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New Century Writer Awards Announce Contest Winners
New Century Writer Awards has announced the Top 10 screenplay winners for the 2002 competition year. A total of 650 screenplays were received. The winners are:
1st Place: CON MAN by Murray Spitzer
2nd Place: OUT OF BODY by Nicole Jones
3rd Place: LIARS, THIEVES and KILLERS by Kris Hall
4th Place: YARDLEY DOWNS by Paul D. Navi
5th Place: BYZANCE by Pamela Theodotou
6th Place: GLASS HOUSE by Michael Baker (of London, England)
7th Place: FAMILY BUSINESS by Brian Adler & Richard Kohn
8th Place: STATION X by Phil Klemmer, Jr.
9th Place: PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS by Spencer Beglarian
10th Place: THE EXECUTIONER by Claudia Lanning
Updated: 03/16/2003
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
In the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter with RUTHLESS characters, a 14 year old minister - mourns his twin sister, and scorns the GOD he once fervently praised.
The March of the 18th
In 1864 the Veteran Reserve Corps was formed to allow disabled Union army men to continue to perform their duty for God and Country.
ELECTRIC
After being electrocuted on the job, a woman has the power to make everyone around her fall in love.
OVERPASS
When a cement truck driver avoids slamming into a Lexus, only to lose his own life, he haunts the Lexus driver and teaches him a powerful life lesson in the process.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
L.A. Detective Owen Murphy is on a mission to clear his name on a murder he didn't commit.
HARBINGER
Detective Sandy Marone feels the weight of the world come crashing down on her shoulders as she investigates the mysterious disappearance of another senior citizen, one of several over the past few months.
THE TEST
On an anniversary trip to San Fran Debbie sets up seemingly disinterested husband Jim to test his fidelity, but things spin wildly out of control when Jim instead falls into a trap set by a team of dangerous con-artists ready to take him for a ride and everything he's worth.
THE GLAMOROUS LIFE
A model whose career is fading gets a much-needed vacation and a new outlook on life when she hides out at a Florida beach house with an “odd couple” of twenty-something brothers who are 100% convinced she's a hooker.
DOWN WITH DAD
A 3-time Man of the Year dad Dave McNabb tries to teach his teen son Lincoln a life lesson -- “do good things, good things happen.
TAKEN AWAY
Two 16 year-olds, one a foul-mouthed cutter, the other a church boy, become unlikely allies when they are snatched from separate states and brought to a remote hideaway by an inexperienced kidnapper and his mother who's fresh out of prison and terminal.
