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 — together we raised $2,868 for Array. A nonprofit from Ava DuVernay comprised of artist advocacy organizations, maverick volunteers, and rebel member donors worldwide. Their work is dedicated to the amplification of independent films by people of color and women filmmakers globally. 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 Semifinalists:
9 Will Fall written by Lee Hayes & Rufus Robertson |
A Lesser Hate written by Matthew McKinney |
A Need to Kill written by Mark Pettit |
A Part of Me written by Jackson Chow |
A Revolutionary Act written by Lisa Russell |
A Tiny Loss written by Maud Brizard |
A Turban & A Beard written by Jaskaran Singh |
A Violent Noise written by Aaron Wong |
Across The Neon Hours written by J. Malia Miranda |
AGENT PIERCE: CITY ON FIRE written by Rocky Jo |
Akhenaten + Nefertiti written by Steven Stovall |
AKUNGA written by Olivia Biffot |
All Are Welcome written by Ross Morin |
All God’s Children written by Mark Herder |
All Is Calm written by Matthew J. Beier |
ALTERED IMAGEÂ written by Gavin Paul Carter |
Altered written by Evyn Williams |
AMORPHOUSÂ – A SHADOW OF GHOSTSÂ written by Gavin Paul Carter |
An Old Western Song written by Alice Presa |
Avalon written by Aaron Yeung |
Back in the Dayz written by Carman Cooper |
Bad Blood written by Joi Elaine |
Bailey Punches His V-Card written by Brandon Bentley |
Band of Others written by Arun Narayanan |
BEANSTALKÂ written by Aarthi Ramanathan |
Beckwitch written by Liz Prugh |
BILLIE JEAN written by Terry Rousseau |
Birdsong written by Jennifer Dunn |
BIRDWATCHERS written by William Halfon |
Black Widow written by Makgano Mamabolo |
BLACKFACE the story of nobody written by Cajardo Lindsey |
Blazing Fist written by Kenneth Fultz |
Blue Comedy written by Vincent Accettola |
Borderline written by Kenyetta Smith |
BORDERLORE: Chupacabra written by Angel Sierra |
Boyfriends written by Ushmey Chakraborty |
Boys Will- written by Michael Witkes |
Brocade written by Rahima Rice |
Burnin’ Bobby written by Mike Peters |
CARDS TO DIE FOR written by Derrick Coy |
Caught Out written by Adam Edgar |
Chill the Duck Out written by Star (Susanna) Williams |
CHOKEPOINT written by Tamra Teig |
Chrysalis written by Bethany White and Patrick Crellin |
Chualar written by Ann Marie Pace |
Conscience written by Brandon Kelley |
CURVED written by Sagar Vasishtha |
D.A.R.T. written by Robin Fusco |
DARK GENE written by Gavin Paul Carter |
Dear Langston written by Kevyn Richmond |
Definitely Not a Monster written by Brea Angelo |
DIRTY ROTTEN TOFU AND THE GOHAN GIRLS written by JUNE INUZUKA |
Dust Riders written by Jamie Rhodes |
EL CERRITO written by Marina Kato Hoag |
Experimental written by A. S. Thompson |
Fabulosity written by Jesse Klein |
Fabulosity written by Jesse Klein |
FAGOTUS: First Amazing Gentleman of the United States written by Joe Forsythe |
Fire Brothers_TV Pilot written by Carmen J. Madison |
First Generation written by Narineh Tahmasebian |
Forty Elephants written by Emily Aspland |
Free Spirits written by Katharine Densmore |
Galahad written by Nicholas Pangilinan |
Game On written by Ariel Wilkins |
Gamer written by Mark Williams-Abrams |
GARE DU NORD written by Takeo Hori |
Gentrified written by Claude Atcho |
Giftless written by Dan Hass |
Girl Afraid written by Christopher Guerrero |
Girls On the Run written by Lukas Hassel |
Go For Broke! written by Roy Tjioe |
Going Brogue written by Samantha Martin |
Good Mother, Lavender Vine written by Stacey Pierce |
Greensboro’s Own written by Courtney Powell |
Habsburg written by Alexandra Shields |
Havenwood written by Jai Brandon |
Her First Kill written by NIKE KADRI |
Her Keeper written by Tannis Spencer |
HOME OF THE FREE written by Tracy Lawson |
Homogeny written by Dustin Clendenen |
Hustle City written by Willie Williams |
Icemaiden written by Derrick Vaughan |
IN PURSUIT written by Melinda Maerker |
Jackson Wong’s Game of Pong written by M Lee Speyer |
Jericho’s Painting written by Akilah Tucker |
JOCKO written by Derek Vitatoe |
Julie La Maupin written by Jack Steeley |
Just Potential written by Piyali Syam & Vick Krishna |
Kansas, Anymore written by Heather Farlinger |
KING written by Stephane Cantave |
KLEFTIÂ MEANSÂ THIEF written by MIRANDA FILIPPIDES |
Komtess Bohemia written by Mel Piper |
Labels written by Mary Berger |
Land That We Love written by Julian Awoonor Renner |
Lessons in the Unfamiliar written by Fiona Luong |
Let ‘er Buck written by Maren Curtis |
Long Live The King written by Ansuya Nathan |
Love and Insurrection written by Ernestina Juarez |
Lucky Kidney written by Nelson Knight |
Macau Omen written by Tony Shyu |
Marriage Brokers written by Piyali Syam & Vick Krishna |
Meet Me in a Dark Alley written by Jessy Lauren Smith |
MIKA PEPPER: MONSTER HUNTER written by Zoë Furlong |
Mixed written by Brianna Brown |
More than a Game written by Enoch McKie |
Mother-Daughter written by Tricia Lee |
Mutant Zone written by Dana Cowden |
Nemesis written by Kranti Pally |
Neon Sisters written by Jeanette Lim |
New America written by Kirk John-Williams |
NO GUARANTEE written by Jasmina Luksic |
NOVA: First Flight written by Rachel Fischer |
OCEAN EFFECT (Today is Your Day) written by Heather Farlinger |
Officer X written by Michael Joiner |
Otis N’ the Dough Boyz written by Alexander Etseyatse |
Pakalolo written by Chris Lee |
Party Diaz written by Roxana Altamirano |
Pimpernelle written by Rikki Stinnette |
Pinkerton’s Number One Hitman Agency written by Timothy Burnham |
Pizza Face written by RanRan Wang |
Post Mortem written by Nick Celentano |
Powerless written by Jess Harris-DiStefano |
Present Tense written by J Stifle |
QUEEN + CoUNTRY written by Varun Raman |
Queen written by Jeff Reyes |
Ready When You Aren’t written by Brittany Ashley |
Reflections written by Cynthia Wright |
Relics written by Rose Skye |
Returned written by Jennifer Grand |
Reunion written by Sheridan Watson |
Rule of Thumb written by Katie Gill |
RULE written by Rachel McClard |
SANCTUARY written by Darryl Wimberley |
Sausage & Sushi written by Dale Winton |
SINJAR written by Ben Browne |
Sissy Issue written by Cime Bruce |
Small Favors written by Lyndsey Scott |
Smile For Me written by Breanna Tennell |
Snitch written by Anthony Cuffie |
SPIC written by Johnny Sánchez |
Spiery written by Gannon Kenney |
Spotless written by Diogo Beltran |
STONE COLD written by David Joglar |
Stormtrooper written by Mario Rivas |
Strange Desires written by Douglas Allen |
Street Lights written by Terrence Thompson |
Strings written by Lisa Chiu & Claire Robinson May |
Substance written by Gideon Gwaza |
Sundown written by Wilbert Stanton |
T’ai Djin: Legend of the Werewolf Monk written by Taylor Hopkins |
Teaching While Black written by Donnetrice Allison |
Teddy and Low written by Kevin Walsh |
The American Way written by Jai Jamison |
The Brimstone Guild: Kairos written by Alexander Hurt |
The Bubble written by Dustin Clendenen |
The Chocolate Kandinsky written by Suzanne Griffin |
The Chosen One, Or How I Impersonated Him written by Jonathan Tshinanu |
The Collapse written by Brooks Roscoe |
The Company We Keep written by Suhashini Krishnan |
The Conduit written by Rolando Gonzaga |
The Countdown written by Amadou Diallo |
The Cricket written by Gabe Berry |
The Dancer written by Anokh Singh Dhillon |
The Demon written by Dan Carrillo |
THE DEVIL’S ORCHARD written by Anthony Maddalena |
The Evening written by Alan Harrington |
The Fall Girl written by Tara Hall |
The Fall written by Tamra Teig |
The Gaminos written by Susie Lohse |
The Huntsman of Corvinus written by Timothy Bryan |
The Italian Lover written by Suzanne Griffin |
The Lakeside Club written by Carl Hippensteel |
The Last Swordsman written by Deven Spencer |
The Orphaned written by Brian Beatty |
The Poet’s Corner written by Viren Shinde |
The Ravens of London written by Jaskaran Bahia |
The Salmon written by Valentina Avayu |
The Show Goes On written by Sean Farley |
The Suspect is a Black Male written by Alvoro Leite |
The Tides written by Isla Ure |
The Well written by Raza Rizvi |
The White Mouse: Witch written by Heather Farlinger |
This is China written by Kathy Tao |
Those We Leave Behind written by Will Stewart |
THROUGH VIOLET EYES written by Stephen Woodworth |
Unsportsmanlike Conduct written by Amanda Samaroo |
Until the Last One Falls written by Gabe Berry |
Untouchable written by Dhruv Kanungo |
Vampire Strippers Must Die! written by Keith Hartman |
VICEROY written by Patrick Hayle |
W.A.T.T.S. (We Are Taught To Survive) written by Manfred Moore |
We The People written by Christopher Rutledge |
What Now written by Jackie Fernandez |
When the Barbarians written by Arun Croll |
White Wedding written by Lina Khan |
Who Wants To Live In A World? written by Pamela Perry |
WILD C.A.T. written by Lena Pousette |
Women’s Work written by Kevin Schwartz |
YUNG written by Kyle Kubo & Fatima Liaqat |
Zebra written by Sean Sinclair |
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