We are delighted to announce the quarter-finalists for our Summer 2016 Screenwriting Competition. Since that late surge of entries and the unfortunate hacking of our website, we had a lot of scripts to get through – and it’s been an enjoyable task reading through every one submitted – so thank you to everyone who entered the contest. We will announce Semi-finalists, winner and runners-up in the next few weeks.
We decided against many competent works for a variety of reasons – and our Director of World Wide Development has written a special article for you about What Your Scripts Have Been Telling Us over this period (CLICK HERE to read it). Some were not suited for the cinematic medium. Others were conceptually flawed, in that they either delivered last year’s movie or an idea that was just not feasible. There is nothing sadder than a brilliantly executed “bad idea”, (well, unless it’s a badly executed good idea). But in all honesty, the shelves of most Hollywood pros are lined with these. We hope that those who did not make the quarter-final will stay in touch with us: very few writers secure an industry commission with their first few screenplays. We have enjoyed our myriad of email exchanges and are working hard at making this site more relevant to your careers. Don’t forget that many of our writers got their careers going by using our consulting service: CLICK HERE
If you’ve sent us a revised version of a previous script but it’s still not gained the result you were hoping for, we recommend that you consider getting a consultancy on it from us. That way you can find out what we currently feel is holding your script back. CLICK HERE to view all your options for Script Consultancies!
So, without further ado, here are the WriteMovies Summer 2016 International Screenwriting Competition Quarter-Finalists:
QUARTER-FINALISTS | ||||
Gareth K. Bennett, BANG, BABY, BANG | James Bingham, THE DAWN OF EVE | Judi Blaze, SQUID JIGGERS | Christian Bourgeois, LA VENGEANCE DU COBRA | Bob Canning, BLESSÉ (WOUNDED) |
Alvin Chua, EMILY’S HOUR | Evan Cooper, BALLERINA GIRL | Phyllis Campbell Corley, A STAR REBORN | Christine de Chauvelin, RENCONTRE AVEC TUPAC | Edith Devillet, LOVERBOYS |
Blair Donahue, CRYPTOMERIA | R.F. Ehrenreich, THE STONE ADDENDUM | Anthony Etherington, SOME OTHER EDEN | Avant Hall, HOME | Susan Hippen, PERSUASION – “PILOT” |
Warren R. Hull, USNR 22 | Warren R. Hull, VALLEY OF SPIRITS | Todd Langley, BEVEL DOWN (Novel) | Christophe Lourenço, MYSPACE LOVE – UN SENS A TA VIE! | Dan McSherry, GHOSTHUNTER |
Timothy Melkus, THE LEGEND OF CUPID AND PSYCHE | Hamilton Mitchell, STEP-MILF | Graham Parke, BLIND SPOT | Graham Parke, PANDORIUM | Parthena Pavlidou, IN DER STILLE DER NACHT |
Clint Pearson, SHINE YOUR EYES | Joel Prost, LES MESAVENTURES DE NENESSE | Maroun Rached, THE SEDUCTION SEMINAR | Mike Reid, THE PRESIDENTIAL SEAL | Michael Rhodes, THE REVOLT OF THE WHALES |
Jeffrey Allen Russell & Lynda Lemberg, THE EXPERIMENT | Sean Ryan, REBOOTED | Math Saliva, THE SANDBOX | David Schutt, PEEP | Timothy Jay Smith, NORTH 40 |
Sharon L. Turner, HENRY DROPS IN – “PILOT” | Jeffrey van Davis, THE HOTEL ROOM | Tessa Wenslany, OLD | Henrik Wilenius, CATCH YOU IF YOU FALL | Tory Williams, RINGMASTER |
Eike Wonsak, EIN ZWILLING | Stephen Woodward, THE FLYER |