Winners Best SHORT Screenplay The Lightkeeper's Tale written by Tim WaltonUnited States7 pages in total Best FEATURE Screenplay Beacon Beyond the Bay written by Bryan ReganUnited States103 pages in total Best Television Screenplay The Accidental Terrorist written by Stewart A Fergus, Geoff LewisUnited Kingdom64 pages in total First time writer (feature Screenplay) The Strongman written by Todd Ryan JonesUnited States105 pages in total First time writer (short Screenplay) FINDING ONESELF written by AGNIESZKA EWA FINDYSZPoland12 pages in total Best OXFORD Screenplay SPIRALMIND written by Benito F Perez, Jackson J SmithUnited States102 pages in total Best WRITER "It's An Italian Thing. No, It's a Black Thing!" written by Fran SiscoUnited States43 pages in total Best STUDENT Screenplay The Wisdom of Dragons written by John-Francis NeroUnited Kingdom60 pages in total Best SERIES EPISODE Screenplay DEMONS WAY - The Sapphire Stone written by Steven Paul McCarthyUnited Kingdom20 pages in total Best DRAMA Screenplay back written by Matthew WebsterUnited States60 pages in total Best COMEDY Screenplay Incident on Highway 7 written by J. Aldric GaudetCanada119 pages in total Best THRILLER Screenplay Overwhelming Darkness written by Steven Abel HartUnited Kingdom105 pages in total Best HORROR Screenplay Sin-eater written by Aaron HamiltonUnited States104 pages in total Honourable Mention (horror screenplay) Betty and the Blitz written by Mark A PritchardUnited Kingdom110 pages in total Best LGBTQ Screenplay The Makeover Man written by Adam SandelUnited States110 pages in total Best SCI-FI Screenplay The Killing Dream written by Aaron HeinrichUnited States118 pages in total Best ACTION Screenplay MANITOUANA - When Time Stands Still written by Guido Maria GIORDANOCanada71 pages in total Best HISTORICAL Screenplay LABYRINTH OF DESTINY written by Ernestina JuarezUnited States120 pages in total Best PSYCHOLOGICAL Screenplay The Stranger In Our Bed written by Samantha Lee HoweUnited Kingdom90 pages in total Best WAR Screenplay The War Within Her written by Christian Georges BruyereCanada108 pages in total Best FANTASY Screenplay Stench written by Ronald Martin MogerUnited Kingdom75 pages in total Best EUROPEAN Screenplay Paps' Trace written by Cécile VernantFrance18 pages in total Best ASIAN Screenplay Midnight of The Shah written by Ilham RahimovAzerbaijan116 pages in total Best US Screenplay 3 Days in Galveston written by Bryan MatthewsUnited States110 pages in total Best STAGE PLAY Poor Players written by Ronald KaehlerUnited States120 pages in total Best ANIMATION Screenplay The Mystery of the Never-Ending UNiverse written by Judy Elizabeth BruloUnited Kingdom120 pages in total