Thank you to all the amazingly talented writers who submitted to this season of Diverse Voices and shared your story. Together, we raised $3,327 for Array – a nonprofit dedicated to the amplification of independent films by people of color and women filmmakers globally.
Diverse Voices strives to provide a contest that is purely focused on promoting and encouraging diverse voices in Hollywood. The contest encourages stories that are told from perspectives that are often underrepresented in Hollywood today. This year the contest brought together so much amazing talent and so many incredible stories that we’re advancing 230 semifinalists. There were still so many extremely 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. In fact, we’re certain that some scripts not advancing will bring their writer success in the very near future.
We also want to extend a sincere congratulations to everyone advancing. If you are advancing it means that after two reads, your judges agreed that this is a standout story that needs to be told.
And now, the Diverse Voices Semifinalists:
A FREE MAN written by John Richo |
A Girl from Haiti written by Nicole Taylor- Roberts |
A Man Called White written by Randy Hines |
A Portrait written by Nicholas Perlman |
African Black Sheep written by Michelle Sam |
After Rain, Comes Fair Weather (Ku Areba Raku Ari) written by Emi Sano |
After You written by Phaylen Fairchild |
Alien Allies written by Emily Harper |
Alt-itude written by Xavier Rogers |
ALWAYS PLAY SOME BLUES written by Gary Cifra |
American Carnage written by Matthew Mixon |
American Mata Hari written by Timothy Kestrel |
An Unbalanced Line written by Kristy Leigh Lussier |
Angels written by camille griffin |
Avalon written by Brian Whiteman |
aWOKEning written by Jana Schmieding |
BEANSTALKÂ written by Aarthi Ramanathan |
Beard written by Stephanie Cavagnuolo |
Below The Belt written by Mark St. Cyr |
Bent Not Broken written by Jamaal X |
Between Two Worlds written by Aimee Dansereau |
Beyond Revolution written by Neda Davarpanah |
Black & Blonde written by Jon Davis |
Black Future written by Florencia P. Marano |
BLACK GIRL WALKING written by SUNDAY SABBATH |
Blackwell written by Tracey Bradley |
BLOOD AND IVORY written by Robert Porter |
Blue on Blue written by David Dasilma |
Blurs written by Jonterri Gadson |
Bonti Bay written by Linn Markussen |
Boyle Heights written by Diane Weipert |
Breathe written by Dillon Bumpus, Cassandra Bumpus |
Brixton Green written by Martyn Eaden |
Brute written by Charlie Tidmas |
Burning Orchard written by Mary LaMont |
C0DE_R3D written by MW Wilson |
Callie Earlene written by Scott Simpson |
Captain C! written by John Paul Su |
Chalk written by Christopher Logan |
CPS: Child Protective Services written by Michele Rodriguez |
Cranes written by Michael Choi |
Crossing The Cowhouse written by David Lykes Keenan |
Curse and Judgment written by Corey Moore |
Dead Money written by Liza Johnson |
Delia written by Amy Hutchins |
DELPHI SEVEN written by Edwin Turner |
Devils from the Goats written by Christina Masciotti |
Diplomatic Corps written by Nadia Fares |
DNA written by Heather Farlinger |
Dogs In The Nighttime written by Michael Leung |
Donald’s Block Party written by Matt Rhoden |
Dotbusters: The Musical written by Surjyakiran Das |
Drive Slow written by Terrence Thompson |
DroneGames written by John Kim |
Dukkha written by Rachana Suri |
Dysfunctional Dystopia written by Daniel Shaw |
Edison Sparks written by Melissa Alfredson |
Elements written by Dustin Drye |
Extreme Happiness written by Diane J. Wright |
Fade Away written by Ann-Drea Small |
Fara’s Flowers written by William Driscoll, David Nelloms |
Fight of the Century written by Craig Williams |
Flesh written by Lin Que Ayoung |
Forget Me Not written by Allison Chaney |
Frankie Day written by GARY KING |
From the Wilderness written by Christina Tucker |
Ghost Pete written by Nisha Mehta |
Ginger Rose written by Melanie Thomas |
Giraffes written by Kalena Ranoa |
Good Luck, Don’t Die- Pilot written by Kelsey Pfeifer |
Good Saint Binky written by Tom Batha |
Hattie McD written by Sylvia-Anne Parker |
Hayman House written by JG Macak |
Headlights On White Roses In The Driveway written by William Paul Smith |
Homeschooled written by Kristiana Roe, Mike Roe |
Horse Up a Tree written by Terry Lynam |
How Grace Got to Run the World written by Kaela Crawford, Reeve Segal |
HURDLES written by Tina Powell |
Immolation written by Arun Croll |
In Eden written by Michael Choi |
In The Valley Of Shadows written by Kathy Smith |
Indians in America written by Shane Sakhrani |
Intentional written by Janice Naehu |
International School written by Devi Gowni |
Interwoven written by E. Daly |
Into the Glade written by Dean Lewis |
Into the Green Line written by George Ghanem |
Irish Coffee written by Tevin Simpson |
IRON ANIMALS written by Todd Ramsay |
Janet Leslie written by Steven Berry |
Journey to Fisterra (R-4.1) written by Alan Lambert |
JUST SOUTH OF NORMAL written by Ellen Gerstein |
Karmic Slip – We Did It To Ourselves written by Onil Lad |
Kibou written by Cassie Hayasaka, Keith Hayasaka |
Kid Coke written by Mark Christopher Boyd |
Kindred Spirits written by Ross Brooks |
La Fabulosa Conchita: Private School Girl written by Sophia Lopez |
Lara And The Dead Boy written by Erin Reinelt |
Late Bloomers written by Amy Stewart |
LEGACY written by Kellen Hertz |
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie written by Stacy Hullah |
Life’s a Stage written by Joshua Essenburg |
Lifers Anonymous – “Pilot” written by Sean Collins-Smith |
Lost Eden Canyon written by Alan R. Baxter |
Martha written by C.M. Landrus |
Maryam and Marianne written by Meghana Mudiyam |
Meena written by David Waters |
Mending Memories written by Alex Achimore |
Milligan’s Son written by Ramona Kones |
MIRIAM’S MAKEOVER written by MANU CHOPRA |
Model Minority written by Amy Thomas |
Mommin’ Ain’t Easy written by Imani Lukunku |
Mrs. Lee’s New Year Reunion written by Philip Yao |
MS Degree written by Alexis Siegel |
Nations written by Kathleen Cromie |
Native Land, Rising Sun written by Ren Hanami |
Nearly Super Nova written by Annie Nishida |
Nefertiti written by Ladarrion Williams |
Neon Creatures written by Lane Bachelder |
ODIUM – A REQUIEM FOR LOVE written by Annika Pampel |
ONE & DONE written by Eric Westlake |
Our Father written by francesca nider |
Out Cold written by Tracy Scarlato |
Ozell’s Gym written by Jess Waters |
Parallelograhams written by Ryan Johnson |
Past Due written by Wallaine Sarao |
Payload written by Trey Stokes |
Perdido written by Eduardo Maytorena |
PK & FRIEND written by Maria Rosario A. Yano |
Plan A written by Tara Hall |
Playhouse written by Amy Tasillo |
Poppy written by Linda Niccol |
Post No Bills written by Tania Meneguzzi, Page Nazarian |
Private Thompson’s Secret War written by Gina De Angelis |
PRNX – Pilot written by Michael Lee |
Pure: La Purisima written by Kara ‘Chavez’ Sachs |
Queen Kahena written by Yasser El hardouz |
Queen of the Morning Calm written by Gloria Kim |
RóisÃÂn (Working Title) written by Bronwen Keyes-Bevan |
Radicalized written by Bandar Albuliwi |
Red Tuesdays written by Hashim (Pudding) Wali |
Republic written by Faith Liu |
Resist written by Nancy French-Gerlach, Susan Morse Miller |
Resurrection written by Christina Shaver |
Rice, Fish, and La Croix written by Naomi Iwamoto |
Ring written by Charlotte Daniel |
San Francisco written by John Perez |
Santa Muerte written by Gia Montenotte |
SEX APPeal written by Tate Elizabeth Hanyok |
SHOOT THE GIRL written by Tony Hendriks |
Sight Unseen written by Stephanie Rosenfeld |
Sight written by Sarah Whorton |
Silicon Curve written by Heidi Nyburg |
Silk Road Runaways written by Christine inserra |
Sin Lottery written by Kate Lauryn |
Slave Ship written by tyler true |
Special written by Jay Cundiff, Kyle Jorgensen |
Stage Five written by Alexandra Timmer |
Stagecoach Mary written by Taylor Hopkins |
Starshine and Clay written by Kendra Arimoto |
STAYING IN AMERICA written by Rishabh Bhavnani |
Survivors: B.S. written by Julia Skikavich |
Teri and the Pirates written by Virginia Youngren |
THANK YOU COME AGAIN written by Chelsea Steiner |
The Abandoned Isle, Pilot written by Ana Quinata |
The Air Factory written by W. W. WEBB |
The Baltimore School of Charm written by Kelli McNeil |
The Bench written by Cjay Boisclair |
The Black Cat written by Chris Bancel |
The Boise Brothers written by Jonathan Curtiss |
The Case Manager written by Eric Westlake |
The Compassionate Stranger written by AA Hein |
THE CORNERS written by LAWRENCE LAMOVEC |
The Dawn of Eve written by James Bingham |
The Dead Line written by Gabriel Durán |
The Desert written by Leslie Murphy |
THE DIVIDE written by Rashmi Singh |
The Endless Fortune of the Barefoot Ship Breaker written by Nicholas Camacho |
The Fourth Psalm written by John Martins III |
The G.O.A.T. written by Sid Grey |
The Great Divide written by Jack Comeau |
The Hammer:Â Subjugated written by Ryan Jaroncyk & Jim Massie |
The Hill written by Nevil Jackson |
The hive written by Danny Shoshan |
The Innocence Project written by Fatou Samba |
The Last Abortion Clinic in Kansas written by Tammy Caplan |
The Memoir written by Noelle Nelson |
The Morning After written by Leanne Mangan |
The New Negro written by Sonhara Eastman |
The Ones Who Know written by Barbara Johns |
The Out Crowd written by Brittany Ashley |
The Pioneer written by Ziyad Saadi |
The Port written by Mellori Velasquez |
The Recovery Agents written by Marco Santiago |
The Road to ISIS written by Devi Gowni |
The Sin Eater written by Samantha Talbot |
The Son of Gun written by Matthew Mendez |
THE SPY SLAVE written by James Foye |
The Sun Ghost written by Arun Croll |
The True Revelation of Midas Bordeaux written by Cheran Rush |
The Witch of Pungo written by J Darin Wales |
There’s Something Wrong with Kate written by Mia Borders |
Time & Place written by De’Shonte’ Brooks |
Tinian written by Jon Davis |
Toni/Tony written by Rachel James |
TRANS-CRYPT written by Breda Paccione |
Transfat written by Matthew Kelly |
Trash written by clark brolly |
Turnabout written by Bill Hanan |
Turnback written by Jeff S. Gordon |
Tuxedo written by Ruthie Prillaman |
Two Harriets written by Sharon Ewell Foster |
Uncatachable written by Kofi Oliver |
Under Ice written by Don Ammon |
Valley of the Shadow written by Michele Gendelman |
Veldt written by Madison Flannery |
VERONA written by Tracy Grant |
Wedding Season written by Shiwani Srivastava |
What If? written by Alvaro GarcÃÂa Lecuona |
When the Truth Comes Out written by Lissette Camacho |
Whiskey Ginger written by Alan Kelly |
White Coyote written by arla bowers |
Who Was Cary Grant? written by Jon Davis |
Whose Sky is No Less Grand written by Amanda Norman |
Wild Flower written by Bing Li |
Winter Jasmine written by Jennifer Cooney |
Year Zero written by Brooke Sebold, Ruby Marez |
You Don’t Get Me written by Alison Wong |
Young Cleopatra written by Nadia Fares |
Young, Black written by Marcus Stricklin |
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