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!Whirlabout
A NYC actor returns home to care for his aging father, uncovering dark family secrets and facing a moral fractured family reckoning, while dealing with his own failing marriage.
The Sky’s Edge
At the dawn of the aviation age, America's greatest daredevil aviator recounts his meteoric rise from working-class mechanic to national hero as fierce rivalries, personal tragedy, and an obsession with conquering the impossible drive him toward one final, calculated defiance of death.
The Balcony
A young couple becomes stranded on the balcony of a high-rise beachfront condo.
LIKE PULLING TEETH
When in 1910 New York City a dentist accidently finds himself with a second job as a private investigator, he eavesdrops on one of the greatest country-changing secret meetings, becoming a dangerous loose end.
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.
