2023 Fellowship Semifinalists Announced

bellem entertainment Semifinalists:

Jennifer Cardinal — Martinez, GA, USA — Winning // Sports Drama TV – 1 hour

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

Christin Hanly — Calgary, Alberta, Canada — Bitches // Fantasy Period Drama TV – 1 hour

Pamela Harris — New York, NY, USA — Caligari // Horror Feature

Angel Hilson — Atlanta, GA, USA — My Happy Place // Family Crime Drama TV – 1 hour 

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

Alyssa Katalyna — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Towards the Setting Moon // Family Horror Drama

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

Lauren LoGiudice — New York, NY, USA — Honestly // Comedy TV – ½ hour

Meghan McGuire — Chicago, IL, USA — The Way Life Should Be // Comedy TV – ½ hour

Dee Mick — Portland, OR, USA — Something Has To Be Done About Mother // Horror Feature

Amanda Minchin — State College, PA, USA — No Place for Us // Historical Gothic Horror TV – 1 hour 

Julie Sharbutt — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Salvaged // Horror Comedy TV – ½ 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 Semifinalists:

Melissa Alfredson — Kildeer, IL, USA — Unbecoming // Dramedy Feature

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

Dale Janda — Indio, CA, USA — Finding Tyler Greene // Coming-of-age LGBTQ+ Drama Feature

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

Justin Nishioka — New Canaan, CT, USA — The Formula for Finding Mr. Right // Family Rom-Com Feature

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

Adam Sheridan — Seattle, WA, USA — A Proper Wife for Sam — 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

Toby Tieger — Philadelphia, PA, USA — The Illuminati Kid // Fantasy Family Drama TV – 1 hour

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

Christopher Wright — Silver Spring, MD, USA — MacGuffin // Dark Comedy Mystery Thriller Feature

Tatyana Yassukovich — Philadelphia, PA, USA — Evocation // Drama Biopic Feature

Film Fatales Semifinalists:

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

Laina Barakat and Sarah Sandback — Marlborough, NH, USA — Mouth of the Bull // Magical Realism Drama Feature

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

Lisa Cole — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Filthy // Dramedy Feature

Scout Durwood — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Random Acts // Dark Comedy Feature

Kyle Sosa Frederick — Clifton, VA, USA — What Is Meant For You Will Find You // Mystery Horror Thriller Feature

Christine Fugate — Santa Ana, CA, USA — The Virgins // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour

Malerie Grady — Atlanta, GA, USA — Under Contract // Romantic 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

Amy Omar — New York, NY, USA — Kismet // Comedy TV – ½ hour

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

Sofia Simanovich — Toronto, Ontario, Canada — The Last Lightkeeper // Romance Drama Mystery Feature

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

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

Alana Waksman — Glendale, CA, USA — She Falls Like Water // Drama Thriller Feature

Jenny Waldo — Sugar Land, TX, USA — Martha’s Mustang // True Story Dramedy Feature

Law Firm of stacey davis Semifinalists:

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

Nina-Marie Gardner — Paris, France — A Certain Age // Drama Comedy TV – 1 hour

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

Robin Hackett — New York, NY, USA — Domino // Family Dramedy Feature

Melody Herr — Fort Mill, SC, USA — Tapped Out // Drama Comedy TV – 1 hour

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

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

Jodi Lustig — New York, NY, USA — Mad Hadley // Comedy TV – ½ hour

Cindy Marcus — Valencia, CA, USA — Unveiled // Dramedy Feature

Glenna Meeks — New York, NY, USA — A Date with the Champ // Comedy Feature

Kari Mote — Portland, OR, USA — è MORTO! // Fantasy Horror Drama TV – ½ hour

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

Carrie Spellman — Arden, NC, USA — See You Next Tuesday // Female Buddy Action Feature

Tammy Lynne Stoner — Lake Oswego, OR, USA — Sugar Land // Drama TV – 1 hour

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

V.R. Marianne Zahn — Pasadena, CA, USA — Sam Katt, Detective // Animated Film Noir Feature

NYX Horror Collective Semifinalists:

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

Katherine Allen — Brooklyn, NY, USA — The Mardorom // Magikal Surrealism Horror Feature

Victoria Charters — Santa Barbara, CA, USA — American Maya // Psychological Horror Feature

Alyscia Cunningham — Silver Spring, MD, USA — Surveyance // Supernatural Horror Feature

Bethan Gibbs — London, England — The Prepper // Horror Feature

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

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

Maria Deanna Laquian — Union City, CA, USA — Magdalena // Elevated Horror Gothic TV – ½ hour

Liz Maestri — Brooklyn, NY, USA — P.R.O.M. // Horror Feature

Phet Mahathongdy — Hawthorne, CA, USA — Go To Sleep // Dramatic Thriller 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

Alyssa Stevens — Poway, CA, USA — The Corruption // 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 Semifinalists:

Kate Chrisman — Berlin, Germany — Outsourced // Comedy Drama TV – ½ hour 

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

Katharine Densmore — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Death & Detroit // Drama TV – 1 hour

Jeanette Dilone — New York, NY, USA — Cheat Code // Teen Crime Dramedy TV – ½ hour

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

Heidi-Marie Ferren — Manhattan Beach, CA, USA — Orphan Child // Dramedy TV – 1 hour

Rachel Fisher — Maplewood, NJ, USA — Roots & Branches // Family Drama TV – 1 hour

Ruth Fowler — Inglewood, CA, USA — Topangry // Drama TV – 1 hour

Suzanne Griffin — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Blood and Dreams // Historical Adventure Drama TV – 1 hour

CoCo Harris — Greenville, SC, USA — Dopamine // Comedy TV – ½ hour

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

Stephanie Jacobs — Long Beach, CA, USA — JoyRide // Dramedy TV – ½ hour

Savannah Lucas — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Spokes // Comedy Drama TV – ½ hour

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

Christine Medrano — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Flop // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour

Cheryl Meyer — Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Chronic Elle // Dramedy 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

Gina Mingione — Astoria, NY, USA — Sea Legs // Comedy TV – ½ hour

Daisy Rosato — Brooklyn, NY, USA — On The Edge // Drama TV – 1 hour

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

Molly Stark-Ragsdale — Missoula, MT, USA — Leonard’s Fourteen Lives // Dark Comedy TV – 1 hour

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

PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Semifinalists:

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

Nick Taylor Buck — Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England — Stub // Techno-thriller Feature

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

Caroline Connolly — Boston, MA, USA — Bad Influencer // Comedy TV – ½ 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

Alison McGrath — Sausalito, CA, USA — Middlehood // Comedy Feature

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

Karen Pluemer — Platteville, WI, USA — The Business of Love // Romantic Comedy Feature

Hilari Scarl — Burbank, CA, USA — Om // Magical Realism Musical 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

Laurie Whitaker — Palm Springs, CA, USA — The Wind Chimes an American Musical // Period Musical Drama Feature

SAGindie Semifinalists:

Nine Blackmon — Chicago, IL, USA — His Eye Tooth // Horror, Black-Period Piece Feature

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

Kaydx — Atlanta, GA, USA — Unalive // True Crime, Thriller Drama TV Miniseries

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

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

Travon Epps — New York, NY, USA — Crossing // Comedy, Drama TV - 1/2 hour

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

Jordan Hannah — Houston, TX, USA — A World with No Heroes // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature

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

Brooke Obie — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Closer to Love // Dramedy Feature

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

Mohana Rajakumar — Springfield, VA, USA — Grades Before Spades // Comedy Feature

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

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

Tyler Young — Alpharetta, GA, USA — Remember the Time // Dark Comedy TV - ½ hour

Alex Bijan Zandi — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Saffron Threads // Social Thriller Drama Feature

Sidewalk Film Festival Semifinalists:

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

Nehemias Colindres — Berlin, Germany — Vida Eterna (Eternal Life) // Dark Comedy Feature

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

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

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

Howard Hong — Draper, UT, USA — Sex, Religion, and Uncle Willy // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour

Jenna Larson — Los Angeles, CA, USA — VIPs // Dramedy TV – ½ hour

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

Lucas Miller — Arden Hills, MN, USA — Always, Forever // Family Drama LGBTQIA+ Feature

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

Margaux Poupard — Oakland, CA, USA — White Lies // Comedy TV – ½ hour

Dalila Ali Rajah — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Magickal Thinker l Blossoming Wisdom // Dramedy TV – 1 hour 

Abitha Ramachandran — London, England — Ashoka the Great // Historical Fiction Drama TV – 1 hour

Cecelia Ticktin — Roosevelt, NJ, USA — Chronic // Dark Comedy TV – ½ 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

Dominic White — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Polaroid Joe // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature

studio skyfire Semifinalists:

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

Yohanna Baez — Bronx, NY, USA — All Night Deli // SciFi TV – ½ hour

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

Nisha Burton — Ashland, OR, USA — Stillness // SciFi Drama Feature

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

Lance Edmands — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Dead River // Historical Horror Feature

Ashley Green — New York, NY, USA — Gully // Crime Drama TV – ½ hour

Shelley Gustavson — Oak Park, IL, USA — The Coyote // Fantasy Family Feature

Marie-Emmanuelle Thomas Hartness — Cambridge, MA, USA — Asia // SciFi Drama Feature

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 

Mandi Maxwell — Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Metagame // Fantasy YA LGBTQ+ Feature

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

Jessica Vance — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Nightingales // SciFi TV – Miniseries

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

Alia Zeid — Campbell, CA, USA — GreyHats // Crime Thriller TV – 1 hour

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

Tangerine Entertainment Semifinalists:

Roisin Agnew — London, England — Hit Where It Hurts // Thriller Feature

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

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

Kate Bernstein — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Jess & Mike // Psychological Drama Thriller Feature

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

Shannon Lee Clair — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Above Snakes // Drama Feature

Jade Edwards — London, England — Fermata // Music, Family Drama 

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

Jeanine Frost — South Newfane, VT, USA — A Vermont Story // Romantic 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 

Susan Polk — Belleville, NJ, USA — Amen & Ameen // Drama Feature

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

Selin Sevinc — Bend, OR, USA — Home Sounds // Dark Comedy Feature

Sarah Street — Queens, NY, USA — The Mustache Ride // Comedy Feature

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

Kel Vance — Austral, NSW, Australia — Wrong Shade of Blue // Drama Feature

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

Please note our finalists for the stowe diversity Fellowship will be announced in the next few weeks and our University of Vermont Fellow will be announced when we complete all other fellowship reviews.

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. 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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