Screenwriting : Female Driven Contest -- who submitted? by Jaz Lagrimas

I submitted. My feature film is "Reaching Desire". Logline: Gifted with the power to move through time in a world where AI has silenced creativity, a young woman must confront her deepest fear- losing her best friend- as she leads a rebellion that could either restore freedom or destroy them both.

This story reflects present-day fears of AI dominance and lost authenticity and authorship.

Tagline: When creativity is outlawed, rebellion is the only art form left.

I actually submitted 3 scripts (!). I'm all about the female-driven storyline. I submitted 1 TV pilot and 2 features. Loglines below ....

TV pilot: A courageous queer survivor of abuse recovers from self harm only to battle social services for the right to raise her unborn daughter.

Feature: A quirky but struggling American single mother living in London rebuilds her life after the death of her British artist husband.

Hello everyone,

I’m excited to have submitted my feature screenplay NO SAFE EXIT to the Female Driven Screenwriting Contest.

The story follows a former covert operative navigating the consequences of leaving a classified intelligence network, exploring themes of identity, control, and the cost of visibility.

I’m grateful to be part of a community of writers pushing complex female protagonists forward across genres.

Wishing everyone the best of luck with your submissions — looking forward to discovering the incredible work being shared here.

My submission is Blunt Force Trauma, a psychotherapist tries to save his sister from her psychotic rampage triggered by her wartime PTSD. An Iraq war vet is convinced that she needs to rescue her fiancé who was kidnapped by the private security firm he works for. However, what she's really dealing with is the culmination of a lifetime of trauma and betrayal, by her family and her government.

When I began writing it, the Theme was Violence destroys everything. Since my rewrites, it's evolved to Peace of mind is better than peace. Of all of my scripts it contains my favorite ending.

I submitted MRS. VANDERMEED'S MAGNIFICENT SHOES! An epic tale of a talkative pair.

GENRE: Hybrid Live-Action / Animation / Quirky Comedy

LOGLINE: A woman whose obsession with shoes consumes her life is guided by two sassy, magical talking shoes—Rita and Lolita—on a surreal, hilarious journey of self-discovery, generosity, and love.

You folks are amazing...honored to be among you. THE OVERBROOK DISPATCH: Foreign correspondent Remmy Overbrook is an accidental witness to

genocide in the Niger Delta, putting her eyeball-to-eyeball with a life and death quandry - tell the story or run - a courageous choice that cuts against her grain

but one that will connect a dead Ogoni baby to global rare earth mineral corporations in London and secret Indian graveyards in Montana;

revelations that roil governments and spin global financial markets into chaos. SYRIANA meets THE CONSTANT GARDENER - real people, real events.

I submitted Dixie Dynamite:

LOGLINE:

In a Midwestern town, a stressed COO and his wife, an emerging OnlyFans creator known as Dixie Dynamite, juggle grief, local politics, and volatile family crossroads when an unexpected surge of international subscribers triggers a life-changing, split-second decision to travel the world promoting a fledgling Dixie Dynamite Empire.

Jaz Lagrimas Good luck to all who have submitted!

My screenplay entry, titled ONCE AN EMPRESS, depicts the happiest time of Napoleon’s life, which took place during the first four years of his marriage to his second wife, 19-year-old Marie Louise, Archduchess of Austria and Empress of the French. The high point of this union was the birth of their son, Napoleon II. Then came his disastrous retreat from Moscow, subsequent abdication, and forced exile to the infamous Island of Elba. After that, he never sees his wife and son again.

Most everything written before about Napolian Bonaparte depicts a dour, sullen individual. Not so in this accurate account covering four years in his life, where he treats my protagonist, Marie Louise, to the most illustrious life imaginable, far different from the stories we've grown used to.

My award-winning feature screenplay, available on Stage32, is confined to those happy days in the palaces and manicured gardens of The Tuileries, Fontainebleau, and Saint Cloud...

I submitted THE INN - The Inn is a warm, character-driven dramedy inspired by true events, told through the eyes of a teenage girl whose Hollywood family trades movie sets for a country inn in rural New Hampshire.

What was meant to be a simpler life quickly becomes something else entirely, as she’s pulled into the chaos of guests, expectations, and the quiet realization that growing up doesn’t wait until you’re ready.

At its heart, it’s about a young woman finding her footing in a world she didn’t choose—learning how to navigate family, responsibility, and identity when there’s no clear roadmap.

Come for the pancakes… stay for the pig.

Have you ever made a big life change thinking it would be simpler—only to discover it was anything but?

Best wishes everyone - some great submissions here. I tossed GLITTER FADES in the ring - In 1990s Los Angeles, Jenny -- young, single mother with a burning desire to be the best at all she does, builds a music video empire whilst taking head on the Hollywood Male Mob hellbent to destroy her. -- This female driven TV series might just be based on true 90s stories. The greedy, glittery days of Hollywood and making music videos were like living a fever dream, every day. It was a magical time - and one that will never come again. And I'll never admit which stories are true - especially to my kids.

I submitted BOYFRIEND TROUBLE (I've since changed it to BOOK BOYFRIEND TROUBLE), When a discouraged people-pleasing attorney who has given up on her dreams of making the country better through political activism accidentally conjures her powerful fae warrior “book boyfriend” to life, he inspires her to become the powerful badass she was always meant to be.

Kendra's the scion of a conservative political family, has grown disenchanted with the status quo and is shifting leftward. But she still hasn't truly faced her middle-class, white privilege until the appearance of Lash, her pointy-eared, brown-skinned, tatted-up book boyfriend, who is the protagonist in the romantasy, "Vally of Mists," forces her to face the reality of a country moving well into authoritarianism with immigration agents run amuck. He, in turn, is thrust into a highly technical world where he can't sword fight his way out of a tight spot or use his magic at all. And he's completely unaware that he's a fictional book character.

It's not your typical romance love story, although it is a bit of a love letter to romantasy readers.

I want to, but I can't afford it right now. I would've had the perfect script.

Many fascinating premises. Best wishes for all.

I submitted my based-on-true-life story, “Six Packs and Facials,” because today’s female athletes are unfamiliar with life before women were even allowed to participate or even taken seriously in sports.

Logline: When a young female volleyball player makes the new Husker volleyball team in 1975 following the passage of Title IX, she soon discovers that her fiercest opponents aren’t on the court.

After the sellout of 92,003 at Volleyball Day in the Husker stadium, we proved people would pay to watch women play sports and this is the blessing that today’s female athletes have been given.

So many great stories, wow! I submitted "The Beauty of the Rodeo", based loosely on my family: A former rodeo queen returns home after thirty years, but her attempt to fit back in is further complicated by the arrival of the daughter she secretly placed for adoption.

I submitted BLOOD DRIVE: When an abused single mom marries a small town doctor, she uncovers a ring of vampires embedded in his pediatric unit - and within her new family - forcing her to at last become the monster-hunter her past prepared her to be. THE INVISIBLE MAN meets GET OUT.

If ever there was a time to write about predators operating in plain sight, this is it!

I submitted "Frida Fatale" - “A chaotic London teacher on the verge of losing her job and her ‘perfect’ boyfriend tumbles into an affair with a charismatic writer—only to discover he’s using her as material, forcing her to finally choose a life that’s hers.”

Hi everyone! I'm Alex, a sociologist and disciple of writing.

I’ve just submitted my first true screenplay, ASPHALT LOOP, to the Female Driven Contest — excited (and slightly terrified) to put it out there.

Logline: “On the run with stolen money, a fractured mother and daughter enter a looping desert where their own doubles hunt them—and survival means becoming whole again.”

In the vein of Thelma & Louise meets Jordan Peele’s Us.

Wishing everyone the best of luck — and powerful stories ahead.

AB

Hello Everyone! I entered "The Road to You'

"The Caretaker breaks, The Broken one carries.' ( Two female leads)

After years of addiction and estrangement, a recovering woman moves in with her sober sister's family in a small mill town, but when a devastating tragedy sends them both to the brink, they must fight to save each other and themselves one day at a time.

I submitted a script entitled "Life on a Deserted Island." Life on a Deserted Island is a family drama with LGBTQIA+ themes. It follows a successful architect whose wife is killed in a sudden accident, sending her into a spiral of grief. As she unravels, she’s forced to confront her estranged father, the buried history she’s never dealt with, and the secrets inside his journals, all while trying not to lose her connection to the two daughters who still need her.

SO many creative ideas listed here. Best wishes to everyone. I submitted an adapted screenplay for my own mystery/thriller novel Starless Midnight. Logline: A shocking mystery/thriller that pits a young bi-racial woman against a secret white supremacist group in her hometown. Her discovery of a murder victim close to home begins a race to save her own life, and she doesn’t know who in the town she can trust.

Everyone's scripts sound so interesting! I submitted Perfect Moments. Logline: A control-obsessed strategist who can rewind time must learn to let go of perfection before it costs her a chance at real love.

I wanted to submit my feature poster too. I did not see that as an option upon my initial post. Thank you all who uploaded pics, causing me to seek out how to do it. Good Luck to everyone!!

I entered by romantic drama, "When Will I See You Again?". LOGLINE: When a stubborn 75 year old man agrees to care for his lifetime first love now battling cancer, their rekindled romance forces them to confront the wreckage of decades while racing time to finally chose each other.

My submission is "King of Blades".

Logline: When her champion father is paralyzed in a train crash, a rookie virtual reality swordfighter aims to win the championship to prove her self-worth, going to extremes and risking her friendships and life in the process.

It recently finished second for Best Genre Screenplay at Moondust FilmFest Helsinki 2026 and is currently a semifinalist at the 2026 AREA51 Filmfest for Best Feature Screenplay. This competition is branching it out for TV as well.

Best of luck to everybody else here.

I submitted as well. My scripted series is titled, The Accidental Mob Boss!

The logline:

When a saintly therapist accidentally kills the fiercest mob boss, she discovers that her greatest clinical skill - reading people - is also her greatest criminal weapon!

She only wants to spread light, but everywhere she turns, things keep getting darker and darker, since she ends up doing all the wrong things for all the right reasons, when faced with having to choose between morals and survival.

It’s edge of your seat dark comedy, that’s just as suspenseful as it is hilarious, making the series truly binge-worthy!

Every script I write features some intrepid female at its core, but for this contest I submitted NICK OF TIME, a time-travelling dramedy, think KATE AND LEOPOLD meets the now ancient British series GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART meets MADMEN.

Logline: When a disenchanted but talented advertising whiz is magically transported back to NYC in 1941, she must decide if living in that war-torn era might be preferred to surviving in the high tech, financially challenged times of 2008.

Mary Ruth Burroughs is a genius copywriter at a top notch ad agency who finds the modern world of dot.com mania, sub-prime mortgage disasters, social media obsession and the pursuit of wealth migraine-inducing.

But when a chance encounter with a mysterious shopkeeper sends her back to the United States right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, she must adjust to a whole new way of thinking, as she faces surprisingly unexpected yet exciting challenges.

As she masters how to traverse through the two time periods, things get increasingly complicated when a love interest enters the picture and the magical portal starts to close.

AND BEST OF LUCK TO ONE AND ALL. We need lots more stories where women accomplish fantastic feats and inspire younger audiences to dream.

I submitted my screenplay 'Rose/Roseanna', Logline: 'After being humiliated by her insolent daughter, a down-and- out mother takes revenge by trying to steal her life.'

Best of luck to all who have entered!

Hey all! I submitted my female driven feature "At the Reins". It's based off the facts we have about the amazing female stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst. Known as a skilled driver, and one of the best whips of the west. After her death, it was discovered, via autopsy, that she had birthed a child. An incredible woman I would have loved to know.

Hello Folks,

Here’s the working logline for my feature script, Toxic

To prove herself and her methods to the boys’ club of the FBI, a black, academic profiler must hunt down a prolific serial killer after he murders a corrupt Southern Governor.

Best of luck to you all and please feel free to reach out!