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Caitlin McCarthy Selected for Women in Screen Workshop

By: Caitlin McCarthy
Caitlin McCarthy is one of eight filmmakers selected to participate in the second annual Women in Screen Workshop, an industry-focused lab led by female film and television professionals from Australia and the US to advise the next class of emerging filmmakers. Caitlin applied with her screenplay A NATIVE LAND. The lab will bring together and empower filmmakers via seminars, panels and “work-in-progress workshops” including topics on Negotiating Pay and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & Key Skills in Leadership, Pitching, Business and Legal Affairs, Marketing and Distribution, Independent Producing, Financing, Scriptwriting workshops, PR Strategies and Podcast development with a 360 approach to storytelling.
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Caitlin McCarthy on cover of Imagine Magazine
By: Caitlin McCarthy
Caitlin McCarthy made the cover of Imagine Magazine. The cover story focuses on Caitlin's award-winning screenplay WONDER DRUG moving ahead with Rhino Films and producer Stephen Nemeth.

NYWIFT Spotlights Caitlin McCarthy, Screenwriter and Educator
By: Caitlin McCarthy
Caitlin McCarthy is featured in New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT)'s weekly column "What's in Your Toolkit." 

Media Coverage for Best Feature Screenplay Award
By: Caitlin McCarthy
The Telegram and Gazette has published an article about Caitlin McCarthy's thriller A NATIVE LAND winning Best Feature Screenplay in the 2020 Lindsey Film Festival.
Tags: A Native Land,

A NATIVE LAND wins Best Feature Screenplay at Lindsey Film Fest
By: Caitlin McCarthy
Caitlin McCarthy's thriller A NATIVE LAND has won the Feature Screenplay category at the 2020 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival. Along with being honored at the awards show on March 7th, an excerpt from A NATIVE LAND will be performed at the event.
Tags: A Native Land,

Suzanne Lutas is the WINNER of October 2020 Wiki Screenplay Contest

By: Suzanne LUTAS
THE DEAD RINGER by Suzanne Lutas' script -  bearing an uncanny resemblance to the mistress of a London-based Chinese Triad boss, an ordinary waitress is trained by MI5 to infiltrate the gang and bring them down. A riveting read!
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Suzanne LUTAS 2015 Contest Winner
By: Suzanne LUTAS

In 2015 Suzanne LUTAS was a quarter-finalist in Cynosure Screenplay Awards. And, a semi-finalist in Page Awards International, and Creative World Awards Screenwriting Contests with her Action/Thriller The Dead Ringer.

 

Her Sci-Fi/Adventure Destiny's Vessel was the Eyestorm Productions/ScriptXpert Script Search Winner in the Sci-Fi category. It also placed among the quarterfinalists in Screencraft's Sci-Fi Screenwriting Contest, as well as in 2016 Fresh Voices, and received a "Recommend" in The 2015 Blue Cat competition.

Tags: ScreenCraft Action & Thriller Script Contest, Creative World Awards Screenwriting Contest, Cynosure Screenwriting Awards

Suzanne Lutas Finds Success in 2014
By: Suzanne LUTAS

In 2014, Suzanne Lutas ranked as a quarter-finalist with her first spec script THE  DEAD RINGER at Page Awards International, Scriptapalooza and Fresh Voices Screenwriting Contests, where she placed finalist in Spotlight's Diversity & Inclusion Award.  

Tags: ScreenCraft Action & Thriller Script Contest, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Scriptapalooza Screenplay & SHORTS Competition

SHEDDING Available on iTunes, Amazon, and On Demand

By: Jake Thomas
Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, has acquired North American rights to the fantasy-drama SHEDDING. SHEDDING will be available to rent and own on DVD and North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms through Freestyle Digital Media on December 8, 2020. Freestyle Digital Media’s Director of Acquisitions, Caleb Ward, negotiated the deal to acquire SHEDDING with filmmaker Jake Thomas and Sebastian Twardosz of Savant Artists.
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SHEDDING Best Film Nominee at Sarasota Film Festival
By: Jake Thomas
SHEDDING screened in sunny Sarasota, FL for the 22nd annual Sarasota Film Festival and the inaugural online digital festival. It was nominated for Best Film in the Independent Visions Award category.
Tags: Shedding,

SHEDDING Los Angeles Premiere at NFMLA
By: Jake Thomas
Jake Thomas' feature film SHEDDING will be a part of the NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Festival on Sat. February 8th, 2020. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.newfilmmakersla.com.  This is the culmination of years of writing, directing, and editing his debut feature with a collaborative team of artists and actors, as well as a successful crowdfunding campaign on Seed&Spark.
Tags: Shedding, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles

SHEDDING Southern Premiere at Sidewalk Film Festival
By: Jake Thomas
James Thomas' original indie fantasy SHEDDING will premiere at the 2019 Sidewalk Film Festival on Saturday Aug. 24th at 4:35pm. Tickets are now on sale.
Tags: Shedding,

ONE ON ONE Top Five Finalist for Warner Bros. Film Competition
By: Jake Thomas
During the first ever company-wide Employee Film Showcase, Warner Bros. executives held a contest open to thousands of employees to submit their short film for a chance to be screened in the studio theater and receive mentorship from creative execs. After three rounds of judging, ONE ON ONE was selected as a Top Five finalist. The film screened on the studio lot on Nov. 28th, 2019. After its jubilant reception, writer-director Jake Thomas was invited by DC Comics publishers to visit their Burbank offices, thus completing a life-long dream for the filmmaker.
Tags: One on One, Warner Bros.

A Big Year For TV Sci-Fi Writer Johnny Gilligan

By: Johnny Gilligan
It continues to be a banner year for ISA Development Slate and TV Sci-fi writer Johnny Gilligan. In the last week, all four of his 1-hour pilots REVELATIONS, SAVANT, RE.FORM(ED) and WOKE made the Quarter-Finals (Top 3%) of 2020 Final Draft Big Break Competition, WOKE and RE.FORM(ED) were both chosen as Semi-Finalists (Top 25) in the 2020 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition and WOKE was selected to advance to the Semi-Finalist round of the 2020 Screencraft Pilot Competition.

Johnny Gilligan's Sci-Fi Pilots Garner More Awards & Top RED LIST
By: Johnny Gilligan
After his 1-hour Sci-Fi Pilot REVELATIONS won the Horror/Sci-Fi Category of the 2020 Table Read My Screenplay competition, Johnny Gilligan was invited to join ISA's Development Slate. REVELATIONS joins Johnny's two other 1-hour Sci-Fi pilots SAVANT and WOKE to take the top 3 positions on Coverfly's RED LIST (Sci-Fi TV 1 Hour) this month, positions 2,3 and 4 for the year.
Tags: Revelations, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Category Winner), Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition (Action, Horror, Mystery)(Category Winner)

SWIRL CITY -- A FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK QUARTERFINALIST

By: Larry Coleman
Written well before the pandemic and the George Floyd murder, SWIRL CITY is a dystopian sci-fi script about the catastrophic race wars which came on the heels of protest and how an interracial couple with the help of an AI helped saved humanity.
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THE ABYSSINIAN: A Big Apple Film Festival Semi-Finalist
By: Larry Coleman
Larry E Coleman's period war drama, THE ABYSSINIAN, is a Big Apple Film Festival Semi-Finalist in the Historical/Biopic category. This script brings new life to World War II dramatic film-making because its' backdrop doesn't focus on popular settings like Normandy, but instead, on the invasion of Africa, and is seen through the lens of an African, an Ethiopian POW.
Tags: The Abyssinian, Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist)

THE ABYSSINIAN: A Top 10 Historical Script
By: Larry Coleman
Larry E Coleman's period war drama, THE ABYSSINIAN finished in the top 10 in the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition in the Historical/Biopic category. This script brings new life to World War II dramatic film-making because its' backdrop doesn't focus on popular settings like Normandy, but instead, on the invasion of Africa, and is seen through the lens of an African, an Ethiopian POW.
Tags: The Abyssinian, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Top 10)

THE ABYSSINIAN Advances
By: Larry Coleman
The period war drama, THE ABYSSINIAN, advances as a semi-finalist in the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition in the Historical/Biopic category. This script brings new life to World War II dramatic film-making because its' backdrop doesn't focus on popular settings like Normandy, but instead, on the invasion of Africa, and is seen through the lens of an African, an Ethiopian POW.
Tags: The Abyssinian, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Top 10)

SWIRL CITY 2020 Scriptapaloza Quaterfinalist
By: Larry Coleman
Written well before the pandemic and the George Floyd murder, SWIRL CITY is a dystopian sci-fi script about the catastrophic race wars which came on the heels of protest and how an interracial couple with the help of an AI helped saved humanity.
Tags: Swirl City, Scriptapalooza Screenplay & SHORTS Competition(Quarter Finalist)

PIECES OF ME Gushes into Big Break Quarter-finals

By: Jason Goldberg
Jason's horrific drama about a failed suicide attempt has placed in Final Draft's prestigious competition. The story tackles mental health, perception of others, and moving forward after a traumatic incident. It's a mix between Cronenberg's "Crash" and Lynch's "Elephant Man." Here's hoping it makes more noise on the circuit.
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STAY OUT OF THE ATTIC - Premiering on Shudder 2021
By: Jason Goldberg
STAY OUT OF THE ATTIC will be a Shudder exclusive in March 2021. The film was written by Jason Goldberg, Jerren Lauder, Jesse Federman and Julie Auerbach. Lauder directed the film, while Goldberg produced.
Tags: Stay Out of the Attic!,

Stay Out of the Attic - US Premiere Set: The Atlanta Horror Film Festival
By: Jason Goldberg
The project will premiere at this year's virtual festival on October 15th at 9pm. Tickets are available through FilmFreeway. www.atlantahorrorfilmfest.com/2020-attic.
Tags: Stay Out of the Attic!,

Jason Goldberg Options Hit List Screenplay FLATWOODS
By: Jason Goldberg
2019 ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch and Development Slate writer Jason Goldberg optioned his Hit List script, FLATWOODS to Street Worth Media with Andy Palmer (The Funhouse Massacre, Camp Cold Brook, Witness Infection) attached to direct. Last year, Jason sold STAY OUT OF THE FUCKING ATTIC to Top Dead Center Films, which is currently in post production.
Tags: Flatwoods,

Scripts Completed, optioned and attached.
By: Jason Goldberg
Since making ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2019, horror writer Jason Goldberg has had an extremely productive year. He completed four original feature-length screenplays, a spec for The Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors and 4 short film scripts. He sold STAY OUT OF THE ATTIC to Top Dead Center Films, which is currently in post production and had his short, WHERE THERE'S SMOKE... released on Halloween. In addition, THE HOME and PROJECT PEQUOD have placed in top genre competitions. He completed an assignment for Blumhouse’s “Into the Dark” series and attached Andy Palmer to direct FLATWOODS. ------ "ISA is an organization that has a writer's best interest in mind. Their mixers are welcoming and panels enlightening."
Tags: Stay Out of the Attic!,

WAR BANK - ScreenCraft TV Pilot Screenwriting Competition Semi Finalist

By: Daniel Mitchell
Dystopian thriller, WAR BANK, moves on to the ScreenCraft TV Pilot Screenwriting Competition semi finals.
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WAR BANK - ScreenCraft TV Pilot Contest Quarter Finalist
By: Daniel Mitchell
Machiavellian sci-fi thriller, WAR BANK, is among the ScreenCraft TV Pilot Contest quarter finalists.
Tags: War Bank, ScreenCraft Pilot Launch Contest(Quarter Finalist)

Daniel J. Mitchell's 'Superfluous' 8th Place in "Shoot Your Sizzle" contest
By: Daniel Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell's action-comedy pilot 'Superfluous' wins another accolade, this time taking 8th in the 2017 Emerging Screenwriters "Shoot Your Sizzle" competition.
Tags: Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition, Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition, SHOOT YOUR SIZZLE

Daniel J. Mitchell Receives Dual Awards in BEA Festival of Media Arts
By: Daniel Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell snags two awards at the BEA Festival of Media Arts: 1st place in the Short Subject category for his action-comedy "Superfluous", and 2nd place in the Original TV Series Pilot category for his hi-octane, sci-fi thriller, “War Bank”. Awards were presented by Academy Award winner Antonio Zarro at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Tags: BEA Festival of Media Arts

Daniel J. Mitchell's action-comedy "Superfluous" Top 100 Finalist
By: Daniel Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell’s quirky, superhero action-comedy “Superfluous” makes the Top 100 Finalists in the 2016 Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition.
Tags: Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition

RELOCATION - Semifinalist, 2020 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition

By: WARREN CLARKE
Warren Clarke's RELOCATION was named a semifinalist in the 2020 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition. The sci-fi thriller was also a semifinalist in these 2020 contests: Big Apple Screenplay Competition, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, StoryPros Awards and Page International Screenwriting Awards. Last but not least, the script was a quarterfinalist in the 2020 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition and the 2020 JumpStart Writing Competition, as well as a Second Rounder at the 2020 Austin Film Festival.

ATTACK THERAPY - 1st Place Winner, 2020 Script Summit
By: WARREN CLARKE
Warren Clarke's ATTACK THERAPY was named Grand Prize Winner at the 2020 Script Summit. The genre-bending psychological thriller also achieved a semifinalist placement in the 2020 Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, as well as quarterfinalist placements in the 2020 ScreenCraft Drama Competition and 2020 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship.
Tags: ATTACK THERAPY , ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship(Quarter Finalist), Script Summit(Quarter Finalist), Screencraft Drama Screenplay Contest(Quarter Finalist), Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition(Quarter Finalist)

ATTACK THERAPY - 1st Place Winner, 2020 Script Summit

By: WARREN CLARKE
Warren Clarke's ATTACK THERAPY was named Grand Prize Winner at the 2020 Script Summit. The genre-bending psychological thriller also achieved a semifinalist placement in the 2020 Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, as well as quarterfinalist placements in the 2020 ScreenCraft Drama Competition and 2020 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship.

RELOCATION - Semifinalist, 2020 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition
By: WARREN CLARKE
Warren Clarke's RELOCATION was named a semifinalist in the 2020 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition. The sci-fi thriller was also a semifinalist in these 2020 contests: Big Apple Screenplay Competition, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, StoryPros Awards and Page International Screenwriting Awards. Last but not least, the script was a quarterfinalist in the 2020 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition and the 2020 JumpStart Writing Competition, as well as a Second Rounder at the 2020 Austin Film Festival.
Tags: RELOCATION, Austin Film Festival Script Competition(Quarter Finalist), Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition(Quarter Finalist), Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition(Quarter Finalist), Great American Script Contest(Quarter Finalist), Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition(Quarter Finalist), PAGE International Screenwriting Awards(Quarter Finalist), Roadmap Writers JumpStart Writing Competition(Quarter Finalist), Script Summit(Quarter Finalist), Scriptapalooza Screenplay & SHORTS Competition(Quarter Finalist), StoryPros Awards Contest(Quarter Finalist)

SuzyQ Premieres on The Tracking Board

By: Susan Polk
SUZYQ premieres on The Tracking Board listed by Literary Manager Kathy Muraviov of The Muraviov Company. 
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MAESTRA recognized by Top Competitions in 2020
By: Susan Polk
After debuting in January 2020, MAESTRA broke into Quarterfinals for the Academy Nicholl Fellowships, the PAGE Awards and the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition, the Semifinals for the Austin Film Festival and the Screencraft Drama Screenplay Competition and was was a Finalist for the Tangerine Entertainment Fellowship and Official Selection for the Stowe Story Labs July 2020 Writer's Retreat. MAESTRA is repped by The Muraviov Company.
Tags: Maestra, Nicholl Fellowship(Finalist), Austin Film Festival Script Competition(Finalist), PAGE International Screenwriting Awards(Finalist), Stowe Story Labs(Finalist), Screencraft Drama Screenplay Contest(Finalist)

Signed with Literary Manager Kathy Muraviov of The Muraviov Company
By: Susan Polk
Shortly following the announcement of the Shopping Agreement with AV1 Productions for Susan's first screenplay, CAROL, literary manager Kathy Muraviov of The Muraviov Company read Susan's second top-award-winning screenplay, SUZY Q WHERE ARE YOU? (formerly known as "Becoming Terpsichore") and has undertaken representation of both Susan and SUZY Q WHERE ARE YOU?.
Tags: SuzyQ,

CAROL enters Shopping Agreement with AV1 Productions and Briley Media Group
By: Susan Polk
Susan's coming-of-age drama CAROL has entered into a Shopping Agreement with Houston-based AV1 Productions in association with Briley Media Group. The Christmas-time story captured the Producers' attention with its focus on LGBT and bullying issues and its message of self-acceptance and hope.
Tags: Carol,

SURFACE TENSION wins at the Monochrome Film Festival!

By: Shane Walsh-Smith
Shane Walsh-Smith's SURFACE TENSION pilot script has been named a winner at the Monochrome Film Festival. It's this script's fourth win in 2020, and its first win outside of North America. In total, Shane's scripts have won a total of eight contests so far in 2020, and placed as finalists in nearly thirty more.
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SURFACE TENSION wins at Georgia Shorts Film Festival, receives 20th laurel!
By: Shane Walsh-Smith
Shane Walsh-Smith's TV comedy pilot script SURFACE TENSION was awarded Best International Screenplay at the 2020 Georgia Shorts Film Festival. This result marks Surface Tension's third win this year, and twentieth placement in a screenwriting contest.
Tags: Surface Tension (pilot): Let Them Eat Cake, Georgia Shorts Film Festival(Category Winner)

SURFACE TENSION wins at Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Comp
By: Shane Walsh-Smith
Shane Walsh-Smith's TV comedy pilot script SURFACE TENSION has won another screenwriting contest. This time, it has taken out Best TV Script in the Sept 2020 Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition!
Tags: Surface Tension (pilot): Let Them Eat Cake, Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition(Category Winner)

Milestone 30 contest placements for Shane's scripts in 2020!
By: Shane Walsh-Smith
SURFACE TENSION'S official selection in the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival 2020 marks the thirtieth contest placement for Shane Walsh-Smith's scripts in 2020. These thirty placements are spread across four different scripts, and include seven semi-finalist placements, thirteen finalist placements, and five wins.
Tags: Surface Tension (pilot): Let Them Eat Cake, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival(Official Selection)

Five placements (including two wins) for Shane Walsh-Smith scripts!
By: Shane Walsh-Smith
In the space of twenty-four hours, three of Shane Walsh-Smith's scripts generated a total of five contest results, including two wins: MATCHSTICKS 2.0 won in the September 2020 Changing Face IFF and was an official selection of the Indie Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival; SURFACE TENSION was promoted from semi-finalist to finalist in the Screenplay Festival, and was an official selection in the Georgia Shorts Film Festival; and his Farscape spec script LEGACY won in the Feedback Fan Fiction Festival (this script's first laurel)! Shane is thrilled by these results. His scripts have placed or won in twenty-eight contests so far in 2020.
Tags: Matchsticks 2.0, Changing Face International Film Festival(Category Winner), Changing Face International Film Festival, Fan Fiction Screenplay Festival, Screenplay Festival

DOWN BY THE RIVER scores a spot among the Quarter Finalists

By: Teymur Faris
Western/Drama pilot DOWN BY THE RIVER by Teymur Faris scored its first official selection thanks to the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition. After applying its first version of the script to the Historical category, DOWN BY THE RIVER secured its place among the competition's Quarter Finalists' list. Now with a new, revised draft we'll have to see where this script can go from here; but it's off to a good start.

2020 Emerging Screenwriters Quarter-Finalists & Semi-Finalists Announced!

By: Rollin Jewett
Rollin Jewett's environmental action adventure comedy is Quarter Finalist in the 2020 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenwriting Competition!

Second Time a Second Rounder at AFF

By: Deborah Syna
For the second year in a row, Deborah Syna has a Feature screenplay that placed in the second round of the Austin Film Festival. In 2019, a crime drama involving a Nigerian Romance Scam SUGARLAND, and this year, a Supernatural Thriller TALON, set in the wilds of Bristol Bay Alaska. TALON was also a finalist in 2020 at VIWFF. Dr. Syna, A clinical Neurologist, is now working on a Crime Dramedy set in a Skilled Nursing Facility.

Creative Lab Hawaii - PRODUCERS IMMERSIVE

By: GB Hajim
GB Hajim with his project THE BIG PIG was selected to participate in the year long fellowship culminating with a trip to the American Film Market. The Producers Immersive is a yearlong program includes five days of intensive work in Hawaii, followed with a one-year coaching program that supports participants in executing their material as individuals, and as a group. In partnership with the Producers Guild of America, the Producers Immersive is designed to empower producers to take their projects to the next level via one-on-one and small group coaching.

HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS by Jayson Crittenden awarded by Emerging Screenwriters

By: Jayson Crittenden
After a record number of submissions, HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS by Jayson Crittenden was selected as a quarter-finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition. Another humbling accomplishment for this remarkable true story.
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KILLED TWICE IN TEXAS by Jayson Crittenden Thrives with Five
By: Jayson Crittenden
The Western, KILLED TWICE IN TEXAS, placed as finalist in both Drama and Action/Adventure categories in the Table Read My Screenplay Contest. This unique tale was also selected as a top 25 finalist in the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition. Most recently, it was recognized as a top-ten finalist in Breaking Walls: The Ultimate Thriller Contest. In addition, this script was featured on Coverfly's The Red List.
Tags: Killed Twice in Texas, Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest, Creative Screenwriting, Table Read My Screenplay

FOLLOW THE BADGE by Jayson Crittenden Scores a Trifecta
By: Jayson Crittenden
The original story FOLLOW THE BADGE was selected as a top 25 Action/Adventure finalist in the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices competition. The script was also chosen as a finalist in the Table Read My Screenplay Contest. Most recently, it was featured on Coverfly's The Red List.
Tags: Follow the Badge, Creative Screenwriting, Table Read My Screenplay

HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS by Jayson Crittenden joins TRMS, The Red List & LAISA
By: Jayson Crittenden
After receiving a record number of submissions, Table Read My Screenplay competition selected the true story of the HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS as a finalist. Soon after, Jayson's pilot script was featured on Coverfly's The Red List. Most recently, it was chosen as quarter-finalist in Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Competition.
Tags: Harlem Hell Fighters, Table Read My Screenplay

CHARCUTERIE Announced with Reagan Gomez set to Direct

By: Chris Martin
Chris Courtney Martin's Horror screenplay CHARCUTERIE was announced with a Spring 2021 shoot date. Colorlines released an exclusive story.
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CHARCUTERIE Selected to Participate in TFI Network Virtual Pitch Festival
By: Chris Martin
Martin recently announced that her Horror feature CHARCUTERIE has been selected to participate in Tribeca Film Institute's 2020 TFI Network program. Due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the TFI Network is hosting its first virtual version of the program this year. Martin (writer/producer) will be pitching the much-anticipated project alongside director Reagan Gomez and producers Sandra Leviton and Rachel Liu.
Tags: CHARCUTERIE,

Chris Courtney Martin Signs with The Gersh Agency
By: Chris Martin
On Wednesday, March 25th Martin announced that she has joined the client roster of The Gersh Agency's Literary Department. She is represented by Bayard Maybank and Bob Hohman.

Afro Horror Review Podcast from Sade Sellers and Chris Courtney Martin

By: Chris Martin
Screenwriters Sade Sellers (Deadly Dispatch) and Chris Courtney Martin (Charcuterie) have announced the arrival of their new project Afro Horror, a weekly horror review podcast celebrating the African-American experience in contemporary horror, with Sellers and Martin co-hosting and producing. Afro Horror launches across all podcast platforms on July 24th, 2019.

ISA Top 25 and Young & Hungry Lister Chris Courtney Martin signed to ROAR
By: Chris Martin
On March 4th, Chris Courtney Martin announced that she is now managed by Gavin Levinson at ROAR. ROAR is a global media & entertainment company with a strong foothold in the Film, TV and Music industries.

SURFACE TENSION wins at Georgia Shorts Film Festival, receives 20th laurel!

By: Shane Walsh-Smith
Shane Walsh-Smith's TV comedy pilot script SURFACE TENSION was awarded Best International Screenplay at the 2020 Georgia Shorts Film Festival. This result marks Surface Tension's third win this year, and twentieth placement in a screenwriting contest.
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SURFACE TENSION wins at the Monochrome Film Festival!
By: Shane Walsh-Smith
Shane Walsh-Smith's SURFACE TENSION pilot script has been named a winner at the Monochrome Film Festival. It's this script's fourth win in 2020, and its first win outside of North America. In total, Shane's scripts have won a total of eight contests so far in 2020, and placed as finalists in nearly thirty more.
Tags: Surface Tension (pilot): Let Them Eat Cake,

SURFACE TENSION wins at Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Comp
By: Shane Walsh-Smith
Shane Walsh-Smith's TV comedy pilot script SURFACE TENSION has won another screenwriting contest. This time, it has taken out Best TV Script in the Sept 2020 Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition!
Tags: Surface Tension (pilot): Let Them Eat Cake, Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition(Category Winner)

Milestone 30 contest placements for Shane's scripts in 2020!
By: Shane Walsh-Smith
SURFACE TENSION'S official selection in the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival 2020 marks the thirtieth contest placement for Shane Walsh-Smith's scripts in 2020. These thirty placements are spread across four different scripts, and include seven semi-finalist placements, thirteen finalist placements, and five wins.
Tags: Surface Tension (pilot): Let Them Eat Cake, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival(Official Selection)

Five placements (including two wins) for Shane Walsh-Smith scripts!
By: Shane Walsh-Smith
In the space of twenty-four hours, three of Shane Walsh-Smith's scripts generated a total of five contest results, including two wins: MATCHSTICKS 2.0 won in the September 2020 Changing Face IFF and was an official selection of the Indie Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival; SURFACE TENSION was promoted from semi-finalist to finalist in the Screenplay Festival, and was an official selection in the Georgia Shorts Film Festival; and his Farscape spec script LEGACY won in the Feedback Fan Fiction Festival (this script's first laurel)! Shane is thrilled by these results. His scripts have placed or won in twenty-eight contests so far in 2020.
Tags: Matchsticks 2.0, Changing Face International Film Festival(Category Winner), Changing Face International Film Festival, Fan Fiction Screenplay Festival, Screenplay Festival

Selected for the ISA Development Slate

By: Rachel McClard
Rachel entered THE KILLING TIME for the Development Evaluation, the Development team responded to the TV Pilot, and Rachel was invited to join the Development Slate, and has signed a deal memo to allow them to send it to productions companies.

Ted Campbell's A DANGEROUS DEFENSE produced by MarVista Entertainment

By: Ted Campbell
Development Slate and Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch Ted Campbell, will write and direct the dramatic thriller A DANGEROUS DEFENSE for MarVista Entertainment. The film will be produced by Robert Ballo and his Shadowboxer Films. VP of Development & Production at MarVista Entertainment Marianne Wunch will Executive Produce.
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Ted Campbell's DEVIL WINDS Semi-Finalist Microbudget Horror Competition
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell's contained supernatural triller DEVIL WINDS was named as a Semi-Finalist in Stage32's Microbudget Horror Competition.
Tags: Devil Winds, Stage 32

Ted Campbell's HARM'S WAY Second Rounder Launch Pad Feature Competition
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell's thriller HARM'S WAY has placed as a Second Rounder in the Launch Pad Feature Competition 2020-2021.
Tags: Harm's Way, Launch Pad Feature Competition(Second Round)

Ted Campbell repped at Zero Gravity
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell has secured representation with Cameron Cubbison at Zero Gravity Management. Prior to becoming a literary manager, Cubbison worked as a freelance reader and story analyst for ten years, writing agency and production company coverage, and is the co-founder of ScreenCraft. Ted Campbell recently won the Grand Prize in Your Script Produced's screenplay contest. And is slated to direct the heist thriller UNDERGROUND (co-written with legendary filmmaker John Boorman) later this year.
Tags: Zero Gravity Management

BLUE MOTEL YSP Season 1 Grand Prize Winner wins Platinum Remi Award
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell, Your Script Produced Season 1 Ultimate Grand Prize Winner BLUE MOTEL, won the prestigious top category Platinum REMI AWARD for his script at the 53rd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. "We have started developing the script into a great feature film, the team is proud to see Ted Campbell recognized by another established festival! We will come back to Houston next year with the finished film and look forward to adding our names on the great list which Worldfest founder prides himself for discovering : the likes of Spielberg, Lucas, Ang Lee..." -- YSP's Doval Bacall, executive producer BLUE MOTEL
Tags: Blue Motel, Worldfest Houston International Film Festival(Category Winner)
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