Congratulations to Our 2025 Feature Contest Finalists!

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We’re excited to announce the 2025 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest finalists!

It was an extremely difficult task to narrow down our finalists to just nine writers from an excellent group of semifinalists. Many thanks to our dedicated judges, who spent hours reading and evaluating our submissions.

WHAT’S NEXT

Each of the finalists will be considered for this year’s Fellowship, which is valued at $20,000 and includes, among other prizes, $10,000, free tuition and housing at this year’s retreat, and a year long mentorship with two entertainment industry professionals. We also will name second and third place winners. For more information about prizes for each winner, please visit our Feature Prizes page.

Congratulations to this year’s feature finalists, and please check back soon for the announcement of our winners and our feature fellow!

THE 2025 FEATURE RETREAT & FELLOWSHIP FINALISTS:

CAROLINE by Aaron Edwards

DANCE MASTERS by Tania James

FROM RUSSIA WITH METAL by Kevin Caruso

HALIFAX by Noah Miller

JAANEM (MY LOVE) by Alana Saab

POSTPONED by Maren Hill

RED RAIN by Amanda Kowalski

SEPTEMBER GURLS by Karen McDermott

THE SUNSHINE by Jeremy Merrifield