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Stats:
281 script requests, 11 options, 6 reps, 4 produced, 5 writing assignments.
January 2010 Contest Results
156 entries
WINNER:
GUS by R. Scott Shields
Children/family
A small cat with big dreams must find his one true love before sunrise or be locked up forever as an indoor cat.
HONORABLE MENTION:
BLITZKRIEG by Schuyler Willson
Comedy/drama
A wannabe crime lord dreams of building an empire in Toronto, but he never counted on the array of thieves, killers and cops who are out to stop him.
THE THESIS by Richard Averill
Thriller
A grad student's thesis research unintentionally gets him caught up with the mob.
HOUSE OF THE SUN by Marco Guarda
Action
In an overcrowded future where people are paid to end their lives early, a man discovers a horrible secret about mankind's place on the food chain.
December '09 Contest Results
187 entries
WINNER:
CODEX by Michael Cravotta
Supernatural thriller
Two cryptologists uncover a secret buried in the original copy of the Old Testament that points to an instrument of absolute power, but are soon pursued by a ruthless cult out to harness that power for their own dark desires.
HONORABLE MENTION:
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH by Elizabeth Grace
Comedy
Mistaken for a forensics analyst at the scene of a crime, a pathetic but sweet ne'er-do-well goes along with it, desperately in love with the female detective in charge of the case.
BLOOD AND BADGES by Erik V. Wolter and David Lynn
Action
A former Marine turns private investigator and takes on a clique of tattooed cops, the most dangerous gang in L.A.
EPIC by Joey Ernand
Fantasy
To save his family and his kingdom from a vengeful sorceress, a rebellious prince is sent on a quest to retrieve four magical stones with the power to control the elements, only to uncover an incredible destiny.
November '09 Contest Results
146 entries
WINNER:
THE FREEBIE (aka Picture Me and You)
by Robert Keith Watson
Romantic comedy
What happens when a guy engaged to the wrong woman meets his "freebie," the one celebrity he's allowed to cheat with?
HONORABLE MENTION:
URBANITY by Adam Barker
Drama
A mysterious homeless youth and a lonely, aging addict form a bond that helps fill a void in each of their lives.
THE DEAD ON ARRIVALS by Miyako Akina Fuqua
Adventure
Little Tokyo and Berlin are stuck in a purgatory-like metro station. In order to escape, they must recreate and take Polaroids of secrets they have kept in their past lives so that they can catch the next train to freedom.
HORROR COMIC by Stephen Hoover
Thriller
A young comic book writer joins a detective to stop a killer who's using his tales of terror as the inspiration for a series of grisly murders.
October '09 Contest Results
131 entries
WINNER:
SHAPES OF THINGS by Moutaz Jad
Comedy/drama
When ex-rocker Madeline Summers returns to the scene, she finds that the music industry has changed. The only way to continue to make her own kind of music is to work with a teenage pop star, but in doing so she may just find her own way.
HONORABLE MENTION:
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS by Andrew Crane
Thriller
A small town cop investigates a thirty-year-old murder and finds that the trail leads to the President of the United States.
EATING LIFE by David Cobbins
Horror
A desperate restaurant manager, hungry for success, uses the flesh of young women to spice up the food of his failing eatery.
STRAWBERRY MANSION by R. Scott Shields
Drama
A shy teen living in one of the deadliest neighborhoods in America discovers a positive outlet - training and racing horses with the urban cowboys of Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia. Inspired by true events.
September '09 Contest Results
141 entries
WINNER:
WHITE ELEPHANT by Susan St. Peters
Family
When a lonely teenage graffiti artist is forced to do community service by cleaning up at a circus, he learns the elephants are in peril and sets out to rescue them, in the process discovering his true artistic calling.
HONORABLE MENTION:
THE WRIT WRITER by Michael Murphy
Legal drama
A biracial lawyer risks his life to save twelve African-Americans from the electric chair after they are wrongfully convicted of killing two white men. Based on the true story of Scipio Jones and the Elaine Twelve.
SPACE GIRL BLUES by Bruce Pavalon
Sci-fi/fantasy
A young man falls for a woman who spins tales of amorous aliens.
WITCHHUNTER by Marcello Schweitzer
Thriller
When an inquisitor's wife is accused of witchcraft, he has to choose between his faith and the woman he loves.
August '09 Contest Results
157 entries
WINNER:
EIGHTH GRADE SUCKS by Tammy Caplan
Comedy
A girl tries to survive the war that is eighth grade after making enemies with nearly all of her classmates.
HONORABLE MENTION:
ONE MORE RED NIGHTMARE by Helyn Dunn
Thriller
Just as he's ready to retire in an attempt to redeem his failed marriage, Det. Rick Bradley is faced with a new string of crimes by the same killer he let get away fourteen years ago. His only lead: an unstable young woman with horrific nightmares which she insists are visions of future murders.
THE DOGS OF PEACE by Jeff DeVuono
Family/children
A young, adorable female pitbull is stolen from her suburban family by bumbling goons trying to run a dog fighting operation.
PATERNITY LEAVE by Matt Finio
Comedy
A lazy advertising exec fakes marriage and pregnancy to earn several months of paid paternity leave, but things go awry when he falls for someone other than his "wife".
July '09 Contest Results
162 entries
WINNER:
DREAM by Micki Pagano and Tony Parente
Romantic Comedy
When a bride-to-be makes a wish on the moon for happiness ever after, she finds herself trapped in a dream with a renegade sandman, unable to awake for her wedding.
HONORABLE MENTION:
BLACK FRIDAY by Davin Affrunti
Action/comedy
Three upper-crust buddies form a masked vigilante squad to help fight back when the stock market crash sends their upscale NYC neighborhood into a downward spiral of crime.
PANDAMONIUM by Susan St. Peters
Family
A fastidious zoo veterinarian, more interested in research than the animals he serves, invents a fertility drug for pandas. But when exotic animal collectors try to steal the cubs, he has to take the little bears on the run and into his heart.
TECHS by Brian Kuss
Comedy
When a new boss-from-hell takes over, an overly ambitious computer tech and his inventive co-worker declare war, and unravel his plot to rob the company blind.
June '09 Contest Results
126 entries
WINNER:
The Svengali Effect by Jeremy Shipp
Thriller
A gifted magician is framed for murder and recruited as a spy in the Cold War.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Laramie by William Johnston
Western
An aging former lawman rides to the aid of a woman and her two children when her husband is framed for murder by a ruthless saloon owner and his sadistic henchmen who want their land.
Ameristocracy by Paul Moxham
Action
When a conspiracy theorist cop stumbles upon the secret society responsible for the assassination of Lincoln and Kennedy, he becomes convinced that they now have the newly elected President squarely in their sights.
It's a Popcorn World by Russ Meyer
Comedy
An inventor seeks to save his home by expanding the world like a kernel of popcorn, if his dance-clubbing hunchback lawyer can keep him out of jail long enough to accomplish his goal.
May '09 Contest Results
142 entries
WINNER:
Kiss Me Lucky by Sheri Davenport
Romantic comedy
A struggling single mom wins the lottery, but the ticket is stolen and when the thief learns it's too hot to cash he launches a covert scheme to win the girl so he can get the money.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Darkroom by Alex Cope
Thriller
An emotionally-detached crime scene photographer frames an accidental death on a serial killer, but complications arise when the killer tracks him down.
Wicked Creatures by Brian Kuss
Comedy/horror
After being attacked by werewolves and led to safety, a guy with a severe case of pre-wedding jitters must fight to save the lives of his freshly-dumped fiance and his bickering friends when their would-be rescuer turns out to be a vampire.
Calliope by James T. Frazier
Family
A 14-year-old blind girl discovers a portal to Mozart's study and spends her nights there taking piano lessons while he struggles to finish "The Magic Flute," but spends her days in the modern world trying to save a failing orphanage from its corrupt director. Will she choose to stay in Mozart's world where she can see, or in the modern world where she is blind but loved?
April '09 Contest Results
143 entries
WINNER:
Benazir by Muhammad Ali Hasan
Historical biopic
The story of Benazir Bhutto, the Prime Minister of Pakistan who brutally murdered rival politicians, manipulated superpower countries, and embezzled billions from foreign investors, all for the sake of helping her people.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Call Me Danny by Jagjiwan Sohal
Comedy
A mild-mannered production assistant gets more than he bargained for when he's forced to travel to the Pacific Northwest to retrieve Danny Glover.
Pulp Science Fiction by Ron Podell
Horror
Three Halloween tales interlock, including a time traveling rock-and-roll scientist, a monster mash party where at least one of the monsters is real, and a bizarre theme park called Rodent World that is much more than meets the eye.
Life Science by Rachel Slansky
Comedy/drama
A misfit dork given to flights of fancy forsakes her own imperfect parents for those of her prettier, wealthier, more popular new best friend.
March '09 Contest Results
136 entries
WINNER:
The Way It Spins by Irin Evers
Drama
In this moving coming-of-age tale, a Brooklyn teenager deals with a tragic mistake while trying not to let the guilt destory his life.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Cockpit by Jesse Griffith
Sci-fi
In this hallucinatory adventure, a hero flight commander fights a deadly enemy which uses mind control to turn him and his squadron into traitors.
Piltdown Man by Adam Conroy
Thriller
In Edwardian England, the discovery of a skull that proves Darwin's Theory of Evolution by an amateur archeologist pits him against a powerful Anglican Bishop.
It's a Big Top World by William Bienes
Dark Comedy/Action
In a world where clowns are a racial minority, a father with amnesia must remember his past before a clown-mafia leader claims his family and puts him six feet under.
February '09 Contest Results
116 entries
WINNER:
The Kids, the President and the Apache by Cat Bistransin
Action
Two preteen geniuses take vengeance on the President of the United States by buying an Apache helicopter on his personal credit card.
HONORABLE MENTION:
One Night Stand by Adam Litt and Ian Coyne
Horror
A serial killer, a runaway bride and a pair of Hollywood hipsters on their weekend getaway - this is the motley crew that finds itself in a remote desert town at nightfall... a town with an appetite for life, just not its own.
Banzai Boy by Curtis Burdick and Scott Burdick
Sports drama
A troubled teen finds athletic success, a real home, and true love in a foreign land.
Male Order Bride by Phil Hwang
Comedy
A desperate young man poses as a mail order bride to get to the United States.
January '09 Contest Results
149 entries
WINNER:
Drawing Dead by Kelly Parks
Horror
A group of professional poker players find themselves in a game of Texas Hold'em for their souls.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Lovegems by Christopher Davis (action)
In order to find his missing fiance, an ex-con leads a strange woman and a hitman on a quest to recover 27 precious gems (with a secret of their own) before a powerful crime boss and his hired guns can find them.
Samson & Delilah by Angela Guess (epic/historical)
The violent love story as you've never seen it before: from both sides.
The Blue Planet by Svet Rouskov (sci-fi)
A blacklisted NASA astronaut is called upon to lead a mission to Mars where he discovers lethal but intelligent creatures and an age-old atrocity committed by mankind.
October '08 Contest Results
125 entries
WINNER:
Direct Descent by Marjory Kaptanoglu
Mystery
Unraveling the mystery of her mother's death leads an insecure young woman to a shocking discovery regarding her own true identity.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Mr. Popular by Bob Bouknight (comedy)
Assisted Living by Brian Penn (comedy/drama)
Dog by Kelly Parks (horror)
Check Mate by Glenn Pineau (crime)
Summer of '69 by Christopher Bell (drama)
September '08 Contest Results
133 entries
WINNER:
The 49th Day by Craig Peters
Thriller/horror
A little girl's imaginary friend starts killing off her family one by one. But what can you do when you're only seven and Death wants to be your best friend?
HONORABLE MENTION:
Lifer by Inon Shampnier (crime drama)
A Beautiful Place by Chris Adler (drama)
Lycan or Not by Frank Reavy (comedy)
Rock Paper Scissors by Leo Lo (comedy)
August '08 Contest Results:
62 entries
WINNER:
Rabbit by Graham Kosakoski
Comedy/drama
He sees love, not reality. We should all be so lucky.
The moving story of a young man who creates fantasy in order to escape the disappointments of reality.
HONORABLE MENTION:
The Story of Life by Graham Kosakoski (comedy/drama)
Artifice by Steve Hochman (comedy)
Miss N You by Larry Postel (sci-fi/fantasy)
Back from the Dead by Art Blum (comedy)
July '08 Contest Results:
66 entries
WINNER:
Nowhere Man by Leslie Longworth-Weil
Comedy/drama
After a rocky fall from grace, a legendary guitarist fights to save his soul in an effort to become something more than just a rock star.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Bloodstained Peace by Jordan Breen (action/adventure)
Tears for the Innocent by Carolyn Haywood (mystery/thriller)
Strung by Davin Affrunti (crime drama/thriller)
June '08 Contest Results:
64 entries
WINNER:
Road Hog by Dan Hart
Action
A nerdy engineer who craves law and order and a precocious kid with a talent for race car driving team up as vigilantes to clean the streets of lawless road hogs.
HONORABLE MENTION:
UnderServed by Zack Van Eyck (comedy/drama)
Camp Angel by Jeffrey Bruner (drama)
The Knuckleballer by Mike Murphy (sports biopic)
May '08 Contest Results:
62 entries
WINNER:
The Mind of a Political Assassin by Alan B. Cockrill and Stephen W. Lincoln
Thriller
JFK avoids assassination in Dallas and dishes out his own brand of justice. Unfortunately, those closest to the investigation are the ones most dangerous to him.
HONORABLE MENTION:
The Dread by Per Muhlow and Anders Rasmusson (horror)
The Highway Robberies by Arnold Chan (action/heist)
My Alien Boss by Tim McSmythurs (comedy/drama)
Jetpack by Adam Nur (action)
April '08 Contest Results:
67 entries
WINNER:
Death Doesn't Like Me by Steve Daniels
Comedy
A teenage girl, raised by an oblivious mom, has no friends and gets harassed constantly at school. She wants to end her life, but Death himself has other plans for her.
HONORABLE MENTION:
The Battle of the Wils by Arthur Blum (sci-fi/fantasy)
Hat Trick by Robert Gately (comedy/drama)
Dealers by Jimmy Bromberg (mystery/thriller)
Scalloped Potatoes and Ham by Kathy Douglass (comedy)
March '08 Contest Results
64 entries
WINNER:
You Like Chinese Food by Ryan Sager and Jacob Gershman
Comedy
An awkward young New York newspaper reporter, frustrated by his plans not working out, finds direction in fortune cookies, leading him to fall for the wrong woman while stumbling into the story of a lifetime.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Forlorn Hope by Jack Richards (epic/historical)
Yard Sale by Irin Evers (romantic comedy)
Stutter Punch by Craig Bottrell (action/drama)
February '08 Contest Results
67 entries
WINNER:
Nine Lives and the Great Mike Todd by Will Moore
Biopic
A theater producer wins audiences over by "giving the public what they want" (his motto). After arriving in Hollywood, moving from theater to film, this outside-the-box-thinking producer encounters opposition from the town's studio heads. Now, against all odds, he must do whatever it takes to get his masterpiece made.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Kenai Gold by John P Mull III (adventure)
Cross Without a Grave by Alan Cockrill and Stephen Lincoln (western)
The World to Come by Svet Rouskov (action)
January '08 Contest Results
79 entries
WINNER:
Crystal Death by Martin Stack
Action/Horror
An embittered DEA agent loses faith in the system when a mysterious form of crystal meth causes the death of a 14 year old girl. She leads a team of mercenaries into Mexico to assassinate the druglord and destroy his operation, only to discover a more sinister plan to infect meth addicts with an ancient virus.
HONORABLE MENTION:
SoleMates by Guy Winch (animated)
Smokathon by David Records (comedy)
Sangamon County by Ruth Johnson and Wendy Hubbard (biopic)
Oliver, Olivier by Iva Kapetanovic (romantic comedy)
Dental School by Dan Levinson (comedy/drama)
December '07 Contest Results
62 entries
WINNER:
Eclipse by Ron Brassfield
Horror/drama
When werewolves terrorize a small town, the townspeople suspect that their priest is one of the creatures. In order to save his town and his own good name, the priest must face and defeat the real culprits - with the help of an unlikely ally.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Avalon Bound by Brandon Rosin (adventure)
Forever by Rhonda Ermel and Morris Clark (fantasy)
Strings Attached by Gail Greenfield (romantic comedy)
November '07 Contest Results
71 entries
WINNER:
Coming Clean by Mark Layne
Romantic comedy
Cultures clash when Felicity's sophisticated black boyfriend from England shows up in her podunk hometown and meets the family she never told him about.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Escaping My Life by Andrea Seybold
To the Ice by Ruth E. Johnson
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Annual Contest - 2007 Results
WINNER:
Mine by Anita Jean Justice
TOP 10 FINALISTS:
Attempting to Connect by Michael Jon Levin
Feral by Wil Denson
Full Circle by Davin Affrunti
Heistwise by Clete Barrett Smith
Hiding in Plain Sight by Cheryl Shonk
Slugger by Jimmy Miller
Ten Shots of Tequila by Ted Gurich
The Koi Keeper by Felice Bassuk and Richard F. Russell
The Paper Route by Danny M. Howell
Westerly by Carla Robinson
HONORABLE MENTION:
Algo Por Mi by Juan Sebastian Jacome
Aquitaine by Sarah Zeiser
B Deviled by Billy Maddox and Vivien Cooper
Black Sun by Tom Patrick
Canaries by Craig Cambria
Christmas Without Santa Claus by Michael Langson Moore
Clarity by George Varotsis
Cross Without a Grave by Alan B. Cockrill
Crystal Death by Martin Stack
Don't Dance, Just Sparkle by Gavin Cruickshank
Extremely Yours by Mark Phillips
Forest Fire! by Dan Williams
Gideon's Wager by Steven James Eaton
Hocus Pocus in the Land of Baloney by Rana Aich
In the Grand Scheme of Wings by Kenneth Shelden
Jaded Highway by Bizhan M. Tong
Kin by Kamal Hamzah
Mind's Eye by Sharon Scott
Money Dearest by Michael Jon Levin
Moving Taras by Andrij Witiuk
Neighborhood Watch by Eric Werner
New Year's Eve by Rich Docherty
Otherwise Engaged by Jolene Jahnke
Our House by Jorge J. Lomastro
Out of Range by Elizabeth Medes
Passaic by Michael Klausner
Peace 101 by Eric Biskamp
Plurally Inclined by Dianne Cameron
Prince of Hell by Robert F. Mason
Reaching Across Time by Lee Geiger
Real by Len Lippman
Rock Paper Scissors by Rachel Maya
Rupture by Colin Lawrence
Slade by Jean Hunter
Snap Count by Wil Denson
Solomon's Whale by John Arends
Special Powers by Chris Sorenson
Tears for the Innocent by Carolyn Haywood
The Egg by Jay Melnick
The House of Perez by Laura Richter
The Midnight Rambler by John Charles Lewis
The Mystery of the McKinley Mansion by Jennifer Hardy
The Priestess by Jorge J. Lomastro
The Principle of Uncertainty According to Hal Bruno by Michele Wong
The Secret Drawer Society by Sharon Scott
The World to Come by Svet Rouskov
Token White by Erik V. Wolter
Visions by Danny M. Howell
***
Annual Contest - 2006 Results
WINNER:
Smilers by Mike McGeever
TOP 10 FINALISTS:
Beyond the Horizon by George Ferris
Getting the Business by Haik Hakobian
Gauguin's Garden by Brandon Rosin
In the Lion's Den by S. Douglas Knox
Love and/or Sex by Mark Fitzhenry
Soul Possessions by Steve Kennedy and Vince Churchill
The Intended by Ned Farrell
The Playwright by Kenneth Shelden
The Truth by Walden Matussey by Tim Boughn
Winnerman by Maryann Beckman and Susan Skalinski
HONORABLE MENTION:
Ancestral Home by Aaron Yarber
Angel De Muerte by Michael Cantu and Dayanara Rico
Bets on Four by Raf Leon Dahlquist
Blue Ground by James T. Frazier
Carthage by Peter Lancucki
Charley Star by Jane Arrowsmith Edwards
DeadEnd Wonderland by Andrew Martin
Game Seven by Patrick Douglas
Half of an Orange by Catherine Y. Fridey
I.C.E. Bandits by John P. Mull III and Lt. Col. John E Strandberg
Kenai Gold by John P Mull III
Mercs by Edward Herr
Peace 101 by Eric Biskamp
Pearls of China by Reggie Garcia Littlejohn
Saving Grace by Barbara Frances
Shadow's Touch by Jorge Lomastro
The Second by Jorge Lomastro
Show Me Life by Shelly Paino
The Man with the Package by Kitania Kavey and David Mulligan
The O'Broynes by Ken Byrnes
The Third Kind of Midnight by Henry J. Raymond III
Trees by Joaquin Perez
Unity by Eugene L. Lanlais III
Voices by Susan Klos
