Listed below are the Second Rounders of the 11th Annual Launch Pad Feature Competition. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!
Stay tuned for the Top 100 announcement on December 15th here and on Twitter within the next few weeks! And if you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.
Here are the Second Rounders:
| 113 | Aladen Gulmohamad |
| 1986 A Punk Rock Love Story | Angela Matemotja |
| 6 Hours to Albuquerque | Iris Chamberlain |
| 81 HOURS | Sandra Rubin |
| A Mother | Zoe Kerr |
| A Profiled Life | Ran Jing |
| A Visit From My Teenage Self | The Mad Hapa |
| ADRENOCHROME | Nick Rose |
| Ahoy for Joy | Keith Reilly |
| Alta California | Lynn H. Elliott |
| Amelia And The Long Fall Home | Rollo Hollins |
| American Sex | Kyle Curry |
| Among The Pines | Rickey Cook |
| Anchor Baby | Ran Jing, Laurel Minter |
| Atlantis | Jeremy Gluck |
| Backwaters | Jeffrey Craine |
| Barry’s Body | Kasi Brown, Brandon Walter |
| Be My Eyes | Jud Cremata |
| Bearing Witness | Windsor Racine |
| Becoming the One | Giulia Eve Flores |
| Birdmen | Daniel Glenn Fissmer, Dylan James Amick |
| Black Market | Chris Lee |
| Blacktop | John Mahony |
| BOOMERANG | Scott Cramer |
| Botica | Matt Healy |
| Braddock | Gregory Caruso |
| Brew | Kimberly Dilts |
| Bright New Eden | Alan Howcroft |
| Brinkman | Sherman Neil |
| Cargo | Bishrel Mashbat |
| Carnivores | Chadd Alciati |
| Cedar Lake | Madison Sean Flannery |
| CELESTE | George Brighton |
| Certified | Dotty Hage |
| CHANGEOVER | Andy Kolker |
| Chivalry | George Alexanian |
| Chosen | Cosmo Wallace |
| Cold Hard Steel | Ryan Stanisz |
| Collision Course | Mike Cymanski |
| COOP | Joe Leone |
| Crazy Train | Ron Pivo |
| Cumulus | Matthew Silverman |
| Cutbacks | Andy Garland |
| Cutter’s Caskets | Nathan Weinreich |
| Daphne | Jisoo Hope Yoon |
| Dark City | Simon Bowler Khan |
| DARK SMOKE (The Edge of Darkness) | Amy Blackwelder |
| Dead Water | Lisa Rysinger |
| Death’s Daughter | Tom Coiner |
| Deep Reservations | David Schroeder, Christopher Jackson |
| Diesel Therapy | Tahira Baig |
| Dives Manor | Will Jones |
| Doree | Kenneth Beckerdite |
| Dru Hill Rising | Mark Landry, Ace Norton, & Emile Hirsch |
| Dust on the Wind | Peter Kershaw |
| East Jesus | Duane Graves |
| El Cucuy | Shane Redding |
| Everything Is Fine | Samantha Lee |
| Faces | Joey Kao |
| Fake-A-Wish | Colton Childs |
| Falling From The Sky | Robert Rhyne |
| Fauna | Ian Baaske |
| Fighting the Fade | Lisa Shostal, Laura Kehler |
| FINAL CREATION | Sianne Tarda |
| Flake | Craig Hanna |
| Flinch | Steve Savitz |
| For Billie | James Froeschle |
| For Phillip | Rob Seyk |
| Forever My Child | Wesley Du |
| Forget Me Not | Rachel Weatherly |
| Forward Not Straight | Kelly Fulton |
| FrankenDad | Andrew Varhol |
| FREIGHT | Emily Sheehan, Andrea Sheehan |
| Furlong Fix | Alana Gerdes |
| Galentine’s Day | Carlos Gabriel Ruiz |
| Gare du Nord | Takeo Hori |
| Goodies | Christopher Backs |
| Granny’s Holiday | Octavia Gilmore |
| Gristle | Heidi Hornbacher |
| Gun It! | Chantal Marie Roy |
| HEARTRACE | Will Bermender |
| Her Seventh Death | Virginia Austin |
| Holy Man | Richard Turgeon |
| Honeyfly | Nicolas Scroggins |
| Hot Naked Mess | Jonathan Dillon, Sascha Alexander |
| House Hunt | Greg Fortier |
| How The Brooks Saved Christmas | Parker Starnes |
| Human Shell | Norman Littlejohn |
| I Love You More Than Chocolate | Azan Kung |
| I LOVE YOU SARA | Tanita Ross-Cady |
| I’ll F*cking Kill You! (A Romantic Comedy) | Ryan Brennan |
| Ice Cream Don’t Melt in Englewood | Richard Ehrenreich |
| Illuminati the Musical! | Max Rasmussen |
| impersonAIt | Ryan LaSalle |
| Incarnations | Albert M. Chan |
| Incident at Graves Manor | Don Erlandson |
| IVG | Christopher Backs |
| Japanese for Baseball | Ray Keller |
| Jason Statham Stole My Bike | Alison Flierl |
| Jingle Bell Rock | Curt Samlaska, MD, FACP, FAAD |
| John Wayne Must Die! | Blair Cosby |
| Just Jessica | Rebecca Glazer |
| KIN | Anna Musso |
| KOOK | J. Ryan Hemingway |
| Lark | Matilda Corley Schulman |
| Left Hand Path | Joseph Bertagna |
| Leonard | Darrell McGregor |
| Liars | Alicia Louzoun-Heisler |
| Long Live The King | Evan Cunningham |
| LOSERVILLE | John Montgomery |
| Loves Company | Jason Laurits |
| Madame Butterfly’s Mad Jaunt | Barry Leach |
| Mason | Kevin Waite |
| Mick Was a Hurricane | Brian O’Connor |
| Moksha | Saurin Lakhia |
| Moon Flower | Phil Reilly |
| Muck | Ty Bradford |
| MURDERAMA | Edward Klau |
| MY BEST (EX) BOYFRIENDS | Darius Wadia |
| My Lovely Neighbors | Jake Buczewski |
| NO GOOD DEED | Heather Farlinger |
| Old Dog | William Sterling |
| One for One | Maile Carnahan |
| ONE MORE TIME | Stu Selonick |
| One-Eyed King | Joe Bonito |
| Optimammal | Arina Patrikova |
| Other | Christopher Backs |
| Our Better Natures | Kevin Frech |
| Over the Hill | Laura Kemp |
| Papa Bear Army | Matthew Sheehan |
| Pedar Jan (Dear Father) | Millad Khonsorkh |
| Pickle Nights | Erik Sawyer, Andrew Walden |
| PINOCCHIO | David Tataridis |
| Pirouette | Criss Gidas |
| Precipice of Desire | Matthew McKinney |
| Project Morningstar | Joshua Raymond |
| Rage Gallery | Christopher Lang |
| Rewinder | Arun Narayanan |
| Ride | Eric Lane |
| Rise | James Barrett, Tony Robenalt |
| ROSEBUD | Kayla Hardy |
| Run | Lou Kendrick |
| Run for the Hills | Troy Deutsch |
| SALESMEN FROM TOPEKA | Adam Seidel |
| Scent of Marigold | Lily Malm, Laila Matuk |
| Scream Queen | Robert Stephen Apetagon |
| SEAL Team ’76 | Takeo Hori |
| Searching for Marceau | Dan Abramovici |
| Second Stances | Laura Harbin |
| Seeker | Mason Weigel |
| Send in the Clowns | Tyler Peterson, Jordan Peterson |
| Settlers | Nat Rovit |
| Shadow Island | Robert Gregson |
| Shark Alley | T.K. Riggins |
| Shot Calling | Lisa Shostal, Laura Kehler |
| Show & Tell | Thomas Thonson |
| Sideways | Will Saunders |
| SIGHTED | David Lesser |
| Silent Thunder | Dan Loschack |
| Sledge Patrol | Alexander Bashkirov |
| Sleeping Beauty | Jonathan Uriel Lopez Cruz |
| Slit | AJ Currie |
| Snake Oil | Sean Plemmons, Jeff Hassen |
| Son of a Gun | Evan Cunningham |
| Sonoran | Jack Aupperle |
| Spark! | jessica villafane |
| Spoken English | Vaughn Verdi |
| Stargazer | Dana Hawthorne |
| Still Breathing | Jeff Athey |
| Stopmotion | Kristen Morrison |
| Stuck With You | Jorge Garcia |
| SUNDOWNERS | Robert Buscemi |
| Swine Lake | Michael Rakoff |
| Tell Me More Tomorrow | David Sajadi |
| The A.S.S. | Zachary Schmitz |
| THE APPLICANTS | Justin Ballheim |
| The Art of Starving | Joe Favalaro |
| THE AUTOMAT | Alexander Blum |
| THE BANNER | Ernestina Juarez |
| The Captain | Joseph Cross |
| The Cockfighter | Andrew Case |
| The Dark | Christien Reid |
| THE DEADHEAD | Justin Ballheim |
| The Deathbed Rules | Don Erlandson |
| The Exhibition | Lauren Kent |
| The Fallen | Gabrielle Nehring |
| The Family Business | Laurie Austin |
| The Fates of Teenage Men | Chris Ristic |
| THE FOREVER HOTEL | Justin Ballheim |
| The Friends & Family Plan | Tamara Green |
| The Gemstone Murders | Amy Garson |
| The God Of Meat | Marko Pandza, Jason Kerr |
| The Goddess and the Grackle | Suzanne Faber |
| THE GRADUAL DETERIORATION OF WALTER TWIG | LS Garvey |
| The Grey Lady | C.S. Woo |
| The Gunslinger Bride | Charmaine Colina |
| The Handoff | Ariel Palin |
| The Heroine of Wrangel Island | Aaron Michael Bailey |
| The Hotel Golgonooza | Sean McPharlin |
| The Impersonator | Eve Florin, Corey Mackey |
| The Larson Episode | John Norton |
| The Last Travelers | Darrell McGregor |
| The Light in Your Eyes | Emma Zetterberg |
| The Makeover Man | Adam Sandel |
| The Man by the River | Casey Warfield |
| The Niihau Terror | Jeff Prahl |
| The Old Man and the Sky | Kevin Sterling |
| The Red Key | Paul Sheridan |
| The Revolt of the Whales | Michael Rhodes |
| THE ROMMEL GAMBIT | John Doble |
| The Second | Mark Wallinger |
| The Shubert Orphans | Daniel Doble |
| The Silent Room | David Schlow |
| The Slide | Dennis Luu |
| The Starlight City Run | Emmett Walsh |
| THE STRANGER | David Herzfeld |
| The Taking of North Pole 1-2-3 | Robert Husted |
| The Traveller | Justin Neal |
| The Two Musketeers | Dustin Richardson |
| Them Monsters | Simon Cheyne |
| These Cuffs Followed Me Home | Vijay Ilankamban |
| They Seem Nice | Nathan Weinreich |
| To Kill a King | Omri Rose |
| Torment | Oren Shai, David Meyer |
| Touchwood | Amy Charlesworth |
| Tow | Arjan Sudick |
| TOXIC. | Colin Lawrence |
| TRANSFERENCE | Johnny Gilligan |
| Trick Selfie | Chad Wellinger |
| Trouble In Blonde | Tony Brown |
| TWINNING | Jace Serrano |
| Two Steps Back | Rory Torres |
| UNLEASH YOUR INNER PSYCHO | David Amito |
| UPSTATE | Chiara Donio |
| Velvet Fangs | Ted Bronson |
| Vessels | Michael Zanowiak |
| VIVIAN | David Woll |
| VOICELESS | Max Rissman |
| Walking in Iowa | Alex Murawski |
| Warning Signs | Aaron Michael Bailey |
| Watermelon, Watermelon, Watermelon | Calvin Claudio |
| When Harry Styles Met Sally | Jacob Lewis |
| Where There’s A Will | Erin Lander-Hickman |
| While Owls Sleep | N. Batchelder |
| White Elephant | Kyle Gillis |
| Who is Mary Wollstonecraft? | Amanda Dettrick |
| Who Knows the End? | Alex Ovadal |
| Wisteria | Adam Lapallo |
| Yatra | David Barbeschi, Vee Kumari |
| Yesterday Is Dead | Mali Finn |
