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SCRIPT2COMIC 2023 WINNERS
Our first year was an incredible success. We expanded our prize pool to 5 prizes and had a tie for 3rd place, so will be making six scripts come to life as comics in the near future.
CGC® the place to go for grading comic books was our partner in designing and presenting the amazing award slabs that each of our winners will be receiving. The books inside the slab were printed by Comic Impressions with a cover design by Nicholas Ely.
Thank you to all of our entrants — and to all of our judges and sponsors. We could not have done this without you all. We are proud to introduce everyone to the 2020 Script2Comic Contest Prize Winners:
GRAND PRIZE
HILLBILLIES VS. ALIEN CHICKENS
by Nicholas Tana
A vegan hillbilly discovers he’s the world’s best defense against invading alien chickens
Tana Bio
1ST PRIZE
FALLS THE HAMMER
by Douglas Corleone
During the blizzard of 1872, fearless pioneer Abby Baylis must survive America’s first family of serial killers.
Corleone Bio
2ND PRIZE
BEAST OF VIRGINIA
by Matthew Corley
An outcast in a remote Puritan colony must confront a mysterious beast that’s slaughtering villagers before she is executed as the witch responsible.
Corley Bio
3RD PRIZE
EL CUCUY
by Shane Redding
A depressed young Mexican man finds himself in a fight for his life when a mysterious dark force begins tormenting him and causing everyone in his life to forget about him.
Joey Capuana is an award-winning screenwriter and a WGAE “MADE IN NY” TV Writing Fellow. After studying film at Northwestern University, Joey served as Writers’ PA on Netflix’s NARCOS and F IS FOR FAMILY and has since developed pilots and features under the mentorship of showrunner Soo Hugh (PACHINKO). Joey specializes in dark comedies and genre mysteries that mix raunch and shock with sincerity and heart, while exploring queer and provocative takes on identity and desire.
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
KAGAE
by Nick Martineau
A depressed young Mexican man finds himself in a fight for his life when a mysterious dark force begins tormenting him and causing everyone in his life to forget about him.
Arun Bio
FINALISTS 2023
Title | Writer |
|---|---|
John Black Raven | Ali Imran Zaidi |
THE MOOR | Andrew Matthew-Goth |
The Anklebiter | Andy Jones |
Santa Claus Incorporated | Arun Narayanan |
Bitten | Brett Hauze |
The Assimilation | Chris Wiltz |
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY | Cinqué Lee |
OUTSIDERS | Dan Benamor |
The Coyote Codex | Don Hauka |
Lumbee Jones | Efrain Colon |
The West Moon Chronicle - Ep1: The Green & The White | Frank Kim |
The Halloween Club | Gerardo Maravilla |
KEVIN'S OTHER KEVINS | Gordie Hvolka |
Vectors | Grant Fraggalosch |
The Vampire's Babysitter | Heather Hale |
HEX | Joey Capuana |
Superseded | John Dorney |
Charm City | Josh Eiserike |
PSYCHOS | Joshua Sackheim |
VILLAINS INK | Karen Bryson |
DOG OF WAR | Katterina Powers |
The Uncanny Uncle Andy | Kyle More |
This Is How It Ends | Melia Gabriel |
WHITE OUT | Michael Lanahan & Ted Collins |
Novus Arcanum | Michael Maxwell |
Five Freaks in a Van | Patrick Guera & Thomas Cunningham |
Jane Not So Fantastic | Paul Amerigo Catalanotto |
Apples | Rodolfo Salas |
ALADDIN AND THE FOURTH WISH | Shawn deLoache |
Blue Veil | Shireen Alihaji |
Henry Tibel's Fork | Tal Klein |
Strings - Changing Time | TavieAnna Bee |
Wonderland | Ted Wilkes |
The Cabinet of Curios & Cryptids | Tory Smith |
SUPER-CRAZY MOM | Vanessa Every-Burns |
SEMI-FINALISTS 2023
Title | Writer |
|---|---|
Dynaforce Down | Aaron Pinchback |
Once Upon A Time in Little India | Aaron Powers |
Spruce Up the Holidays | Adam McDaniel |
Qualified Koala | Adam Rapp |
SLAYER | Alain Loubeau |
Disaloud | Alessio Franko |
The Engineer of Terracotta | Alexie Basil |
John Black Raven | Ali Imran Zaidi |
Ashes | Alicia Ocana |
THE MOOR | Andrew Matthew-Goth |
The Anklebiter | Andy Jones |
Pride City's Finest | Anthony Rivera Jr. |
Santa Claus Incorporated | Arun Narayanan |
Adonis | Ben Tedesco |
Oxygéne | Bernhard Pucher |
The Henchman | Brent Jordan |
Bitten | Brett Hauze |
The Assimilation | Chris Wiltz |
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY | Cinqué Lee |
The Dark Nowhere | Clay Fusco |
OUTSIDERS | Dan Benamor |
Simulation Theory | Danny Baram |
The Adventures of Darryl Springbornne | David Maddox |
The Coyote Codex | Don Hauka |
Fangs | Dustin Schmidt |
Lumbee Jones | Efrain Colon |
PRIME CARGO | Francisco Lorite |
The West Moon Chronicle - Ep1: The Green & The White | Frank Kim |
The Halloween Club | Gerardo Maravilla |
KEVIN'S OTHER KEVINS | Gordon Hvolka |
Vectors | Grant Fraggalosch |
Retreat | Grant Fraggalosch |
The Fall of Usher | Gregory Cohen |
Killing Santa | Heath Houseman |
The Vampire's Babysitter | Heather Hale |
SHE'S A DICK | JJ Wienkers-Alvendia |
SUMO | James Russell |
Floyd the Ninja | Jason Skorski |
The Conscription | Jennifer Milne |
Fallen | Jessica Chipley |
The Book of Crowns | Joan Cato |
HEX | Joey Capuana |
Superseded | John Dorney |
Crimelords | John Mahony |
The Path | Jon Smith |
Sleepwalker | Jormond Thompson |
Charm City | Josh Eiserike |
PSYCHOS | Joshua Sackheim |
Werewolves From Outer Space | Justin Nosler |
VILLAINS INK | Karen Bryson |
Alanna Grimm | Kari Mote |
DOG OF WAR | Katterina Powers |
The Uncanny Uncle Andy | Kyle More |
The Lamp | Mark Laing |
THE TIGRESS WHO CAME TO TOWN | Martin Keady |
This Is How It Ends | Melia Gabriel |
OPERATION PAPERCLIP | Michael Arnold |
WHITE OUT | Michael Lanahan |
Novus Arcanum | Michael Maxwell |
LIGHT | Michael Schilf |
The Necromancer's Guide to Success | Nathan D. Ludwig |
Apocalypse Pizza | Nathan Patton |
Blue Xmas | Nick Growall |
CRAWL AWAY TO DIE | Nick Pollack |
Ade Meets: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti | Oluwaseun Olowo-Ake |
Five Freaks in a Van | Patrick Guera |
Jane Not So Fantastic | Paul Amerigo Catalanotto |
Beyond The Rift | Peter Rivera |
Reclamation | Peter Rívera |
Sky Squadron | Robert Drusetta |
Apples | Rodolfo Salas |
Johnny Was A Gangster | Scott A. López & Jesus F. Jauregui |
Crimson | Shaun Gold |
Night Lights vs. Dust Bunnies | Shaun Radecki |
ALADDIN AND THE FOURTH WISH | Shawn deLoache |
Blue Veil | Shireen Alihaji |
Riparian | Spenser Querry |
Confirmed Bachelor | Steven Greenwood |
Inversion | Suzy Stein |
Henry Tibel's Fork | Tal Klein |
Strings - Changing Time | TavieAnna Bee |
Wonderland | Ted Wilkes |
Shattered Skies | Tom Levesque |
The Cabinet of Curios & Cryptids | Tory Smith |
PLASTIC | Tracy Grant |
SUPER-CRAZY MOM | Vanessa Every-Burns |
Freakquency | Zachary Grashin & Jonathan Dittman |
THIS FIRE IS OUT OF CONTROL | Zachary Wanerman |
The Legends Within | Zayda Exeliz |
QUARTER-FINALISTS 2023
Title | Writer |
|---|---|
THE MOOR | ANDREW MATTHEW-GOTH |
Project Genesis | Aaron Strongoni |
PEACHES - "Shook" | Aaron Gray |
Dynaforce Down | Aaron Pinchback |
Once Upon A Time in Little India | Aaron Powers |
In the Footsteps of Thaddeus Thackeray | Adam McDaniel |
Spruce Up the Holidays | Adam McDaniel |
Qualified Koala | Adam Rapp |
Puglisi | Adam Skrine |
SLAYER | Alain Loubeau |
JUDGEMENT HOUSE | Alan R. Baxter |
Metastasis | Alessandro Guarino |
Disaloud | Alessio Franko |
The Engineer of Terracotta | Alexie Basil |
John Black Raven | Ali Imran Zaidi |
Ashes | Alicia Ocana |
NOT ANOTHER MODEL SHOW | Anazia Leona |
I Am Sapphire | Andrew Gladman |
The Anklebiter | Andy Jones |
Black West | Anissa Morgan |
Pride City's Finest | Anthony Rivera Jr. |
Sirens Vendetta | Antoine Mizel |
Santa Claus Incorporated | Arun Narayanan |
Nu Tarantia | B. Jack Azadi |
Class Warfare | Barry Ambrose |
Claus | Barry Ambrose |
Adonis | Ben Tedesco |
Oxygéne | Bernhard Pucher |
Might and Magic | Branden Scruggs |
The Henchman | Brent Jordan |
Bitten | Brett Hauze |
DARK HORIZONS | CARLO and ERIN CARERE |
Enter Entropy ("Welcome to Slade Enterprises") | Candice Michelle Goodwin |
CLAUS ENCOUNTER | Carla Kanthak |
WERE | Carter Friend |
Found | Chad Briggs |
Demonic | Chris Drzewiecki |
The Devil You Know | Chris Weber |
The Assimilation | Chris Wiltz |
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY | Cinqué Lee |
The Dark Nowhere | Clay Fusco |
The Timbermen | Colin Dalvit |
Supermodels! | Colin Francis Costello |
The Realm | DC Raymond |
OUTSIDERS | Dan Benamor |
I-95 | Dan Taft |
Toxic | Daniel Turkewitz |
Simulation Theory | Danny Baram |
Halloween Team | Danny Baram |
Kindred Spirits | David Allen |
THE REDFERN CHRONICLES | David Dalessandro |
The Adventures of Darryl Springbornne | David Maddox |
Greetings from the Vortex | David Maddox |
Savage | David Schlow |
Hybrids | David Thorpe |
The Coyote Codex | Don Hauka |
FIRST LIGHT | Douglas Stark |
Fangs | Dustin Schmidt |
ORGANELLE | Edward James Anderson |
Lumbee Jones | Efrain Colon |
Good Die Young | Emily Ritcheson |
A Hitman's Tale | Erik Rivera |
Then and There, Here and Where ( Orabella the Oracle) | Esabella Anna Karena Strickland |
THE LOST COLONY | Eugene Rhee |
PRIME CARGO | Francisco Lorite |
The West Moon Chronicle - Ep1: The Green & The White | Frank Kim |
John The Angel Slayer | GW Freund |
Danger Inc. | George Agayoff |
The Halloween Club | Gerardo Maravilla |
KEVIN'S OTHER KEVINS | Gordon Hvolka |
Vectors | Grant Fraggalosch |
Retreat | Grant Fraggalosch |
The Fall of Usher | Gregory Cohen |
Killing Santa | Heath Houseman |
DNA | Heather Farlinger |
The Vampire's Babysitter | Heather Hale |
Scarlet Seas | JC Young |
SHE'S A DICK | JJ Wienkers-Alvendia |
Castle Itter | James Allen |
SUMO | James Russell |
THE GREAT SCOTT FAMILY REUNION | Janet Hetherington |
Floyd the Ninja | Jason Skorski |
Not Even Past | Jeffrey Howe |
The Conscription | Jennifer Milne |
Fallen | Jessica Chipley |
The Book of Crowns | Joan Cato |
Civil Warlords | Joe Kourieh |
HEX | Joey Capuana |
4/18 | John Chipman |
Booze Hounds | John Cicco |
Superseded | John Dorney |
Crimelords | John Mahony |
The Path | Jon Smith |
Badges & Bloodcraft | Jordan Petersen |
Sleepwalker | Jormond Thompson |
I Am Survival | Joseph Cataline |
At the Corner of Hitler and Goering | Joseph Kovler |
Zeroes | Josh Covitt |
Charm City | Josh Eiserike |
A P A R T | Josh Lee |
PSYCHOS | Joshua Sackheim |
Werewolves From Outer Space | Justin Nosler |
Valley Rats | Kalley Hoshaw |
VILLAINS INK | Karen Bryson |
Alanna Grimm | Kari Mote |
Free Spirits | Katharine Densmore |
DOG OF WAR | Katterina Powers |
Fate and Other Holes in the Fabric of the Universe | Kemmer Cope |
Leapfrog | Kevin Thomas |
K-Pop Dragon Slayers | Kevin Yee |
Cadence's | Kimmy O'Connell |
The Uncanny Uncle Andy | Kyle MORE |
Harvest | Lauren Rouse |
Treasure Road | Lauri Donahue |
SOLAMAT | Liam Allen-McGoran |
The Wizard's Unpaid Intern | Lindsay Gilman |
THE LION'S STORY | Lynn Esta Goldman |
EAST OF EARTH | Lynn Esta Goldman |
Remember, Jax | Malcolm Carter |
The Lamp | Mark Laing |
THE TIGRESS WHO CAME TO TOWN | Martin Keady |
Motel Kalifornia | Matt O'Connor |
Beast of Virginia | Matthew Corley |
This Is How It Ends | Melia Gabriel |
OPERATION PAPERCLIP | Michael Arnold |
Mustard Man and the Ketchup Queen | Michael Dunn |
Caligula: Dark Lord of Magic | Michael Karr |
WHITE OUT | Michael Lanahan |
Novus Arcanum | Michael Maxwell |
Here Lie Harry Houdini | Michael Pollock |
LIGHT: 1-Hour Pilot Script | Michael Schilf |
Dead on Our Feet | Nancy Duff |
The Keeper | Natasha Rodriguez |
The Necromancer's Guide to Success | Nathan D. Ludwig |
Dissolve | Nathan Dame |
Apocalypse Pizza | Nathan Patton |
Blue Xmas | Nick Growall |
CRAWL AWAY TO DIE | Nick Pollack |
The Fearheartz | Nolan Morgenstern |
Ade Meets: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti | Oluwaseun Olowo-Ake |
American Legends | Oscar Sifuentes |
MAX THE AX | Patricia Meyer |
Five Freaks in a Van | Patrick Guera & Thomas Cunningham |
Grave Crimes | Patrick Hackeling |
Jane Not So Fantastic | Paul Amerigo Catalanotto |
Nobody | Paul Catalanotto |
Edie | Paul Catalanotto |
Return To Me | Peter Buhl |
Beyond The Rift | Peter Rivera |
Reclamation | Peter Rívera |
The Stricken | Rob Pilkington |
Blood of the Manor | Robert Drusetta |
Sky Squadron | Robert Drusetta |
This Land is Your Land | Robert Rossetti |
Apples | Rodolfo Salas |
Nightstar: Pilot: Star light | Ronnie Thibodeaux |
Mandibles | Rudy Gray |
Time Janitors | Ryan Manns |
Aetria's Tale | Ryan Manns |
Joyless | Ryan Manns |
Johnny Was A Gangster | Scott A. López & Jesus F. Jauregui |
Crimson | Shaun Gold |
Night Lights vs. Dust Bunnies | Shaun Radecki |
Greg the Puddle | Shaun Radecki |
Big Shirt | Shaun Radecki |
ALADDIN AND THE FOURTH WISH | Shawn deLoache |
SUMMER SCHOOL | Sheila Barnes |
Blue Veil | Shireen Alihaji |
Riparian | Spenser Querry |
Super P.I. | Stephen Hoover |
Confirmed Bachelor | Steven Greenwood |
Inversion | Suzy Stein |
Henry Tibel's Fork | Tal Klein |
Strings - Changing Time | TavieAnna Bee |
Wonderland | Ted Wilkes |
Zeroes | Tedjo Imardjoko |
SHAOLIN WOLF-MAN | Tom Freyer |
Shattered Skies | Tom Levesque |
The Cabinet of Curios & Cryptids | Tory Smith |
PLASTIC | Tracy Grant |
Those Lead to Slaughter | Travis Williams |
Mission Appleseed - pilot | Trent Miller |
The Sea Bass | Tristram Lowe |
SUPER-CRAZY MOM | Vanessa Every-Burns |
Freakquency | Zachary Grashin & Jonathan Dittman |
THIS FIRE IS OUT OF CONTROL | Zachary Wanerman |
The Legends Within | Zayda Exeliz |
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