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American Screenwriting Competition Announces Semifinalists
Flat Shoe Entertainment and Hollywood Scriptwriter Magazine 2008 semifinalists for The American Screenwriting Competition, representing the top 2% of all entries. Finalists will be announced in March.
600 SECONDS written by Alfredo Botello
A TASK OF DRACULIAN PROPORTIONS: THE QUEST FOR KERMIT THE VAMPIRE written by Dave Vaughan
ARION written by Philip Hall
BILLION $ HAMLET written by Jim Starr
BLACK DAMP written by Carla Robinson
BLUR written by Kaine Alozie
BOGLAND written by Jamie Crichton
CHASING GREEBLIES written by Robyn Jackson
CUPID written by Mark Whipple
DEATH'S HORIZON written by Corey Evans
DON'T CRY written by Paul Leyden
FORTUNATE COOKIE written by Matt Owens
GENOME written by Andrew Glasgow
GODLESS. written by Gary Graham
GUCCI, PUCCI, SUSAN LUCCI written by Harold Katkov
I'M WITH GENIUS written by Ryan Peek
KWAGALA written by Christopher Schroeder
LUNATIC written by Nicholas Johnson
MAN OF SORROWS written by Carolina Pla & Conrad Pla
MATING GAMES written by Annie Postman
MAZE written by Jocelyn Rose
MOTHER LODE written by Mark Beech & Linda Gray
MY BROTHER, THE TERRORIST written by Dana Wax
PALERMO written by Jon Guerra
PAPER BOX written by Rick Jenson
PORTRAIT OF A SUBURB BUNNY written by Mary Macdonald Rival
RETAIL IS DETAIL written by Eamon Wren
ROBOTICIDE written by Miller Duvall
SANCTUARY written by Risa Williams & Derek Owen
SEVEN THOUSAND ISLANDS written by Gary White
SHERLOCK & JACK written by Jeff Wolverton
THE BIG CHARLIE FOXTROT written by Jon Zelazny
THE BIG THING written by Brett Boham
THE BIKE written by Justin O'Connor
THE GIFT written by Len Lippman & Ali Lippman
THE RISE OF MR. PONZI written by Greg Santos
THE SIX-WEEK TOTAL LIFE MAKEOVER written by Shawna Admire
THE TREES OF BIG SUR written by Peter Meech
TIES THAT BIND written by Jessica Clothier
UNDERDOGS written by John Miles
UNITY written by Eugene Langlais III & Paul R. Langlais
WEEKEND WARRIORS written by Adam Mock
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS written by Arthur M Rucke
WHISPER HOLLOWS written by R. Brannan Doyle
YOUR FACE HERE written by Elizabeth Moss
Updated: 02/13/2009
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Post Your Script Here!Xanadu Shores: Proof of Concept (PoC)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller.
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.
The Coyote
When a Native American scholar and a graduate student unearth a mysterious tomb, they find it contains a Navajo god and soon find themselves embroiled in a cosmic battle between good and evil with the fate of humanity at stake.
The Umpire Has No Balls
A fiery young woman who has baseball running through her blood and can call the game better than anyone starts her journey through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire.
All That Glitters (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
The Xanadu Team in their second outing become pawns in a complicated gem heist, involving a beautiful Russian woman and her nefarious employer after a boat of stolen jewelry explodes.
Screenplay Adaptation (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
IT'S A POPCORN WORLD
An inventor strives to pop the world like popcorn, to save his home from being stolen by government eminent domain, if his dance-clubbing hunchback lawyer can keep him out of jail.
Marilyn
The ghost of a young woman falls in love with the man living in her old apartment and must try to protect him from his murderous, adulterous wife.
The Storm
A small-town sheriff dealing with personal problems investigates the murder and kidnapping of several girls where there’s no lack of suspects.
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