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Writers Place Announces May-October 2007 Finalists
The Writers Place has announced finalists for the full-length and teleplay/short competitions for May through October 2007.
Finalist are, in no order of preference:
Full-Length Screenplays:
Actor Cordell - Widow's Island
Alan Armstrong - Preemptive Strike
Alexandre Moors - Americana
Alexandria Natapoff - The Partnership
Alexia Maura - Blood Lawns
Betty Saarinen - Doraybus, The Story of a Dog
Charlie Brown - Neighborhood Graves
Christopher Bailey - Giants
Christopher Canole - Felix the Flyer
Colin Costello - Bridezilla vs. Deer
Donna Lisa - Toucans of the Amazon
Duba Leibell - Johnny Girl
Frank Brady - Sweeps
Gregory Orr - The Terror Tapes
James Ossi - Ultraviolet Child
Jason Azicri - Lost Weekend
John Adcox - Challengers
Lynne Logan - Dying for Emily
Karl Shefelman - The Chicken Hunters
Kathleen Douglass - Mom Jeans
Kevin Kalmess - Vengeance
Kevin Delin - Heat & Hostility
Michael Farrell - The Operators
Michael Wickham - One for the Road
Mike Anka - Profugo
Murray Spitzer - Fortune Cookie
Paul McComas - Unplugged
Phil Ferriere - Silent Killer
Phillip Yow - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Ralph Lucas - The Writers Club
Ronald Brassfield - Eclipse
Susan Klos - Voices
Trish Feehan - Vial Connection
William Dougherty - Shinyo Maru
William Dunbar - Iron Bound
Teleplay/Short Screenplays:
Alan Barkley - Heart Rate
Anthony Amenta - Dial H for Happiness
Brett Seamans - The Office-Record Sale
Brett Seamans - 30 Rock-Hello, My Name is: Crazy
Dean Wells & Tracey Plumley - The Parcel
Greg Gibson - Gus and Chloe
Greg Rebman - Dead Man's Hill
John Uth - Down the Shore
Kimberly Coleman - Kiyala
Leo Vasilevskiy - Scrubs-My Epiphany Closet
Marilee Ryan & Melissa Hayes - Double Wide
P. Montgomery - Visa-Vis
Randy Gillis - Fags vs. Hags
Shauna Cagan - Stealing Alice
Competition winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd and honorable mentions) in both the full-length and teleplay/short categories will be announced on January 1, 2008.
Updated: 11/30/2007
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Xanadu Shores - First 14 pages
"Xanadu Shores - The Pilot". A spy thriller unfolds after a pilot's girlfriend is kidnapped during a gold heist leading to an adventurous crime story encompassing fraud, corruption, and revenge, pursued by an agent and a comely banker, explosively culminating on the island of Xanadu Shores.
Xanadu Shores - The Pilot
"Xanadu Shores - The Pilot". A spy thriller unfolds after a pilot's girlfriend is kidnapped during a gold heist leading to an adventurous crime story encompassing fraud, corruption, and revenge, pursued by an agent and his comely banker, explosively culminating on the island of Xanadu Shores.
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.
LAST SHOPPER STANDING
A bitterly divorcing couple competes in a deadly game of survival on Christmas Eve when a disgruntled big-box store manager locks them inside with five other players and stages a twisted competition as punishment for their consumer misdeeds.
Palisade!
In 1876, a runaway socialite uses her acting chops to stay ahead of a relentless pursuit by posing as a small-town schoolteacher in Nevada, but when the real teacher shows up, they swap identities in a shaky alliance that sparks Palisade's (true!) staged
FLIGHT OF THE HEN GLIDERS
When strong winds blow a flock of chickens and their coop away from young Emily and Sam's backyard, it's up to the chickens to learn to fly their coop back home.
THE GEPETTO PROTOCOL
To stay "real" in the real world after their last creator dies, an action figure, fashion doll, superhero, anime girl, and crash dummy—now real flesh and blood—must find new believers in ten days or be forgotten forever, and get help from two kids and their dad at a cosplay convention.
GALERIJ
As an art authenticator collects twelve 17th century Dutch Brohm family portraits, she learns the dangers of reuniting the portraits—the Galerij—when an art expert warns her the collection will revive the Brohm family and unleash them into present day society, where they'll resume control over and castrate European trade.
DEAD STATES
A group of resilient small town teens struggle to carve out a new future after a series of TEOTWAWKI events crush the U.
NOT ANOTHER VAMPIRE STORY: Stripping by the Pool
Thirteen year old Sylvia meets Julia's new boyfriend Terry during a wardrobe malfunction; over dinner, Sylvia suspects there's something dark and maybe sinister in Terry's nature -- something best kept in the dark of night.
