The 2003 Semi-Finalists!
In order to choose the Grand Prize and Honorable Mention winners for Screenplay Festival, there are three rounds to the competition. In the first round, every script is read by three judges and rated regardless of genre. The screenplays with the highest ratings move into the second round, or the Semi-Final Round. The scripts listed below made it through this process and deserve recognition as Screenplay Festival 2003 Semi-Finalists.

We appreciate everyone's hard work and would again like to congratulate everyone for their great writing!

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2003 Semi-Finalists:

Action/Adventure: 10 Minutes From Paradise -- Janyce Lapore A Message for Martinez -- Larry N. Stouffer Alpha Hunter -- Gregory Luckett Betrayal On The Hudson -- Clarence Hotchkiss Beyond The Rainbow -- Beth Beatty Children of the Pipeline -- Trent Haywood Crossroads -- Glenn Ledbetter Drawing The Line -- Larry Hunter Freewater -- Michael Keefe-Feldman Gangbusters -- Jermaine Maxwell Government, Inc. -- Glenn Ledbetter Guy Flick -- Rick Wolf Harmony -- Hilary McIndoo Jammed Transmission -- Ron Singleton Khins -- Chris Rakotomamonjy Left and the Zapatistas -- Thomas E. Fenlon P.R.A.Y. (Physician's Resistance Army) -- John Phillips Seth Episode 1 -- Vincent Jones Terminal Cascade -- Curt Samlaska Terror On The Run -- Robert Gately The Avon Man -- Dave Vaughan The Beloved Scoundrel -- Michael J. Casey The Book of Wars -- Dana Topping The Knights of Rhodes -- Iris Yamashita The Legend of Blackbeard -- Dominick Passaretti The Midnight Rambler -- John Charles Lewis The Waterman -- Robert S. Fogel The White Rose -- Robert J. Lintault The Xanthine Chip -- Dawn Rochelle Utopia -- Kristin Overn The Unlikeliest Angel -- David Gittlin Comedy: A Greek Tragedy In Rome -- Frank C. Vento A Sponge Fisherman of Albuquerque -- David Wingfield Act Naturally -- Duane King Armageddon at Coffeeheaven -- Lucy Cruell Bernie -- Martin Horsey Bertha & Red -- Bettye Givens Between Jobs -- Dieter Kalteis Birds Gone South -- Chris Rennier Citations -- Peter Walsh Darryl Dinkel, Organ Courier -- Jack Sekowski Dinner With The Osbournes -- Brett Brown Garbacide: Trasher On Cleanstreet -- Marie Quantock Grave Diggings -- Anthony Lipski Hat Trick -- Robert Gately Healing Marie -- James Ossi Her Name Was Tuesday -- James Ziolkowski Homecoming Queen -- Eric Rogers Hotline -- Nicholas Turner I Wanted To Be Woody Allen -- Tim Morrow Illegal Operations -- Kerry Dye In A Nutshell -- Marie Quantock Kitchen Privileges -- Betty Smith Letter Quest -- Doug Davidson Me and Chimichanga T. -- David Wingfield Not Here, You Won't -- Jack Kilpatrick Paging Nostradamus -- Mark Saunders Paradise Waits -- Michael Amitin Pretty Bird -- Barbara Albers Jackson Queen of Hearts -- David Wiseman Stagemom -- Maggie Franks The Absence of Vonnegut -- Brian Forrest The Avon Man -- Dave Vaughan The Behavior of Solids Under Pressure -- Karen Hanna The Jelly Donuts -- Sandra Scott The Jukebox -- Larry Hunter The Surprise of Your Life -- Susan St. Peters The Total Dummy's Guide To Marriage -- Nancy Pothier The Whole Magilla -- Andrew Smith The Year I Did Nothing -- Ana Barredo Two Christian Women Get Horny -- Sandra Hodge Welcome To Chainsaw High -- Hiroshi Kubota What Are Your Supposed To Be? -- Laurel DiGangi

Drama: 10 Minutes From Paradise -- Janyce Lapore A Light Before The Darkness -- Ken Mora A Small War -- Victor Silva A Woman's World -- Paul Root A--hole Saints -- Billy Maddox Barking At The Moon -- Ronald Romine Be Careful What You Wish For... -- David Kruh Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues -- Theresa Moreau Betrayal Between Friends -- Jeniene L. Scott Boo Hoo Flanagan -- Robert Gately Brother's In Crime -- Dominick Passaretti Caught By The Dragon -- Carolyn Wright Chasing Rainbows -- Nathan Cline Crossroads -- Glenn Ledbetter Destiny -- Caron Tate Dleur de Lys -- Kathleen Behun Doctor Kosek -- Bob Joseph Dreaming of Autumn -- James D. Nagel Drive Around -- Patrick Parr Eden Falls -- Shaun Paikai Finding Face -- Jon Reid Gutter-Punks -- Lee W. Jones II Halfway Home -- David J. Schroeder Halfway Around The World -- Tammy Stewart Harmony -- Hilary McIndoo Healing Marie -- James Ossi I Love You, Dolores Cullapick -- Walter Williams I'm Getting Married In The Morning -- John Alarid Into The Quiet -- Robert Powell Kent Street -- Jacob Lurie Kitchen Privileges -- Betty Smith Made In Washington -- Randolph Hirsch Mourning Cloak -- Agnieshka Jane Persephone Rising -- Catherine Pennington Reading Conrad -- Kris Brown Run With Me -- Pietro Arpesella Saved at Nob Hill Manor -- Kim E. Ruyle Sprinkle The Infield -- Mik Scriba Terror On The Run -- Robert Gately Terrors of the Soul -- Jane Peterson The Boarder -- Jane E. Ryan The Dale -- Rick Polizzi The Dove -- Plamen Kiorlinski The Unlikeliest Angel -- David Gittlin The Watchman -- Fred Cooper Tinseltown Jesus -- Adam Mosher Trailer -- Barry Staff Unlimited Options -- Janette Yeap When Everything Mattered -- Michael Woolery When The World Was Square -- Irwin Greenstein Women Descending Into Madness -- Allan Tijamo Family: Adam, The Boy Genius -- Monte Zain Tajudin Escape From Algebra I. -- Chuck Whitton Halfway Home -- David J. Schroeder Hero -- Shirley Warke Hypergolics -- Melissa Centeno Jason's House -- Murray Spitzer King of The Castle -- Debra Johnson Letter Quest -- Doug Davidson Stagemom -- Maggie Franks The Book of Wars -- Dana Topping The Surprise of Your Life -- Susan St. Peters The Toymaker's Son -- Sherri O'Sullivan Xingu, The Wonder of The Amazon -- Michael D'Agostino Thriller/Horror: A Matter of Trust -- Michael Trach Alpha Hunter -- Gregory Luckett At The Sound Of The Tone -- Pamela Hunt Baby Mine -- Thomas Kearnes Behind Blue Eyes -- Jack Sekowski Best Served Cold -- Ross Buckner Canaries -- Craig Cambria Cold as Ice Pat Edwards Dance With The Devil -- Bob Joseph Fair Trade -- Lisa Solod Interstate -- Marc Samson North Park -- P. Rolf Larson Orion Rising -- David Butterfield Sk8r 666 -- Jeremy Rubin & Gary M. Lumpp Someplace, Somewhere -- Tony Shyu Summerland -- Thomas W. Manning Terminal Cascade -- Curt Samlaska The Jovian Dilemma -- John Flynn The Last Lizard -- Hiroshi Kubota Welcome To Chainsaw High -- Hiroshi Kubota