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Write LA Names Top 5 Finalists
Write LA has announced the top 5 finalists of the Write LA Screenwriting Competition:
Sarah Deakins – Violet | Drama Feature
Two attendants working in an underground public bathroom in the seediest part of town develop a friendship with a sex worker who forces them all to face their secrets, as they form the world's most unexpected book club.
Howard Emanuel – Shortstop | Dramedy Pilot
Newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, former minor league baseball shortstop Coyote Ledger learns his ex-wife has bought his rival team, which is being coached by his arch nemesis. To inflame her and impress his baseball phenom son, Coyote maneuvers to become the coach of his former team.
John Enright – Masters and Servants | Historical Drama Feature
On a Long Island estate in the summer of 1939, an American tycoon and a British aristocrat reenter the lives of an Irish chauffeur and his wife, forcing them to confront personal demons and shameful secrets that they thought had been put in the rear-view mirror.
Evan Laughlin – The End of the Pier | Action Thriller Feature
An armed group storms onto a fishing pier, takes all the fishermen hostage, and demands a huge ransom for their release. As the world watches, it begins to appear that there is something deeper going on that this straightforward, if somewhat bizarre, act of criminality.
Susan Marks – All That Glitters | Drama Pilot
A quintessential 1950’s housewife becomes obsessed with an unsolved murder in her pristine suburb, leading to the discovery of a sadistic Nazi doctor hiding in plain sight and the subsequent unraveling of her own life.
Updated: 09/15/2023
Additional Contest Info: Write LA Screenplay & Pilot Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!AND WE WERE LEFT DARKLING
As Wallenberg and Eichmann play chess, they confront the question of whether humans worship the God of Love, or the replacement God of Macht or Power.
The Ephod
Based on a true story. After a troubling Bible study shakes her lifelong Catholic faith, a woman experiences a vivid dream turned Spirit encounter when a mysterious Black Noble Man enters her dream and began preaching to her with passion and authority.
Bre'gan's Fist
When Milo, a cook, meets Bastian, a powerful sorcerer, magic happens.
The Rondo Conspiracy
In the late fifties a resident lawyer of Rondo, primarily a Black community in St.
Xanadu Shores - First 14 pages
"Xanadu Shores - The Pilot". A spy thriller unfolds after a pilot's girlfriend is kidnapped during a gold heist leading to an adventurous crime story encompassing fraud, corruption, and revenge, pursued by an agent and a comely banker, explosively culminating on the island of Xanadu Shores.
Xanadu Shores - The Pilot
"Xanadu Shores - The Pilot". A spy thriller unfolds after a pilot's girlfriend is kidnapped during a gold heist leading to an adventurous crime story encompassing fraud, corruption, and revenge, pursued by an agent and his comely banker, explosively culminating on the island of Xanadu Shores.
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.
LAST SHOPPER STANDING
A bitterly divorcing couple competes in a deadly game of survival on Christmas Eve when a disgruntled big-box store manager locks them inside with five other players and stages a twisted competition as punishment for their consumer misdeeds.
Palisade!
In 1876, a runaway socialite uses her acting chops to stay ahead of a relentless pursuit by posing as a small-town schoolteacher in Nevada, but when the real teacher shows up, they swap identities in a shaky alliance that sparks Palisade's (true!) staged
FLIGHT OF THE HEN GLIDERS
When strong winds blow a flock of chickens and their coop away from young Emily and Sam's backyard, it's up to the chickens to learn to fly their coop back home.
