The 2009 Finalists!

In order to choose the Grand Prize and Honorable Mention winners for Screenplay Festival, there are three rounds to the competition. The scripts listed below made it through the second round and deserve recognition as Screenplay Festival 2009 Finalists.

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

View the 2009 Winners
View the 2009 Semi-Finalists

2009 Finalists:

Action/Adventure:
Absalom: a tale of the Civil War - J. Charles Zeller
Anne Bonny - Nathan Carliner Goldman
Armadillo City - Chris Clark & Carol Clark
Be Ready To Kill - Leo Miller
Buried South of Galatians - Stephen Hoover
Farewell Diomedes - Guillermo Gomez
Imminent Threat - Ron Fangio & Enza Fangio
Mariposa Millions - Matt Otstot
Morgina - Erika Zehner
Orville - Arthur Gregg LaShelle
Sleuths - Don Herion Jr.
Street Smart - Arthur Gregg LaShelle
The Dead on Arrivals - Miyako Akina Fuqua
The Souls of Atlantis - Mark Perlick
Third Degree - Michael Raymond
Time Wreck - Larry Whatcott
Twilight of the Titans - Kyle Hagene

Comedy:
Artifice - Steve Hochman
Beer Pong: Based On Actual Events - Chris Dell'Anno
Bubbistan - Shawn Harris & Kevin Moore
Dead Man's Hand - Ronald L. Ecker
Death Tax - Mike McGeever
Ding Dong Ditch - Erin Donovan
Going After Big Fish - Kristin Anne Fieseler
Head Trip - Craig Phillips
Helicopter Parents - David Boito
Karmically Correct - Erin Donavan
KHDZ - David R. Beshears
Killing Johnnie - Sundae Jahant-Osborn
Manana - Mark Saunders
Ms. Wreck's Passion - Bradford Willis & Anne Dunkin
On the Fly - Sammye Pokryfki
One Note Short - Charlie David Chase
Out of Sync - John Barlowe & Irin Evers
Poor Choices - Sabina Sattar
Road Crew - Raef Eric Lawson
Rock Midnite "Superstar" - Chris Leonard
Sam's Story - Robert Keith Watson
Scout - Laurie Weltz
Silicon Bombay - Richard Soriano
Sure Would Be Nice - Thomas Serio
T.V.B. - Esther Geller
The Freebie - Robert Keith Watson
The Motley Kooks - Miyako Akina Fuqua
The Resort - Matt Bryan & Dan Grigas
Wedding Knight - Stephen Hoover

Drama:
40 Millimeter - Steve Hochman
500 Tabs - Henrik Wilenius
Abilene - Michael Raymond`
Dog Park - Harold Taw
Fate's Journey - Enza Fangio
Forever And Again - Burt Bulos
Home Front - Marcia Slatkin
I'll Wear The Crown - Mark Brewton
Killer Secrets - Bobbette Findley
Marlowe! - C.M. Bistransin
Needles and Pins - Kate Calabretta
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - Ron Podell
Only The Devil Knows - Kathleen M. Mullin
Plastic Minnows - Carla Robinson
Playdate - Rachel Thomas-Medwid
Rarities - Dana Michaels
Reaching Rose - Steve Johnson
Shattered Dreams - Drora Machlev
Summer Soldier - Robert Repino
Ten to One - Brian W. Goodman
The Great Quest - Steve Weissman
The Ones You Choose - Michelle Palmer
The Voyeur - John Bengel
The Way It Spins - Irin Evers
TKO - Robert Rice
Wednesday Club - Jo Barney

Family:
Dog Days - Eric Carlson
Fairies Landing - Cheryl Miller
Miss Christmas - John Barlowe & Irin Evers
Ms. Wreck's Passion - Bradford Willis & Anne Dunkin
Pete and Petey - Thomas Christie
School Spirit - Robert Keith Watson
Scott Haven - Noua M. Phoenix
Shakespeare Unplugged - Erin Donavan
The Junior Detectives and the Cities of Gold - Irin Evers
Third Ball Kill - Steve Hochman

Thriller/Horror:
A Life Unlived - Douglas L. Hall
Black Damp - Carla Robinson
Brad the Impaler - TJ Cimfel
Canaries - Craig Cambria
Cold Barrel Zero - Ronald L. Ecker
Critical Silence - Cindy Circo Zahora
Dead Head - Michael Souder
Demon Crystal - Dexter Williams
Ding Dong Ditch - Erin Donovan
Dunamis - Aaron Yarber
G.O.D. - Brandon Wyse
Greed - Josephine Romano
Legends - Kenny Mun
Loose Ends - Michael Raymond
Mad Urges - Per Mühlow
Minnesota Ice - Adam Rockwell
Overdue - Michelle Muldoon
Palpitations - Brad Saenz
Search Party Massacre - Matthew Scott Weiner
Seeing Red - Sarah Turi Boshear
Statesville - Steven Bloome
The Changeling of Kilhaven - Michael Strode
The Devil's Crucible - John Brinling
The Sleeping Deep - Jeffrey Blake Palmer
The Widow Game - Sean Ursani
Trapped - Nicolas Hinze
Unmitigated Violence - Owen Douglas

"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