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SPRING/SUMMER 2010 SCREENPLAY WINNERS



BELLE by Robert James

(comedy/Western)

  • By the age of 22, Belle Starr had participated in a dozen hold-ups and possibly eight murders. She had one child, who called herself "Pearl Younger". There is no real evidence to suggest that Cole Younger and Belle Starr ever met . . . . but they might have.

A TOUCAN AMAZON ADVENTURE by Donna Lisa

(family/animation)

  • A flock of rowdy, fun-loving toucans must rally around a clever, outcast female when they are banished from the treetops and threatened by night creatures.


BACK GAME by Arianne Sved

(drama/thriller)

  • A New York Latina reverses decades of silent guilt when she confronts the man who once molested her.

DECEPTIVE CADENCE by Teddy Cecil

(drama)

  • A piano virtuoso whose career was cut short by a horrible accident is forced to confront his dark past when an old friend recruits his help to track down a lost masterpiece.


ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN by Amanda Fleming

(comedy)

  • A man who plays Peter Pan at Story Time Land is shocked when he finds out he impregnated the park Cinderella during an awkward one night stand.


INFIDELS by Richard Jean LeBlanc

(drama)

  • An Iraqi War vet, wounded in action and returned to civilian life stateside, goes on a quest for the adrenaline rush he’s grown addicted to.


EVERYONE GOES TO HELL by Melanie Hatfield

(action/adventure)

  • A single mother goes to hell to save her 8-year-old daughter’s soul with the help of an atheist angel.


ROSALIE ECCE MENS by Tanya Klein

(fantasy)

  • A shy, aspiring comic book writer must conquer her fears and save the world when her creations come to life.


THE EXPENSE OF A MAN by Melissa Emery

(comedy)

  • Meg and Nicole undergo a chaotic mission to murder Meg’s philandering husband.


BLOODWATER by Steven Craft

(drama/mystery)

  • A small town newspaper reporter and his ne’er-do-well brother unite to investigate their father’s murder, exposing a conspiracy of ruthless land developers and uncovering devastating family secrets.

MOOD INDIGO by Tanya Klein

(drama)


TURF by Len & Ali Lippman

(action/thriller)


MISSING LOVE by Ronald Marchand

(drama)


BOX OF RAIN by Richard Jean LeBlanc

(drama)


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LOSING MY TOUCH by Raef Eric Lawson

(comedy)


OUT OF STATE by Harry Oxnard

(romantic comedy)


UPWORLD by Dennis Coleman

(science fiction)


BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE by Raef Eric Lawson

(comedy)



FALL/WINTER 2009 SCREENPLAY WINNERS




GORGEOUS GEORGE by Steve LaMontagne

(drama)

  • True story of 1950s wrestler Gorgeous George, who taunts audiences with a haughty persona and becomes the most household name of his day.

BURIED SOUTH OF GALATIANS by Stephen Hoover

(Western/drama)

  • In 1875 New Mexico, a reformed preacher and an unrepentant gunslinger fight their pasts and each other over the fate of a small town.


TRIPTYCH by Wayne J. Keeley

(drama)

  • Three closely-knit suburban couples who play poker decide to spice up the game and their lives by allowing the winner to sleep with another player’s spouse.

THE RUSSIAN KISS by Raef Eric Lawson

(action/comedy)

  • An unlikely pair of guys from Los Angeles, unlucky in love, try to find wives in Russia where they witness a murder and must run for their lives.


PICTURE ME AND YOU by Robert Keith Watson

(romantic comedy)

  • An honesty-challenged paparazzo secretly snaps a topless photo of a superstar model, but struggles to stop its publication after he falls in love with her.


HORROR COMIC by Stephen Hoover

(thriller)

  • A young comic book writer must find a way to stop the copycat who’s using his tales of terror as the inspiration for a series of grisly murders.


UNLUCKY FOOLS by Jeffrey Lynn Ward

(crime drama)

  • A gambler must work off his debt to a mob boss, but his night goes awry when he steals a car with a dead body inside.


THE FABULOUS FORTIES by Don Erlandson

(thriller)

  • Lies, betrayal and murder are just a few of the activities planned for the weekend guests at Graves Manor, where nothing is as it seems.


SAM’S STORY by Robert Keith Watson

(romantic comedy)

  • A genie falls in love with the woman who freed him from his lamp, and learns that if he uses his powers to grant her third wish, he’ll lose her forever.


IDENTITY THEFT by Jeff Travers

(comedy/drama)

  • A cyber wizard who loses his job in a corporate takeover engineered by a Wall Street mogul--his own evil twin--strikes back by stealing not only his brother’s money but his whole life.


CURING GAY by Matthew DeNoto

(comedy)

  • After coming out to his parents, a college student is cut off and to earn his tuition, he fundraises for an experiment to cure homosexuality.


I DREAMT YOU KISSED ME by Harold Jewell

(thriller)

  • A recent widower plays a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with a man he suspects of brutally attacking a brilliant New York pianist.


OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS by Raef Eric Lawson

(comedy)

  • Tired of working a dead-end job, an impressionable twenty-something man is coerced by his slacker friend into faking a injury to collect worker’s compensation.

SCHOOL SPIRIT by Robert Keith Watson

(supernatural drama)


FUGITIVE DAYS by Rose Hand

(thriller)


SCARED MONEY by Michael T. Scott

(comedy)


DEADLY PASSAGE by Charlie Robinson

(horror)


COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN by Raef Eric Lawson

(action/comedy)


THIRD BALL KILL by Steve Hochman

(drama)


THE BALLOON GUY by Dana Moe Halley

(comedy/drama)


THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS by David Minaskanian

(comedy)


QUARTERFINALISTS



THE PHONE CALL by Michael Penncavage

(mystery)


CLANS by Mike Sherer

(thriller)


BLOWBACK by Jeff Travers

(thriller)


ARTIFICE by Steve Hochman

(political satire)


JUST INJUSTICE by Stephen DeRose

(crime drama)


DOG DAYS by Eric W. Carlson

(comedy/family)


ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD by Ron Podell

(drama)