![[Final Draft Big Break Contest]](/images/ads/finalDraftBigBreak2026a.png)
Film in Arizon Second Round Writers
The screenplays advancing to the second round of the Film in Arizona
screenwriting competition have been identified. Those achieving top scores
from the following list will travel to Los Angeles for the awards breakfast
June 19:
Sean Hinchey, Culver City, CA “4th & Goal”
Roberta Degnore, Culver City, CA “Do Not Deliver”
Connie O’Donohue, Spearfish, SD “The Thoughts of the Gods”
Rich Figel, Kailua, HI “The Godparents”
Bill Balas, Sherman Oaks, CA “Bullet with Butterfly Wings”
William Blair, Scottsdale, AZ “Summer at Six”
Richard Brandes, Malibu, CA “Dead Man’s Bluff”
Maire Brennan, Phoenix, AZ “The People’s Choice”
Kate Boyes, Smithfield, UT “Luna Spring”
Todd Bronson, North Las Vegas, NV “The Truth in Superstitions”
George Cagala, Escondido, CA “Mexican Lessons”
Laurence Cripe, Tucson, AZ “The Badger’s Lair”
Jessica Davis, Sherman Oaks, CA “The Coyote Lover”
Andy Demsky, Napa, CA “The Last Legend of the West”
Margaret Falk, Tucson, AZ “Darkscope”
Jaine Foster-Valdez, Tucson, AZ “Standing Up, Sitting Down”
Mirza Hatcher, Phoenix, AZ “The Love Biz”
Carol Hoffman, Cleveland, OH “Tyler Hudson’s Awesome Christmas Eve
Adventure”
John Kennedy, New York, NY “Hawkridge”
Eric Klein, Glendale, CA “Flush”
Randal Kobler, Phoenix, AZ “Ghosts at the Gate”
Vick Korolev, Sedona, AZ “Arizona Red Ghost”
Brett Lawlor, Rapid City, SD “Dinosaur Bonz”
Michelle Leddon, Astoria, NY “Moody Blue”
Stephen Levy, Las Vegas, NV “The Wedding Dance”
Bryan Marvis, Oceanside, OR “Ulys”
Mary McMachen, Westland, MI “Stalker”
Doug Molitor, Altadena, CA “Paper Son”
Virginia Nosky, Paradise Valley, AZ “Running Against the Wind”
Kevin Ruskin, Calabasas, CA “Hi Jolly”
Patricia Semler, Kissimmee, FL “Apache Gold”
Douglas Westerbee, Cleveland Heights, OH “The Spirits of the Dead are
Watching”
Daniel Williams, Silver City, NM “Olympic Medals and Rodeo Buckles”
Stan Williamson, Culver City, CA “The Magic Man”
Updated: 05/28/2002
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Unknown Black Assailant
As the crack epidemic erupts across 1980s small-city America, a Black rookie detective investigating a string of gang murders in Little Rock, Arkansas uncovers a CIA-backed arms-for-drugs conspiracy—forcing him to choose between protecting his family and exposing a truth that could destroy him.
Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
A cautious investigator is none the less drawn in, along with four other heirs, by the reading of a billionaire rare book dealer’s will, they’re sealed in an airtight panic room, and with only four hours air, must solve the centuries-old mystery contained in the book ‘The Castilian Cypher’ in order to escape.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her gorgeous girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
