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Winners and Finalists, Screenplay Search 5 (Spring 2011)!

Grand Prize Winner:
Vinegar and Brown Paper, by Ed Tasca

Finalists:
Cubs vs. Cougars, Jill Ryan
Dark Ambition, K. Carlton Mayfield
Dump the Bitch, Gavin Cruickshank
Hero's Island, George Covic
Matanzas, Ronald L. Ecker
My New Stepmom, Hamilton Mitchell
On the Track of the Maltese, Rick Mitchell & Matthew Quinn
The Fairer Sex, Andrew Pearson
Thoroughly Engaged, Paul De Rose
Via Crucis: A Way of the Cross, Frank Canino & Joseph di Pasquale

4th Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition Winners and Finalists
GRAND PRIZE WINNER:


The Way of the Snake, Dennis Coleman

Category winners and finalists:

Action/Thriller:


The Way of the Snake, Dennis Coleman  (Winner)


Axel’s Riff, Richard L. Sartore

Escape and Evade, Carl Savering  

Second Chance,  Robert DeLay


The Besserman Codex, David G. Greenberg

 
Comedy:


Novel Aspirations, Ian Van Den Hurk (Winner)


In the Running, Raef Eric Lawson


Robobro, Michael D’Agostino


Just Kill Me Already, Sundae Jahant-Osborn


Drama:


Eruptions, Eva Luria (Winner)


American Baby, Jason Getto and Keith Sheehan


Blank Paige, Kevin Holmes

Halfway Home, David J. Schroeder  

Waxing the Wane, Valery Krupnik   


Family:


The Helping Stone, Robert D. Tolz  (Winner)


Rube Goldberg, R. J. Ruudd


Period:


Magnetic, Carolyn Kras (Winner)


Inferno, Joe Brindley

Romantic Comedy:


725 in Williamsburg, Genna Rivieccio (Winner) 


Lucky Man, Neil Gorosh  


The Flirting Game, Andrew Pearson

The John Hughes Project, Milda Harris


Sci-Fi/Fantasy:


Vicki’s View, Steve Weissman (Winner)


High School Hell, Dennis Coleman  


3rd Screenplay Search Screenwriting Competition Winners and Finalists
GRAND PRIZE WINNER:

The Dome, Lawrence Garcia


Category winners and finalists
:

Action/Thriller:


Blizzard, Paul Moxham   (Winner)


Dark Legacy, Brian Campbell   (Honorable Mention)


Back Game,  Arianne Sved

Company X,  Slavcho Dimitrov

Family Remains, Bill Johnston 

Comedy:


Family Plots, Harvey Jacobs (Winner)


Road Crew, Raef Lawson (Honorable Mention)


Birthday Magic, George Spicer

Kooks 'n Krooks, B.R. Emrick

Orange County Outlaws, Mark Perlick 

The Bearer of Bad News, David Minaskanian

Drama:


Graceland, Eric Diekhans (Winner)


The Other Oregon, Steve Anderson  (Honorable Mention)


Memoirs of Cancer, Kyle Wilson

The Dragon’s Lair, Dave Vaughn  

The World’s Smartest Computer, Sean Rooney  

Family:


Bug Boy, Erik Gernand  (Winner)


Kheng Kheng Crocodile,
 Donna Lisa (Honorable Mention)

A Toucan Amazon Adventure, Donna Lisa

DownTown: A Sub-Suburban Tale, Anne Clewell  

Monsoon Season, Karen Mueller Bryson and Amy Arnold

Period:


Resurrection Man, Eve D. Williams (Winner)


Broncho Danny, Robert Arnett 

Cherokee Nightfall, D. Evan Welch  

Olohana, Daniel Fan  

The Dead Line, Gina Leone

Romantic Comedy:


Under the Pillow, C. M. Robinson (Winner) 


Kissing Your Sister, Dan Loschack  

Romancing the Data Structure, Mark Perlick 

The Snowball Effect, Mya Benson  

The Want List, Kevin Truglio

Sci-Fi/Fantasy:


The Dome, Lawrence Garcia (Winner)


Upworld, Dennis Coleman  (Honorable Mention)  


Closer Than Love a.k.a. Forever, Morris Clark and Rhonda Ermel

Cull, David Gilbank  

Global Warming for Fun and Profit, Jonathan Carder

 

2nd Screenplay Search Finalists and Winners

Grand Prize Winner
:

The Mojo Hand


By Jarad Matula and Marshall Hopkins


 

Winners and Finalists in each category:


Action/Thriller:


Blowback
, Jeff Travers (WINNER)

Controlled, Craig Cambria


Infected, James Schannep


Shadow Trade, Michael Donald


The Flowers of Evil, Prabir Mitra
 

Comedy
:

Power Trip
, Jim Patton and Dwayne McKenzie (WINNER)

Identity Theft, Jeff Travers


Tennis Ball Man, Gavin Cruickshank


The Russian Kiss, Raef Eric Lawson


The Souls of Atlantis, Mark Perlick
 

Drama
:

Jenna’s Gone
, Russ Meyer (WINNER)

Boo Hoo Flanigan, Robert Gately


Life Expectancy, Matt Weith


Playmaker’s House, Mike Sherer


Second Chances, Gerry Cudmore
 

Family
:

Christmastime
, Linda Mahkovec (WINNER)

Royal Jelly Frenzy, Paula Malimba


Underwood, Theresa K. Giese
 

Period
:

The Mojo Hand
, Jarad Matula and Marshall Hopkins (WINNER)

Fire in Beulah, Paula Kim Sullivan


Requited, Bill Johnston


Ruled Accidental, June Escalante


The Only Living Man With a Hole in His Head, Todd Ploiss
 

Romantic Comedy
:

Intimate Relations
, Chris Brown (WINNER)

Left Lonely
, Andrew Shafer (Honorable Mention)

Bellini’s, Maureen Johnson


Countdown to Bliss, Michael Jon Levin


Picture Me and You, Robert Watson


 

Sci-fi/Fantasy
:

Canaries
, Craig Cambria (WINNER)

The Dostoevsky Chronicles
, Justin Call (Honorable Mention)

Angel Trap, Holli Herrle-Castillo


Guardians, Jason Auerbach


Hidden Millions, David Spiro