Each of the following were accepted to the Sac Film Fest and American Screenwriting Conference, 2018 entitling them to competition in one of three categories AND for the overall Lew Hunter Award for Screenwriting Excellence. Each was also extended a special "screenwriter pass" invitation to the entire festival and the screenwriting conference to meet Lew Hunter. Congratulations to all!
| Robert J. | Rogers | Hell on Neptune |
| STEPHEN | SEAGER | The God Gene |
| Jason | Petrovitch | The Bold Testament |
| Yanjuan | Song | Say My Name v3 |
| Aissa | Martell | Sands of the Mirage |
| Jim | Norman | Table For Four |
| Greg | Hill | Camp Commander |
| Scott | Simpson | The MacKenzie Breakout |
| Lorraine | Portman | Attic Ashes |
| Lori | Allred | Secrets |
| Jess | Grant | Engine Five-Seven-Three |
| Jonathan | LaPoma | Diplomatic Ammunity! |
| Stephen | Settle | EKE'BOLOS |
| John | Afamasaga | JUAN |
| Andrea | Behring | Picture's Up |
| Lucy | Fazely | The Good Book |
| Lucy | Fazely | Dr. Needmore |
| Paul | Gross | Diminuendo |
| Steven Wayne | Knight | Horace Bell |
| CHRIS | HELTON | The Road to Matanzas |
| William | Leonard | Mad Dash |
| Waide | Riddle | Dear Tom Hardy: i love you |
| Daniel | Pellikan | The Promotion |
| Richard | Kjeldgaard | Discount Lodging |
| Stuart | Creque | High Stakes |
| Ana | Loes | f7/f2 |
| Eric | Carlson | .THE SPIRIT OF COLUMBUS. |
| Eric | Carlson | THE AUDITION |
| Bill | Baber | Perfidies |
| Clint | Pearson | Shine Your Eyes |
| Petra | Terzi | 49 Years After |
| Jim | Norman | Las Vegas Is Murder |
| Charles William | Lane | Identification: Laura Bracken |
| Lorraine | Portman | Paradise Pond |
| Lorraine | Portman | Peace, Love, and Law Enforcement Pilot |
| Todd | Sorrell | The Minstrel |
| Alpha | Blair | The Seduction of Auntie Rose |
| Alpha | Blair | The Good Samaritan |
| Wendy J.N. | Lee | The Miskids |
| Richard | Reed | Clash Of Iron |
| gunnar | garrett | The Fight After |
| shia | labeouf | Honey Boy |
| Mark | Gunnion | PLAY THE FOOL |
| Leslie | Lyshkov | Dumbest Generation |
| Tim | Tyler | Duty, Honor, Country |
| Tom | Radovich | Mortis |
| Tom | Radovich | The Crag |
| Dexter | Williams | Wish Upon A Hollywood Star |
| Adnane | Laala | SMART |
| DAVID | LEWIS | CADILLAC DREAMS |
| David | Schroeder | LOST CAUSE |
| David | Schroeder | HALFWAY HOME |
| David | Schroeder | THE BIG IDEA |
| David | Schroeder | BECOMING LANA LIU |
| Charles | DeRykus | Uncle Frits |
| Sandra | Campbell | 1989 |
| Clint | Gaige | Road Dawgs |
| Tony | Abbate | Ruiz |
| Edward J. | Rubeo | Time Slips |
| Sandra | Campbell | The Devil On Sunday |
| Jonathan | LaPoma | The Kidnapped |
| Christine | Sherwood | Cherry Glazed |
| Dexter | Williams | Medusa Melrose: Drag Queen Hypnotist |
| Dexter | Williams | Enchantress |
| Dexter | Williams | Under Your Spell |
| Thomas | Graziano | Hawk |
| Thomas | Graziano | Owe |
| Tiffany | Hudson | The Shadows of Our Future Selves |
| Erin | Drake Prior | Soulless in Los Altos |
| Dexter | Williams | The Hypnotic Trap |
| Dexter | Williams | Mesmerina |
| Bryan | Fierro | Inside Passage |
| Cheryl | Laughlin | We Didn't Start the Fire |
| Cheryl | Laughlin | The GYST |
| Cheryl | Laughlin | The Green Cubicles of Ireland |
| Kasey | Williams | Hey, Cleveland! |
| Douglas | Stephens | Forgotten Valor |
| Leslie | Lyshkov | THE ABOLITIONISTS |
| Hebron | Simckes-Joffe | Emily |
| A.J. | Moss | The Decaying Woman |
| Alex | Z. Avila | Bautizo |
| Gerald | Teaster | The Marker |
| James | Manion | Con Doc 2 |
| R. J. | Watson | Perry |
| Attila | Rostas | The Shepherds of Cat Island |
