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Palm Springs Names Contest Winners
Gabriel Carbick's Raise Hell has been named The Best Screenplay Winner of The Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest.
Best Screenplay
Raise Hell
Writer: Gabriel Carbick
When siblings Luke and Diana explore a trailer deep in the woods, they face a life or death situation forcing them to work together for any hope of survival.
Best TV Script
Smoke in the Air
writer: Chuck Griffith
In 1989, a flight attendant with lung cancer uncovers how years of cabin smoke destroyed her health and she goes to war with Big Tobacco.
Best Short Script
The Final Fight
Writer: Todd J. Stein
A son fights to save his elderly father from the physical abuse and financial predation of a corrupt court system and a Brooklyn mob family.
Updated: 01/25/2026
Additional Contest Info: Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Luck Is a Hard Target
The screenplay is in spy, action, thriller jenres Logline When Hamas uncovers the Bulgarian counter terrorist Jean, he is urgently relocated to Canada, where he twice encounters lethal artefacts drawing him into a battle against the Ndrangheta mafia and the FBI, with US national security on the line.
LIPIUNA
A Story of Love that can change the Future of Humanity
DRAGONFLY
Vincent and childhood friend Sue pour years into building the Tomahawk prototype, the key to their dream supercar Dragonfly until a seductive stranger draws him into a deadly undercover sting against crime lord Alphonso DiPasquale, unraveling.
Not About Money
A competent late forties corporate gal gets promoted into management, but is soon demoted and faced with a battle of resilience, justice, and a lawsuit, while an unexpected ally attempts to redeem himself and discloses the unscrupulous ruler behind the scheme to oust her.
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.
Episode 2: Across the Hudson: The Dark Knight
As media attention and political pressure explode, a shadowy kingpin known only as The Dark Knight makes his first calculated moves, forcing law enforcement into high-risk raids that threaten to expose just how deeply the system is compromised.
Episode 1 - Across the Hudson
An officer haunted by a childhood destroyed by addiction is recruited by a covert DEA task force to hunt the elusive opioid kingpin known as the Dark Knight, only to find her mission becoming a living nightmare when she unknowingly falls in love with the man himself.
TAKEN AWAY
A desperate man kidnaps two teens to bring “family” to his dying mother, but as his plan unravels in a remote mountain hideaway, secrets explode, relationships shatter, and survival comes at a deadly cost.
Fish Fetish
What happens when you mix compulsion with alcohol? A horrific, fast paced story of abuse and revenge inspired by "Tales From The Crypt"
Someplace Safe
Rejecting the bribe of a Russian mob boss sends a DC police officer into hiding, where she must choose between her safety or exposing heself to respond to a family crisis back home.
