James Barrett   Email

FAXING OPHELIA Genre - Thriller "Love is a strong motivator. So is survival." A meddling dot com matchmaker faxes her beautiful best friend's bio to the home of a wealthy new client where the burglars are busy and there's a corpse downstairs. Read a Sample. SWEET LETHAL 16 Genre - Thriller "A best seller was important to him. Too important." Pulitzer Prize winning author needs a guilty verdict in a first-degree murder trial to make his new book a bestseller and rescue his flagging career. Winner of the Writers Network Screenplay Contest Chosen as one of "the next fifty scripts" in the Don & Gee Nicholl Fellowships

CANTOOVA! Genre - Western "He left Mexico to find gold. He found his destiny." Joaquin Murieta leads a ragged army of Mexican refugees against the corrupt California government of the gold rush era. Finalist in the Charleston Worldfest Read a Sample.

CLOUD Genre - Comedy "His life was a lemon. He made lemonade." In 500 B.C., the leader of the Murphy clan insults a Druid sorcerer. For his trouble, the Druid casts a curse on the Murphys for all eternity. Every other generation, the eldest male Murphy child will be saddled with the worst luck on earth...

TO GOD'S EAR Genre - Mystery "The killer hunted adultresses ... What better way to find them?" Detective Cullen Foley tracks a killer who sends adulterous wives in St. Jude's Catholic parish to their eternal reward after they confess their sins. The prime suspect is Father Seamus Foley, Cullen's brother. Don & Gee Nicholl Fellowships Top 10%. Read a Sample.

TRAY COOL: SILENT BUT DEADLY Genre - Comedy "A new kind of spy for a new kind of war." Super-agent Tray Cool battles Yomama Bin Fahkhin and the "Al Killya" terrorist organization. Slick, smart, and with a license to fart. The kind of guy you want on your side; the kind of guy you want downwind. Austin Heart of Film - second round. Read a Sample.

Jenna Glatzer   Email

A GIRL I ALMOST KNEW Genre - Drama When an outgoing young woman's worst fears come true, her mind becomes her worst enemy and she is paralyzed by fear. Unable to leave her home, she reaches out one last time to an anonymous admirer-- but can he make the world safe enough for her before the walls close in for good? An edgy, dark drama with rich characters.

TO HEAVEN WITH YOU! Genre - Comedy When God takes a vacation from Heaven, all Hell breaks loose. Really. Winner of the Ajijic International Film Festival's "Best Screenplay" award Quarter-Finalist in Fade In Magazine Screenplay Competition

SEEING THE LIGHT Genre - Drama based on a true story {Optioned} A young man with Down syndrome fights for the love of a father who wanted to institutionalize him. Winner of People's Picture Show screenwriting competition

LOVE'S FUNNY THAT WAY Genre - Romantic comedy A bombshell illegal immigrant from Cuba hides out in a suburban family's home to escape her allegedly gun-toting ex-boyfriend, who's being chased by his allegedly obsessive mistress. Add a stolen Walt Whitman manuscript, an eight-year-old card shark, and some duct tape, and you have 101 pages of commercially-viable fun.

Hank Isaac   Email

THE STARS DON'T TWINKLE IN OUTER SPACE Genre - Drama Two children dream themselves into a 1930s sci-fi radio serial in order to survive the horrors of a concentration camp. Winner - the British Short Screenplay Competition SHOOTING STAR Genre - Drama A little girl helps her terminally ill father commit suicide then creates a fantasy world to help her survive and ultimately understand the deed. THE DANDELION IS ALSO A FLOWER Genre - Drama The last few days in the career of a child prostitute as she tries to keep her father out of the asylum and herself out of the orphanage. GALAXY Genre - Science Fiction A sci-fi anthology revolving around a high-tech attempt to locate the carrier of the original human soul. 317 Genre - Science Fiction/Drama Sent out into the cosmos from Earth on the eve of the planet's certain destruction, can six children keep from killing each other long enough to repopulate the human race? LUMA Genre - Drama A young dancer discovers there are worse things than going to hell. Project Greenlight Top 250

Betsy Morris   Email

REACTIVE DUTY Genre - Thriller When his teenage grandson vanishes during a scouting trip, retired G.I. Riley MacKay relies on his training --and his old war buddy Murph -- to track the boy and learn the terrible secret behind his disappearance. LAST CALL AT MURRAY'S Genre - Low Budget Comedy A freak blizzard traps a group of misfits in a funky mountain bar on the bar's last night in business. Entire script is set in one location. To 10% Austin Heart of Film Festival STARCROSSED Genre - Family Jamie, a sixteen-year-old high school geek, discovers she has special powers that can save a doomed planet -- as long as she can stay one step ahead of a greedy bounty hunter, the same creep who tried to abduct her 15 years earlier. THE PHRASE THAT PAYS Genre - Comedy A radio intern, trying to give away free money, unwittingly strolls into the kidnapping of an heiress and becomes part of the kidnappers' boneheaded scheme. Austin comedy semi-finalist - one of the top 10 comedy scripts ACCESS DENIED Genre - Drama/thriller Meg McCabe is a normal woman having a normal day at the office until her lunch date is murdered right in front of her. Before long, Meg uncovers some secrets in her friend's life and finds herself next on the killer's dance card. But Meg fights back using high-tech skills, old-fashioned chutzpah, and some outrageous friends--and survives by beating the killers at their own game. Access Denied was an Austin Heart of Film finalist script FLETCHER'S WAKE Genre - Comedy A laugh-out-loud dramedy about three sisters, all flirting with middle-age, who break out of their restrictive lives after they realize they're all too old to die young anyway. Reminiscent of Steel Magnolias or Nobody's Fool, Fletcher's Wake is a feel-good story about redemption and the bonds that connect a family. Fletcher's Wake was Moondance finalist (under the name New Hope) OTHER SCRIPTS BY BETSY MORRIS

Anna Raffael   Email

GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS Genre - Dark comedy When Bunny steals some incriminating photographs, she and her fence, Jules, find themselves on the wrong side of a crooked cop, a dead mobster and Bunny's asinine husband Harold. THE GATHERING Genre - Horror/ghost story The ghost of a child cries in the night - but is she trying to drive Sam and Andrew Whitten away, or warn them?

Mary Schirmer   Email

LOSING BATTLE Genre - Comedy Wally's security job is on the line. His boss says, Lose weight or lose your job. His Mama says, "Have some more ravioli." Top 10 % of the Screen Arts Foundation competition, comedy category Read a Sample. THE SECRET OF LIFE Genre: Romance When rich city newsman Clayton Mirieux has to open a branch office in rugged 1875 Colorado, he learns that the secret of life is more than survival. Top 1/3rd of 1% (41st out of 12,000+) in Writers Digest competition Read a Sample. BLACK IRISH ROSE Genre: Sit-Com Pilot Living in Chicago on the wrong side of the tracks, 14-year-old Rose dreams of becoming the first Black Irish step dance champion. When she finds a teacher and begins to win contests, an Irishman tries to stop her. Read a Sample. THROUGH THIN AIR Genre: Drama The genius yet eccentric Nikola Tesla, the electrical engineer who discovered alternating current, battles financiers and other inventors to complete his experiments. JAMES AVERY Genre: Mystery/drama Detective James Avery, whose wife died of cancer a few months ago, sets off to find a serial killer in a small town 100 years behind the times. While he trains the luscious Melanie Wright, new to the Major Case Squad, he worries about his hormone-driven 14-year-old at home with her grandparents. Read a Sample. OTHER SCRIPTS BY MARY SCHIRMER

Daphne Charette   Email

THE SWORD AND THE ROSE Genre - Action The daughter of an Irish chieftain defies all convention to lead three clans in the battle against the English. Finally she must face Elizabeth herself in a desperate battle for survival. Based on historical record. Winner of WinFemme Screenplay Competition Don & Gee Nicholl Fellowships top 10% Third place Nashville Screenplay Competition Third Place Split-Screenplay Competition Blue Cat semi-finalist FALLEN KINGS AND ANGELS Genre: Comedy Francis, an aging actor with one last shot at an Oscar, must mentor an orphan to restore his tarnished image. Enter Jack- a teenage prodigy with enough cutting edge to get through even Francis' armor. When Jack lands the supporting role in Francis' movie, friendship falls prey to jealousy, betrayal, and the timeless rivalry between youth and age. Scriptapalooza quarter-finalist.

Pete Barnstrom   Email

A.K.A. PELIGRO GIRL Genre - Comedy "Not just another slightly gay, Hispanic superhero coming-of-age story...." When a female superhero walks away from the caped-crusader game, her young sidekick drags her right back in -- by getting them embroiled in their deadliest adventure yet. Top 10% Austin Heart of Film.

80 PROOF Genre - Thriller/drama/mystery "A battered beauty and a tortured insurance dick cook up a vodka-fueled scheme to get the most out of her abusive and filthy rich husband. But when the scheme sparks flames they hadn't planned for, the burning question arises: Who's screwing whom?" Don & Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting semi-finalist Top 10% Austin Heart of Film Scriptapalooza quarter-finalist.

THE PRIDE Genre - Horror "They're at the top of the food chain. Looking down at us." A race of man-lions lives among us. When their bloody Prince arrives to rally them against the human race, only their Princess can stop him. Assisting her is a down-on-his-luck private eye without a clue that the fate of the world is in his hands.

MAD SCIENCE! Genre - Comedy After his neighbors hire a monster hunter to run him off, mad scientist Chet Rictus and his band of friendly creatures must return to save them from their savior. A family comedy in the Shrek/Addams Family mold. OTHER SCRIPTS BY PETE BARNSTROM

Marta Ze   Email

THE VATICAN RATLINE(aka Daniel) Genre - Political Drama In the aftermath of W.W.II, top-ranking Nazis were escaping Europe. Daniel, an American priest, uncovered what would test his faith, shatter his convictions and endanger his life-- The Vatican Ratline. Semi-Finalist (top 2.3%) Don & Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Semi-Finalist Chesterfield Writing Project.

SPIRIT LAND Genre - Supernatural Horror. A love triangle between a man, a woman and a jealous spirit. Determined to sell everything and sail around the world, Michael returns to his ancestral Louisiana home. But the evil spirit that's haunted him since childhood awaits... This time in a seductive guise. Michael must delve into the dark secrets of his family if he's to save his life— and his own soul. Inspired by the legend of the Lilith, and the birth of a demon child. Lilith was Adam's first wife- cast out by God from the Garden of Eden, along with all her demon children. Women In Film/Universal Studios Film Grant. Paul Verhoeven Film Scholarship OTHER SCRIPTS BY MARTA ZE

Lisa Ford   Email

THE KING OF NOTHING Genre - Drama (optioned) Semi-Finalist (top 2.3%) Don & Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

WITHIN PRISON WALLS Genre - Drama Historical drama inspired by the life of Thomas Mott Osborne, a prison reformer who went undercover in the infamous Auburn Prison in 1913 to investigate inmate conditions.

TIME WILL TELL Genre - Supernatural When a skeleton is discovered in the wall of an upstate lighthouse, a New York City reporter is sent to investigate a murder that took place fifty years ago. Top 15% Don & Gee Nicholl Fellowships

CENTER OF THE SKY Genre - Sci-fi A rebellious young artist begins a physical metamorphosis that may lead to the next stage of human evolution. Chesterfield Writers Film Project semifinalist

ATLANTIS Genre - Drama/fantasy A young girl travels across Alaska to search for her father after he's lost in a Bering Sea drilling rig accident. Austin Heart of Film Festival finalist

FINDING GRACE Genre - Crime Drama Two convicts escape from a maximum security prison and take a college professor and his wife hostage. After a ransom attempt misfires, the kidnappers begin a bloody rampage that unravels the lives of their captives. Top 15% Don & Gee Nicholl Fellowships OTHER SCRIPTS BY LISA FORD

Jamie Nash   Email

I WAS A SEVENTH GRADE DRAGONSLAYER Genre - Family/Adventure Kids explore an old sewer and discover a troll on a mission to stop his ancient enemy -- an evil dragon disguised as one of their teachers.

SHOOTING BLANKS Genre - Comedy Spermless Bobby Barron wants to illegally adopt a baby, but there's a catch--he has to dressnap an Oscar Nominee's gown in return.

MATCHBREAKERS Genre - Comedy Matchbreakers, a love disconnection service, must strike-out the romance between a lovesick pitcher and his supermodel girlfriend before the Giants lose the Series.

ALL'S FAIRE Genre - Comedy At a modern day renaissance faire, a career-minded court jester decides to hang up the tights and win the hand of a soon-to-be-torched witch. But when the Festival's bad-assed King Arthur catches wind of the Fool's intentions, it becomes a love triangle with weapons. Austin Heart of Film Semi-finalist

ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS Genre - Comedy When three middle-aged losers are hired to make a cross-country delivery of an RV to the Reality TV Network, they decide to squeeze their beer bellies into Abercrombie & Fitch and fake their own reality show.

TWO FRONT TEETH Genre - Horror/comedy A CLAUStraphobic reporter's big Christmas scoop turns to nightmare when evil elves capture his wife and a vampire Santa arrives to reclaim the reporter's only defense--Rudolf's nose. OTHER SCRIPTS BY JAMIE NASH

Sam Rayner   Email

WHISTLING NOSTRIL Genre - Action/Comedy A comedy about spies, sex, and secrets.

THE LADY IN THE PRINCESS MASK Genre - Supernatural After suffering a hideous disfigurement which she hides behind a Halloween Princess Mask, a once pretty young woman named Cyn is offered a solution by a wisecracking, shape-shifting devil with a talking tail. Have his baby and be pretty again. She staunchly refuses so he plays his ace in the hole... and loses. OTHER SCRIPTS BY SAM RAYNER

Sable Jak   Email

THE AGONY OF BOBBY DOYLE Genre - Drama A wounded cop who thinks he has nothing left to live for is surrounded by friends and family all working hard to convince him life is worth living. THE JUDAS KISS Genre - Drama Twelve years ago, when his daughter was murdered and the court system let her killer go, Noah Harper became an assassin, for the police. AT THE LOO Genre - Screwball Comedy A young bride must hide her new husband from her father until she can get Daddy used to the idea of her being married, and the ladies lounge is the safest possible place, or is it? STARFISH BLUES Genre - Drama Twenty years ago, rock 'n roll bad boy Clive Harold pulled the plug on his comatose younger brother and disappeared. Today little brother walked into Clive's blues bar, bringing with him the past Clive wanted to forget... 6th place - Washington State Screenplay competition

Blake Snyder   Email

BONES Genre - Supernatural/Family Young Kyle always wanted a dog of his own. He gets his wish, sort of, when he finds his new house is haunted by a ghost dog harboring a mysterious secret.

RINGERS Heist Movie A master criminal plans to rob a small but rich bank by recruiting and training other crooks who are exact doubles for the bank's four employees.