Winner Take All Announces Contest Results
The 2nd Annual Winner Take All Screenwriting Competition has announced their winners and finalists:
2003 The Final Scores:
Angel 882 by James Seda, loosescrew@earthlink.net
Log Line: A father struggles to hold his family together after the mysterious disappearance of his wife, hunting down a tormenting stranger who may have abducted her.
Puzzle by Alene S. Levine, limbic@mcn.org
Log Line: A retirement party for Hank, a San Francisco homicide detective, turns tragic when his pregnant daughter-in-law is brutally slain during the celebration.
Sojourner's Return by Derek Cordier
Log Line: A lone man struggles to adapt to a world of women and redeem himself from a past murder conviction.
Unlikely Hero by Isabelle Theisen, itheisen@cox.net
Log Line: A young woman seeks out her own destiny on the Civil War battlefields, fighting for what she believes is right for herself, and her country.
Companion of the Night by John Benton, jbentonwr@yahoo.com
Log Line: A murdered girl returns in the dreams of a married man seeking help to avenge her death.
This Time by Robert D. Walsh, robertwalsh@mindspring.com
Log Line: A disgraced ex cop gets a chance at redemption and love when a man claiming to be his father hires him to protect a beautiful heiress.
When Pigs Fly by Noelle C. Nelson, nnelson@dr.noellenelson.com
Log Line: Twelve year old Brian escapes his abusive family to a Pegasus' fantastical realm, where learning the magic of belief, he returns to transform his world.
Stagemom by Maggie Franks, maggiefranks@pacbell.net
Log Line: A divorcee wrestles pushy stagemoms, drama queens and the world's biggest office star when her son wins a "Martian Makeover" contest.
Goblins by Royce Scott Buckingham, roycencara@aol.com
Log Line: A slacker learns responsibility when he is mistaken for a hero guarding the earth against a secret underground army of Goblins.
The Lakeside Slasher by Brian Belefant, tls@belefant.com
Log Line: A hot headed kid dreams of becoming a slasher, but ends up finding a father figure instead.
Updated: 08/30/2003
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!IT'S A POPCORN WORLD
An inventor is forced to try and, not blow up the world, just pop it like a kernel of popcorn, then there will be plenty of land and he can save his home.
Sonny
In a world of AI-hyped spectacles, a retired boxing legend must reclaim his glory against a brash social media influencer to fund his granddaughter's life-saving treatment, uncovering a corporate conspiracy that could destroy them both.
Wendigo
After a series of brutal killings in Algonquin Provincial Park linked to a missing hiker transformed into a mythical Wendigo, an elite military team must join forces with local rangers and a Native American tracker to stop the ancient creature's reign of terror before more innocent lives are lost.
The Huntsman
A battle-hardened Starship crew faces their greatest test when a routine extraction mission unleashes a mind-altering alien force, fracturing loyalties and awakening a cosmic mystery that could reshape the fate of the universe.
The Rulers Of The Islands
World-shaping for the fourth time, they sight Hawaii, a crown jewel in the Pacific: a prize to fight for? or to bring peace to our world from, instead.
THE NEO-PAGANS
A talented forensic sketch artist has the gift of “seeing” murderers with her hands.
THE BANNER
Though haunted by the childhood memory of the lynching of his father for leading a slave rebellion, an American slave risks his life to join Mexico's struggle for independence after witnessing the execution of the author of the first law against slavery on the North American continent.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an AI Bot to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of 'Fake'.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their baffling neighbor over morning coffee.
