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Writers Place Announces Contest Winners
The Writers Place has announced the winners and honorable mentions for their November 2007 through April 2008 screenwriting contest:
Full-length
First Place
Craig Rosenthal - The Shanghailanders
Second Place
Alexis A. & Rudy J. Croyle - Good Intentions
Third Place
Caitlin McCarthy - Vera
Honorable Mention
Jacqueline Johnston - Amor? Amor! Amor.
Elizabeth Berger & Christopher Littler — Target 26
Teleplay/Short
First Place
Andrew Ferguson - The Office: The Morning After
Second Place
Frederick Weller - Tommy and the Beast
Third Place
Elizabeth Hamlett - Please Shred
Honorable Mention
Brian Wright - Regret
Updated: 07/02/2008
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.
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.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
