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AceFest Announces Great American Sreenplay Competition Winners
Michael Palm's The Audition has been named the winner of the AceFest Great American Screenplay Competition.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
The Audition by Michael Palm
Make your friendship known.
SECOND PLACE WINNER
Fix by Andrew Preston
A recovering alcoholic must chose between saving his torn marriage and pursuing the opportunity of a lifetime.
THIRD PLACE WINNER
Growing Further by Fiona Jensen
A young couple, bittered by past heartbreak, makes a pact to end their relationship after one year - no matter what.
Finalists
53 Hours in Harper's Ferry by David Sabbath
Algorithm by Gennady Favel
American Gothic by Melissa Bruning
A Time to Keep by Richard A. O'Driscoll
Atom Bravo by Rob Rex
The Audition by Michael Palm
The Bloodfest Club by Oscar Madrid
Damien and Isabella by Julia Cinningham
The Devil and Harry Houdini by Colleen De Maio
Drinking in Church by Kieran Angelini
The Escape by Kent Wong
Fix by Andrew Preston
Foot the Bill by Craig Smith
The Foundation by R. Wyatt
Growing Further by Fiona Jensen
Hope's Nocturnal by David Sabbath
The Imposter by A.L. Lee
Jeremy, Malcolm and Bess by E.M. Marenson
Keep by Terrance Stockton
Livin' in a V World by Jennifer Bogush
Needle by Steven Karageanes
No more Spiders by Carrie Lee
Pink Dress by Ron Schilling
The Phoenix Effect by Margaret M. MacDonald
The Porn Brothers by David Bertoni
Soul Flyers by Bryon Evans
Stupid Love by Steven Zelman
Though Heaven May Fall by Andrea Cunning
Through Iron Eyes by William Nelson
The Unseen by Shivakumar Ramanathan
Updated: 02/22/2009
Additional Contest Info: Great American Screenplay Competition (AceFest)
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!The March of the 18th
In the waning days of the Civil War, a battle-worn colonel leads a regiment of physically shattered but unbroken soldiers on a brutal mission that will test their limits, proving that even the “invalid” can become an army—and that courage is not measured by the body, but by the will to serve.
FULL CONTACT — Price of Redemption
Under the suffocating pressure of a championship spotlight, a redlining linebacker must outplay a hijacked beta safety system that turns every 200lb impact into a lethal cardiac glitch.
Last Train Home
As he’s removed from Florida's death chamber, an executed man is guided by a mysterious presence into his own past, where preventing a single bad decision could rewrite the life that brought him to this dire destiny.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
ALTA CALIFORNIA
A young mixed blood, determined to avenge his mother’s brutal death, is thrust into a battle of survival and identity as he navigates through the oppressive and inhumane colonizers of California's “Mission Era.
“Be prepared for what?” Episode 2: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
Howell and friends arrive at a school in the desert where they prepare to face evil forces.
THE MONGREL, pilot for THE COMING MORROW series
A virus is decimating the male population making most impotent.
GHOST TOWN, NM
When an obstinate father insists his daughter marry a rich but foolish young man, she escapes, with her boyfriend, to a ghost down.
BORDERLINE JUSTICE
Rita Fuentes, a fiery, attractive Latina social worker introduces Martin Wilkins, a law-and-order judge, to the violent, politically charged world of power, money, illegals, and life for the drug mules--like Demetria Plascentia, and his foolish new son-in-law, Antonio Borja--he condemns daily in his courtroom.
UNCLE FRANCO'S BIRTHDAY SUIT
Paolo’s relatives, including his zany Uncle Franco, are determined to reunite their nephew with his teenage love, Magdalena.
