2022 Fellowship Semifinalists Announced

Final Draft Fellowship Semifinalists:

Rachel Beede — Tujunga, CA — Lights Out // Drama TV

Sahra Bhimji — Berkeley, CA — Lady Into Fox // Drama Feature

Joe Brener — Silver Spring, MD — State Line // Thriller Feature

Mark Brown — Nashville, TN — Redneck Army // Drama TV

Yaël Brunnert — Köln, Germany — When Jenna Almost Never Met The Real Liam // Comedy Feature

Morgan Dameron — Los Angeles, CA — Morgana Le Fey // Fantasy Feature

Rebecca Davey — Toronto, Canada — Trust Me // Dark Comedy TV

Lada Egorova — Los Angeles, CA — Night Witches // Action TV

Brian Farrey-Latz — Edina, MN — Me Again // Comedy TV

Michael Graf — Cottage Grove, WI — The Last Indian War // Drama Feature

John Hallmann — Los Angeles, CA — The Weather Brothers // Comedy Feature

Adam Kaiser — Culver City, CA — I'm A Prisoner In Alien Zoo // Comedy TV

Julie Koehnen — Minneapolis, MN — Summit Avenue // Drama TV

Jane Kelly Kosek — Studio City, CA — Dancing With Gravity // Drama Feature

Diane Lansing — Santa Monica, CA — Mad Art Gallery // Drama Feature

Alex Lyras — Los Angeles, CA — The Coast Of Nevada // Dark Comedy Feature

Jennifer Martin — Bay City, MI — The Imaginarium // Family Feature

Curtis Matzke — Chicago, IL — Tin Can // Drama TV

Jennifer Morris and Robbie Sublett — New York, NY — This Is Chuck // Dark Comedy TV

Brian Padian — Portland, OR — Devil's Bend // Horror Feature

Kathy Patterson — Beaver, PA — Righteous // Drama TV

Marlene Rhein — Redondo Beach, CA — When The Bass Drops // Drama Feature

Diane Joy Schmidt — Corrales, NM — Turquoise Mountain // Drama Feature

Tanmaya Shekhar — Brooklyn, NY — Fragrance // Drama TV

Joe Stankus — Brooklyn, NY — Capitaland // Drama Feature

Marc Stevens — Toronto, Canada — Escape // Thriller Feature

Roma Sur — Littleton, CO — Shillong Times // Drama Feature

Ida Yazdi — Los Angeles, CA — Old Haunts // Comedy TV

Richard Young — Toronto, Canada — Exalt // Scifi TV

Film Fatales Semifinalists:

Tiffany Albright — Greensboro, NC — Keepsake // Horror Feature

Zoe Camina — Brooklyn, NY — Alter // Dark Comedy Feature

Theresa Chiu — Long Beach, CA — Lost and Found // Drama Feature

Erika Cohn — Salt Lake City, UT — What You'll Remember // Drama Feature

Lindsey Copeland — Los Angeles, CA — Madam // Drama Feature

Luisa  Dantas — New Orleans, LA — Cross(ed) // Dark Comedy     TV

Emma Dibdin — Los Angeles, CA — Wayward // Drama TV

Amanda Eberhardt — Glendale, CA — Glorious Empire // Drama TV

Zoe Eisenberg — Pahoa, HI — Sundowners // Thriller Feature

Madison Sean Flannery — Hollywood, CA — Technicolor Noir // Dark Comedy Feature

Noor Gharzeddine — Los Angeles, CA — Cold Spoons // Drama Feature

LD Green — Richmond, CA — Journey to the Enchanted Inkwell // Fantasy Feature

Nicole Groton — North Hollywood, CA — Hurricane Hennley // Fantasy Feature

Alexis Irvin — Los Angeles, CA — The Broad in the Huddle // Comedy TV

Christina Lind — Brooklyn, NY — Feejee // Dark Comedy Feature

Catherine Loerke — Lisboa, Portugal — Seeing Red // Fantasy TV

Angela Danielovna Matemotja — Hawthorne, CA — 1989, A Punk Rock Love Story // Drama Feature

Rachel McClard — Sherman Oaks, CA — No Man's Land // Drama TV

Geneviève Paiement — Toronto, Canada — The Descent of Ina // Drama Feature

Sofia Palmero — Atlanta, GA — Totally Apocalyptic // Dark Comedy TV

Diana Peralta — Brooklyn, NY — No Love Lost // Thriller Feature

Tamara Perkins — Berkeley, CA — Sara // SciFi Feature

Daisy Rosato — Brooklyn, NY — Dancing Soldier // Drama Feature

Julie Sharbutt — Los Angeles, CA — Ghosties // Horror Feature

Laura Somers — Los Angeles, CA — A Good Forest For Dying // Drama TV

Vicki Speegle — South Orange, NJ — Loved Ones // Drama Feature

Aleksandra Szczepanowska — New York City, NY — The First Born // Thriller Feature

Anna Vecellio — Los Angeles, CA — Lost Prophet // Horror TV

Donna Bonilla Wheeler — Los Angeles, CA — Clash // Drama TV

Law Firm of stacey davis Semifinalists:

Melissa Alfredson — Kildeer, IL — House of David // Drama Feature

Shannon Amborn — Solon, IA — Garment // Drama TV

Susan Baronoff — Venice, CA — Created Equal // Drama TV

Gretl Claggett — Brooklyn, NY — Aether // Thriller TV

Larissa D’Andrea — San Diego, CA — Codename // Action Feature

Jessica Delfino — East Stroudsburg, PA — 40 or Bust // Comedy TV

Liz Dory — Brooklyn, NY — Room 3603 // Drama TV

Teri Elam — Augusta, GA — #Wifelessons: A Coming (Out) Of Age Story // Comedy Feature

Dedi Felman — Los Angeles, CA — The Immortalists // SciFi Feature

Rachel Fisher — Maplewood, NJ — Miss Perkins // Drama TV

Sarah Granger — Los Altos, CA — The Pain-Free Day // Drama Feature

Suzanne Griffin — Brooklyn, NY — The Age Of Desire // Drama     TV

Sara Hallowell — Studio City, CA — Gone Hollywood // Drama TV

Selaine Henriksen — Johnstown, Canada — Go Figure // Thriller Feature

Melissa Hunt — Marietta, GA — The Lilac Pact // Dramedy Feature

Anthea Jones — Stafford Heights, Australia — Compatible // Fantasy Feature

Laura LeeLun — Chicago, IL — Maternal Glo // Comedy Feature

Desi Lyon — Farnham, England — Talking to my Elf // Drama Feature

Laura Mannino — Los Angeles, CA — Bodice Rippers // Comedy TV

Kim McMillan — Chicago, IL — Crimson and Clover: The Trip of a Lifetime // Comedy Feature

Gwen Ogle — Blacksburg, VA — Research 1 // Comedy TV

Karen Pluemer — Platteville, WI — The Business Of Love // Comedy Feature

Cathy Randall — Sydney, Australia — Santa Whitebeard // Family Feature

Rebecca Robinson — Los Angeles, CA — Giselle // Horror Feature

Aimiende Negbenebor Sela — San Diego, CA — As the Cookie Crumbles // Musical TV

Lizzie Simon — New York, NY — The Off Season // Dark Comedy TV

Francine Zuckerman — Toronto, Canada — Le Débat (The Debate) // Drama Feature

NYX Horror Collective Semifinalists:

Oritte Bendory — New York, NY — Flawless // Horror Feature

Sandra Campbell — Houston, TX — Marked // Horror Feature

Kaili Capito — Los Angeles, CA — Regression // Horror Feature

Rachel Carey — Cranford Township, NJ — The Mother // Thriller    Feature

Cecilia Copeland — New York, NY — 13th St Scare // Horror Feature

Mary Cross — Toronto, Canada — 50 // Horror Feature

Gina DeAngelis — Williamsburg, VA — The Knocking at the Marsh // Horror Feature=

Romie Faienza — Winchester, MA — Radiance // Horror Feature

JC Farris — Des Plaines, IL — A Violent Flammable World // SciFi Feature

Dina Fiasconaro — Baltimore, MD — Beneath the Remains // Horror Feature

Avra Fox-Lerner — Brooklyn, NY — Blood Orange // Horror Feature

Sephera Giron — Etobicoke, Canada — The Calling // Horror TV

Shelley Gustavson — Oak Park, IL — Fall // Horror TV

Stephanie Hartnett — Burbank, CA — Beard // Horror Feature

Goldie Jones — North Hollywood, CA — Devil Makes Three // Horror Feature

Jaime Kawamoto — Hamilton, Canada — Growing Up Skarsgard // Horror Feature

Kamala Lane — Los Angeles, CA — Conundra // Horror Feature

Eunice Levis — Drexel Hill, PA — Keep // Horror Feature

Emma Millions — London, England — Is This Real? // Horror Feature

Wi-Moto Nyoka — Philadelphia, PA — Teeth // Horror TV

Arianna Ortiz — Los Angeles, CA — Mama, Don't // Thriller Feature

Agnes Peel-McGregor — Slawin, Poland — Storm // Horror Feature

Karen Sandler — Cameron Park, CA — Emptied // Horror Feature

Kryssa Schemmerling — Brooklyn, NY — Sisters of Industry // Drama Feature

Beverly Smith-Dawson — Phoenix, AZ — Mad Dog Run // Horror Feature

Mia Trachinger — Los Angeles, CA — The Rising // Horror Feature

Elizabeth Ziemska — Los Angeles, CA — The Huntress // Horror Feature

Maven Screen Media Semifinalists:

Christine (Cam) Autrand Mitchell — Tigard, OR — The Keystone // Thriller TV

Jaclyn Bethany — Jackson, MS — Margaret's Flood // Drama TV

Marissa Blanchard — New York, NY — All Good Girls Go To Hell // Thriller TV

Daisy Borders and Chloe Erwin — Brooklyn, NY — Mary & The Starving Ones // Fantasy TV 

Brit Cowan — New York, NY — The List: A Single Lady's Guide To Finding The Perfect Baby Daddy // Comedy TV

Victoria DeMartin — New York, NY — En Tournant // Drama TV

Linda Dillon Moya — Los Angeles, CA — Border Saints // Drama TV

Kate Fujimoto — Los Angeles, CA — We Are Family // Dark Comedy TV

Christine Garver — Sherman Oaks, CA — Fermentation // Dark Comedy TV

Imogen Grace — East York, Canada — Hope Springs // Drama TV

Sharony Green — Tuscaloosa, AL — Ungodly Blue // Drama TV

Dani Hanks — New York, NY — Knotty // Drama TV

Maren Leggett — Bethesda, MD — Out There // Drama TV

Rachel Liebling — Brooklyn, NY — Deep East Texas // Drama TV

Liz Maestri — Brooklyn, NY — Collegiate // Drama TV

Larissa Marten — New York, NY — Mrs. Chandelier // Dark Comedy TV

Kerry McPherson — Los Angeles, CA — Baby Saigon // Drama     Tv - 1 Hour Drama

Kate Mickere — Studio City, CA — Hag Face // Comedy TV

Rebecca Miller — Brooklyn, NY — Green-Wood // Animated TV

Lisa Mongillo — Brooklyn, NY — Streetlight // Dark Comedy TV

Rachael Morgan — Fortitude Valley, Australia — Disgraceful // Dark Comedy TV

Allyson Morgan — New York, NY — Betty Lee Is Missing // Drama TV

Rebekah Mueller — Peekskill, NY — Moonrise // Scifi TV

Jill Pangallo — New York, NY — Low Vibrations // Dark Comedy    TV

Stacey Russell — Mount Juliet, TN — Youngbloods // Drama TV

Amy Thurlow — Glendale, CA — The Unicorn // Comedy     TV

Jade Tremblay — Vancouver, Canada — Inappropriate // Drama TV

Rangeley Wallace — Bethesda, MD — Fearless // Drama    TV

Jenny Wynter — Ferny Hills, Australia — Off Grid // Comedy TV

PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Semifinalists:

Amy Blackwelder — Hurst, TX — Memory Snatchers // SciFi Feature

Krista Gallagher — Arlington, VA — Junior Varsity // Comedy TV

Jenny Gorelick — Brooklyn, NY — After D!sney // Comedy TV

Tara Hall — Los Angeles, CA — The Fall Girl // Comedy TV

Kate Imy — Denton, TX — Unsinkable // Drama TV

Nevil Jackson — Los Angeles, CA — The Hill // Comedy TV

Jeremy Leder — New York, NY— Dedicated to Morris Burke // Drama Feature

Caroline Mabey — London, England — Hair of the Dog // Comedy TV

Kari Mote — Portland, OR — A Romance Of Two Worlds // Fantasy TV

Scott Nabat — Sherman Oaks, CA — Lifeclock // SciFi Feature

Gabrielle Nehring — Honolulu, HI — The Last Encore // Drama Feature

Kathryn Orwig — MI — Not My Brother — Action Feature

Catharine Parke — Vancouver, Canada — Her Giant Self // Drama Feature

Maria Sanchez — San Francisco, CA — Hand In Hand // Thriller TV

Douglas Spaltro — Burleson, TX — Still // Drama Feature

SAGindie Semifinalists:

Samuel Autman — Greencastle, IN — A Dash Of Pepper In The Snow — Dark Comedy TV

Lemia Bodden — Berlin, Germany — Rheinland // Drama TV

Khris Burton — Schoelcher, Martinique — With Love Like Lava // Thriller Feature

Isza Ceesay — Troy, NY — Seoul Survivor // Comedy TV

Andre Cherry — Philadelphia, PA — Gentry // Drama Feature

Misa Dayson — New York, NY— Assimilated // Dark Comedy TV

Clarissa De Los Reyes — Brooklyn, NY — Johnny Loves Dolores // Drama Feature

Nina Hodge — Atlanta, GA — The Tale Of Our Totally Not Magical Christmas Sweaters // Comedy Feature

Stephanie Jeter — Chicago, IL — Fifth City // Drama Feature

Dhaya Lakshminarayanan — San Francisco, CA — One Big Happy // Comedy TV

Patrick Mensah-Boadi — Adelphi, MD — Trapped Queens —Fantasy TV

Ahmed Qaid — Oakdale, CA — Couples // Drama Feature

Michelle Robinson — Torrance, CA— Plaçage // Drama Feature

Charlie Schmidlin — Toluca Lake, CA — Vespers // Drama Feature

Keith Walker — New York, NY — 7 Maggots On Deaths Door // Horror Feature

Morgen Whiteman — Burbank, CA — African.American. // Fantasy Feature

Kameishia Wooten — Sherman Oaks, CA — Destiny's Road // Drama Feature

Sidewalk Film Festival Semifinalists:

Cara-Lynn Branch — Ontario, Canada — Fletcher: Teen Detective // Drama TV

Jeff Bretl — New York, NY — Sink Or Swim // Drama Feature

Kate Bryce — Decatur, GA — Merry Little Marketers // Dark Comedy TV

Benjamin Caro — Seattle, WA — March // Drama TV

James Choi — Chicago, IL — All Things Considered // Drama Feature

Lisa Cole — Los Angeles, CA — Filthy // Drama Feature

Asad Farooqui — Woodstock, GA — The Immigration Game // Dark Comedy Feature

Mary Gonzalez — Westminster, CO — Claire De Lune // Fantasy Feature

CoCo Harris — Greenville, SC — Dopamine // Comedy TV

Comika Hartford — Grass Valley, CA —The Cabin // Horror TV

Amy Hartman — Los Angeles, CA — Why Daz Is Dead // Drama TV

CJ Hatch — Bryn Mawr, PA — Cecil's Woods // Comedy Feature

Elisabeth Hayward — Staunton, VA — Murder-In-Marsh // Drama TV

Melanie Jeffcoat — Homewood, AL — Waiting For The Day // Drama Feature

Jessie Klearman — Marina Del Rey, CA — People Tales // Family Feature

Lu Lenoxx — New York City, NY — Hey Bestie! // Horror Feature

Andrea Metz — Sherman Oaks, CA — How Not To Be A Junkie // Dark Comedy TV

Marina Michelson — Los Angeles, CA — Anoushka // Drama Feature

Amanda Parham — Rancho Palos Verdes, CA — The Valkyrie // Fantasy TV

Yvonne Paulin — Stamford, CT — Where Light Hides // SciFi TV

Ashleigh Rains — Toronto, Canada — A Good Death // Drama Feature

DaManuel Richardson — Glendale, CA — The Squire // Drama TV

Rachel Salaman — London, England —The Web // Drama Feature

Liv Senghor — Brooklyn, NY — Brutal // Drama TV

Emese Monika Silai — Bistrita, Romania — The Wanderer // Drama Feature

Charity Stashwick — North Hollywood, CA — Molly // Thriller Feature

Ricardo Varona — Brooklyn, NY — Second Jansens // Drama TV

Alia Zeid — Campbell, CA — Morality Games // SciFi TV

Stowe Story Labs Diverse Voices Semifinalists:

Stephanie Adams-Santos — Hillsboro, OR — In the Land of the Rose // Fantasy TV

Gesley Alexis — Schenectady, NY — Ivy Weird // Comedy TV

Alan R. Baxter — Valencia, CA — Glacier Point // Thriller TV

Cime Bruce — Richboro, PA — Socktucker // Dark Comedy Feature

Jeremy Davis — Canton, OH — Scrapped Hope // Action TV

Gloria Duff — Livingston, AL — Ms. Daisy Coffee Shop // Family Feature

Rosa Falu — Dale, TX — Yaretzi's Quest // Animated Feature

Christa Hill — Atlanta, GA — At the Window Again // Drama Feature

Angela Inez — Silver Spring, MD — Zion // Drama TV

Shakthi Jothianandan — New York, NY — Dentata // Drama TV

Lyralen Kaye — Salem, MA — Assigned Female at Birth // Comedy Web Series

Kimon Koufogiannis — Los Angeles, CA — Of Greek Ghosts And Monsters (and the occasional God) // Dark Comedy TV

Gsus Lopez — London, England — You Weren't That Young // Drama Feature

Christopher Manydeeds — Rockville, MD — An Astronaut Returns // SciFi Feature

Melanie Maras — Los Angeles, CA — Orang Kaya Baru (The Newly Rich) // Dark Comedy TV

Leon Masters — Los Angeles, CA — Perdition // Thriller TV

Okema T.  Moore — Brooklyn, NY — Summerpoint // Drama Feature

Nerris Nevarez-Nassiri — South Pasadena, CA — Mo'allem (The Teacher) // Drama Feature

Ben Odom — West Hollywood, CA — Sunday // Drama TV

Nicole Quinn — Accord, NY — Pixie Pamela // Fantasy Feature

Salaams R — Oakland, CA — No More Sick Days // Dark Comedy TV

Max Rasmussen — Chicago, IL — Baby Queen // Comedy Feature

Darwin Serink — Los Angeles, CA — Paper Cranes // Drama Feature

Tapan Sharma — Shakopee, MN — Shuttlecock // Thriller TV

M.B.  Stevens — Phoenix, AZ — The 40 // SciFi TV

Stefanos Tai — New York, NY — Encore // Drama Feature

Allen Wu — New York, NY — Circus Of Smiles // Animated TV

Kristina Zacharias — Cestas, France — Moonshiner // Drama TV

Tangerine Entertainment Semifinalists:

Andrea Berting — Chicago, IL — Breast In Show // Comedy Feature

Anna Bierhaus — New York, NY — My Favorite Killer // Thriller Feature

Rachel Boyajian — Pasadena, CA — Pareidolia // Drama Feature

Tracey Bradley — Strafford, MO — Yardbird // Drama Feature

Anne Brashier — Mammoth Lakes, CA — How To Ruin A Wedding // Dark Comedy Feature

Susan Brunig — Oakland, CA — Generation Zed // Drama Feature

Elizabeth Chatelain — Brooklyn, NY — Løvset's Manoeuvre // Drama Feature

Amy Currul — Brooklyn, NY — Murder At River Creek // Dark Comedy TV

Janette Danielson & Giovana Frediani — Sherman Oaks, CA — Mean Streak // Comedy Feature

Margaret Lazarus Dean — Knoxville, TN — The New Guys // Drama TV

Denise Deegan — Dublin, Ireland —Tough Old Broad // Drama Feature

Nicole Donadio — Playa Del Rey, CA — Upside Downers // Drama Feature

Liza Donnelly — Rhinebeck, NY — The Fish In The Elevator // Drama Feature

Blanka Douglas — Chotomow, Poland — Symphony // Thriller Feature

Heidi Lauren Duke — Greensboro, VT — Un Vero Uomo (A True Man) // Dark Comedy Feature

Elizabeth Dwyer — Albuquerque, NM — When Ani Met Jo Met Chris // Comedy Feature

Megan Green — Los Angeles, CA — Eleanor & Jack // Drama Feature

W. G. Holley — Los Angeles, CA — In Anna // Horror Feature

Jane Miller — Los Angeles, CA — Pops // Comedy Feature

Ana Lydia Monaco — Los Angeles, CA — The Academy // Thriller Feature

Cas Pryer — Los Angeles, CA — Amorphous // Horror Feature

Sara Robin — Boston, MA — The Voice On The Water // SciFi Feature

Juliana Roth — New York, NY — Inheritance // Drama Feature

Marina Shron — New York, NY— The Image Makers // Thriller Feature

Anu Sukhdial — Stillwater, OK — Tabitha Drowning // Drama Feature

Marni Sullivan — Burbank, CA — Accountable // Drama TV - 1 Hour Drama

Emilie Upczak — Nederland, CO — Silt // Drama Feature

Malka Wallick — New York, NY — Our Bodies & Other Shames // Drama TV

Tuo (Kate) Wang — Beijing, China — Claire // Comedy Feature

Justine Williams — Brooklyn, NY — Another Day In Paradise // Comedy Feature

Congratulations! We wish you all the best of luck in the next round.

Please note our finalists for Hollyshorts, Irish Film London and the NewEnglandFilm.com Fellowship will be announced in the next few weeks and our Champlain College and University of Vermont Fellows will be announced when we complete all other fellowship reviews.

Many thanks to all of our fellowship partners, friends, sponsors, and supporters.

Stowe Story Labs is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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