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Emerging Screenwriters Names Genre Contest Winners

Survivors: B.S. by Julia Skikavich has been named the winner of the 2019 Emerging Screenwriter Award, and 7 other writers have also been honored for genre-winning scripts.

EMERGING SCREENWRITER AWARD
Survivors: B.S. by Julia Skikavich

GENRE WINNERS

ACTION
Call Out by Nir Shelter

COMEDY
Mawashi Man by Joshua Sackheim

DRAMA
Survivors: B.S. by Julia Skikavich

HISTORICAL
The Outlaw Years by Maura O’Connell

HORROR
Voodoo Child by Kermit Davidson

MYSTERY
A Well-Regulated Militia by Randall Fontana

SCIFI/FANTASY
On Spirit Hill by Matthew Fox

FINALISTS

Action Finalists (Top 10)
(Alphabetical Order by Title)

24-Hour Doorman by Gregory Wolk
Bond by Amechi Ngwe and Nnamdi Ngwe
Call Out by Nir Shelter
Dead Yonder by Nathan Warren Lane
Phallacy by Tasha Cerny
Rapid Descent by Courtney Silberberg and Jacquelyn Kinkade Silberberg
The Black Knight by Dermot Davis
The Hammer by Jason Hunter
The Litany (or the Elephant, the Owl, and the Fox) by Evan Cooper
Walker’s Juju by Gary Towner

Comedy Finalists (Top 10)
(Alphabetical Order by Title)

Atheists in Love by Jeff Jackson
Bad Timing by Ginia Desmond
Fred & Nan Scam the Share-A-Dream Foundation by Philip Centanni
Late Bloomer by Alexandra Antonopoulos
Mawashi Man by Joshua Sackheim
Mounted by Mark Sarian and Ari Voukydis, Paul Riccio
My Monster by David Carren
Saigon Special by Kyle Little
Second Helpings by James Gulian
The Negative by Andy Orr

Drama Finalists (Top 10)
(Alphabetical Order by Title)

About Chase by Jo Afton
Analog by Dominic Smith and Molly Ferguson
Badass by Kelly Byrnes
Bitterness, Despair and Other States of Being by Jules Nurrish
L.A.’s Finest by Douglas Stark
Orville and Mae by Gary Awad
Parts by Craig Page
Survivors: B.S. by Julia Skikavich
Talk Show Host by Jake Blandford
The School by Adam Rocke

Historical/Bio Finalists (Top 10)
(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Fire in the Mind by Ken White
America First by Barbara Nunberg
Bully by Joshua Cohen
BULLY! (Teddy Roosevelt and the Panama Canal) by James B Saunders
Explosion at Black Tom! by James B Saunders
Fly Girls by Deborah Seibel
Lions of Florence by Ken White
Our American by Rebecca Mlinek
Scandalous! by Matthew Fantaci The Outlaw Years by Maura O’Connell

Horror/Thriller Finalists (Top 10)
(Alphabetical Order by Title)

Burn by Matthew Fantaci
Downfall by Andrew Mescher
Havenwood by Jai Brandon
Lifers by Michael Sajewski
NarcoBruja by Alessandro Pederzoli
Project Pequod by Jason Goldberg
Sunshine State: Duende by Kai Thorup
Voodoo Child by Kermit Davidson
Watch Me Sleep by Daniel Corter
Who’s Minding Malcolm by Linda Marr

Mystery/Crime Finalists (Top 10)
(Alphabetical Order by Title)

A Life Unraveled by Paul Corricelli
A Well-Regulated Militia by Randall Fontana
Alibi Man-Pilot by Bob Ingraham
Blue Motel by Ted Campbell
Charlie Horse by Jodi Frizzell and Zack Frizzell
Jamminh Detective Agency by Jimmy Nguyen
Neon Sundown by Russ Lindway
The Base by Shane McCabe
The Suspicious Ones by Roi Costa
Troika by Tracey Maye and Jennifer Cetrone

SciFi/Fantasy Finalists (Top 10)
(Alphabetical Order by Title)

317 – Series Pilot by Hank Isaac
Code & Creation by Christopher Haviland
Imaginary Children by Janet Stilson
On Spirit Hill by Matthew Fox
Otherworld by Allison Prato
Rust by Justin Moran and Justin Moran
Starring…John Dillinger by William Walker
The Devil’s Symphony by Scott Hamilton
The Peragro Project by Nabil Chowdhary
The Switch by Thomas Clary

Updated: 12/20/2019

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