The 2005 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 2005 Semi-Finalists.

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

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2005 Semi-Finalists:

Action/Adventure: MIchael Freude -- "Nam" (boo-coo dinky-dow) David Gittlin -- A Prescription For Happiness Karen Steinberg -- A Second Chance Jeremy Mayer -- A War in the Mind of God Martha Rosenquist -- All's Fair in Time Shares Bret Ootes -- Atomic Eye Jeon Rezvani -- Blood Chronicles Christopher Canole -- Blood Groove Bob Canning -- Buddy, Beware! Maria Soriano -- Cargo Jack Mike Caron -- Conquistador Christopher Canole -- Counter-Clockwise Anita Skibski -- crash/burn@0degrees Dan O’Sullivan -- Criminals Christopher Canole -- DVD Day Ray Wang & Ken Rosenblatt -- Falcon Charles Kimbrough -- Fall From Grace Robert Rhyne -- Falling From The Sky Matthew Johnstone -- Generals Matthew Johnstone -- Heroes Aníbal Kohan -- I´m not Robocop Shawn Harris -- ICE George Kulstad & Ruth Kulstad -- Island High Jason Philps -- Justice Katherine Carter -- Mind Blowing State Kate Kaynak -- Next To Last Chance Anthony Amenta -- Oedipus Tex Robin Warder -- Once Upon a Time in Canada Denis DeBon -- PANGBORN Cedrick Wilson -- Pretty Blue Brown Hiroshi Nakajima -- Repeat After Me James E. Cheek -- Ride or Die Jody Rawley & Laura Cooter -- Scramble Jane Golden -- The Agency Max Frobe -- The Cobra's Kiss Jerrad Burford -- The Hike John Brinling -- The Hitler Project John Watson -- The Monsters of Ibrihim Nancy Noever -- The Photograph Patrick Koohafkan -- The Scaffold Danny Sheehy -- The Valley of the Kings Mark Barry -- The War Inside Miro -- The Winds of Malacca Glen Robinson -- Thirteen Arrows Mordechai Landsberg & Riki Landsberg -- Toll Road Linda Konrad -- Umbulali Dennis Baylor -- Upon The Precipice Robert H. Imrie -- Worlds Apart Deron Wakayama -- Wrath Aaron McFarlane -- Wrath of the Spirit Warriors Comedy: Izzy Mariano -- 30 Things To Do By 30 Shawn Royce -- A Change of Heart Shawn Harris & Kevin Moore -- A New Tomorrow David Gittlin -- A Prescription For Happiness Steve Rudolf -- Absence of Briefs Simona Antonova -- Agent ID10T Ryan Peek -- All Downhill From There Martha Rosenquist -- All's Fair in Time Shares Eric Diekhans -- Anywhere's Better Than Here Andrew Summers -- Backelor Auction Matt Tucker -- Barracuda Shane Betts -- Bingo! Bob Canning -- Buddy, Beware! Beckey Kane -- Burning Inside Out Martha Rosenquist -- Christmas Eve Paul Killebrew -- Corporate Clown Jeremy Rowan -- Crackers Andrew Fracchia -- Cycles David Chester & Blake Pinter -- Do It Yourself Dick Keith -- Dockers Vito LaBruno -- Don Alhabib Wilmer Lin -- Elephant and Castle Tim Repicky -- Far Beyond Gone Michael Brose -- Fe-mail Trouble Dick Keith -- Fifty-Love Allan Tijamo -- Flip Trash Catherine Dutko -- Four Fabulous Friends Margo Waldrop -- Fred and Betty Lorna V. Blackwood -- I Will? Robert Chomiak -- In Stitches Jeff Seeman -- In Your Dreams Foley North -- Jokerman Denise Pischinger -- Keepin' It Real David Gittlin -- Love Will Find You Ken Mora -- Magnum Farce Monique Gordon -- Making Fate Catherine Dutko -- Mediating the Dunbars Jack Kilpatrick -- Melton Porcini Vito LaBruno -- Miserable Man Larry Postel -- Miss 'N You Wendy Rakochy -- Moms Will Be Moms Sean Tracy -- Natural Disaster Maggie Franks -- Open Hearts Michele Young-Stone -- Paint Spain With Bart Tom Basham -- Paradise Sings Mark Saunders -- Pinot Gris and Curly Fries Mark Weinstein -- Pot Luck Douglas Jones -- Rebel Mold Hiroshi Nakajima -- Repeat After Me Steve Daley -- Rogue of The Seven Seas Patrick Rask & Jill Maxcy -- Running With Jesus Nada Von Tress Djordjevic -- Save the Date Erin Donavan -- Shakespeare Unplugged Lee Shapiro & Stephen Wise -- Sinkhole Jim Beggarly -- Skeleton at the Feast Dick Keith -- Slam D, PFC. Mike McGeever -- Smilers Linda Konrad -- Targets Steven Rosen -- The Black Sheep Club Jennifer Harrison -- The Dunk and Tickle Ana Barredo -- The Extra Mark Dreskin -- The Identity Thieves Dick Keith -- The Last Straw Michael Pena -- The Liar Patrick Rodio -- The Money Shot Dave Lukow & Rob Roy Cesar -- The Odd Father Shawn Jones -- The Other Side of Nowhere Michael Hebler & G.P. Quinlan -- The Scattering of Ernest" Nicholas Arena -- The Stealers Ross Bengel -- The Terrible Tabloid Scott Gordon -- The Visitors Mary Huckstep -- The War of The Grandmas Mary Huckstep -- To Catch A Keeper Baxter Taylor -- Tough Luck Jon Pompia -- Trinidead, Colorado Jonathan Boal -- Upgrades Kim Sargeant -- Vitamin Sex Catherine Horne -- Whatever Myra Wants Robert H. Imrie -- Worlds Apart Adam Opitz -- Writing A Wrong Robyn Karp -- You, Me, & Five Bucks Family: Martha Rosenquist -- All's Fair in Time Shares Susan St. Peters -- Black and White and Cute All Over Daniel M. LePore -- Blessed Are The Dead Leesa Gordon -- Brothers of the Fire Bob Canning -- Buddy, Beware! Martha Rosenquist -- Christmas Eve Benjamin Jones -- Christmas Time Ross Poverman -- Coins Gordon X. Graham -- Copier Salesman Anita Skibski -- crash/burn@0degrees Linda Armstrong -- Enclave Bradley G. Andrews -- Field Trip Jo-el Henning Doty -- Final Draft Tom Glick -- Healing Butte Brian Johnson -- Horatio David Gittlin -- Love Will Find You Stewart Davis -- Lucy's Mighty Pen Marcia Slatkin -- Machete Jack Sekowski -- Naughty But Nice Anthony Amenta -- Oedipus Tex Maggie Franks -- Open Hearts Christopher Canole -- Pen Dragon Monte Zain Tajudin -- Phenomena Monte Zain Tajudin -- Phenomena 2 Lee Tidball -- Princess Reborn John Smick -- Sarah Seagull and the Gibbering Fools Jody Rawley & Laura Cooter -- Scramble Erin Donavan -- Shakespeare Unplugged Laura Pasten -- SNEAKERS, The Horse Who Wore Tennis Shoes Mark Saunders -- Team Poodle Rick Fonte -- The Most Biggest Sleepover Ever Jonathan David Sloate -- The New Picasso Hilary Giner-Sorolla -- The Rowan Tree Jonathan David Sloate -- The Tower of Babel Scott Gordon -- The Visitors Glen Robinson -- Thirteen Arrows Mary Huckstep -- To Catch A Keeper Anthony Amenta -- Too Fat To Fly South Larry Postel -- X-Mas Files Jonathan Holly -- Zeke's Drum

Drama: Shawn Royce -- A Change of Heart Michael Greenspun -- A Matter of Money Jeffrey Musmanno -- A Solemn Path To Contentment Shawn Royce -- A Thousand Cranes Jeremy Mayer -- A War in the Mind of God Soraya King -- Abulia Randa Bizri -- Alexandria...Alexandria Shawn Royce -- An Impossible Perfection David Boito -- Art of War Billy Maddox -- Asshole Saints Kiasha Martone -- At A Disadvantage Bret Ootes -- Atomic Eye Cheryl Smith -- Attitude Matt Tucker -- Barracuda Nicolette Groeneveld and Teri Horn -- Bathroom Pass Alex Malaiko -- Beau Jester Donna Oltrogge -- Belle McKeever Punch Kuny -- Beyond Dead Daniel M. LePore -- Blessed Are The Dead Eric Diekhans -- Blue Suede Shoes Bill Singley -- Buckeye Darren Coyle -- Bulwark Beckey Kane -- Burning Inside Out Kathy Cabrera -- Chick on the Dixie Highway Jeffrey Musmanno -- Conviction to the Living Gordon X. Graham -- Copier Salesman Louis Dell'Omo -- D.O.N.O.R. Ariel Johnson -- Dandelions Catherine Horne -- Dealer's Choice Shanele Alvarez -- Destinee C.M. MacGillivray -- Dirty Dog, Broken Angel Christopher Canole -- Drawn Together Stephen Settle -- Eke'Bolos Robert Rohland -- English Leather Martha Mondelli -- Eve's Story Robert Rhyne -- Falling From The Sky Martin Blacker -- Fish out of Water Lee Shapiro & Stephen Wise -- From the Ashes Michael North -- Giant Steps Lucas Grindley -- Giovanni's Funeral Tom Glick -- Healing Butte Melissa Hill -- Hope Crucifix Lorna V. Blackwood -- I Will? Sam Zvibleman -- Imagine The Moon Nancy Noever -- Inalienable Rights Gary Stewart Branfman -- Intolerance Alexis Boerger -- Ionian Tides George Kulstad & Ruth Kulstad -- Island High Scott Gordon -- Izzy's Ladder Kim Townsel -- Jet Lag Foley North -- Jokerman Whitford Martin -- Keeping Her Promise George Kulstad & Ruth Kulstad -- Kiss of Shanghai Kevin W. Dwyer -- L.A. Crusaders Jean Hunter -- Lady Jazz David Hartzheim -- Latent Image Ken White -- Lions of Florence David Gittlin -- Love Will Find You Marcia Slatkin -- Machete James Serafin -- Mail from Heaven Melissa McLeod -- Midnights and Monkeys Anita Skibski -- Mine Derek Vaughn -- Modern Day Gunman Alan Woodruff -- My Brother, Myself Zhen Li -- My Fake Life Richard Paul Staudt -- New Years Dennis Engleman -- Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil Steven Zawacki -- Northern Latitude Jerry Bridges -- October Whine Maggie Franks -- Open Hearts Shawn Royce -- Pastel Winds Jeremy Mayer -- Plan B Constantine Athanas -- Poe Dawn Rhodes -- Quicksilver Hiroshi Nakajima -- Repeat After Me Jane Ann Gonzalez -- Sadie Mae: The Story of Susan Atkins Jared Rowell -- San Salvador Cathy Simpson -- Sentient Aaron Greaves -- Sex like Us Daniel Loschack -- Southern Blood Kevin McCarthy -- Spirit Rocks Dion Cook -- Sweetwood Diana Jaramillo -- Tata Carl Roth -- That Feeling of Flying Steven Rosen -- The Black Sheep Club Ross E. Cooper -- The Carousel Shawn Royce -- The Games Michael Hebler -- The Ghost of Christmas Past" Sara Lahasky and Jonathan Weiss -- The Last Halloween John Watson -- The Monsters of Ibrihim Jonathan David Sloate -- The New Picasso Michael Pena -- The Nut House Jean Buschmann -- The OM Factor Eugene Tang -- The One That Got Away Shawn Jones -- The Other Side of Nowhere Eric Otto -- The Pardon Rajan Gulati -- The Port Michael Pena -- The Real Cowboy R.C. Donovan -- The Real McCoy Heath Miller -- The Spirit of Jack Jonathan David Sloate -- The Tower of Babel Allen Glover -- The Unkindness of Ravens Mary Huckstep -- To Catch A Keeper Robert Gokay -- Under Cover of Trust Susan Klos -- Voices Catherine Horne -- Whatever Myra Wants Allen Glover -- Whereabouts Unknown Jeremy Mayer -- Working the Hill Bob Canning -- Wounded Cedrick Wilson -- Your Life or Mine Thriller/Horror: Jeff Thomson -- A Stranger's Kiss Jeon Rezvani -- Blood Chronicles Christopher Canole -- Blood Groove Kevin Lee Miller -- Borrowed Time Marty Wolfand -- Carmody & Fatboy Frank Fuda -- Chasing Bigfoot Da Silva-Heying -- Dark Knights Jeff Thomson -- Demon Fog Christopher Canole -- Drawn Together Michael Hebler -- el Chupacabra Brett Maly -- Exit 46 Nick Karner -- Fatty Christopher Bailey -- Giants Jack Dawe -- gOD's mAN Shirley Yang -- Goodbye Blue Sky Constantine Athanas -- In The Dark of Day Ron Williams -- Karma Craig Cambria -- Long Night Janette Yeap -- Nested Evil Eric Molinsky -- No Necking Dan Wedeking -- Parallel Shawn Harris & Kevin Moore -- Pica Boy Dennis Eichler -- Psychosis Dion Cook -- Pulse Pavel Batal -- Scent of the Prey Lisa Dawoud -- Separation Anxiety Eric Obame -- Seven Souls D. A. Metrov -- Stepping Stones Jacob Greenberg -- Taboo MIchael Freude -- Tank Farm Gregory Luckett & Joshua Minnis -- The Ark Dan Sarver -- The Blame Game Jinna Matzen -- The Crime By Nature Ken Anderson -- The Crystal Ball Diane Turkoski -- The Foundry Tona Vang -- The Ghost House Dick Keith -- THE GUN LAP Sara Lahasky and Jonathan Weiss -- The Last Halloween John Watson -- The Monsters of Ibrihim Marc Elrich -- The Phoenix Option David Yau -- The River Maid Patrick McAllister -- This Life Unbid Chuck Loch -- Touch-Up Linda Konrad -- Umbulali Dennis Baylor -- Upon The Precipice Kerry Donelli -- What You Don't Know, Jack Deron Wakayama -- Wrath Thomas Manning -- Your Halo For My Cupcake!

"Keep writing, everybody, and then keep putting what you write out there for people to read. Sometimes they like it. Thanks, Screenplay Festival."

Steve Harper, Quantum Forces
Grand Prize Winner, 2004

"After years of knocking on doors to promote my screenplay, now – as a winner in the Screenplay Festival – producers are knocking on my door."

Steven Schwab, The Adventures of Captain Paragon
Honorable Mention Winner, 2004

"What a ride it has been! With the placement of my Honorable Mention award on Inktip, I  have had more than 400 producers or directors checking out my work. And to top it off, because of you I now have a great agent who is putting Felix in the right hands."

Chris Canole, Felix the Flyer
Honorable Mention Winner, 2004

"Screenplay Festival was the first (and only) contest my screenplay was entered in, and needless to say, I was thrilled with the results!  The entire experience was wonderful, including the added bonus of attending the follow-up pitch sessions!"

Catherine Paul, UPRISING - In The Midst Of Darkness
Honorable Mention Winner, 2004

"I really appreciate having my script, The End, receive Honorable Mention recognition from Screenplay Festival 2004. The application process was easy and the contest was conducted in a very professional manner. I have received several requests for my script as a result of this contest."

Jack Kolkmeyer, The End
Honorable Mention Winner, 2004

"As a Japanese born writer who grew up with American movies, I have always wanted to win an award in an American competition.  I feel much honored that your festival chose my screenplay. It seems like a part of my life-time dream comes true!"

Hiroshi Nakajima, White Room
Honorable Mention Winner, 2004

"I wrote an off-beat script which I thought would get no attention.  Well, it did.  A lot of attention, thanks to the variety of categories in this competition."

Russell Bouthiller, Dragula
Honorable Mention Winner, 2004

"The Paper Route is a very personal project that explores difficult feelings about parents and siblings and growing up, and so it is especially gratifying to have it recognized in the family category of this contest.  Screenplay Festival has done a wonderful thing in spotlighting screenplays from such a variety of genres and for giving encouragement to writers whose works are a little outside of the mainstream.

Danny Howell, The Paper Route
Honorable Mention Winner, 2004