Write LA Announces Short Script Competition Winner
Burning Questions by Tova Swartz has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the Write LA Short Script Competition.
The 2022 Write LA Shorts Grand Prize Winner
Tova Swartz – Burning Questions | Comedy
After accidentally inviting over a non-witch to their coven meeting, two witches must decide what to do with the non-witch who now knows their location and existence.
The 2022 Write LA Shorts Finalists
Ted Bronson - Bury Me | Comedy
Still not over his divorce, a heartbroken man digs up his recently deceased ex-husband and interrogates him about why their marriage failed.
Brian Cohen - Conversations on a Couch | Comedy
A man on the autism spectrum endures extreme social anxiety to attend a New Year's Eve party, driven by an imperative to confront his best friend with a confession of love.
Mark Dollard - Weeping Wall | Historical
Berlin, 1987. A rebellious artist attempts to paint the forbidden side of the Berlin Wall.
Lexa Hayes - Sweet Sorrow Pie | Drama
A musician finds the courage to perform again after the loss of her muse in a journey that takes place from backstage to mic.
Ed Johnson - The Santero | Drama
An old man revisits ghosts of his past while on a pilgrimage from an old church to the top of a great mesa.
Hunter Morris - Old Dog | Drama
After being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, a kind-hearted man decides to take up guitar in order to take back control of his life.
William Neary - Perks Include Non-Dairy Creamer | Drama
A frustrated architect sets his aspirations aside for more stable employment, until a homeless woman challenges his decision.
Bernhard Riedhammer - Love To Go | Drama
A lonely retiree mourning his late wife tries to find new connections and turns to a dating website called “Love to Go.”
Jacqueline Schaefer- Bottomless | Comedy
All Michelle wants to do after a long week is to relax and watch reality TV. However, her plans are disrupted when her roommate Dina unleashes a wave of anxiety while getting ready for a meet-the-parents dinner date.
Updated: 11/01/2022
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A barren paramedic, desperate to be a mother, turns from healer to killer to protect a homeless boy she adopts, only to uncover his ties to a cartel — and they want him back.
The Andrew Jackson Defense
A reformed prisoner with a violent past frames his clemency petition using the biography of Andrew Jackson, arguing that like the seventh president, a man forged by violence can still become a force for good.
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.
Heat of the Moment
A former comedian and out-of-work chef gets invited to cook for some old friends, and he soon realizes you can't stop the heart's utmost desire in a weekend filled with love, drama, and betrayal.
Fidelity Clause 2 (the Passion of Revenge)
The toxic love triangle has shattered; the slinging shards don't discriminate who they slice! A tormented wife survived relentless, mind-adultering assaults and the vicious attack of an intrusive lost soul, all at the hands of her own psychiatrist husband.
Fidelity Clause (the Passion of Regret)
A former model-turned-entrepreneur once had the world at her fingertips, but as her cheating husband blurs the line between psychiatrist and psycho, he turns her world inside-out.
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.
Palo Alto Bang & Burn
Trapped under siege in a secret government outpost, a young professor leads his team against terrorists, traitors, and the terrifying suspicion that non-human intelligence already controls the planet.
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.
