August 2, 2023,
Top 10 Finalists - 2023 Shorts Competition
Roadmap Writers is excited to announce the Top 10 Finalists for the 2023 Shorts Competition!
Open to both written and filmed shorts, the entries spanned a variety of genres and presented stories on both a personal and global scale. Stay tuned as we continue to announce how these impressive contenders advance toward our Grand Prize.
And now we’re pleased to announce...
The 2023 Finalists:
CHAT by Kim Hornsby
Logline: A young woman who develops a flirtatious online relationship with a stranger soon discovers that nothing is what it seems and you’re never as safe as you think you are.
HELPER by Sage Wells
Logline: A young boy left alone to care for his brother during quarantine hides from his spying neighbor, but when he finds himself in trouble he must ask for help, finding it in an unlikely ally.
KOREAN AMERICAN WITCHES SOCIETY by Jennifer Kim
Logline: Awkward Janie and her goth friend Minhee, the only Koreans in their rural Appalachian middle school, create a secret witchcraft society to try to save Janie's dad from cancer and make their own rules for surviving the seventh grade.
NIGHT OF THE BRIDE by Virat Pal
Logline: A young woman’s cries for help fall on deaf ears as a family holds her hostage, desperate to get their only son married through whatever sinister means necessary.
NIÑO DE VIDRIO (CHILD OF GLASS) by Gerardo Maravilla
Logline: A lonely Mexican boy searches for someone to play with and finds an unlikely companion in the mountains of his small town.
PICTURES ONLY by Charles Honeywood, Rachel Soland, & Kiko Peggs
Logline: To stay independently thriving during the start of an economic downturn during the late 1950s, a 25 year old Arts Teacher & Socialite is given the opportunity to elevate her lifestyle and secure her family’s future.
THE ASWANG by Matthew Sucher
Logline: An agoraphobic woman who lives with her granddaughter gets rattled when a strange man comes knocking after a car accident. Thinking Death has finally come for her, tensions rise when they discover there may just be an ancient evil among them after all.
THE LAST HURRAH by Mia Weinberger
Logline: Emma and Hunter are breaking up. But not until they spend one last perfect day together.
UN VIOLON by JOANNE BELLEW
Logline: A young boy who is desperate to play violin in his grandfather's orchestra, must make his first performance his greatest when the man falls ill.
WE ARE THE DEAD GIRLS by Kylie Boersma
Logline: Six young women murdered by serial killers question why we immortalize the men who do terrible things, rather than the women whose boundless potential they steal. Inspired by true stories.
Finalists
