Santa Barbara International Names Summer, 2024 Contest Winners
Susan Sweeney's The Widow of Summit Springs has been named the Best Screenplay Winner of the 2024 Santa Barbara International Screenwriting Competition. The Best TV Script and Best Short Script winners have also been announced.
Best Screenplay
Susan Sweeney
"The Widow of Summit Springs"
A young heiress seeks help from a father-son detective duo to escape the wrath of her stepmother. As the detectives work to protect the heiress, they uncover the stepmother's web of deceit and the family's dark past.
TV Script
Andrew Chiaramonte
"Starstruck Galileo"
The scientist and philosopher Galileo Galilei is found guilty of heresy for his scientific theories and is sentenced to a life sentence of house arrest.
Short Script
Mackenzie Breeden & Riley Scott
"Praying Mantis"
A Confederate soldier takes shelter in the isolated cabin of two women who now find themselves at his mercy until they turn the tables.
Updated: 10/21/2024
Additional Contest Info: The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!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.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
BUMPED
A deeply troubled man with little hope in life, is thrust into a world between life and death, which may provide the purpose he has long been searching for.
Whirlabout
A NYC actor returns home to care for his aging father, uncovering dark family secrets and facing a moral fractured family reckoning, while dealing with his own failing marriage.
The Sky’s Edge
At the dawn of the aviation age, America's greatest daredevil aviator recounts his meteoric rise from working-class mechanic to national hero as fierce rivalries, personal tragedy, and an obsession with conquering the impossible drive him toward one final, calculated defiance of death.
The Balcony
A young couple becomes stranded on the balcony of a high-rise beachfront condo.
LIKE PULLING TEETH
When in 1910 New York City a dentist accidently finds himself with a second job as a private investigator, he eavesdrops on one of the greatest country-changing secret meetings, becoming a dangerous loose end.
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.
