Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest

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Opened: July 1, 2025
Closed: September 30, 2025

Contest Results

Celebrating 89 award recipients

Winner - Best Screenplay Laurel
Best Screenplay

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

by Jocelyn Jacobs

Winner - Best TV Script Laurel
Best TV Script

SALLY WHITE

by Katrina Jaxson

Winner - Best Short Script Laurel
Best Short Script

WASPRINGA

by Molly Grev

Quarterfinalists51 recipients

IDOLS LOVE ESCAPADES

by Tatiana Tatiana

SYNCOPE

by Ibrahim José Buznego

Till I'm Old & Gray

by Alysha Nunez

VINE STREET

by Kent Hagen

AAINA (MIRROR)

by Arshia Shabbir

One Hour In Neukölln

by Kevin P Ryan

THE WEIGHT OF ASH

by Leonidas Stanescu

The Greens at Palm Scheme

by Paul Bourassa

Red Sneakers

by Jennifer Galm

Gross Prophet

by Kathryn Robinson

Poseidon's Wrath

by Victoria Mullen

Why Gamble on Love

by Yihui Hu

Black Friday 1978

by Ruben Quesada

Desperately Seeking Commitment

by Lulu Oparanozie

Unacceptable

by Damien Mulvany

BETWEEN BULLETS

by Evette Natasha Betancourt

Escape From Camp Lazarus

by Mark Jones

Elven

by Matthew Tallacksen

AI DO

by Willi Patterson

UNDEAD EXPRESS

by Evette Natasha Betancourt

FROM BEALE STREET TO OBLIVION

by Matt Brown

The Twenty Seven Club

by Brian Tell

Macho Picchu

by Noah Greenspan

I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU

by Michael Elliott

Pitch Deck America's Winemakers: Their Epic 400-Year Jouney

by Gary Robins

Losing Light

by Nick Pullia

THE DANDY

by Frederick Rauschenbach

MANDY @ THE GRAND

by Aaron Michael Bailey

Suddenly Silver Lake

by Gavin Glynn

INFECTIOUS MILES

by Anthony Cross

Stephanie Dellacosta

by Al Naffah

Muscle Beach

by Robert Houck

Makin' It

by Mike Bloebaum

No Cap

by Daniel Hidalgo

THE BLACK HEART BOOK

by Nib Star

Pocket Litter

by Mike Bloebaum

7 Angry Feminists

by Thevin Thiagaraja

Heat of the Moment

by Arthur Demetrius Glenn

THE SEVENTH INNING

by Steve Kaleff

Hacked

by Jonathan Ruppert

GOT TO BE CERTAIN

by Marc Nelson

The Manager

by Garrett Abdo

When Pigs Fly

by Terry Podnar

Vetting Matilda

by Pedro Vasquez

Bunco

by Robert Houck

Jimi, Janis and Jim Must Die

by John Arnau

WIND

by Sal Wildgoats

The Orange Chihuahua

by Kelly Ann Guglietti

UNCLE CHARLIE’S UNCLE CHARLIE Revised

by Joel Wein

When Vengeance Wears Heels

by Robert Holton

TIME HAS COME TODAY

by Craig Sultan

Semifinalists24 recipients

THE LAST EMBER

by Kevin P Ryan

Arctic Fix

by Randy Taylor

The Skywalker

by George R Strayton

American Fairy Tales (Revision 25_073)

by A. S. Templeton

In Broad Daylight

by Sandy Snow

EMBERS

by Ruth Earley

ROBOT PARTY

by Ej Randall

13 Steps

by Loren Davis

SPIRITS OF THE CRANE

by Vahe Ohanian

Brodhead Society

by Christopher Scott

SOLOMON'S TRAIN

by Troy Perkins

BRACERO

by Jason Keepler

THE MASK OF THE DRAGONFLY

by Robert McCullough

POLAR BREAK

by Thomas Digiacinto

The Breaking of Bob Howard

by George R Strayton

A STILL SMALL VOICE

by Marwa Bernstein

Johanna's Vision

by Cindy Cannon

Shadow Self

by Thomas Zimmerman

The Rights of the Woman

by Melonie Magruder

WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN?

by Michael Elliott

When Will I See You Again?

by Michael Elliott

FOR NOW

by Billy Mandarino

THE SUMMER OF JOHN HENRY

by Richard Ehrenreich

Murder on Mars

by Patrick McKinley

Finalists11 recipients

THE CURSED AND THE FAVORED

by Brock Laborde

Stationary

by Kathryn Robinson

HALF BROKE

by Matthew Stroud

Private Burials

by Andrea Daveline

Frozen Lies

by Eric Lotter

Instinct

by Mike Ad

Approaching Kelly

by Daniel Odair

THE DOUBLE

by Skyler Millicano

UNCLE CHARLIE’S UNCLE CHARLIE

by Joel Wein

Let's Talk Tacheles

by Matthew Danciger

FINAL REUNION

by Staffan Von Zeipel

Season Stats

127

Entries

89

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