Announcing The Quarterfinalists - Josephson Entertainment + Roadmap Writers Short Story Competition

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Josephson Entertainment, the production company behind Disney’s ENCHANTED franchise and FOX’s long-running drama series BONES, is partnering with Roadmap Writers to launch a dedicated competition to identify commercial short stories to bring to market for television or feature film adaptation. A grand prize of $7000 will be awarded to the winner and they will enter into an option with Josephson Entertainment for a period of 24 months. They are only optioning the short story with any further development of said story to be done independent of the writer. 

This short story challenge is open to original short stories of any genre that can captivate the reader in no more than 50 pages. 

And now we're pleased to announce the... 

 
QUARTERFINALISTS

 

MANUSCRIPT TITLEWRITER
A HARD NIGHT'S DAYCyn Nooney
A Man Out Of TimeBill Walker
A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY HERESYBryan Chadwick
BIRD BOY OF BEAVEN DAMSandra Jackson-Opoku Jackson-Opoku
BLUE EYES, GREEN ISLANDSTom Holowach
BOY ON THE BOATTimothy Michael Cooper
CANARIESPatricia Semler
CAVEBOYRoss Denyer
COTOPAXIArnon Shorr
DISAPPOINTING MENElaine Little
EXIT STRATEGYJonathan Doyle
FAMILY LEGACY Rachel Fischer
FEATHER AND SCALELauren Roberts
FIX MEEmelie Svensson
GIANTMonique Hayes
HIGH TEA AND CROOKED MINDSMarilee Dahlman
IN ANNIE'S ARMSStaton Rabin
IN HER SPACEGeralyn Corcillo
IN TEN MINUTES, YOU DIENone Ahyicodae
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHERKris Kling
INSANE ASYLUM HEISTSung-Ju Suya Lee
LAVENDER SHEETSMeemee Taylor
MISS FORGET ME NOTEleni Sakka
MURDER MYSTERY WEEKENDYvonna Russell
NO TALKING ALLOWEDKate Schultz
NOT TIME, BUT ETERNITYPaul Rose Jr
ODEEAndrew Kouroupos
ON ICEJulia Lloyd George
ONE IN A BILLIONOlga Holtz
OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVESDianna Craig
OUR MISS ENGELLauren Scharhag
RATHOLELucy Lewis
REAPERKayona Ebony Brown
ROOMSLevi Bailey
SATISFACTIONSuzanne Birrell
SCORPION TAILMax Rissman
SHINERJenna Payne
SKEWNESSPamela Weiss
SNOWBALLJared Shipley
SOLOMON'S JUSTICE: A LOS ANGELES COUNTY VETERANS COURT SHORT STORYPhyllis Zimbler Miller
STANDING IN WATERKathleen Caprario-Ulrich
THE CHOCOLATE KANDISNKYSuzanne Griffin
THE DARKNESSErica Land
THE HERMETICJohn Rae
THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISEStephen Nolly
THE SARAJEVO PLANGeorge Mano
THE VANISHING ON EERIE COVELisa Garvey
TWINSBURGCaroline Ross
UNEXPECTED GUESTHope Hickli
WILL IT BE LIKE THIS FOREVER?Lindsay Grossman
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