We are excited to announce the Winner and Runners Up for the Fall 2023 ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Competition!

Eight exceptional finalists were selected from more than 900 submissions to pitch their projects virtually to our esteemed panel of jurors, including Daniel Perry (Literary Agent, Buchwald), Brittani Nichols (Writer and Producer, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY), Maddy Farkas (TV Development, Brownstone Productions) and Christian Rodriguez (Literary Manager, AAO Entertainment).

Congratulations to the winners and runners up and thanks to all for submitting! If you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.

Winner:

Franken-Fried Alien by Juliet Mace

When an intergalactic Planned Parenthood accidentally poisons a small town creating a gargantuan fried fecal alien abortion Frankenstein, three local chicken shop workers must save their home from government demolition.

First Runner-Up:

Single Person by Matt Foss

Dumped by his cheating fiancé and his spineless school board, an off-beat drama teacher reluctantly becomes a contestant on a reality dating show where his efforts to lose paradoxically make him a winner for the first time in his life.

Second Runner-Up:

Government Exorcists: The Department of Internal Affairs by Malt Schlitzmann

Hell is real and it opened a portal to Worcester Massachusetts. The only group who can do anything about it is an underfunded branch of the FDA, but can the new boss save her department before she falls prey to her own dark secrets?

Click below to watch the finalist pitch event recording!

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