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Top 50 Features - 2018 JumpStart Writing Competition
Roadmap Writers is thrilled to announce our inaugural JumpStart Writing Competition Top 50’s!
Wow, what a fun journey these last few months have been! With entries from more than ten countries, we were delighted by the overwhelming number of great scripts we’ve read. Setting the stage for a truly competitive landscape.
With the JumpStart Competition our goal was to create a competition that would serve as a platform to help discover talented new voices and put their work directly in front of smart and hungry industry professionals. We also wanted to create a path for those who place in the various rounds of our competition, additional opportunities to sharpen their craft and receive valuable educational opportunities that will continue well beyond our announcement dates.
So while we still have a few weeks until we announce our Grand Prize Winners, we just wanted to take the time and say thank you for being a part of this year’s competition.
And now we’re pleased to announce the...
Top 50 Features
| Script Title | Writer(s) |
| #1 WITH A BULLET | David Martin |
| AN IDIOT'S TALE | Michael Mortimer |
| BECOMING THE WILD | Mark Hertzler & Toby Valdes |
| BENNY | P.C. Allan |
| BETTE DAVIS EYES | Brandon Constantine |
| BLOOD IN THE WATER | Laura Gillis |
| DESDEMONA | Nelson Downend |
| DINO PIRATES | John Petrizzi & Brad Hodson |
| DIRTY WATER DOGS | Terri Viani |
| DO NOT PASS | Jeremy Kriss |
| DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER | Adam Pliskin |
| DOUBLE INDIANA | David Keith Miller |
| DUSTED | Guy McDouall |
| EXTRAJUDICIAL | Craig Bealer |
| FINAL FLIGHT | Jeffrey Sampson |
| FORGET-ME-NOTS | John Dummer |
| FRAGILE | Peter Andrews |
| GRANDPA | Max Rissman |
| HIS & HERS | Eran Lagstein |
| JIMMY AND THE STAR ANGEL | Jerry Robbins & Jeffrey Gage |
| MICA | Ilisa Aaron |
| PAGEANT DAD | Khalid Saleem |
| REBELLION | Sergio Kopelev |
| RESTORATION | Don Stroud & Winter Mead |
| RUNNING AROUND | George Perez |
| SAVING ESPERANZA | Betty Sullivan |
| SEDONA | Jared Gordon |
| SHELLS | Justin Horowitz |
| SLEIGHT OF MIND | Marc Edelstein & Julian Cohen |
| TABULA RASA | Andy Smith |
| TANGLEWOOD FALLS | David Martin |
| THE AMBULANCE DRIVER | Barry Leach |
| THE DUNES | Paul Baiguerra |
| THE FAMILY TRADE | Erin Hays |
| THE G.O.A.T. | Sid Grey |
| THE ICE MAN | Jared Iversen |
| THE KILLER JOHN BIDWELL | Travis Lemke |
| THE LAST RAIN | Kathryn Rushent |
| THE MEMPHIS MAFIA | Jason Williams |
| THE MENTOR | Meredith Levine & Andrew Stone |
| THE NATURE OF IT | Kate Kelsen |
| THE OFF SWITCH TO EVERYTHING | Jared Gordon |
| THE PIONEER | Ziyad Saadi |
| THE QUANTUM KEY | Gretchen Klein |
| THE WAR OF THE TOOTH FAIRY | James Hickey |
| THERE IS A SEASON | Stuart Creque |
| THIS CLOSE | Marc Messenger |
| VIPER | Atul Sharma |
| WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE | Josh Miller |
| XENO WORLD | Nick Franco |