2008 Movie Script Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Movie Script Genres in all three feature genre categories.  This year we have been honored to receive a wealth of compelling scripts in a variety of genres. We appreciate your entry and look forward to promoting the winners and hope you will consider us for 2009.

2008 Movie Script Contest Winners!

DRAMA
1st Place:  A Well Adjusted Boy – Jason Latshaw
2nd Place: The Lighthouse – Janet Zibell
3rd Place: Domestic Violence – Eric Little
4th Place: A House Divided – Joshua Howes
5th Place: Passing Through – Robert Rhyne
6th Place: Falling Into Place – Lily Mercer
7th Place: Blood and Water – Samantha J. Stephenson
Honorable Mention: The Ace of Aces – Geoffrey Breuder

COMEDY
1st Place:  A Canoli for Nona – Bob Huffman
2nd Place: Loving Scared – Garry McNulty
3rd Place: Grief from Madame Butterfly – Barry Leach
4th Place: Jack Hammer: Male Stewardess – Nick Scown
5th Place: Life Dudes - Adam Reed & Tim Upton
6th Place: The Truckstop - Dan Pellar
7th Place: Hat Trick - Robert Gately
Honorable Mention: Us & Them – Kerry Finlayson

THRILLER/HORROR/SCIFI
1st Place: Tooth Lake – Richard Topping
2nd Place: Something Tucked Away – Jason Michael Ford
3rd Place: Lights on the Lake – Jason Tucker
4th Place: The Erdos Murder Case – George Varotsis
5th Place: Second Born – David Jagernauth
6th Place: In for a Penny – James Kelty & Laurelle Barnett
7th Place: Canaries – Craig Cambria

Honorable Mention: Unity – Brothers Langlais

2008 Movie Script Contest Feature Contest Announces Finalists

Thanks to all who entered and congratulations to those who made the finals. Yet even making the semifinals is a significant achievement. This year has been notable in the increased quality of material submitted in all genre categories, making judging a more crucial and lengthier process than ever before. On behalf of Movie Script Contest, and the judges, I want to again say thank you for entering and for providing us the opportunity to read your stories. It has been a rewarding experience to say the least.

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2008 Movie Script Contest DRAMA Finalists

A House Divided by Joshua Howes
A Well Adjusted Boy by Jason Latshaw
Abilene by Michael Raymond
Blood and Water by Samantha J. Stephenson
Cross of the Savage by Joe Crouch
Domestic Violence by Eric Little
Every time I go to Staten Island Something Bad Happens by Irin Evers
Falling into Place by Lily Mercer
Garbo’s Last Stand by Jon James Miller
Hallowed Ground by Maurizio Marmorstein
Lady Jazz by Jean Hunter
Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick
Passing Through by Robert Rhyne
Sober Living by Heather Regnier
The Ace of Aces by Geoffrey Breuder
The Lighthouse by Janet Zibell
The Line by Ben Krapf
Wrocklage by Steve Daniels

2008 Movie Script Contest COMEDY Finalists

A Canoli for Nona by Bob Huffman
Bald Knob by Roger Oliphant
Bible Con by Ashley F. Miller
Firework by Jonathan Hall
Grief from Madame Butterfly by Barry Leach
Hat Trick by Robert Gately
Hate Day by David Kempski
Jack Hammer: Male Stewardess by Nick Scown
Life Dudes by Adam Reed & Tim Upton
Loving Scared by Garry McNulty
The Has-Beens by Michael Raymond
The Truckstop by Dan Pellar
Truthies by Carlo DeCarlo
Turning Annie by Bruce Stirling
Us & Them by Kerry Finlayson
Zombies Down Under by Gavin Hicks & Mike Wormald

2008 Movie Script Contest Thriller/Horror/Sci-Fi Finalists

Canaries by Craig Cambria
Darkroom by Alex Cope
Eclipse by Ron Brassfield
In for a Penny by Laurelle Barnett & James Kelty
Lights on the Lake by Jason Tucker
Louisiana Blood by Mike Donald
Open Heart by Emily Fonda
Re-Entry by Michael Raymond
Second Born by David Jagernauth
Serpentine by Stephen Leach
Something Tucked Away by Jason Michael Ford
Taku’s Quest by Michael Pallotta
The Erdos Murder Case by George Varotsis
The Gateway by W.A. Keaton
The Saxon by Scott Grant
Tooth Lake by Richard Topping
Unity by The Brothers Langlais

2008 Movie Script Contest Feature Contest Announces Semi Finalists

With more feature length scripts entered this year than ever before, the Movie Script Contest Judges have been working overtime to select the very best among the many fine, well-executed scripts entered this year in each of the three genre categories. The judges have been impressed with the quality of scripts entered and in many cases have had to make tough choices. We are proud to announce the Semi Finalists of this year’s contest:

2008 Movie Script Contest DRAMA Semifinalists

A House Divided by Joshua Howes
A Well Adjusted Boy by Jason Latshaw
Abilene by Michael Raymond
Body Count by Martha Pinson
Blood and Water by Samantha J. Stephenson
Cross of the Savage by Joe Crouch
Dialing for Dollars by Michael A. Matteo & Eric R. Polins
Domestic Violence by Eric Little
Every time I go to Staten Island Something Bad Happens by Irin Evers
Falling into Place by Lily Mercer
Fan Dance by Misty Rowe
Garbo’s Last Stand by Jon James Miller
Good Intentions by Alexis & Rudy Croyle
Hallowed Ground by Maurizio Marmorstein
Jonnie the Black by Curtis & Scott Burdick
Lady Jazz by Jean Hunter
Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick
Passage to November by Phyllis DeMarco
Passing Through by Robert Rhyne
Running Gun by Mike Bencivenga
Sober Living by Heather Regnier
Swept by Doug Forbes
The Ace of Aces by Geoffrey Breuder
The Battle for Justice by Byron Gordon
The Last One by Kimberly Niall Coleman
The Lighthouse by Janet Zibell
The Line by Ben Krapf
The Vendue by Diane Hanks
The Waco Horror by Patricia Bernstein
Trauma Junkie by Tom Hobbs
Wrocklage by Steve Daniels
Voices by Susan Klos

2008 Movie Script Contest COMEDY Semifinalists

A Canoli for Nona by Bob Huffman
Bald Knob by Roger Oliphant
Bible Con by Ashley F. Miller
Christopher Walken Wants Me Dead by Chris Paredes
Dancing Naked Thursdays by Jerry Bader
Fireworks by Jonathan Hall
Grief from Madame Butterfly by Barry Leach
Hat Trick by Robert Gately
Hate Day by David Kempski
Head Trip by Craig Phillips
Jack Hammer: Male Stewardess by Nick Scown
Life Dudes by Adam Reed & Tim Upton
Loving Scared by Garry McNulty
My Angle Wore Stripes by John J. Maffucci
Needle in a Haystack by Irin Evers
P.I. Pinch by Tara K. McCann
She Asked for It by Geretta Geretta
The Black Family Singers by Jason Latshaw
The Dead Cadaver by William T. Paddock
The Has-Beens by Michael Raymond
The Truckstop by Dan Pellar
Truthies by Carlo DeCarlo
Turning Annie by Bruce Stirling
Yard Sale by Irin Evers
Us & Them by Kerry Finlayson
Zombies Down Under by Gavin Hicks & Mike Wormald

2008 Movie Script Contest Thriller/Horror/Sci-Fi Semifinalists

Black Damp by Carla Robinson
Canaries by Craig Cambria
Darkroom by Alex Cope
Degnared by Michael Spitzkoff
Detector of Lies by Michael Twist
Eclipse by Ron Brassfield
Eke Bolos by Stephen Settle
Ghoul by Kelly Parks
Hodag by Benjamin A. Budd
In for a Penny by Laurelle Barnett & James Kelty
Lights on the Lake by Jason Tucker
Louisiana Blood by Mike Donald
Open Heart by Emily Fonda
Re-Entry by Michael Raymond
Rockwell by Stephen Leach
Scavengers by Diana Kemp Jones
Second Born by David Jagernauth
Serpentine by Stephen Leach
Something Tucked Away by Jason Michael Ford
Switchback by William Schreiber
Taku’s Quest by Michael Pallotta
The Erdos Murder Case by George Varotsis
The Gateway by W.A. Keaton
The Saxon by Scott Grant
Tooth Lake by Richard Topping
Tormor Island by Elise Salomon
What If? by Kyle Hagene
Unity by The Brothers Langlais