First 10 Pages Showcase
The First 10 Pages Showcase recognizes scripts, books, short stories & stage plays in any genre that set up an exciting and compelling story capable of "hooking" a reader within the first 10 pages.
2024 WINNER
UNDEAD PASSAGE
written by Matteo Giordano
When a dapper, but thirsty, group of vampires awaken on the Titanic, two disparate passengers must unite to save their fellow passengers on the ship's maiden voyage.
2024 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
DREAM A LITTLE by William Arendt. Desolated by a lifetime of missed opportunity and tragedy, a former prodigy learns just how much he impacted the lives of those around him.
DRY HEAT by Ryan Douglas Gore. On a road trip across the New Mexico desert, a family of three are terrorized and kidnapped by a motorcycle gang after a deadly highway incident.
FISH FAVOR by Daniel Flint. A scruffy college student finds himself grappling with the pressures of academia when his friend proposes a spontaneous party in his dorm. | Website: BeartoonStudios.com | X: @beartoonstudio | Instagram @beartoonstudios | IMDb
FOOL-COURTING PRESS (Episode 1) by Daryl Malarry Davidson, Marc Olson & Iggy Cossman. When a white pro basketball player feels unappreciated and issues a challenge - the top five white basketball players, he says, could beat the top five Black ones - the game is on.
GUN by Dana St. Amand. When a private detective goes missing, his gun comes to life with the task of finding him. | Website: DanaStAmand.com | Instagram: @danast.amand
HOW TO SELL PAINT TO LIZARDS by Cecelia Hutnick. A paint salesman's chance encounter with aliens leads him on a journey of self-discovery.
LAST FLING by Stephanie Jayich Röst. When a woman accepts an invitation to a childhood frenemy's bachelorette weekend just to poke fun at vacuous women and old bullies, she finds herself in a far more hellish predicament than a silly party game.
NOCNITSA (The Serpent's Seed) by Richard Guimond. When a demonic spirit, known as Nocnitsa, secretly infiltrates a small-town, a woman must try to stop it - because what she has is what the evil wants and needs.
PIGSU by Mercy Malarvizhi Dasan. Due to her incapability, a clever mom-pig provides a trustful human-mom and sibling to her baby piglet.
POOR PLAYERS by Ron Kaehler. A struggling actor receives a call summoning him to an out-of-the-way theater, at a rather inconvenient time, for a rather peculiar audition - one in which there’s more at stake than just getting the part. | Website: RonKaehler.com and PoorPlayersOnstage.com
SCORCHED EARTH by Anthony Moore. In his bid for power, a would-be mafia boss sells a new biological weapon to terrorists, which sets off WWIII, but in the aftermath, he must team up with the planet's top criminals to prevent human extinction. | X: @techrat_0 | Stage32: @AnthonyMoore | IMDb
SET IN STONE by Andrea Nocchetti. A promising young artist enrolls in a cutthroat Sculpting Academy, where his dreams of greatness are nurtured by an instructor who will stop at nothing to unleash a student's potential.
THE COMPLAINT by Anita Osuigwe-Spencer. In 1918, Greensville, South Carolina, an ordinance is introduced that requires Black women to carry a labor identification card proving they are regularly and usefully employed, or they will be fined or put in jail. (Based on a true story.)
THE DEVIL'S RING (Pilot) by Sandra Hughes. When a rookie federal agent is assigned to the brutal murder of a small-town coroner, the routine investigation takes a dark turn as she uncovers a sinister child trafficking ring, and her own son is kidnapped.
THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE by Gabriella Michele Bedsworth. A depressed, suicidal fisherman kidnaps the doppelganger of his dead fiancée, but must face the agonizing decision to let her go. | Facebook: @gabriella.bedsworth
THE LOST GOSPEL by James M. Freeman. An anthropology professor discovers, loses, and battles to recover a priceless antiquity proclaiming that Jesus visited India during his lost years, as Indian terrorist-bandits, religious zealots, and a jealous professor and ex-lover chase her for the relic.
WHITE HAWK RISING by Claudia Dato. While serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, an ex-Native American gang member attempts to overcome an abusive childhood and a violent life of crime. (Inspired by a true story.) | Website: cddato.wixsite.com/claudiadato
2024 SUBMISSIONS STATISTICS
Writer Gender
Male: 49%
Female: 43%
Other/Unknown: 8%
Genre
Drama: 25%
Crime/Thriller/Mystery: 21%
Comedy: 17%
Science Fiction/Fantasy: 15%
Horror: 14%
Action/Adventure: 5%
Sports: 4%
Submission Location
United States: 71%
Other/Unknown: 24%
Canada: 5%
Format
Feature Screenplay, Television Script or Short Script: 86%
Book, Manuscript or Short Story: 9%
Stage Play: 5%
2023 WINNER
EL PERRITO
written by Piper Shackleford
When a juvenile-delinquent teenager receives a community-service sentence at a local animal shelter for unwanted and abused dogs, she learns what's truly worth fighting for.
2023 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
23 HOURS TO KILL by C. McCloud
ANIMALAND by Charline Odiot
BLINK OF AN EYE by Karen Matthews
BROKEN BRANCH by Richard Guimond
DOWN TO THE FELT by Dino Tripodis, Jon Osbeck, and Ralph Scott
FROM THE STREETS by Zaric Reed
IF TREES HAD EYES by Denys Bastov
LABRADOR by Anna Nazzari
LIVING AMONG SHADOWS by Ty Jones (story by Ty Jones and Leilani R. Hinyard)
MARAH FROM EILAT by Leiter Daniellson.
MEL OF ASTORIA by Maggie McMeans.
MEN OF COLOR by Mike Kearby.
MISS GLORIA by Nancy Hashim (based on the nonfiction book "Miss Gloria" by Ellen Bomer)
MYSTIC CASTLE by Lori Marra
NEVER THE SAME MIRA by Michael Thomas Yahn
OUT OF TIME by Tane Uribarren
RICKY BENES by John Paul James
THE BOY WHO WOULD NOT SEE by Elisa Medhus
THE CLOSED TUNNEL by Anthony Harold
THE WITNESS by Frank Battaglia & Toby Osborne (story by Frank Battaglia)
WHACK-A-MOLE by Amanda Boyden and Tana Parry
WHITE-WASHED by Navdeep Bains
2022 WINNER
THE HIGHWAYMAN
by Carole Ann DePree
A young Englishman follows in his father's footsteps to become a notorious highwayman.
2022 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
CLOSE SHAVE by Phillip Russell (story by James Russell)
COOKE CITY by Stuart Heimdal
EGOR AND SAUL by Melissa Shevela
FAILURE TO ADAPT by Yerania Del Orbe
MICHELANGELO: A LIFE IN THE STONE by Andrea Nocchetti
NIGHT HEAT by Henry Myers
QUEEN OF HEARTS by Kathleen Welton
SECOND CHANCES by Kara M. Canton
SECRETS OF THE FARM BY Melanie Fernelius
SHADOW by Karen Matthews
TALES FROM THE SHENANDOAH by Rick Helin
THE LAST DON by Anthony Moore
UNCHAINED MELODEE by Carl Burcham
2021 WINNERS
PAUL'S PANTRY
by Connor Swatling
An aspiring celebrity chef resorts to crime to fuel his passion for cooking.
SKINNED
by Carlos Perez
The lines between filmmaking and murder are blurred when a shifty director uses his unknowing cast for a horror flick as bait to catch the serial killers who took his father's life.
THE KISS-OFF
by Gio Forlenza
A disenchanted bagman chooses to help the feisty woman who ripped him off and defy the powerful organization he was once loyal to.
UNION JACK
by Stephen Sunter
A loveless Ohioan discovers his British alter ego is a big hit in the LA dating world. Until he falls for Emily, from Yorkshire.
2021 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
'A' MY NAME IS AUDREY by Richard Levine
BORN TO DANCE by Kathleen Welton
BRUNSWICK by Tom Cavanaugh
DADDY (Pilot Episode: "Goodbye Dad, Hello Daddy") by Harry Redlich
DEUCE by Keith Leu
GIANT by Michelle Conklin
I HATE CINDY LOVELET by Paul-Anthony Surdi
JUBILEE NATION by Henry Myers
MONTEREY by Jacqueline Robotham & John Clubb
NONTRADITIONAL (Pilot Episode: "You've Got Another Thing Coming") by Keith R. Higgons
OPULENCE ("Pilot") by Hannah Dobson
SWEET POISON by Guillaume Banniard
THE DOG by Monte Silver
2020 WINNERS
BEAUTY THE CAT
by Juliette Garrigues
During World War II, Beauty, a kitten who has been separated from her mother and brothers, integrates with the Animal Resistance Network and helps humans repel enemy forces. Once the war is over, Beauty is praised for her bravery and finds her mother and brothers, whom she believed were dead.
CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A VAMPIRE
by Michael William Hogan
A millennial vampire must choose between a patriarchal role in his homeland and the trappings of western pop culture.
PIPE DREAM
by Corey Mayne & Eric Mayne
Grief-stricken by his grandfather's death, Ronnie MacDonald masquerades as a drummer and joins The World’s Most Dangerous Pipe Band for free passage to Scotland. Once there, he embarks on a frenetic pilgrimage to his ancestral homestead, where he confronts the demons that have cursed his family for centuries -- sheep.
TOKEN IDIOTS: FIRST BURN (Pilot)
by Matthew Lutz
At the dawn of the 2017 Bitcoin boom, an inept programming geek inadvertently joins forces with the Bulgarian mafia to launch a new cryptocurrency aimed at solving global warming. He’ll either save the planet, or die trying!
UNDEAD IN PARIS
by Terry Wright
Boston television news writer Alina Carr, scarred by a childhood dog attack, gets new beauty when she’s turned into a vampire’s daughter, but her rebellious blood-brother in Paris draws the attention of vampire hunters determined to exterminate her newfound family.
2020 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
ADRESTIA by Michael Yorke
ATASCOSA by T.W. Lawrence
FOR HELENA by Steven Scott Clayton
FREEDOM FALLS by Norma Thomas
GOD'S WAITING ROOM by E. J. Mayer
HOMELESS by Zaric Reed
KIDS STILL by Robert C. Bonfiglio
MAELSTROM by Jordan Emans
MY CHRISTMAS CARYL by Rick Eager
PROJECT OMEGA: NINA BLACKE (Pilot) by James Norris
SILENT OPPRESSORS by Joshua Goldman
SQUISH! by Vinny Smith
THE EMENDATIONS by K.C. Wilson
THE IDIOCRATIC METHOD by Keith Leu
THE MANSION by Eric Ayala
THE WALKING 5 by Annette Callahan & Lorin McCraley
VACANCY by John Shea
WITH ENEMY AT THE SAME TABLE by Yaroslav Tryniv
2019 WINNER
LIMBO
by Jan M. Maxwell
This half-hour comedy is set in Limbo, a temporary stopover for some of the recently-deceased who have unfinished business to resolve before moving on to their final reward.
2019 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
BLOODY MARY AVENGING ANGEL by Gia El Aynaoui
BOOMERANG THE GREAT by Ana R. Dominick
GLORY HILLS by Gordon Gamble
GROWING UP CRAZY by Jane Peters
HOMELESS by Zaric Reed
KICKED by James M. Freeman
SECOND IMPRESSIONS by Mike Anderson>
SLAY THE SAUTE’ by Marcus Haugen
SOUTH OF MAIN STREET by Robert Gately
SOUTHBOUND by Guillermo Navarro
THE ENCHANTED OPAL by Alan Smith
THE LEAGUE by Calan Smith
THE NEW WINE by Matt Pinard
TROUBLE WITH FRIENDS by Karen Matthews
2018 WINNER
CIRCUS BOY
by Stephen Curran
An orphan boy who runs away with the circus to become a clown is pursued by a cruel housemistress who wants to return him to the orphanage.
2018 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
ANGIE & MARIA by Stan Lieberman
BLACK JACK by Stephen Curran
DEATH ROW by Keshia Nichole
GIVE ME THAT BECKY (PILOT) by Marina Bendocchi Alves
HATEMONGERS: A LOVE STORY by Anne Hikido
HOUSE OF DRAGONS: AS YE SOW by B.A. Hendrickson
LEAVING TOWN by Stephen Curran
NYOBAYWA by 42
ON BORROWED TIME by Robert Rossi
THE MUSIC BOX by Stephen Curran
THE SOUL DECISION by Kristen Taylor
2017 WINNERS
FLESH AND BLOOD
by Jeffrey Nieves and Emily Eslami
A teenager struggles to hide that he has developed the ability to shape-shift into any person he desires.
GALAXXON: PEACE OF THE PLANET
by Paul Mahoney
In a distant galaxy, ZEEBO and his friend BLOBBY, are drafted. They flee to a strange little blue planet called Earth. Maybe it has the answer for everlasting peace?
GRANDMA’S COMING TO STAY
by Paul Mahoney
Doug’s plans for financial security backfire when his demented mother-in-law Ruby accidentally burns her house down and is forced to live with him and his family.
MOTEL
by Jerry Jenae Sampson
A woman with a violent past tries escaping her demons by hiding out in a motel on a coastal town, but she soon faces disturbing sounds on the other side of the wall that may or may not exist only in her mind.
THE FOURTH COURIER
by Timothy Jay Smith
An FBI Agent assigned to Poland helps the new Solidarity government solve a series of grisly murders that lead him into an underworld of drugs and nuclear smuggling.
VIRGIN KILLERS
by Tannaz Hazemi
Three teenage brothers from a wealthy pharmaceutical family in LA are killing virgins to create a potent substance. Until middle brother Peter falls in love with one of their victims.
2017 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
ALICE IN OZZU by William Sikorski Jr. & William Sikorski III
AN IRRESISTIBLE DESIRE by Elizabeth Hinnant
ANGELS VS DEMONS: GATEWAY TO HELL by Slavica Bogdanov
BABYLON by Mariah Gretchen Robinson
BEST SERVED COLD by Paul Mahoney
BROKEN FRAME by Stephen Boncella
CAMP CAMDEN by Tommy McInnis
CHASING THE WIND by Corean Strong
CONTROLLING by Robert Seckler & Margaret Rogers
DISPATCH 911 by Essence Sullins
DON APPETIT! by Jay Stamatis
DOUG DUNGBEETLE IN DANGEROUS DAYS by Paul Mahoney
DR. ALICE by Steve Wagner
DRAC’S BACK by Paul Mahoney
ELVIS TOWN by Paul Mahoney
FOR SALE by Anthony Bardes
GINGERBREAD HOUSE by Bruce Lamb
HOLIDAY FROM HELL by Paul Mahoney
HOMELESS by Zaric Reed
I CAN TURN MEN by Paul Mahoney
I CAN TURN WEDDINGS by Paul Mahoney
INSURRECTION by Simon Bowler
JAMESES by Laika Lee
LAST STOP by Tommy McInnis
LIFECREDIT by Jay Stamatis
LUMINARA by S.J. Molloy
MAJOR FRANKS by Miriam Cooper
MIL-LEN-NIAL by Josh Kaplan
NEW TO THE ZOO by Paul Mahoney
OLD LADY DILEMMAS by Lora-Ellen McKinney
PROJECT 52 by Daniel Davis Jr.
PROTOTYPE by Nicol Eilers
SCROLL BACK by Jay Stamatis
SEAFIRE by Frank D’Angeli
SEEDS by Sarah Marsh
SEVENTH ANGEL by Richard Prather Perry, Jr.
SIRINGO: UNDERCOVER IN THE WEST by Nathan Ward
SOLDIERS OF GOD by Guy Quigley
STELLAR DRIFT by Anthony Moore
THE BRAZILIAN MUTATION by Stu Heimdal
THE DEMON ARMY by Max Hoven
THE ESSENCE OF EVIL by Rico Jordan
THE EXCHANGE by Juliette Garrigues
THE FOURTH WALL: A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY by Dan Fitzgerald
THE HEARTBEATS OF LOVE by Janis Hepburn
THE HONOR KILLING by Guy Quigley
THE JOURNAL by Roi Tamkin
THE MAGIC OF BEING by Krista Fergusson
THE MASTER’S SON by Guy Quigley
THE NEW MRS. CAMPBELL by Paul Mahoney
THE OTHER MESSIAH by Marcus Herzberg
THE POSSESSION OF JESSE by William Sikorski Jr. & William Sikorski III
THE SWITCH by Paul Mahoney
THE WONDERFUL by Demitra Papadinis
TIPPY THE ELF by William Sikorski Jr. & William Sikorski III
TWILIGHT SLEEP by Alan Lambert
UBER ENCOUNTER by KT Parker
YOSEMITE by Michelle Conley
2016 WINNERS
FLYING BLIND
by Sarah Morgan Ashey & Frankie Johnson
After the Earth mysteriously explodes, two women search the universe for other human survivors in this retro, odd-couple buddy comedy.
JUST KILL ME ALREADY
by Sundae Jahant-Osborn
When a desperate, down-and-out actor crosses paths with a hitman searching for redemption, he drunkenly devises a plan to win the role of a lifetime, but hiring a hitman to eliminate the competition can have deadly consequences.
WHO’S ON TOP?
by Victoria Sampson
Men and women navigate their way through life, as secrets are revealed and major life decisions are questioned on a 40th anniversary camping trip of a multi-generational dysfunctional family.
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
DEAN THE DRUMMER by Tannaz Hazemi
DENS OF INIQUITY by Brian Raess
EARTH U by Joshua Nyberg and Kathleen Mora
EDITH by Robert Rossi
FACSIMILE by Gary Makin
FALLING INSIDE OUT by Aaron Nelson
HALLOWS POINT by Brian W. Smith
HIS CURSED LANDS by Alan Evans
MAKE LIKE RABBITS by Aaron Sala
MOTHER MAYHEM by Brian W. Smith
PROMISED LAND by KT Parker
SECOND EARTH by Christopher Locke
SUB PAR by Kevin Bowden and Jake Rush
THE TIME OF KILLING by James Freeman
