AceFest Announces Great American Sreenplay Competition Winners
Michael Palm's The Audition has been named the winner of the AceFest Great American Screenplay Competition.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
The Audition by Michael Palm
Make your friendship known.
SECOND PLACE WINNER
Fix by Andrew Preston
A recovering alcoholic must chose between saving his torn marriage and pursuing the opportunity of a lifetime.
THIRD PLACE WINNER
Growing Further by Fiona Jensen
A young couple, bittered by past heartbreak, makes a pact to end their relationship after one year - no matter what.
Finalists
53 Hours in Harper's Ferry by David Sabbath
Algorithm by Gennady Favel
American Gothic by Melissa Bruning
A Time to Keep by Richard A. O'Driscoll
Atom Bravo by Rob Rex
The Audition by Michael Palm
The Bloodfest Club by Oscar Madrid
Damien and Isabella by Julia Cinningham
The Devil and Harry Houdini by Colleen De Maio
Drinking in Church by Kieran Angelini
The Escape by Kent Wong
Fix by Andrew Preston
Foot the Bill by Craig Smith
The Foundation by R. Wyatt
Growing Further by Fiona Jensen
Hope's Nocturnal by David Sabbath
The Imposter by A.L. Lee
Jeremy, Malcolm and Bess by E.M. Marenson
Keep by Terrance Stockton
Livin' in a V World by Jennifer Bogush
Needle by Steven Karageanes
No more Spiders by Carrie Lee
Pink Dress by Ron Schilling
The Phoenix Effect by Margaret M. MacDonald
The Porn Brothers by David Bertoni
Soul Flyers by Bryon Evans
Stupid Love by Steven Zelman
Though Heaven May Fall by Andrea Cunning
Through Iron Eyes by William Nelson
The Unseen by Shivakumar Ramanathan
Updated: 02/22/2009
Additional Contest Info: Great American Screenplay Competition (AceFest)
ScriptLinks
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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