Imaginarium 2021 is proud to announce the screenplay finalists for this year’s event!

All finalists will be juried for awards that will be announced live at the Awards Banquet held during the Imaginarium 2021 weekend, on Saturday, July 10th! Juried Screenplay awards are recognized in both the Imadjinn Awards as well as our awards in the Imaginarium Convention Independent Film Festival.

This year’s entries through our platforms at FilmFreeway and the International Screenwriters’ Association represent our most competitive field yet, in the 8th year of the Imaginarium Convention!

Here is the list of finalists in both long and short format primary categories, with titles and screenwriters listed.

Long Format Screenplays (feature length)

Kill Class by Rens Konigshofen

Sonya Rykel’s ShoGun Generals by Jermaine Jones

Gimme Shelter Part Three by Kevin O’Neal

Gullun Drift by Richard Clarke

Death With Benefits by Sedona Feretto

Hardwood Heroes by Austin Lauer & Colin Kissel

Southern Gothic by John Budge & Adam Davenport

The Guardian by Amy Leigh McCorkle & Melissa Goodman

Lockridge by Mikeal Burgin

Safe by Sedona Feretto

Mr. Buchman Goes to Washington by Bill Baber

Review by Jonathan Zarantonello


Short Format Screenplays (films under feature length, short films, web series, TV pilots)

Chitlin by Michael Clifton

Apostate by Nathan Day

Graven by Michael Clifton

Identification by Larry Collins

Shatter & Discard by Thomas Moore

Colton Leach’s Little-Mister and The Best School Year A Kid Could Have by Colton Leach

Veil by Peter Hardy

German Ridge by Oliver Palmer

The Chosen by Amy McCorkle & Melissa Goodman

Fall by Nathan Day

An Affair to Remember by Rose Machario

The Pillar by Chris Vleck

EBO by L.E. Coleman

Mary, Marie, and Maria by Steve Bensinger

Girls Will Be Girls by Joshua Lakhamraju

New Comic Day by Michael Seminerio