Before we announce the semi-finalist, we're very excited to announce that Diverse Voices and WeScreenplay raised $1,533 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 was 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 120 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 Semi-Finalists:
'Til We Meet Again written by Russell Chan |
Freeman written by Brian Mcdonald |
The Rise and Fall of Robert Johnson written by Jeffrey Abelson |
America 1979 written by Lila Yomtoob |
American Jesus written by Monis Rose |
And They Call Us Bananas written by Nikhail Asnani |
Angel on the Wall written by Lynn Esta Goldman |
Arthur and Samson written by Jeza Belle |
Audra-Ann written by Todd Rhys-roosevelt |
B.F.E. written by Chad Alexander |
Bad Deeds written by Barbara Soares |
Believer written by Justin Green |
Bird Brain written by Barbara Albers Jackson |
Black Star written by Eric Glover |
Bluebirds written by Simon Wilkinson |
Carjacked written by Quincy Ndekwe |
Chamber Music written by Jackie Thornton |
CITIZEN ROSE written by Anne Kruse |
COOLER HEADS: Pilot written by Dave Chan |
Coping With You written by Jen Troy |
Creed of the Crook written by Alexander Fraser |
Cult of the Tiger Mom written by Shawn Chou |
Cursed written by Britannic Zane |
Darling written by Lea McCormick |
Division One written by Ken Giavara |
Don't Look Away written by Lisa Gonzales |
Donald's Block Party written by Matt Rhoden |
DORY MOON written by Vivian Celeste Wenzel |
Double Play written by Jacqueline Bircher |
Egbert written by Paul Mahoney |
El Viaje written by Donna Bellorado |
Evangeline written by Elizabeth J. Musgrave |
EZEKIEL SCROOGE: An American Christmas Carol written by Bob Canning |
Fallout written by Bronwen Clark |
False Face Society written by Myriam Nafte |
Fighting Johnny O'Brian written by terry lynam |
FLY! written by Dave Chan |
For What It's Worth written by Charlotte Cameron |
Generational Curses written by Kenya Branch |
GILFs written by Kristen Bartlett |
GLIMPSE written by Glenn Acosta |
Glitches written by Kelly Byrnes |
Going written by Brian O'Donnell |
Going written by Brian O'Donnell |
Guardians of the Damned written by Natasha Hall |
Guns and Grace written by Odin Ozdil |
Heidegger in Ruins written by Jeffrey van Davis |
Hick written by Marianna Moneymaker |
Home written by Gabriele Toresani |
Immaculate Pilot written by Colleen Scriven |
In A Flash written by Michael Peterson |
In One Split Second written by Chloe Owens |
Inked In Blood written by Paul Corricelli |
Insurrection written by simon bowler |
Jackalope written by Steven Lankenau |
Kight Hood written by megan metzger |
LARPING written by Josh Bartolome |
LEAP written by Doreene Hamilton |
Lies Jake Ryan Told Me written by Jennifer Jackson |
Like and Death written by Russell Nichols |
Little Hell written by Amanda Norman |
Log written by Alison Parker |
Love, Pandora written by Elizabeth Dwyer Sandlin |
Luna Falling written by Carl Pettit |
Male Delivery written by Paul penley |
Masks On written by Keren Hantman |
MATTIE MOON written by Cheryll Crane |
May Days written by Kay Zimmer |
Mercy written by Amanda Norman |
Metal Girl written by Judy Sandra |
Neighborhood of the Gods written by Sahar Nikakhtar |
Never Leave Your Vehicle written by Paul Clarke |
Ollie written by Jim Corona |
P.O. Box 1142 written by Lillian Wang |
Persuasion written by Susan Hippen |
Phoenix written by Natasha Hall |
Pissy Pussies written by Anna Alaimo |
Portalgate written by Ella Roby & Zahid Gamieldien |
Queer Tales written by Daryl Busby |
Red Velvet written by Tom Radovich |
Release written by Stacie Shellner |
Rico Como Julio Lobo – Rich Like Julio Lobo written by Gianpaolo Pietri |
Roman Nights written by sudanya kirk |
Rough Trade written by Howard Casner |
Run! Run! Run! – The Lives of Abbie Hoffman written by Michael J Shapiro |
Saint Chloe written by Stacie Shellner |
Section 504 written by Melissa Emery |
She Changes Everything written by Sue Marlan |
Sister-Hood written by Shelley Krawchuk |
So You Want to be Korean written by Joy Regullano |
Social Work written by Nancy Nyman |
Station 96 written by Kat Hudgens |
Strange Bouquet written by Nandita Ghose |
Sweet Dreams written by Dianne Janis |
The (Beautiful) Game written by Chloe Weinberg |
The Art Of Color written by Bossou Twa Kòn |
The Art of Death written by Jade Syed-Bokhari |
The Bella-Donna written by Anthony Leone |
The Borderlands – Pilot written by Kathryn Shaw |
The Captain written by Marcy Kelly |
The Declaration written by Josh Bradley |
The Experiment written by Lynda Lemberg & Jeffrey Allen Russel |
The Factory written by Jon Davis |
The G.O.A.T. written by Sid Grey |
The Game-Changer written by Patrick Sherman |
The Johnson Mash written by Sid Grey |
The Last Bookstore written by Brooke Purdy & Colette Freedman |
The Lazarus Effect written by Graham Parke |
The Lean written by Pearse Lehane |
The Living Water written by Romeo Ciolfi |
The Old States written by Lain Kienzle |
The Pink House written by Trish MacEnulty |
The Poacher written by Travis Opgenorth |
The Reckoning of Billy Barnes written by Jeffrey Cotton |
The Sacrifice written by Sherilyn Watkins |
The Stone Puppeteer written by Ben Orlando |
The Stuff of Us written by Anna Alaimo |
The Unveiling written by LaDarrion Williams |
Tipping Point written by ALAN PORTER |
Titus Maxwell's Last Case written by Brendon Slee |
Uptown and Downbeat written by Denise Meyers |
Viva Los Muertos written by Michael Rodriguez |
Wake Up Call written by ALAN PORTER |
Wayfaring Stranger written by Stephen McLean |
White Like Me written by Rudy Salo |
Wilma Deals written by Virginia Shaffer |
Wraith written by Eric Obame |
Xavier's Folly written by Tom Seidman |
XXXposing Ruth written by Elizabeth J. Musgrave |