2022 Fellowship Finalists Announced


Final Draft Finalists:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Film Fatales Finalists:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


The Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis Finalists:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


NYX Horror Collective Finalists:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kryssa Schemmerling — Brooklyn, NY — Sisters of Industry // Historical Horror Feature

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

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


Maven Screen Media Finalists:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Finalists:

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

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

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

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

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


SAGindie Finalists:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Sidewalk Film Festival Finalists:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Stowe Story Labs Diverse Voices Finalists:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Tangerine Entertainment Finalists:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


NewEnglandFilm.com Finalists:

Erin Enberg — Casco, ME — Peaking in the Valley // Drama Feature

Heather Faris — Watertown, MA — The Queen of Spades // Drama TV

Amanda Quinby — Easthampton, MA — The Many Lives of Mona Lisa // Drama Feature

Erik Van Wyck— Kennebunkport, ME — Entropy // Thriller Feature

Sarah Zeiser — Somerville, MA — Away with the Fairies // Drama TV


HollyShorts Finalists:

Peter Andrews — Mahopac, NY — Monetizing Helen // Drama Web Series

Daniel Leonard — Arlington, MA — Fire and Thirst // Drama-Action Feature

Nicole Murray — Los Angeles, CA — Dead Friends // Comedy TV

Deborah Navarra-Block — Palm Springs, CA — The Sexual History of Women // Dark Comedy Feature

Oona O’Leary — Chicago, IL — Re Possessed // Dark Comedy TV

Gabrielle Roberts — Hinsdale, IL — Level Up // Comedy Feature


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

Please note our Irish Film London, 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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