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Screenwriter | Features | TV | Shorts
Hello, I'm Susan Jordan. Welcome to my portfolio. It is my mission to write with passion, produce with respectful collaboration, and to deliver projects and products on time and on budget.
WOUNDS OF WAR
A decorated Veteran reluctantly returns home to accept her grandfather’s tribal legacy, ripping open family and community wounds in their small mountain town.
Finalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Diversity Initiative IX Contest, 2025
Finalist, The Diverse Writers Outreach at The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, 2025
Quarterfinalist, Palm Springs Diversity Screenplay Contest, 2025
Quarterfinalist, Pitch to Page Screenwriting Contest Female-driven Scripts, 2024
Honorable Mention, The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, 2022
Finalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Diversity Initiative IX Contest, 2025
Finalist, The Diverse Writers Outreach at The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, 2025
Quarterfinalist, Palm Springs Diversity Screenplay Contest, 2025
Quarterfinalist, Pitch to Page Screenwriting Contest Female-driven Scripts, 2024
Honorable Mention, The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, 2022
STILL HERE
An accident destroys a lifelong friendship.
Multiple festival placements as Short Screenplay Finalist and Honorable Mention, 2020-2023
Award Winner, LGBTQ Unbordered International Festival, 2020
Multiple festival placements as Short Screenplay Finalist and Honorable Mention, 2020-2023
Award Winner, LGBTQ Unbordered International Festival, 2020
LONDON KISSMAS
After an unexpected job loss and a marriage proposal, an exhausted single mother receives an invitation to spend Christmas in London, but how far must she travel to believe in love again.
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition, 2018
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition, 2018
A CHRISTMAS YARN
After a 9-1-1 call from his mother, will a ball-of-energy bicycle designer save his community’s Christmas projects before he returns to a new job in Boston, or will he find his way to love and a life back home in the Rocky Mountains.
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition, 2024
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition, 2024
WHEN YOU GO TO TOWN
A recently divorced woman’s chance encounter with an older couple dealing with dementia emotionally challenges her to wonder, “Could she have gone the distance?"
Finalist, CinemaStreet Women's Short Screenplay Competition, 2025
Finalist, CinemaStreet Women's Short Screenplay Competition, 2025
A DICKENS OF A RIDE
A miserly woman’s passion for classic cars fuels a Spirits-led Christmas Eve ride, traveling toward redemption or a journey on a no-detour dark road in a modern twist of A Christmas Carol.
FINDING YOU
A son receives a journal revealing his birth mother’s search for him after an illegal adoption.
Semi-Finalist, Cinema Street Women’s Short Screenplay Contest, 2024.
Semi-Finalist, Cinema Street Women’s Short Screenplay Contest, 2024.
HOW THE GOBLIN LOST HIS GIGGLE
Produced Podcast: How the Goblin Lost His Giggle
Gold Award, HearNow Audio Festival, 2019
Podcast Winner WIFMCO/Athena Project, 2018
Gold Award, HearNow Audio Festival, 2019
Podcast Winner WIFMCO/Athena Project, 2018
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