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.

2025 WINNER

THE WOLF PACK

written by Tyler Weldon

Ben Murphy faces immense challenges from outlaws, mountain men, Native Americans and the harsh climate, when he moves his family to the newly created Wyoming Territory in 1869.

2025 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

40 SHADES OF GREEN: THE JUNKMAN OF BROOKLYN by Joan Flynn Beesley (based on the novel)

A CLOSE THING by Demitra Papadinis

AMERICAN LIBERTY by Wade F. Wilson (based on the Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave)

BUCKSHOT by Larry Jay Martin

BUFFALO CREEK by Vaughn Roste (based on the book "The Buffalo Creek Disaster" by Gerald M. Stern)

CAT 5 by Pamela Rabadi

DIVORCE IS NOT AN OPTION by Arch Horst and Michael J. Palmer

I IMADE IT TO THE MOON by Karen Campion

MADE IN HEAVEN by Steven Bogart

MAGGIE & FRANKLIN by John Anthony Herring

THE EDGE OF COVIDLAND by Michael Leppert

THE PURPLE HEART by Arnold John Popa III

WHAT WE CARRY (aka FOR THE LOVE OF GUNS) by Jena Mahne

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