SUMMER 2026 WILDsound Screenplay Winners & Honorable Mentions

WILDsound had a surplus of submissions for this quarter season. Enclosed is the list of WINNERS, who had a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a video. Plus, the honorable mentions, who although they didn’t formally win at the festival, are a group of screenwriters in select company.

WINNERS – 8:

Feature Script: A Misnamed Fate, by Chelsea Lin

WILDsound Festival Feature Script: A Misnamed Fate, by Chelsea Lin

Feature Script: MINT, by Jon C. Carlson

WILDsound Festival Feature Script: MINT, by Jon C. Carlson

Feature Script: Rabbi Rifkind, by Alex Barnett

WILDsound Festival Feature Script: Rabbi Rifkind, by Alex Barnett

Feature Script: The Language of War, by Semih Doğan

WILDsound Festival Feature Script: The Language of War, by Semih Doğan

Feature Screenplay: Webelos, by Travis W. Bruyer

WILDsound Festival Feature Screenplay: Webelos, by Travis W. Bruyer

Feature Screenplay: Scallywags, by Jason McCullough

WILDsound Festival Feature Screenplay: Scallywags, by Jason McCullough

Feature Script: It’s All a Blur, by Sandra Jones

WILDsound Festival Feature Script: It’s All a Blur, by Sandra Jones

TV PILOT: Crafty Lane, by Elena Moscatt

WILDsound Festival TV PILOT: Crafty Lane, by Elena Moscatt

HONORABLE MENTIONS – 40:

ASTRAY
Writer Sari Earl

Green Falcons
Writer Patricio O’Donnell

Baby Manual
Writer Arjun Dinakar

Where Off Earth Have You Been?
Writer Sammy Smedley

Gerimund Heljarskinn
Writer MARION S GREENW

The Nothingness in Between
Writer Julia Braniste

Rubicon in the 6
Writer Mark Seow

Up/Down
Writer Raymond Zachariass

Sana
Writers Sheida Sheikhha, Bruno Grandino

Chasing Adele
Writer Sharon Overend

The Soul Scouts
Writer Carter Glace

The Family Name
Writer Monte Albers de Leon

The Fall of Ted
Writer Monte Albers de Leon

Lucifer – The Forgotten
Writer Andrea Steigervald

The Back End
Writers Daniel Gessner, Kyle Campbell

5 AM
Writers Azadeh Akbarian, Mohsen Nabavi

Hindsight
Writer Arthur Tiersky

So Did I
Writer Nick Nelsen

Chameleon
Writer Russell C. Babcock

DELTA QI THETA
Writer Raymond A Davenp

The Perfect Match
Writer Sammy Smedley

The Meteor
Writer Sammy Smedley

Sorcerer’s Redemption
Writer Christopher Neumeyer

The Lone Wrestler
Submitter Patrick Brady

Losing It
Submitter Lisa Pryce

Bright Lights
Submitter Patrick Brady

The Outer Rim
Writer Dhun Sharma

Greg’s Dojo
Writer Jeremy Ray Burchard

La Roma Bene
Writer Amico Kolndrekaj

in transit
Writer Samuel Baptiste

THE LONGEST THREAD
Submitter Shreyansh Ojha

Day’s End
Writer Elliot Stanton

The Corridor Crossing
Writer Harry Waldman

GAME OF CONSEQUENCES: PHASE ONE
Writer Marcus De Storm

Cry Wolf
Writer Reham Ozjan Yeshar

Kananaskis
Writer Brad Himour

Project Winter
Writer Laurie Billay

Marigold
Writer Kevin Bibo

The Zeta Project: Tin Man
Writer S. E. Brown

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