum |
| Pa’s Money | by | Laura Shields |
| Seat of Death | by | Andrew McGivern |
| Seven Minutes to Closing | by | Kim Nunley |
| Sight Unseen | by | Chloe Tuck |
| Suited Reality | by | Aki Parhamaa & Anders Vacklin |
| Superhero Supper Club | by | Bill Scheggia |
| Tale Of Seven Sons | by | Andrea Wukitsch |
| The Best Little Neighborhood In Chickasaw County | by | Thomas Kennedy Pope |
| The Darkest Place | by | Christopher Jeal & Declan Taaffe |
| The Dollar Store | by | Hannah McMechan |
| The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice | by | Bill Sarre |
| The Girl in the Window | by | Jaye Swift |
| The Iron Claws | by | James Hartley |
| The Key To A Man’s Heart | by | James Schlesinger |
| The Last Meatloaf | by | Samuel Laskey |
| Too Short The Peace | by | Milethia Thomas |
| 2 Men in a Bunker | by | Robert G. Casiello & Jonathan R. Paine |
| TV in the Fish Tail | by | Iesh Thapar |
| Voglio Sognare (I Want to Dream) | by | Jenny Bahn |
| When We Run | by | NIkki Tran |
| Will | by | Alex Alvarez |
Joplin Award
Semi-Finalists
Each year, BlueCat awards a $2,000 USD cash prize to the best feature screenplay submitted to the competition from a screenwriter residing outside of the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom.
This year, we received a total of 503 qualifying submissions.
Here are the top 26:
| Alchemy Lost | by | Henry de Hoon | Netherlands |
| American Spring | by | Willie Hynd | Australia |
| Borderline | by | Philip Tarl Denson | Australia |
| Clown is Down | by | Esra Saydam | Turkey |
| Dear Grandpa | by | Abraham Marcos | Mexico |
| Expat | by | Ero Karlsen | Norway |
| Frau Einstein | by | Selena Stankovic | Serbia and Montenegro |
| Girls of Nephele | by | Bathilde Odolant | France |
| Gulp | by | Nikhail Asnani | Hong Kong |
| Jura | by | Alex Mullarky | Australia |
| Leo, The Hero | by | Inga Vosk | Russia |
| Never a Word of a Lie | by | Karl Mather | Australia |
| Niagara Falls | by | Amanda Toye | Costa Rica |
| Nomad | by | Maziar Lahooti | Australia |
| One and Another | by | Tim Maddren | Australia |
| Over The Clouds | by | Guilherme Viegas | Portugal |
| Parody | by | Chad J. Nelson & Alexander Ellerston | Australia |
| Saving Grace (Suburbia Staying Alive) | by | Regina Robert | Germany |
| Swimming with Sammy | by | Daniel Andrew Wunderer | Austria |
| The Actor | by | Tim Chan | Hong Kong |
| The Lazarus Event | by | Graham Parke | Netherlands |
| The Spy | by | Andrew Slattery | Australia |
| The Station | by | Andrew Byrne | Australia |
| The Writer | by | Esta Steyn | South Africa |
| Tivoli | by | Alexandra Edmondson | Australia |
| Women of Wonder | by | Chas Fisher | Australia |
Cordelia Award
Semi-Finalists
Named after one of our favorite dramatic characters, the Cordelia Award will be presented to the best feature screenplay submitted by a writer residing in the United Kingdom. The winner will receive a $2,000 USD cash prize.
This year, we received a total of 414 qualifying submissions.
Here are the top 21:
| Big Red | by | Brennig Hayden |
| Dance of the Wounded | by | Asim Abbasi |
| Freewheeler | by | Chris Tolley |
| Function Creep | by | Jonathan Carr |
| Grass Monkeys | by | Matt Wildash |
| Hired Goons | by | Tom Fallows |
| Kill or Cure | by | Charlotte Cameron |
| Life Expectancy | by | Louis Ackerman |
| Liminal | by | Rob Moore |
| Neighbourhood | by | Patrick Monger |
| Octogenarians! | by | Kodjo Tsakpo |
| Replica | by | Anthony Khaseria |
| Scarlett | by | Toby Moses |
| Skin Deep | by | Lisa Howells |
| Stealing Rosie Blue | by | Stewart Sugg |
| The Godmammy | by | Anna-Marie Hinds |
| The Lonely Veil | by | Andrew Norman |
| The Strange Days | by | Alice Seabright |
| Threshold | by | Tom Trott |
| Title IX | by | Haydn Fox |
| What Not to Forget | by | Joe Borg |
Roshan Award
Semi-Finalists
The inaugural Roshan Award will be presented to the best feature screenplay submitted by a writer residing in India. The winner will receive a $2,000 USD cash prize.
This year, we received a total of 43 total Feature Screenplays from India.
Here are the top 9:
| Adhoore | by | Rohan Narula & Rahul V. Chittella |
| Corvus Ingeniosi | by | Saikat Mukherjee & Sumita Banerjee |
| Deepest, Darkest or How Not To Lie | by | Paras S. Borgohain |
| In the Shadows | by | Dipesh Jain |
| Jazz-Baazi Nights | by | Karan Mirchandani |
| The Gun Show | by | Karishma Jhalani |
| The Performer | by | Nandana Sen |
| The Watchmaker | by | Dipesh Jain |
| Under | by | Karan Mirchandani |
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Winner notification schedule:
- Shorts Finalists will be announced March 13th, 2016.
- Feature Finalists will be announced March 14th, 2016.
- Roshan Award will be announced March 19th, 2016.
- Joplin Award will be announced March 20th, 2016.
- Cordelia Award will be announced March 21st, 2016.
- The Shorts Screenplay Winner will be announced March 28th, 2016.
- The Feature Screenplay Winner will be announced March 30th, 2016.
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