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StoryPros Awards Names Contest Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the 10th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest. Winners will be announced on Thursday, June 15th.
| ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER | |
| Across The Divide | Dennis O'Flyng |
| Blind Pursuit | Debi Yazbeck |
| Long Time Gone | Lonas Taylor |
| Rational Panic | Robert Rhyne |
| Run & Gun | Cody Glenn |
| Shaken Loose | Carolyn Childers |
| The Land Above | Bruce Dundore |
| The Lilith Code | Wendy Wheeler |
| The Poacher | Travis Opgenorth |
| Time Zero | Carlo Carere, Erin Muir |
| COMEDY | |
| Bad Ass Undercover Teacher | Eric Dunning |
| Larp Life | Mark Hertzler |
| Leaving Winsome | Sherry Engle |
| Man Of Action | Esther Geller |
| Shady Birch | Nichole Kanney |
| Speak English | Kieran Angelini |
| The Murphy Bed | Martin Gomez |
| The Time Of Your Life | Robert Stork |
| Touch The Fire | Kevin Karp |
| Within The Walls | Eric Bachmann |
| DRAMA | |
| A Father's Son | Michael Harriel |
| Bella And The Bear | Nicholas Clifford |
| Burner | Bob Canning |
| Crayons | Michael Angelo Colgan |
| Crime School | James Klein |
| Fireflies | Amanda Keener |
| Martyr | Scott Pittock |
| Post Script | Ariadne Shaffer |
| Sophie & Valentina | Lucy Luna |
| The Man with a Knife | Pamela Wess |
| FAMILY/TEEN/ANIMATION | |
| Christmas Village Junction | David Hill |
| Closer Than Love | Morris Clark, Rhonda Ermel |
| Dogbiskit: The Fastest Mutt In History | Christopher Sansone |
| Foxed | James Stewart |
| Patchwork | Amanda Keener |
| Spell Check | Kevin Truglio |
| Square | Doug Ingold |
| The Joyrider | Kirk Davis |
| The Wraith Of Mrs. McGuire | George Petersen |
| Wishful Thinking | Alex Klein |
| SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR | |
| A Ghost Chant | Ramon Olivo |
| Beast of Virginia | Matthew Corley |
| Black Magic | Clint Mathewson |
| Children of Pan | Ricardo Uhagon Vivas, Candela Echenique |
| Emergence | Dustin Campbell |
| MoonWalker | Joe Becker |
| Not From The Grave | Tim Knowles |
| The Apocalypse Chronicles | Nathan Ludwig |
| The Cunning Man | Wendy Wheeler |
| The Tank | Brent Hartinger |
Updated: 06/10/2017
Additional Contest Info: StoryPros Awards Contest
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Eternal Blessings
A dying woman must break the spell of her former Indian guru -- or risk having him follow her into the afterlife.
in connection
As Vietnam fractures America and his own family, a disillusioned young man—framed in an FBI drug sting and facing the draft—must outwit the system and flee to Canada before becoming another casualty of a war he rejects.
La Hacienda
An inter-racial Latino/White couple arrive in Mexico, during the Day of the Dead, to renovate a hacienda just purchased by her parents, they soon discover its haunted by the former residents who lived during the Mexican Revolution; they must figure out how to transform their crippling grief over losing a baby, so they aren't doomed to repeat the spirits' murderous past.
Lydia's League of Angels The Justification
A teenage girl inherits a league of angels and a Godly mission to protect children from evil due to the evolution of AI.
Bad Habit
A kleptomaniac young woman raised by quirky nuns is torn between a life of devotion and her passion for art.
To Die For
A wealthy, golden aging woman lives for her aspiring dancer granddaughter.
Slow Burn
Genre: Feature - Psychological Thriller/Romance - 16 - Adult - NYC & Vermont Logline: When a successful businesswoman falls victim to her dangerously, charming husband’s deadly schemes, she escapes with her loyal dog, and they transform from prey to predator to return and take back their lives.
Calico Sisters
In the 1860s six orphan girls from diverse backgrounds unite to protect themselves and others while pursuing their dreams in the West as they spread a trail of righteousness and justice for all.
Woman Afloat
A PTSD stricken cop numbs herself with one-night stands until a near-death experience sends her into hiding on her boat, where a stray dog, a guarded teen, and a man who won’t be used, offer a shot at healing… if she’s willing to feel again.
Vacation Burnout
A couple have twenty four hours to cash it in a lottery ticket stashed away in a wallet.
