Diverse Voices is a screenplay contest and lab that strives to encourage stories that are told from perspectives that are often underrepresented in Hollywood today. This includes writers of color, women writers, writers with disabilities, writers over 40, writers in the LGBTQ+ community, and any other voices that have historically been ignored by Hollywood.
We want to thank everyone who entered and helped us raise money — since Diverse Voices’ inception, we’ve raised over $20,000 for nonprofits in film and education!
The Diverse Voices competition includes an in-person Screenwriting Lab experience in Los Angeles. Four winners will be flown out to LA for mentorship and meetings with industry professionals.
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And now, the Fall 2019 Diverse Voices Finalists:
| A Need to Kill written by Mark Pettit & AJ Jones |
| A Turban & A Beard written by Jaskaran Singh |
| Across The Neon Hours written by J. Malia Miranda |
| AKUNGA written by Olivia Biffot |
| All Is Calm written by Matthew J. Beier |
| Birdsong written by Jennifer Dunn |
| Blue Comedy written by Vincent Accettola |
| Chrysalis written by Bethany White & Patrick Crellin |
| Chualar written by Ann Marie Pace |
| Definitely Not a Monster written by Brea Angelo |
| Fabulosity written by Jesse Klein |
| Forty Elephants written by Emily Aspland |
| Game On written by Ariel Wilkins & Avian Wilkins |
| Gamer written by Mark Williams-Abrams |
| Giftless written by Dan Hass |
| Girl Afraid written by Christopher Guerrero |
| Going Brogue written by Samantha Martin & Greg McQuaid |
| Good Mother, Lavender Vine written by Stacey Pierce |
| Greensboro’s Own written by Courtney Powell & Tate Nova |
| Havenwood written by Jai Brandon |
| Jackson Wong’s Game of Pong written by M Lee Speyer |
| Jocko written by Derek Vitatoe |
| King written by Stephane Cantave |
| Lucky Kidney written by Nelson Knight |
| Mother-Daughter written by Tricia Lee |
| New America written by Kirk John-Williams |
| Officer X written by Michael Joiner |
| Powerless written by Jess Harris-DiStefano |
| Present Tense written by J Stifle |
| Queen written by Jeff Reyes |
| Ready When You Aren’t written by Brittany Ashley |
| Sanctuary written by Darryl Wimberley |
| Sausage & Sushi written by Dale Winton |
| Snitch written by Anthony Cuffie |
| SPIC written by Johnny Sánchez |
| Spotless written by Diogo Beltran |
| Stormtrooper written by Mario Rivas |
| Strange Desires written by Douglas Allen |
| Sundown written by Wilbert Stanton |
| The American Way written by Jai Jamison |
| The Bubble written by Dustin Clendenen |
| The Cricket written by Gabe Berry |
| The Evening written by Alan Harrington |
| The Fall written by Tamra Teig & Michael Lipoma |
| The Orphaned written by Brian Beatty |
| The Salmon written by Valentina Avayu |
| The Well written by Raza Rizvi |
| Untouchable written by Dhruv Kanungo |
| Vampire Strippers Must Die! written by Keith Hartman |
| Yung written by Kyle Kubo & Fatima Liaqat |
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