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1st New Century Writer Awards 1998 WINNERS !
Listed here are the top finalists in all categories. A total of 1500 entries were received. And, of course, the decisions of the judges are final, blah, blah, blah.
1st Place and $2,500 Sean Nicholson of California, Maryland for his screenplay DANCING IN THE SHADOWS (Update: This screenplay is in the final stages of preproduction and will begin shooting in late 1999 in Los Angeles. It willl co-star Riley Weston former writer/actor of the WB's Felicity.)
2nd Place and $1,000 Debbie DanielPour Chapel of Sudbury, Massachusetts for her short story ABOUT CAMILLE
3rd Place and $500 Christina Eichman of Kingston, Pennsylvannia for her screenplay QUADRANGLE (Update: Christina has been offered options on QUADRANGLE by several different producers.)
4th Place and Agency Representation Michal Baranik of Prague, Czech Republic for his screenplay BENEATH THE FLOWER GARDEN (Update: The quality of this script earned the praises of Jon Berg, formerly a producer at Village Roadshow Entertainment, and now a producer with Universal. Although the development of the script itself is now stalled, Jon Berg rates Michal Baranik as one of the best young screenwriters now entering the industry.)
5th Place Lisa Kors of Stockridge, Massachusetts for her screenplay GODMOTHERS
6th Place Charles Deemer of Portland, Oregon for his stageplay FAMILILLY
7th Place E. Thomalen of Towson, Maryland for the stageplay THE NIGHT WATCHMAN
8th Place Janyce Lapore of Hollywood, Florida for her stageplay FERRIS WHEEL
9th Place Richard Vetere of Maspeth, New York for his stageplay ONE SHOT, ONE KILL
10th Place Justin Swingle of Beverly Hills, California for his screenplay BLACK ANGEL SCREENPLAYS (in alphabetical order by title) TOP 30 BLOOD RUNS THICKER by Sidney Brammer & Elke Rosthal BUSTED by William W. Cates THE DARK BALANCE by Kristin B. Kirby THE DEVIL'S HOSE by Geoffrey V. Knight EBONI'S MONUMENT by Ernest Williams
ESPRIT DE CORPS by Bruce Wilkinson GINGERBREAD ICE by Debbie Danielpour Chapel THE GOURMETS by Wendy Brotherlin THE MAMMARIES by Debra Kirschner MOM'S QUESTION MARK by Edward Jordon NO BLUES FOR THE CABMAN by Ken Crost
PURE BEHOLDING by Carol DeChant RAZOR'S EDGE by Allen George Duck & Lorenzo Benedick RUBY CITY by Kathy Anderson SANTELLI'S ARRANGEMENT by Denise Sadaro SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS by Jack Rushen
THE SECOND COMING by Ken Lewin THE STORM by Larry Brothers VALENTINO'S HAIR by Yvonne V. Sapia THE WONDERCHILD by Seymour Simckes
TOP 100 A LA CARTE by Randel Cole ACTS OF WORSHIP by Rosemary Rodriguez ALOHA, MRS. ROBINSON by Joseph Michael Piscatella ANGELS AT THE CROSSING by Joya Verde BACHELOR AUCTION by Carol Brown
BEHOLD THE EVENING SPIDER by Frawley Becker THE BIRDS OF KILLINGWORTH by Jacquelin C. Devlin BLACK ROSE by Robert M. Blankenhorn THE BO TREE by Marie Altzinger BOOM by Patrick Dillon
BUILDING WITH CARDS by Luke Golden BUY LOW, SELL HIGH by Robert L. Robinson BROXTON FOR MAYOR by Robert Watzke CAPTAIN GREY'S INN by Angela M. Come CHINAMAN'S CHANCE by Greg Pak
COME PLAY WITH ME by E. Willa Haas CONTROL by Bruce Bassoff COP-OUT by Lisa Kors CROSSROADS by Beverly Baroff THE DOGS OF MEXICO by John R. Jones
DOWN EAST by Ingrid Haunold THE END OF DAYS by Hillel Michael Elkins ESCAPING TO DARKNESS by John McAlister FASHION QUEEN by Enid Tihanyi Zentelis FIDDLEWOOD by Edward Jordon
FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH by Frank Bowers FLYING LESSONS by Lisa Marie Petersen FORTUNATE SON by Gene Ritchings FOUR HORSEMEN by Eric Swelstad THE FRONTMAN by Carolyn Page
GET WELL SOON by Michael Golder GREEN LIGHTING by Nathaniel Moss THE GURU by Kevin Meredith THE HEALER by William M. Miller HER KIND: THE LIFE OF ANN SEXTON by Sharon Dilworth
HOLLYWOOD by Nathan A. Bishop HIS FATHER'S SON by John McAlister THE IDIOT by Michele Leavitt IN A MIDNIGHT GARDEN by Richard Willett ISLE OF THE LITTLE GOD by Nicholas Checker
IT'S ABOUT TIME by Paul Max & Zackary Scott Gordon THE IN-BETWEEN by Gregory David Walton JOKER AND THE THIEF by Raymond Obstfeld JUMPED IN by Cheryl Guerriero JUST JAKE by Carol A. Sabik-Jaffe KATHLEEN by Charlene James-Duguid
KATZ & MOUSSE by Rachel Waterstone LAST CALL AT HENRY MCCARTY'S by James Sheehan Vejvoda LEFT TO BLUE by Bruce Randal Kinzey THE LEGEND OF THE CHEROKEE ROSE by William S. Hodges LITTLE KINGS by Marilyn Tibaldo Bongiorno
THE LONG SHADOW by Nancy L Babine LUCKY OLD SUN by Michael North MANNA FROM HEAVEN by Gabrielle Burton MARIO & HENRY by E. Willa Haas MEAN TIME by Kevin R. Frech
MEDICINE MEN by Gary Maynard MEDLEY'S SONG by Ronald Wogaman NIGHT BLOOM by Marc Lapadula NO MAN'S GLORY by Fritz Bronner OASIS by Mary C. Johnson
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON by Adam Fein ONE SMALL STEP by Sidney Brammer OUT LAST WEEKEND b y Steven Avalos PINK CACTUS by Allan Havis PLOT POINT by Paul Pastore
POLITICS: A LOVE STORY by John G. Culton REUNION by Robert Keith Watson ROW YOUR BOAT ASHORE by Daniel Weitzman SCRATCHED by Josh Caplan SECOND CHANCE by Stephen Jimenez
SEVENTH SON by Nevada McPherson SHELTER by Courtney M. Froemming SIDNEY & OLIVE by Lennie Rose SMOKE AND MIRRORS by Colin Chapman SPLENDOR by Jim Dolan
SOCIAL INSECURITY by Steve Wisniewski STABBED IN THE HEART by Rob Rader STALKING THE DEAD BEAR by John McAlister STEALIN' AWAY by Linda Ferguson SWEET MEDICINE by Steven Guy Solberg
THE YEAR OF THE CROW by Ronald Wogaman THIN AMERICA by Michael Albanese TIMBERLANDS, INC by Rodley Bravo TIME OUT FOR GREG by Michael Pregent TWO TIMES A LADY by Fred Stawitz & Dolores Mortman
T-WRECKS by Frances Davis & Linda Stewart-Oaten UNDER AFRICAN SKIES by Shirley L. Wagner & Barbara E. Bixby UNDER THE LIGHTS by Douglas Stark THE WHEELS OF MAXWELL GANT by G. Thomas Matteson WOLVES AT THE DOOR by Ray Chatelin
YOUNG SANTA by Rocky Share
ZINZI by Phyllis MacBryde Stage Plays Top 30 A CURSE OF ANGELS by Janyce Lapore THE MONTH BEFORE THE MOON by Lois Shapley Bassen SOMETIMES A LIGHT SURPRISES by Mark Bacus SITDOTCOM by Robert Robertson & Helene Smith
Top 100 AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY by David T . Lohrey THE ATTIC by Willian Lee THE BIG "I" by Elizabeth Regensburger BRINGING DOWN DAVINCI by James Krouse CIRCUS by Judah Skoff
THE DEVIL INSIDE by David Lindsay-Abaire THE DOG THAT CAME TO TEA by Helene Smith EVA-EVE by Tami Canady FATHER'S BUSINESS by Joe Lauinger THE FOURTEENTH FLOOR by Lois Shapley Bassen
THE GARDENS OF NOVEMBER by Tom O'Grady & Joe Robinette JACK AND THE BEANSTALK by Tim Anderson THE LIGHTHOUSE by William Baer POWER OF NIGHT by Gary Williams THE TRAP by Allison Ferdinand
YAHWEH by Joshua Goldstein YOUTHQUAKE by Leigh Hunt Short Stories Top 30 IGNITION by Jacqueline Nichols MERITT by Michael Eigen STRANDED! by Patricia Lorenz THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS AND THE MECHANICAL FAT LADY by Charlotte Zoe Walker TOP 100 A LESSON IN LOVE by Marilyn Redmond A SUMMER AFTERNOON IN VERMONT WITH LULA by Nathaniel Moss ...AND MOVIES STARING MEG RYAN by John W. Royal THE ART OF LEAVING by James Shepard BENITO'S MAGIC STONES by Anita Crocus BLACK BIRDS by Timothy Jeffrey BLUE by D.A. Covington BUTTERFLIES FOR HIRE by Madeleine Beckman BEYOND EXPECTATIONS by Joan Y Gilmore CHANCES by Bonnie Szantyr CHILDREN BEHAVE by Jan Wildt DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT by Sharon Love Cook A DEATH IN THE GLADE by Terence A. Stockdale FAUST by Melissa Fadul THE GHOST OF THE SCOTTISH COOKIE TIN by Patricia U. Rapold IS ANYONE AT HOME by Elaine Rothman LIKE RIDING A BIKE by Jan Wildt MARCATUK BURIALS by Bonnie Szantyr MISS JONES TO YOU by Robert F. Pease MOCKINGBIRD by Terence A. Stockdale NECESSARY SOUNDS by Timothy Jeffrey NIAGRA FALLS GIRL by Dennis Must ON THE FRITZ by Paul Root TALKING TABOO by Paul Root TIME OF TURNING by Gay Burk THE SCAR by Dennis Must WELCOME TO THE ISLAND by Jan Wildt Novel Excerpts Top 10 HIRED MAN by Lynn Stegner MOONCAKES by Andrea Louie SO CIRCLES THE EAGLE by Erin King Top 50 THE ADVENTURES OF ALLEGRA FULLERTON by Robert J. Begiebing ALTERED CONSCIENCES by Phyllis D. Kasler DISPLACED! by Gail Boyce HOUSE OF HINDOLA by Surya Sinha THE EDGE BEFORE LIGHT by Edie Meidav LITTLE HOMBY by Steven Sater |
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