Screenplays
Sarah Granger writes dramatic film and television scripts grounded by her background in science and technology — including science fiction and supernatural.
RECENT SCRIPTS
THE COMMUNING ENGINE
Sci-Fi Feature - NEW
A closed-off particle physicist who lost her dad in a mysterious accident attempts to recreate his research, unwittingly unlocking a portal that could forever alter how humanity views death, causing an international incident, and forcing her to face her own grief.
Fade In Awards Sci-Fi Competition - Semifinalist (Top 25)*, 2024
Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition - Quarterfinalist*, 2024
Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices - Quarterfinalist - 2024
ISA Fast Track Fellowship - Second Rounder, 2024
Creative World Awards - Preliminary Finalist (First Round), 2024
*=Final results still pending.
WHITE HAT
One-Hour Workplace Drama Pilot
On the brink of losing their funding, a female led startup of ethical hackers chase a long shot government deal in an attempt to show the male dominated cybersecurity industry that they have what it takes.
Loreen Arbus Fellowship, 2023-2024
The Black List - Top Lists, 2024
Screencraft TV Pilot Competition - Quarterfinalist, 2024
Athena Writers Lab, 2023
Script Pipeline TV Writing Competition – Quarterfinalist (Top 1%, Top 35 of 3200+), 2023
OCOTILLO
Contained Feature Drama
When a remote desert psychiatric and eating disorder treatment home explodes, five mentally ill teenagers and an inexperienced medical assistant must face their individual challenges and figure out how to work together until help arrives.
SF Indiefest - Semifinalist (Top 20), 2024
The Golden Script Competition – Finalist, 2023
The Black List - Top Lists, 2023
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist, 2023
WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab – Quarterfinalist, 2023
Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition – Quarterfinalist, 2023
M-CAP2
One-Hour Sci-Fi Pilot
A novice ice specialist arrives at a scientific outpost in the harsh environment of the Mars South Pole; instead of a warm welcome, she’s met with a crabby crew and a crisis of survival.
Coverfly – Overall Top 1%, 2021-2024
The Red List: Sci-Fi One-Hour TV, 2021-2024
TrackingB TV Script Competition – Finalist (Top 5), 2022
Bigfoot Script Challenge – Finalist (Top 10 One-Hour Pilots), 2022
Austin Film Festival Script Competition – Semifinalist (Top 2% of 14,000+), Drama Teleplay Pilot – Semifinalist (Top 40) & Warner Bros. Television Pilot Award – Semifinalist (Top 35) , 2021
Stage 32 TV Writing Contest – Runner-Up, 2021
WeScreenplay Diverse Voices – Finalist, 2021
Final Draft Big Break Competition – Semifinalist (Top 1%), 2020
Feature Drama
THE PAIN-FREE DAY
After struggling for years housebound with severe pelvic pain, a dejected mother takes a risk and pulls her teenage daughter out of school for one day in an attempt to mend their strained relationship.
SFFILM & Kenneth Rainin Foundation – Winner, Rainin Grant to Filmmakers with Disabilities & FilmHouse Residency, 2022-2023
PAGE Awards – Quarterfinalist (top 10%), 2023
Cynosure Screenwriting Awards – 2nd Runner-Up, 2022
Stowe Story Labs - Writing & Producing Project, 2022
American Filmatic Arts Awards – Honorable Mention, Drama Feature Screenplay, 2021
The Black List / WGA / Media Access Awards – The Disability List (Top 8 Juried scripts), 2020
SF IndieFest Screenplay Competition – Finalist (Top 10), 2019
NEURAL
Sci-Fi Cyberpunk Feature Adaptation
After a jaded dark web operative is infected with a rare cybernetic virus that leaves her with 24 hours to live, she turns to her infamous ex and a team of hackers to find the viral code and take down the biotech kingpin who harmed her. (Adapted from Sarah’s stage play, “Invasion of Cyberspace”)
Golden State Film Festival, LA – Winner, Best Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay, 2022
Script2Comic – Semifinalist, 2022
Shriekfest Horror / Sci-Fi Film Festival – Semifinalist, 2021
American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition – Semifinalist (Top 25), 2021
Bloodstained Indie Film Festival, Tokyo – Winner, Best Feature Script, 2020
Final Draft Big Break Competition – Quarterfinalist (Top 3%), 2020
Fade In Awards Sci-fi Competition – Semifinalist (Top 35), 2020
Austin Film Festival Script Competition – 2nd Rounder, 2020
New Renaissance Film Festival, London – Finalist (Top 8), 2020
Sarah Granger is represented by Granderson des Rochers law firm in Los Angeles and New York. Their contact info can be found on Sarah’s IMDB Pro page.