2023 Fellowship Finalists Announced

bellem entertainment Finalists:

Briana Cox — Springfield, TN, USA — Indigent // Horror Drama Feature 

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

Laura Hunter Drago — Valencia, CA, USA — Kaleidoscopes // Thriller Feature  

Robin Farmer — Mechanicsville, VA, USA — Imprinted // Drama Feature

Emily James and Ashley George — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Volition // Action Thriller Feature

Shakthi Jothianandan — New York, NY, USA — Dentata // Body Horror Drama TV – 1 hour

Brenda LePage — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — Peculiar // Horror Drama TV – 1 hour

Rae Shaw — Oakland, CA, USA — Hear Me Scream // True Crime Horror Feature

Sierra Smith — Dona Vista, FL, USA — Triggered // Dark Comedy TV – 1 hour

Lauren Sweet — Reseda, CA, USA — Brightside, Inc. // Drama Feature

Final Draft finalists:

Whitni Resides and Mark Brown — Nashville, TN, USA — Redneck Army // Western Drama TV – 1 hour

Jeremy Craig — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Run the Storm // Action Feature

Peter Forbes — Grand Junction, CO, USA — Dream Kingdom // SciFi YA Fantasy Feature

Nina Hodge — Atlanta, GA, USA — Snow Way Out // Christmas Comedy Feature

Kate Imy — Denton, TX, USA — Captain Blood // Family Adventure Feature

Roisin Kearney — Dublin, Ireland — Spoke // Teen Drama Feature

Thomas Schrack — Washington, DC, USA — Natty Light — Coming-of-Age Comedy Feature

Vicki Speegle — South Orange, NJ, USA — Elvis Has Left the Building // Dark Comedy Feature

Matthew Stewart — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Cointelpro // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour

Andrea Walter — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Syncopation // Coming-of-Age Comedy Feature

Film Fatales finalists:

Claire Leona Apps — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Her Country Too // Dramedy Road Trip Feature

Alex Bush — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Thaw // Romance, Suspense Drama Feature

StormMiguel Florez — San Francisco, CA, USA — Welcome To Roswell // Mockumentary Comedy Feature

Marissa High — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Worst Time of Your Life // Horror Coming-of-Age Comedy Feature

Shanra J Kehl — Santa Monica, CA, USA — Duplicitous // Drama TV – 1 hour

Julia Maddox — Jackson Heights, NY, USA — More Than A Heart Can Hold // LGBTQ+ Family Drama Feature

Shehrezad Maher — Philadelphia, PA, USA — Theory of Colors // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature

Sarah Nocquet — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Second Nature // SciFi Drama Thriller Feature

Nicole Quinn — Accord, NY, USA — Bearing Witness // Coming-of-Age Thriller TV – Mini Series

Claudia Elena Rodriguez — Miami, FL, USA / Glendale, CA, USA — The Last Party Girl // Drama Feature

Eve Symington — Morro Bay, CA, USA — Sundown // Horror Feature  

Dana Turken — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Yes No Hello Goodbye // Supernatural Drama Feature

Law Firm of stacey davis finalists:

Ellen Ancui — Pasadena, CA, USA — Long Island Girls // Dark Comedy Animation TV – ½ hour

Leslie-Ann Coles — Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada — Soiled Dove // Western Feature

Elisabeth Dale — West Hollywood, CA, USA — Unbecoming (Pilot) // Comedy TV – ½ hour

Sonya Davis — East Elmhurst, NY, USA — Honor // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour

Candace Egan — O Neals, CA, USA — Second Set // Comedy TV – ½ hour

Annie Gowen — Lawrence, KS, USA — The Barbershop Girls // Drama Feature

Melanie Jeffcoat — Hoover, AL, USA — Waiting for the Day // Drama Feature

Nancy Liu — San Francisco, CA, USA — Interlude // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature

Alicia Slimmer — Mystic, CT, USA — Bellringer // Drama TV – 1 hour

Rangeley Wallace — Bethesda, MD, USA — When Drew Died // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour

NYX Horror Collective finalists:

Merridith Allen — Studio City, CA, USA — SENSEI // Psychological Horror Drama Feature

Shelley Gustavson — Oak Park, IL, USA — Muse // Supernatural Horror Feature

Ellen Ireland — Banning, CA, USA — Crow House // Horror Feature

Ariella Papa — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Crone: A Christmas Story // Horror Folklore Feature

Agnes Peel-McGregor — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Storm // Psychological Horror Feature

Jenny Deiker Restivo — Santa Monica, CA, USA — Blood Boy // Horror Feature

Mai and Kim Spurlock (The Spurlock Sisters) — Irvington, NY, USA — Good Sisters // Horror Feature

Nanea Taylor — Charlotte, NC, USA — To the Bone // Horror TV – ½ hour

Jennifer Trudrung — Asheville, NC, USA — Biter // Horror Thriller Feature

Nil Unerdem — Novato, CA, USA — Human Stalk // Horror Comedy Feature

Maven Screen Media finalists:

Rebekah Covington — North Hollywood, CA, USA — Missing Girls Club // Drama TV – 1 hour 

Katie Crone — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Cult Town // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour

Margaret Lazarus Dean — Knoxville, TN, USA — Space Oddities // Drama TV – 1 hour

Elyse Dolbec — Holmdel, NJ, USA — Disordered // Horror Drama TV – ½ hour

Jolie Huang — New York, NY, USA — Rule of Law // Drama TV – 1 hour

Christine McKeever — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Fresh Hell // Dark Comedy Action TV – 1 hour

Denise Meyers — Mars Hill, NC, USA — Del Rio // Crime Drama TV – 1 hour

Rebecca Louise Miller — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Catch & Release // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour

Stacey Russell — Mount Juliet, TN, USA — Like You Stole It // SciFi Western Drama TV – 1 hour

Alison Weaverdyck — Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany — No Rest for the Wicked // Paranormal Drama TV – 1 hour

PAGE International Screenwriting Awards finalists:

Marlena Brown — New York, NY, USA — True Falls // Mystery Drama TV – 1 hour

Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo — Alexandria, VA, USA — Club Drama // LGBTQ+ Drama TV – 1 hour

Katy Dore — San Luis Obispo, CA, USA — Piper // Historical LGBTQ+ Drama Feature

Drina Connors Kay — Wilmington, NC, USA — Lilium Effect // Grounded SciFi Drama Feature

Colin Matthews — Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada — Alice Diamond & The Forty Elephants // Historical Action Drama TV – 1 hour

Pauline McAlonan — Finksburg, MD, USA — Saints & Scholars // Period Drama Feature

Sarah Mokh — New Brunswick, NJ, USA — Diary of a Muslim Cynic // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature

Todd Scheiperpeter — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Par 3 // Drama Comedy Feature

Steve Smith — Thousand Oaks, CA, USA — Under Pressure // Drama Thriller Feature

Jane Therese — Revere, PA, USA — The Navajo and The Astronaut // Satirical Dramedy Feature

SAGindie finalists:

Arayna Eison — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Perdido // Period Drama TV - 1 hour 

Teri Elam — Augusta, GA, USA — Living Your Best Wife // Comedy, Drama Feature

Chaseedaw Giles — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Final Cut // Drama Feature

Kaci Hamilton — Sherman Oaks, CA, USA — A Jamaican in Alaska // Screwball Dark Comedy TV - ½ hour

Donna Hull — Austin, TX, USA — The Guardian // Family Drama Feature

Isabella Jackson — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Powerhouse // Psychological Horror Drama Feature

Terron Jones — Bronx, NY, USA — ibrahim // Drama Feature

Benjamin Mulholland — Oakland, CA, USA — The Lake Merritt Monster // SciFi Monster Adventure Feature

Jennifer Rossi — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Pedaling Pursuants // Drama Thriller Feature

Jess Waters — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Gleason’s // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour

Sidewalk Film Festival finalists:

Tiffany Albright — Greensboro, NC, USA — Wild Territory // Drama Feature

Patrice D. Bowman — New York, NY, USA — Father’s Shadow // Psycho-Supernatural Horror Feature

Hymnson Chan — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Dai Lo // Grounded SciFi Action TV – 1 hour 

Kendra Christel — Douglasville, GA, USA — In His Image // Drama Feature

Christin Finch — USA — Raised by Dogs // Drama Feature

Noah Glenn — Memphis, TN, USA — Bike Lane Ends // Family Adventure Feature

Daniel Maldonado — New York, NY, USA — The Pounding Echo Of The Cucubana & The Coqui // Magical Surrealism Drama Feature

Kathryn Orwig — Michigan, USA — Casus Belli // Mafia Murder Action Mystery TV 1 – hour

Ricardo Varona — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Second Jansens // Dark Comedy Drama TV – 1 hour

Michael Wells — Bronx, NY, USA — Children of The South // Supernatural Drama TV – 1 hour

stowe diverse voices finalists:

Emma Barrow — Portland, OR, USA — Other Plans // Dramedy Feature

Alan Mah Baxter — Valencia, CA, USA — Emergent // SciFi Drama Thriller TV-1 hour

Mark Bowes — Palm Springs, CA, USA — Life During Wartime // Drama TV – 1 hour

Dante Desmond — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Charlotte // Historical Horror Feature 

Stacie Hawkins — Carson, CA, USA — Midnight Marauders // Historical Drama Action TV – 1 hour

Goldie Jones — North Hollywood, CA, USA — Russian Dolls // Action Crime Thriller Feature

Ward Kamel — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Tarab // Drama Thriller Feature

Miguel Orozco — Camarillo, CA, USA — Mixteco Kid // Drama Feature

Natasha Rivera — Bronx, NY, USA — Cannon // SciFi Action Drama TV 1 – hour

Amy Bin Tiong — Brooklyn, NY, USA — When You’re Ready To Go // Coming-of-Age Horror Feature

Brandon Vedder — Auburn, CA, USA — Miracle Man // Drama TV – 1 hour

studio skyfire finalists:

Christine Autrand Mitchell — Tigard, OR, USA — Anning Station // SciFi Thriller TV – 1 hour

Kylie Boersma — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Once and Future // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour

Jessica W. Chen — Brooklyn, NY, USA — The Legend of the Chow Chow Heroes // Action, Adventure YA TV – 1 hour

Cassidy Civiero — Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — She Started Getting Messages from the Center of the Earth // SciFi Climate TV – ½ hour

Thomas Huisking — Culver City, CA, USA — The Rest of Reality // SciFi TV – 1 hour

Irene Jiang — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Torchlight // SciFi Thriller TV – 1 hour

Ruth Jiang — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Hand // SciFi Drama TV – 1 hour 

Marcus Tappan — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Nubarium // Animated SciFi TV – ½ hour

Sarah White — South Salem, NY, USA — Ungodly Hours // Horror Comedy TV – ½ hour

Trevor Zhou — Alhambra, CA, USA — Untitled Slasher // Horror Comedy Feature

Tangerine Entertainment finalists:

Alessandra Bautze — Decatur, GA, USA — Racing the Wolf God // Sports Drama Feature

Julia Bergeron — Woodland Hills, CA, USA — Austen Time // Romantic Comedy Feature

Andrea Berting — Chicago, IL, USA — Breast in Show // Dark Comedy Feature

Lauren Ferebee — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Brilliance // Drama Feature 

Jonquil Goode — Redondo Beach, CA, USA — Minnesota Nice // Dark Comedy Feature

Kelsey Jones — Prospect, KY, USA — Dating Emily Park // Romantic Comedy LGBTQIA+ Feature

Jessica Mollo — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Suture // Thriller Crime Drama Feature

Samantha Moody — Worcestershire, England — Witch Tits // Drama Comedy TV – 1 hour

Geneviève Paiement — Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Helen’s War // Drama Feature 

Sarah Tihany — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Ghost Flower // Western Thriller Feature

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

our University of Vermont Fellow will be announced when we complete all other fellowship reviews in early april.

Many thanks to our fellowship partners, friends, sponsors and supporters. The semifinalists and finalists for fellowships to our programs are decided through a competitive application review by the Stowe Story Labs Review Team. This year the NYX team selected the finalists.

The final selection for the Bellem Entertainment, Film Fatales, Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis. Maven Screen Media, Nyx Horror Collective, SAGindie, Sidewalk Film Festival, Studio SKYFIRE, and Tangerine fellowships are made by our partners for those fellowships. Congratulations again to all who advanced in these reviews.

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

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