2007 Semi-Finalists


In order to choose the Grand Prize and Honorable Mention winners for Screenplay Festival, there are three rounds to the competition. In the first round, every script is read by three judges and rated regardless of genre. The screenplays with the highest ratings move into the second round, or the Semi-Final Round. The scripts listed below made it through this process and deserve recognition as Screenplay Festival 2007 Semi-Finalists.

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

2007 Semi-Finalists:

Action/Adventure:


Brian Lawless — A Dog’s Chance

Shawn Royce — A Smile Through Tears

Arthur Vincie — Alienhood

Aaron Yarber — Ancestral Home

Todd Crawford — Barjackers

Da Silva-Heying — Beyond Suspicion

David Coombes — Bonded By Chance

Garey Riester — Breaking The Tiger

Jake Jacobs & Marc Cushman — Broom Dancer

Jeff Williams — Call of Ki-Woon

Daniel C. Jay — Canaries

Harvey Papush — Dark Age

Tina Parke-Sutherland & William Sutherland — Dark Sun Rising

John Brinling — Death in The Arena

Wade Cox — Dirty Jacks

Brett Herndon — Dreams

Robert Repino — Empire of Dirt

Thomas Charles — Eternal Flames

Todd Crawford — Farewell Hours

Olivier Adam — Freedom Fighter

Steve Berthiaume — Genesis

Matthew Blackburn — Guts & Glory

Jim Rubin — History 101

Pat Fitzgerald — Kid

Peter H. Schuyler — Last Blade of Grass

Erik V. Wolter & Robert Masters — Loyalty On Trial

Bernard Leo Remakus — Mia

Tom McLaughlin — Millstone

Dan O’Sullivan — Momentum

Michael Jon Levin — Money Dearest

Michael Freude — Nam (Boo-Coo Dinky-Dow)

Benjamin Thornton — Off’ed

Chrissy K. McVay — Only Eagles Know My Name

Max Middleton — Patriot Acts

Gilbert Garcia — Patronus

Eric Biskamp — Peace 101

Steven McGraw — Pendragon

Janyce Lapore — Poppytown

Kevin Abdullah — Primed

Jason Reeves — Promises and Threats

Todd Crawford — Rearview Horizon

Douglas Paul Cooke — Ridin’ Shotgun

Paul Sekulich — Sally McKay’s McGuffin

Dan Maher — Second Nature

Melvin H. Johnson Jr. — Seeker

Dell Herring — Solar Fire

Chrissy K. McVay — Souls of the North Wind

Katherine Carter — Sovereign T

Brian Van Norman — Storm Birds

Kenneth Eason — Takamak

Scott LaCagnin — Ten Thousand Bullets Later

Tina Juarez — The Banner

Robert Forrest — The Changing Of The Guard

Bobbette Findley — The Defazin Regenerator

Michael Jon Levin — The Dubious And Dangerous Legacy of Lady Zac-Kuk

Tony Wakefield — The Faster Strike

Lance Flint — The Fox Brothers and the Sword of Excalibur

Richard Nitchman — The Kitty Hawk Project

Shannon Kracht — The Nahua Codex

Sophia Eptamenitis — The Oracle

Alan Foley — The Otherworld

Jack L. Trades — The Pain of Lazarus

Marc Elrich — The Phoenix Option

Jeffrey Mark Jenkins — The Pier’s End

Connie Tonsgard — The Raven’s Treasure

Michael J. Eging — The Silver Horn Echoes: A Song of Roland

Andrew Bailey Fumento — The Vigil Aunties

Rick Thorn — The Warrior Prince

Jenny Copeland — Tiananmen West

Pete Thomas — Til Death Do Us Part

Terry Williams — Time Pirates

Aaron Nasby — Tomorrow Lands

Bernard Smith Jr. — War of the Vampires

Comedy:


Juvey Eday — Afton

Jerry Patterson & Tom Patterson — Alien To Love

Shawn Royce — Aloha Sunrise

Paul Radosevic — AM Radio

Shawn Royce — An Impossible Perfection

Michael Jon Levin — Attempting To Connect

Billy Maddox & Vivien Cooper — B Deviled

Meredith Post — Babylove

Raef Eric Lawson — Backtrack

Nathan Carliner Goldman — Batter Up

Ricardo Mancebo — Betting On A Wedding

L. Pontius — Boom Vang

Robert Repino — Captain Crusoe and the Lost Island of Peril

Harry Bauer — Character Sheet

Louis Tripodes — Clutch

Paul Radosevic — Coach Casanova

Andrew Crane — Con Man

Michael Jon Levin — Countdown To Bliss

Robert Rinow — Delayed Departures

Ryan Dee Gilmour — Dick Kozwalski – Time Traveling Cop

Mark Hogan & Justin Hogan — Dognappers

Lou Wollin — Eternally Yours

Mike Christian & Mark Phillips — Extremely Yours

Dave Qualey — Figure It Out

Barry Leach — Fill in the Blanks

Shawn Royce — For Love Or Paper

Marie Quantock — Garbacide: Trasher On Cleanstreet

John Herr — Glory Days

Robert Schwinn — I Smell Bacon

Lewis Papier — Jerusalem Idol

Andrew Cole — Jinx

Josie Powell — Life As A Comedy

Shawn Royce — Looking For Louie

Steve Weissman — Love Forever

Ron Basso — Love Never Fails

Janice Kennedy — Martial Artiste

Jeff Seeman — Meet The kids

Marcus Bass — Million Ways Rd. To Sunshine

John Aldriedge — Missing Parts

Michael Jon Levin — Money Dearest

Geoffrey Breedon — Moonlight Serenade

Todd Luongo — P.R.

Todd Crawford — Produced By Ritchie

Louella Reynolds — Reform Me

Sally-Anne Ward — Ruby & Shirl

Kevin Meconi — Searching Here For There

Ross Brennan — Seasonal Sentencing

Nick Brown — Slap Happy

Deborah Marquez — Susanna and Anthony

Frank Brady — Sweeps

Hamilton Mitchell — Teen Messiah

Ted Gurich — Ten Shots of Tequila

Mark Hogan & Justin Hogan — The Big Game

Chad Dubrul & Brett Gutzmer — The Big Wiener

Bill Abelson — The Blacktivist

Michael Jon Levin — The Dubious And Dangerous Legacy of Lady Zac-Kuk

Michael Smith & Tracy Poverstein — The High Cost of Parenting

Simon Williamson — The Hogswood Incident

Clinton Buehring — The Home

Bruce Moran Jr. — The Lawn Boys

Mary Huckstep — The Lone Stranger

Sean Murphy — The One Percent

David Ullendorff — The Patron Saint of Disappointing Children

Keith Makenas — The South Sider

Debra Hardy — The Sweet Competition

Andrew Bailey Fumento — The Vigil Aunties

Adam Balsam — The Village Idiot

Todd Crawford — This Night On Earth

Meredith Post — Tick

Patricia Crawford — Vegas Vamps

Barry Leach — Virtual Dreams

Mark Butterworth — What’s Not To Like?

Victor Konstant — When Love Comes To Town

Steven Alderson — When Women Rule

Michael Jon Levin — Who Am I To Say?

Maryann Beckman & Susan Skalinski — Winnerman

Michael Yu — World Wide Jeb

Family:


William Thomas Tucker — A Christmas Miracle

Angela Cincotta — A Promise To Keep

Nathan Carliner Goldman — Batter Up

George Ferris — Beyond the Horizon

Jerry Patterson — Brave Animal

Jeff Williams — Call of Ki-Woon

Michael Jon Levin — Countdown To Bliss

Mike Roby — Coyote Point

Andrew Metz — Gypsy Nights

Jack L. Trades — Healing Ernch

Trudy Warner — Hello Like Before

Larry Parr — Hi-Hat Hattie

John Aldriedge — Missing Parts

Steven Samuels — Mr. Smith’s Class Goes to Washington

Alison Wittenauer — My Sweet Friend

Cheryl Link — Nessie

Steven McGraw — Pendragon

Lee Tidball — Rich

Jean Hunter — Serena’s Thunder

Jeffrey & Lana Sundman — Sheba’s great Escape

Ronald Wilson — Silver jet

Jay Hartlove — Snow White and the Magic Mirror

Ben Shelfer & Scott Shelfer — Struttin’

Keith Ernst — SuperMom

Deborah Marquez — Susanna and Anthony

Brian Lawless — The Brat

Jon Nystrom — The Champs

Pauline Curtis & Caroline Dunlap — The Great Blondin

Mauriel Joslyn — The Horseman

Stan Scott — The King Of Daniel

Mary Huckstep — The Lone Stranger

Brian Lawless — The Muldoons

S. Chris Shirley — The Scion

Eric Cooper — The treasure Heart Kids

Andrew Bailey Fumento — The Vigil Aunties

Mary Huckstep — To Catch A Keeper

Kevin R. Dickson — To Hear The Cheer

Doris B. Gill — Together

Doris B. Gill — Tomorrow

Donna Lisa — Toucans of the Amazon

Drama:


John Conner — 4th Down

Jeffrey Musmanno — A Formidable Foe

Robert Gardner — A Girl From New Jersey

Angela Cincotta — A Promise To Keep

Shawn Royce — A Smile Through Tears

Shawn Royce — A Thousand Cranes

Paul Ian Johnson — A Tin of Paint

Shawn Royce — Aloha Sunrise

Ronald Andes — Amen’s Corner

Carl Clark — American Ridge

Shawn Royce — An Impossible Perfection

Skip Berry — Another Time, Another Place

Glenn Tripp — Art Decay

Kevin W. Dwyer — Baked Lasagna

Jenna Clark — Best Friend Lovers

George Ferris — Beyond the Horizon

Doug Miles — Blame the Thunderbolt

Rishen Moodley — blended…

Wade Cox — Bootleg Spirits

Garey Riester — Breaking The Tiger

Landon H. Lewis, Jr. — Bronzeville

Jake Jacobs & Marc Cushman — Broom Dancer

Scott Stockwell — Bui – Doi

Scott Simpson — Collie Arlene

Steven Prince — Corporate

Oriol Bernat i MarĂ­ — David’s Den

John Brinling — Death in The Arena

Marga Vicedo & Mark Solovey — Destiny

Enza Fangio — Destiny Detoured

Burt Bulos — Dime A Dance

Opio Sokoni — Don’t Forget Me Ochun

Ron Brassfield — Eclipse

Michael P. Mazenko — Electing Mr. Hopkins

Priya Narendran — Emma and William

Andrew Cole — Euthanasia

Steven A. Lyons — First Casualty

Steve Weissman — First Tuesday, November

Anyes Von Volkenburgh — For Love Alone

Mark Kaneshige — For Love or Honour

Shawn Royce — For Love Or Paper

JoAnn Hogenson — Forgiven

Pete Thomas — Forgiven

Dave Qualey — Garage Tapes

Nicholas Price — Glock 17

Michael Kaven — Gods of Our Fathers

Jane Golden — Greenbriar

Trudy Warner — Hello Like Before

Michael Farley — Hidden Purpose

Larry Parr — Hi-Hat Hattie

Romeo Ciolfi — Home

Melissa Hill — Hope Crucifix

Nathaniel Gutman — HourZero

Mark Solovey & Marga Vicedo — I Wanted To Be Somebody

Paul Ian Johnson — In the Garden of the King

Craig Simonsen — Inward

Larry Hulse — Just The Right Amount of Wrong

Kimberly Kaplan — Kiss The Ouch

Zachary M. Thielen — Links and Life

William Fath — Lombard Street

Michael J. Casey — Lotto

Cinthia Singleton — Love Druthers

Todd Crawford — Mexican Taxi Ride

Bernard Leo Remakus — Mia

Marcus Bass — Million Ways Rd. To Sunshine

Norman G. Spagnolly — Murder on the Layaway Plan

Daniel C. Jay — Night of Reflections

Broderick Fox — One Degree

Eugene L. Langlais III — One Nation Under

Steven Zawacki — Orcadia

Deborah Marquez — Our Rightful Place

Shawn Royce — Pastel Winds

Gilbert Garcia — Patronus

Michael Quintero — Populous

Bill Pryor — Private Davis, C.S.A.

Victor Konstant — Prodigal Son

David A. Campbell — Rail Tales

Louella Reynolds — Reform Me

James Anthony — Rhineland

James Heskett — Rise and Fall

Adam Mervis — River Cops

Sally-Anne Ward — Ruby & Shirl

Tara Gardner & Donald Rodriguez — Sanson

Priya Narendran — Sarah

Erik V. Wolter — Saturday School

Barry Leach — Sisters in Arms

Jean Hunter — Slade

Jay Hartlove — Snow White and the Magic Mirror

Aaron Yarber — Sonny

Aldrin de Leon — Stars

Thom Wilder — Strange Bedfellows

Robert Nelson — The Alchemists

Sybil Raney — The Butterfly Girl

Pamela Hunter — The Christmas Truce

Ronald Russell — The Deafening Silence

Thomas Bryant — The Devil You Know

Frankie Barrera — The Diary of Baby Chulo

Dave Vaughan — The Dragon’s Lair

Shawn Royce — The Games

Kevin Schwartz — The Garden

Katrina D. Forrest — The Greater Good

Chuck Monzo — The Michigan Assassin

Brian Frederick — The Navy’s Daughter

Connie Tonsgard — The Nutcracker

Michael Lajko — The Palace

Jeffrey Mark Jenkins — The Pier’s End

S. Chris Shirley — The Scion

Michael J. Eging — The Silver Horn Echoes: A Song of Roland

Natashia Saunders — The Spinning Wheel

Josh Gilbert — This Life

Mary Huckstep — To Catch A Keeper

VerLynn Kneifl — To Die In Tennessee

Doris B. Gill — Together

Doris B. Gill — Tomorrow

Tom Hobbs — Trauma Junkie

Jake Jacobs — Tripping From a Dark Heart

Robert Gokay — Under Cover of trust

Barry Leach — Virtual Dreams

Susan Klos — Voices

Loren M. Lambert — Wages of Sin

Angela Roberts — War of Equals

James E. Sperl — Waves of Grain

Jeffrey Montgomery & Danon Hellbusch — White Trash

Michael Jon Levin — Who Am I To Say?

Mark Butterworth — Worlds Enough and Time

David Ebeltoft — You Were Once Called Queen City

Clinton Braly — Zero Handicap


Thriller/Horror:


Connie Tonsgard — A Death in Concord

Regis Schilken & Mary Powell — A Question of Deceit

Russell Bouthiller — A Voice in the Hollow

Cyrus Littlejohn — Aimless

Michael Jon Levin — Attempting To Connect

Michael G. Zealey — Balance

Dennis Shutty — Bedlam

Ehsan Alirezaei — Billy

Adam Balsam — Blood-Sucking Leeches and Flesh-Eating Maggots

David Coombes — Bonded By Chance

Lori Longoria — Broken Trust

Daniel C. Jay — Canaries

Gilbert Garcia — Cock-A-Do-Dle-Doo

Marc de Launay — Contorted Hazel

Norman Anderson — Dead Air

Denise Trochei — Deadly Passage

Ron Brassfield — Eclipse

Jason Philps — Elevator

Andrew Cole — Euthanasia

Barry Leach — Forgiveness for Fregoli

William Sikorski III & William Sikorski J — Gluttons

Frank Merle — Graves Farm

Thomas W. Manning — Head-Round

Nathaniel Gutman — HourZero

Karlene Meenahan & Paul Venables — I.D. Withheld

William A. Dunbar — Iron Bound

William Sikorski III & William Sikorski J — Jesse (The Possession)

Jeffrey Montgomery & Danon Hellbusch — Karma

Jean Hunter — Lady Jazz

Brian Hill — Lightning and Shadows

Michael Trentacosti — Lost Night

Michael J. Casey — Lotto

Bernard Leo Remakus — Mia

Walter Snyder — Mount Misery

Michael Freude — Nam (Boo-Coo Dinky-Dow)

Daniel C. Jay — Night of Reflections

Wade Cox — Night Watchman

Chrissy K. McVay — Only Eagles Know My Name

Dick Belsky — Playing Dead

Mike Sherer — Prisons of the Mind

Ron Podell — Pulp Science Fiction

Todd Crawford & Patrick Crawford & Jeremy — Savage Weekend

Diana Kemp-Jones — Scavengers

Erick Ziegler — Severed

Wil Welsh — Shards

Charles Grant — Skinner

Michael Freude — Tank Farm

Craig Peters — The 49th Day

Matt Dallmann — The Best Revenge

Sybil Raney — The Butterfly Girl

Ahimsa Kerp & Garrett Calcaterra — The Cannibal

Dick Upson — The Companion

John Gordon — The Delilcate Slaughter

Linda Marr — The Magician’s Daughter

Diane Stredicke — The Orchard

Marc Elrich — The Phoenix Option

Craig Clyde — The Pumpkin Man

Dave Sakmyster — The Red Envelope

Michael Strode — The Thirteenth Mary

Shiva Ramanathan — The Unseen

Stephen Fratus — The Vanished

Robert Long — The Vessel

Frank O’Donnell — The Witch of Greenwich Village

Mitchell Klein — Through Deadly Eyes

Eugene L. Langlais III — Unity

Trish Feehan — Vial Connection

Mark Elliot Kratter — Where the Dead Go