ISA Names Sci-Fi/Fantasy Contest Winners

Updated: 12/01/2021

Matthew Sorvillo's Parker Menlo: Man of Science! has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the ISA Sci-fi/Fastasy Screenwriting Contest, while Almas Haidery's Happily Never After has been given the Sci-fi/Fantasy Genre Busting Award.

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Austin Fest Announces Script Winners

The 2021 Austin Film Festival Script Competition winners were chosen from a record field of 14,648 scripts entered in the Screenplay, Digital Series, Playwriting, and Fiction Podcast Competitions. The winners were selected by a distinguished panel of industry judges including, Matthew Michael Carnahan (writer DARK WATERS) , Felischa Marye (creator BIGGER), Peter Craig (writer THE TOWN), and April Shih (writer YOU’RE THE WORST). [Updated: 11/01/2021]

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