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Before we announce the semifinalists, we're very excited to announce that Diverse Voices and WeScreenplay raised $2,712 for the Books for Kids Foundation! Thank you to everyone who entered for helping this cause; we're extremely excited to support this amazing organization. We encourage everyone to check out this program and all they're doing.
The mission of Diverse Voices is to provide a contest that is purely focused on promoting and encouraging diverse voices and stories. The contest's hope is to find stories that are told from perspectives – through the author and/or characters – that are often underrepresented in Hollywood today. We're so happy to say that once again the response to this contest was unbelievable.
This Diverse Voices contest has brought together so much amazing talent and so many incredible stories that we've increased the size of our semi-finalist group to 175 scripts, because it was impossible to cut down the list any further. However, 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 stand out story that needs to be told. Please make sure to congratulate these writers on the Facebook announcement — they deserve it!
And now, the Diverse Voices Semifinalists:
| 3 Dogs on a Bone written by Terry Hayman |
| A RELATIVE UNKNOWN written by Lynne Logan |
| Abstract Ink written by David Sason |
| AMERICAN RIDGE written by Carl Clark |
| American Snake Pit written by Dan Tomasulo |
| Annabelle Moore written by Damion L Smith |
| Aphra Behn, or, The Life of the Poet written by James Mabrey |
| ASCLEPIUS written by Christopher Rutledge |
| Bad Mark – no name written by Elizabeth Delaney |
| BANYAN TREE written by Elise D'Haene |
| Bar Crawl written by Jordan Gershowitz |
| BEAVER, LAS VEGAS written by Elise D'Haene and Amy Goodman & Jessica Spencer |
| Behind The Red Curtain written by Shani Moore Weatherby |
| Between Two Worlds written by Aimee Dansereau |
| Beyond Revolution written by Neda Davarpanah |
| Black & Blonde written by Jon Davis |
| Blood on the Keys written by Adam Patrick Jones |
| Blood Sex Work written by Sorahya Moore |
| Body Blows written by Colin Scott |
| Bombers written by Darren Sand |
| BORO written by Krystal Banzon |
| BRING ON THE NIGHT written by Brian MacEvilly |
| Buried written by Karen Frank |
| BURN the WITCH written by Xavier Rogers |
| BURNER written by Bob Canning |
| By The Time I Got To Woodstock written by Jeffrey Massie |
| Calling Mary written by Caroline Dunlap |
| Carla Margo written by Amelia Phillips |
| Carry On written by Kelly Mahon |
| Catbird Blues written by Rebecca Drummond |
| CHERRY HILL BLUES written by Shay Ball |
| Claybourne written by Julie Merrick |
| Come Together written by Anich D'Jae |
| Concrete Rose written by LaDarrio n Williams |
| Cotton-Pickin' Heroes written by Michael Kenney |
| Crossroads written by Regina Wilson |
| D. T. written by Ken Comer |
| Danny. Invincible. Legend. God. written by Yavor Petkov |
| Darkness Never Forgives written by Gary Hanna |
| DEAD CARGO written by Theodore Soderberg |
| Dead Sam Walking written by Kryz Woodhouse |
| Dean The Drummer written by Tannaz Hazemi |
| Deleted written by Madison McCray |
| Downward Departure written by Jay Adams |
| Drones written by Anthony Alleyne |
| Dust to Dust written by Cate Honzl |
| EAT ME written by David Michan |
| El Gordo written by Michael Ravich |
| Electric Feel written by Frank Anthony Polito |
| EMIT written by Ryan Porter |
| Empty Creatures written by Robin Jennings |
| Ernest written by Jeremy Holland |
| Estevan the Black written by Michael Choi |
| Fear God written by Silvia Arribas-Mantelli |
| FLINTOWN: Hazy Shade of Criminal written by Cory Huizar |
| Flux written by Gus Avila |
| Flynt written by Tommy Oliver |
| Gates and Strays written by Will Ralston |
| GIRL UNMOORED written by Jennifer Hummer |
| Good Girls Don't written by Bryn Woznicki |
| Great Kills written by Susan Hippen |
| Hair of the Dog written by Joe Joyce |
| Haley written by Greg Caiafa |
| Hawk Moon written by nathan o'callaghan |
| Henchman written by Amechi Ngwe |
| Hockey Moms – Cable written by Mike Carrier |
| Hollow Win written by Terry Gingles |
| Hoop Spur written by Jeff Sabini |
| In The Company of Strangers written by Corey Deshon |
| In Three written by Erin Carere |
| Insurrection written by simon bowler |
| Iron Maidens written by John Smith |
| Janus written by Regina Wilson |
| John Black Raven written by Ali Imran Zaidi |
| Joseph written by Ian Davies |
| Kashmir written by Brian O'Donnell |
| Land Most Loved written by Francisco Mendoza |
| Language of Life written by Helen Kenyon |
| Lanigan & Co written by Joe Kendall |
| Lapu Lapu, Chief of Mactan written by Joy Regullano |
| Law of the River written by Meagan Daine |
| Leah Rose written by Colin Larkin |
| Leave written by Alysha Haran |
| Little Bird_No name written by Thomas Downs |
| Lucky Phoenix written by Isabella Cohen |
| Mad Like Me written by Melinda Maerker |
| MARASCHINO written by KINCAID JONES |
| Mariachi Kid written by Alberto Belli |
| Mary Tries To Get a Piece written by eric vasallo |
| Michael Wants To Marry written by Jennifer Bieser |
| Mount Pleasant written by Cat Dale |
| Mr and Mrs Cole Porter written by Brenda Clarke |
| Mutiny at Dawn written by Tyrone Cousin |
| No Man's Land written by Mel Piper |
| Nocturnal Admissions written by Christian Reda |
| North written by Dani Milton |
| Pan Dulce written by Jesus Celaya |
| Para written by Nicole Pouchet |
| Perdido written by Eduardo Maytorena |
| Periwinkle Square written by Avery Lee and Bobby Richards |
| Pharmland written by Jon Davis |
| Pines of Rome written by Terry Gau |
| Pink Lava written by Sharon Powers |
| Plan B written by Paige Gresty |
| Prodigal written by Yvonne Hana Yi |
| Prodigal written by Chris Courtney Martin |
| Protectress written by Joanna Ke |
| Provincetown written by Chance Wellnitz |
| Quarter-Life written by Antonello Velez |
| Rap Phenomenon written by Craig Stevens |
| Rematch written by Antoine Mizel |
| Romeo And Juliet On Aricept written by Lynn Mills |
| Rudi and I written by Joe Borg |
| RUNNING written by Geoffrey O'Gara |
| Running a Thousand Miles written by Jennifer Grand |
| Ruthless written by Rebekah Ganiere |
| Salvacion: A Love Story written by Jesus Celaya |
| Sanctum written by Chad Alexander |
| Scarlett and Phoenix Episode: Dead-Drive-Land written by Maria Marquez |
| Screaming My Heart Out written by Janyce Lapore |
| Sitting written by Jade Daugherty |
| Some Bad History written by Amanda Norman |
| Song of Cheer Again written by Jeza Belle |
| South of the 10 written by Davina Willett |
| SPOON FED written by Scott LaFortune |
| Stealing God written by Martin Blinder |
| Stormcloud written by Marat Berdyyev |
| Story Riders written by Allen Flannagan |
| STRAIGHT written by Emma Tattenbaum-Fine |
| SUMMER OF '79 written by Angela Andrist |
| The (Beautiful) Game written by Chloe Weinberg |
| The Abandoned Isle written by Ana Quinata |
| The Cat's Silhouette written by Nicholas Chan |
| The Color Wars written by Christopher De Paola |
| THE CURMUDGEONS written by Shiv Sudhakar |
| The Dawn of Eve written by James Bingham |
| The Director's Girlfriend written by MICHAEL KENNEY |
| THE FAMILY written by Byron Qiao |
| The Family Trade written by Erin Hays |
| The Farm written by Jann Else |
| The Fixers written by Debbi Mack |
| THE FORGOTTEN EMPIRE written by Janet Ritz |
| The G.O.A.T. written by Sid Grey |
| The Game-Changer written by Patrick Sherman |
| The Great Surrender written by Romeo Ciolfi |
| THE GREEK DETECTIVE written by Janet Ritz |
| The High Bridge written by Benedict Campbell |
| The HR Guy written by Robert Woo |
| The Jane Collective written by Lisa Romagnoli |
| The Last Fall written by Cate Honzl |
| The Last Reunion written by Javier Sanchez |
| The Lean written by Pearse Lehane |
| The Model Town written by Craig Stevens |
| The Moor written by Thomas Thonson |
| the remarkable rocket written by Pippa Hinchley |
| The Resistance written by Jon Davis |
| The Saudi written by Moutaz Jad |
| The Savage Land written by Jesus Celaya |
| The Shakespeare Stealer written by Gary Blackwood |
| The Skins Game – Blind Submission written by Justin Neal |
| The So Long Song written by Emi Macuaga |
| The Stoker Legacy written by Michael Ward |
| The War of the Women written by Lisa Di Giannuario |
| THREE WISHES written by Rita Wheeler |
| Transfer to the Express_anon written by A. Chris Gajilan |
| TRAPPED written by Martin Blinder |
| up yours, bridget jones written by Pippa Hinchley |
| Vagabond written by Bob Reynolds |
| War-Torn written by Michael Daniels |
| We Used To Fight written by Michael Quintana |
| Welcome to the Treatment Plant! written by Dilpreet Kaur Walia |
| Whisper in the Vines written by Sasha Siljanovic |
| Where the Poppies Grow by Diana Pysher |
| Word of Mouth written by Ace Hasan |
| Wrong Number written by Devin Mainville |
| Yellow Dogs written by Matt Eskandari |
| You'll Make Lots of Friends That Way written by Andrea O'Malley |
