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Writing Awards

Fall 2025

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🏆 Celebrating Outstanding Screenwriters

Winners Announced: November 30, 2025

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📋 Our Unique Judging System

To ensure each screenplay, novel, short film script, and teleplay is studied and rated individually, RFIFF has instituted a system in which entries do not compete against each other but are recognized for their own merits.

Each entry is judged on its inherent value system. When it's your turn to be evaluated, the judge's focus is entirely on your work—not on comparisons with other submissions. This ensures fair, focused, and thoughtful evaluation of every single entry.

Rhodium Award

Rhodium

Angels Twice Descending

Writer: Cecile Callan

United States

Feature Length Screenplay Angels Twice Descending Poster
"Angels Twice Descending" is a gripping, timely, and deeply felt drama. It pulls the audience into intimate ethical debates, never losing sight of the humanity on both sides. The writing is visceral and visual, with dialogue and pacing that keep readers emotionally invested and intellectually challenged. This is the kind of script you remember—and discuss—long after THE END.

Blinded by Faith

Writer: Helen Hudson

United States

Feature Length Screenplay Blinded by Faith Poster
"Blinded By Faith" is a powerful, harrowing, and deeply human drama. Its greatest strengths are its vivid, distinctive characters, authentic dialogue, and willingness to tackle hard truths. This is a script that lingers long after the final scene—provoking thought, empathy, and real feeling.

Shenanigans

Writer: Amanda Lee Keller

United States

Feature Length Screenplay
"SHENANIGANS" has all the makings of an engaging romantic comedy with emotional resonance, strong characters, and commercial appeal. Its ability to juggle humor, depth, and smart dialogue makes it a highly readable and potentially filmable project. The storyline's blend of physical and emotional transformation—ultimately about surrendering what weighs us down—hits the classic rom-com sweet spot.
Platinum Award

Platinum

Amberica

Writers: Amber Shaheen Nelson, Mokotsi Rukundo

United States • Teleplay

THE BANNER

Writer: Ernestina Juarez

United States

Can We Pray For You?

Writer: Scott Harbison

United States • Short Script

Deep Within Us

Writer: David Miller

United States

Faithful Focus

Writer: Jack Sherry

United States

FATHER JOHN

Writer: Michael J Lyons

United States

The Judgement

Writer: José Esteban Fermín Salicetti

Mexico

Legio-X: The Occupation (formerly "LEGION")

Writer: Antony Jack Kurth

United States

SOUTH WIND COME

Writer: Ernestina Juarez

United States

Gold Award

Gold

Bringing Tommy Home

Writer: Healey James

United States

Come Rack! Come Rope!

Writers: Mary Kay Williams, Amanda Lee Keller

United States

GODFORSAKEN: A STORY OF THREE MARYS

Writer: Kevin Michael Irvine

United States

THE LONG WAY HOME

Writer: John McCarney

United States

Merriweather Hall

Writer: Christopher Swider

United States

Michelangelo and Me new version

Writer: Colleen Shannon

United States

THE SPIRIT WITHIN

Writer: Lissette Denise Mehl

Germany

The Way of the World

Writer: Makayla

United States

Silver Award

Silver

Alta California

Writer: Lynn H. Elliott

United States

Executed and Risen

Writer: Salvatore A. Bono

United States

The Fourth Psalm

Writer: John Martins III

United States

Kekoa

Writer: Nancy Joy

United States

The Lost Son Emerges

Writer: Galen R. Collins

United States

Warrior In A Garden

Writer: Mark N. Clemente

United States

The Warden

Writer: Terry Lynam

United States

Bronze Award

Bronze

A Chrome Sunset

Writer: Mark Robert Kudra

United States

Bread

Writer: David Alan Templeton

United States

Jeez and the Gentile

Writer: Stephen W. Hiemstra

United States

Life of a Firefly

Writer: Sandra Brown Lindstedt

United States

The Magic Man

Writer: Rudolph Rajendra

United States

Mr. Blue

Writer: Mary Kay Williams

United States

The Quest to Overthrow Heaven

Writer: Bolko Zimmer

United States

SWEET SOUNDS

Writer: Wendy Bytheway

Australia

UNRAVELLED

Writer: Brett Bower

United States

WINGS

Writer: Maja Pavic

Croatia

Honorable Mention Award

Honorable Mention

A strange trip into night

Writer: James Ewell Sasser

United States

Dance of The Innocent

Writer: TL Michaels

United States

Emperor Constantine

Writer: Robert Benn Michael Benn

United States

In The Garden

Writers: Christal Kahles-Jones, Kathy Krantz Stewart

United States

JOMO - The Joy of Missing Out.

Writer: Louise Kathleen Monaghan

United States

The Zebra and the Ass

Writer: Ben Ryan Niemchick

United States

Zoo Story II

Writer: Robert Benn

United States

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