The 2008 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 2008 Semi-Finalists.

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

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2008 Semi-Finalists:

Action/Adventure: A Smile Through Tears -- Shawn Royce Amor? Amor! Amor. -- Jacqueline Ramirez-Johnston An Eye For An Eye -- Monte Zain Tajudin An Olympic Odyssey -- Heidi Neale Bodhisattva -- Annita Pieroni Brannon -- Brian Lawless Broken Leash -- Peter Interland Burnerz -- Joseph J. Wheeler Casting Stones -- Brian Hartshorn Citadel: A Hinter Realms Saga -- Matthew Spizuco Click to my Choo -- Miyako Akina Fuqua Cross of the Savage -- Joe Crouch DEAD line -- Jim Corona Death In The Arena -- John Brinling Devil Dog: The Rise of Red Star -- Jianguang Guo Devil's Canyon -- Michael Faron Djinn -- Matt Dallmann Espionage -- Carlo Treviso Fort Defiance -- Brian Hill Heaven's Gate -- Matthew McAyeal Her Swastika Sword -- Christopher Canole How To Kill A Dead Man -- Don Filipoff & Henry Cohn Infinite Power -- Steven C. Oppenheimer It Is Always Now -- Brian Lawless Killed in Action -- Katrina Nicholson King's Heart -- Svilen Kamburov Kings of Maria -- Wesley Hull Llanada Villa -- Chuck Whitton Lost Island -- Douglas Willi Castle Mikado -- Walter Bauer Mosquitoes -- Jason Kaleko Mutant Killer -- Joseph J. Wheeler Once Upon A Tombstone -- Richard Alan Elias Phenomenon -- Monte Zain Tajudin Rage & Redemption -- Douglas Anderson Scripted -- Dominic Graham Space Mavericks -- David S. Friedman Synthetic Dreams -- Per Mühlow Tangled Affairs -- Sylvie Chadourne The Ace of Aces -- Geoffrey Breuder The Bottle Imp -- Gered Beeby The Cost of Redemption -- Philip Spiteri The Escape -- Kent Wong The Fuhrer's Gold Buckle -- Charles E. Gibb The Harlem Story -- Danny Holst The Last Sentinel -- Stephen M. Pace The Line -- Ben Krapf The Minoan Message: Return to the Golden Age -- Heidi Neale The Patriot Act -- Steven C. Oppenheimer The Russian Kiss -- Raef Eric Lawson The Swimmer Manuscript -- Joseph Kenny The Vigil Aunties -- Andrew Bailey Fumento Tin Necklaces -- Wesley Hull Trumpet -- Robert Macklin Union -- Chris Moolekamp War Of Choice -- John Brinling Whisper Hollows -- Brannan Doyle White House Down -- Martin Holloway Yellow Fever -- Edward C. Norton Family: Amor? Amor! Amor. -- Jacqueline Ramirez-Johnston Ant-ics -- Donald Ashe Belle Krisper -- Julie Kirk Calliope -- James T. Frazier Chasing Midnight -- Kim Wells Finding Patience -- Aaliyah Miller Freezer Born: The Adventures of Carl The Ice Cream Sandwich -- Erin McLaughlin Gotta Run -- Richard Wilson Hope for Christmas -- Casey Jason Jr. Hydra -- Anna Maria Torelli Infinite Power -- Steven C. Oppenheimer Jack and Chip -- Robert Bronstein Learning to See -- Robert Lamborn Lisa's Angel -- Marilou Trask-Curtin Llanada Villa -- Chuck Whitton Miracles -- Sandy Scherer Otter Science -- Norah Molina Pandamonium -- Susan St. Peters Sandy Mills -- Nathan Carliner Goldman Screaming My Heart Out -- Janyce Lapore Senior Solstice -- John McMillan Serena's Thunder -- Jean Hunter SKILLZ -- Onnie Terrell Space Race -- Eric Carlson Stage Dad -- Jo-el Doty Stealing First -- Joan Golden & Cynthia Drew Summer's Treasure -- Larry M. Hedaa The Ace of Aces -- Geoffrey Breuder The Adventors' Adventures: The Jail Inn -- Matthew McAyeal The Games -- Shawn Royce The Magical Kingdom of Naga as Envisioned by the Princess Lena -- Tanya Klein The Swimmer Manuscript -- Joseph Kenny The Vigil Aunties -- Andrew Bailey Fumento Toucans of the Amazon -- Donna Lisa True North -- Eric Carlson Trumpet -- Robert Macklin Unexpected Reward -- Monte Zain Tajudin Weekend Dad -- Barbara Jackson Whisper Hollows -- Brannan Doyle White Elephant -- Susan St. Peters Thriller/Horror: A Son of Maine Ian Sax Aimless -- Cyrus Littlejohn Blood Trail -- Michael Strode Blowback Jeff Travers Blue Bloods -- Lucy Cruell Bodhisattva Annita Pieroni Burnerz Joseph J. Wheeler Canaries -- Daniel C. Jay Chosen One -- William Sikorski III & William Sikorski J Controlled Daniel C. Jay Crow's End -- Colin M. Maguire Cult Following -- Robert Dorian Daddy's Little Girl -- Erica Sutherland Dana's Inferno -- Andrew Bailey Fumento Darkroom -- Alex Cope Down Under -- Per Mühlow Hell Week -- Erik Lunseth Infinite Power Steven C. Oppenheimer Is That A Gun In Your Pocket? Emanuel Ruggeri Isolation -- David Sakmyster Lifeline -- Stacy Baker Llanada Villa Chuck Whitton Lunatic Fringe -- Bruce D'Amato Macau Twilight -- Tony Shyu Mutant Killer Joseph J. Wheeler Occultus -- Michael T. Mason Once Upon A Tombstone Richard Alan Elias Pretty -- Kim Townsel Red Sierra -- Amrando Figueroa Secrets of Scape Ore Swamp -- Jocelyn Rish Solo -- Jay Slagle Southern Macabre -- Richard Stringham Synthetic Dreams Per Mühlow Tangled Affairs Sylvie Chadourne The Bottle Imp -- Gered Beeby The Boy Next Door -- Jayson Amoroso The Camp -- Adam Balsam The Foundling -- Harold Jewell The Lodge -- Alex Faber The Patriot Act Steven C. Oppenheimer The Shorting -- Arlo Devlin-Brown The Summoning -- Mark Lukens The Surgeon -- Eunice Kim The Theater -- Paul J.J. Pastore Tooth Lake -- Richard Topping

Comedy: 13 Notches -- Sandy Scherer 15 is not 16 -- George Buzoianu & Alexandra Morariu A Most Excellent Day in Venice, CA -- Squidly Jablonski Ambassador to Earth -- Daniel Clark Amor? Amor! Amor. -- Jacqueline Ramirez-Johnston As You Are -- Claudia Myers Belle Krisper -- Julie Kirk Beluga Shuffle -- jens Pil Pilegaard Beyond Dating -- Tanya M. Wheeler Buried on Page 8 -- Jennifer Harrison Click to my Choo -- Miyako Akina Fuqua Cougar -- Raef Eric Lawson Counting The Ways -- Ronald Ecker Dead Man’s P.O.V. -- Reginald E. Rowe Dreamweaver -- Kim Townsel & Jeff Sargeant Father Finn's Baby -- Christopher Setten Five Cars -- Lisa Lunt Frat Boys -- Raef Eric Lawson Frickin' A -- Brian C. Brown Ghettoblaster -- Eric Giroux Gotta Run -- Richard Wilson Hard Sell -- Ken Beckrich Haute Cuisine -- Jonathan Miller Head Trip -- Craig Phillips Heads or Tails -- Jonathan Miller Heaven's Gate -- Matthew McAyeal Help Your Self -- Jason Roti & Robert Silva Homecoming -- Garrett Casey I Wanna Be Madonna -- BatSheva Vaknin I'm A (Wo)Man -- Raluca Buksz In Search of Betty Blue -- Mas Panor In Search of Betty Blue (originally entered as add'l category for $15, this is added to that to ... -- Mas Panor Infinite Power -- Steven C. Oppenheimer Is That A Gun In Your Pocket? -- Emanuel Ruggeri Jerusalem Idol -- Lewis Papier Kiss and Make Up -- Stacy Baker Lionel's Blue Period -- John Letzing Looking For Louie -- Shawn Royce Mid-Write Crisis -- Robert E. Nelson milk toast -- Matt Dallmann Miracles -- Sandy Scherer MISOCAPNIA (Oh tobacco!) -- Sylvain Doucet Model Class -- Colleen & Frank Malfitano Modern Meat -- Michael Kaplan My Angel Wore Stripes -- John J. Maffucci Oblivious -- Brian Lucas Out of Practice -- Brenda Jean Foley & Linnea Liu Dakin Outrageous -- Saul & Todd & Brenda & Sussan Pop Goes The Weasel -- BatSheva Vaknin Portrait of a Suburb Bunny -- Mary MacDonald Primer -- Richard Heyl Run Ran Run -- Tom Nolan Sandy Mills -- Nathan Carliner Goldman Screw Nevada! -- Steve Kanigher Second Chances -- Ron Basso Soaked -- Joseph J. Wheeler Space Mavericks -- David S. Friedman Stan the Man -- Karen Buckton Stuffed -- Donald Levente Lorincz The Big One Eight -- Jermon Wright The Fools' Journey -- Miyako Akina Fuqua The Grow House -- Don Filipoff The PORNovski Brothers -- Rick Halpern The Russian Kiss -- Raef Eric Lawson The Senior List -- Spiro Adam Siavelis The Shadyview Retirement Home (For Hitmen) -- Jason Kaleko The Sweet Life -- Danny Palumbo The Uglies -- Miyako Akina Fuqua The Vigil Aunties -- Andrew Bailey Fumento The World's Greatest Bad Golfer -- Frank Peters The Wrath of Gran -- Gary Sharp Three Hours Without You -- Amy Robertson Til The Fat Lady Sings -- Thom Wilder Transplant -- Raef Eric Lawson Trial and Erin -- Lawrence Shulruff Tricks of the Trade -- Robert Dorian Trumpet -- Robert Macklin Water Logged -- Jenny D. Copeland Who Would've Thought -- Julie Kirk Will Adams & Co. -- Greg Wells Drama: 2000 Miles To Salvation -- Marcus Metsala A Drive -- Kendra Strouf A Smile Through Tears -- Shawn Royce A Son of Maine -- Ian Sax A Wink of the Black Eye -- Mark Wagner Ancient of Days -- Craig Stewart Andy -- Hector Estrada Bellingham -- Pablo Valiente Billy Ray's Story -- Dewey Shulda Blowback -- Jeff Travers Bottom of the Ninth -- Mark Levine Broken Leash -- Peter Interland Callie Earlene -- Scott Simpson Casino Conspiracy -- John McMillan Checkered Past -- Michael Mihalek Closure -- Darren Swanson Closure With A Twist -- Dan Riley Contorted Hazel -- Marc de Launay Controlled -- Daniel C. Jay Cross of the Savage -- Joe Crouch Death In The Arena -- John Brinling Devil Dog: The Rise of Red Star -- Jianguang Guo Diamondfield Jack -- Andrew J. Crane Dinner With Friends -- Mindy Fortune & Douglas Walker Endless Baggage -- Barbara Jackson Faith -- Anthon Porrazzo Falling Into Place -- Lily Mercer Finding Patience -- Aaliyah Miller For Life -- Steve Weissman Glory's Men -- Alan Bryce Grossman Infinite Power -- Steven C. Oppenheimer Irony -- Christopher Spourdalakis Jailbait -- Bryan Carrigan Joshua's Trumpet -- Stanley Heisler Kingbird -- Donald Thomas Adams King's Heart -- Svilen Kamburov Kiss and Make Up -- Stacy Baker Llanada Villa -- Chuck Whitton Love The Sinner -- Jazmen Brown Measure of a Man -- Leon Aaron Moore Jr. Mikado -- Walter Bauer Missing Roots -- Said Benejeloun Moorestown High -- Derek O'Brien On The Other Side -- Erica Sutherland Passage to November -- Phyllis De Marco Pastel Winds -- Shawn Royce Pearl -- Sandra Reed Portrait of a Suburb Bunny -- Mary MacDonald Rabbit -- Graham Thomas Kosakoski Rage & Redemption -- Douglas Anderson Rail Tales -- David A. Campbell Red, White and Blue -- Darrel Anderson Redemption -- Christine Downs S. B. 257 -- Robert Bronstein Saving Analise -- Joseph W. Frio Say Something Funny -- Jim Nevins Screaming My Heart Out -- Janyce Lapore Security Deposit -- Sandra L. Bolton & Thomas H. Tresilian Shake the Heavens -- Joseph J. Wheeler Short Season -- Shannon Kracht SKILLZ -- Onnie Terrell Slim Goodie & Fast Black -- Stephen G. Weinstein Sparrow On The Roof -- Craig Clyde Spirit Rocks -- Kevin McCarthy St. Jane -- Tom Rossi & Kim Montell Suck -- Ursula Holloman Surviving the Fall from Bennington Bridge -- Jeff Myers Texas Mountain -- Anissa Shah & Munir Shah The Backward Thieves -- David Benoit The Darkness -- Tanya Klein The Escape -- Kent Wong The Games -- Shawn Royce The Joppa Flat -- Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid The Knuckleballer -- Michael L. Murphy The Line -- Ben Krapf The Patriot Act -- Steven C. Oppenheimer The Problematic Virtue -- James Heskett The Sharp -- Jay Cannistraci & Lochlainn Seabrook The Silenced Lamb -- Martin Horsey The Story of Life -- Graham Thomas Kosakoski The Swing King -- Eric Carlson The Uglies -- Miyako Akina Fuqua Tiananmen West -- Jenny D. Copeland Touched By Love -- Michael Hollingsworth Trumpet -- Robert Macklin Visions of Johanna -- Mark D. Smith Voices -- Susan Klos Waiting on Somebody -- Tom Kirby Wrocklage -- Steve Daniels

"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