CWA Announces Final Contest Results
The Creative World Awards has announced their final contest placements for 2008:
2008 CWA GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Pippa's Song by Diana Mitchell (Drama)
"Pippa's Song" is based on the true story of a willful, terminally ill journalist who embarks on an incredible journey that alters her fate and leaves an indelible mark on humanity.
About Diana: Diana Mitchell's professional background is in marketing and advertising, and includes branding, copywriting, and media. Her innate passion for concept and words soon led her to begin writing screenplays. She initially wrote a pilot for a television series that garnered consideration by the London Film Group. Since then she has written several screenplays, including "Pippa's Song," which placed as a finalist in the 2008 Moondance International Film Festival.
The 2008 Creative World Awards Grand Prize is the first competition title win of Diana's career. Currently, Diana is working on a rom-com.
2008 FIRST RUNNER-UP
You Like Chinese Food by Ryan Sager/Jacob Gershman (Comedy)
An awkward young New York City newspaper reporter, frustrated by his plans not working out, finds direction in fortune cookies, leading him to fall for the wrong woman while stumbling onto the story of a lifetime.
About Ryan: Ryan Sager is a former editor at the New York Sun and former member of the New York Post editorial board. Currently, he works as a freelance writer in Brooklyn.
About Jacob: Jacob Gershman is also a former reporter for The New York Sun. He's a native of Rockville, Md., and a graduate of the University of Chicago. He works as a freelance writer in Brooklyn.
2008 SECOND RUNNER-UP
The Union County Tragedy by Chris Wimmer/Joey McAdams (Thriller)
In the fall of 1984, three escaped convicts held a family hostage in their home in rural Iowa. The inmates' plan spiraled out of control and the result was a desperate struggle for survival for all involved.
About Chris: Chris Wimmer has worked in production for nearly ten years at Castle Rock Entertainment, Vice President Al Gore's Current TV, and for director Lawrence Kasdan. The Union County Tragedy is his third feature length script.
About Joey: Joey McAdams formed Fool Martyr Productions, LLC in 2003 with writing partner Clark Kline. After filming one short narrative "the big comedown" he instantly began work on the feature film, "HEADS or TAILS." With its completion and acceptance into festivals he moved right into more projects. In 2005 he won best short in a timed competition at Frederick Film Festival. Joey now resides in Los Angeles, CA where he works as the stage Director for Current TV.
Updated: 10/19/2008
Additional Contest Info: Creative World Awards
ScriptLinks
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In a world of AI-hyped spectacles, a retired boxing legend must reclaim his glory against a brash social media influencer to fund his granddaughter's life-saving treatment, uncovering a corporate conspiracy that could destroy them both.
Wendigo
After a series of brutal killings in Algonquin Provincial Park linked to a missing hiker transformed into a mythical Wendigo, an elite military team must join forces with local rangers and a Native American tracker to stop the ancient creature's reign of terror before more innocent lives are lost.
The Huntsman
A battle-hardened Starship crew faces their greatest test when a routine extraction mission unleashes a mind-altering alien force, fracturing loyalties and awakening a cosmic mystery that could reshape the fate of the universe.
The Rulers Of The Islands
World-shaping for the fourth time, they sight Hawaii, a crown jewel in the Pacific: a prize to fight for? or to bring peace to our world from, instead.
THE NEO-PAGANS
A talented forensic sketch artist has the gift of “seeing” murderers with her hands.
THE BANNER
Though haunted by the childhood memory of the lynching of his father for leading a slave rebellion, an American slave risks his life to join Mexico's struggle for independence after witnessing the execution of the author of the first law against slavery on the North American continent.
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 baffling neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class project.
