EXTREME SCREENWRITING 2006 CONTEST WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS to the Grand Prize Winner and Category Winners in the 2006 Extreme Screenwriting Contest! It was a very tough decision for the judges this year and all finalists are applauded for their exceptional screenplays.

Contest Checklists with the judge’s comments and logline evaluation will be sent out the week of January 15, 2007. If you have not received a checklist via email by Monday, January 22, 2007, please email the contest administrator at bscreen2000@yahoo.com and thank you for participating!

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
An American Witch Bottle – Cynthia Downs

CATEGORY WINNERS:

THRILLER/HORROR
An American Witch Bottle – Cynthia Downs

COMEDY/ROMCOM
The Egg – Jay Melnick

DRAMA
Slade - Jean Hunter

ACTION/ADVENTURE
Midnight Child - Paul Byrne

WILD CARD CATEGORY
Kheng Kheng Crocodile – Donna Lisa

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FINALISTS

THRILLER/HORROR
An American Witch Bottle – Cynthia Downs
Lady Jazz – Jean Hunter
Norman 6 – Kevin Rush
The Graveside – Ward Rackley
Utlunta – Marc Cicero
VisionFlash – Stephen O’Brien

COMEDY/ROMCOM
Amish for a Day – Greg Vincent
Fanta Se – Susan G. Burns
Grim Gets A Life – Peter Fraser
Moses, Mary & Mohammed – Frank Brady
New Year's Steve - Craig Schwartz & Sylvia Mulholland
Sci-Fi Movie – Steven Alderson
Sex Change – Paula J. Randall
Sweeps – Frank Brady
The Art of the Dodge – Donna L. Miller
The Egg – Jay Melnick

DRAMA
Fifty Years in May – Nacucchi Silvio
Old Cell- James White
Slade – Jean Hunter
The Great Quest – Steve Weissman
Triptych – Wayne J. Keeley
Voices – Susan Klos

ACTION/ADVENTURE
Midnight Child – Paul Byrne
Military Affairs – Elizabeth Pfeiffer
The Banner – Ernestina Juarez
TX – Martin Alexander Korda

WILD CARD CATEGORY
Catchers – Eric Sentell
Kheng Kheng Crocodile – Donna Lisa
Mega Tooth – Jerry Duarte
The Forest for the Trees – Kathryn U. Hulings
When Broken Glass Floats – Chanrithy Him

SEMI-FINALISTS
TOTAL # OF ENTRIES: 311

THRILLER/HORROR – TOTAL # ENTRIES: 57
An American Witch Bottle – Cynthia Downs
Blue Ground – James T. Frazier
Lady Jazz – Jean Hunter
Norman 6 – Kevin Rush
Sand! – Bob Sinnott
The Graveside – Ward Rackley
The Prospero Heist – Adele Frizzell
Utlunta – Marc Cicero
VisionFlash – Stephen O’Brien

COMEDY/ROMCOM – TOTAL # ENTRIES: 91
A Golden Mitzvah – Brian Lustig
Amish for a Day – Greg Vincent
Breast Stroke – Nick Abdo
Champion – Andrew Bennett
Cruise Night – Tim Gavern
Double Features – Kevin Holmes
Fanta Se – Susan G. Burns
For Better or Else – Brian T. Stoops
Frankie Flamb & the Leftover Lovers – Kevin Rush
Grim Gets a Life – Peter Fraser
Imps – Deborah Baxtrom
Keepin’ It Real – M. Boyd
Love Potion Ninety Nine – Gil Brailey
Moses, Mary & Mohammed – Frank Brady
New Year’s Steve – Craig Schwartz & Sylvia Mulholland
One Maid Town – Peter Fraser
Sci-Fi Movie – Steven Alderson
Sex Change – Paula J. Randall
Sweeps – Frank Brady
The Art of the Dodge – Donna L. Miller
The Egg – Jay Melnick
The Virtues of Hellmouth – Margaret Holland

DRAMA – TOTAL # ENTRIES = 59
Esperncia – John Edward Flynt
Fifty Years in May – Nacucchi Silvio
Forget San Francisco, Chicago & New York – Nathan Gonzalez Medelejis
Monstrous Passions: The Life of Mary Shelley – Deborah Baxtrom
Old Cell – James White
Slade – Jean Hunter
The Call – Thomas O’Brien
The Great Quest – Steve Weissman
The Sentinel – Sharon Jo Halstead
This Side of Hell – Cleo C. Bresett, Jr.
Triptych – Wayne J. Keeley
Voices – Susan Klos

ACTION/ADVENTURE – TOTAL # ENTRIES: 38
Ageless – Jill Miller
Christmas Present - Michael Faunce-Brown
Droppin’ In - Elizabeth Pfeiffer
Midnight Child - Paul Byrne
Military Affairs - Elizabeth Pfeiffer
Nature of the Beast – Eric Sentell
Nephilim: The Awakening - Henry Yarghn
Silvertow – Denice Lewis
The Banner - Ernestina Juarez
TX - Martin Alexander Korda

WILD CARD CATEGORY – TOTAL # ENTRIES: 66
A Task of Draculian Proportions - Dave Vaughan
Call Me Mae - Paula J. Randall
Catchers – Eric Sentell
First Night Out - Shell Dannelley
Hat Trick - Robert Gately
Hocus Pocus – In the Land of Baloney - Rana Aich
Kheng Kheng Crocodile – Donna Lisa
Light Flight – Denice Lewis
Mach Tortoise – Fred Dolan
Mega Tooth – Jerry Duarte
Mitts – Peter Fraser
Montecito - Kenn Bartlett & Dylan Conroy
Square Shaped World - Santa Sierra
The Forest for the Trees - Kathryn U. Hulings
When Broken Glass Floats - Chanrithy Him

GRAND PRIZE ($2,000 value)
Sheraton Universal Studios – Hollywood Pitch Fest
2-day pass, plus 2-night hotel stay in Los Angeles
Pitch coaching from Extreme Screenwriting
1-year free standard reviews (1 per month) from Extreme Screenwriting
Entry fee refunded!!!
Advertised in Special “WINNERS” Extreme Screenwriting Newsletter
Letter of “recommendation” from Extreme Screenwriting

CATEGORY WINNERS ($650 value)
Three free Expedited Reviews from Extreme Screenwriting
Three free pitch coaching sessions from Extreme Screenwriting
Advertised in Special “WINNERS” Extreme Screenwriting Newsletter
Letter of “recommendation” from Extreme Screenwriting
Entry fee refunded!!!

2005 Contest Results