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2024 Winners


Posted on May 23, 2024

Winners!

We held the 100 SCREENPLAYS 2024 Awards ceremony last night and it was a blast!

We want to share pictures and more with you, but we know what you reallywant…

The Results!

First Prize – Galaxies by Robert Brody
Second Prize – Queer Cowfolk: The Gay Rodeo Musical by Bear Kosik
Third Prize – Emily’s Toy Boy by Paula Smith

Honorable Mention – King of Blades by Paul Hikari
Honorable Mention – Little Italo by Mattia Simioni
Honorable Mention – MALLed by Janna Jones
Honorable Mention – Safe Word by Haley Biggins
Honorable Mention – Sixgun Saint by Warren Lane

We had no idea how many winners would be at the ceremony last night. It turns out… four were there in person!

First Prize winner Robert Brody

Second Prize winner Bear Kosik

Third Prize winner Paula Smith

Honorable Mention winner Paul Hikari

Honorable Mention winner Janna Jones

Honorable Mention winner Mattia Simioni

Honorable Mention winner Warren Lane

Call us silly but…

Robert was forced to take picture with the BIG FAKE CHECK.

Bear Kosik, Paula Smith, Janna Jones, and Haley Biggins were not able to attend in person.  You were missed!

But there was a LOT more to last night than just reading off some names.

Mellinda Hensley, Schyler Martin, Amy Fox, Tatiana Blackington James & Camille Corbett.

We held a panel with five professional screenwriters who had a fascinating discussion about both the craft of screenwriting and their experiences working in the entertainment industry.  This panel featured:

Mellinda Hensley – The Young and the Restless (CBS), Across The Room
Schyler Martin – The Abandons (Netflix), Virgin River (Netflix)
Amy Fox – The Conners (ABC), Equity (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tatiana Blackington James – The Narrows (Image Entertainment), Universal Pictures, HBO Films, CBS television
Camille Corbett – Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! (Netflix), Crystal & Chelsea

See you next year!

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2024 Finalists


Posted on May 15, 2024

Finalists

3 Guns by Benjamin Roussey
Bear Frat – Pilot by Will Moro
Dead Tones by Kent Flaagan
HAPPY LANDING by Dianne Lee Blomberg, Joseph Alexander Carabello
Hunter’s Wish by Steven Keith Bogart
LENA’S RULES by Ken Comer
Love & Detroit by Michael Dunker
Nuns With Guns by Mark Wakely
Plastic Smile by Dominic James Michael Flanagan
Playing Hero by Warren Lane
Promised Land by Danny Holst
Real Dead by Jordan Wolfe
Safe Waters by Stanislav Zalmanov
Sanity Road by Eric Kelso
Silence of Fury by D.Hunter Fein
Street Scamp by Adam Phillip Caszatt
Stupid Dead Boy by Alex Vickery-Howe
Teletherapy Tales by Karen Giannone
The Blue Blood Moon by David Sabbath
The construction of a love by Antonio Messina
The Great Santa Claus Crusade by Jonathan James Andrew Potter
The Intuitive Touch by Geoffrey McCue, Allison Chaney
The Locksmith by Julian Poulter
The Lyon of Times Square by Christopher Loveland
The Paper Route by Danny Howell
Unhinged by Warren Lane, Jon Tenzing Neralich
Valiant by Josh King, Kyle Trobman
Witching Hour by Alex Vickery-Howe

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2024 Semi-Finalists


Posted on May 10, 2024

Semi-Finalists

3 Guns by Benjamin Roussey
6 Minutes by Nancy Lydia Kimmel
Abbott Elementary: Know-It-All by James A Hill
Allured I by C.J. Stussi
BiFrost Forest: The Sabine Saga by William A Murphy
Bronx Inc. by Frank Picciotto
Child of the Disappeared by Michael Thomas Holliday
EXTEARIORS by Reza John Monahan
Flashback Jack by William Pettersen
Fleeting Moments by Daniel Ryan Ward
Fright Games by Steven Paul McCarthy
Holiday Houdinis by patrick bernet
Horribly Troubled & Heavily Sedated by Nate Scott Plotkin
I Am Austin by Melanie Vlosky, Jack Rushen
I Love This Country (Short Screenplay) by Robert T Turfe, John Capone
SACRED SUN by Michael Louis Gould
Soulmates by Maria Najera
Stocktonian Exchange – Kill Your Spirits by Hannah Rose Vernot
STRUCK: BORN FROM THE STORM by T.J. Miller
Terrorance by Daniel Bodenmann
The Dating Trap by quinn dewsbury
The Evaluation of Tina Flannigan by Martin White II
The Last Messenger by Tasia Williamson
The Mob and I by Mark Wakely
The Sacred Sea by Jonathan Fear
The Shadow of Dharma by Max Perlick
Unborn by Eva Lidia Barber
Widowed by Katie Fahey
Your Call is Important to Us by Elizabeth Lewis

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2023 Winners


Posted on Jun 14, 2023

We would like to thank everyone who submitted a screenplay to this year’s competition.

After the final deadline our jury spent the month reading and reading and… as promised, our winners are announced one month later.

With that said… we know what you really want is to know who won!

 

First Prize

Avoidance by Deanne Gittens

Second prize

Field of Weeds by Kelly Jean Karam

Third Prize

From the Ground Up by Susan Mattine

Honorable Mention Winners

Dream Eater by Kim W Blacknall
Falling Into Place by Kripa Koshy
Head Block by Jessica Sadler
The Language of Wolves by Nan Schmid
Weathering It by Lynn Vincentnathan

 

 

 

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2023 Finalists


Posted on Jun 14, 2023

Finalists

Days Remaining by Nathan Zevenhuizen
For the Love of Latte by miriam e bavly
In Defense of Mercy by Noelle Nelson
Inertia by Samuel David Watkins II
Marcus Aurelius: Human Resources Counselor by David Schroeder
My Story To Tell by Lucresia Petrice Campbell
Nicaea 325 AD by Adrian Radu
Rollers by RJ Shick, Dan Patrick McCarthy
The Pickleball Killer by Jim Carroll
The Ride by Alysha Haran
THEY SMELL DEAD by Juliano Angeliano
Thicker Than Water by Leah A Pollack
Town by john price
Voyager by Damien Mulvany
Wish It Away by Gabe Martinez

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2023 Semi-Finalists


Posted on Jun 14, 2023

Semi-Finalists

A Picture Worth Every Word by Pat Stone
Allured III by C.J. Stussi, Armand Kachigian
Atlantis by Jeremy Gluck
BAIT by Johannes Schaff
BallyZombie by Pearse Lehane
Best Served Cold by Bill Crossland
Blood Money by Dominic Flanagan
Canvas 31 by Jared Doles
COOP by Joe Leone
Dope Fiends by Jonathan Talbert
EcoYard by Michael Casey
Evil Faces by C.J. Doukakis and T.J Doukakis
FLORA by DON SHROLL
Frank And The Orbital Gap by Mark David Levitt
L.O.B.E. by David Hunter Fein
Lone Wolfe – The Belly of the Beast by L. J. Martin
Oberlin by J.P. Johnston
Obsession by Jason Andrew White
Omissions by Jessica Sadler
Or So You Say by John Coker
Oroboro Island by Oleg Bazylewicz, Karen Buckton
Ramses Faro and the Labyrinth of the Crocodiles by John-Richard Thompson
Resurrection, Nevada by Noelle Nelson
RITUAL by Amanda Nitsa Oz
Roxxie by Noelle Nelson
the dedicated physician by Michael and Andrew M Volpe
The Gang Gets Diverse by Jordan Champagne
THE GIRL IN THE GLACIER by Catherine Schandl
The Last Skywriter in the Universe by Steven Keith Bogart
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel by Katrina Kline
The Piper by J. Aldric Gaudet
The Shadow of Dharma by Max Perlick
The Skids by Jonathan Talbert
True Luck by Peter Andrews
Unspeakable by Wayne Egon Christensen, Leroy Stringer, Jr.
WALKING by Jeffrey R Wank, Jonny Gentry
Whatfor Sheriff by James Charleston
Zoom Hit by Laura Puccia Valtorta

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