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2008 Top 3 Winners:
1st Place
SHAKE. RON VINCENT rubytim@sbcglobal.net
Action Drama: When a former gang member/college student discovers Shakespeare's original Hamlet, he finds himself in the fight of his life as thugs nearly kill him and tear his family apart.
2nd Place
NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK IRIN EVERS neuroticboy@earthlink.net
Romantic Comedy: When an obsessive young woman thinks she's found the perfect man on a reality dating show, she stalks him, meets him and falls in love, until she discovers he's not perfect.
3rd Place
CANARIES CRAIG CAMBRIA crcambria@comcast.net
Sci-Fi Thriller: An experiment in biosphere living goes awry when mysterious changes both inside and out threaten the inhabitants.
FINALISTS: (in alphabetical order by script title)
DELIRIUM TREMENS GRAHAM MANSON primal@talktalk.net
Drama: When an alcoholic romance novelist struggles to get sober, he falls in love with a beautiful woman who seems to want to help him but finally realizes that her love could be fatal.
DOG KELLY PARKS kelly.parks@gmail.com
Horror: When two teens call a porn ad about a submissive who demands punishment, they fight for their lives and a way to end their torment after unleashing a beautiful force of evil that feeds on death and gets off every time the teens kill her.
ORCADIA STEVEN ZAWACKI zawacki@msn.com
Historical Romantic Drama: When a recently widowed nurse must work at a WWII prison camp, she overcomes her hatred of the enemy that killed her husband and lets down her barriers when she falls in love with a POW.
OUT OF RANGE LIZ MEDES lmedes@rockyfence.com
Dramedy: When the youngest daughter in a dysfunctional family goes to Belgium as a foreign exchange student, she struggles to fit in as her mother deals with a family crisis and both learn that understanding can bridge the broadest chasms.
PROSE & CONSPHIL FERRIERE writer@philferriere.com
Drama: When a busy-body Boston socialite tries to help a homeless con artist and his drug-addicted daughter turn their lives around, she finally confronts the personal issues of her own life that have been long neglected.
SILENT KILLER PHIL FERRIERE writer@philferriere.com
Thriller: When she discovers animals dying of a disease transmissible to man at a profitable ranch, a tenacious veterinarian risks her life to investigate and expose a monumental cover-up.
SISTERS IN ARMS BARRY LEACH barryrjohn@yahoo.com
Period War Drama: When her fiancé is killed in WWII and Germans take over her island home, a young woman risks her life as well as her family's when she hides an escaped Russian slave laborer and joins the Resistance.
Honorable Mentions:
Best Opening Scene
VEGAS VAMPS PAT CRAWFORD wjcpatpend@aol.com
Best Closing Scene
CANARIES CRAIG CAMBRIA crcambria@comcast.net
Best Female Character Not Used As A Murder Prop Or Decoration On The Leading Man’s Arm: UNITY EUGENE & PAUL LANGLAIS gll3@matterfixer.net
Other Honorable Mentions
BALANCE
Michael Zealey
mike@mywriting.co.uk
B DEVILED
Billy Maddox & Vivien Cooper
bmaddox@aol.com
CLOSER TO THE FIELD
Sue Berg
skylenberg@gmail.com
DEVIL'S LURE
Marjory Kaptanoglu
margiebk@comcast.net
FEELING MAGEDDO
Michael Zealey
mike@mywriting.co.uk
FERAL
Wil Denson
densonwt@uwec.edu
FLYING TIGERS
Vincent Ho
vho@cyke.com
GINGERBREAD
Dirk Levinsohn
dirk.levinsohn@yahoo.com
HOMELAND (A FAIRYTALE)
Greg Brotherton
gregory.brotherton@gmail.com
LONG OVERDUE
Eric Carlson
carlsonew@juno.com
LOST CITY
Phil Ferriere
writer@philferriere.com
NIGHT OF REFLECTIONS
Craig Cambria
crcambria@comcast
ONE NATION UNDER
Eugene & Paul Langlais gll3@matterfixer.net
ROCKET DOCKET
Brooks Barnes
brooks747@comcast.net
RUN FOR THE MONEY
Madeline Langford maddiel@yahoo.com
THE ACE OF ACES
Geoffrey Breuder
gbreuder@yahoo.com
THE KNIGHTS OF CARPATHIA
Audrey Beller
nyscreenwrt@aol.com
TRUE NORTH
Eric Carlson
carlsonew@juno.com
ULTRAVIOLET CHILD
James Ossi
james.ossi@earthlink.net
UNITY
Eugene & Paul Langlais gll3@matterfixer.net
VEGAS VAMPS
Pat Crawford
wjcpatpend@aol.com
VOICES
Susan Klos
susan@bigtimepic.com
2007 Winter Top 3 Winners:
1st Place
ALL THAT I AM Diane Hanks
Eire96@aol.com
Psychological Thriller: When a young man finds himself locked up in a mental
facility and doesn't know why, he remembers enough to know he must break out
to save his love, but quickly discovers that he must face the truth and take
responsibility for his own actions first.
2nd Place
GHOUL Kelly Parks Kelly.Parks@gmail.com
Horror: When a young lawyer and his girlfriend dine at a new restaurant, the
cops raid it for serving human flesh and the couple soon discover they have
insatiable appetites, growing supernatural powers and a slew of mortal and
immortal enemies who all want to kill them.
3rd Place
THE TOUCH Naomi Lamont naomi.lamont@gmail.com
Supernatural Drama: When a young man lies about his amazing ability to heal,
he loses those close to him and nearly costs the woman he loves her life.
FINALISTS: (in alphabetical order by script title)
A PAWN IN THE GAME Ryan Peek
ryanpeek777@yahoo.com
Drama: When a gifted inner city youth struggles to live up to his demanding
father's expectations of him on the basketball court, he foregoes his real
passion and true calling in the game of chess until he learns to fulfill his
true potential.
CHILDREN OF THE SUN Madeline Langford
maddiel2002@yahoo.com
Action/Adventure: When an ambitious journalist who thinks she doesn't need
anyone's help gets dangerously entangled with rebel forces in Peru, she must
learn to trust and accept help from a charming archeologist.
FELIX THE FLYER Christopher Canole
ccanole@ucsd.edu
Adventure Drama Bio: When a Cuban mailman runs in the 1904 Olympic marathon,
he recounts everything that led him to the most bizarre race in Olympic history,
including his 1200 mile super run up the Mississippi River.
PLANTER OF MEN Jack Robbins
jrobbins@cruverlaw.com
Drama: A grieving lawyer who can't get over the death of his son quits his
job to work at a cemetery where he painstakingly honors the departed. When
he befriends a widow whose teenage son is on the verge of committing suicide
over the death of his father, the lawyer-turned-gravedigger finally learns
that life is for the living.
SOLDIERS OF THE SHADOW SUN Richard Shand
rshand@shaw.ca
Drama: When a soldier, wounded in Iraq, returns home and descends into a personal
hell, he falls in love with a provocative young Arab woman who holds the key
to his escape.
TEN SHOTS OF TEQUILA Ted Gurich
Tedgurich@adelphia.net
Romantic Comedy/Adventure: When her bail bondsman stepfather is murdered, a mousy woman follows her feuding sister to Mexico to catch a suave bail jumper but falls for the man while being pursued by treacherous drug smugglers. .
THE LAST CHA CHA Devi Snively
deviantpix@hotmail.com
Dark Romantic Comedy: When a wallflower and a male stripper dog-sit for an
ornery Chihuahua (or ten), they wrestle with romance and rabies on the road
to true love.
Honorable Mentions:
Best Opening Scene
BRAIN STORE Fabricia Geeting
fabriciageeting@yahoo.com
Tired of your life? Get a new brain. When an ordinary broken-hearted woman exchanges her brain, she become a celebrity and changes the world.
Best Closing Scene
A TASK OF DRACULIAN PROPORTIONS: THE QUEST FOR
KERMIT THE VAMPIRE Dave Vaughan avonman@hawaii.rr.com
When an effervescent vampire falls in love with her clueless "civilian" lover, she can't convert him because he's too ticklish so she must slay Kermit, the vampire who converted her, in order to abide by the vampire constitution. But in the end, even though Kermit gets his head lopped off, he still gets the last word.
Best Female Character Not Used As A Murder Prop
Or Decoration On The Leading Man's Arm: BLACK
STAR RISING Doug Williams doug@lonestarwriters.com
Barbara Jordon overcomes poverty and racism to become the most prominent black political voice in American only to be "assassinated" by her allies for her refusal to be stereotyped.
Other Honorable Mentions
A SOLEMN PATH TO CONTENTMENT Jeffrey
Musmanno musmanno@ptd.net
BLESS ME, FATHER
David Termuhlen
amlcprods@afeedingfrenzy.com
CLOSE QUARTERS
Nicholas Turner
NHTURNER@aol.com
DAYJOB
Dimitri LaBarge
Dimitril@sprynet.com
HYSTERICAL
Patricia Crawford
wjcpatpend@aol.com
IN THE LION'S DEN
S. Douglas Knox
sd_knox@yahoo.com
NATURAL SUNLIGHT
Christopher Weismantel cgweismantel5150@yahoo.com
OLD FLAMES
Patti Nommensen
pnommensen@sbcglobal.net
ONCE A TEACHER
Frank D'Aprile
anchorsdome@yahoo.com
ONE! THE GARRY DAVIS STORY
Arthur Kanegis
ArthurKanegis@onefilms.com
PERSPECKTIVE
Michael
Deuschel storyforms@yahoo.com
PETITE RESISTANCE
Barry Leach
BARRYRJOHN@Yahoo.com
SAVING CINDERELLA Harvey
Jacobs & Donna Brodsky harvey@networdcs.com
SHOES ON THE LOOSE
Mich Avant
amlcprods@afeedingfrenzy.com
SOULSELLER
Jack Dawe
writecorp585@zianet.com
SKIZZERZ
Sarah Dowling
screenpresents@gmail.com
STUNTMEN
Seth Cohen
akgenbiz@earthlink.net
THE AMERICAN B&B
Mike Sherer
csherer@fuse.net
THE AVON MAN
Dave Vaughan
avonman@hawaii.rr.com
THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE
Mike
McGeever zeppofan@aol.com
THE HIGH COST OF PARENTING Michael Smith/Tracy
Poverstein tracyandmichael@gmail.com
THE REAL MONICA LANE
Steven
Howard
amlcprods@afeedingfrenzy.com
THE SPIDER WEB
Lola Martin Balaguer
Lmbalaguer@aol.com
THE STREETS OF SARAJEVO
David Dalley
horseshu@cableone.net
TOUCH
David Hurlburt
david.hurlburt@hpmatty.com
2006 Summer Top 3 Winners:
1st Place
I WAS A TEENAGE ART THIEF MONTAE RUSSELL TBA
Drama: Based on a true story of a black youth from the ghetto who stumps the FBI when he goes on a lucrative two-year reign as a teenage art thief and learns a priceless lesson about life, love and the value of education.
2nd Place
THE RADIANT BOYS JEREMY WILMARTH
jeremy@wilmarth.org
Supernatural Thriller: Troubled orphan brothers unleash dark supernatural forces that unlock their foster family's private hell of suppressed guilt, rage and tragic death.
3rd Place
THE KRAY SURVIVORS RON RANDOLPH
steverenthal@yahoo.com
Sci-Fi Thriller: Nightmares or hallucinations? Drug-induced or alien-induced? A futuristic mercenary on a mission to save the human race can't be sure whom to trust, especially himself, when he doesn't know if his memories are real or not, or whether he's awake, dreaming or hallucinating.
FINALISTS: (in alphabetical order by script title)
A GLASS HALF FULL JEFFREY MUSMANNO
Musmanno@ptd.net
Drama: When a hopeless young man faces the death of a loved one, he recounts his past and learns once again to embrace the beauty of life and hope.
DOING TIME IN A BOTTLE GINA CRESSE ginacresse@adelphia.net
Romantic Comedy: When a daring archaeologist gets locked in a bottle by a genie for 100 years, he must outsmart the genie to win back his freedom and the love of his life by figuring out the path to true happiness.
HEROIN(E) Ken Sandbank KenSandban@aol.com
Drama: A strung-out, beaten-down Times Square Hooker “adopts” a Geisha stranded at Port Authority, and struggles to learn geisha arts to escape her violent pimp and dismal life.
THE MONA LISA CAPER GINA CRESSE
ginacresse@adelphia.net
Period Drama: When a poor carpenter claims he pulled off the greatest art theft in history by stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, the real mastermind confesses his story to a reporter.
THE OUTLAW LARRY WHATCOTT
ldwscrnwrtr@cox.net
Supernatural Thriller: When a determined female joins the Texas Rangers, her first case is to hunt down a serial killer who can not age.
SWEETHEART DEAL MARK RYKOFF
mark_rykoff@timemagazine.com
Crime/Caper: When a financial reporter gets conned by a shady investment banker and a high-priced call girl, and the call girl subsequently gets dumped by the banker, the reporter and the call girl team up to give the banker a taste of his own medicine.
UNITY EUGENE LANGLAIS III
TBA
Horror/Thriller: When an obsessive FBI psychologist investigates a seemingly inexplicable crime, she discovers the legacy of hideous government experiments on human behavior that prove that the pursuit of the greater good leads to the greatest evil.
Honorable Mentions:
Best Opening Scene
ASCENSION Steve Sparks
ss@hawaiiantel.net
The spectacular beauty of a drop of water is captured as it ascends from the Bay of Bengal to the Himalayas, where an American wrongly accused of a murder by the Chinese army goes on the run for his life.
Best Closing Scene
10 MINUTES FROM PARADISE Janyce Lapore janyce46@aol.com
A failed commuter train robbery destroys a desperate man's dream of reaching paradise
but he does get a glimpse of it in a most unusual way.
Best Female Character Not Used As A Murder Prop
Or Decoration On The Leading Man's Arm: MRS. FELDSCHREIBER, SECRET AGENT
Claire Riley clairevriley@aol.com
A 50-year-old menopausal sex kitten drenched in big hair, make-up, gaudy jewelry and loud polyester, the CIA will never be the same when meddling match-maker Mrs. Feldschreiber decides to stick her nose in their business!
Other Honorable Mentions
10 MINUTES FROM PARADISE
Janyce Lapore janyce46@aol.com
ARTIFICE
Mike McGeever
zeppofan@aol.com
ASCENSION
Steve Sparks
zss@hawaiiantel.net
BOLIVAR'S BRIDGE Elizabeth
Medes TBA
BUG MAN
Nick Diaz
TBA
CARNIVAL TRAP
Ryil Adamson
ryil1@msn.com
CITY OF NETS
Debbie
Bolsky
Debbie@Dbolskywriter.com
FAST AWAKE
Alex Williams
alexkrty@hotmail.com
NOT HERE, YOU WON'T Jack
Kilpatrick Amlcprods@afeedingfrenzy.com
MISSING PERSONS
Michael
Weinstein mcwein@comcast.net
MRS. FELDSCHREIBER, SECRET AGENT Claire
Riley clairevriley@aol.com
PINOT GRIS AND CURLY FRIES Mark
Saunders
msaunderswriter@yahoo.com
PRINCESS REBORN Lee
Tidball
leesius@netzero.net
RED TULIPS
Elise George Egeorge@nc.rr.com
ROCKET DOCKET Brooks
Barnes tbarnes3@houston.rr.com
TAO OF JONES Bill
Ryan
bill.ryan2@comcast.net
THE BEST CHEST IN THE SOUTHWEST Ryil Adamson
ryil1@msn.com
THE FLOWERING OF KELLY O'HARA Cathy
Salenger TBA
THE LAMB
Guy Winch
glw555@aol.com
THE TORTOISE AND THEY HEIR Russ
Meyer turtoise@att.net
VOICES
Susan Klos
susan@bigtimepic.com
2005 Winter Top 3 Winners:
1st Place
MINE ANITA JUSTICE SKIBSKI
askibski@yahoo.com
Drama: A wealthy coal mine owner who thinks he deserves everything he wants,
including his best employee's wife, gets everything he deserves in the end.
2nd Place
LADY JAZZ JEAN HUNTER andersonagencyja@aol.com
Film Noir: LA CONFIDENTIAL meets THE COTTON CLUB when a 1940's jazz singer
forsakes her dreams in order to protect her lover after they're involved in
the murder of a homicide detective's brother.
3rd Place
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN ALLEN GLOVER
pendulumpictures@gmail.com
Thriller: In the 1970s, an American thief scours the underbelly of Europe for a painting looted by the Nazis during World War II.
FINALISTS: (in alphabetical order by script title)
A RECIPE TO DIE FOR BONITA MAFFEI
artistbonniemaffei@yahoo.com
Supernatural Comedy: When the devil and his demonic entourage wreak havoc
on a small Sicilian village, it's up to one local chef to figure out the secret
recipe that will send them all back to Hell.
HOWARD'S CROSS KELLY PARKS kelly.parks@gmail.com
Horror: An unusual car wreck in a small town unleashes a night of horror when an evil intelligence not of this dimension launches a pre-emptive strike against humanity. The sheriff must fight to save the townspeople, including his estranged god son, who may have become an agent of evil.
LIZZIE FOX MIKE MURPHY RMMURPHY@sbcglobal.net
Drama: When a journalist in the '60s rebels against small town bigotry, she
investigates the murder of a young black girl and uncovers the town's dirty
secrets.
NORTHERN LATITUDE STEVEN J. ZAWACKI
zawacki@msn.com
Historical Drama: Based on a true story, a young woman fights to save her
lover from being sentenced to death and hung for blasphemy in 17th century
Scotland.
RENDER ME DEAD GREG BROTHERTON
gregory.brotherton@gmail.com
Black Comedy/Whodunit: In an updated comedy reminiscent of silver screen detectives
Nick and Nora Charles, a bumbling amateur detective solves a murder case due
to his wife's quiet maneuvering in the background.
THE UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS ALLEN GLOVER
pendulumpictures@gmail.com
Period Drama: A young war hero falls hard for the wife of a communist spy and finds his once-promising future unravel at a surreal pace amidst the hysteria of the Red Scare.
VOWS THOMAS BILYEU & RON JANSEN
info@tnpmail.com/ emailtnp@gmail.com
Drama/Thriller: With his wife near death, a compassionate doctor who prides himself on saving lives must learn to take them in order to save her.
Honorable Mentions:
Best Opening Scene
ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE Ryan Peek
ryanpeek777@yahoo.com
All we can say is "¡Diarrhea No Mas!"
Best Closing Scene
MR.TNT Mike Boss HDMovies@aol.com
Yo, Adrian! Very Rocky-esque, yet rises above being a Rocky ripoff or wannabe.
It's compelling, heartwarming and packs a wallop to go the distance. (Ding,
ding, ding. That ends this round of boxing clichés.)
Best Female Character Not Used As A Murder Prop
Or Decoration On The Leading Man's Arm: VOWS
Thomas Bilyeu& Ron Jansen info@tnpmail.com/ emailtnp@gmail.com
Detective Mike Flint: yes, HER name really is Mike. Although she's a supporting
character in this screenplay, she absolutely should be the lead character
in her own TV crime dramedy. (If you're offended by "R" rated dialogue that
is wonderfully irreverent and raunchy, skip the next two sentences.) When
asked if Mike is more of a guy's name, she replies, "Yes, but I've got fantastic
tits so I doubt you'll get confused. When asked why she's late, she tells
her boss, "Tampons slow me down."
Best Love Scene
MINE Anita Justice Skibski
askibski@yahoo.com
That's hot. (We hate using this annoying Paris Hilton phrase, but it's that
hot.)
Best Detective/Best Bumbling Detective
RENDER ME DEAD Greg Botherton
gregory.brotherton@gmail.com
Birdie and Ben, who never met a cocktail they didn't guzzle with gusto, are
wonderfully reminiscent of Nick and Nora Charles, only their "Asta" is a "Patsy."
Other Honorable Mentions
ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE Ryan
Peek ryanpeek777@yahoo.com
ASCENSION Steven
Sparks ss@shaka.com
ATOMIC EYE Bret
Ootes Bret_Ootes@hotmail.com
JACKPOT Erik
Blakkestad jackpotthemovie@yahoo.com
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT Nancy
Bilyeau nbilyeau@yahoo.com
MEDIATING THE DUNBARS Catherine
Dutko cadutko@charter.net
MR. SMITH'S CLASS GOES TO WASHINGTON
Lisa Yoffee & Steven
Samuels elwhy@comcast.net/
essess@comcast.net
MR. TNT Mike
Boss HDMovies@aol.com
RANDOM ENCOUNTERS Jeffrey
Stevenson darkora@darkora.net
STORM OF VENGEANCE Michael
Pallotta pallotta_m@yahoo.com
TEENAGE BIKINI VAMPIRE Devi
Snively Deviantpix@hotmail.com
THE BANNER Tina
Juarez ernestinajuarez@aol.com
THE TAO OF JONES Bill
Ryan bill.ryan2@comcast.net
TOUCH-UP Chuck
Loch chuck9@sbcglobal.net
VOICES Susan
Klos susan@bigtimepic.com
ZODIAC Jonathan
Buckley jbuckley@usc.edu