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Gimme Credit Announces Cycle VI Short Script Winners
Gimme Credit has announced their Cycyle VI Short Screenplay Contest Winners:
SHORT SCRIPT WINNERS
GRAND PRIZE
Censored
(Comedy, NH, USA, 4 pages)
By Hilary Graham
2ND PLACE (tie)
Mother & Zaid's Cup
(Iraq War Drama, NC, USA, 24 & 18 pages)
Both by Kimberly Coleman
3RD PLACE
Forbidden
(Fantasy, Hertfordshire, UK, 18 pages)
By Mark Torrender
ARTISTIC VISION
The Profit Margin for Bonding
(Comedy, NC, USA, 19 pages)
By Randy Gillis
SHORT FINALISTS
Canyon Lake by Dev K Wadhwa
The Cheese Thief by Elizabeth MacSwan
Heart Rate by Alan Barkley
A Lucky Break All Around by Billy Maddox
Zaid's Cup by Kimberly Coleman
Mother by Kimberly Coleman
Unwanted Removals by Alan Barkley
The Profit Margin for Bonding by Randy Gillis
Milly and Tilly's Gay Porn Adventure by Randy Gillis
Forbidden by Mark Torrender
Anodyne by Michael Deschamps
Bang Bang by Peg Tittle
7:33 by Benjy Kaplan
Blind Faith by Joe Kisch
Hurt Myself by A.M. Wallace
World Enough by Daren Foster
Walking Out by Maree Gutterson
The Trophy Ball by Rahel Kent
Burt's Used Cars by Greg Rebman
The Cockle Cove Inn by Elizabeth MacSwan
The Would Be's Are On the Anvil by John Porter
SHORT SEMI-FINALISTS
Things are Tough All Over by Stuart Creque
Beyond Reason by Teresa Lewis
From Doon by Pat McGuire
Ten C-Notes by Patrick Forgette
A Sure Thing by Linda S. Scott
April Rain by C.L. Seamus
Choke by Neil McGowan
The Documentary Killers by Phil Clarke Jr.
Hush, Baby by Heather Upton
The Hunter by Wade Ballance
Big League Chew by Scott Fleishman
Pulling a Kissinger by Daniel Koehler
T101: Introduction to the Subtle Art of Temptation by James Johnson
Black Market by David Spiro
Missing Link by Ricardo Mancebo
Snowmen by Ricardo Mancebo
Choices by Rick Persley
Extreme Close-Up by Jeff Blocker
Escape by Jeff Wolverton
LeSiren by Theodore Gersten
Down the Shore by John Uth
Updated: 01/18/2008
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!HOW TO SURVIVE A NARCISSIST
While dealing with the aftermath of a vindictive breakup, a tenacious woman provides the audience an instructional guide to narcissists in order to make sense of exactly what happened to keep her bonded to one for seven years.
PINE MOUNTAIN DEVIL
When her small town's peaceful mountain preserve is threatened by a luxury resort, an eco-conscious park ranger must unravel the truth behind a series of brutal deaths that may be linked to an ancient, vengeful force tasked with protecting the land.
THE ALMOST BRIDE
In an attempt to preserve her parents' marriage, a former skating prodigy enlists a risk-adverse publishing executive to pose as her fiancé, but when their elaborate charade spirals out of control, can she fix her own relationship missteps to land a happy ending for everyone?
STAR NAMES PREFERRED
When a wannabe actress obsessed with an A-list celebrity discovers the star's true character, she concocts a devious plan of revenge to steal the star's career and life, embarking on a crime spree all in the name of fame.
Xanadu Shores - First 14 pages
Four friends become enmeshed in a gold heist turned kidnapping chased by a capricious Federal agent and his comely accomplice by land, air and sea, culminating explosively on Xanadu Shores.
THE BEAUTY OF THE RODEO
A former rodeo queen returns home after thirty years, but her attempt to fit back in is further complicated by the arrival of the daughter she secretly placed for adoption.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DECORATIONS
When a disgruntled spirit brings all the neighborhood decorations to life on Halloween, a timid fifth grader must devise a plan to capture it by midnight in order to save her family and friends from becoming decorations themselves forever.
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.
THE LAST PLACE
A woman delves into the forest of her own mind to solve an impossible mystery when her family disappears during a stop at a highway rest area.
THE SCRIPT, A CELTIC TALE
A mysterious young, Irish girl, who refuses to name herself, insists a Los Angeles literary agent read her work—both their lives depend on it! Despite Aiden’s repeated attempts to destroy the script, it returns, together with a host of Celtic demons and a sign, in Gaelic, “The Past Does Not Die.
