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NCWA 2001

WINNERS, FINALISTS and QUARTER-FINALISTS FOR

SCREENPLAYS & STAGE PLAYS

• If you are a quarter-finalist your work placed in the top twenty-five percentile of all entries in this category. Finalists are in the top ten percentile. And Top 10 winners are ... well, what our readers and judges determined were the "cream of the crop", as far as STORY goes, in this year's contest. Congratulations to all !

Of particular note on Stage plays: The subjective nature of judging the heart and soul of writers as poured into hard-wrought stories is ever on the judge's minds. The stage plays are always particularly difficult to judge because any one of the plays in the quarter-finals could be produced - virtually "as is". The challenge comes in determining the elements of character, story, metaphor, plot, social commentary, and so on, that sets one story above another. Judging is a most difficult task indeed.

As President George W. Bush seems to have a penchant for saying, "Make no mistake about it," any one of the stage plays listed on this Web site could be produced on stage. Some are more appropriate for large theatre and others for smaller regional and local theatres. But all have something valid to say, interesting characters we can care about, or a combination of the two.

The plays that made the finalist position had just that little more nuance, that bit stronger character, that tiny amount more emotional resonance to make the works more memorable.

• And, of course, our hearts go out to those whose work did not make the winners lists this year. Don't be discouraged! Keep writing and keep working toward your writing goals! There is no failure in not placing in a contest. There is only failure when you stop writing - when you give up. So, onward!

Cheers and good wishes!

-New Century Writer Staff

WINNERS !

Screenplays & Stage plays combined

1st Place goes to

RACE POINT

by Sinan Unel

2nd Place goes to

JOURNEY TO LEWARO

by Justin Swingle

3rd Place goes to

BLACK DOG OF FATE

by Jan Balakian

4th Place goes to

LAMENT

by Nicholas Antosca

5th Place goes to

THE THREE GREAT LOVES OF CHRISTOPHER J. TOMASKI

by Patrick Gabridge

6th Place goes to

WHEELS

by Brad Catherman

7th Place goes to

FIREFLY SUMMER

by Michael J. Trach

8th Place goes to

THE HERETICS OF ALEXANDRIA

by Jon Bastian

9th Place goes to

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

by Leigh Hunt

10th Place goes to

RESTITUTION

by Brandt Ryan

SCREENPLAY FINALISTS OF SPECIAL HONORABLE RECOGNITION

These screenplays could not quite fit into the Top 10, but they were very close, so they are designated here with special recognition.

LONDON CALLING by Christopher Farran

THE GUNSLINGER by Stephanie Luna

MAGGIE MALONE by Sharon Mylerna

BROTHER TO BROTHER by Rodney Evans

LIABILITY INSURANCE by Wendy Gordon

THE NUMBER YOU HAVE REACHED by Joshua Grossberg

ULYS by Bryan Marvis

THE WARNING by Nancy Zaman

FAST FRIENDS by Mirana Comstock & Liz Joyce

WHITE SHADOW, BLACK DREAMS by Justin Swingle

UNDER THE STAIRS by William Reece

DERRINGER by Janyce Lapore

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL by Damon Gardenhire

GODDARD'S PEOPLE by Allen M. Steele

MANAGED CARE by Linda Baitler

MADAM PRESIDENT by Raymond J. Marschalk, Sr.

ESCAPE ROOTS by David Worby

TEEN MOVIE by Michael Seth Prell

FREEDOM VOYAGE by Amy Dunkleberger

ESCAPE FROM ROME by Derek Cordier

Finalists (listing in random order)

Screenplays

HI-HAT HATTIE by Larry Parr

LUCKY DEVILS by Darren Westlund

THE DUNE PEOPLE by Michele Garofano

MILLENNIUM PLAGUE by G. Eric Morgan & Joseph G. Lambert

REALM by Richard Hohenrath

THE TELEVISONARY by Mary Torre Kelly

APRIL FOOLS by Edna Harris

TAKERS by Nicole Kristal

THE HORSE OF HIS DREAMS by Sabrina Zackery

SLIP & FALL by Nicholas R. Santora

DUPED by Moss Hall

DEAD CHILL by Greg Gibson

THE LAST CRAZY MAN by Barbara Chepaitis

VIRTUAL FRANKENSTEIN by David J. Weinberg

A LITTLE STRANGER by Jacinthe Dessureault

SINGLE DESPERATE WOMEN by Cheryl Guerriero

BOY'S LIFE by Timothy E. Dugan

"UNTITLED" by Jacque Rochelle Lynn Schiller

SAFE HAVEN by Carol A. Sabik-Jaffe

YOUNG AGAIN by Teddy J. Jensen

THIRD IN LINE by Joe Vrasic

THE PROJECT by Gordon E. Pelton

THE SOURCE OF BEING by Colin Bickley

THE BODY THIEF by Lorin Wetheimer

THE ASCENDANCE by Joshua Grossberg

PRO by Kevin Vieldhouse

THE GLENDALE DOGS by S. Heide Arbitter

THE LONER by Bryan Marvis

THE HOTEL CARTER by Stephanie Fleischmann

ENTWINED by Robert D. Hanna & David Lowery

APRIL 15th by Laurie B. Turner

DETECTIVE STYLE by Joshua Courtade

CHEMISTRY by James Martin

MORIAH by Arla Bowers

WHITE FLIGHT by Susan S. Davis

CADMIUM RED by Jerome Siegel

THE FREELANCER by John Tait

THE REVOLUTIONARIES by Richard Alger

THE VIVA SECTOR by Alexander J. MacDonald

BLUE NORTHER by Ellen Sussman & Leigh Anne Krantz

REDEMPTION RUN by David Reynolds

MURDER AT LAFAYETTE SQUARE by Kal Wagenheim

THE OTHER WASHINGTON by Charles H. Emergy

MARGUERITE TANNER by Elizabeth N. Dubus

CHRISTINE'S ISLAND by Norman Lavers

HORROR FLICK by Bob Zeidman

MAESTRA by David Worby

LUDLOW by Mark Cohen

FINDING LOGAN by Nick Vigorita, Jr

CHRISTMAS CITY by Nick Vigorito, Jr.

METROPARK ZOO by Ken Cran

THE YOUNG WOMAN IN A SHOW by Edward Jordon

Finalists (listing in random order)

Stage plays

A QUESTION OF PRIVACY by Larry Parr

A MINUTE OF SILENCE by Harris Freedman

THE MORNING WINDOW by Cathy J. Hunter

FOOTSTEPS IN THE SEA by John C. Augustine Maxfield

REBOUNDERS by Michael Allegra

BAVARIAN RAGE by Kal Wagenheim

REFLECT UPON THE CRYSTAL by William Pugsley

REPRODUCTION by David Cornberg

THE OLIVE TREE by Martha Reilly

REPORT TO THE RIVER by Paul Stephen Lim

GIVE AND TAKE by Bert Kelley

THE DIRT MAKERS by Edward P. Mannix

BURIAL MOUND by Brenda Bell Brown

A CONVERSATION WITH SCHLIEGELMAN by Dan Barlow

MOVING PICTURE by Dan O'Brien

ROAD TO CALIFORNIA by Raymond Moccia

CLASS ACT by David T. Lohrey

JIGSAW CONFESSION by David T. Lohrey

TWO PAIR AND JACKS ARE WILD by Mike Quirk

THREE MIRACLES AND A GIANT by Peggy Stafford

PELLINGHAM BRIDGE by Jeff Hoffman

INCOMING by Jefferson Arca

BABES IN AMERICA by Carole Clement

Quarter-Finalists (listing in random order)

Screenplays

MR. IMPOSSIBLE by Douglas Childers

NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING by Clement Castellano

THE STARS OF DANIEL by Eric Friedmann

THE PERFORMANCE by Spencer Beglarian

HAPPILY EVER BEFORE by Keith Gow

LOVE & THE ORB by Michael F. Blumenstock

BIGFOOT by Wm Brett Lyerla

SPECIAL FORCES by Brian Kearns

FRIEND OF MINE by Kathleen Slattery-Moschkan

LOOKING FOR EASY by Maureen Laffey

PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS by Thomas G. O'Donnell

INSIDE OUT by Josh Hampton

THROUGH THE FIRE by Beth Trissel

WEE WEE STREBLINK: SECRET AGENT 00.5 by Diana Lewis

THE HORSE KILLER by Lonas Taylor

A LONG WAY FROM HOLLYWOOD by Kee Thuan Chye

ALWAYS FAITHFUL by David R. Leick

THE STEEL CRYPT by Douglas Halford

BLOOD, SWEAT & CHAMPIONS by Derek J.W. Wybourn

SOFA SURFER by Michael Anderson Berry

PARSIFAL by Tim McGrath

TEST OF TIME by Ernie Witham

HOLY ECSTACY by Mary Keating

TENDING THE OATH by Alison A. Karas

BORROWED TIME by Jeff Naparstek

TREASON'S SPOILS by Carla Walters

SPRING FORWARD, FALL BACK by Kevin J. Lipskin

SURVIVORS by John C. Sparhawk, Jr. & Mary Scott

COMPULSIVE by Jim Macak

ART LIVES by Rob Walter & Thomas Jones

THE THREE WIMPS by Sean McKenzie

PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR: THE STORY OF SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY by Kerry K. Skiffington

NUTTY CHRISTMAS by Robert James Fox

ALL QUIET ON DEPARTURE by Robert James Fox

AMATEURS by Michael Cookson

EARTHLY REMAINS by Judi Rothberg

THE PUMPKIN CANNON by David Santo

UBUNTO'S WOUNDS by Sechaba Morojele

THE IMMINENT EQUATION by David Maddox

THE LION'S DEN by Charles B. Dane, Jr.

GUILT by Elaine Slater

THE MONSTER UNDER THE BED by Alexander Paige

MOON OF POPPING TREES by Matthew Harris

BETRAYED by Linda Jacobs

VALLEY OF KINGS by Jerome Greco

SLEEP by Laurie S. Reilly

PRISONER OF HEAVEN by Douglas Rappaport

A NATURAL OBSESSION by Patrick Compton

THINKING OF ME? by Henderson Smith

THE BICOASTAL KID by Lisa Holmes

CRITICAL FORCE by Andrew Dufault

OPEN SEASON by Maryann Miller

ANTHONY IN THE DESERT by G. Roger Denson

WRITTEN IN THE SKY by Jennifer Atkins & Maria Essen

THE HOMEWRECKER (a romantic comedy) by Laine Bari

ONE OF US by Jeff Dickey

RIGHT THERE by Mark A. Keeton

THE JOURNEY by Bonnie Maffei

ALICIA by Ken O'Donnell

ENDIT by Glenn Small

LOOKING FOR IT by Lar Hayes

DREAM TRUE by Bryan Marvis

ADAM 7 by Kirk Farber

DRIVE AROUND by Patrick Parr

THE WEDDING PARTY by Tom Gould

DIAMOND MAGIC by Paul Loeschke & Walter F. Bauer

GHOST STORY by Kurt Kuenne

THE MOVERS by Jennifer B. Katz

SECOND AMENDMENT by M. Steven Palmquist

THE FAR LANDS by M. Steven Palmquist

THICKER THAN WATER by Lizanne Southgate

THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME by Loree Gold

INTERVIEW AT WEEHAUKEN by Kal Wagenheim

SCHOOL FOR LOVERS by Kal Wagenheim

THE WATERTOWN PRIMARY by Jim Macak

BROKEN PROMISES by Julie Wellisch

THE RABBIT AND THE PANTHER by Lauren M. Williams

LIKE LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER by James L. Ojala

RED SKIES by June Shaw

CHEESY DUDES by Michael D. Robinson II

DEMIGOD by Dan Fabrizio

THE CHESS PIECE by Manya Nogg & Brian Nicol

SEMPER FI by D. Jay Williams

WAKENED DEATH by Debra Murphy

NIGHT OF THE GYPSY by James Richard Glaser

GRASS ROOTS by Amanda McPherson

LOST IN THE FIFTIES by Anthony J. Spataro

ANGELS OF GOLD by Deby Park Meikleham

ELVIS SIGHTINGS by Edward Jordan

MONET by Dick Sussman

OBJECT OF DESIRE by Davin Lee

COMMANDER GALACTUS AND THE GEEZER REBELLION by Denis J. Harrington

THE LODGE by B. J. Burton

A HEART LIKE HUBERT by Frederic Glover

MY GUARDIAN ANGEL by Philip Naiman

SOFT MONEY by William D. Wolfe

WHITE LIGHT by Kent Heckenlively

BODY SLAMMED by Bennett Irwin

DANGEREUX by Robert Baldwin & Sheri Keasler

HORN OF PLENTY by Daniel Weitzman

SUICIDAL SAM & THE CHICKEN LADY by M.G. Wells

RUSSIAN JADE by Cie Marchi

ALCHEMY by Barbara Stowe

LAND SHARKS by Chris Gagliano & Jim Patton

THE SACRED THREAD by Harris Freedman

THE EXECUTIONER by Claudia Lanning

CARLOS & CO. by Larry N. Stouffer

WHEN THE SPARROW FALLS by Jim Heher

ASSASSINATION ON X-MAS EVE by Michael K. Mongillo

ROUNDBALL IN THE SQUARE HOUSE by Charles Heaton Allen

INTO THE DEPTHS OF GREENWICH by William Pugsley

VAN HELSING by Scott Rhodes

THE DESPERATE YEARS by Denis J. Harrington

WHEN THE WORLD WAS SQUARE by Irwin Greenstein

LONELY KNIGHTS by Ken Cran

Quarter-Finalists (listing in random order)

Stage plays

PALMETTO ROAD by Janet Burnham

THE LITTLE DEATH by Rosemary Poole-Carter

COMPULSIVE by Jim Macak

VOTE GOD by Anthony Emmett Torti

SILENT SCREAM by Elaine Slater

ON A CERTAIN MORNING by Edward Underhill

PORTRAITS by William L. Kovacs

THE HEARING by Harral E. Landry

THE BEDFORD FOLIO by Harral E. Landry

SWAMP YANKEE by Edward P. Mannix

ARMAGIDEON by Sandra Dempsey

IN THE SHADOW OF A DREAM by John A. Adams

DAEDALUS by David Davalos

MIGHT HAVE GONE FISHING by Rufus Cadigan

THE WORLD SPEED CARNIVAL by Stephanie Fleischmann

THAT LONESOME VALLEY by Robert W. Witt

THREE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY OF SEX by Kenneth Kaye

TUESDAYS AND SUNDAYS by Daniel Arnold with Medina Hahn

ONE CANDLE IN THE NIGHT by Karin Ciholas

THE PROMISE by Steve Driffin

THE BLACKSTONE SESSIONS by Lisa Kirazian

THE RIGHT TO TANGO by Joe Lauinger

SEEING EMMANUELLE'S BLUE by Arzhang Kamarei

SILVER BULLET DAY by Thomas Biel

THE CZAR OF NOTHINGNESS by Stuart Warmflash

THE SWAN QUEEN & THE RADICAL FAERIE by Frank Canino

ENDLESS AIR, ENDLESS WATER by Robert Shaffron

THE PAINTER'S WIFE by Susan Kelejian

AGNES RISING by Amy A. Kirk

THE ESTATE SALE by Ian Sax

THE MOLESTATION by Steven R. Berry

IF I'D KNOWN YOU WERE COMING I'D HAVE BAKED A CAKE by Amerie Deakin-Rose

DAM SIRE by Stacey L. Savin

FACADE by Charles Jewett

SUNRISE by Lisa Daniels

OUTSIDE LOOKIN' IN by Peyton Rose

MONEY, MAFIA, AND MONTANA by Jon Knudson & Kyle Jones

CARNE VALE by Martyn Hobbs

ABEL WAS WISE by Phil Storey

BANISHED CHILDREN OF EVE by Deanne Sullivan

GESUALDO: A MUSICAL by Jewel Seehaus-Fisher

THE BAKER OF MORRIS PARK AVE by Frank Cassetta

MR. MENSKE'S SECRET JOURNAL by Theodore Rickard

THE SUNDOWNER by Denis J. Harrington

DANCES WITH DINOSAURS by Robert Canning

SHTIL, NAYN CORAZON -- A YIDDISH TANGO CABARET by Jane Levison

FINDING CARLA by June Guralnick

TONGUE AND GROOVE by Amy Freidman

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR by Sally Domet

WAGES by Elizabeth N. Dubus

PRETENDERS by Joel Murray

WOMAN IN THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOW by Peter Spiro

WOULD BE GODS by Richard Herstek

THE DINING ROOM by Karen Josephson

MESSIAH ON THE FRIGIDAIRE by John Culbertson