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2002 Contest Results

Congratulations Winners and Competitors! These contests bring out some very talented people from the wordwork and into the light of the screenwriting industry. We hope that your experience in our contests have given you a better understanding of the screenwriting business and opened up potential opportunities.

The WINNERS for the Open Door Contest sponsored by Paradigm Agency

are in. scr(i)pt magazine and Paradigm Agency would like to thank all who entered and congratulate the winners below.

The Top Three Finalists are (in order):

Paul Locander for

Power and Way

, drama
Carol Skipper for

Cravings From Rock Bottom

, a black comedy
Kevin Parry for

Sharp and Blunt

, a drama

The Second Round Finalists were:

Will Mazor for

The Longshot

, a drama
Thomas Williams for

Double Vision

, a crime drama
Paul Locander for

Power and Way

, drama
Maria Crecenzio for

Just About Real

, a romantic comedy
Kevin Parry for

Sharp and Blunt

a drama
Carol Skipper for

Cravings From Rock Bottom

, a black comedy
Vesta Giles,

A Call To Order

, a drama
Darin Heames for

The Mail Order Bride

, a western
Jake Cashill for

The Fergus Cycle

, a fantasy/adventure
Lorelei Armstrong for

Teacher of the Year

, a family comedy

The Third Round Finalists were:

Clayton Wold for

American Jihad

, an action/thriller
Rick Williams for

The (Mostly) True Adventures of Christopher Columbus

, a satire
Stephen Adama for

Dream Racer

, a drama
Tom Alvarado for

Da Vinci Bail Bonds

, an action/comedy
Michael Valente for

Ruffian

, a sports drama
James Hutton for

Final Weekend

, a comedic drama
Timothy Robinson,

Steve Alper for The Steam

, a drama
Kirk Dauer for

Pink Slip

, a comedy
David Schmidt for

Infinty Jane

, an action
Alan Miller for

The Butterfly's Wing

, a sci-fi/thriller
Brendan G. Battles for

I Woke Up In Love This Morning

, a romantic comedy
Robert W. Hazel for

Original Cyn

, a drama
Mirana Comstock, Liz Joyce for

Saving Gracie

, a drama
Michelle S. Chang Lin for

The Next One

, a thriller
Lisa Herman-Gagnon for

Mind Over Matter

, a thriller/paranormal
Brian Rubenstein for

Freedom Island

, a comedy
Paul Myerberg for

Black Magic

, a supernatural thriller
Emre Ozpirincci for

Hotel Cairo

, a drama
Marios Piperides for

The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

, a drama
Richard Guimond for

The River Pirates

, a action/drama
Kenneth Offricht for

Nicky Voglio

, a comedy
Shivakumar Ramanathan for

Hidden...

, a drama
Dan Wedeking for

Mayhem and Made Men

, a drama
Charles Howard Emery for

Gun Control

, a thriller/drama
Sharlin Quest for

Circles

, a drama/suspense
Karen Leabo for

Uncle Jake's Cadillac

, a comedy/drama
Christian Salley for

Signs of Life

, a drama
Gary Bullock for

Ridge Runner

, a drama
Mark V. Bedard for

Blue Moon

, a romantic comedy
Thom Vernon for

Alice Mitchell

, a historical drama
Willie Earl Dawkins, Arun K. Vir for

Suburban Turban

, comedy/drama
Justin Folk for

Never Enough Space

, a comedy
Bart Clithero for

Five Days

, a romantic comedy
Donna Trousdale for

Diane Heath Lives in Rural Georgia

, a drama
Jay Woefel for

The Wilderness of Dreams

, a biography
Clayton Wold for

Retribution

, an action/thriller
Larry E. Parkhurst for

Liquid Neon

, a drama
William Carey for

Jesus In Cowboy Boots

, a drama
Jeff Stolhand for

Random Access Memory

, a thriller
James Yoon for

Kismet

, a drama
Alan J. Temple for

Boots

,a military action
Dana B. Miller for

Still Life

, a drama
Gregory Blair for

The Bunny Plot

, a black comedy
Sean O'Byrne for

No Touching!

, a comedy/drama
Jocko Benoit for

Bessie's Personal Hitman

, a comedy
Liz Wolfe for

The Flow

, a sci-fi

The WINNERS for the Open Door Contest sponsored by Dimension Films

are in. scr(i)pt magazine and Dimension Films would like to thank all who entered and congratulate the winners below.

The Top Three Finalists are (in order):

Joshua Corin for

Windfall

, a thriller Barbara Marshall for

Assumption

, a drama K.C. Cates for

Heartbreak

, a caper/comedy

The Second Round Finalists were:

Robert Carl Cross for

Beneath the Badge

, a drama
Jason Konschak for

Intelligence

, a comedy
Jason Garrett for

To Fly

, a drama
Derek Rydall for

Retrograde

, an action/thriller
Kerry Kent for

High Incident

, an action/thriller
Douglas Alan Raine for

Entering Karman County

, a noir/ thriller
Robert D. Hanna for

Atonement

, a supernatural thriller

The Third Round Finalists were:

Stephen Coates,

Blood Net

, Thriller
Tony Delgrosso,

The Priory,

Action/ adventure
Michael T. Kuciak,

Frankenstein's Notebook

, action/ comedy/ sci-fi
John R. Brosky,

Bathsheba

, Drama
Phil DeMuth,

Ape Man

, Comedy
Kate Bergquist, Patricia A. Thorpe,

No Forcible Entry

, Thriller
Robert A. Hervey,

The Man Who Almost Saved Lincoln

, action/ comedy
Jim Woodside,

The Howls of Vengeance

, action/ horror
Kelly Yoho,

Essential Mediocrity

, Comedy
Aaron Sugerman, Laura Chamorro,

The Last Chance

, Romantic Comedy
Brian Young,

Zackary's Goal

, Drama
Brian Young,

Love for Rent

, Romantic Comedy
Mali G. Perl,

Lucky in Love

romantic comedy
Samuel L. Pauker, M.D.,

A Buffalo in Heat

,action/ comedy
Koji Steven Sakai,

Marley & Dylan

, Romantic Comedy
Richard Dane Scott,

Ballad of the Tooth Fairy

, Romantic Comedy
Richard A. Hamilton,

Return of the Super Pimps

, Action/comedy
Stephen Warren, John Warren,

Spunk

, Teen Comedy
Scott A. Lainer,

Aftermath

, Drama
Ron Latchman,

Pizza Noble

, Sci-fi/ action
Kiel Murray, Phillip Lorin,

Genevieve

, thriller/romance
George Scholomite,

Witch-Light

, drama
Marianne Anthe,

Layoff

, drama
Christopher Knox,

Mixing It Up

, Romantic comedy
Micheal Haddad,Dean Michael Lane,

The Closing Bell

, Dramedy
John L. Beem,

Eve of Destiny

, supernatural thriller
Brad Hennig,

Childproof

, comedy
Michael Wojciak,

Lost Monuments

, Drama
David Agranoff,

Hunting the Moon Tribe

, horror/ fantasy/action
Kathryn O'Sullivan Paul Awad,

The Requiem Club

, thriller/ Horror
Eric Litra,

The Nickel Children

, Drama
Randy O'Brien,

With Every Wish

,Teen Romance/ drama
Bob Cusack,

Safe and Effective

, political thriller
David M. Franzen,

Patchwork

, drama
Erik McGregor,

Two's a Crowd

, suspense thriller
Jim Bartow,

Wine and Cheese

, Romantic Comedy
Dan Kinmonth,

Legend of the Lafayette

, action/ period
Bruce Witty, Joe Bonadonna,

A Distant Shore

, action/ adventure/ sci-fi
Courtney Kirkpatrick,

The Wedding Party

, comedy
Lupe H. Preciado,

Echoes of the Bosque

, drama
Garo Setian, Steve Pond,

The Dreamer

, sci-fi
Vlad Popescu

Mosquito Man

, drama
Ross Raventos

Kapp's Division

, drama
Jean Hunter

Stopover

, drama/noir
Patrick Lazzara

Subjected to Kill

, revenge thriller
Larry Montini

Moons and Balloons

, comedy
Frank Crawford-Herman

Completion Insurance

, comedy
Mirza Hatcher

The Love Biz

, romantic comedy

The WINNERS for the Open Door Contest sponsored by Pink Slip Pictures

are in. scr(i)pt magazine and Pink Slip Pictures would like to thank all who entered and congratulate the winners below.

The Top Three Finalists are:

Danny M. Howell for

The Paper Route

, a Drama
Scott A. Lyons for

Threshold

, a Drama
Richard Dobbins for

Protecting Angels

, a Drama

The Second Round Finalists were:

Sam Zavari for

Dead Man's Hand

, a Suspense script
Scott A. Lyons for

Threshold

, a Drama
David Rakowiecki for

40 Acres And A Mule

, a Western
Tony Delgrosso for

The Priory

, an Action/ Adventure
Francis Stokes for

Crossing Orbits

, a Romantic Comedy
Danny M. Howell for

The Paper Route

, a Drama
Tomi Streiff for

Love & Ecstasy

, a Romantic Thriller
Steven Haun for

Sandcastles

, a Drama
Rich Docherty for

100

, a Comedy
Lisa A. Caruso for

Trial Marriage

, a Romantic Comedy
John Todd for

Dance Of The Dead

, an Action/ Adventure
Scott J. Thompson for

Anonymity

, a Thriller
Steve Teamkin for

Mall Busters!

, a Comedy
Richard Dobbins for

Protecting Angels

, a Drama
Tim Reding for

Ill Winds

, an Adventure/Horror

The Third Round Finalists were:

Tim Reding for

Ill Winds

, an Adventure/Horror
Richard Dobbins for

Protecting Angels

, a Drama
Steve Teamkin for

Mall Busters!

, a Comedy
Scott J. Thompson for

Anonymity

, a Thriller
John Todd for

Dance Of The Dead

, an Action/ Adventure
Lisa A. Caruso for

Trial Marriage

, a Romantic Comedy
Rich Docherty for

100

, a Comedy
Steven Haun for

Sandcastles

, a Drama
Tomi Streiff for

Love & Ecstasy

, a Romantic Thriller
Danny M. Howell for

The Paper Route

, a Drama
Tony Delgrosso for

The Priory

, an Action/ Adventure
David Rakowiecki for

40 Acres And A Mule

, a Western
Scott A. Lyons for

Threshold

a Drama
Sam Zavari for

Dead Man's Hand

, a Suspense script
Jay Edwards for

Hair Of The Dog

, a Comedy
Paula Elder Hlastala for

Don't Say Magic

, a Romantic Comedy
Francis Stokes for

Crossing Orbits

, a Romantic Comedy
Charles Noe for

Only Human

, a Romantic Comedy
Michael Portwood for

Katoomba

, an Adventure
James E. Howard for

Now And Again

, a Sci-Fi/Drama
Jeff Shevlowitz for

All Of Her Life

, a Family Drama
Jeffrey Alan Belkin for

Necessary Evil

, an Action/Thriller
Marc Andrew Elmo for

Best Practice

, a Drama/ Comedy
Nadine A.Boukair for

The Paradigm Shift

, a Psychological Thriller
Kim Alan Pederson for

The Field Trip

, a Drama
Timothy J. Dolan for

Emma's Cafe

, a Drama
Suzanna Regos for

Black Lightning

, a Romantic Drama
Ray Dean Mize for

Miss President

, a Comedy
Erik Paesel for

Merry X-Mas

, a Black Comedy
Brandon Cain for

Gateway Easley

, a Crime/Drama
David Norris for

Leaving The Trade

, an Action script
Mitt B. Stampler for

A Variation Of Sadness

, a Drama/Suspense
Steve Abrams for

A Piece Of Jef

f, a Drama
Tom Mitchell for

The Crystal Prophecy

, an Action/Supernatural Thriller
Elizabeth J. Musgrave for

The Reluctant Nanny

, a Comedy
Daniel Potts for

James At The Gate

, a Fantasy/Adventure
Dimitri Neos for

The Jungle

, an Action script
Laura Krome for

Ring Of Evidence

, a Thriller
David A. Shifren for

On The Edge

, a Thriller
David A. Shifren for

The Vanishing Man

, a Crime Caper/Comedy
Shelagh Mc Fadden for

Nine Lives

, a Supernatural Thriller
John A. Duvall for

Sanctuary

, a Psychological Thriller
Jon Brent Allen for

Rock ' N' Roll Heaven

, a Fantasy

The WINNERS for the Open Door Contest sponsored by Looking Glass Pictures

are in. scr(i)pt magazine and Looking Glass Pictures would like to thank all who entered and congratulate the winners below.

The Top Three Finalists are:

The Shell Game

, Michael Bickel, Comedy/Drama - First Place

Chameleon

, Anthony Masi, Thriller - Second Place

Surviving Russia

, E. G. Carlstrom, action/ thriller - Third Place

The First Round Finalists are:

Rabbits

, Don Filipoff, action/drama

Checkpoint

, Timothy Jay Smith, drama/suspense

China Imports

, Gene Camfield, mystery/ drama

Surviving Russia

, E. G. Carlstrom, action/ thriller

Coming Undone

, Victor de Pasqual, Adult drama

Puss & Boots

, Greg Emetaz, Comedy

Graff

, David del Bourgo, Drama

The Violist

, David del Bourgo, Drama

Heading for Home

, Eddie Adelman, Sports/Thriller

The Shell Game

, Michael Bickel, Comedy/Drama

The Best is Yet to Come

, Mark Reinisch

About Face

, Bart Clithero, Romantic/Comedy

The Fishman's Son

, Jim Forbes, Historical Drama

11th Inning Stretch

, Daniel V. Conrad, Drama

Gods of Bell

, Robert Gately, Drama

The Cloud Factory

, Scott lan Thomas, Drama

Confession at Camp David

, Christopher Farran, Thriller

Ihasa Dodger Blue

, Josh M. Cartin, Drama

Blind Spot

, Adam D. Roberts, Thriller

Days of Stone

, Bob Giordano, Drama

The Mirror of Life

, Michael Baiocco, Drama

Chameleon

, Anthony Masi, Thriller

Dark Reflections

, Kenneth Gust, Action/Thriller

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