Feature 2023 Winners

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetized by Title)

(I'll Never Find) Another You by Michael Elliott
2088: A Farmer Takes a Wife by Russell Bennett
A Boy With a Gun by Matt Lewis
A Bullet For Merri by Tim Brennan
A Cop and a Vampire Walk Into a Bar by Boris Coll
A Day with Grimm by Zach Witt
A Dish Served Cold by Stewart Fergus
A Golden Rule by Paige VanTassell
A Labour of Love by Olga Holtz
A Name on a Bench by Josh Spielman
A Patch of Sky by Wendy Britton
A Place in the Road by Stewart Lindh
A Trail of Diamonds by Roopal Badheka
A True Crime by Tom Knoblauch and Will Forget
Abomination by Richard Garry
Adam and Eve: Serpent Slayers by Curtis Nelson
Adulthood by Thomas Thonson
All the Gallant Men by Ken Gire
Amen & Ameen by Susan Polk
American Fallout by Harry Kakatsakis
American Patriot by Shintaro Ogai
Amigas by Lindsay Waite
An Emerald Christmas by M Lashomb
And, They're Off! by Scott Marshall Taylor
Another Way Out by Hannes Kivilaht
Arabelle by Steve Trebilcock
At the Deep End by Franck Benayoun
Atomic Nights by Mario Mabe and Ryan Williams
Babyface in Dodge City by William Colella
Bad Romance by Chad Wellinger
Ball Humbug by Heather Wilk
Barberton Daisy by Tiaan VanNiekerk
Battlefields by Stephen Lane
Beamers by Richard Morris
Beta Testers by Rob Shapiro
Big Pink by David Dalessandro
Blackout by Greg McIntosh
Blood Harvest by George Nadareishvili
Blood Moon by Brad Johnson
Blood Thief by Winnie Soldi
Blowback by Eric Murphy
Blowhole by Ellis J Kelsey
Blue by David McAbee and Adam Means
Bob by Bryan Lake
Bookertown by Sam Buckner III
Boost by JC Young
Boyfriend in a Body Cast by Nicole Schubert
Brother Rosalino by Frank Kyazze
Brother's Keeper by Christy Daniels
Bull by Chris Bonneau
Bullet Drop by Katarina Severen
Bunny, Godmother of Title IX by Rora Brodwin
Burner: A Killing in Palm Springs by Bob Canning
Bury Me At Yankee Stadium by Nicole Schubert
Casi by Mark Sanderson and Zachary Weintraub
Cecil’s Indians by IRA Wood
Chasing Tumbleweeds by Lawrence A Wood
Cheap Ass Asian by Roy HSU
Chris Mess by D. A. Stenard
Clipper by Katharine Panzella
Coal Dust Dreams by Barbara West
Codsucker Bay by John Whitcher
Cœurs Sacrés (Sacred Hearts) by Peter R Feuchtwanger
Composite by Anat Golan
Compulsion by Matthew Yongue
Conceptus by Brian Herskowitz
Condo by Joe Wolff
Confidant by Marni Sullivan
Confront the Devil: Mission to Indochina by Lewis Ritter
'Coon by Donna Gooden
Corsage by Paul Fontana
Creep Catcher by Marty Howe
Crime Wave by Tammy Klembith
Crossroaders by Jonathan Hughes
Cyn & Izzy by Jackie Letkowski
Dark City by Simon Bowler Khan
Darkest Before the Dawn by William Parsons
Das Bayou by Craig Phillips
Days of Anger by Heidi James
Dead Lines by Vin Morreale, Jr.
Dead Melody by Gabe Berry
Death by Lottery by James Roddy
Debs by Matthew Scott Myers
Deep Down by Jesse Laurie
Deep Within by D Ross
Delia by Amy Hutchins
Demonic Containment by Monica La Vella
Depth of Field by Dan Southard
Diamond Jimmy by Tim Haldeman
Dick 2.0 by Henry Sarwer Foner
Die on Your Feet by Paul Sokal
Dog Days by Salvador Medina
Don't Look Back by Jay Hollingsworth
Double Blind by Nicholas Lester
Down with the Devil by Teal Greyhavens and Nikolai von Keller
Dragons’ Chosen by Julie Dillemuth
Duplicity by Blaise Hesselgren
E.L.Fin by Joseph Costa
Earth Kids by Nicole Schubert and Arlene Bogna
Ed & Breakfast by Raymond-Kym Suttle
Elderly Arthur and the Residential of Gloom by Matthew Lowe
Electric Road by Mark Ching
Elsie by Ricki Holmes
End of Scene by Jen Butler
Equinox by Sophia Arnao
Escape from EveryWorld by Paul Shiban
Escape From Nowhereland by Lisah Smith
Escapers by YL Morris
Escarghost by Helen Roberts
Eternal Pursuit by Benjamin Font
Exalted Quest by Kindred Light
Family Remains by Bill Johnston
Fanatic by Rissa Thomas
Fang Whorl by Devin Johnson
Fateville by Gary Blackwood
Federico Erotico by David Stovall
Fight or Play Basketball by Mike Messier
Film Fatale by Angel Christo
Fog by Cody Tucker
Forgetting Jupiter by Jeffrey Richard Hindenach
Frank Sinatra - Part I by Richard Muti
Friends with Tax Benefits by Maya Appavoo
General Grant Is Doomed! By James Saunders
Godfor by Pablo Torroella
Godwyn's Stump by R S Phillips
Goes Around by Cush
Gristle by Heidi Hornbacher
Hazel the Viking by Jim Norman
Hear Me Roar by Shiva Sawyer
Heaven Sent by George Williams
Hellfire ‘N Pronoun by John McCarney
Hit Escape by Mark Reynolds
How Not to Date Your Husband by Sandra Darnell
Howlingween 5: Trip Along by Con Kringas
Hunters by Keeshan Giles
I Know You're Out There Somewhere by Beverley Wood and Rosa Salazar
I Love You, Oscar Wilde by York Davis
I’m Not Into Golden Showers! By Joe Ayella
In Transit by Julia Bucci
Indians vs Aliens by Lance Hendrickson
Inferno: A Divine Comedy by Andrea Silvers
Infinite Highway by David Scott
Insurrection by Simon Bowler Khan
Istanbul Crossing by Timothy Jay Smith
Ivory Towers by Barbara Albers Jackson
Jeremy Is the Devil by Ryan Shovey
Karma by Elaine Purnell
Keanu Reeves Is My Muse, My Son Is a Dragon by Phoenix Black
Killer Retreat by Michael Lockwood
La Mujer (The Woman) by Steve Lucas
La Parca by Miguel del Campo
Let There Be Bread by Gary Awad
Let There Be Lite! By Harry Kelley
Long Time Comin' by Matthew Parvin
Love and Glory by Gary Parker
Love-15 by Natalie Malizia
Loving Liberty by Harvey Yazijian
Ludlow by Sarah Kennedy
Lush by Kathleen Werner
Ma Jackson by Ian P Causer
Mad Scientists by David Page
Maddie and Frannie by Virginia Austin
Magnitude by Douglas Charles MacLeod
Magorda by Shawn Nolan
Maid to Steal by Derek Quick Negane Meno
Making Gone by Robert Tobin
Marooned by Marc McCutcheon
Martyr's Ridge by Alister Brooks
Memory Lane by Geoff Bartlett
Mercy's Vengeance; The Hannah Duston Story by Ryan Christiansen
Merry Christmas from Mud Mountain by Michael Buonocore
Minister Speer by Sven Anarki
Miske by Louis Spirito
Mona by James Clarke
Mother Holle's Fairy Tale by Miro Pokorny
Move Fast by Alan O'Brien
Mr. Independent by Donn Swaby
Mr.Christmas by Corina Bizim and Maddy Hillis
Mustang Express by B. Jack Azadi
Mutiny in the Dugout by Rod Kent
My Imaginary Girlfriend by Jonathan Skurnik
My Mother Murdered the Moon by Sam Peters
Natural Selection by Laura Harbin
Nick and Al Meet the Devil by Kathryn Boettcher and Logan Boettcher
Night Heat / Angel Nights by Flood Reed
Night Witches by Phae Amara and Kathryn Wright
No Good Deed by Heather Farlinger
No Rules by Ashley Gianni
No Vacancy by Anna Ebell
North Moody Road by Ronald Ecker
Nowhere Arizona by Paul Hurst
Oblivescence by David A Webbley
Oh My Gods! by Stewart Fergus
Old Buddies by PK Silverson
Once a Homecoming Queen by Joan Moran
Out of the Blue by Laura Harbin
Out of Tune Out of Time by Peter Dean
Pageant Mom by Megan Schemenauer
Parallel Proposals by Andrea Zastrow
Parsons by Thuc Nguyen
Path of a Dragon by Darryl Conover
Paul by Brian Flaccus and Chadwick Hopson
Peekaboom by Joseph Bronzi
Penguin by Philip Henry
Perception by Pauline McAlonan
Pieces of Kyra by Giles Brown
Pistol City by Deshon Smith
Playdate by Lyndal Simpson
Pleasant by Dr. Darla Drendel
Possum by Bob Ingraham
Powder by Ria Fend
Pregnot by Drew Toop
President Zappa by Joe Tripician
Pride of Love by Kevin Dwyer
Purgatory by Brian Schwab
Putting Love on the Menu by Andrew McGivern and Lance Dumais
Queen of Swords by Alyssa Stevens
Ray Thomas by Eric Dean
Restoring Noralie by Julie Dillemuth
Reverse by Carlo Carere and Erin Carere
Richard Spong by Terry Podnar
Roach by G.L. McQueary
Roadside Crosses by Solace Pineo-Cavanaugh
Rough Surface by Tim Brennan
Roy Flynn: Peril in Paradise by Kevin Flint and Brian Flint
Ruck by Jamie Brown
Running Through Revolution by Sarah Rossmann
Ruth by Valentina Weil
Santiago's Prayer by Ed Johnson
Saved by the Sea by Evan Schwartz
Scandal at Blandings by Gary Parker
Screams of the Silent by SherLann Moore
Sea Change by Steven Miller
Secrets Shared by Peggy Kennedy
Secrets the River Kept by Lynn McPherson
She Used to be Zoey Darling by Nat Cowan
Shooter Down by Justin Sloan
Sidetracked by Edward Gillow
Slaughterhouse 10 by Bryan Oliver
Smoke by Brian Moon
Snake Oil by Sean Plemmons and Jeff Hassen
Something to Say by Toni Berrie
Southern Cross by Cristoll Vincenze Salia
Speak English by Kieran Angelini
Spy Without a Country by Randall Fontana
Squeakinho by Richard Seidman
SRV by Chris Drzewiecki
Stealing the President by Benjamin Orlando
Still Breathing by Jeff Athey
Stoker/Wilde by Brian Roy Reiss
Storybook Monsters by Paul J Da Silva
Sugar Daddy by Michael Compton
Supernova by John McStravick
Surrealistic Pillow by Dave Calvert
Sympathy for the Devil by John Alarid
T.I.N.A. (There Is No Alternative) by Richard Morell
Teacher's Pet by Jason Swanson
Tethered by Lacy McClory
The Announcer by Jacob Ethan Chattman
The Blacksmith by Dermot Davis
The Body of Chris by Erin Brown Thomas and Jake Thomas
The Boy Who Had Three Arms by Christian Hearn
The Burning Man by Jordan Oliver
The Candy Bombers by Gary Parker
The Costume People by Michael Klug
The Devil in Your Eyes by Jordan London
The Dutchman by Robert Morgan Callahan
The Enemy Within by Jeff Evans
The Ex Change by Jake Thomas
The Exile by Gustavo Garzon
The Faux Princess and the Vietnam Vet by Judy Nogg
The Fetcher, Fletcher Barnes by Tim Northburg
The Fighting Carpenter by Rory Lawie
The Fourth Way by Sherry Chow
The Giant by Peter Noel
The Girl Who Shot Digger Dean by Mark McCarthy
The Grandfather Paradox by Phil Moore
The Great American Game by Shiva Sawyer and Steve Marians
The High Tide by John Saveland
The Houseless by Amelie Leclerc
The Ice Man by Jared Iversen
The Imaginarium by Jennifer Anne Martin
The Innkeeper by Caleb Dillon
The James King Version by David Schroeder
The Judas Apocalypse by Dan McNeil and Jasmine Aziz
The Jump by John Killoran
The Language of Wolves by Nan Schmid
The Last Surrender by Jeremy Wadzinski
The Loser’s Club by Jonathan Turner Smith
The Love Intere$t by Katharine Densmore
The Lovely Dark by Matthew Fox
The Making of a Mystery by Christine Keleny
The Moor by Thomas Thonson
The Nest by Richard Abercrombie
The Northern Rose by Lena Bejan
The Old Master by John Murphy
The Other Side by Jahir Johnson
The Paper Son by Howard Hong
The Philanthropist by Bruce Dundore
The Practice Marriage by Stewart Fergus
The Prowl by Cassandra Betancourt
The Rescue by Gary Parker
The Return of the Santa Fe Super Chief by Douglas Folsom
The Right Hand of God by Robert Vink
The Ringmaster by Kyle Rizor
The Scythe by Terrance Thibodeaux
The Sea Dragon by Adam Sharp
The Secret Life of Balthasar by Michael Burnet
The Skraeling Beast by Craig Houchin
The Space Between Notes by Billy Nahn
The Storm King by Vin Morreale, Jr.
The Strange Tale of Sam Whitlock by Dale Botten
The Summer We Ran by Bill Taylor
The Surveillance of Ordinary Things by Susan Brunig
The System by Chessie Reiss
The Teacher by Florence Ordesh
The Teacher by Jay Fjestad
The Third Coast by Mark Gallini
The Trials of Thomas(ine) Hall by Vaughn Roste
The Unlikeliest of Heroes by Paul Zeidman
The Weapon by Peter Murphy
The Widowmaker by Denise Meyers
The Wrecker by Jack Hilkewich
This Is Fine: A Climate Change Comedy by Jim Griffin
Those Who Can't Do by Anna Blum
Tips Up by Brian Cornell
Touching the Dream by Ken Gire
Toxic Asset by Stan Barton
Transistor Radio by Georgia Bloo Nicolaou
Trapped by Farrin Rosenthal
True Luck by Peter Andrews
Turquoise Mountain by Diane Joy Schmidt
Twisted Spokes by Jeff Hopkins
Typhoid Maria by Timothy Porter
Under The Moon by Ari Silver
Undersurface by Patrice Williams-Marks
Unplugged by Sophia Arnao
Van 59 by Brian Trotter
Velvet Fangs by Ted Bronson
Vice Versa by Jason Lajoie
Viewing by John Fitch III
Violet by Eliza Bahr
Vixen by Joshua Maheu
Voices by Susan Klos
Waiting Games by Jeffrey Field
We Make Great Pets by Grat Crabtree
WereClaus by Andrew Hopps
What Goes Around by Larvel Scott
What the Doorknob Said by Wayne Jackson
Where Angels Fear to Laugh by Boim Hwang
Where the Harm Is by Brendon Alekseii
White Metal by Luke Muyskens
Who Will Live? by Paul Sokal
Who Wrote the Book by Maria OBryan and Kevin OBryan
Wild Goose Chase by Audrey Hackett
Wild Hearts by Aloura Charles
Winnie & Dolores by Laura Allen
Winsome Hollow by Duane Kellogg
Wishing Well by Gary Bickal
Within an Echo by Kel Vance
Youth in Asia by Katie Crone
ZooBreak by Mike Walski