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Wisconsin Screenwriters Forum 2000-01 Contest Winners To contact any of the writers below about their projects, please email Ted Babcock, contest0405@wiscreenwritersforum.org Features Division First Place: Steven Lee Crozier Vacation on Earth (Sci-Fi/Comedy) A hapless standup comic makes a deal to rent his body out to a visiting alien who has no intention of returning it. The comic has 72 hours to cross the universe and reclaim his body.
53 Hours in Harper's Ferry (Mystery) Hannah Davenport is having a "good news/bad news" day, finding out the stranger moving into town might be the father she never knew, but also might be a raving killer.
Sitting Rock (Family/Coming of Age) A young boy bucks family tradition by deciding not to swim in an annual race. His off-beat family, some local bullies, and a very large fish, however, have other plans. Other Top Ten Finishers First Kiss, by Laura Brennan (Romantic Comedy) A tabloid thrusts a waitress into the limelight, claiming that she's the inspiration for a hit love song. Everyone believes she's the woman of the songwriter's dreams. She's not. Thirty, by Kerry Hansen (Romantic Comedy) Virginia Martini always thought she'd be married by the time she was thirty, but when she finally meets the right guy, she realizes she's more afraid of being married than being single. Beatrice, by Arthur Melville Pearson (Adult Drama) A woman's confidence in her life-choices is shaken when her former lover publishes a best-selling novel about her earlier love life. Crooked Hearts, by Ellyn Shull (Drama) In 1948, post-WWII Miami, a little girl and a jewelry thief form a friendship endangering her life and changing his forever. P.O.P., by Raymond F. Givler (Sci-Fi/Comedy) An over-committing executive buys a robot to help him with fatherhood, but his plan backfires when he accidentally grants his son unrestricted control. La La Land, by David M. Roberts (Comedy Drama) A UCLA graduate gets a gig at a recording studio in a quiet Arizona town. He gets caught up in a suspected drug ring, a failed jackalope breeding operation, and a mix-up with Elvis. Spirits Along the Wolf, by Jerome V. Schuelke (Action/Adventure) A party of five trek deep into Indian territory to look for a lost plane. They find a group of suspicious Native Americans and a psychotic bomber from the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list.
Television Division TV Celebrity Judge: Peter Bonerz Malcolm in the Middle, "Waiting Rooom to Hell," by Amy Meredith Lois is agitated by a trip to the DMV. This causes her to lash out at the rest of the family. The boys are then forced to sell candy bars for Dewey's tee-ball league. This brings them to battle with a Girl Scout. Law and Order, "Refugee," by Patty Holland Parsi Detectives Briscoe and Green find two dead bodies washed up on the Hudson shoreline. An investigation leads them to a corrupt cop and a Cuban smuggling ring, resulting in a brother and sister being indicted on a murder charge. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Friends & Enemies," by Steven Piskula Buffy is forced to examine the importance of friendship and trust when Twin Demons transport the people of Sunnydale into an ancient painting. After being overtaken, Buffy must reunite with her friends inside the work of art and fight the demons long enough to create a spell that returns everything to normal. Will and Grace, "Whose Kitty Is It, Anyway?" by John Henry Coridan Grace finds a stray cat. Her apartment building has a pet moratorium. Will, Grace, and Jack compete for ownership. Friendship diminishes as attachment escalates. Grace steps forward when the satanic co-op director finds the feline. |
