Thank you to all of the fantastic writers who entered. Together, we raised $2,874 for the ARRAY! Founded by Ava DuVernay, Array’s work is dedicated to the amplification of independent films by people of color and women filmmakers globally. Since Diverse Voices has launched in 2016 we’ve raised $15,000 for charity.
We’re thrilled with the finalist scripts advancing — the stories have made our judges laugh and cry and gasp. A sincere congratulations to these writers. If you are advancing it means that after three reads, your judges agreed that this is a stand out story that needs to be told.
There were also so many talented writers who did not advance. The competition was fierce and just because a project may not have advanced doesn’t at all mean that it isn’t a fantastic story. Even if you didn’t advance, know that making the semifinals speaks to your strength as a writer.
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And now, the Diverse Voices Finalist:
| 1% Happy written by Dani Fernandez |
| A Little Too Broken written by Brad Vance |
| A Town Called Eden written by Amechi Ngwe, Nnamdi Ngwe |
| AFTER written by SAMEERAH LUQMAAN-HARRIS |
| APACHE written by Cameron Barsanti |
| Between Two Worlds written by Aimee Dansereau |
| Beyond The Bench written by Georgette Long |
| Brute written by Charlie Tidmas |
| Bull Comb Blues written by David Warnock |
| BURNER written by Mukilan Thangamani |
| By the Hands of Wally Vine written by David Warnock |
| Castle Island a/k/a Southie – “Sins of Our Fathers” written by Marie Flaherty |
| Confessions of a Las Vegas Phone Girl written by Aimee Adell Johnson |
| Converted written by Dana Quercioli |
| D.B. Cooper and the Last American Mystery written by Colleen Butler |
| DAUGHTERS written by Shannan E. Johnson |
| Days of Infamy – Pilot written by Saiya Floyd |
| El Punk written by Tony Cammarata |
| FLOWERFIELD written by Mukilan Thangamani |
| FREEDMAN Pilot written by Bryan Frank |
| Gyopo written by Christina Ye Rim Jun |
| H8 written by Faisal Azam |
| I’M WITH AIDS written by Warren Wagner |
| Immigrant Son written by D. Wilmos Paul |
| Insurrection written by simon Bowler |
| Jaggers written by Greg Nye |
| La Pared written by Gabriel Vallejo |
| Lady Killer written by Ali MacLean |
| Life After written by Emily Harper |
| Little Girls: One Hour Series written by Elton Loud |
| MENTAL written by WARREN CLARKE |
| MOTHER NATURE: FLOOD written by E. Napoletano |
| Mother Tucker written by Steve Holbert |
| NATURAL DISASTER written by Warren Drummond, Lawrence Christmas |
| North Amerikay written by Elizabeth Dwyer |
| North Star written by P.J. Palmer |
| On Probation written by Sergio Cámara |
| OUTSIDE THE WIRE written by Valerie Brotski |
| People Of The Dawn written by Kathleen Caslin |
| PIECES, or A WEST HOLLYWOOD CLUB CALLED RAGE written by Chris Phillips |
| Plan C written by David Ngo |
| ProcrastinAsian written by Pauline Yasuda |
| Pulpo Paul written by Rebeca Melara |
| SHANDA written by Jillian Lauren |
| Starchart written by Gino DeMarco |
| The Countess written by Irina Rodriguez |
| The G.O.A.T. written by Sid Grey |
| The Girls On Madison written by Annabel Haddad |
| The Gospel of Zoe written by Ruthie Prillaman |
| The Last Librarian in Raqqa written by Laila Ujayli |
| The Last Wild Indian written by Heather Ragsdale |
| The Manifestation written by Alexander Rose |
| The Operator – WeScreenplay Diverse written by Huey Pham, Jessica Petrucci |
| The Out Crowd written by Brittany Ashley |
| The Queen Of Caspary written by Laura Solow |
| The Way We Look at Horses written by Meghan K. Lees |
| Things That Fall written by Sy Huq |
| Where the Ground Touches the Sky written by Brittney McCallum |
| With A Gentleman written by Lizzie Hartree |
| Word Over Word written by Tonia Davidson |
| You Are Here written by Katie McMillan |
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