Thanks to everybody who shared their work with us.
The award-winner will be announced Sunday, January 18, 2026.
We will begin posting excerpts daily (with permission) from the semi-finalist scripts and award-winning script beginning Sunday January 18.
Listed in alphabetical order:
- AUNT KATHY by Rex McGregor
- CRY ALOUD! by Paula Ralph Birkett
- GENIUS by Kenndall Wallace
- HARRIET POWERS by Grace Cavalieri
- I AM FIRE by Elizabeth Nafula
- INTELLIGENCE by Stacy Nathaniel Jackson
- JOY by Shaneisha Dodson
- LONELY by J. Lois Diamond
- MY NAME IS CATHAY WILLIAMS: THE RIGHT AND TRUTHFUL GENIUS NARRATIVE OF CATHAY WILLIAMS (1844 - 1892) by Cornelia Weiss
NO(SOME) WAYS TIRED by chandra thomas- POSTURES OF RETURN by Catherine Ashley
- THE PAUSE THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING by Robert Csoma
- YOUNG, GIFTED AND GENIUS by Niki Gee