Contest #4 Winners.
Contest #3 Winners.
Contest #2 Winners.
Contest #1 Winners.
Contest #4 Winners!!!
While this competition brought a smaller than usual number of entries, we are excited to note that the Feature-Length talent was still in abundance. Unfortunately, due to the limited number of Short Screenplay entries, we were forced to limit our Winner selection and only offer a First and Second prize. We certainly hope to receive a larger number of future entries in the Shorts category and encourage all of our entrants to submit again. All entrants will receive copies of the judges comments by June. (If you have a change of address since mailing in your entry, please send a new SASE.)
Winners and Finalists are asked to send a script synopsis and bio ASAP to contest@practicalparadox.com. We often receive inquiries from agents and
production companies looking for new material and we would love to include you in our promotional list. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Practical Paradox is pleased to commend all of our Winners below. Congratulations to all of our Finalists and thanks to each of our entrants!
WINNERS - Feature Length Category
1st Place: Strangers on a Ledge - Susan Sarcia - Everett, MA / Mark Morris - Quincy, MA
2nd Place: A Life Well Lived - George Pappy, Jr. - Redondo Beach, CA
3rd Place: Phoenix – Matthew Obst - Seattle, WA
WINNERS - Shorts Category
1st Place: Paper Angels - Charles Hall - Toronto, Ontario
2nd Place: The Elevator - Fulton McSwain, Jr. - Clemmons, NC
FINALISTS
- A Life Well Lived – George Pappy, Jr. - Redondo Beach, CA
- Call Me If You’re Dead – Brian Belefant - Santa Monica, CA
- The Elevator – Fulton McSwain, Jr. - Clemmons, NC
- Fast Awake – Alex Williams - Mountain View, CA
- McCory Blood – Gary Williams - New York, NY
- Not In This Lifetime – Ellen Tarlin - Brooklyn, NY
- Paper Angels – Charles Hall - Toronto, Ontario
- Phoenix – Matthew Obst - Seattle, WA
- Sojourner’s Return – Derek Cordier - Hollywood, CA
- Stone Soup – Craig Minor - Bristol, CT
- Strangers on a Ledge – Susan Sarcia - Everett, MA / Mark Morris - Quincy, MA
- Valentine’s 1984 – Javier Villela - Las Vegas, NV
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Contest #3 Winners!!!
Our third competition received our largest group of scripts ever in the history of the Practical Paradox: 94 total entries! After narrowing those scripts to 23 Finalists (5 Shorts and 18 Features), our judges had the even tougher task of finding the top three in each category. We are thrilled to honor our winners below and once again want to applaud all of our finalists and recognize the efforts of each of our 94 entrants!
We are still waiting for a synopsis and bio from some of our Finalists (and now Winners). If you have yet to do so, please email those items ASAP to contest@practicalparadox.com. Congratulations again! We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Practical Paradox celebrates our top three winners in our Feature-Length and Shorts Categories...
WINNERS - Feature Length Category
1st Place: Blood Money - Sam Nagler - Concord, MA
2nd Place: Desert One - George Pappy - Redondo Beach, CA
3rd Place: Palmer - Doug Davidson - Baldwin, NY
WINNERS - Shorts Category
1st Place: Decoy - Judy Klass - Brooklyn, NY
2nd Place: Broken Wings - Joe Jenkins - Hereford, United Kingdom
3rd Place: BLUE! - rhoderyc charles montgomery - Los Angeles, CA
FINALISTS
- A Class Act - Constance Kopriva - San Francisco, CA
- A Life Worth Remembering - Robin Butler - Newark, OH
- Blood Money - Sam Nagler - Concord, MA
- BLUE! - rhoderyc charles montgomery - Los Angeles, CA
- Broken Wings - Joe Jenkins - Hereford, United Kingdom
- Cathy Cola - Nick Jenkins - San Ramon, CA
- Containment - Brad Campbell - Fairview, NC
- Decoy - Judy Klass - Brooklyn, NY
- Desert One - George Pappy - Redondo Beach, CA
- Frankenstein's Notebook - Michael Kuciak - Los Angeles, CA
- The Last American Pawnbroker - Steve Dock - Chicago, IL
- Loose Connections - Lou Wollin - Briarcliff, NY
- Lucky Seven - Kenneth Colerick - Columbia, MD
- Mr. Luke - Kenneth Colerick - Columbia, MD
- Mrs. Claus Rebels - Constance Kopriva - San Francisco, CA
- The Next Bestseller - Aaron Reid - Boston, MA
- Palmer - Doug Davidson - Baldwin, NY
- The Quicksand Box - Michele Nieves - Elmont, NY
- Reset - Andrew Hunt - Minneapolis, MN
- Uncommon Denominator - David Termuhlen - Kettering, OH
- Undercover Liaisons - Evelyn Gianopolus - San Jose, CA
- When Sparrows Fall - Sheila Forsyth - Ontario, Canada
- Winter Passage - Paul Cote - Washington, D.C.
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Contest #2 Winners!!!
Practical Paradox is excited to announce the winners of our second Screenplay Competition! We applaud all of our entrants, recognizing the commitment and courage one must possess to not only complete a script but to send it to strangers for critique. By providing complimentary copies of the judges' comments to all of our writers at the end of each competition, we hope to encourage the continued growth of each writer's talent. We sincerely thank all of our entrants for allowing us to participate in their journey!
This competition received a total of 76 entries and as with our first competition, choosing the top 3 scripts in each category (Feature-Length and Shorts) was a difficult task. The genres and styles of the Finalists scripts varied broadly and each reader seemed to have a different top choice! We respectfully recognize the awesome achievement of each of the writers listed and are especially pleased to highlight our top three winners below. Congratulations!
WINNERS - Feature Length Category
1st Place: Mad Zucchini - Paul Thompson - San Jose, CA
2nd Place: Chick, Sallie, Mo & Angie - Tim Camponeschi - Ellicott City, MD
3rd Place: Neddie and Hess - Lori King - Greensboro, NC
WINNERS - Shorts Category
1st Place: Dearborne - Richard Abercrombie - Los Angeles, CA
2nd Place: The Deer - Michael Raymond - Seattle, WA
3rd Place: Freeway - Lloyd Leifer - Redondo Beach, CA
FINALISTS
- The Amaranth - Suzanne Wrubel - Pacific Palisades, CA
- Bakers Dozen - Donald BonAsia - West Hollywood, CA
- Better Off Dead - Erica Clethen - San Francisco, CA
- Chick, Sallie, Mo & Angie - Tim Camponeschi - Ellicott City, MD
- The Crossing - Jordan Buck - Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
- Cupless - Paul Freeman - Pacifica, CA
- Dearborne - Richard Abercrombie - Los Angeles, CA
- The Deer - Michael Raymond - Seattle, WA
- Femme Fatalistic - Jody Lustig - New York, NY
- Find Katie Beaumont - Russ Porter - San Mateo, CA
- Freeway - Lloyd Leifer - Redondo Beach, CA
- Get A Life - Hammad Zaidi - Westlake Village, CA
- How To Get To Funky Street - Thomas G. Justino - Woodside, NY
- Mad Zucchini - Paul Thompson - San Jose, CA
- Neddie and Hess - Lori King - Greensboro, NC
- Pieces of the Sky - Patrick Mehaffy - Santa Fe, NM
- The Quick In and Out - Paul Thompson - San Jose, CA
- Roxy the Flying Dog - David Navratil - Winnipeg, Canada
- Screaming My Heart Out - Janyce Lapore - Sewickley, PA
- Sugar Cookies and Ribs - John Michelet - Portland, OR
- Under the Mango Tree - Allen Cody Taube - Key West, FL
- Vampire Story - Shawn Thorgersen - Holbrook, NY
- The Virgins - Dru Vratil - Murphysboro, IL
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Contest #1 Winners!!!
Practical Paradox is thrilled to announce the winners of our first Screenplay Competition! Continuing the work of Bad Kitty Films, we strive to provide a competition which recognizes the accomplishments of all of our entrants. We recognize the challenges of completing a script, and allowing that work to be critiqued by outsiders. We honor those successes by providing copies of the judges' comments to our writers, and hope that our critiques encourage and guide the continued growth of each writer's talent. We thank all of our entrants for allowing us to participate in their journey!
With a large number of wonderful works, choosing the top 3 scripts in each category (Feature-Length and Shorts) proved to be a tough job. Our readers all had personal favorites and the merits of their preferences were obvious. While we would love to provide special accolades for many of the finalists' scripts, we are especially pleased to call specific attention to the winning entries below.
WINNERS - Feature Length Category
1st Place: Tzedakah - Ellum McCurdy-Devin - San Francisco, CA
2nd Place: Looking For Mrs. Santa Claus - Margaret C. Price - Lexington, KY
3rd Place: 40 Things One Would Find In A Kitchen - Doug Davidson - Baldwin, NY
WINNERS - Shorts Category
1st Place: Masterpiece Monday - Glenn Forbes - Toronto, Canada
2nd Place: Actortraz - Bryan Deats - Bozeman, MT
3rd Place: More Coffee - Lauren Noble - Kansas City, MO
FINALISTS
- 40 Things One Would Find In A Kitchen - Doug Davidson - Baldwin, NY
- Actortraz - Bryan Deats - Bozeman, MT
- Another Night In Tunisia - Raymond Chim - Los Angeles, CA
- Antigone Parish - Jacob Bihl- West Linn, OR
- Assumption of Rain - Barbara Marshall - Austin, TX
- Backlash - Toni Serritello - Las Vegas, NV
- Bjorn Again - Zack VanEyck - Murray, UT
- Henry, Rachel and the Revenge of the Living Dead - Gary Phillips - Los Angeles, CA
- Interlude - Paul Freeman - Pacifica, CA
- Journey Back to Hope - Betty Smith - Encinitas, CA
- Looking For Mrs. Santa Claus - Margaret C. Price - Lexington, KY
- Masterpiece Monday - Glenn Forbes - Toronto, Canada
- More Coffee - Lauren Noble - Kansas City, MO
- Professor Balsak, Time Traveling Anthropologist in Love Chills - Jeffrey Lubotta - Toronto, Canada
- Self Portrait - Annie Marter - San Francisco, CA
- Space Surfers - Tamar Glouberman - Montreal, Canada
- The Sword & The Woman Lance - Khalid R. Kawas - Dearborn, MI
- Texas Blue - Eileen Connors - Glendale, CA
- Through the Eyes of the Blind - Jonathan Cohen - Harlingen, TX
- Tzedakah - Ellum McCurdy-Devins - San Francisco, CA
- War - Barbara Marshall - Austin, TX
- Wild Night - Gideon Cross - Santa Monica, CA
Practical Paradox thanks all of our entrants and sincerely congratulates our winners and all of our finalists.
Practical Paradox
2431 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-642-6587
contest@practicalparadox.com
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