the dead have spoken…

THE SHORTLIST IS HERE.

The following scripts will be performed by actors in front of a live audience on November 14th, 2024, where the jury will deliberate and choose a winner in real time:

  • Grown Up

    Evan Shisler & Marcus Lim

  • Meat You can trust

    Mark Carlson - ACD & CW, Chris Cannon & JP Gomez - CDs

  • Dig

    William Spencer - CW, Mitch Ratchik - AD, Lisa Topol & Samira Ansari - CDs

  • Horse-Sized Duck

    Dana Buckhorn & Tanner Thompson

  • The Right Advice

    Conor McFarland

  • silence

    Paul Safsel - AD, Doug Kagan - CW

  • dad to the rescue

    Jordan Dodson - CW, Bennett Austin - AD, Danny Gonzalez & David Suarez - CD

  • Check engine

    Michael Craven - Writer, Scott Bassen - AD

  • Savor it

    John-Paul Vallieres - Freelance Copywriter, Yama Rahyar - Creative Director / Instructor at The Bookshop School for Ads LA, Elizabeth Kaye Cook - Freelance Copywriter

  • Electrically Italian

    David Clark - CW, Laura Shelton - AD, Greg Kessler & Mike Palese - CD

  • Better Made The Old Way

    Dana Buckhorn & Tanner Thompson

  • Kitty

    Paul Safsel - AD, Bart Culberson - CW

  • Existential Crisis

    Justin Lee - CD/CW, Joao Unzer - AD, Pete Johnson & George Decker - ECDs

  • Smacky Fish

    Pete Shamon - Writer

  • Alien Takeover

    Grant Minnis, Laddie Peterson