2008 Expo Screenplay Competition Winners

$20,000 Grand Prize Winner
"Cardenio" by Rene Andre

$2,500 Genre Prize Winners

Horror/Thriller
"Beast Blake" by McCallister

Fantasy
"The Ugly Princess" by Henderson Smith

Family/Animation
"The North Puddle" by Rick Fonte and Don Zolidis

Low Budget Indie
"Prima" by Maria Badin

4 Genre Prize Runnersup ($250 Each):

Drama/Comedy
"Hopefully Lost" by Yvonne Borgogni

Thriller
"Severed: The Cleveland Torso Murders" by Daniel DeJarnette

Comedy
"The Real Thing" by Beth and Gary Hoover

Action-Adventure
"Switchback" by William Schreiber

Top 10

"Hopefully Lost" by Yvonne Borgogni
"He Said, She Said" by Dennis Luu
"Ladies and Gentlemen, John Wilkes Booth" by Dan Barton
"Man of Clay" by Khurram Mozaffar
"Severed: The Cleveland Torso Murders" by Daniel DeJarnette
"Switchback" by William Schreiber
"The Good Samaritan" by Bill Flannigan
"The Life and Death of Dr. Fritz Gerlich" by Paul Clingan.
"The Real Thing" by Beth and Gary Hoover
"The Renter" by Stephen C. Sherman

Top 20

"4X" by Brian King
"Kiss & Make-Up" by Stacy Baker
"Hopefully Lost" by Yvonne Borgogni
"He Said, She Said" by Dennis Luu
"Ladies And Gentlemen, John Wilkes Booth" by Dan Barton
"Man of Clay" by Khurram Mozaffar
"Severed: The Cleveland Torso Murders" by Daniel DeJarnette
"Switchback" by William Schreiber
"The Good Samaritan" by Bill Flannigan
"The Life and Death of Dr. Fritz Gerlich" by Paul Clingan.
"The Real Thing" by Beth and Gary Hoover
"The Renter" by Stephen C. Sherman
"Buckle Down" by Rayna Gangi
"Mistress of the Sea" by Rebecca Howland
"Mith" by Apollo Villa Real and Larry Ridlen
"The Erdos Murder Case" by George Varotsis
"Slot King" by Diane Yslas
"Splintered Porch" by Dennis Douda
"Subterfuge" by Paula Brancato and James Fischer
"Vamparadise" by Robyn Jackson

Television Winners

"Mad Men" "Vostok" episode by Michael Patrick Sullivan
"Grey's Anatomy" "Life's a Circus" episode by Tom Brady

Television Semifinalists

"Grey's Anatomy: Life's A Circus" by Tom Brady
"Friday Night Lights: Homecoming" by Hollie Overton
"House: Redemption" by Elfi Martinez
"Mad Men: Vostok" by Michael Patrick Sullivan
"It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: The Gang Makes Gay Porn" by Ethan Matthew Smith
"It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: The Gang likes it Rough" by Jeffery Ryan Jones
"Pushing Daisies: Emotional Rollercoster" by Adam Conroy
"Pushing Daisies: Rumpology" by Steve Daniels

Short Semifinalists

The Duke City Shootout has not selected its winner yet. Under the rules of its prize, Duke City has the right to choose an entrant from all scripts entered, not only those on this page.  We will post the winner as soon as we have it.

"A Magician Never Reveals His Secrets" by Brad Kane
"Admission Season" by Ian Barkley and Alan Barkley
"Blind Faith" by Timothy D. Cairo
"Dave is Down" by Alan Barkley
"Fatima" by Greta Ghacibeh
"Thanks Anyway" by Mika Collins
"Sharp For Life" by Candee Kramer
"Working Girl" by Scott Cutts

Kersey Management Prize
Kersey Management has not selected its winner yet. Under the rules of its prize, Kersey has the right to choose an entrant from all scripts entered, not only those on this page.  We will post the winner as soon as we have it.

Special Prizes

Writers Boot Camp Award
"He Said, She Said" by Dennis Luu
"Hopefully Lost" by Yvonne Borgogni

Gotham Writers Award
"The Cannery" by Sharon Wlaysewski

Coverage Ink
"Switchback" by William Schreiber

Million Dollar Screenwriting Award
William Flannigan

PitchQ Awards (4 awards)

PitchQ Grand Prize Winner
"Prima" by Maria Badin

PitchQ Genre Prize
"Cardenio" by Rene Andre

PitchQ Genre Prize
"Man of Clay" by Khurram Mozaffar

PitchQ Genre Prize
"Ladies and Gentlemen: John Wikes Booth" by Dan Barton

Semifinalists

"4X" by Brian King
"American Klepto" by Nathan Marshall
"Blood Money" by Michael J. Eging
"Buckle Down" by Rayna Gangi
"Child in the Dark" by Damian Lahey and Ian Ogden
"Canary" by Evan Petty
"Dead Man's Gulch" by Rob Rex and Michael Stephan
"Darkness, Darkness" by Dane Edward McCauley
"Devil's Lure" by Marjory Kaptanoglu
"Dickie Chicken" by Pete Petersen
"Don't Dance, Just Sparkle"  by Gavin Cruickshank
"Eurabia" by Joe Flood
"Gods of Mars" by Joel Dorland
"He Said, She Said" by Dennis N. Luu
"Hopefully Lost" by Yvonne Borgogni
"Irredeemable" by Brian M. King
"Karma Girl" by Samisha La Meyer
"King's Heart" by Svilen Kamburov
"Kiss and Makeup" by Stacy Baker
"Ladies and Gentlemen, John Wilkes Booth" by Dan Barton
"Man of Clay" by Khurram Mozaffar
"Mistress of the Sea" by Rebecca Howland
"Mith" by Apollo Villa-Real and Larry Ridlen
"Praetorian Guard" by Richard Nguyen" by Marshall
"Severed: The Cleveland Torso Murders" by Daniel DeJarnette
"Sick Love" by Gavin Carlton
"Slot King" by Diane Yslas
"Splintered Porch" by Dennis Douda
"Subterfuge" by Paula Brancato and James Fischer
"Switchback" by William Schreiber
"The Erdos Murder Case" by George Varotsis
"The Love Agency" by Sam Strachman
"The Ugly Princess" by Henderson Smith
"The Good Samaritan" by Bill Flannigan
"The Real Thing" by Beth and Gary Hoover
"The Renter" by Stephen C Sherman
"The Life and Death of Dr. Fritz Gerlich" by Paul Clingan.
"The North Puddle" by Rick Fonte and Don Zolidis
"Upon the Rock" by Timothy S. Mangan
"Vamparadise" by Robyn Jackson

Quarterfinalists-Revised List*

* Due to a web programming error, a number of scripts from the two prior contests was placed into the online contest folder with scripts submitted to the 2008 contest.  Before this error was noticed, these scripts were inadvertently assigned to and read by our judges, and several of them were judged to merit quarterfinal or better status.  We initially issued a list of quarterfinalists which inadvertently included these several highly-rated scripts from prior Expo contests before that error was noticed.  This new list corrects that error.  Scripts that were not entered into the 2008 contest have been removed from the official quarterfinal list immediately below.  Some additional scripts from the 2008 contest have been added to this quarterfinalist list.

However, the scripts removed from this list were deemed to indeed merit quarterfinal status.  Therefore, we have posted them in a separate list at the bottom of this page.  They were rated by judges to be of at least equal quality to the quarterfinalists, and should be regarded as having equal merit.  We apologize for the mistake, and for any embarrassment caused to their writers.

"4X" by Brian M. King
"A Change is Gonna Come" by Kati Crowley
"A Future so Bright" by Russell Lauron
"A Night with Romain" by Joe Berglove and Dennis Douda
"A Loose End" by Lina Shanklin and Richard A. Natale
"A Magician Never Reveals" by Brad Kane
"A Street in Rome" by J.M Harrison
"Abandoned Americans" by Mario Passera
"Abra- Ca-Diaper" by Kem Welch
"Admission Season" by Iain and Alan Barkley
"Alien Skin" by Matt Lutz
"Amazing Gracie" by Pat C. Ames
"American Klepto" by Nathan Marshall
"An Arabian Tale" by Griffin Broadway
"Anemia" by Grant T. Olsen
"Anew" by Nathan Davis
"Another Life" by Peter Michael Rosenberg
"A Payback is a Bitch" by Jacq Lesko
"Armada" by David Flores
"Atom Bravo" by Rob Rex
"Across the Sounds" by Charlotte Winters
"Away Games" by Michael Cheung
"Bar Flies" by Alan Barkley
"Beast" by Blake McCallister
"Belle Krisper" by Julie Kirk
"Blind Faith" by Timothy D. Cairo
"Blood Money" by Michael J. Eging
"Blue Hair" by Andrew Hosak
"Born and Raised" by Nick Loritsch
"Boy Apocalypse" by Eric Obame
"Brick and Mortar" by Neal Tayler
"Buckle Down" by Rayna Gangi
"Canary" by Evan Petty
"Cardenio" by Rene Andre
"Cautery" by Carie Gross
"Chained to the Devil" by Melanie Faulknor
"Chasing 4m" by Claudine Huffman
"Child in the Dark" by Damian Lahey and Ian Ogden
"Chuck and Hodges" by David Ball
"Church Island" by Eoin J. O'Connor
"Controlled" by Craig Cambria
"Cry of the War Cub" by Edgar Gyerra
"Cul-De-Sac" by Galen Young
"Dancing in the Streets" by James Huston
"Dangergirls" by Kathryn Machi
"Dave Is Down" by Alan Barkley
"Dead Stop" by John Stancari
"Dead Man's Gulch" by Rob Rex and Michael Stephen
"Demophoba Eighth" by Eric Steele
"Devils Lure" by Marjory Kaptanoglu
"Diesel" by Red Jeffery
"Distance" by Michael Kidder
"Don't Dance, Just Sparkle"  by Gavin Cruickshank
"Down Under" by Per Muhlow
"Dwight in Shining Amour" by Johnathan Tipton Meyers and Harry Kakatsakis
"Eclipse" by Ron Brassfield
"Every Dog has His Day" by Dov Engelberg
"Eurabia" by Joe Flood
"Excelsior" by Peter Upson
"Escape Under the Hammer and Sickle" by Sule Wali
"Faking It" by Jenna Milly and Ann Maire Allison
"Fallen Angel" by Dan Parkhurst
"Fatman" by Travis Richardson
"Fatima" by Greta Ghacibeh
"Final Fall" by Charlie Hinojosa and Benjamin Brookshire
"Final Status" by Timothy Jay Smith
"Fleeced" by Brea Plum
"Focus on the Negative" by Albert Koleba
"Feminie Proctection" by Emily Duff
"Free Lance Magnum" by Jage Halperin
"Full time Ninjas" by Jeremy Corray and Adam Hackbarth
"Galapagos" by Marie L. Merillat
"Getting to First" by Rick Fonte
"Go Ahead and Jump" by Keenan M. Murray
"Goin South" by David W Cooper
"Gods of Mars" by Joel Dorland
"Gossip" by Enzo Mileti and Robbie McKay
"Grabbers" by Kevin Lehane
"Gus and Chole" by Greg Gibson
"Hard Promises" by Ken Lewin
"Haven" by Thomas Scott Nowlin and John Christian Thursby
"He Said. She Said" by Dennis N Luu
"Heavens Mandate" by Boris Layupan
"Her Swastika Sword" by Chrisptoher Canole
"Hero Figure" by Josh Rimes
"Home Runnings" by Kate Karyus Quinn
"Home Fear" by Vincent Szopa
"Hopefully Lost" by Yvonne Borgogni
"Hunter Bounty" by Matthew Allen
"Huzzah" by Brian Newlin
"Influence" by Dov Engelberg
"Inspirational Movie" by Brian Henry
"Irredeemable" by Brian M King
"It Came from LA" by Chee L Ho
"Jingoist" by Alejandro Cruz
"Kane, Caine, Cane" by Evan Wright Menzel
"Karma Girl" by Samisha La Meyer
"Kindered" by Angie Riemersma and Jason Vaughn
"Kiss and Make-Up" by Stacy Baker
"Knights of Catalonia: Sisterhood of the Sword" by Shannon Arrant
"Kung Fu Principal" by Joseph P Camstock
"Ladies and Gentlemen, John Wilkes Booth" by Dan Barton
"Layla" by Walker Mcknight
"Leviathan" by Michael Lea
"Life Death and the Other Guy" by Gillian Elisabeth White
"Lookalike" by David Orr and Robert Arnett Pierosh
"Lovestruck" by Kurt Gartman and Anthony Sands
"Lucifers Bounty" by R.D Wright
"Luna" by Travis Opgenorth and John Fitzpatrick
"Machine League" by Dongmin Cha
"Majik" by Simon Herbert
"Majik Rat the Movie" by B. Kal-El and Jon Bogdanove
"Man of Clay" by Kurram Mozaffar
"Me, My Dishwasher and Me" by Zachary M. Thielen
"Meant to Be" by Mark Warren
"Merlin's Apprentice" by Kevin Walsh and Jason Ginsburg
"Mile Marker 47" by Matthew O'Brien
"Mistress of the Sea" by Rebecca Howland
"Mith" by Apollo Villa-Real and Larry Ridlen
"Miraculum" by Jason Knight
"Mr. Christmas" by Paula C. Brancato
"Muralist" by Jeff Becker and Max Joseph
"My Mood Report" by Tim Munson
"Off the Beaten Path" by Kevin Doree
"Orbitas" by Nick and Gus Franceschi
"Orpheus Live" by Tim Munson
"Osiris Vendetta" by Scott Parisien
"On the Ropes" by Steven Wilburn
"Out of Time" by Gene Pearson
"Paper Hero" by Michael Valente
"Pop Karma" by Carl Llabres
"Praetorian Guard" by Richard Nguyen" by Marshall
"Prep School" by Damon Chua
"Prima" by Maria Badin
"Prometheus Unbound" by David W Cooper
"Prose and Cons" by Phil Ferriere
"Prose and Cons" by William Blake
"Psych High School Reunion" by Becca Smith
"QB Geek" by David Isaac
"Ready Set Fly" by Rebecca Lee Williams
"Red Card Final" by P.R Montgomery
"Relative Denial" by William L. Simon
"Reset" by Brain Spatola
"Ribenau" by Jimmy Mukofu
"Renovatio" by Jason Landers
"Romantic Illusions" by Nancy Noever
"Savage Week-End" by Jeremy Padow, Patrick Crawford, and Tom Crawford
"Saying Hello to the Devil" by Robert Williams
"Secret Santa" by Pete Cafaro
"Sela's Sight" by Ryan Wordell
"Serena's Thunder" by Jean Hunter
"Severed: The Cleveland Torso Murders" by Daniel DeJarnette
"Sex Monsoon" by Anna Maganini
"Shadow into the Light" by Wei Zhang
"Sharp for Life" by Candee Kramer
"Sick Love" by Gavin Carlton
"Silent Killer" by Phil Ferriere
"In a Single Bound" by R. Callaway and Brian Hackett
"Slot King" by Diane Yslas
"SlugBug" by Brea Plum
"Sober Living" by Heather Regnier
"Sorority Kings" by Scott Frickas and Brian Jones
"Splintered Porch" by Dennis Douda
"Spirt of Mischief" by James K. Shea
"Standing in the Current" by Karl Bauer
"Strange Things" by Regan Keeter and April Scruggs
"Subterfuge" by Paula Brancato and James Fischer
"Switchback" by William Schreiber
"Taking Jason Home" by Robert Keith Watson
"Teen Spirit" by Soraya Roberts and Terri Vlassopoulos
"Texas Vampire Cheerleader" by Ann Maire Wilson
"The Boat" by David R. Galler
"The Erdos Murder Case" by George Varotsis
"The First Day" by B.M Smith
"The Good Samaritan" by Bill Flannigan
"The Hospital" by Jess DiGiacinto
"The Impossible Mr. Snilderholden" by Jennifer Thomas
"The Judges" by Kevin Miller
"The Last Days of Twlight" by Kingston Medland
"The Life and Death of Dr. Fritz Gerlich" by Paul Clingan
"The List" by Arivind Abraham
"The Lost Dutchmen's Goldmine" by Larry Sheffield
"The Love Agency" by Sam Strachman
"The Outlaws" by Alan T. Wiliamson
"The Price of Vengeance" by Patrick Hoeft
"The Ra Complex" by Ryan Kent Moseley
"The Real Thing" by Beth and Gary Hoover
"The Red Road Home" by Yang Hu
"The Renter" by Stephen C. Sherman
"The Rise of Fred Amazing" by Scott Cunningham
"The Target" by Beth and Gary Hoover
"Trillion Dollar Man" by Randall Hopkins
"The Woman in the Black Coat" by Amy Johnson
"The Yellow Balloon" by Carrie Lee
"The North Puddle" by Rick Fonte and Don Zolidis
"The Bottle Tree" by David Yoon
"The Reflection" by Winston Hankins Huff
"They Call him Larry" by Katerina Slantcheva
"Things I Saw Before I went Blind" by Ehud Lavaski
"Thunder" by James Riseboroug
"Three Rivers" by Brian Loschiavo and Josh Macuga
"To Catch A Keeper" by Mary Huckstep
"Track Zero" by Richard Nuygen-Marshall
"Turning Annie" by Bruce Stirling
"Two Months Pay" by Steven D'Arcangelo
"Unlisted" by Stephen Gill
"Undeliverable" by Jeffery R. Field
"Unhallowed" by Robyn Jackson
"Upgrade" by Louis Rosenberg
"Upon this Rock" by Timothy S. Mangan
"Vampardise" by Robyn Jackson
"Waking Up" by Amanda Hunsucker
"White Elephant" by Susan A. Peters
"Working Girl" by Scott Cutts
"WWII by K" by Mark E MacCann
"X by Ray and Sneak" by John and Tiffany Plunkett

Television Quarterfinalists

"30 Rock: ExSNecutive Decisions" by Luke Kalteux
"30 Rock: Cut and Run" by Enzo Eduardo Mileti
"30 Rock: Wishmaker" by Patrick Bowman
"Californication: Smoking in Bed" by Paul Clingan
"CSI: New York: Shock Value" by Luke Kalteux
"Dexter: Dexter's Code" by William D Wolf
"Dexter: Setting Sun" by Michael Patrick Sullivan
"Dirty Sex Money: Foxhunt:" by Craig Berger
"Family Guy: Suri by Any Other Name" by Andy Lee
"Family Guy: www.lonelylois.com" by Nir Paniry
"Friday Night Lights: Battle of the Sexes" by Tony Cammarata
"Friday Night Lights: Homecoming" by Hollie Overton
"Grey's Anatomy: Life's a Circus" by Tom Brady
"Grey's Anatomy: Make Me Believe" by Summer Allen
"House: Mulligan Kim Shumway
"House: Saving All My Love For You" by Ted Park
"House: I Put A Spell On You" by Cory Parker
"House: Redemption" by Elfi Martinez
"House: Darkly Dreaming" by G. Trent Cruz
"House Guests" by Roderick Chapman
"House: Twin Study" by Fredrick Kim
"How I  Met Your Mother"  by  Jenna Ryan
"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang Vomits on Paper and Calls it Art" by Todd Linden
"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang Makes Gay Porn" by Ethan Matthew Smith
"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang likes it Rough" by Jeffery Ryan Jones
"Mad Men: Sleeping Dogs" by Jeremiah Hahn
"Mad Men: Vostok" by Michael Patrick Sullivan
"Medium: Friends Like That" by Caroline Cooney
"My Name Is Earl: Stole a Cooler" by Amanda Nelis
"Numbers: Possible/Probable" by Jennifer Garcia
"Pushing Daisies: I Shadow" by Darianne Galden and Sandy Stone
"Pushing Daisies: Emotional Rollercoster" by Adam Conroy
"Pushing Dasies: Rumpology" by Steve Daniels
"Smallville: Flight" by Philip Naiman
"The Office: Animal Farm" by Jason Fischerand Mike Spohr
"The Office: Troop Scranton" by William Hernandez Valle
"The Office: The Masseuse" by Jason Chang
"The Office: Youth In Asia" by Joshua Vincent Gilbert
"The Office: The New Temp" by Michael Lea
"The Office: The Audit" by Jeremiah Hahn
"Two and A Half Men: Oh That's Alan, Our Dog" by Adam Conroy
"Two and a Half Men: A Mother I'd like to Find" by Andy Lee

Judged To Merit Quarterfinal Status But Removed From Quarterfinal List Due To Our Error*

Please see the note above.   These scripts from two prior Expo Screenplay Competitions were inadvertently read and rated by our judges as meriting at least quarterfinal status.  They have been removed from the list above because they were not entered into this year's contest, as explained above.  They are listed here because judges found them to merit quarterfinal status.   
 
"All the Houses Look the Same" by James Henschen
"Ana's Playground" by Eric D. Howell
"Anthem" by Don Wells and Sean Mick
"Acrana" by Javier Rodriguez
"Cauldron" by Dana Conrad Haynes
"Copper" by Jim Clayton
"Corporate Warrior" by JJ and TP Grady
"Dawn Engagement" by Tim Munson
"Deep Focus" by Hal Taylor
"Doylestown" by Joe Nienalt
"F.A.C.E" by Karla Karanza
"Hannibal" by Jack Davidson
"Heavens Mandate" by Boris
"Julian Trench" by James Roman and Chris Donaldson
"Memphis Nights" by Jennifer Brasher
"Million Dollar Bullet" by Johnathan Hawtrey Clark
"North End" by Robert E Sperlinga
"Obsessor" by Lee A Mathis
"One Nation Under" by Eugene Langlais III and Paul Langlais
"Phobic" by Bryce Clark
"Retribution" by Clay Wold
"Riders of the Storm" by Clay Wold
"Savannah Hollows" by Colin Preston
"School" by Tim Munson
"Sherlock and Jack" by Jeff Wolverton
"The Auction" by Yvonne Borgogni
"The Gift" by Len and Lippman
"The English Veil" by Edward Allen Harris
"The Lost 's Goldmine" by Larry Sheffield
"The Spartan" by D. J. Williams
"'Twas the Night Before the Night before Christmas" by Lee Tidball and Robert G.Vincent
"Tuesday's Dead" by Daniel Koenig
"When Losers Win" by Nathan Ross
"Within the Snow" by Kit Connors
"Zanzibar" by Scott and Paula Merrow