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WriteSafe Announces Semifinalists
WriteSafe has announced the semi-finalists in the
Second WriteSafe Present-A-Thon contest.
The following works and writers have made it through the rigorous winnowing-out procedure, and are one step closer to being winners. They represent
the top 10% of the entries for this quarter, regardless of specific genre or category.
WriteSafe Semi-Finalists (listed alphabetically by title):
ALPHA OMEGA by Jennifer Aderhold--TV Series Premise
BEWITCHED: THE REIMAGINING by Herbie J. Pilato--Screenplay
CASINO MOUNTAIN by MICHAEL MOBEY--Screenplay
CLIMBING THE HILL by Jami Deise--TV Series Premise
CONCRETE JUNGLE by Joe Barfield--TV Series Premise
EDEN'S GARDEN by Connie Dunn--TV Series Premise
ESPERS by Rus McLaughlin--TV Series Premise
FIRST WOMAN by Sarah Palmero--Screenplay
GOOD GENE by Ramona L. Taylor--Screenplay
GRIFFIN by Scott Kraus--TV Series Premise
HOME BUSINESS, HOME SCHOOL by Si Dunn & Connie Dunn & Erin Dunn--Screenplay
KING DARYL OF DREAD by Jack Weyland--Poem
LOST AND FOUND by Zaven Everhart--TV Series Premise
PATHOLOGICAL by Tim Clifton--Novel
SEARCHING by Jennifer Aderhold-Short Poetry Collection
SHADOWS by Bill Freas--Screenplay
SHIMMERS by J. Washington & Annie MacFie--Screenplay
SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD by Ramona L. Taylor--Screenplay
SUN, MOON, STARS by Stacey John Hoskin--TV Series Premise
TASK FORCE ONE by Si Dunn & Connie Dunn--TV Series Premise
TEARDROP by Amber Schein--Drawing
THE GORILLA FACTORY by Robin Reed--TV Series Premise
THE HONEYMOON'S OVER by Angela Black short film--Screenplay
THE SÉANCE by John Mark Green--Short Film Script
THECHERRYTREE by Ed Johnson--Short Story
TURN OF A PAGE by Lorraine Suzanne Shenher--Screenplay
WEST WING: A Round of Gold" by Sam Cleaver--Teleplay
YESTERDAY'S HEROES by Joe Barfield--Film Synopsis
YOUNG DOCTOR JACK by Grey Fox--Screenplay
Updated: 01/09/2001
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.
Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
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.
