American Story Showcase
The American Story Showcase recognizes scripts, books, short stories, & stage plays in any genre that features a story that captures the American Spirit.
2024 WINNER
THE FRONTIER
written by Jake Abelman
In 1840's America, frontierman and scout Kit Carson guides John Fremont's expedition into California, before joining the Mexican-American War, and engaging in a daring rescue mission after the Battle of Pasqual.
2024 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
4-19-95 by Matt Skuta
A QUIET TOWN by Staton Rabin
A SHERIFF'S WAR by J. Jermaine Jones
AFTERMATH by Jonathan Turner Smith
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH by Samuel Lee Taylor
BANISHED: THE STORY OF A GREAT INJUSTICE by Cody McDevitt
EMMA WHO? by Laura M. Edmundson
FLYING BIRD'S DIARY by Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
GALLATIN (Pilot) by Ryan Skinner
GHOSTWRITER (Episode One: The Fairies' Midwife") by Lawrence Wells
GIANT ALONG THE PLAINS by Daniel Duren
GRASS THROUGH PAVEMENT by Peter Trivelas
HARDSCRABBLE: THE RISE OF ULYSSES S. GRANT by William Ray
HEMINGWAY COUNTRY by Darren C. Sullivan (based on the short stories "Hills Like White Elephants", "Up in Michigan", "Indian Camp", "The End of Something", and "Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemingway)
KASHINO by Vince Matsudaira
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF MONSTERS by Timothy & Cathleen O'Rawe
MEET HIM IN HELL by Janine Meston
NOT MRS. SINGER by John Clive Carter
ORDINARY COURAGE by Richard Stansell-Gamm
PICKLEBALL KILLER by Jim Carroll
POINT OF CHANGE by Tom Lambert
RUNNING by Sean Chandler
SACRED SUN by Michael Louis Gould
SAFE PASSAGE GUARANTEED by Pete Torrey
SILAS by Daisy Weaver
SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME IN AMERICA by Matt Lewis
SUPER ULTRA BIG BLUE SKY COUNTRY by Tony Bustamante & Michael Conley
TELEMACHUS '76 by K.C. Wilson
THE ADVENTURES OF HARRIS & JERMAINE by Amber White
THE BROKEN ROAD by Tommy Anderson
THE ENGINE OF OUR DISRUPTION by Patricia Milton
THE LAST SQUADRON by Bryce Hatch
THE LEAVEN by The Old Coat Society (Sarah Ann Bass, Andrew Juran Bass, Rachel Danae Bass & Catherine Grace Bass)
THE STAR THROWER by Kathleen Welton (inspired by the essay "The Star Thrower" by Loren Eiseley)
THE TRIALS OF THOMAS(INE) HALL by Vaughn Roste
THINGAMAJIGS: AN AMERICAN FAIRY TALE by A.S. Templeton (based on the short story "The Girl Who Owned a Bear" by Lyman Frank Baum)
TIC TALK: LIVING WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME by Dylan Peters
WAY OF THE NORTH by Brian Morgan
