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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

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