Winners of the 2025 Green Violet Script Call
Everyone who submitted to the third annual Green Violet Script Call has something to be proud of. They addressed one of the most pressing topics of our day and explored the intricacies and complexities of the climate conversation in original, creative, engaging, and even, humorous ways.
Thanks to the generosity of Talon Entertainment, each winner receives $500 and a professional script consultation. Of the several scripts written by the NYU community that were submitted to this year’s Green Violet script call, the three scripts deemed the most compelling by our judges are:
The Sea Women by Josephine Jung
“Elegant structure, strong character work…This script, in short, is a clear and involving read, something I’d love to see on the screen.”
The Last Womb by Adriana Kyncl
“Funny, surprising, disturbing…This script is inventive and daring, with a deliciously good premise and a very smart frame-narrative structure.”
I Could Make You Care by Scott Thomas Huffman
“Strong character work and theatrically deft…The play's focus on its interpersonal conflicts elevates the theme of climate change from an existential threat to a battle of wills and ideology with the seawall becoming a metaphor for how it is to brace the storm of another person.”
Honorable Mention:
Como Me Duele by Andrés Worstell
“With original, quirky characters and plotting that progresses on different consciousness planes, the story provides a compelling throughline from start to finish.”
Dark World Children by Reuben Hamlyn
“Without any brash or horrific visual manifestations of climate change, Dark World Children still manages to keep its threat front and center. We’re left with no clear right or wrong – just a lot to think about.”
Thanks to everyone for their important work, and congratulations to our winning writers.
Bios:
Josephine Jung is a screenwriter from Seoul. She received her BA in Liberal Arts with a major in Film Studies from King's College London, and an MPhil in Film and Screen Studies from the University of Cambridge before working on productions such as AppleTV+'s Pachinko. Josephine is based in New York.
Adriana Kyncl is a writer from Los Angeles and currently pursuing an MFA in Dramatic Writing NYU. She tells female-led stories that blend political satire, dark comedy, and emotional chaos – set everywhere from dystopian futures to 1800s America. Her work centers queerness, control, and emotionally messy characters who spiral, manipulate, and rebel against systems they can’t quite escape.
Scott Thomas Huffman is a New York based playwright and director whose works often explores bad gays and tumultuous childhoods. Selected plays: MANEATER: The Fucking Psycho Twink Play (O’Neill Semi-Finalist 2025); Children’s Crusade (Hundreth Hill Residency 2020); SIEGE; and Birthday Boy, Bullshit Boy.
Reuben Hamlyn is a writer/director/editor from London. His feature documentary, ANOTHER BODY, won the Special Jury Prize at SXSW 2023. It was nominated for an Emmy in ‘Outstanding Direction - Documentary’, and two BIFAs. His fiction short, BITTER WEEDS, was shortlisted for the student Academy Award.
Andrés Worstell is a Writer/Filmmaker who started his career as a household name and has slowly faded into obscurity ever since. He received his MFA from the Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch in 2025 and his work has been screened at the 7th Floor Film Festival. He hopes you are well.