THE 2007 SCREENWRITING EXPO SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
THE TOP 20%

The 2007 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition received more than 3000 scripts this year: 211 Television Scripts, 350 Shorts and almost 2500 Feature Screenplays. We want to thank all of our entrants for helping us make this the biggest Expo Competition ever.

Although these scripts are not in the running for prizes, our readers ranked them in the top 20% of the entered features.

25 by Scott Parisien & Ian Noakes
1954 by Stanley F. Werse
13 Again by Mark E. McCann
2012 Genesis by Manuel Tinoco
A Christmas Stray by Shaun Chapman
A Different Kind of Company by Ron J. Hoskie
A Friend of the Family by Gary Ellenberg
A Marine Story by Ned Farr
A Not So Simple Plan by Paul Magid
A Private War by John Benton
A Tale of Two Cathys by Steven Barry Prince
A Tunnel At The End Of Light by Jay Nuzum
According To Theory by Renee Suzanne Johnson
After Summer by Patrick Baggatta
Afterlife, Inc. by Joe Zanetti
Ahwatukee by Jessie Ann Baker
Airborne! by Hector Troy
Airworthy by Harold Taylor
Aleppo by Michael Bobroff
Alice K or: How To Fight The World Without Worrying About Your Hairstyle by Raul Ruiz-Miquel
All The Best by Anne Gruemmer
All The Houses Look The Same by James Henschen
All Together Now by Yaron Kaver
Almost Better Than Working by James M. McCarthy
Alpha Hunter by Gregory Luckett
Amanda Ranch by Paul J. Hastings
American Gold by Paul Crowley
Americans In Mexico by Shirley Brooks Goodman
Amputation Station by Richard Harland Smith
Ancestral Home by Aaron Yarber
Angola Blue by R. K. Townsend
Anno Domini by Iain Hamilton McLean & Holly Fisher
Ariadne's Thread by Steve Callen
B Deviled by Billy Maddox
Ballhawk by Mike Houlihan
Bar None by Mary OKicki
Be Careful What You Wish For by DiAnne Olson
Billy Barnaby’s Twisted Christmas by Scott Reeves
Bint Salim by Nadia Salem
Black Sun by Tom Patrick
Blackbird by DC Cooper
Blackburn Burrow by J. H. Levy
Blood Angel by Kyle Michel Sullivan
Blood Queens by Scott Svatos
Blood Runners by Alexander Hall
Bloom by Crystal Walkup
Bonded by Blood by Bonnie Rutherford & Vince Moncelsi
Bones of Flesh by Jon Jarema
Boobs! by A Fable A. Bowers
Book of Job by Andy Cies
Book of Vengeance by Lisa Wonsey
Boom Vang by L. Pontius
BRO (Bull Riders Only) by Melinda May
Bye Bye Moon by Bruce Dundore
Cat’s Eyes by Harvey Papush
Challenger Deep by Aaron Yarber
Children of Breiz by Claudine Le Moal
Clackers by Mike Murphy
Closet Space by Karla Karanza
Cobble Hill by Tania Van Pelt
Code 419 by Olu Olaniyan
Coffeedate.com by Jodie Barmash & Stephanie Bauder
Coincidental Miracles by Heather Hughes
Comfort Zone by San Mytys
Countdown To Bliss by Michael Jon Levin
Coyote Heart by Dean Bruggeman
Crashers by Dana Conrad Haynes
Creative Differences by Alex Simon
Crossing the Line by Mark Wryan
Crystal Clear by Annie Willett
Cybernetic Op by Dave Haddock
Dago Tease by Nick Ullia
Daisy 4 Mayor by Leslie Valdes
Dame by Matthew Morra
Dasher & Dancer by Steve Ellis
Dead Man's Gulch by Robert Rex
Delerium Tremens by Graham Manson
Deliberate Fallacies by Pamela McHugh Holmes
Depths Of Europa by Andrew M. Potts
Dig by Marc A. Sampson
Digit by Tennyson E. Stead
Doing 70 by Cole Potter
Doylestown by Joseph Nienalt
Doze by Rebecca Reed
Drag Race by Billy Henehan
Dream By Day by Michael Lea
Dreamer of the Dine’ by A. Bowers
Durand by Alex Simon
Eclipse Girls by Patric Martin & Carla Keller
El Paso by Timothy Tribble
Emily’s Window by Dayle Ann Hunt
Emma and William by Priya Narendran
Endor by Mark D. Eaton & Reed Frerichs
Escape From Candyland by Caesar Voghan
Esther Estates by Chris Dauer
Even Unicorns Need To Breathe by Leah Meyerhoff
Every Dog Has His Day by Dov Engelberg
Every Good Intention by Scott Wiley Fedor
Everyone Flies by Daniel J. Sanders
Experimental by Kelly Parks
Extinct by Michael Hebler
Face The Sun by Mike Moroz
Faces in the Street by Larissa Olick & Lisa Olick
Fairies Landing by Cheryl Miller
Faking It by Jenna Milly & Ann Marie Allison
Fall From Grace by Jeff Ritchie
Fallout by Linda Freeny
Fear of Falling by Jason Kent
Fear of Love by Dominski Michael
Feeding A Life by Houri Geudelekian
Feeling Better About Being Human by Seth Bartholomew
Felix the Flyer by Christopher Canole
Finding Heart by David Kane
Finding Solace by Joe Borriello
Firehouse by Chee Ho
First Impressions by Chris Eisenberg
Flagshtok by John S. Day
Four of a Kind by Doug Pitman
From Above by Richard Ho
From Point A To Point B by Elise Lynn Stempky
Fuel by James Roman & Chris Donaldson
Gabriel by Marko Ilich
Galapagos by Marie Merillat
Galaxy Storm by Sean R. Sullivan
Garbo's Last Stand by Jonathan Miller
Gentle On My Mind by Douglas J. Cook
Ghost Island by Jalynn Venis & Richard Gorey
Ghoul by Kelly Parks
Ghoul School by John Stancari
Gideon’s Wager by Steven James Eaton
Gingerbread by Dirk Scott Levinsohn
Glass and Silver by R. D. Wright
Glory Days: The Saga of Chet Steele by Joshua Caldwell & Travis Oberlander
Gorgeous George by Steve LaMontagne
Grace’s Place by Kaye Kittrell
Great Falls, Montana by Steven Owad
Groom Service by Claire Ince
Gumshoes by Joe Grazulis
Hannibal by Jack Davidson
Hates Mistletoe by Victoria Wu
Heading For Home by David Allensworth
Heart by Jason Thornton & Chris Thornton
Heartless by Tim Toepel & Steve Doyle
Heaven Is Still Waiting by Douglas J. Cook
Heaven’s Mandate by Boris Layupan
Her Fury by Priya Narendran
Hero by Dennis Luu
Hero of the Day by Andy Cannistra
High Stakes Game by Gary M. Black
His Fatal Tale by Deb Botha Ryan
Holy War by Lee A. Matthias
How To Start A Coup by Raymond Anthony Villareal
Human Resources by Ryan Condal
Imaginary Friends by Bryan Schulz
Imagine by Daryl J. Sharpe
In God’s Country by Rik Filion
In Memoriam by James P. Barker
In the Earth of Your Soul by Jeffrey Schlotter
In The Wake of Randy by Lynne Logan
Influence by Dov Engelberg
Inner Demons by Shaene M. Siders
Inside Out by Len Lippman & Ali Lippman
Instant Hero by Scot Beidelman
Intelligent Design by Bret Boyer
Internal Secrets by Brittanie Johnson
Jacob’s Strife by Elena Fabri
Johnny Dane by Tod Shacklett
Journey to the West by Vincent Ho
Jungleland by Robert Martorana
Just Between Us by Jason P. Barter
Just For the Holidays by Cynthia G. Burgess
Just May by Alexandra Stafford
Justine by James M. Mabrey
Kidnapped by Ryan McDonald
Kill Kona by Kelly Crigger
Kiss Interrupted by Steven Finly
Kitty Love by Jane Ransom
Knight Moves by Annie Ricciuti
Lamatsu by Rick Watkins
Land Between The Tracks by Gerald Blight & Taryn Reneau
Last Resort by George Covic
Lifeidreamedof by Stephen Daly & Dale Calandra
Little Miss Deadly by Mia Thompson
Little Red Riding Hood by Cathy Kitinoja
Loch Ness Dragons by Juan Vazquez
Lost Night by Michael Trentacosti
Love And Other Natural Disasters by Stephen Garvey
Love Conquers All by Dane McCauley
Loyalty on Trial by Erik V. Wolter & Robert Masters
Lucky Sucker by Jerron Spencer
Man Made Messiah by Olivier Tjon
Manifestation of Evan Thornton by Russell Miller
Mannish Boy by Ron Meltzer
Matatoro by John Baker
Medicine Game by David Coryell
Medieval by Stanley F. Werse
Michigan Ave. by Robert J. Fox
Migration by Broderick Fox
Mine by Anita Jean Justice
Mirage by George C. Mackey
Monstrous Passions - The Life of Mary Shelley by Deborah Baxtrom
Mujahid by Brian Eisel
My Thermonuclear Family by Doug Karr
Nicolo by Gary Miner
Night Terrors by Robert Heske
No Stopping by Richard Jordan
North End by Robert Sperlinga
Of a Feather by Brian Sanders
On the Air by Michael Kane
One-Day Widow by Mel Melcer
Orphans by Paul Gavin
Other People’s Kids by S. D. Terrell
Ova’s Gold by Dennis DeBon
Paper Airplanes by George Nicholis
Paradise Found by Dana MacPhail, John Porubsky, Mark Rochon, Ron Roegnik, & Rick Tiller
Party Girls by Carol Nelson Falcone
Perfect Child by Linda Wineland Byrne
Perfect Form by Randy Moore
Pool of Gladness by Eleni Lela Tsaprailis
Popsicle Days & Firefly Nights by F. Michael Blair
Prayer of the Refugee by Taylor DeJean Brown
Presidential Legacy by Heather MacArthur
Prophet Margin by Bryan Spears
Pt. White by Alexandra Steele
Pulp Science Fiction by Ron Podell
Purgatory, New Mexico by Shane Dax Taylor & George Maranville
Purple Maze by Carol Springer
Ranger School - The Pat Tillman Story by Robert Mishra
Reflection by Barry P. Ambrose & Christopher Stapleton
Reflections on Violence by Andrew Serban
Refuge by Frances Overheu
Renaissance Faire by David Mulholland
Revenge by Andrew J. Crane
Reversal of Justice by Evelyn Khelama
Ridge Runner by Gary Bullock
Ridin’ Shotgun by Douglas Paul Cooke
Ritornare (The Return) by Mark Steven Porro
Rocket by John Cunninham
Rose And Justice by Sean Breathnach
Rough Country by Lee Ann Jacob & Peter Phinny
Roundabout American by Boris Wexler
Royal Flush by Steven Matty
Rue Royale by Angela M. Lemire & Amanda J. Morse
Saardu: The Adventures of Rudy and Howie by Carma Gagne
Salt In Your Eyes by Natalie Robison Hejny
Savage Saturday by Alexander Hall
Savannah Hollows by Colin Preston
Searching For Sarah Jones by Rebecca Kennedy
Second Chances by Peter M. Thompson
Second Hope by Diane W. Shannon
Sentinels by Todd Ludy
Sex Without You (Just Isn’t The Same) by David Turkat
Shades of Gray by Gabrielle Bird
Shadows of the Phoenix by Yong-Ren Zhong
Shadows Of The Wolf by William Collister
Shame by Steve Spiro
She Haunts Me by Jack Baker
Sheep by Louaine Collier Elke
Shopping by Pedro Suarez
Short Tracker by Kenneth W. Pearson
Showdown In Berlin by Onah Justice James
Simon Says by Michael D. Lajko
Sinergy by Jason Grainger
Sister Mary by Paula Jean Myers
Skin Job by Michael Donald
Sleeping Beauty by Tony Boland
Smile by Joseph Nienalt
Snap Count by Wil Denson
Softballs of Steel by Ryan Maples & Anthony Adornetto
Solid Waste by Anne Kruse
Solomon’s Whale by John Arends
Sometimes by Todd Wilson
Spacious Skies by Tamas Harangi
Stalking Nancy by Dennis Luu
Star Pilot by Mike Maden
Stars and Stripes Forever by Boris Layupan
Stoker by Andrew Stylianou
Strange Bedfellows by Thorn Wilder
Stray by Nena Eskridge
Stronger by Jason Blackwell
Superior by Michael Burton
Swept Under by Steve Arnold
Sympathy by Sanjiv Parikh
Tapping In by Brian Murphy & Scott Bloom
Teddy, the Ten-Timer by Stephen Garvey & Travis Davis
The Adventures of Johnnie the Black by Curtis Burdick & Scott Burdick
The Afterlife Hotel by Claudia Arndt
The Airman by Mike Dorsey
The Altar Boys by Joseph William Gough
The Arrangement by Steven Carey Lassoff
The Artist’s Story by Nathan Davis
The Auction by Yvonne Borgogni
The B.E.S.T. Man by Jack Davidson
The Beautiful Game by Jennifer Lennox & Patrick Druggan
The Beekeeper by Sean J. S. Jourdan
The Bishop of Rome by Everett Schaefer
The Book of Hawk by Daniel C. Lorti
The Borough Boys - Come Back to Me by Irin Evers
The Bouhler Haus by Bette Lou Tobin
The Boxer Molineux by P. A. Kent & Stuart Lindsay
The California Hotel Murders of 1896: A Love Story by Rusty Rhodes
The Cannibal’s Supper by Amy Waddell
The Cherry Sisters by Steven Gottlieb
The Chrysanthemum Throne by Gary Van Haas
The Coupon Clipping Gang by Michael Compton & Sherry Compton
The Crooked Old Man by Robert Tronieri
The Dale by Rick Polizzi
The Dog Show by Henderson Smith & Brett Smith
The Embrace by Cara Anglin
The Enemy Within by David L. Wallace
The Eulogist by Mary Santarelli
The Extra’s Extra by Mary Haarmeyer & Craig Beeman
The Fallen Angels of Sans Espoir by Amber Simpson & David Teagle
The Fishing Expedition by John Metzner
The Fortress by Janet Ritz
The Giant Man by Keith Planit
The Gift by Len Lippman & Ali Lippman
The Godfather Game by Gaby Lopez
The Good Samaritan by Bill Flannigan
The Gun Club by Jim Durkey
The Hot Flashes by Brad Hennig
The Invasion of Charlie by Brian Duffield
The Invisible Messenger: Web of Deceit by Harold Brown
The Jaenks File by Lisa Hunter
The Jockey by Kevin Resnick & Steven Jupiter
The Johnson Pauleys by Christopher Schlerf
The Journey of Jefferson Lee by Mark Beech
The Jupe by Lee A. Matthias
The King Over the Water by David Gillis
The Kingdom by Kathy Garcia
The Last Christmas Tree by Hammond Holt Satterfield
The Last Cigarette by Deborah Hunter Setele
The Legacy of St. Ex by Christopher Farren
The Legend Of Bass Reeves: The Hunt For Dozier by Brandon Dumas
The Life and Legend of Simon the Cicada by Gregor Collins
The Living Blade by Leonard E. Lawson
The Möbius Strip by Christopher Brockway
The Man in the Box by Ryan Bradley
The Man Who Lived With The Cannibals by P. K. Silverson
The Man Who Murdered Love by David Sabbath
The Mary Celeste Enigma by Richard H. Rees
The Missing Pilots by Stephen Kelly
The Mortal Coil by Michael Scotto
The Ninth Crusade by David Hastings
The Nobleman by Craig Schwartz
The Nutcracker by Connie Tonsgard
The Operators by Michael Farrell
The Patriot Spy by Diane Hanks
The Patron Saint of Disappointing Children by David Ullendorff
The Phoenix Option by Marc Elrich
The Pier’s End by Jeffrey Mark Jenkins
The Placekicker by Kenneth James
The Power by Kevin Hager
The Privateers by Windy Buhler
The R.A.T. Files by Dale Whisman
The Red Envelope by David Sakmyster
The Ride to Rocky Point by Gregory Kane
The Rightside by Emmanuelle Patrice
The Rock of Abandon by Jimmy Lui
The Runaway King by Chris Carden
The Scourge of God by Omar Attia
The Sculptor by John Crockford
The Secret Drawer Society by Sharon Scott
The Secret of Shangri-La by Lisa Gold
The Spitting Man by Bethanie Morrissey
The Starfish Scream by Brent Hartinger
The Stone Henge by Hoyt Richards & Richard Jones
The Successors by Laqueta Lewis
The Sun Rises East by Sun Tze Yun
The Thirteenth Mary by Michael Strode
The Tomb by Ian & Rosi Taylor
The Tour Guide by Andrea Axelrod
The Treasure Heart Kids by Eric Cooper
The Two by Mike Doyle
The Unseen by Shiva Ramanathan
The Untutored Soul by David Cowper
The Valley of the Kings by Danny Sheehy
The Valley of the Shadow by Marlene Taylor
The Value of Girls by Gabrielle Burton
The Void by Michael Kane
The War of Mulberry Lane by Tyler James Massey
The Way by Manjula Menon
The Way Of The Neanderthal by Michael Spohr
The Wintertide Spirit by David Shailer
The Witness by Jerry Lee Davis
The Woman and the Dragon by Matthew Burns
Through The Valley Of Darkness by Charles Conklyn
Ties That Bind by Jill Wallace & Athol Wallace
To Catch A Keeper by Mary Huckstep
To Kill For by Eddie Gonzalez
Tom Quick by Daryl J. Sharpe
Tomorrow Lands by Aaron Nasby
Too Big Means Water by Don Santiago
Transcendence by Darryl Hill
Trauma Junkie by Tom Hobbs
Treading Water by Desi Poteet
Trial Marriage by Lisa Caruso
Trial of the Century by Adam Mallinger
Tsunami Warning by Carlton T. Saito
Ultraviolet Child by James Ossi
Uncle Ed is Dead by Jessica Scalise
Unknown Soldiers by Ami Hendrickson
Unnatural Disaster by Kathy King
Vengeance by John Burgess
Verona by Jeffrey Gunhus
Viva Lucita by Geneva Fowler
Wanderlust by Blaire Baron-Larsen
Warpath by T. J. Brady
We All Fall by T. K. Henderson
Wendigo by Jess Nakaska
Where I Belong by Diane Hanks
Where’s Jose? by Joan Leach
Why Things Burn by Alix Reeves
Wife Or Death by Greg Wells
Within the Snow by Kit Connors
Year of the Kukulcan by Rene Andre
Yellow 14 by Robert F.Tate
Zig Zag by Heather Hughes
Zombie Robot Ninja Pirate by Eric Trenkamp
Zoo Break by Michael Walski

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