Short 2026 Winners

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetized by Title)

(Con)fusion by Mark Dylan Brown
12 by Mike Murphy
315 by Ary Hernandez
A Motorcycle Odyssey by Alexander Sikarevich
A Party for Time Travellers by Tom Mair
A Snipers Remorse by Charles Crawford
A Song Unsung by Anzu Lawson
All Kinds of Love by Evan Balkan
Amy and Dad by Diana Bond
Ana by Ludovica Isidori and Alex Martini
Anonymous Source by Tim Bechen
Ask Nicely by Jake Nordby
B.A.D by Brooke Jacoby and Richard hohenrath
Beast by Raven Petretti-Stamper
Blue-Eyed Jesus by Bob Bradley
Born Again by James Bandsuh
Breadcrumbs by Alexander Sikarevich
Break a Leg, Mom by Birgit Syran Myaard
Broom by Cassandra Wells
Bud Burkett Was All Set to Die by Jeff Reese
Budget: Zero, Constellations: Borrowed by Celeste Escalera
Burying Uncle Gustav by Mike Murphy
Cabbie by Paula Cantillo
Cavell by Alexander Menu
Charlotte’s Web by Allison Dean
Chosen by Michelle Farley
Coffee and Dream by Debi Calabro
Corporal Billy by Elise Marenson
Cow God by Gaea Lawton Lee
Cracked Open by Jay Oellrich
Crimson Fields by Andri E. Elia and Eleni Elia Derke
Daughters by Declan Powers
Don’t Quit Your Day Job by David Page
Doormat by Emma O’Connor
Dorsal by Andrew Slattery
Drag by Charlotte Wirth
El Pago by Arlis Mongold
Emergence by Alex Rynders
Eric Kohl is Square by David Wraith
Escape Pod 4 by James Michael Farley
Exit Interview by Lily af Geijerstam-Lindberg
Expectations by Sara Brink
Final Call by Jonathan Green
First Date by Alan Barkley
First Trimester by Nathaniel Mason
Further by Ryan Orizabal
Headhunters by Alexander Hoefer
Heavy Walker by Rocco Simonelli
Hobson’s Choice by Matt MacBride
Home by Jennifer Chase
Houdini Lives in Scranton! by Colin Delaney
If You Go by P.J. Palmer
In Silence by Malia Taylor
In the Time We Have by Joe Leone
Insanity Cries by Sidney Reed
Into the Firmament by Christopher Jarvis
It Happened One Night by Gary J Klavans
Kisaragi Station by Alia Zeid
Klaun by Craig Elliott Hanna
Kristel.exe by Anne-Laure Gandon
Last Call by Mike Gallagher
Light by Peter Hunziker and Cynthia Riddle
Marc of Death by Terrance Henry
Mindy and Martin’s Melee by Harker Jones
Murphy’s Gulch by Jeffrey Bassetti
My Father’s Worst Nightmare by Joe Russo
No Kidding Around by Robert Herzog
No Nails by John Ravitz
Not a Creature Was Stirring by Michael William Hogan
Not Lisa by J. E. Ruiz
Nuclear Wind by Declan Powers
One More Run by T. Jason Smith
Our Ugly Baby by Ray Keller
Patsy by Gary B Haley
Peeper by Delaina M Waldron
Pet Cemetery by Stephen Krespel
Pet Rock by Mike Doyle
Pistols at Dawn by Caleb Dillon
Please Continue to Hold by Marcella Steingart
Poetic Justice by Miguel Ramirez
Revolutions Wife by Candace Egan and Reenita Malhotra
Roommates of The Silence by Victor Atkins
Rosetta Stoned by Mark Dylan Brown
Sadie by Deanne Devine
Second Chance by Chris Carr and Orlando Taylor
Shelpek Pizza by Carlos Galinho Pires and Dinara Tussupkaliyeva
Shiloh by Dave Schroeder
Sibs by Danny Daniel Powell
Signal by Shannon Denise Evans
Small Talk with Strangers by Michael Long
Soulless Inc. by Maria Romero
Splinters by Kathryn Robinson
Standing in Water by Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich
Start Anywhere by Michael Goldburg
Still Waters by Nathan Atkinson
Student Gov: Re-Evaluation by Miguel Bohol
Teasy and Lily by Jane Nolan
Tell Mama by T Watkins
Thankless by Richard Broadhurst
That Guy by Mugs Cahill
The Ardent Ball by Caleb Dillon
The Astrologer by Ray Keller and Richard Schmidt
The Ballad of B9-G by Ari Donnelly
The Booth by Brett Howlett
The Brown Note by Roger Baldacci
The Corner by Richmond Riedel
The Desperate by Dennis Doud
The End of the Line by Leonard Gozdziewski
The Fare by Sarah Marsh
The Forty Nights of Maddeleine by Antonio Weiss
The Freezer by Martin Keady
The Funeral Argument by Caitlin Reed and Tim Kontje
The Great Pancake Record by Jeffrey Massie
The Inevitable by David Massar
The Invocation by Andrew Diedrich
The Ladies Improvement Society by Rachel Thomas-Medwid
The Lady in the Wall by Renata Vaughn
The Last Hooker by Kevin James OBrien
The Last Single Couple in America by Martin Sacchetti
The Learning Curve by James Napoli
The Lesson by Duncan Putney
The Note by Dale Janda
The Path by Julian Santos
The Penthouse by Ann LeSchander
The Recruit by Michael Neyland and Susan Neyland
The Return by Geoff Hall
The Revenge Club by Marla Eaton
The Revver by Mike Hanson and Kelly Susan
The Rings of Talmoorin by Dennis Doud
The Room Tap by Kimberly McLeod
The Silent Type by Julia Leslie
The Space Between Us by Vaughn Rae
The Speech by Josh Miller
The Truth Kills by Matt Hausmann
The Umbrella Maker by Shaun Radecki
The Uncertainty Principle by Brian Stewart
The Yella Deli by Sara Hersh
They Came for Me by Douglas Lieberman
Tunnel by David Stepakoff
Turn Left by Judith Duncan
Vitray by Merve Birgul
Void by John McCarney
Weirdo by Austin Highsmith Garces
We’ll Be Safe Here by Erin Copen Howard
We’re Here to Kill It by JM Kallet
What Kids Fear by DM Kamecke
When Stars Align by David Orvis
Whisper, Wyoming by Sidney Reed
Yesterday / Tomorrow by Aidan Stebbins
You’re Not Well by Jamison Bruce Anthony