Past Winners – OLD
2019
1st Place
Boy Most Wanted
Tuck Tucker
2nd Place
Jumping Into Hemingway’s Pool
Nick Roberts
3rd Place
The Girl Who Collected Sound
Steven Benedict
Runner Up
_Saved
Matthew Millard & Sierra Phelps
Runner Up
Ann Hopkins
Eleanor Morrison
Runner Up
Everything Is Right Until It’s Wrong
Angela Bourassa
Runner Up
Pray for Death
Bob DeMars
Runner Up
Restoration
Don Stroud & Winter Mead
Runner Up
Secrets of the South
Walter Richardson & Kathy Berardi
Runner Up
Starring…John Dillinger
Walter Richardson & Kathy Berardi
Runner Up
Treasure Hunt
Eugene La Haye & Buster La Haye
Runner Up
Walt
Robert Troccolo
Runner Up
Ziggy and Rachel
Michael Rispoli & Gregg Greenberg
2018
1st Place
1000 Beautiful Watts
Angela & Darren Croucher
2nd Place
Broken Sinclair
Beth Ashby
3rd Place
The Half Of It
George Caine
Runner Up
Brainville
Mark Wasserman
Runner Up
Brechin Cross
Ryan M. Andrews
Runner Up
Foreclosed
Alexandra Swenson
Runner Up
Green v. City of New Orleans
Daniel Parino
Runner Up
Human, all too Human
Matthew Harris
Runner Up
Serpentine
David Tittone & David Torre
Runner Up
The Disease
Khalil Sullins
Runner Up
The Killer John Bidwell
Travis Lemke
Runner Up
Welcome to the Movie World
Bryan Bordon
Runner Up
You Are Not My Trigger
Paul Ashton
2017
1st Place
The God Machine
Michael Bowler
2nd Place
The Regulars
Devon Colwell
3rd Place
Spirit Lake
Alison Macinnis
Runner Up
Broken Chain
Jonathan Clancy
Runner Up
Jackalope
Steven Lankenau
Runner Up
LP
Zachary Taylor
Runner Up
Mummy’s Boy
Stewart McDonald
Runner Up
My Son Sam
Michael Droberg
Runner Up
Shooting Manson
Ron Pivo & Kevin Courtney
Runner Up
The Henry Manor Incident
Denise Williams
Runner Up
The Mary Jane Girls
Heidi Kozak
Runner Up
The Renovator’s Dream
Richard Vilensky
Runner Up
Universal Monster
Constantine Nasr
2016
1st Place
Battle
Aaron Brophy
2nd Place
60 Minutes to Sunset
Gregory Mulligan
3rd Place
One Of Us
Michael Kriegsman
Runner Up
Brutal
Chris Bell
Runner Up
Morty Pappins
Shane Smith
Runner Up
The Clock Maker
Dan Schmidt
Runner Up
The Fall of Byzantium
Nickolaus Swedlund
Runner Up
The Ghost and the Machine
R. Eric Lieb
Runner Up
The Olympians
Ryan A. Herring
Runner Up
The Way Station
Laurie Frankel
Runner Up
Vampira
Kendell Courtney Klein
Runner Up
Vicious Cycle
Richard D. Herrera Jr.
Runner Up
White Buffalo
Jan Kimbrough
2015
1st Place
Diary of a Jesuit
Arthur Fishel
2nd Place
The Base
Shane McCabe
3rd Place
Half-Breed
Leslie Farrell
Runner Up
Birdwatching Naked
Tom Batt
Runner Up
High Office
Jason Kessler
Runner Up
Living the Good Death
Scott Baron
Runner Up
Six X Six
Doug Lynch
Runner Up
The Day I Turned Gay
Alexandra Allred
Runner Up
The Flid Show
Richard Willett
Runner Up
The Flight of the Wasp
Andrea Brusa
Runner Up
The Memory Palace
Justine Gunn
Runner Up
The Secret Lover
John James Hickey
Runner Up
The Secret of Ebbets Field
Richard Seidman
2014
1st Place
Elephant in the Room
Tom Morris
2nd Place
The Magic Kingdom
Michael McQuade
3rd Place
Gowanus Canal
Cynthia Chatman
Runner Up
7th Son
William Maurer
Runner Up
Abaddon’s Gate
Andrew Stein
Runner Up
Alpha
Christina Pamies
Runner Up
Columbine
Don Zorbas
Runner Up
Downsizing
J. Brad Wilke
Runner Up
Everyone’s a Critic
Carly Woodworth
Runner Up
Genesis Prime
Joe Crouch
Runner Up
Heidegger in Ruins
Jeffrey van Davis
Runner Up
Hell
Parker Briscoe
Runner Up
Warsaw
Kimberly Kaplan
2013
1st Place
Goat
Jordan Rane
2nd Place
Capitol Offense
Bennett Rea
3rd Place
Pacoima
Kate Douglas
Runner Up
Banking on Betty
Geno Scala
Runner Up
Dragon Tail
Keith Hendrick
Runner Up
Family Gatherings
Bridget Gibson
Runner Up
Grave-Keeper
Richard Herrera
Runner Up
Land of Bones
Peter Floro
Runner Up
No Way Out
Andrew Mescher
Runner Up
Not For Sale
Sarelyn Radecke
Runner Up
The Taloquan Network
Robert Hestand
Runner Up
The White Shaman
Sean McConville
Runner Up
Where The Men Are
Wendy Wilkins
2012
1st Place
Half-Life
Debra Hershkowitz
2nd Place
All or Nothing At All
Gary Sherwood
3rd Place
Impending Dom
Chris Molinaro
Runner Up
Breakdown in Ye-Tsan
Reid Dodson
Runner Up
Cowboy
Alex Mindt & Randall Harvey
Runner Up
Dead End Job
Henry Fosdike
Runner Up
Faye
Matthew Bozin
Runner Up
Heritage
Michael Quintana
Runner Up
Jonnie the Black
Curtis & Scott Burdick
Runner Up
Lily & Lilac
Jonathan Anderson
Runner Up
Sister Kevin
Mary Rogan
Runner Up
Straight Razor Jazz
David Scott Hay
Runner Up
Vegas Lounge
Robert Tomic
2011
1st Place
The Floating of Hayes
John Woodard
2nd Place
The Fantastically Adventurous Adventures of Barry Throssip
Mike Jones
3rd Place
The Druggist
Ted Adams
Runner Up
Dali
Lorraine Mauvais
Runner Up
Father Patrick
Brian Pargac
Runner Up
High School Newspaper Wars
Jesse Dykstra
Runner Up
Max
Samantha Husik
Runner Up
Old Hag Syndrome
Tim Dankanich
Runner Up
Sumeria
Roy Cho & Biju Parekkadan
Runner Up
The Dark Reaches
Peter Fedorenko
Runner Up
The Quest for the Last Tree
Dave Seropian
Runner Up
Unmaking Love
Evan Laughlin
Runner Up
Will Success Spoil Mrs. MIller?
Matthew Fantaci
2010
1st Place
Juice
Andrew James Carter
2nd Place
Second Born
David Jagernauth
3rd Place
A Novel Approach to Suicide
Brien Kelly
Runner Up
A History Of Fools
Eric Podell
Runner Up
Come in from the Cold War
Bob Garden
Runner Up
Ladies and Gentlemen, John Wilkes Booth
Dan Barton
Runner Up
Sleeping Beauty
Tony Boland
Runner Up
Staff Development
Jon Bernstein
Runner Up
The Day the Daniels Left
Lydia Fantozzi
Runner Up
The Harrowing
Peter Gamble & Matt Yang King
Runner Up
The Lazarus Group
David Sakmyster
Runner Up
The Pornovsky Brothers
David Bertoni & Richard Halpern
Runner Up
Young Mortals
Michael Mahoney
2009
1st Place
Madam I’m Adam
John Todd
2nd Place
Lords of Splendor
John Griffin
3rd Place
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Greg Lee & Grant Calof
Runner Up
Amazing
Todd Maidy
Runner Up
Diary of a Doorman
Dan Beckerman & Maren Sanders
Runner Up
Flaunt
Kevin Jones
Runner Up
Haunted
Daniel Abts
Runner Up
Hollywood & Vyin’
D. Scott Adams
Runner Up
Lucy in London
Tracy Ryan
Runner Up
Rebel: Son of Zed
Andrea Hayhurst
Runner Up
Superpants
Atif Shaikh
Runner Up
The Board
Mark Weiner
Runner Up
The Hacketts
John Andreini
2008
1st Place
The Terminals
Matt Umbarger
2nd Place
Child in the Dark
Damian Lahey and Ian Ogden
3rd Place
Sober Living
Heather Regnier
Runner Up
360
Richard Nguyen-Marshall
Runner Up
A Revolution in Urination
Christian Heinze
Runner Up
Carnies
Dean Ward & Matt Ward
Runner Up
Cedarpine Views
Mischa Ayoub
Runner Up
Palmer
Cheryl Guerriero
Runner Up
Soulmates
David Birkenhead
Runner Up
Spring-heeled Jack
David Pardue
Runner Up
The Fahey Men
Jane Holahan
Runner Up
Three Rivers
Brian Loschiavo & Josh Macuga
Runner Up
Willie Francis Must Die Again
Allan Durand
2007
1st Place
Whale Farts
Brian Price & Samuel W. Gailey
2nd Place
Code Name Veil
Matt Billingsly
3rd Place
Emily’s Numbers
Paul Chepikian
Runner Up
L. A. Coincidental
Mike Mason
Runner Up
Love and Other Natural Disasters
Stephen Garvey
Runner Up
The Life of Mary Shelley
Deborah Baxtrom
Runner Up
Once Upon This Playground
Anne Kruse
Runner Up
Outrage
Stephen Garvey
Runner Up
Pink Pages
James Henderson
Runner Up
Playing Dead
Dick Belsky
Runner Up
The Buddy Grim Show
Scott Webster
Runner Up
The Housekeeper
Pamelja Ferderbar
Runner Up
The Wrinkleman
Bryan Hilson
2006
1st Place
Can’t Live With ‘Em
Chris Pentzell
2nd Place
The Patriot Act
Steven C. Oppenheimer
3rd Place
Danny LongLegs
Keli Rowley
Runner Up
Down the Aisle
Jase Ricci
Runner Up
Jekyll & Heidi
Lisa Yoffee
Runner Up
Match This
Anne Wallace
Runner Up
Pencil Men
Grant Janes & Brian Edgar
Runner Up
The American Family
Adam Moore
Runner Up
The Stadium
Zer Gonzales
Runner Up
The Sunshine Blond
Marilyn Mallory
Runner Up
The Uncertainty Principle
Nathan Bransford
Runner Up
The Wizard, Farmer, and Very Petty Princess
Daniel Fox
Runner Up
Triage
Shane O’Neill
2005
1st Place
Limping Jokers
Rawle Brown
2nd Place
Son of a Gun
M.J. Anderson & Richard Rossner
3rd Place
Blood Diamonds
Margaret Dunlap
Runner Up
Black Mountain
Pezhman Jatala
Runner Up
Closer to Fine
Erin Engman
Runner Up
Go Ahead, Back Up
Sarah Skibinski
Runner Up
Panic Attack
Colin Perry
Runner Up
Playing Our Song
Andrea Perine
Runner Up
Santa Technologies
Tim Christian and Jeff Beals
Runner Up
The Curse of Old Bob
Anthony Stitt and Jeff Trently
Runner Up
The Family Partnership
Clark McCutchen
Runner Up
The Unkindness of Ravens
Allen Glover
Runner Up
Thunder in the West
Scott Grant
2004
1st Place
Don Juan
Patrick Andrew O’Connor
2nd Place
Jack and Jill
Cory Oliver and Clark McCutchen
3rd Place
Redumption
Robert Gelber
Runner Up
Better Mouse Trap
Scott Cunningham
Runner Up
Damascus Road
Keith Harris
Runner Up
King of Manhattan
Aaron Mendelsohn
Runner Up
Life Weight
Vey Garofalo and Laura Connors
Runner Up
Lunch Box Hero
Jay Longshore
Runner Up
Slappy Goes To Hollywood
Christopher Pentzell
Runner Up
Tesla
Christopher Bradley
Runner Up
The Doubt Dragon
Jaime Buddle
Runner Up
The Secret of Lummi Island
Jane C. Turville
Runner Up
Toil and Trouble
Dan Saraceni
2003
1st Place
Reckless Endangerment
Howard Skora
2nd Place
The Conspiracy
Robert C. Fleet
3rd Place
Dining with Dinah
Theresa Shaw
Runner Up
Billy Bones
Jen Miller and Sophie Pegrum
Runner Up
Death Takes A Vacation
Gil Christner
Runner Up
Racing To The Altar
Dianna Ippolito
Runner Up
Snoop
Brett Cooper
Runner Up
Jungleland
Robert Martorana
Runner Up
The Lesser Evil
Glen Samuel
Runner Up
The Last Living Nephilim
Clayton Wold
Runner Up
Countenance
Neil H. Abramson
Runner Up
The Gunships of Orion
Ross Morfeld
Runner Up
Mr. J
Ruth Campbell
2002
1st Place
The Trial of Alex Lord
Christopher V. Carlyle
2nd Place
Standing In
Mark Pearson
3rd Place
Love at First Sight or Your Love is Kicking My Ass
Sean Buk
Runner Up
Band O’Thieves
Andrew Knauer
Runner Up
Empty
Harry James Connolly
Runner Up
Let’s Mow
Joe Wilson
Runner Up
Negative Capability
James Macdonald & Karen Rizzo
Runner Up
Officer Down
Theresa Schwegal
Runner Up
Sucker Punched
Scott Morgan
Runner Up
The Intruder
Barbara Curry
Runner Up
The Tutor
Barbara Kymlicka
Runner Up
Watusimba
Rob Sandoval & Rita Sandoval
Runner Up
You Suck
Caroline Williams
2001
1st Place
Ted Inc.
Rett Thompson
2nd Place
Swing Vote
Mike Cunningham
3rd Place
Bogey Size It
Patti Wall
Runner Up
I’m A Bereaver
Kenneth Wajda
Runner Up
The Kane Project
Daniel Tester
Runner Up
Pulp Chicken
Michael Gibson
Runner Up
Cloning Ms. Stone
Lou Wollin
Runner Up
The Ides of April
John Erick Dowdle
Runner Up
Egghead
RJ Anderson
Runner Up
Rumors of Peace
Irina Diether
Runner Up
Judy Jackie Are Going To Hell
A. Dryburgh & J. MacFarlane
Runner Up
Distribution
David Guest
Runner Up
Lance Barnes, Post Nuke Dick
Stefan Petrucha
2000
1st Place
Tell Me A Movie
Robert Weinberger
2nd Place
A Little Left of Center Field
Rick Livingston
3rd Place
Third Class Cry
Sang Kyu Kim
1999
1st Place
Soul To Keep
Sean McElhiney
2nd Place
Falling Over Venus
Andrea Bailey
3rd Place
Cruel Logic
Brian Godawa