HOLLYWOOD STAGE SCRIPT FILM COMPETITION
WINNERS
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
A Legend of Persephone
C.J. Palmisano
USA
Honorable Mention
DRAG QUEENS OF EMERALIS
KEVIN MICHAEL IRVINE
USA
COOP
Joe Leone
USA
Secret in the Triangle
Shelley Chester
USA
The Letters
Michael angel Johnson
USA
BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - PILOT
JOHN H. WATSON CRIME DOCTOR
Timothy Erving Liebe
USA
Honorable Mention
Wildflower of the Valley: Carnal Bloom
Hannah Rose Vernot
USA
#MyGamophobia
Catherine Natale
USA
THE VIPER LOUNGE: Electric Ladyland
J.B. MacCallum
USA
No Shortcut to Freedom
Rita Cornelia Reinecker
USA
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
How to Lie to Yourself in Three Maybe Four Easy Lessons
Stoney Forde
USA
Honorable Mention
Teddy Better Be Late
Matthew Gilleece
USA
FIDO
John Norris Ray
USA
Rory on the Edge of Chaos
Max Baker
USA
Bridge in the Distance
Clarence Holmes
USA
BEST FIRST TIME SCREENWRITER (FEATURE SCREENPLAY)
Just For Today
Madeleine Joanne Ellis
USA
Honorable Mention
The Secret Notes
Joni Ravenna, Joshua Townshend-Zellner, Kabin Thomas
USA
Turtle On A Fence Post
James Patrick Costello
USA
The Styrofoam Shaman
Christopher Manydeeds
USA
Semicolon Life Goes On
Andreina P. Aristeiguieta, Alberto Arvelo
USA
BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY
THE LADY WITH THE LAMP
Ashley Kimberly Anne Schroff, Eric Gerard Sollars
USA
Honorable Mention
The Loser's Club
Jonathan Turner Smith
USA
Maple Grove
Richard Telesca
USA
Texas Tom
WAYNE GIBSON
USA
A Bullet For God's Bounty
Don Stroud
USA
THE CASE OF ALLEN FORESYTE
Marcus Sanford
USA
BEST FOREIGN (INTERNATIONAL) SCREENPLAY
The Dead Ringer
Suzanne LUTAS
French Polynesia
Honorable Mention
Katherine and Spencer
Walt Alexander
USA
The War Within Her
Christian Georges Bruyere
Canada
BEST YOUNG SCREENWRITER (under 30y.)
Newbreed
Joe Rosario, Steve Crandall
USA
Honorable Mention
Just 5 Minutes
Maxwell Wang
USA
BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY
The Language of Wolves
Nan Schmid
USA
Honorable Mention
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
Jean Buschmann
USA
Black and White
Benjamin Burgess Jr.
USA
French Broad - The Pilot: Falling Forward
Reid J Barwick, Nathan Boyd Weber
USA
A Broken Soldier
Noel Kearns
USA
My Name Was Icek
R. A. Modro
USA
#notmetoo
Michele A. Merens
USA
Victor
Aaron Huckleberry
UK
End of the Century
Anselmo Garcia
USA
BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY
Hanx
Eric Laney
USA
Honorable Mention
REZ
Listening Raven
US
The Most Famous Car in the World
Bruce James Clark
Australia
Incident on Highway 7
J. Aldric Gaudet
USA
The Practice Marriage
Stewart A Fergus
USA
Bessie's Place
Adam Sandel
USA
BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY
The Long Dark
Ruben Solano
USA
Honorable Mention
The Protégé
Kennedy Sabelko
USA
Cat Lady
Suzan Averitt, Jeff G Peters
USA
BEST THRILLER SCREENPLAY
Immunity
Shari Umansky
USA
Honorable Mention
MONEY IS THE STREAM OF BLOOD
Kevin Ndango
USA
The Connecting Betrayal
Vivianne Rosenberg
USA
The Black Pearl
Sue Karypidis
USA
Tortured Minds
Brian Charles McCarthy
USA
The Monumental Twins Of Magic
Kit Wilson
USA
BEST SCI-FI SCREENPLAY
Fractures In Time
Lesley Ann Albiston
UK
Honorable Mention
The Killing Dream
Aaron Heinrich
USA
The Old Man and The Princess
Sean-Paul Thomas Cairns
USA
BEST ACTION SCREENPLAY
Pendragon
Steve McGraw
USA
Honorable Mention
The King's Crown
Jack McLaughlin
USA
1000 - The Sword in the Stone series
Guido Maria GIORDANO
Italy
The World Turned Upside Down
Dennis O'Flyng
USA
BEST CRIMI SCREENPLAY
MAFIA PROM DATE-VOLPE
Michael J Volpe
USA
Honorable Mention
Tijuana Touchdown
Ronald Dean Smith
USA
BEST LGBTQ SCREENPLAY
Monday's Hero
Larry Downes
Canada
Honorable Mention
#intagoys
Matthew Rodney Chess
SUA