The JL Screenwriting Award

Short film scripts up to 15 minutes in length

  • New Brunswick resident authors or WFNB members
  • Unproduced or produced accepted. 
  • First Prize $500, Second prize $250, third prize, 1 year WFNB membership

The 2025 Judge: Kehinde Olorunyomi
Winners:

First Place:                John Mundle (Mundleville), Patient Watch

Second Place:           Carlee Calver (Fredericton), The Lions are Calling

Third Place:               Nancy Kenny (Halifax), Moncton The Final Frontier


2024 Judge: Carlos Anthony
Winners

1st Place: "The Bench" – (Author: Tammy Boyer)

2nd Place: "Sleepers" – (Author: Alison Taylor) 

3rd Place: "Vertices" – (Louis Anthony Bryan) 


2022 - 2023 Judge: Kaitlyn Adair

Winners

First Place: MacKenzie Power (Fredericton, NB) - Gin Soaked Bride

Second Place: Todd Fraser (Fredericton, NB) - One Hundred Thousand Welcomes

Third Place: Jacquelyn Clydesdale (Saint John, NB) - The Wonder of it All


2021 - 2022 Judge: Tracey Lavigne

Winners

First Place: Sue Rose - The Getaway Tree

Second Place: Gordon Mihan - Happy Campers

Third Place/Honourable Mention: Jeremy Bouchard - Two Angels


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