2009 Finalists


In order to choose the Grand Prize and Honorable Mention winners for
Screenplay Festival, there are three rounds to the competition. The scripts listed below made it through the second round and deserve recognition as Screenplay Festival 2009 Finalists.

We appreciate everyone’s hard work and would again like to congratulate everyone for their great writing!

2009 Finalists:

Action/Adventure:


Absalom: a tale of the Civil War – J. Charles Zeller

Anne Bonny – Nathan Carliner Goldman

Armadillo City – Chris Clark & Carol Clark

Be Ready To Kill – Leo Miller

Buried South of Galatians – Stephen Hoover

Farewell Diomedes – Guillermo Gomez

Imminent Threat – Ron Fangio & Enza Fangio

Mariposa Millions – Matt Otstot

Morgina – Erika Zehner

Orville – Arthur Gregg LaShelle

Sleuths – Don Herion Jr.

Street Smart – Arthur Gregg LaShelle

The Dead on Arrivals – Miyako Akina Fuqua

The Souls of Atlantis – Mark Perlick

Third Degree – Michael Raymond

Time Wreck – Larry Whatcott

Twilight of the Titans – Kyle Hagene

Comedy:


Artifice – Steve Hochman

Beer Pong: Based On Actual Events – Chris Dell’Anno

Bubbistan – Shawn Harris & Kevin Moore

Dead Man’s Hand – Ronald L. Ecker

Death Tax – Mike McGeever

Ding Dong Ditch – Erin Donovan

Going After Big Fish – Kristin Anne Fieseler

Head Trip – Craig Phillips

Helicopter Parents – David Boito

Karmically Correct – Erin Donavan

KHDZ – David R. Beshears

Killing Johnnie – Sundae Jahant-Osborn

Manana – Mark Saunders

Ms. Wreck’s Passion – Bradford Willis & Anne Dunkin

On the Fly – Sammye Pokryfki

One Note Short – Charlie David Chase

Out of Sync – John Barlowe & Irin Evers

Poor Choices – Sabina Sattar

Road Crew – Raef Eric Lawson

Rock Midnite “Superstar” – Chris Leonard

Sam’s Story – Robert Keith Watson

Scout – Laurie Weltz

Silicon Bombay – Richard Soriano

Sure Would Be Nice – Thomas Serio

T.V.B. – Esther Geller

The Freebie – Robert Keith Watson

The Motley Kooks – Miyako Akina Fuqua

The Resort – Matt Bryan & Dan Grigas

Wedding Knight – Stephen Hoover

Drama:


40 Millimeter – Steve Hochman

500 Tabs – Henrik Wilenius

Abilene – Michael Raymond`

Dog Park – Harold Taw

Fate’s Journey – Enza Fangio

Forever And Again – Burt Bulos

Home Front – Marcia Slatkin

I’ll Wear The Crown – Mark Brewton

Killer Secrets – Bobbette Findley

Marlowe! – C.M. Bistransin

Needles and Pins – Kate Calabretta

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – Ron Podell

Only The Devil Knows – Kathleen M. Mullin

Plastic Minnows – Carla Robinson

Playdate – Rachel Thomas-Medwid

Rarities – Dana Michaels

Reaching Rose – Steve Johnson

Shattered Dreams – Drora Machlev

Summer Soldier – Robert Repino

Ten to One – Brian W. Goodman

The Great Quest – Steve Weissman

The Ones You Choose – Michelle Palmer

The Voyeur – John Bengel

The Way It Spins – Irin Evers

TKO – Robert Rice

Wednesday Club – Jo Barney

Family:


Dog Days – Eric Carlson

Fairies Landing – Cheryl Miller

Miss Christmas – John Barlowe & Irin Evers

Ms. Wreck’s Passion – Bradford Willis & Anne Dunkin

Pete and Petey – Thomas Christie

School Spirit – Robert Keith Watson

Scott Haven – Noua M. Phoenix

Shakespeare Unplugged – Erin Donavan

The Junior Detectives and the Cities of Gold – Irin Evers

Third Ball Kill – Steve Hochman

Thriller/Horror:


A Life Unlived – Douglas L. Hall

Black Damp – Carla Robinson

Brad the Impaler – TJ Cimfel

Canaries – Craig Cambria

Cold Barrel Zero – Ronald L. Ecker

Critical Silence – Cindy Circo Zahora

Dead Head – Michael Souder

Demon Crystal – Dexter Williams

Ding Dong Ditch – Erin Donovan

Dunamis – Aaron Yarber

G.O.D. – Brandon Wyse

Greed – Josephine Romano

Legends – Kenny Mun

Loose Ends – Michael Raymond

Mad Urges – Per Mühlow

Minnesota Ice – Adam Rockwell

Overdue – Michelle Muldoon

Palpitations – Brad Saenz

Search Party Massacre – Matthew Scott Weiner

Seeing Red – Sarah Turi Boshear

Statesville – Steven Bloome

The Changeling of Kilhaven – Michael Strode

The Devil’s Crucible – John Brinling

The Sleeping Deep – Jeffrey Blake Palmer

The Widow Game – Sean Ursani

Trapped – Nicolas Hinze

Unmitigated Violence – Owen Douglas