Contest Results


2006 Winners


Posted on Apr 15, 2007

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2006 competition.  We appreciate everyone’s hard work and would again like to congratulate everyone for their great writing!

2006 Winners:

Action/Adventure:

Grand Prize

Gregory Luckett — Alpha Hunter

Honorable Mentions

Jerry Decker — Black Leather Jackets

Janis DeMoor — Red Sky Morning

Tyler Burns — Renegade Chaps

Michael J. Casey — The Peculiar Adventure of an Honorable Scoundrel

Jeremy Wilmarth — Downforce

Todd Ludy — Sentinels

Comedy:

Grand Prize

Dave Vaughan — A Task of Draculian Proportions

Honorable Mentions

Gregory Lane — A Snowball’s Chance in Hell

Tyler Burns — Renegade Chaps

Robert S. Fogel — Time Will Tell

Mark Litton — Fresh Blood

Monika Moreno — Left At Albuquerque

Jeffrey Miller — Square

Drama:

Grand Prize

Linda Riley — Inequality

Honorable Mentions

Andrew Kaplan — A Party of One

Glen Treilhard — Golgotha

Hilliard Guess — Rebel Yell

David Lieberman & Aimee Lamb — soft shoe finale

Arleigh Winter — The Door To Hades

Susan Klos — Voices

Family:

Grand Prize

Kendra Pritchard — The Busy Kids

Honorable Mentions

Jeffrey Miller — Robbie Crane

Kathryn Pratt-Rogers — His & Hers

Deborah Baxtrom — Imps

Mark Saunders — Two Weeks in Roswell

John Cunningham — Rocket

Chuck Duffie — The Birth of Men

Thriller/Horror:

Grand Prize

Christian Knigge — The Serial Killer Killer

Honorable Mentions

Per Mühlow & Anders Rasmusson — Tight

Alfred Vaynshteyn — Beyond Conviction

James T. Frazier — Blue Ground

Bryan Carrigan — Lost Souls

Lis Anna — Stuck in the Middle

Jeff Beres — Acid Test

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2006 Finalists


Posted on Feb 15, 2007

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 2006 Finalists.

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

2006 Finalists:

Action/Adventure:


Mike Stivala — All Aliens Must Die

Gregory Luckett — Alpha Hunter

Keith S. Collins — American Jihad

Steve Sparks — Ascension

Jerry Decker — Black Leather Jackets

Jeremy Wilmarth — Downforce

Jeremy Loethen & Matt Loethen — Dystopia

Matthew Johnstone — Generals

Carol Hanrahan — Going Native

Gregg Guest — Guardians of the Crown

Michael J. Casey — Lesson in Fear

Don Hofmeister — Looking Back

Ryan Skinner — Meltdown

Jon Bonnell — Myndsparc: Navajo Dreams

Eric Biskamp — Peace 101

Janis DeMoor — Red Sky Morning

Tyler Burns — Renegade Chaps

D. A. Metrov — Republica

Todd Ludy — Sentinels

Garey Riester — Silk Elephant

Steve Miller — The Alaskan Conspiracy

William A. Dunbar — The Dragon Boats

Chuck Duffie — The End of Christmas

Miro Vrana — The Entrance

John Brinling — The Hitler Project

Chuck Duffie — The Kendo Teacher

Michael J. Casey — The Peculiar Adventure of an Honorable Scoundrel

Gerry Lemire — The Rise

Jorge Canonizado — The Student

Nathan Nazario & Chris Caldovino — Total’d

Martin Korda — TX

Paul Ian Johnson — Vengeance Valley

Garey Riester — Virgin Highway

Comedy:


Gregory Lane — A Snowball’s Chance in Hell

Dave Vaughan — A Task of Draculian Proportions

Max Miller — African American

Ryan Peek — All Downhill From Here

Dorian Frankel — As Soon As

Nick Abdo — Breast Stroke

Andrew Bennett — Champion

Mick Orfe — Dead Money

Gregory Roby — Flash Gordon

Max Miller — Free Radicals

Mark Litton — Fresh Blood

Donald Quigley — Larry Mouths Off

Monika Moreno — Left At Albuquerque

Gil Brailey — Love Potion Ninety Nine

Ryan Peek — Martial Con-Artist

Rosemary Weissman — Moments to Give

Tyler Burns — Renegade Chaps

Wenson Tsai — Service Me Service You

Elise Stempky — She’s Got a Way

Jeffrey Miller — Square

Kevin Halleran — The Cup

Kristin Anne Fieseler — The Merman

Jonathan David Sloate — The New Picasso

Richard William Kidd — The Rebound Guy

Amy Taylor — The Surrogate

Michael Rodus & Jonathan Kollar — The Three Detectives

Robert S. Fogel — Time Will Tell

Steven A. Finly — Tunnel of Love

Catherine Horne — Whatever Myra Wants

Priya Laroia & Rebecca McDonald — Whispering Falls

Drama:


Andrew Kaplan — A Party of One

Aaron Yarber — Ancestral Home

Leila Ludy — Any Day

Gary Riester — Breaking The Tiger

Stephen Grillo — Constellations

Ron Weir — Cross Match

Steve Lyons — First Casualty

David Spiro — Fork in the Road

Glen Treilhard — Golgotha

Billy Maddox & Danny Russell — Grace’s Pawn

Kenneth J. Fleming — Guardian Capital

Steven Arvanites — Impression

S. Douglas Knox — In The Lion’s Den

Linda Riley — Inequality

Deborah Baxtrom — Monstrous Passions – The Life of Mary Shelley

Garey Riester — Nanjing

Mara Lesemann — No Options

Hilliard Guess — Rebel Yell

Areanne Lloyd — Shaman Call

David Lieberman & Aimee Lamb — soft shoe finale

Pat Delgado — Still Life

Barry B. Blander — Storm Watch

Arleigh Winter — The Door To Hades

Steve Weissman — The Great Quest

Gila Zalon — The Rife Conspiracy

Peter A. Fotinakes — The Valkyrie

Susan Klos — Voices

David Pereira — You Were the First One

Family:


Chuck Whitton — Escape From Algebra 1

Kathryn Pratt-Rogers — His & Hers

Deborah Baxtrom — Imps

Jennifer Sheran — Jack’s Dream

Donna Lisa — Kheng Kheng Crocodile

Florian Louisoder — Midnight Sun

Sharon Schapow — Morphogenesis

Timothy Elmore — Mulberry Preserves

Lee Tidball — Princess Reborn

Mark Porro — Ritornare (The Return)

Jeffrey Miller — Robbie Crane

John Cunningham — Rocket

Chuck Duffie — The Birth of Men

Kendra Pritchard — The Busy Kids

Mark Litton — Tipton’s Planet

Lee Tidball — Twas The Night Before The Night Before Christmas

Mark Saunders — Two Weeks in Roswell

William Nona — Windows of the Soul

Adam Kline — With Kind Regards from Kindergarten

Thriller/Horror:


Jason Wilburn — Abandoned Wells

Jeff Beres — Acid Test

Michael Lee — Bane

Alfred Vaynshteyn — Beyond Conviction

James T. Frazier — Blue Ground

G. Brian Davis — Der Mensch

Patricia Crawford — Hysterical

Dan Steele — Level

D. A. Metrov — Light of the Sorcerer

Bryan Carrigan — Lost Souls

C. L. Seamus — Night’s Lesson

Chandus Jackson — Rendered

Howard Casner — Revelation

William J. Meyer — Sex w/Monika

Lis Anna — Stuck in the Middle

Oscar Perez & David Matos — The Mission

Christian Knigge — The Serial Killer Killer

Brett Gilwee — The Suicide Boys Stop The Bleeding

Jonathan David Sloate — The Tower of Babel

Stephen Fratus — The Vanished

Per Mühlow & Anders Rasmusson — Tight

Travis Schwartz — Unchained

Paul Corricelli — White Death

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2006 Semi-Finalists


Posted on Dec 15, 2006

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 2006 Semi-Finalists.

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

2006 Semi-Finalists:

Action/Adventure:


Cleo Bressett, Jr. — A Heritage of Honor

Dieter Wagner — Airship Nine

Mike Stivala — All Aliens Must Die

Gregory Luckett — Alpha Hunter

Keith S. Collins — American Jihad

Steve Sparks — Ascension

Lis Anna — Bankers

Jerry Decker — Black Leather Jackets

Theodore V. Fekula — Carlos Courageous And The Pirates Of Palawan

Murray Kaufman — Chicken Soup!

Gabrielle Prendergast — Compton Chopper

Christopher Canole — Count Her Clock Wise

Jorge Rivas — Dark Soul

Brian Hill — Dog Magic

Jeremy Wilmarth — Downforce

Jeremy Loethen & Matt Loethen — Dystopia

John Edwar Flynt — Esperancia

Matthew Johnstone — Generals

Robert Castle — Gettin Even

Carol Hanrahan — Going Native

Matthew Johnstone — Gravity Jump

Gregg Guest — Guardians of the Crown

Darryl Marks — Heart of the Dragon

Matthew Johnstone — Heroes

Don Gately — Hikers

Todd Roy — Kwoon

Michael J. Casey — Lesson in Fear

Don Hofmeister — Looking Back

Ryan Skinner — Meltdown

Katherine Carter — Mind-Blowing State of Love Nation

Jon Bonnell — Myndsparc: Navajo Dreams

Harold Suckenik — Off-The-Wall

D. Jane Hall — Oriental Passages

Darren Goodwin — Pandora’s Box

Eric Biskamp — Peace 101

Michael Breslow — Rayna Butterfly

Janis DeMoor — Red Sky Morning

Tyler Burns — Renegade Chaps

D. A. Metrov — Republica

Marius Lobont — Secret Mission

Murray Kaufman — Seizarc

Todd Ludy — Sentinels

William Mueller — Silent Edge

Garey Riester — Silk Elephant

Timothy Hui — Spellcaster’s Disease

Timothy Hui — Spellcaster’s Nightmare

Michael Pallotta — Storm of Vengeance

Steve Miller — The Alaskan Conspiracy

Mark Wagner — The Aquarius Warrior

Todd Raffensperger — The Bismarck

Deon H. Hayman — The Boss, The Hit Man, and The Mark

Cedrick Wilson — The Boss’s Lady

Michael Breslow — The Devil’s Race

William A. Dunbar — The Dragon Boats

Chuck Duffie — The End of Christmas

Miro Vrana — The Entrance

Robert Castle — The Four Estates of Glory

John Brinling — The Hitler Project

Nic Van Zeebroeck — The Keeper

Chuck Duffie — The Kendo Teacher

Darcy Hunt — The King’s Messenger

Michael J. Casey — The Peculiar Adventure of an Honorable Scoundrel

Michael Breslow — The Return of Space Sharks

Gerry Lemire — The Rise

L. Martin Balaguer — The Spider Web

Jorge Canonizado — The Student

Jonathan David Sloate — The Tower of Babel

Brian Lawless — The Town Drunk

Timothy Hui — The Way to Water

Per Mühlow & Anders Rasmusson — Tight

Murray Kaufman — To Sing With Angels

Nathan Nazario & Chris Caldovino — Total’d

Gem Owas — Tribesmen

Martin Korda — TX

Monte Zain Tajudin — Ultimate Justice

Paul Ian Johnson — Vengeance Valley

Ralph Cinque — Vinland

Garey Riester — Virgin Highway

Patricia Rae Moran — Winter of the Gods

Comedy:


Doreen Weaver — …In Bed

Gregory Lane — A Snowball’s Chance in Hell

Dave Vaughan — A Task of Draculian Proportions

Maurice Lynch — A Wedding, A Funeral, & My Daughter’s Graduation

Max Miller — African American

Tara Jean O’Brien — After the Fall: A Hollywood Hills Tragedy

Mike Stivala — All Aliens Must Die

Ryan Peek — All Downhill From Here

Mike McGeever — Artifice

Dorian Frankel — As Soon As

Raz Cunningham — Biblefest

Nick Abdo — Breast Stroke

Jennifer Buttell — Caterpillar

Andrew Bennett — Champion

Pamela Rose Smith — Checkers

Mick Orfe — Dead Monkey

Carol Hanrahan — Deli Amore

Robert Stuart Richards — Die, Hard-on!

Kevin Holmes — Double Features

Christine Gray — Entry Level

Timothy Hui — Five Million Dollar Investment

Gregory Roby — Flash Gordon

Max Miller — Free Radicals

Mark Litton — Fresh Blood

Halk Hakobian — Getting the Business

Jonathan Day — Glory City

Jeremy Lostetter — Homecoming

Shane O’Neill — How Novel

Mary Weems — Immortal Freaks

Gary Cosper — It’s A Love Thing

Matthew Fisher — Junkie

Michael Breslow — King Shark

Donald Quigley — Larry Mouths Off

Steve Miller — Lawyers in Love

Monika Moreno — Left At Albuquerque

Julie Kirk — Like A Fish Needs A Bicycle

Gil Brailey — Love Potion Ninety Nine

Gerald Jackson, Jr. — Lucretia in London

Ryan Peek — Martial Con-Artist

Rob Grace — Meaningless Sex

Ryan Skinner — Meltdown

Rosemary Weissman — Moments to Give

David Colona — Monkey Man

Kathy Guyton — Nice Catch

Harold Suckenik — Off-The-Wall

Michael Lajko — On The Way To Alaska

Michael Jon Levin — One More Time

M.B. Vogus — Overcoming Love

Jake Helgren — Peanut Butter & Chocolate

Luis Perez & Steven Bybee — Pencil Break

Vaughn L. Verdi — Pretty Boy Rocker

Michael Breslow — Rayna Butterfly

Tyler Burns — Renegade Chaps

Steven Alderson — Sci-Fi Movie

Wenson Tsai — Service Me Service You

Elise Stempky — She’s Got a Way

Richard Soriano — Silicon Bombay

Ian Taylor — Spindle

Jeffrey Miller — Square

Todd Ludy — Starwarp ’77!

Donna Miller — The Art of the Dodge

Kevin Halleran — The Cup

Timothy Noonan — The Guys

Kristin Anne Fieseler — The Merman

Jonathan David Sloate — The New Picasso

Mary Weems — The Nine Month Plan

Jerry Decker — The Organ Grinders

Jeremy La Zelle — The Paperboy

Richard William Kidd — The Rebound Guy

Michael Breslow — The Return of Space Sharks

R. Scott Macintosh — The Showman

Matthew Fisher — The Steward

Jorge Canonizado — The Student

Joseph Marx — The Super Pals

Amy Taylor — The Surrogate

Michael Rodus & Jonathan Kollar — The Three Detectives

Mary Huckstep — The War of The Grandmas

Collin LaRose — Tijuana

Robert S. Fogel — Time Will Tell

Don Santiago — Too Big Means Water

Steven A. Finly — Tunnel of Love

Tana Marie Misrack — What If?

Russell Dye — What Makes Jack Tick?

Catherine Horne — Whatever Myra Wants

Priya Laroia & Rebecca McDonald — Whispering Falls

Jonathan Williams — Zombie Love

Family:


Andy Roberts — A Happy Place

Michael Wilson — A Poodle’s Tale

Celene Paramo — Adult At Heart

Jo Anna Vittorini — Bully My Buddy

Diane Taylor — Casey Blue Eyes

Judd Lynn & Jeff Newman — Crush and Grind

Latonia Matthews — Deceptive Illusions

Chuck Whitton — Escape From Algebra 1

Mike Schwartz — Eve of Miracles

Cedrick Wilson — Godfather’s Inc.

Tim Snoha — Gridiron

Kathryn Pratt-Rogers — His & Hers

Marcia Sinclair — Home Is Where The Heart Is

Deborah Baxtrom — Imps

Jennifer Sheran — Jack’s Dream

Janet Couch — Jingle Bell Tears

C. A. Bennett & James A. Santilena — Kakakarma

Donna Lisa — Kheng Kheng Crocodile

Michael Breslow — King Shark

Chuck Whitton — Llanada Villa (The Sarah Winchester Story)

Parrish Percy & Cathy Spurr — Mark of Courage

Robert Castle — McGoldsteins

Florian Louisoder — Midnight Sun

Sharon Schapow — Morphogenesis

Timothy Elmore — Mulberry Preserves

Florian Louisoder — No Man’s Island

Kenneth Webb — Pedigree Pals

Michael Breslow — Planet Shark

Lee Tidball — Princess Reborn

Michael Breslow — Rayna Butterfly

Mark Porro — Ritornare (The Return)

Jeffrey Miller — Robbie Crane

John Cunningham — Rocket

Stan Himes — Sarah’s Gift

Anita Skibski — Smart

Chuck Duffie — The Birth of Men

Michael Breslow — The Bugz!

Kendra Pritchard — The Busy Kids

Kathryn Hulings — The Forest for the Trees

Robin Rapino — The Greatness of Sarah

Jonathan David Sloate — The New Picasso

Mark Litton — Tipton’s Planet

Mary Huckstep — To Catch A Keeper

Candace Brasseur — True Colors

Lee Tidball — Twas The Night Before The Night Before Christmas

Mark Saunders — Two Weeks in Roswell

Monte Zain Tajudin — Unusual Protection

Katherine Rouse — Wichita Wings

William Nona — Windows of the Soul

Adam Kline — With Kind Regards from Kindergarten

Drama:


Kathryn Hulings — A Fast Pool

Gerald Jackson, Jr. — A Florida Story

Jeffrey Musmanno — A Glass Half Full

Andrew Kaplan — A Party of One

Steven Barry Prince — A Tale of Two Cathys

Shawn Royce — A Thousand Cranes

Jeffrey Musmanno — All That Remains

Aaron Yarber — Ancestral Home

Leila Ludy — Any Day

Katie Marzullo — Breakaway

Gary Riester — Breaking The Tiger

Kathleen Latlip — Cocoon Crash

Stephen Grillo — Constellations

Ron Weir — Cross Match

Catherine Horne — Dealer’s Choice

Rodney Johnson — Eagle Valley

Michael Engel — Entering Out

Nimat Jones — Eros and Agape

Steve Lyons — First Casualty

Sandra McClinton — First Lady of Flight

Steve Miller — Fool’s Revenge

David Spiro — Fork in the Road

Glen Treilhard — Golgotha

Billy Maddox & Danny Russell — Grace’s Pawn

Ashu Sahajpal — Gracie

Kenneth J. Fleming — Guardian Capital

Gary Brandeland — Hands of God – Voice of an Angel

Steven Arvanites — Impression

S. Douglas Knox — In The Lion’s Den

Linda Riley — Inequality

Gloria Ann Smith — Iron Dogging

Michael Scott — Last Free Exit

Miyako Akina Fuqua — Leaving Luv on the Sidewalk

Russell Dye — Life Is What You Make It

Gail Kerns — Like My Father

C.Muthoni Gitau — Love Battles

Richard Beck — Lover’s Quarrel

Marcia Slatkin — Machete

Edward Huynh — Medal of Honor

Deborah Baxtrom — Monstrous Passions – The Life of Mary Shelley

Jonathan Day — Moss

Garey Riester — Nanjing

Mara Lesemann — No Options

Helene Holt — Outside the Box

Shawn Royce — Pastel Winds

Reggie Garcia Littlejohn — Pearls of China

David A. Campbell — Rail Tales

Hilliard Guess — Rebel Yell

Robert Bronstein — S. B. 257

Danny Gampe — Secret Roses

Jean Moses — Sex On The Orient Express

Bart Rawlinson — Shall We Die Together?

Areanne Lloyd — Shaman Call

John Edwar Flynt — Silence

David Lieberman & Aimee Lamb — soft shoe finale

Michael DiCerto — Star House

Patrick Huslig — Steve, Why Do You Suck So Much?

Pat Delgado — Still Life

Barry B. Blander — Storm Watch

Ollie Singleton — Teach! Miss

David Sylvester — Ten Days in July

Delia B. Freinquel — The Best Decision

Thomas O’Brien — The Call

Arleigh Winter — The Door To Hades

Miyako Akina Fuqua — The Fool’s Journey

Shawn Royce — The Games

Cedrick Wilson — The Gangster’s Son

Wally White — The Gospel of Me

Steve Weissman — The Great Quest

Arnel M. Banzon — The Island Disc

Linda Armstrong — The Last Chardonnay

Christina Szombathy — The Leopard Moth

Norman Anderson — The Lottery

Douglas Stark & Carl Cramer — The Miracle Man

Blu Fox — The Red Zone

Gila Zalon — The Rife Conspiracy

Michael Pallotta — The Sybil of the Rhine

Dr. Heenie Lee — The Unknown Soldier

Peter A. Fotinakes — The Valkyrie

John Paul Goza — Ticket To Nowhere

Ryan Cooke — Triton

Robert Gokay — Under Cover of Trust

Susan Klos — Voices

Burt Bulos — When I Grew Up

Irwin Greenstein — When The World Was Square

Helen-Hang T. Doan — Whether By Chance

Diana Beechener — Why We Fight

Miyako Akina Fuqua — Withered Cream Roses

David Pereira — You Were the First One


Thriller/Horror:


Jason Wilburn — Abandoned Wells

Jeff Beres — Acid Test

Richard Rodriguez & Chris Ludwig — After Light

Romeo Ciolfi — At The Beginning

Monette Bebow-Reinhard — Awakened: Book of the Undead 1

Michael Lee — Bane

Alfred Vaynshteyn — Beyond Conviction

Gregory Roby — Blood of Abel

William Sikorski III & William Sikorski J — Blood of the Chosen (Legend of Lung-Yin-Chi)

Jake Helgren — Blood Red Promiscuity

James T. Frazier — Blue Ground

Mike McGeever — Cabin Games

G. Brian Davis — Der Mensch

Marc Samson — Dig

John Boitano — Dream of The Dead

Mark Bankins — Dusty

Uday Gunjikar — Fabric of Reality

Sonia Pathak — Grey Knights

Robert D. Marshall, Jr. — Hades Swarm

Eyvonne Williams-Hines — House of Hats

Patricia Crawford — Hysterical

John L. Flynn — Intimate Bondage

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

Mark Kinash — Lady Venom

Dan Steele — Level

D. A. Metrov — Light of the Sorcerer

Bryan Carrigan — Lost Souls

Lee Tidball — Malled

Kenn Bartlett & Dylan Conroy — Montecito

Sandra McClinton — Murder Under the Midnight Sun

Michael Pallotta — Night Games

John Dunn — Night Visions

C. L. Seamus — Night’s Lesson

Steven Kale — Paranormal

Chandus Jackson — Rendered

Howard Casner — Revelation

Joao Araujo — Roads

Bryan Castle — Runner Runner

William J. Meyer — Sex w/Monika

Maria Anita Pieroni — Shambhala

Stephen Smith — Sleepwalkers

Anita Skibski — Smart

Nadine Mann — Spiritual Warfare

Lisa Dawoud — Striking Lucky

Lis Anna — Stuck in the Middle

Michael Strode — Suffer The Children

Tracey Brown — Superstitious

Sybil Raney — The Butterfly Girl

Timothy Hui — The Circle of Light

Deon H. Hayman — The Device

Michael Breslow — The Devil’s Race

Malgorzata Palewska — The Grand Design

Samuel Minier — The Little Room Above

Oscar Perez & David Matos — The Mission

Dick Belsky — The Perfect Victim

Christian Knigge — The Serial Killer Killer

Brett Gilwee — The Suicide Boys Stop The Bleeding

Jonathan David Sloate — The Tower of Babel

Stephen Fratus — The Vanished

Frank O’Donnell — The Witch of Greenwich Village

Per Mühlow & Anders Rasmusson — Tight

Travis Schwartz — Unchained

Ian Roumain — Water & Power

Paul Corricelli — White Death

Ryan Wright — Wilmar, Ark

Lionel Chew — Wired

Diane Turkoski — Witch

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2005 Winners


Posted on May 15, 2006

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2005 competition.  We appreciate everyone’s hard work and would again like to congratulate everyone for their great writing!

2005 Winners:

Action/Adventure:

Grand Prize

Mark Barry — The War Inside

Honorable Mentions

Jeremy Mayer — A War in the Mind of God

Ray Wang & Ken Rosenblatt — Falcon

Denis DeBon — PANGBORN

Miro — The Winds of Malacca

Robert H. Imrie — Worlds Apart

Comedy:

Grand Prize

Monique Gordon — Making Fate

Honorable Mentions

Izzy Mariano — 30 Things To Do By 30

Tim Repicky & Mike Ross — Far Beyond Gone

Foley North — Jokerman

Shawn Jones — The Other Side of Nowhere

Catherine Horne — Whatever Myra Wants

Drama:

Grand Prize

Whitford Martin — Keeping Her Promise

Honorable Mentions

Stephen Settle — Eke’Bolos

Sam Zvibleman — Imagine The Moon

Alexis Boerger — Ionian Tides

Anita Skibski — Mine

Steven Zawacki — Northern Latitude

Family:

Grand Prize

Stewart Davis — Lucy’s Mighty Pen

Honorable Mentions

Benjamin Jones — Christmas Time

Maria Veltre & Jack Sekowski — Naughty But Nice

Jody Rawley & Laura Cooter — Scramble

Larry Postel — X-Mas Files

Jonathan Holly — Zeke’s Drum

Thriller/Horror:

Grand Prize

Dan Sarver — The Blame Game

Honorable Mentions

Jeon Rezvani — Blood Chronicles

Frank Fuda — Chasing Bigfoot

Jeff Thomson — Demon Fog

Gregory Luckett & Joshua Minnis — The Ark

Linda Konrad — Umbulali

Thomas Manning — Your Halo For My Cupcake!

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2005 Finalists


Posted on Mar 15, 2006

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 2005 Finalists.

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

2005 Finalists:

Action/Adventure:


Michael Freude — “Nam” (boo-coo dinky-dow)

Karen Steinberg — A Second Chance

Jeremy Mayer — A War in the Mind of God

Mike Caron — Conquistador

Christopher Canole — Counter-Clockwise

Dan O’Sullivan — Criminals

Ray Wang & Ken Rosenblatt — Falcon

Robert Rhyne — Falling From The Sky

Katherine Carter — Mind Blowing State

Kate Kaynak — Next To Last Chance

Anthony Amenta — Oedipus Tex

Robin Warder — Once Upon a Time in Canada

Denis DeBon — PANGBORN

Hiroshi Nakajima — Repeat After Me

James E. Cheek — Ride or Die

Jane Golden — The Agency

Max Frobe — The Cobra’s Kiss

Jerrad Burford — The Hike

Danny Sheehy — The Valley of the Kings

Mark Barry — The War Inside

Miro — The Winds of Malacca

Robert H. Imrie — Worlds Apart

Aaron McFarlane — Wrath of the Spirit Warriors

Comedy:


Izzy Mariano — 30 Things To Do By 30

Steve Rudolf — Absence of Briefs

Ryan Peek — All Downhill From There

Eric Diekhans — Anywhere’s Better Than Here

Shane Betts — Bingo!

Andrew Fracchia — Cycles

David Chester & Blake Pinter — Do It Yourself

Tim Repicky — Far Beyond Gone

Dick Keith — Fifty-Love

Margo Waldrop — Fred and Betty

Robert Chomiak — In Stitches

Foley North — Jokerman

Monique Gordon — Making Fate

Catherine Dutko — Mediating the Dunbars

Larry Postel — Miss ‘N You

Michele Young-Stone — Paint Spain With Bart

Mark Weinstein — Pot Luck

Douglas Jones — Rebel Mold

Steve Daley — Rogue of The Seven Seas

Lee Shapiro & Stephen Wise — Sinkhole

Jim Beggarly — Skeleton at the Feast

Mike McGeever — Smilers

Steven Rosen — The Black Sheep Club

Jennifer Harrison — The Dunk and Tickle

Ana Barredo — The Extra

Dave Lukow & Rob Roy Cesar — The Odd Father

Shawn Jones — The Other Side of Nowhere

Michael Hebler & G.P. Quinlan — The Scattering of Ernest

Nicholas Arena — The Stealers

Baxter Taylor — Tough Luck

Kim Sargeant — Vitamin Sex

Catherine Horne — Whatever Myra Wants

Drama:


Jeffrey Musmanno — A Solemn Path To Contentment

Billy Maddox — A–hole Saints

David Boito — Art of War

Kiasha Martone — At A Disadvantage

Bill Singley — Buckeye

Darren Coyle — Bulwark

Shanele Alvarez — Destinee

Stephen Settle — Eke’Bolos

Martha Mondelli — Eve’s Story

Martin Blacker — Fish out of Water

Lee Shapiro & Stephen Wise — From the Ashes

Michael North — Giant Steps

Sam Zvibleman — Imagine The Moon

Nancy Noever — Inalienable Rights

Alexis Boerger — Ionian Tides

Scott Gordon — Izzy’s Ladder

Kim Townsel — Jet Lag

Whitford Martin — Keeping Her Promise

Kevin W. Dwyer — L.A. Crusaders

Jean Hunter — Lady Jazz

David Hartzheim — Latent Image

Ken White — Lions of Florence

Anita Skibski — Mine

Derek Vaughn — Modern Day Gunman

Alan Woodruff — My Brother, Myself

Steven Zawacki — Northern Latitude

Dawn Rhodes — Quicksilver

Jane Ann Gonzalez — Sadie Mae: The Story of Susan Atkins

Cathy Simpson — Sentient

Daniel Loschack — Southern Blood

Kevin McCarthy — Spirit Rocks

Dion Cook — Sweetwood

Michael Hebler — The Ghost of Christmas Past

Jean Buschmann — The OM Factor

Rajan Gulati — The Poet / 50 Hours

Michael Pena — The Real Cowboy

R.C. Donovan — The Real McCoy

Heath Miller — The Spirit of Jack

Allen Glover — The Unkindness of Ravens

Robert Gokay — Under Cover of Trust

Susan Klos — Voices

Jeremy Mayer — Working the Hill

Bob Canning — Wounded

Family:


Susan St. Peters — Black and White and Cute All Over

Leesa Gordon — Brothers of the Fire

Benjamin Jones — Christmas Time

Linda Armstrong — Enclave

Tom Glick — Healing Butte

David Gittlin — Love Will Find You

Stewart Davis — Lucy’s Mighty Pen

Jack Sekowski — Naughty But Nice

Maggie Franks — Open Hearts

Christopher Canole — Pen Dragon

Lee Tidball — Princess Reborn

John Smick — Sarah Seagull and the Gibbering Fools

Jody Rawley & Laura Cooter — Scramble

Erin Donavan — Shakespeare Unplugged

Laura Pasten — SNEAKERS, The Horse Who Wore Tennis Shoes

Mark Saunders — Team Poodle

Rick Fonte — The Most Biggest Sleepover Ever

Scott Gordon — The Visitors

Mary Huckstep — To Catch A Keeper

Larry Postel — X-Mas Files

Jonathan Holly — Zeke’s Drum

Thriller/Horror:


Jeff Thomson — A Stranger’s Kiss

Jeon Rezvani — Blood Chronicles

Kevin Lee Miller — Borrowed Time

Frank Fuda — Chasing Bigfoot

Jeff Thomson — Demon Fog

Brett Maly — Exit 46

Christopher Bailey — Giants

Constantine Athanas — In The Dark of Day

Craig Cambria — Long Night

Dan Wedeking — Parallel

Shawn Harris & Kevin Moore — Pica Boy

Dion Cook — Pulse

Lisa Dawoud — Separation Anxiety

MIchael Freude — Tank Farm

Gregory Luckett & Joshua Minnis — The Ark

Dan Sarver — The Blame Game

Ken Anderson — The Crystal Ball

Sara Lahasky and Jonathan Weiss — The Last Halloween

John Watson — The Monsters of Ibrihim

Linda Konrad — Umbulali

Thomas Manning — Your Halo For My Cupcake!

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2005 Semi-Finalists


Posted on Dec 15, 2005

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 2005 Semi-Finalists.

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

2005 Semi-Finalists:

Action/Adventure:

MIchael Freude — “Nam” (boo-coo dinky-dow)

David Gittlin — A Prescription For Happiness

Karen Steinberg — A Second Chance

Jeremy Mayer — A War in the Mind of God

Martha Rosenquist — All’s Fair in Time Shares

Bret Ootes — Atomic Eye

Jeon Rezvani — Blood Chronicles

Christopher Canole — Blood Groove

Bob Canning — Buddy, Beware!

Maria Soriano — Cargo Jack

Mike Caron — Conquistador

Christopher Canole — Counter-Clockwise

Anita Skibski — crash/burn@0degrees

Dan O’Sullivan — Criminals

Christopher Canole — DVD Day

Ray Wang & Ken Rosenblatt — Falcon

Charles Kimbrough — Fall From Grace

Robert Rhyne — Falling From The Sky

Matthew Johnstone — Generals

Matthew Johnstone — Heroes

Aníbal Kohan — I´m not Robocop

Shawn Harris — ICE

George Kulstad & Ruth Kulstad — Island High

Jason Philps — Justice

Katherine Carter — Mind Blowing State

Kate Kaynak — Next To Last Chance

Anthony Amenta — Oedipus Tex

Robin Warder — Once Upon a Time in Canada

Denis DeBon — PANGBORN

Cedrick Wilson — Pretty Blue Brown

Hiroshi Nakajima — Repeat After Me

James E. Cheek — Ride or Die

Jody Rawley & Laura Cooter — Scramble

Jane Golden — The Agency

Max Frobe — The Cobra’s Kiss

Jerrad Burford — The Hike

John Brinling — The Hitler Project

John Watson — The Monsters of Ibrihim

Nancy Noever — The Photograph

Patrick Koohafkan — The Scaffold

Danny Sheehy — The Valley of the Kings

Mark Barry — The War Inside

Miro — The Winds of Malacca

Glen Robinson — Thirteen Arrows

Mordechai Landsberg & Riki Landsberg — Toll Road

Linda Konrad — Umbulali

Dennis Baylor — Upon The Precipice

Robert H. Imrie — Worlds Apart

Deron Wakayama — Wrath

Aaron McFarlane — Wrath of the Spirit Warriors

Comedy:

Izzy Mariano — 30 Things To Do By 30

Shawn Royce — A Change of Heart

Shawn Harris & Kevin Moore — A New Tomorrow

David Gittlin — A Prescription For Happiness

Steve Rudolf — Absence of Briefs

Simona Antonova — Agent ID10T

Ryan Peek — All Downhill From There

Martha Rosenquist — All’s Fair in Time Shares

Eric Diekhans — Anywhere’s Better Than Here

Andrew Summers — Backelor Auction

Matt Tucker — Barracuda

Shane Betts — Bingo!

Bob Canning — Buddy, Beware!

Beckey Kane — Burning Inside Out

Martha Rosenquist — Christmas Eve

Paul Killebrew — Corporate Clown

Jeremy Rowan — Crackers

Andrew Fracchia — Cycles

David Chester & Blake Pinter — Do It Yourself

Dick Keith — Dockers

Vito LaBruno — Don Alhabib

Wilmer Lin — Elephant and Castle

Tim Repicky — Far Beyond Gone

Michael Brose — Fe-mail Trouble

Dick Keith — Fifty-Love

Allan Tijamo — Flip Trash

Catherine Dutko — Four Fabulous Friends

Margo Waldrop — Fred and Betty

Lorna V. Blackwood — I Will?

Robert Chomiak — In Stitches

Jeff Seeman — In Your Dreams

Foley North — Jokerman

Denise Pischinger — Keepin’ It Real

David Gittlin — Love Will Find You

Ken Mora — Magnum Farce

Monique Gordon — Making Fate

Catherine Dutko — Mediating the Dunbars

Jack Kilpatrick — Melton Porcini

Vito LaBruno — Miserable Man

Larry Postel — Miss ‘N You

Wendy Rakochy — Moms Will Be Moms

Sean Tracy — Natural Disaster

Maggie Franks — Open Hearts

Michele Young-Stone — Paint Spain With Bart

Tom Basham — Paradise Sings

Mark Saunders — Pinot Gris and Curly Fries

Mark Weinstein — Pot Luck

Douglas Jones — Rebel Mold

Hiroshi Nakajima — Repeat After Me

Steve Daley — Rogue of The Seven Seas

Patrick Rask & Jill Maxcy — Running With Jesus

Nada Von Tress Djordjevic — Save the Date

Erin Donavan — Shakespeare Unplugged

Lee Shapiro & Stephen Wise — Sinkhole

Jim Beggarly — Skeleton at the Feast

Dick Keith — Slam D, PFC.

Mike McGeever — Smilers

Linda Konrad — Targets

Steven Rosen — The Black Sheep Club

Jennifer Harrison — The Dunk and Tickle

Ana Barredo — The Extra

Mark Dreskin — The Identity Thieves

Dick Keith — The Last Straw

Michael Pena — The Liar

Patrick Rodio — The Money Shot

Dave Lukow & Rob Roy Cesar — The Odd Father

Shawn Jones — The Other Side of Nowhere

Michael Hebler & G.P. Quinlan — The Scattering of Ernest”

Nicholas Arena — The Stealers

Ross Bengel — The Terrible Tabloid

Scott Gordon — The Visitors

Mary Huckstep — The War of The Grandmas

Mary Huckstep — To Catch A Keeper

Baxter Taylor — Tough Luck

Jon Pompia — Trinidead, Colorado

Jonathan Boal — Upgrades

Kim Sargeant — Vitamin Sex

Catherine Horne — Whatever Myra Wants

Robert H. Imrie — Worlds Apart

Adam Opitz — Writing A Wrong

Robyn Karp — You, Me, & Five Bucks

Family:

Martha Rosenquist — All’s Fair in Time Shares

Susan St. Peters — Black and White and Cute All Over

Daniel M. LePore — Blessed Are The Dead

Leesa Gordon — Brothers of the Fire

Bob Canning — Buddy, Beware!

Martha Rosenquist — Christmas Eve

Benjamin Jones — Christmas Time

Ross Poverman — Coins

Gordon X. Graham — Copier Salesman

Anita Skibski — crash/burn@0degrees

Linda Armstrong — Enclave

Bradley G. Andrews — Field Trip

Jo-el Henning Doty — Final Draft

Tom Glick — Healing Butte

Brian Johnson — Horatio

David Gittlin — Love Will Find You

Stewart Davis — Lucy’s Mighty Pen

Marcia Slatkin — Machete

Jack Sekowski — Naughty But Nice

Anthony Amenta — Oedipus Tex

Maggie Franks — Open Hearts

Christopher Canole — Pen Dragon

Monte Zain Tajudin — Phenomena

Monte Zain Tajudin — Phenomena 2

Lee Tidball — Princess Reborn

John Smick — Sarah Seagull and the Gibbering Fools

Jody Rawley & Laura Cooter — Scramble

Erin Donavan — Shakespeare Unplugged

Laura Pasten — SNEAKERS, The Horse Who Wore Tennis Shoes

Mark Saunders — Team Poodle

Rick Fonte — The Most Biggest Sleepover Ever

Jonathan David Sloate — The New Picasso

Hilary Giner-Sorolla — The Rowan Tree

Jonathan David Sloate — The Tower of Babel

Scott Gordon — The Visitors

Glen Robinson — Thirteen Arrows

Mary Huckstep — To Catch A Keeper

Anthony Amenta — Too Fat To Fly South

Larry Postel — X-Mas Files

Jonathan Holly — Zeke’s Drum

Drama:

Shawn Royce — A Change of Heart

Michael Greenspun — A Matter of Money

Jeffrey Musmanno — A Solemn Path To Contentment

Shawn Royce — A Thousand Cranes

Jeremy Mayer — A War in the Mind of God

Soraya King — Abulia

Randa Bizri — Alexandria…Alexandria

Shawn Royce — An Impossible Perfection

David Boito — Art of War

Billy Maddox — Asshole Saints

Kiasha Martone — At A Disadvantage

Bret Ootes — Atomic Eye

Cheryl Smith — Attitude

Matt Tucker — Barracuda

Nicolette Groeneveld and Teri Horn — Bathroom Pass

Alex Malaiko — Beau Jester

Donna Oltrogge — Belle McKeever

Punch Kuny — Beyond Dead

Daniel M. LePore — Blessed Are The Dead

Eric Diekhans — Blue Suede Shoes

Bill Singley — Buckeye

Darren Coyle — Bulwark

Beckey Kane — Burning Inside Out

Kathy Cabrera — Chick on the Dixie Highway

Jeffrey Musmanno — Conviction to the Living

Gordon X. Graham — Copier Salesman

Louis Dell’Omo — D.O.N.O.R.

Ariel Johnson — Dandelions

Catherine Horne — Dealer’s Choice

Shanele Alvarez — Destinee

C.M. MacGillivray — Dirty Dog, Broken Angel

Christopher Canole — Drawn Together

Stephen Settle — Eke’Bolos

Robert Rohland — English Leather

Martha Mondelli — Eve’s Story

Robert Rhyne — Falling From The Sky

Martin Blacker — Fish out of Water

Lee Shapiro & Stephen Wise — From the Ashes

Michael North — Giant Steps

Lucas Grindley — Giovanni’s Funeral

Tom Glick — Healing Butte

Melissa Hill — Hope Crucifix

Lorna V. Blackwood — I Will?

Sam Zvibleman — Imagine The Moon

Nancy Noever — Inalienable Rights

Gary Stewart Branfman — Intolerance

Alexis Boerger — Ionian Tides

George Kulstad & Ruth Kulstad — Island High

Scott Gordon — Izzy’s Ladder

Kim Townsel — Jet Lag

Foley North — Jokerman

Whitford Martin — Keeping Her Promise

George Kulstad & Ruth Kulstad — Kiss of Shanghai

Kevin W. Dwyer — L.A. Crusaders

Jean Hunter — Lady Jazz

David Hartzheim — Latent Image

Ken White — Lions of Florence

David Gittlin — Love Will Find You

Marcia Slatkin — Machete

James Serafin — Mail from Heaven

Melissa McLeod — Midnights and Monkeys

Anita Skibski — Mine

Derek Vaughn — Modern Day Gunman

Alan Woodruff — My Brother, Myself

Zhen Li — My Fake Life

Richard Paul Staudt — New Years

Dennis Engleman — Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil

Steven Zawacki — Northern Latitude

Jerry Bridges — October Whine

Maggie Franks — Open Hearts

Shawn Royce — Pastel Winds

Jeremy Mayer — Plan B

Constantine Athanas — Poe

Dawn Rhodes — Quicksilver

Hiroshi Nakajima — Repeat After Me

Jane Ann Gonzalez — Sadie Mae: The Story of Susan Atkins

Jared Rowell — San Salvador

Cathy Simpson — Sentient

Aaron Greaves — Sex like Us

Daniel Loschack — Southern Blood

Kevin McCarthy — Spirit Rocks

Dion Cook — Sweetwood

Diana Jaramillo — Tata

Carl Roth — That Feeling of Flying

Steven Rosen — The Black Sheep Club

Ross E. Cooper — The Carousel

Shawn Royce — The Games

Michael Hebler — The Ghost of Christmas Past”

Sara Lahasky and Jonathan Weiss — The Last Halloween

John Watson — The Monsters of Ibrihim

Jonathan David Sloate — The New Picasso

Michael Pena — The Nut House

Jean Buschmann — The OM Factor

Eugene Tang — The One That Got Away

Shawn Jones — The Other Side of Nowhere

Eric Otto — The Pardon

Rajan Gulati — The Port

Michael Pena — The Real Cowboy

R.C. Donovan — The Real McCoy

Heath Miller — The Spirit of Jack

Jonathan David Sloate — The Tower of Babel

Allen Glover — The Unkindness of Ravens

Mary Huckstep — To Catch A Keeper

Robert Gokay — Under Cover of Trust

Susan Klos — Voices

Catherine Horne — Whatever Myra Wants

Allen Glover — Whereabouts Unknown

Jeremy Mayer — Working the Hill

Bob Canning — Wounded

Cedrick Wilson — Your Life or Mine

Thriller/Horror:

Jeff Thomson — A Stranger’s Kiss

Jeon Rezvani — Blood Chronicles

Christopher Canole — Blood Groove

Kevin Lee Miller — Borrowed Time

Marty Wolfand — Carmody & Fatboy

Frank Fuda — Chasing Bigfoot

Da Silva-Heying — Dark Knights

Jeff Thomson — Demon Fog

Christopher Canole — Drawn Together

Michael Hebler — el Chupacabra

Brett Maly — Exit 46

Nick Karner — Fatty

Christopher Bailey — Giants

Jack Dawe — gOD’s mAN

Shirley Yang — Goodbye Blue Sky

Constantine Athanas — In The Dark of Day

Ron Williams — Karma

Craig Cambria — Long Night

Janette Yeap — Nested Evil

Eric Molinsky — No Necking

Dan Wedeking — Parallel

Shawn Harris & Kevin Moore — Pica Boy

Dennis Eichler — Psychosis

Dion Cook — Pulse

Pavel Batal — Scent of the Prey

Lisa Dawoud — Separation Anxiety

Eric Obame — Seven Souls

D. A. Metrov — Stepping Stones

Jacob Greenberg — Taboo

MIchael Freude — Tank Farm

Gregory Luckett & Joshua Minnis — The Ark

Dan Sarver — The Blame Game

Jinna Matzen — The Crime By Nature

Ken Anderson — The Crystal Ball

Diane Turkoski — The Foundry

Tona Vang — The Ghost House

Dick Keith — THE GUN LAP

Sara Lahasky and Jonathan Weiss — The Last Halloween

John Watson — The Monsters of Ibrihim

Marc Elrich — The Phoenix Option

David Yau — The River Maid

Patrick McAllister — This Life Unbid

Chuck Loch — Touch-Up

Linda Konrad — Umbulali

Dennis Baylor — Upon The Precipice

Kerry Donelli — What You Don’t Know, Jack

Deron Wakayama — Wrath

Thomas Manning — Your Halo For My Cupcake!

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