Semi-Finalists: April-May 2026

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1000 O by Barbara Peikert (Switzerland)

19 by Galileha Celeste Calvario-Zavala (USA)

404 by James Boyd (USA)

A Dawgs Imagination by Montana James Miller (USA)

A Dollar’s Worth of Hope by EP McKnight (USA)

A Glimpse of the Game by Matthew Tripp (USA)

A Showstoppers Journey by Montana James Miller (USA)

A Slice of Gaza Jannah by Tanzira Rahman Rashid (USA)

A Triptych: Aorta – Mortality, Trust, Humility by Adam J K N Mitchell (UK)

A Triptych: The Arc of a Narcissist – Rise, Collapse, Decay by Adam J K N Mitchell (UK)

Abu Jabal by Bisan Owda (Palestine)

African Passions by Gregory Golub (Israel)

Agent of the Damned by Aidan Wiess (USA)

Alaska Rescue Story by Mark Rose (USA)

And I Will Walk You Home by Vanessa Frances (USA)

Anxiety by Vladyslav Fidryk (Canada)

Archie by Jackson Berryman (USA)

Are You Kidding? by Avery Taylor (USA)

Arranca by Liliana M Molina (USA)

At the Same Time / A la Misma Hora by Ezequiel Miqueas Bianchini (Mexico)

Attack on Arkinboro Lane by Jose Pedro Sarango (USA)

Barry & Bernice: L.A. Dating Chronicles by Carlos Moreno, Jr. (USA)

Before Sunrise by Yining Zhong (USA)

Birds of a Feather by Helen Mavourneen Farrell and Igor Coric (USA)

Black Luchador by Adrian Jules (USA)

Blood Will Have Blood by John Kestner (USA)

Breaking The Shelf by Randika Perera (USA)

Bury Me Not by Joshua C McKenzie (USA)

Carnival Stars by Leo Kaczorowski (Brazil)

Christmas Cop by Joseph Payne (USA)

Clearance by Angel Mejia (Honduras)

Closed Chapters by Oluremi Raphael Hart (USA)

Co-Star by Sidney Johanna (USA)

Conscious | Unconscious by Fiona Nellist (USA)

Cult Fiction by Malachi E. Robinson (USA)

Damned If I Do by Jacqueline Horton (USA)

Dating. It’s Complicated. by Daniely Martins and Jimena Rosas (USA)

Deborah Harry by Grant Mitchell and Carl Newmark (USA)

Don Abel: The Main Rooster from Yerbabuena, Jalisco, Mexico Against the World by Miguel Baltazar (USA)

Ephemere by Michael Temim (France)

F*ck Florida by Adrian Jules (USA)

Feel The World by Kun Liang (Australia)

Gavin’s Adventures by Fiona Lincke (USA)

Giant Loser by Matthew Jayson Cwern (USA)

Ginger by Emma Camille Ignacio (USA)

Girls Guide to the City by Ivar Brogger (USA)

Grandma by Tyree Traylor (USA)

Grapevine by Evan Alam and Nolan Jones (USA)

Half the Moon, Half Me by Hua Zeng (USA)

Heading South by Elise Katherine Case (USA)

Hello Susan by Susan Weiss (USA)

Hit Men by Rhyan Hill (USA)

Horror Tale For Night Fantasies by Gregory Golub (Israel)

Howl of the Moon by Immanuel Golden Gracia (USA)

Ianua by Nathan Olle (France)

In Loving Memory by Ricardo Alberto Jauregui (USA)

In The Shadow of Grace by Jessica Lee Wrabel (USA)

Killing Time by Karl Fleet (New Zealand)

Life, Swing, Again by Hyung-rae Cho (South Korea)

Life’s A Drag by River Shell (USA)

Lisa by Jorge Casterad Moya (Spain)

Looking Forward to Yesterday by William Green (USA)

Make A Wish by Hakan Kemixiz (Turkey)

Mansion. Apartment. Shack. House by Emmy C Albritton and Juliana Forrest (USA)

Massage Baby! by Ke Zhang (USA)

Me: JFK, You: ICN by Jiyeon Kim (USA)

Metanoia by Kai Chang (USA)

Molded Forever by Nikolaas Boucquey (Belgium)

Morocco With Moe by Moe Taylor (USA)

Mum’s the Word by Megan Magee (USA)

My Story in Many Parts: Prologue by Jeremy Sachs-Michaels (USA)

Nothing’s Broken by Jason Kurth (USA)

Oh, Susanna by Krystal Ramos (USA)

Once a Child Soldier by Janet P Gardner (USA)

Onru by Timothy Kiley (USA)

OTI5 by Sean Ussery (USA)

Painting Cathedral Rock by Mel Day (Canada)

Pecado by Ava Baluyut Grimes (USA)

Phobias by Makayla Boyd (USA)

Polly, The Poorly Rendered Parrot by Ryan Gimeson (USA)

Posers by Rob Tode (USA)

Process. Architecture of Sound by Kostiantyn Mishchenko (USA)

Reverberation by JungGyu Park (South Korea)

Room 77 by Emily Claire and Charlotte Powers (USA)

Rose’s Thorn by Reign Burton (USA)

Samudrada Motte / Ocean’s Egg by Sathwik P S and Dhyan C K (India)

Saved You a Piece by Jeannine Cannon and Jessica Perez (USA)

Seed Change by Mao Natori (USA)

Shortcut by Juan Garcia (USA)

Silhouette by Theodore Huang (USA)

Sine Nugis by Axel Rydén (Sweden)

Slaphappy by Bel Mehaffy (USA)

Slay Bells by Sanket Joshi (Canada)

Stay by Aden Gonzalez (USA)

Stung by Madison Lee Kerner (USA)

Submission by Ethan Hunter Smith (USA)

Tender Headed by Imani Lukunku (USA)

The City by Rayne York (USA)

The Fishkeeper by Douglas Dezzani (UK)

The Flinch by Rachel S Bass (USA)

The Garbage Collectors by Emilio Escobedo Pérez (Mexico)

The Hoop Dancer Special by Montana James Miller (USA)

The House of Eternity by Yusuf Kemal Kılkış (Turkey)

The Interview by Michael Morales (USA)

The Last Day by Michael Fantauzzi (Italy)

The Last Ride by Wen Leng (USA)

The Last Stand by Sam Zheng (USA)

The Locked by Jiayang Zhou (Australia)

The Other Side Of The Street by Jaylon Monroe (USA)

The Override by Ofer Gabay (Israel)

The Passion of the Strawberry by Amro El-tetawy (Austria)

The Retreat by Fanny Lecendre (USA)

The Sea and She by Tyler Shortt (USA)

The Shoot by Brendon Mendis (Canada)

The Show by Nicholas Lane (USA)

The Sphere by Autumn Christine St Cyr (Canada)

The Wait by Michael Fantauzzi (Italy)

Today’s Color Is… by Angel Gomez (USA)

Touch – A Healing by Sai Sumana Penumetcha (India)

Trace of Nowhere by Rei Stott (Japan)

Tuna Trap by Jooyun Kim (South Korea)

Uncle Tim by Beatrice Howard-Gabel (USA)

Under the Sun by Yichen Xu (China)

Unpaid by Nicholas Tell (USA)

Villain by Jack Rykert and Rachel Ma (USA)

W. Mulberry St. by Michael Donaldson (USA)

When I Dreamed of Electric Sheep by Diana Kim (USA)

Whitewashed by Berry Minott (USA)

Who Framed Tholomew by Brett Willis (USA)

WiFi Date by Daniela Lugo and Giorgio Rossini (USA)

Wood by Deepthi Welaratna (USA)

Zhījiān / Between by Andrea Florenza (USA)

Short Scripts

101 by Alexei Boiko (USA)

After Us by Isaiah Carter (USA)

Best Me by Yijun Wang (China)

Burn the Boats by Morgan Grice (USA)

Celestial Pirouette by Laurie Woodward (USA)

Credit by Dion Aralihalli (USA)

Cross Threads by Dylan Weand (USA)

Crossroads by Demi Koudounis (USA)

Cut Bait by MIchael Meyers (USA)

Drag Queen Story Hour by Jackie Shelton (USA)

Dull Gray by Koyo Kubota (Japan)

F*ck U Punk by Ethan Hunter Smith (USA)

Fresno by James Lee Beeler (USA)

Heart Line by James Lee Beeler (USA)

If Only I Could Say No by Ben Kasen (USA)

Naked by Jack Dwyer (USA)

Retrace by Kara M. Canton (USA)

Routine by Yewon Kim (South Korea)

Stan by Kevin Patel (Australia)

The Beast by Lucía Blasco Del Álamo and David R. Schleicher (Spain/USA)

The Bye Bye City by David Juarez (USA)

The Cornfields by Jean-Pierre Louis Dixon (Canada)

The Funeral by Kristin Samuelson (USA)

The Girl Trapped on Mars by Aaron Thames (USA)

The Penguin Patrol by David Bonner Law (USA)

The Rider & Death by Scott McCartney (UK)

The Security Job by Josh Berning (USA)

The Skies Rain Wine (Episode One: The Spirit of Life) by Adam Brummitt (UK)

The Trombone or Modern Romance by Gregory Golub (Israel)

Toro by Diana Gonzalez-Morett (USA)

Trafficking by James Lee Beeler (USA)

Vengeance by David Lorenzo Shabazz (USA)

Vultures by Keshia Thomas (USA)

Watch Me by Sabrina Wright (USA)

Wayward Journey by Don Carr (USA)

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