Fellowship Finalists Announced For 2026 Narrative Labs
STOWE STORY LABS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE ACCELERATOR, AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL, FILM FATALES, LAW FIRM OF STACEY A. DAVIS, NYX HORROR COLLECTIVE, PAGE INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING AWARDS, SAGINDIE, STOWE LAUNCH GENRE, STUDIO SKYFIRE, and WGA EAST FELLOWSHIP FINALISTS TO THE 2026 NARRATIVE LABS.
STOWE STORY LABS ACCELERATOR FINALISTS:
Rachel Brunner — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Pray for Me // Comedy, Drama Feature
Busra Coduroglu — Brooklyn, NY, USA — I Dream of Whirling // Psych Thriller Feature
Maia Henkin — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Look at Me // Horror, Satire Feature
Ryan Luong — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Tam Show // Comedy TV - ½ hr
Liz Maynes-Aminzade — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Separated // Comedy TV - ½ hr
Nerris Nevarez-Nassiri — South Pasadena, CA, USA — Burning Veil // Drama, Romance Feature
Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal — Los Angeles, CA, USA — BACKLOG // Drama, True Story Feature
Aekansh Vats — Mumbai, Maharastra, India — Babu Metallica // Thriller Feature
Noelle P. Wilson — Queens, NY, USA — By the Book // Comedy TV - ½ hr
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL FINALISTS:
Dani Hanks — Brooklyn, NY, USA — The G.Y.M. // Comedy, Mockumentary TV - ½ hr
Laura Hunter Drago — Valencia, CA, USA — Perfect Candidates // Comedy, Coming-of-Age Feature
Becca Hurd — Dulwich Hill, NSW, Australia — D.I.N.K (Double Income No Kids) // Comedy Thriller Feature
Amanda Kowalski — Caledonia, Michigan, USA — Glossed Over // Sci-Fi Satire Feature
Patrick Michael — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Black Silk // Drama, Coming-of-Age Feature
Cristina Pippa — Minneapolis, MN, USA — Lady Em // Drama, YA Supernatural TV – 1 hr
Naya James Sonnad — Hopewell Junction, NY, USA — Rock 49 // Comedy Feature
FILM FATALES FINALISTS:
Merridith Allen — Studio City, CA, USA — My Karate Bat Mitzvah // Drama, Family Coming-of-Age Feature
Annette Apitz — Brooklyn, NY, USA —Iris and Emily // Drama Feature
Rahwa Asmerom — Brooklyn, NY, USA — The Summer Is Mine // Comedy, Dramedy Feature
Joanna Bowers — Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong — GIRL WONDER // Family Feature
Radha Mehta — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Anitya // Romance, Coming-of-Age Feature
Veronica Reyes-How — New York, NY, USA — Mahjong Queen // Family, Coming-of-Age Feature
Nicola Rose — Somerville, MA, USA — Wingman // Animated, Drama, Family TV - ½ hr
Destinee Stewart — Pasadena, CA, USA — Wade in the Water // Horror, Psychological Feature
Ann Sun — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Take Care Of Yourself // Drama, Comedy Feature
Nicole Taylor — Owings Mills, MD, USA — Ella // Drama, Bio, Music Feature
Lisa Thomas — Catskill, NY, USA — The Misadventures of Bucky and Beene // Comedy, LGBTQ+ TV - ½ hr
LAW FIRM OF STACEY A. DAVIS FINALISTS:
Dana Braziel-Solovy — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Resting Bitch Face // Comedy TV - ½ hr
Megan Dahl — Atlanta, GA, USA — All of Hell and Half of Texas // Drama Feature
Lesley Fera — Pasadena, CA, USA — Life With Nonna // Comedy TV - ½ hr
Suzanne Griffin — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Brooklyn Gothic // Horror, Fantasy, Romance TV - 1 hr
Tricia Horvath — Inglis, FL, USA — Stripper Moms // Comedy Feature
Maegan Langer — Alpine, UT, US — Tenants // Horror, Comedy, Family Feature
Cambria Matlow — Portland, OR, USA — Ten Thousand Tiny Stars // Western, Coming-of-Age Feature
Nóra Ní Fhláthárta — Barna, Galway, Ireland — The Disruptor // Drama, Comedy Road Movie Feature
Zoe Reiniger — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Violets // Coming-of-Age Dramedy TV - ½ hr
Susan Rocha Bays — Pasadena, CA, USA — Death and Other Obligations // Drama Feature
NYX HORROR COLLECTIVE FINALISTS:
Nicole Bernardi-Reis — Chicago, IL, USA — Remember Me // Horror, Psychological TV - 1 hr
Jillian Corsie — Santa Monica, CA, USA — The Lambing // Horror Feature
Heather Foster — Houston, TX, USA — Three Days // Thriller, Horror Feature
Makisa Francis — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Unfluence // Sci-Fi, Thriller TV - 1 hr
Eleanor Rudnitsky-Brown — Studio City, CA, USA — DISORDERED // Horror, Psychological Drama Feature
Jen Sall — Venice, CA, USA — SuperNormal // Horror, Comedy Feature
Prem Santana — Los Angeles, CA, USA — LUNA // Horror, Social Realist Drama Feature
Izzy Stevens — Los Angeles, CA, USA — James On Rage // Thriller, Psychological Horror Feature
Chelsea Sutton — Studio City, CA, USA — Damaged Goods // Horror, Dramedy TV - 1 hr
Raina Yang — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Live Catch // Horror-Thriller Feature
PAGE INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING AWARDS FINALISTS:
Kate Raffan — Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom — Hate You Even More (Now You’re Dead) // Supernatural, Comedy TV - ½ hr
Ashley Casperite — Woodside, NY, USA — Mic Drop Dead // Comedy TV - ½ hr
Rachel Flynn — Glasgow, Scotland — Banshee // Horror Feature
Kristina Grosspietsch — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Peasants // Comedy, Animated, Fantasy TV - ½ hr
Kate Kelsen — Merion Station, PA, USA — Castle in the Air // Family, Drama Feature
Max Rissman — West Hartford, CT, USA — TIME FLIES // Comedy, Sci-Fi Feature
SAGINDIE FINALISTS:
Catherine Andre — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Playing House // Thriller, Psychological Feature
Nikelle — Austin, TX, USA — Stations // Drama, Romance Feature
Xavier Coleman — Brooklyn, NY, USA — D E A D $ T O C K // Thriller, Drama, Noir TV 1 - hr
Sonja Cooke — Oakdale, MN, USA — Behind The Flames: Inferno // Drama TV - Limited Series
Lorna Green — Pasadena, CA, USA — Out of the Woods // Drama, Thriller, Horror Feature
Meseret Haddis — Bristol, CT, USA — The Bloody Arm // Western, Historical Drama TV 1 - hr
Christine Hoang — Austin, TX, USA — Just Say Yes // Comedy Feature
Juan Paulo Laserna — Mexico City, Mexico — The Law of the Jungle // Drama, Satire, Thriller Feature
Adriane McCray — Los Angeles, CA, USA — State Champs Eat Free // Drama Feature
Teodorico Sajor — Studio City, CA, USA — S I L K & S T E E L // Drama, Crime, Sports TV 1 - hr
STOWE LAUNCH GENRE FEATURE FILM FELLOWSHIP FINALISTS:
Ariel Bond — Britannia Beach, BC, Canada — Deepfake // Thriller, True Crime Feature
Connor Martin — Washington, USA — HANGED MAN // Horror Feature
Peter Petralia — Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada — The Dose // Thriller, Sci-Fi Feature
Eric Rich — Astoria, NY, USA — Grandmothered // Horror, Drama, Thriller Feature
Andy Yang — Austin, TX, USA — Outlaw // Thriller, Crime, Action Feature
Alia Zeid — Santa Monica, CA, USA — The Giant of Guadarrama // Horror, Fantasy Feature
STUDIO SKYFIRE FINALISTS:
Suzanne Allain — Tallahassee, FL, USA — BLISS // Thriller, Sci-Fi, Psychological Feature
Sriram Emani — Boston, MA, USA — Jam Boy: Memory is Resistance // Sci-Fi Feature
Marcos Meconi — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Muscle Memory // Horror Feature
Margot Meirom — Tel Aviv, Israel — AfterBirth // Thriller Feature
Saraphina Redalieu — Longmont, CO, USA — The Deep End // Thriller, Sci-Fi Feature
Kate Stimac — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Reformed // Drama, Mystery TV - 1 hr
Marek Szara — Mount Duneed, Victoria, Australia — The Penitent’s Covenant // Thriller Feature
Renn Tan — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Light at the End of the World // Sci-Fi TV - 1 hr
Cameron Vernali — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Man to Man // Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama Feature
Dominic White — Los Angeles, CA, USA — SANASTAASIS // Animated, Action-Adventure TV - Limited Series
WGA EAST FINALISTS:
Jen Bosworth-Ramirez — Evanston, IL, USA — (Man)Dated // Comedy TV - ½ hr
Danny Duffy and Meredith Vey — Miami, Florida, USA — OUT OF HABIT // Comedy TV - 1 hr
Paul Justin Encinas — Brooklyn, NY, USA — ReMemory // Drama Feature
Stephanie Gemmell — Greencastle, PA, USA — Surfing in the Desert // Drama, Contemporary Western Feature
Kevin Johnson — Alexandria, Virginia, USA — The Legend of John Canoe // Action, Historical Drama Feature
Saurin Lakhia — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Moksha // Sci-Fi Feature
Jeff L. Lieberman — New York, NY, USA — My Harlem // Drama Feature
Lizzie Jiang Roberts — New York, NY, USA — Devil’s Peak // Thriller, Romance, Sci-Fi Feature
Charline Tetiyevsky — New York, NY, USA — Demon of Kings // Fantasy, Horror TV - 1 hr
Orlando Javier Torres and Yinuo Wang — Brooklyn, NY, USA — But Also Birds // Romantic Comedy Feature
