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La'Chris Jordan Named Best California Filmmaker

By: La'Chris Jordan
The Culture & Diversity Film Festival awarded La'Chris Jordan the top honor of Best California Filmmaker for her short film JANUARY 14TH. The 2020 festival which was held virtually this year on October 2-4, 2020. The Culture & Diversity Film Festival rejoices in the many colors of our lives and our world by showcasing a diverse selection of films from around the globe. From the Filmmaker Meet & Greet to Interviews, Q&A Sessions, and Awards Ceremony, they honor the filmmakers and foster a sense of community and camaraderie among those who create and appreciate the artistic expression of our diverse human lives on film.
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JANUARY 14TH Wins Best U.S. Social Justice Short Film at the HWFF
By: La'Chris Jordan
(September 22, 2020) - JANUARY 14TH won Best U.S. Social Justice Short Film at the Hollywood Women's Film Festival, a flagship event hosted by the Hollywood Women's Film Institute. Over 40 films are being screened at the festival which is being held virtually from September 19-October 1, 2020. There were several honorees of the festival including multi-talented actor and singer Shirley MacLaine (Lifetime Achievement Award), Academy Award Nominated Writer/Director Dee Rees (Dorothy Arzner LGBTQ Director's Award), comedienne Margaret Cho (Activism Award) and cinematographer Nancy Schreiber (Cinematography Award).
Tags: January 14TH,

JANUARY 14TH Wins Best Short Feature at Morehouse College Human Rights Film
By: La'Chris Jordan
(September 28, 2020) - JANUARY 14TH recently won Best Feature Short at the Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival in Atlanta, GA, which was held virtually on September 24-26, 2020. Nominees and winners of features, shorts and documentaries were announced online in a special awards ceremony on the final day of the festival. The goal of the festival is threefold: to educate and expand awareness of social justice issues, both nationally and worldwide; to generate conversation and dialogue around civil and human rights, justice and injustice, as well as to inspire innovative and creative new approaches to social change.
Tags: January 14TH,

SoCal Film Awards Names JANUARY 14TH Best Short Film

By: La'Chris Jordan
The 2020 SoCal Film Awards recently named JANUARY 14TH Best Short Film for Season 11. Several awards were announced in various categories. The festival has screened more than 1,000 movies over the years, helping to give indie creators exposure on the big screen. Some of the more recognizable faces included David Morse and John C. McGinley in the short film, A.W.O.L. Tom Hanks was part of a documentary entitled Why Shakespeare? And Danny Trejo was the subject for a documentary about his life called Champion. The festival even served as the world premiere for All’s Faire in Love with Ann-Margret, Christina Ricci and Matthew Lillard.
Tags: January 14TH, SoCal Film Festival(Category Winner)

JANUARY 14TH is an Official Selection of the WILDSound Festival

By: La'Chris Jordan
July 19, 2020 - JANUARY 14TH was named an Official Selection of the WILDSound FEEDBack Festival. A private screening of the film will be shown to a select group of attendees in Los Angeles on August 11, 2020. A second screening will take place on August 11, 2020 as part of the Virtual City Cinema which will present the best short films from around the world from the WILDsound Festival. They will launch this venture on their website https://www.ydsquare.ca and popular social media channels.
Tags: January 14TH, WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival(Official Selection)

THE FAMILY JEWELS featured on "The Thing"

By: Elizabeth Ditty
Excerpts from THE FAMILY JEWELS were featured on the third episode of "The Thing," a scene-specific study for actors, writers and directors, hosted by Phil Ogden, directed by Gillian Fritzche, and featuring a wonderful cast of actors. 

JUST JANE chosen as official selection in Sherman Oaks Film Festival

By: Carl Huebner
Carl Huebner's feature film screenplay JUST JANE has been chosen as an official selection in the Sherman Oaks Film Festival. It will be featured along with 14 other screenplays during the event in November. 

DIVORCE BY COMBAT! to be Produced as Podcast
By: Carl Huebner
Carl Huebner's comedy short  DIVORCE BY COMBAT! has won a spot in the second season of Six-Page Scripts. One episode will be dedicated to the script, with analysis and ratings, and a full cast staged reading.
Tags: Divorce by Combat,

JUSTIFIED wins

By: Jan Tilley
Jan Tiley's script JUSTIFIED won first-place at the 52 Weeks Film Festival, first-place at Best Script Awards, and is an official selection at the 2020 Feminist Voice Writers Festival.

THE CREATURE - optioned.
By: Jan Tilley
Jan Tiley's script THE CREATURE was optioned and is now in pre-production. It was an official selection at the Feminist Voice Writers Festival, October 2020.
Tags: The Creature,

THE CREATURE - optioned.

By: Jan Tilley
Jan Tiley's script THE CREATURE was optioned and is now in pre-production. It was an official selection at the Feminist Voice Writers Festival, October 2020.

JUSTIFIED wins
By: Jan Tilley
Jan Tiley's script JUSTIFIED won first-place at the 52 Weeks Film Festival, first-place at Best Script Awards, and is an official selection at the 2020 Feminist Voice Writers Festival.
Tags: Justified, 52 Weeks Film Festival (1st Place)

ONE MORE DAY Wins more accolades

By: Wendy Wilkins
Post-apocalyptic hour pilot script, ONE MORE DAY won this year's Space and Time Film Festival for best short screenplay, following up her win for best screenplay at the 2019 Sherman Oaks Film Festival and her Semi-Finalist spot with the 2020 Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices contest. The radio play version of the script, with over 42,000 listens, can be heard on YouTube.
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WHERE THE MEN ARE Continues to Place
By: Wendy Wilkins
Road picture comedy feature screenplay -- 'WHERE THE MEN ARE' -- written by Wendy Jean Wilkins, continues to be awarded FINALIST spots for script competitions, the latest being the Sherman Oaks Film Festival and the Mystic Film Festival -- its 25th and 26th placement. 'WHERE THE MEN ARE' has won Best Comedy Script with Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices, Best Comedy Screenplay with the Creative World Awards, 3rd place in the Comedy Screenplay Competition as well as a Top-10 Runner-Up spot with Scriptapalooza.
Tags: Where The Men Are, Sherman Oaks Film Festival(Category Winner)

COOZE Keeps Bringing In Script Comp Awards
By: Wendy Wilkins
'COOZE', a half-hour dramedy original pilot script written by Wendy Jean Wilkins, has its latest script competition placement as a 2nd Rounder for this year's AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL-- its eighth, including Finalist spots with the Creative World Awards, Series Fest and Austin Comedy Film Festival as well as Semi-Finalist spots with the Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices Awards and the Stage 32 TV Writing Contest.
Tags: Cooze, Austin Film Festival Script Competition(Quarter Finalist), Creative World Awards Screenwriting Contest(Quarter Finalist), Stage 32 TV Writing Contest(Quarter Finalist)

Awarded Best Comedy Script
By: Wendy Wilkins
Since becoming an ISA Top 25 Writer, Wendy has won competitions like the Creative Screening Contest: Best Comedy Script and leveled up to finalist slots in higher profile script competitions like StudioFest Film Fund and Creative World Awards Screenplay Competition. ----- " When people believe in you who believe solely in helping unknown, great writers get the attention they deserve, it makes the long, hard battle to be notice that much more palatable and delicious. The ISA is the squad you've always wanted in your creative corner -- always encouraging, supporting, striving and believing in you and your writing even when you didn't have any gas in your tank to believe in yourself. " - Wendy Wilkins

INSIGNIFICANT Wins Best Dark Comedy Short Script At Houston Comedy FF
By: Wendy Wilkins
This past Saturday, screenwriter Wendy Jean Wilkins took home the Best Dark Comedy award for her short screenplay entitled INSIGNIFICANT at the Houston Comedy Film Festival. Her feature comedy screenplay WHERE THE MEN ARE was also an official selection/semi-finalist for the festival.
Tags: Insignificant,

WHERE THE MEN ARE Continues to Place

By: Wendy Wilkins
Road picture comedy feature screenplay -- 'WHERE THE MEN ARE' -- written by Wendy Jean Wilkins, continues to be awarded FINALIST spots for script competitions, the latest being the Sherman Oaks Film Festival and the Mystic Film Festival -- its 25th and 26th placement. 'WHERE THE MEN ARE' has won Best Comedy Script with Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices, Best Comedy Screenplay with the Creative World Awards, 3rd place in the Comedy Screenplay Competition as well as a Top-10 Runner-Up spot with Scriptapalooza.
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ONE MORE DAY Wins more accolades
By: Wendy Wilkins
Post-apocalyptic hour pilot script, ONE MORE DAY won this year's Space and Time Film Festival for best short screenplay, following up her win for best screenplay at the 2019 Sherman Oaks Film Festival and her Semi-Finalist spot with the 2020 Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices contest. The radio play version of the script, with over 42,000 listens, can be heard on YouTube.
Tags: One More Day, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Grand Prize), Sherman Oaks Film Festival(Grand Prize), Space and Time Film Festival(Grand Prize)

COOZE Keeps Bringing In Script Comp Awards
By: Wendy Wilkins
'COOZE', a half-hour dramedy original pilot script written by Wendy Jean Wilkins, has its latest script competition placement as a 2nd Rounder for this year's AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL-- its eighth, including Finalist spots with the Creative World Awards, Series Fest and Austin Comedy Film Festival as well as Semi-Finalist spots with the Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices Awards and the Stage 32 TV Writing Contest.
Tags: Cooze, Austin Film Festival Script Competition(Quarter Finalist), Creative World Awards Screenwriting Contest(Quarter Finalist), Stage 32 TV Writing Contest(Quarter Finalist)

Awarded Best Comedy Script
By: Wendy Wilkins
Since becoming an ISA Top 25 Writer, Wendy has won competitions like the Creative Screening Contest: Best Comedy Script and leveled up to finalist slots in higher profile script competitions like StudioFest Film Fund and Creative World Awards Screenplay Competition. ----- " When people believe in you who believe solely in helping unknown, great writers get the attention they deserve, it makes the long, hard battle to be notice that much more palatable and delicious. The ISA is the squad you've always wanted in your creative corner -- always encouraging, supporting, striving and believing in you and your writing even when you didn't have any gas in your tank to believe in yourself. " - Wendy Wilkins

INSIGNIFICANT Wins Best Dark Comedy Short Script At Houston Comedy FF
By: Wendy Wilkins
This past Saturday, screenwriter Wendy Jean Wilkins took home the Best Dark Comedy award for her short screenplay entitled INSIGNIFICANT at the Houston Comedy Film Festival. Her feature comedy screenplay WHERE THE MEN ARE was also an official selection/semi-finalist for the festival.
Tags: Insignificant,

COOZE Keeps Bringing In Script Comp Awards

By: Wendy Wilkins
'COOZE', a half-hour dramedy original pilot script written by Wendy Jean Wilkins, has its latest script competition placement as a 2nd Rounder for this year's AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL-- its eighth, including Finalist spots with the Creative World Awards, Series Fest and Austin Comedy Film Festival as well as Semi-Finalist spots with the Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices Awards and the Stage 32 TV Writing Contest.
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ONE MORE DAY Wins more accolades
By: Wendy Wilkins
Post-apocalyptic hour pilot script, ONE MORE DAY won this year's Space and Time Film Festival for best short screenplay, following up her win for best screenplay at the 2019 Sherman Oaks Film Festival and her Semi-Finalist spot with the 2020 Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices contest. The radio play version of the script, with over 42,000 listens, can be heard on YouTube.
Tags: One More Day, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Grand Prize), Sherman Oaks Film Festival(Grand Prize), Space and Time Film Festival(Grand Prize)

WHERE THE MEN ARE Continues to Place
By: Wendy Wilkins
Road picture comedy feature screenplay -- 'WHERE THE MEN ARE' -- written by Wendy Jean Wilkins, continues to be awarded FINALIST spots for script competitions, the latest being the Sherman Oaks Film Festival and the Mystic Film Festival -- its 25th and 26th placement. 'WHERE THE MEN ARE' has won Best Comedy Script with Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices, Best Comedy Screenplay with the Creative World Awards, 3rd place in the Comedy Screenplay Competition as well as a Top-10 Runner-Up spot with Scriptapalooza.
Tags: Where The Men Are, Sherman Oaks Film Festival(Category Winner)

Awarded Best Comedy Script
By: Wendy Wilkins
Since becoming an ISA Top 25 Writer, Wendy has won competitions like the Creative Screening Contest: Best Comedy Script and leveled up to finalist slots in higher profile script competitions like StudioFest Film Fund and Creative World Awards Screenplay Competition. ----- " When people believe in you who believe solely in helping unknown, great writers get the attention they deserve, it makes the long, hard battle to be notice that much more palatable and delicious. The ISA is the squad you've always wanted in your creative corner -- always encouraging, supporting, striving and believing in you and your writing even when you didn't have any gas in your tank to believe in yourself. " - Wendy Wilkins

INSIGNIFICANT Wins Best Dark Comedy Short Script At Houston Comedy FF
By: Wendy Wilkins
This past Saturday, screenwriter Wendy Jean Wilkins took home the Best Dark Comedy award for her short screenplay entitled INSIGNIFICANT at the Houston Comedy Film Festival. Her feature comedy screenplay WHERE THE MEN ARE was also an official selection/semi-finalist for the festival.
Tags: Insignificant,

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.
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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

MESCALERO - Humanitas New Voices, BBIFF, Roadmap JumpStart!

By: Anderson Boyd
Boyd's feature Western screenplay Mescalero finishes as a Top 14 Finalist with Humanitas New Voices, takes 2nd place at Byron Bay International Film Festival, and remains a current Top 50 screenplay with Roadmap's 2020 JumpStart Competition.
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MESCALERO - Capital Fund Hot 100 and Sidewalk Film Festival Finalist
By: Anderson Boyd
Anderson Boyd's screenplay MESCALERO, a Western saga, placed 22nd in the Capital Fund's Hot 100 list and is a current Top 16 Finalist with Sidewalk Film Festival's - Sidewrite Competition.
Tags: Mescalero, Capital Fund Screenplay Competition(Top 100)

MESCALERO - HUMANITAS New Voices Semi Finalist!
By: Anderson Boyd
Boyd's Western Adventure/Drama MESCALERO is a current Semi Finalist within the tenth HUMANITAS New Voices Program!
Tags: Mescalero, Humanitas New Voices(Finalist)

MESCALERO - 2020 Stowe Story Labs; THE LEASE OF NATURE - Inroads, BlueCat..
By: Anderson Boyd
Boyd's Western Drama MESCALERO received an invitation to the 2020 Stowe Story Lab programs, his second affiliation with the Labs. Elsewhere, his crime saga THE LEASE OF NATURE placed as a Finalist with the Inroads Fellowship, advanced and finished as a Semifinalist in the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, and as a Semifinalist with New York International Screenplay Awards.
Tags: Mescalero, Stowe Story Labs(Official Selection)

THE LEASE OF NATURE - BlueCat, Fresh Voices, Atlanta, New Media...
By: Anderson Boyd
Crime saga THE LEASE OF NATURE placed as a Semifinalist in both the Atlanta Film Festival and Atlanta International Screenplay Awards, finished as a Quarterfinalist in Fresh Voices, and is currently a Quarterfinalist with BlueCat. THE LEASE OF NATURE is also an official selection of the New Media Film Festival, still slated to occur this June. Stay safe, all.
Tags: The Lease of Nature, Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition(Quarter Finalist), Atlanta International Screenplay Awards (Quarter Finalist), BlueCat Screenplay Competition(Quarter Finalist), Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition(Quarter Finalist), New Media Film Festival Scripts Competition(Quarter Finalist)

Elena Perez - PAGE Intern'l Screenwriting Fellows for Stowe Story Lab

By: Elena Perez
Congratulations to Elena Perez, one of the two PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Fellows to the 2020 October Narrative Lab. Elena is an LA-based screenwriter, published novelist, and poet who gravitates toward dark, heartfelt and trippy, high concept stories. The PAGE judges had this to say about Elena’s show: "UNDERTOW explores beyond the typical confines of the sci-fi genre with fresh eyes. We’re thrilled that Elena has the chance to join the Stowe team!" We thank everyone at PAGE for their continued support

WILD GEESE flying to CBC Gem

By: Matthew Sadowski
Teenage lovebirds have the power to start a revolution. The concept for Matthew Sadowski's WILD GEESE was inspired when a friend of his came out as trans and started transitioning. “It’s just how I was programmed" was her response to the people who were uncomfortable. This metaphor resounded in him and its symbolic connection to computers and technology made an indelible impression. His friend also happens to be a gifted writer and now the two of them are developing it with CBC Gem, working on the bible as we speak. 

Producer James Smith is out with BLOOD SUGAR

By: Sam Thompson
Producer James Smith is now out with BLOOD SUGAR He will be looking to secure financing, attach talent, and produce the film.
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Shopping agreement signed for BLOOD SUGAR
By: Sam Thompson
Sam Thompson has officially signed a shopping agreement with producer James Smith (DRIVE, ENDERS GAME, MAN ON A TRAIN) for my script BLOOD SUGAR, after months of development.
Tags: Blood Sugar,

BLOOD SUGAR in development with producer James Smith
By: Sam Thompson
Sam Thompson's feature script BLOOD SUGAR is in development with Producer James Smith (Drive, Ender's game, Man on a Train, The Way, Way, Back). Development is almost complete, and an option deal/shopping agreement is in the works.
Tags: Blood Sugar,

THE HUNTED premiere

By: Sam Thompson
Sam Thompson's horror short THE HUNTED makes its world premiere during a screening held by the West Virginia University Film club on 03/10/20
Tags: The Hunted,

Short film blood sugar now casting
By: Sam Thompson
Sam Thompson's proof of concept/short film of his dystopian Horror feature BLOOD SUGAR is now casting. It is going into production this summer, 2020
Tags: Blood Sugar,

Re-write assignment, DEAD MAN'S BRIDGE

By: Michael Acosta
Mike is thrilled to have been tapped by Brooksvision to re-write the thriller, DEAD MAN'S BRIDGE a story about mysterious and dark murders in a D.C. suburb. While there is no production date, due to COVID, James Woods is rumored to be considering a role.
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Hired to Write ONE MAN'S TREASURE: A JOHN HILLIGAS STORY

By: Michael Acosta
After completing a re-write assignment for Brooksvision, Mike was hired to write the feature planned for a Spring 2021 production. The story is one of redemption in modern times. Mike is excited to begin and is glad to be part of the team for a second time. 

Hired to adapt novel to feature
By: Michael Acosta
Mike was honored to be hired to adapt the Novel HUNGER SOUP by Dr. Erika Karres to a feature film. A touching true-story based on the life of the author during WWII. The script is currently available and being shopped.
Tags: Thieves of Dachau,

Hired to write WEIRD SUMMER a feature film
By: Michael Acosta
Mike is excited to have been hired through ISA to write this feature based on a story about a graduating high-school tech whiz from San Francisco. Mike was contacted directly after the reading of his script, DRAUGR RESURRECTION: LOSING HOPE. *Production is scheduled for Summer 2020. *Response to COVID-19 may interrupt production schedule.

Hired to Write ONE MAN'S TREASURE: A JOHN HILLIGAS STORY

By: Michael Acosta
After completing a re-write assignment for Brooksvision, Mike was hired to write the feature planned for a Spring 2021 production. The story is one of redemption in modern times. Mike is excited to begin and is glad to be part of the team for a second time. 
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Re-write assignment, DEAD MAN'S BRIDGE
By: Michael Acosta
Mike is thrilled to have been tapped by Brooksvision to re-write the thriller, DEAD MAN'S BRIDGE a story about mysterious and dark murders in a D.C. suburb. While there is no production date, due to COVID, James Woods is rumored to be considering a role.

Hired to adapt novel to feature
By: Michael Acosta
Mike was honored to be hired to adapt the Novel HUNGER SOUP by Dr. Erika Karres to a feature film. A touching true-story based on the life of the author during WWII. The script is currently available and being shopped.
Tags: Thieves of Dachau,

Hired to write WEIRD SUMMER a feature film
By: Michael Acosta
Mike is excited to have been hired through ISA to write this feature based on a story about a graduating high-school tech whiz from San Francisco. Mike was contacted directly after the reading of his script, DRAUGR RESURRECTION: LOSING HOPE. *Production is scheduled for Summer 2020. *Response to COVID-19 may interrupt production schedule.

INTO THE LIGHT OF DAY/NOVEL

By: David Law
David Law successfully published his novel titled INTO THE LIGHT OF DAY with Xlibris Publishing Co. in March, 2019. This is the novel version of his screenplay (under the same title). The book is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and is averaging 4.8/5.0 on Amazon reviews. This writing is dedicated to his former Spanish wife, who died of lung cancer in 2018. it's the story of a young Navy photographer's mate who comes of age while stationed in Rota, Spain, falling in love with the the culture of the country, and, a beautiful local senorita.

Quarterfinalist in American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest

By: Eric Stumpf
Eric Stumpf's script THERE WERE PEOPLE ON SUNDAY finished as a quarterfinalist in the 2020 American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest.

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.
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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,

WONDER DRUG in Academy Nicholl Top 50
By: Caitlin McCarthy
WONDER DRUG by Caitlin McCarthy was among the Top 50 highest scoring scripts out of 7,302 screenplays that were entered in the 2019 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The Academy Nicholl Top 50 list was released to the entertainment industry. The Top 50 list was also shared on the Academy Nicholl Facebook page.
Tags: WONDER DRUG, Nicholl Fellowship(Honorable Mention)

MALICK wins an award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival

By: Armelle Lajus
MALICK wins 3rd runner up in the Beverly Hills Film Festival Screenwriting competition 2020. The same script reached the finals of the Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman sponsored Writers Lab (NYC).

A Shot Through the Heart pitch

By: John Radtke
John Radtke pitched his screenplay A SHOT THROUGH THE HEART to Nicholas Callari from Artists First. After receiving positive notes and feedback. He will be sending his rewritten screenplay for future consideration to options at Artists First.
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Alice Has It Under Control
By: John Radtke
It is a comedy short about Alice who accidentally takes her roommates drugs and spirals into a night of craziness.

Finalist in Spike TV Pilot contest
By: John Radtke

Finalist in Fewdio Horror Short Screenplay Contest
Finalist in Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
Finalist in Palm Street Films Drama Short Screenplay Contest
Finalist in the Spike TV Pilot TV Competition
Alumni of Screenwrting U
Member of Wisconsin Screenwriters Foundation
Writer for Comedy Sportz
Writer for local TV Comedy show
Worked on several Independent short movies
Member, writer, of "The Guys" comedy troop

Quarter Finalist
By: John Radtke
Tags: Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition
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