Santa Barbara International Names Contest Winners
The Linguist by Maggie Tsavaris has been named the Best Screenplay Winner of The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards. The Best TV and Best Short Script winners have also been announced.
Winner: Best Screenplay
Maggie Tsavaris
"The Linguist"
A richly layered blends of a political thriller with the emotional resonance of an intimate character study, inspired by real-world geopolitics with a complex and deeply human protagonist.
Winner: Best TV Script
Erin Donovan
"Todos Santos"
A single mom who just wants to send her kid to a good college becomes a wanted criminal hiding out in a picturesque Mexican town. The question remains: Who do you have to fuck over to get your kid into Juilliard?
Winner: Best Short Script
Melissa Brides
"Room B"
In the aftermath of a school shooting a group of parents wait for news of their children's fate. As they come together they are unaware that one of them is the shooter's mother. Out of the tragedy come moments of love, support and in the end, compassion.
Updated: 05/09/2025
Additional Contest Info: The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
ScriptLinks
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A man accidentally uncovers a pedophilia ring and rescues a young sex worker.
Shades of Sin
A woman is caught between two men and their long-standing feud with each other.
Script Pitch
A new writer gets the opportunity to pitch her first script to a Hollywood bigwig.
Sunny Springs
Residents in a retirement home rebel after budget cuts take away their chocolate pudding snacks.
The Man with the Package
One mysterious agent, a package that has to be mailed back to his boss.
East Meets Western
A runaway indentured Asian cook bakes his way into the good graces of a frontier town, where he struggles to win the skills and allies he needs to avoid recapture by the ruthless outlaw who 'owns' him.
CIRQUE D' ETOILES
*** Russian astronaut, thrown out of the space program, hijacks a space taxi going to the International Space Station.
THE SOCIAL POLICE
Twenty years from now, an FBI agent patrols the social media.
NOCTURNE'S RAINBOW
Kids and their dogs find the Rainbow Bridge in a snowstorm.
CURIOUS BUDDIES
It's not your mother's buddy movie.
