Spring 2023
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Chad Hutson
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Michael D. Kenney
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Scott Thompson/
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Winter 2022-23
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Reenita M. Hora
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Michael Morero
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Alysha Haran
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Fall 2022
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John L. Prather
Winner: Feature Screenplay
"The Jesus Nut" A reviled college professor, a delusional homeless man, and a priest who loves strip clubs embark on a journey to discover the century's greatest relic... and, in the end, find themselves. Adapted from the novel. |
Don McKinneyWinner: TV Pilot
"Agency of Record" In Corporate America there are predators and there are the predators’ meal. The last standing independent advertising agency is the main course, as holding companies wait for the most opportune moment to strike. |
Vu MaiWinner: Short Script
"Don't Let Me Sink" After ten years of sobriety, a heroin addict finds herself down the path of temptation again as she struggles with her grief. Deep down she knows that if she decides to push that needle, there is no coming back. |
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2022 Fall Competitive "Selected" Entries
Screenplay
Summer 2022
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Joel LeskoWinner: Feature Screenplay
"Seeds" A young agri-business prognosticator goes home to bury her father and sell the family farm, only to unearth the dark family secrets of human nature that have distorted her world ever since. |
Matthew WebsterWinner: TV Pilot
"Back" A group of people in a small town in Ohio try to continue moving forward in the life they’re living, rather than give in to the constant temptation to “go back” and “fix” their lives. |
Dean FriskeWinner: Short Script
"Mousse" A man must overcome an all-encompassing battle with his alter ego, in order to admit to his wife what kind of person he really is. |
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2022 Summer Competitive-"Selected" Entries
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Spring 2022
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Susan KlosFeature Screenplay
"Voices" A single mother struggles to balance a business and family life with a new romance as her daughter is diagnosed with schizophrenia. She must choose between the love of her life and the life of her child. |
Earl JavorskyTV Pilot
"Charlie Miner" Charlie Miner, a heroin-addicted PI, wakes up looking down at his own body at the LA County morgue. Now he has a murder to solve: his own. |
Francesca Scotti-GoetzShort Film Script
"Undecided" A powerful, relevant, and timely piece as three parallel conversations debate the abortion issue and whether or not to keep a pregnancy. |
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2022 Spring Competitive/"Selected" Entries
Screenplay
Winter 2021-2
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Congratulations to all these wonderful writers...
in the most competitive of all competition seasons!
Eli RoseFeature Screenplay
"The Strays" Traumatized and addicted, 15-year-old Blue and her homeless friends begin to crumble under the brutal weight of a dark drug world. |
Eve PatzlaffTV Pilot
"Friendless" What happens when friendships disintegrate? The answer is June, friendless and wondering what the hell went wrong. |
Kevin FintlandShort Film Script
"Dave's Lucky Day" A story about a guy, a fortune cookie, and what it truly means to be "lucky". |
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2021 Winter Competitive/"Selected" Entries
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Fall 2021
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Doug WilliamsFeature Screenplay
"Black Star Rising" Barbara Jordan conquers poverty and racism to become a leading black politician in the 1970s. But as she rises, Jordan’s allies sabotage her career because she doesn’t act like a stereotypical “black woman politician.” |
Richard MutiTV Pilot
"Sinatra" Frank Sinatra, whose reckless behavior often gets in the way of his immense talent, overcomes obstacles early in life with the help of a strong-willed mother and Mafia benefactors, as he strives to reach the top. |
Rachel JacobShort Film Script
"Four on the Mantle" Two couples in the same family are expecting, one for the first time, the other with a sorrowful past. After a miscarriage, family dynamics change as they learn to deal with tragedy in a whole new way. |
2021 Fall Semi-Finalists
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TV Script
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2021 Fall Quarter-Finalists
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2021 Fall Honorable Mention
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2021 Fall Competitive Entries
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Summer 2021
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Congratulations to all these wonderful writers!
Bill BrockFeature Screenplay
"James Dean: Crossing the Finish Line" On the night before his death, an inevitable Hollywood film icon questions his fate through a series of life-altering triumphs, challenges, and haunting nightmares. |
Vikas BandhuTV Pilot
"The Industrialist" India's top prosecutor is sent to the United States to extradite the world's most powerful industrialist, responsible for an environmental disaster that killed four thousand people in India in 1991. |
Richard Bruce StirlingShort Film Script
"What About Huggy?" Gary Parker's new job is taking him and his family to Mars. But their plans hit a wall when they learn they can't take their beloved old dog Huggy. |