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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!Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
The Cajun
When a notorious pirate, made immortal by the curse of a Voodoo Queen, is invited to a mysterious poker game in modern day New Orleans, he discovers a clue to find the treasure that can set him free.
Only the Bad Guys
In a dystopian world where killing a killer brings their victim(s) back to life, ex-soldier turned bounty hunter Daniela Dushane makes a killing killing killers as she walks the fine line between hero and villain (THE NICE GUYS meets THE PUNISHER).
The Return of the Bad Boys
A group of friends from a working-class Detroit neighborhood cheat their way through a three-on-three basketball tournament to prove to themselves that they’re not losers (WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP meets THE HANGOVER).
The Soul City Salvation
Ten months—that’s how long twenty-six-year-old writer and aspiring actor Jay Sakovsky decides to stay and teach in the bohemian beach town of Soul City, California, to save up cash and overcome his anxiety before moving on to Hollywood.
Chasing White Rabbits
When a famous true-crime podcaster returns to her hometown to investigate the murder of a childhood friend's family, she slowly begins to realize that she's actually investigating her own traumatic past.
Hammond
A group of troubled but charismatic boys in a tough Buffalo, NY neighborhood play basketball at a local park and dream of winning a state high school championship.
The Kidnapped
In Mexico, a drug cartel boss kidnaps a washed-up Hollywood director, and the two are driven to insanity while shooting a documentary about the boss's once-powerful cartel--a project meant to help both men reclaim lost glory.
The Summer of Crud
The summer after graduating from college, a troubled 22-year-old takes a cross-country US road trip with a friend, hoping to find the inspiration to reach his songwriting potential, start a band, and avoid student teaching in the fall.
Understanding the Alacran
A troubled 22-year-old man moves to Mexico and better understands the addiction and mental illness destroying his life [#1 Amazon Best Seller, Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Awards, 2017, 2nd Place (contemporary/literary category)].
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