Top Reads Spring 2025

The ISA Top Reads list for Spring 2025 has been announced! 

The writers' projects have been evaluated by multiple ISA readers, advancing through multiple stages of the Writing Gig consideration process, contests, and fellowship applications.

After being heavily considered for our gig mandates and other submissions, these writers are being considered for additional relationships with our industry partners. The submission process can be a long road, and we commend these writers ontheir dedication and patience. 

A Christmas Survival Guide for the Modern Vampire by Craig Berger
A Cosmic Apocalypse by Matthew Kelcourse
A One Time Thing by Justin Nosler
A Shallow Drowning by Alison Rayner
AKA Nick Slade by James Hereth
An Offering of the Goats by Mack Velle
Andrea Moondust by Jerzy Suchocki
Arrangements by Peter Macaluso
Bacha Posh by Chaitanya Vyas
Back Country Cut and Run by Tim Boissey
Bagel Hand by Riley Warmoth
Bleak Oblivion by Christian Rousseau
Bloody Probe by Thomas Odunga
Boo’s Cruise by Michael Morero
Brides of Night by Scott Butterfield
Bring On the Dancing Horses by Nick Dallion
Christmas in Greenwich by Tony Moore
Cinema 85 by Nick Dallion
Clementine by Susan Moon
College Contempt by Genna Rivieccio
Conscience by Gregory Henn
Coywolf by Michael Levine
Drop-in Squad by Hester Schell
El Pavo Bravo by Austin Savage
Encore Gardens by Tanya Bershadsky
Exquisite by Peter Petralia
Five With a Bullet by Christopher Isenegger
For Love or Music by Scott Sawitz
Forbidden Island by Andy Gilchrist
Forever and Never by Scott Sawitz
Free Money by Nelda Turcios
Future Sex by Steve Luker
Gimme the Finger by David Buttaro
Goodyear Island by Mckensi Scy Pascall
Grasse Stains by Nora Barry
Haunted by Tom Loveman
Hobo Grove by Gary Graves
Home by Michelle Nation
Hometown by Wendy Jean Wilkins
Hunky Dory by Nick Dallion
I Beg You, Reconsider by Gabriella Giocomo
Insecurity by Peter Cohen
It Is What It Is by Alex Schor
Janice Beside Herself by Laura Jaques
Le Bon Temps by Eileen Dennehy
Man of War by Danielle Ureta-Spontak
Man-Eater by Alex Knies
Melodica: Vampire Slayers by Andrew Traucki
Mustang Express by Jack Azadi
My Condo Is a C#nt! By Stephen Chrabaszcz
N Word Etiquette by Sharon Nash Alexander
Old Savannah by Danielle Lauriente
One Night in Vegas by Scott Sawitz
Plexiglass by Travis Seppala
Queer Company by Craig Weeden
Red Handed by Valentina Weil
ReddeR by James Steele Haney
Shakti by Patrick Cavanaugh
Shiksas Are for Practice by Benj Austin
Slay Belles by Tony Jerris
Song of the Cthulhu by Mark Tuit
Speak English by Kieran Angelini
Spies From Outer Space by James Kearns
Spud by Alison Rayner
Still by Mark Tuit
Stuck in Funk by Cannon Rosenau
Sunset Manor by Lyndon McGill
Telenovela Hartbeat by Gayla Hartsough
The 70-Year Itch by Andy Wasif
The Billionaire Entanglement by Michael Levine
The Book of Ruth by Lou Borenstein
The Cat That Fetches by Lee Taylor
The Celestial Highway by Kevin Howard
The Charmer by RO CO
The Cooks of Tanning House by Jennifer Bieser
The Deal by Kel Vance
The Elders by Peter Macaluso
The Exchange Students by Lisa PennerDang
The Food Section by Winston Wood
The Past by Kaisha Bicknell
The Plastic Magician by Tommy Sigmon
The Rush by Ryan Everly
The Silence Devours by Alyssa Jefferson
The Son of the Devil by Bernhard Schilling
The Soup-Ad Model by Matthew Lowe
The Understudy by Randall Fontana
Tina Modotti by Claudia McGarry
Tiny Vessels by Saraphina Redalieu
Truth or Dare by William Zide
Tuesday and Wendy by Nick Dallion
Unplugged by Sophia Arnao
Unum Plus by Daniel Bommer
Upside Brown by Bradford Farris
Vienna Calling by Renate Grassmugg
Warm My Heart by Benjamin Font
We’re History by Aviva Peltin
Who Let the Wallflowers Out? by Virginia Austin
Woman of Mars by Aaron Langvand
Woodside by Gerard Symonette
Yellow Talk by Leqi Kong

This list will be released on a quarterly basis throughout the year to showcase these incredible writers and their projects. Ready to be next? Make sure to keep your ISA profile updated and send us your best Writing Gig and contest submissions for consideration.

And most importantly, focus on your logline. It's the first step of the consideration process and part of what led these scripts to being selected. Check out these resources to ensure that your first impression is a memorable one! 

Are you and your project in the list above? Don't forget to add it to your LISTS on your profile! Search for "ISA Top Reads."