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2003 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 Splendid Pictures

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

The Top Three Finalists are (in order):

Nicole Perlman for

Challenger

, a drama
Sandi Steinberg for

Time Surfer

, an adventure/drama
Matthew Shepatin for

The Joy of Rejection

, a comedy

The Second Round Finalists are:

(The Third Round Finalists were ommitted to save space. They appear only above.) Whit Rummel for

The Secret Boy

, a thriller/mystery
Geoff Murrin and Jim Murrin for

Ghost of a Chance

, a fantasy/comedy
Isabelle Theisen for

Unlikely Hero

, a historical drama
Kristin Kirby for

Kill the Messenger

, a thriller
Christopher Plain for

Young Musketeers

, an action/adventure
Scott J. Thompson for

Anonymity

, a thriller
Stephen Devlin for

Second Wind

, a drama

The First Round Finalists were:

Grant Ching for

Tsunami

, a romantic drama
Kimberly A. Bougas for

A Game of Hide and Seek

, a thriller/crime
Kelly Gay for

Vega's Seven

, an action
Phillip E. Cook for

Slayer

, a horror
Mark Narduzzi for

Fiery Lies

, a thriller
Kwame Ivery for

Chasing Lyons

, a suspense/thriller
Michael Beubis for

A Long Fall

, a drama
Tom Doganoglu for

Tell Me Your Fears

, a thriller
Robert S. Horvath for

That's Bisbee!

, a comedy
Larry Madill for

Nowhere Girl

, a thriller
Jeff N. Dunphy for

Habitual

, a drama
Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau for

Side Effects

, a romantic dramedy
James Russo for

Passing Time

, a comedy
Christine Chepeleff for

The Undead American

, a dark comedy
Walter Bauer and Paul Loeschke for

Diamond Magic

, a drama
Elizabeth Savage Sullivan for

Finding Velma

, a film noir
James K. M. Watts for

Dark Beauty

, a romance/thriller
James Hutton for

Final Weekend

, a comedy/drama
Mark Stouffer for

The Challenge Family

, an adventure/thriller
Michael T. Portwood for

Katoomba

, an adventure/comedy
Julian Starks for

Feast of Fools

, a crime drama
Clayton Wold for

American Jihad

, an action/thriller
Glen Samuel for

The Lesser Evil

, a drama
Joyce Harmon for

Coyote Magic

, a mystery/romance
Tim Houts for

Laguna Summer

, a coming of age drama
Nicholas Arena for

The Stealers

, a gangster/black comedy
Bruce Wilkinson for

Beneath the Darkness

, a thriller
Jeffrey Alan Belkin for

Hail the Immortal

, a supernatural/thriller
Randi Barros and Daniela Creutz for

Room for Rent

, a romantic comedy
June Webster for

Hunted

, a thriller
Eric Stein and, Michael S. Bandy for

Lemonade

, a comedy
Charles Creasy for

Over the Rainbow

, a drama
Lisa Luciano for

Redemption

, a drama
Rob Humphreys and Christine Kohlbrenner for

Greetings from Somewhere

, a romantic comedy

The WINNERS for the Open Door Contest sponsored by Broder-Webb-Chervin-Silbermann Agency

are in. scr(i)pt magazine and Broder-Webb-Chervin-Silbermann Agency would like to thank all who entered and congratulate the winners below.

The Top Three Finalists are (in order):

Scott Huebscher for

The Perfect Miss

, a dark comedy
Eric Litra for

The Cicada's Song

, a drama
Tejal Desai for

Cowboys and Hindus

, family

The Second Round Finalists are:

Ken Collins for

M.O.

, an action
Charles Howard Emery for

Gun Control

, a thriller/drama
Diane Hanks for

The Resurrectionist

, a dramatic/thriller
Jonathan Flinker for

Sophie and the Dogwalker

, a dramedy
Barbara Schwartz for

Ladyloo

, a comedy/drama
Todd Stein for

2:22

, a thriller
Margaret South for

Frankie Gets Religion

, a comedy/horror

The First Round Finalists are:

Joseph J. Ayella for

Striking Back

, a dramedy
Janet Maxwell for

Getting Even

, a drama
Brennan Howard for

Stir the Children

, horror
Richard J. O'Brien for

The 9th Messiah

, a drama
Michael A. Hoskins for

The Powers That Be

, crime
Mark Kurasz for

Puzzle Factory

, a drama
Zachary Kaplan for

Session by Session

, a romantic comedy
James Ossi for

Healing Marie

, a romantic comedy
Wendy Wheeler for

Dark Blood

, a sci-fi/horror
Reiny Pierson for

The Confessional

, a thriller
Mary Szmagaj for

Juan Doe

, a drama
John Stumpf for

John Doe Citizen

, a drama
John Stumpf for

Antic

, a drama
Murray Spitzer for

Jason's House

, a drama
David O'Hara for

Sam & Danny

, an action
Chase Libbey for

Marlis

, a drama
Chase Libbey for

Mr. Hit

, a comedy
Scott A. Lyons for

Legacy

, a drama
Philip Daay for

Neversleep

, a fantasy/drama
Chris Saffran for

The Fugue

, an action/suspense
Cindy Elias for

Hollywood Hippie

, a comedy
Edward John Freedman for

Barrington Place

, a drama
Murray Spitzer for

Con Man

, a comedy
Roberta Lautenschlager, Nicholas M. Muccini for

Joliba

, a drama/epic
Craig Peters for

Free Radicals

, a comedy
William E. Wallo for

Black Sam

, a mystery/period
Kurt Ayau, David Rachels for

Flagrant Fouls

, a comedy
Cal Rogers for

The Eulogy

, a thriller
Aaron Sugarman, Laura Chamorro for

Wake of the Flood

, an action/adventure
Alfred Thomas Catalfo, Louis Morneau for

American Fugitive

, an action/thriller
Bruce Witty, Joe Bonadonna for

A Distant Shore

, sci-fi
Sheri O'Sullivan, Gary L. Mitchell for

The Toymaker's Son

, a family drama
Michael Hagan, Chris Petty for

Botticelli Girl

, a suspense/thriller
Ric Parker for

Destroyer of Worlds

, sci-fi
Reg Platt for

In Hot Water

, Texas, a fantasy romance
Seth Panitch for

The Gondolier

, a comedy
Norman Saffen for

Mad House

, a comedy
Jacqueline Guzda for

The Little Pony of Shacklefor

d Banks

, family
Philip Pierce, Mark F. Schwartz for

A-Life

, a sci-fi/thriller
Mugs Cahill for

Crown of Thorns

, psychological, a thriller
Sean Anthony McConville for

Reflections

, supernatural, a thriller
Jeffrey Lane for

Cloning Secretariat

, a romantic comedy
Gene Camfield for

Shooter's Stance

, a drama
Rip Pauley for

Scarboy

, a drama
Marshall Thornton for

The Job

, suspense
April Wright for

On American Soil

, an action/thriller
Lee Norkus for

Pale Moon Rising

, a thriller
Emily Lao Chua for

Fragments

, a suspense/drama
Ben Curtis for

Popular Vote

, a political satire
Angie Comer for

The Way You Are

, a romantic/comedy
Paul Pinto for

Yesterday

, a drama
Robert Allen for

Stone Dancing

, a drama
Alfred Hayes for

Between the Sand & Stars

, a fantasy/adventure
Adam Nadler for

Tunnelman!

, a horror/comedy
David Wisehart for

Gifted

, a sci-fi/mystery/thriller
Patrick Scanlan for

Haunted

, a horror
Clay Wold for

Retribution

, an action/thriller
Keith Franceschiello for

Grudge Match

, a drama/action
John Fenwick for

The Summer Plan

, a comedy
Thomas Kearnes for

Miss Peach & Mr. Moo

, a thriller
Bill Flannigan for

The Ambassador's Race

, an action
David Pimmel for

Shaman

, a fantasy
James Barclay for

Adia

, a mystery/thriller
Keith Brauneisen for

Virgin Territory

, a comedy
Russell Post for

Sapphire

, a drama
Myles A. Garcia for

Burnt Impressions

, an adventure/thriller
Geoffrey L. Campbell for

Under the Skin

, a horror/thriller
Robert de Almeida III for

Redrum

, a horror
Daniel O'Connor for

Drink Me Up

, a romantic comedy
Anna Mascioli, Sam Mascioli for

Cornelius Griggs

, a comedy
Greg Duda for

Zodiac Machine

, a thriller
Per Bristow for

Red Herring

, a suspense/drama

The WINNERS for the Open Door Contest sponsored by Benderspink

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

The Top Three Finalists are (in order):

Jon Cellini for

Robbing Bingo

, a heist
Jonathan Herman & Laurel Almerinda for

Slow City

, a drama
David Light & Joseph Raso for

Benny's Orgy

, a comedy

The Second Round Finalists are:

Angela Winters for

Saving Grace

, a mystery
James Barclay for

Adia

, a mystery/thriller
Elizabeth Hansen for

The High Road

, a romance/adventure
Dave Mango for

Crying in the Darkness

, a drama
John Besmer for

Not Birds

, Airplaines, a drama
Shawn Judge for

Broken Wings

, a thriller/drama
Alfred Thomas Catalfo for

Charisma

, a thriller

The First Round Finalists are:

Paul M Mantia for

A Mean to an End

, a crime/drama
Julian Winter for

Silk Tiger

, a love story
Filip Terlecki for

Payday

, a comedy
Charles Howard Emery for

Drastic Measures

, a suspense/drama
Maggie Franks for

Stagemom

, a romantic comedy
Adam Scott Johnson for

Dark Times

, a horror
Machua Koinange for

Retrial

, a drama
Saul Greenblatt for

Black Water Swamp

, a horror/mystery
Julia Cornelius for

The Shadow of Revenge

, a thriller
Joe Rixman for

Afterlives

, a supernatural thriller
Katherine Ploeger for

Douglas & Daughter

, Private Investigations, a family
Ken Dale Thompson for

Little Kings

, a mystery/suspense/thriller
Michael Spohr for

In My Life

, a drama
Yvonne Relvas for

Customer Service

, a comedy/fantasy/drama
Michael Vogel for

In the Cards

, a romantic comedy
Diane Liberman for

Easy Credit

, a comedy
Louis G. Massouras for

Green

, a drama
Michelle S. Lin for

The Next One

, a detective thiller
Amy Albani for

The Common Touch

, a romantic drama
Traci Carroll for

Into the Flame

, a drama/mystery
Quinn Saunders for

The Jazz Age

, a drama/biopic
Steven L. Burks for

The Loser Magnet

, a romantic comedy
David Paul for

Funny Bones

, a comedy
David Pierotti for

Chalkdust Torture

, a comedy
Liz Lehmann for

The Shadow Walker

, a sci-fi
Mitchell Sam Rossi for

Woolly

, a action/comedy
Gary Hoover for

Hitched

, a comedy
Jeff Eagle for

The Shoo-in

, a comedy
David Flores for

Camazotz

, a horror
William Collister for

Mo' Bay

, a action/adventure
Peter Besson for

The Harrowing of Clayton Bahr

, a drama
Shawn Judge for

Bloodhounds

, a action/adventure
Philip Daay for

Project: Elysium

, a sci-fi/mystery
Kurt Ayau for

Flagrant Fouls

, a comedy
Dan Loschack for

Nowhere Man

, a drama/action
Steven R. Saunders for

Shadowblade

, a action/adventure
Naida Esqueda for

A Mile Past Eternity

, a drama/adventure
Doug Solter for

Nathan Goes to Hell

, a comedy
Scott Evans for

Just a Phone Call Away

, a romantic comedy
Brian Averill for

Italian Hero

, a drama/comedy
Rebecca Maizel for

The Curves of a Guitar

, a drama
Mugs Cahill for

Ebonysha Scrooge

, a comedy
Kate Bergquist for

No Forcible Entry

, a thriller
Brian Klingborg for

Kill Devil Falls

, a thriller/noir
Sandra Cook Jereome for

Delta Pi

, a drama
Stephen E. Tull for

Freedom

, a historical drama
Roger Nelson for

The Veil

, a historical drama
Gary Sherwood for

The Two Deweys

, a comedy
Jackie Gerhardt for

Eddie the Time Machine

, a fantasy
James Toste for

A Fine

, Bright Spirit, a dramedy
Michael Villalaz for

Moho

, a comedy
Stewart Mohammadi for

Hollywood Enforcer

, a film noir
Stewart Mohammadi for

The Black Scarab: A High School Movie

, a high school comedy

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