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The Boy with the Dinosaur Head by Ali Imran Zaidi

Finalists

(Alphabetized by Title)

Baby-Cakes by Tia Matza
Belonging by Liz Fields
Boobless by Jackie Geary
Grief by Kelly CochranYzquierdo
Little Tokyo Story by Kyung-Ja Lee
Of What Grows Through Fire by Tevin Simpson and Bryce Marrero
Onoura by Chigozie Onyeaka
Roller Coaster by Emanuel Nisan
The Boy with the Dinosaur Head by Ali Imran Zaidi
The Revver by Mike Hanson and Kelly Moothart

Semi-Finalists

(Alphabetized by Title)

18,500 Souls by Tanya Ishikawa
Good Behavior by Caleb Dillon
Head Wound by Paul Corricelli
On Delivery by Tim Bryant
Onoura by Chigozie Onyeaka
Roller Coaster by Emanuel Nisan
The Boy with the Dinosaur Head by Ali Imran Zaidi
The Revver by Mike Hanson and Kelly Moothart
The Scribe by Georgette Skolnick
When I'm With You by Riji Raja
#Likes4Lucas by Dylan Dempsey
Algorithm and Blues by Jamie Benson
Baby-Cakes by Tia Matza
In the Name of Geronimo by Tanya Ishikawa
Koryo Saram by Olga Tsoy and Dimitri Tsoy
Pietra Fredda by Matthew Nicholson
Repairs by Nat Rovit
Take My Hand by Jay Hodgkins
The Days Before My Life by Matias Nilsson
Tubed by Niki Smart
Boobless by Jackie Geary
Dear Harley by Lee Whittaker
Fat Cat and Lima Bean by Bret Grafton
Featherweight by Michael Ayres
Grief by Kelly CochranYzquierdo
Lemon by Beth Curry
My Meeting with Bernardine Shaw by Tim Snoha and Michael Florkiewicz
Aunty by Anita Chandwaney
The Coffee Shop by Michael J. Herman
The Way to Go by Andrew Neymarc and Remy Neymarc
Belonging by Liz Fields
Dark Patterns by Hannah Silver and Ali Clifton
Deep Fake by Josh Price
Inside Out by Orlando Bryant
Little Tokyo Story by Kyung-Ja Lee
New Mutiny by Carly Roland and Alani Lilongwe
Of What Grows Through Fire by Tevin Simpson and Bryce Marrero
Punch Buggy by Nick Coviello and Peter Skopec
Scars That Define Us by Edward Worthy
The Naughty List by Brandon Osterman and Thomas Bell
...Walk Into a Barn by Richard Selvi
2 Nazis in a Hole by Todd Crowell
22 Orphans by Angel Hilson-Harrell
A Gift From God by Barry Ward
Aging Queens by Joffre Silva
All You Had to Do, Was Say Something by Sara Shelton
Alone on the Beach by Simon King
Alternate by Makana Lani
Annihilation by Frank Polanski by Peter Soby
Blue Ticket by Julz Feit
Borpo & Cabbage by McKenna Kelly-Eiding
Children of War by Arnold Chunb
Conquer the World by Gary Champagne
Critical Life Support by Arran Crawley
Deuce by Christian Tasiopoulos and Margot Budzyna
Dog Mom by Madi Stine
Domestic Supply by Kevin Mann
Elvis Has Left the Building by Darren Vukasinovic
Engine of Evil by Beckett Van Stralen
Everlasting by Michelle Domanowski
Favors by Ken Foley
ForEver by Angelo Baxter
Free Martin by Scott Thompson and Hayes Hart-Thompson
Fruit of Life by Hannah Termaat
I Should Have Stayed Home by Michael Angelella
I Wouldn't Touch That by Meik Fischer
Kylo is My Homeboy by Heather Hillstrom
Landline by Victor Carillo
Last Stop by Alex Tennyson and Isaac Dean
Liberation by Judy Vann
Lockdown by Melanie Jeffcoat
Long Way Home by Terry Podnar
Mayhem & Mahalo by Bethany Maines
Mercy Shot by Tom Kenyon
Mottainai by Kim J.Y. Han
Mouse by Michael Clifton
My Karate Bat Mitzvah by Merridith Allen
Paper Monsters by Michael Clifton
Red Book by Dawid Suszek and Marcin Suszek
Reticule by Kathryn Boettcher
Sauce for the Goose by Stephen Blackburn
Serenity's Song by Christopher Schultz
Shiloh by Dave Schroeder
Shiva by Matt Sadowski
Spaces by Modupe Thompson
Stationary Traveller by Hadi Sheibani
Suburban Secrets by Kristy Fusich
Ten Minutes of Eternity by Peter Besson
The Antidote by Jonathan Hughes
The Haute Cuisine Crawl by Tim Boissey
The Most Marvelous Man in the World by Colin Scott and Khris Burton
The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms by David Sanders
The One-Two by Rae Binstock
The Split by Lauren Kent
The Treehaus by Michael Graf
The Valentine's Card by Elizabeth Player
Uña y Carne by Cristina Ramos and Matthew Minnicino
When the Flame Goes Out by Joshua David Matthews and Jason Sheedy
WindRider by Zachary Moddejonge
You Cannot Sweep the Moon by Joanne Bellew

Quarter-Finalists

(Alphabetized by Title)

#Likes4Lucas by Dylan Dempsey
...Walk Into a Barn by Richard Selvi
13 Steps by Loren Davis
18,500 Souls by Tanya Ishikawa
2 Nazis in a Hole by Todd Crowell
22 Orphans by Angel Hilson-Harrell
A Deal with Death by Meredith Isom
A Deer Hunt by Jonathan Muncherian
A Gift From God by Barry Ward
A Gifted Boy by Philip Malaczewski
Aging Queens by Joffre Silva
Algorithm and Blues by Jamie Benson
Alice in War; The General by Steven Bogart
All You Had to Do, Was Say Something by Sara Shelton
Alone on the Beach by Simon King
Alternate by Makana Lani
American as Fuck by Jazz Mann and Ravi Kamble
Analog by Wayne Franklin
Annihilation by Frank Polanski by Peter Soby
Ashes My Love by Pedro Tamames
Aunty by Anita Chandwaney
Baby-Cakes by Tia Matza
Ballad of Yoko Ono by Anzu Lawson
Belonging by Liz Fields
Bembe by Zayre Ferrer
Better Man by Lizzie Finn
Birthday Surprise by Paul Rosengren
Black Sphere by Matthew Weiner
Bloodline by Angelo Baxter
Blue Bayou by Dustin Mercer
Blue Ticket by Julz Feit
Boobless by Jackie Geary
Boogerwoods by Beverly Brooks
Borpo & Cabbage by McKenna Kelly-Eiding
Breakthrough by Kate Green
Brown Bag by Curtis Lyons
Case 1303: David by Michael Neyland and Susan Altemus
Charlie Dunbar by John Mawson
Childhood Montage by Mark Yablonovich
Children of War by Arnold Chunb
Churn by Paul Coleman and Matt Landry
Circumstance by John McCarney
Clocked In by Gene Gregg
Cold Friend by Lucas Bold
Conquer the World by Gary Champagne
Crips by Brian Koukol
Critical Life Support by Arran Crawley
Dark Patterns by Hannah Silver and Ali Clifton
Dear Harley by Lee Whittaker
Deep Fake by Josh Price
Deliverance by Olga Holtz
Deuce by Christian Tasiopoulos and Margot Budzyna
Diane From Kernville by S.E. King
Dog Mom by Madi Stine
Domestic Supply by Kevin Mann
Don’t Look at the Raccoon by Siham Medjahed
Duel and Death by Robert Coles
Duet by Lisanne Sartor
Eggplant by Joaquin Palma
Elvis Has Left the Building by Darren Vukasinovic
Engine of Evil by Beckett Van Stralen
Espionage for Beginners by Cherilyn Lytle
Everlasting by Michelle Domanowski
Ewe Stew by Dorothy Irwin
Fat Cat and Lima Bean by Bret Grafton
Favors by Ken Foley
Featherweight by Michael Ayres
Feel That? by Michael Buonocore
First Days by Jen Prince
Fix by Vaal English
For You by Sarah Ngo
ForEver by Angelo Baxter
Free Martin by Scott Thompson and Hayes Hart-Thompson
Fresh Start by Kevin Willmering
Fruit of Life by Hannah Termaat
Girl on the Street by Naya James Sonnad
Good Behavior by Caleb Dillon
Goodnight, Cowboy by Lauryn Eisenstein
Grave Business by Danielle Tjoelker
Green Mountain Road - Chapter One by Ivory Hendricks-Bard
Grief by Kelly CochranYzquierdo
Gut by Chadwick Harman
Harwood by Seth Stein
Head Wound by Paul Corricelli
Hunting Monsters by Alexandra Addams
I Always Think about Dying Sometimes by Amy B Tiong
I Miss(ed) You by Avi Singh
I Refuse by Colin Collard
I Should Have Stayed Home by Michael Angelella
I Wouldn't Touch That by Meik Fischer
In re Brian Franks by J.N. Gould
In the Name of Geronimo by Tanya Ishikawa
In Their Demise by Caleb Rivera and Ignacio Leon
Inside Out by Orlando Bryant
Invisible Invasion by Jon Crystal
Juan Solo by Drew Dull
Just Look at Her by Pamela Mora
Kafka Bros. Karnival of Kuriosities by Mindy Strouse
Kahuna by Rich Figel
Keep My Brother by Sharona D'Ornellas
Koryo Saram by Olga Tsoy and Dimitri Tsoy
Krousaa by Kanica Suy
Kylo is My Homeboy by Heather Hillstrom
Landline by Victor Carillo
Last Stop by Alex Tennyson and Isaac Dean
Lazarus Girl by Barry Caldwell and Kathleen Diehl
Lemon by Beth Curry
Liberation by Judy Vann
Little Elephant in the Kitchen by Vaal English
Little Tokyo Story by Kyung-Ja Lee
Lockdown by Melanie Jeffcoat
Long Way Home by Terry Podnar
Love Thy Neighbor by Ibrahim Rana
Lunch Lady by Colleen Asbury
Magic Maria and the Moon by Nick Cariddo
Mayhem & Mahalo by Bethany Maines
Mercy Shot by Tom Kenyon
Miracles by Paul Sokal
Misfortunes of Love by Anita August
Mottainai by Kim J.Y. Han
Mouse by Michael Clifton
Mr. Santa by Jiyeon Kim-Myung
My Karate Bat Mitzvah by Merridith Allen
My Meeting with Bernardine Shaw by Tim Snoha and Michael Florkiewicz
My Unni by HyoJeong Choi
New Mutiny by Carly Roland and Alani Lilongwe
No One Mourns a Vulture by W.S. Smith
No Regrets by Lori Meyers
Noise by Ruth Jiang
Of What Grows Through Fire by Tevin Simpson and Bryce Marrero
On Delivery by Tim Bryant
One in the Family by Gina Renzi and Jude Hawkens
One More Round by Ryan Parker
One Way Ticket to Midnight by Farrin Rosenthal
Onoura by Chigozie Onyeaka
Over Time by Mark Flehmer
Paper Monsters by Michael Clifton
Peak Water by John Boal
Peanut Butter Cookies by Chris Stuewe
Pietra Fredda by Matthew Nicholson
Pioneer by Cosmo Wallace
Pool Boy by John Logan McGee and Joseph Anthony
Punch Buggy by Nick Coviello and Peter Skopec
Pyrophoric by Gina Renzi and Jude Hawkens
Ransom by Gwyn Gordon
Red Book by Dawid Suszek and Marcin Suszek
Red Hoods by Dana Carrabon
Repairs by Nat Rovit
Reticule by Kathryn Boettcher
Reverb by Tompaul Wheeler
Reverie by Anthony Lopez
Rise by Melody Cooper
Roller Coaster by Emanuel Nisan
Romance Cleanup in Aisle Five by Richard Morell
Sacrifice by Gwendolyn Loubser
Sauce for the Goose by Stephen Blackburn
Save Kill Father Son by Judy Vann
Scars That Define Us by Edward Worthy
Sebastian Rides Again by Danielle Tjoelker
Seeing Red by Warren Lane
Serenity's Song by Christopher Schultz
Shadow of Doubt by Vernon Herron
Shiloh by Dave Schroeder
Shiva by Matt Sadowski
Side Effects by Fred Perry
Silver Wings by A.W. Scott and Jean Su
Simpatico by Ryan Greenwood
Skeleton Crew by Jon Platt
Sleeping Dogs by Meghan Hemingway
Soldiers at War: Mindanao WWII by Thomas Smith
Some Dog by Neil MacKay
Soulvibes by Anne-Laure Gandon
Spaces by Modupe Thompson
Spermicide by Scott Peterman and Cat Davis
Spirit of Hope by Patricia Clarkson
Station 32 by Edward Hemphill
Stationary Traveller by Hadi Sheibani
Still Life by April Phillips
Strategic Ambiguity 101 by John Boal
Stray by Jason Rice
Stuck by Matias Nilsson
Suburban Secrets by Kristy Fusich
Suitcase of Memories by Edwin Domachowski
Sullivan's Shadow by Elena Fletcher
Sunny Side Up by Melissa Archer
Syzygy by Tamela D’Amico
Take My Hand by Jay Hodgkins
Take the Wrong Way Home by William Zide
Teacher's Pet by Mark Wakely
Tectonics by Gayla Goehl
Teeth by Joey Medina
Ten Minutes of Eternity by Peter Besson
The Antidote by Jonathan Hughes
The Black Fisherman by Patrick Hatten
The Bo Jackson of Divorces by Nickolas Jakimow
The Boy with the Dinosaur Head by Ali Imran Zaidi
The Breaking Point by Tiffany Coleman
The Caregivers Club by Andi Franklin
The Carer by Muneeb Hassan and David Stokes
The Coffee Shop by Michael J. Herman
The Cycle by Ayisha Henry
The Dancer by Christian Lukowiak
The Days Before My Life by Matias Nilsson
The First Flush by Susanne Waddingham
The Haute Cuisine Crawl by Tim Boissey
The Labatut by Guilherme Feitosa
The Lesson by Duncan Putney
The Lost Episode by Sinistra Black
The Magician by Holly A Jurbergs
The Medium is the Masseuse by Ben Silva
The Most Marvelous Man in the World by Colin Scott and Khris Burton
The Naughty List by Brandon Osterman and Thomas Bell
The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms by David Sanders
The Nurse Is in by Tonya Coats
The One-Two by Rae Binstock
The Recruit by Michael Neyland and Susan Altemus
The Revver by Mike Hanson and Kelly Moothart
The Room by Dawn Crouch
The Scribe by Georgette Skolnick
The Seer of Hues by Cash Seabrook
The Shadow Over Christmas by Marc Roussel
The Split by Lauren Kent
The Tide Comes In by Ariana Berry
The Treehaus by Michael Graf
The Untamed by Olga Holtz
The Valentine's Card by Elizabeth Player
The Way to Go by Andrew Neymarc and Remy Neymarc
Those Who Kill by Melody Cooper
To Be Seen or Not To Be Seen by Kathy Li
Tonight is Different by Aloura Charles
Too Done by Maria Sanchez
Truth Hurts by Domo D'dante
Tub by Kathreen Khavari
Tubed by Niki Smart
Turns Out by Natalie Lynch
Uña y Carne by Cristina Ramos and Matthew Minnicino
Un-Fortune-Atly by John Walker Dart
Venus in Furs by Liam Walsh
War by Paul Oconnor
Wasabi by John McCarney
We Are the Dead Girls by Kylie Boersma
When Angels Cry by Tehani Adu-Nuamah
When I'm With You by Riji Raja
When the Flame Goes Out by Joshua David Matthews and Jason Sheedy
Who Am I Then? by Sergio Valverde
Who Loves the Lovemakers? by Rob McNeil
William by Greg St. Pierre and Paul Van Scott
WindRider by Zachary Moddejonge
Worlds Apart by Ron Artis Jr.
You Cannot Sweep the Moon by Joanne Bellew