AWARDS 2009

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2009 CWA contest:

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Urbanity - Adam Taylor Barker, Frankfort, KY 

ACTION
First Place - Holmes - George Nicholis, Astoria, NY
Second Place - Minus Men - J.R. Taylor, West Hollywood, CA

COMEDY
First Place - The Other Woman - Kurt Smith, Redmond, WA
Second Place - Celebrity Seed  - Derek May & Richard Dane Scott, Converse, TX

DRAMA / FAMILY
First Place - Boise, USA  - Gene Franklin Smith, Pacific Palisades, CA 
Second Place - Rhyme of Love - Lior Cohen, Tel Aviv, Israel

HORROR / THRILLER / FANTASY
First Place - Infinity - Chris Bonneau & Heather Ellingwood, Los Angeles, CA
Second Place - Hocus Pocus-In The Land of Baloney - Rana Aich, San Jose, CA

CREATIVE CONCEPT AWARD
Parallel Voyage - Gary Mazza, Newtown, PA

AWARDS 2008

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2008 CWA contest:

GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Pippa’s Song - Diana Mitchell, Nashville, TN

FIRST RUNNER UP: You Like Chinese Food - Ryan Sager and Jacob Gershman, Brooklyn, NY

SECOND RUNNER UP: The Union County Tragedy - Chris Wimmer & Joey McAdams, Los Angeles, CA

HEADLINES

Deals, options, considerations and recent requests:

2008 Finalist script gets option by Inferno Entertainment
Disruptors, George Hernandez’s script, gets optioned by Inferno Entertainment.

Kundali Entertainment signs option on 2 scripts from 2008
Finalist Shepherd’s Moon by John Arends and The List by Alec Carlin have both signed deals with production outfit, Kundali Entertainment.

Finalist from 2008 negotiating option
Gary Son Of God written by Kirk Davis and Devin Crowley is in final negotiations.

Regent Entertainment requests script of 1st Place Winner - 2009
Executive requests to read Boise, USA.

2009 First Place Comedy Winner, The Other Woman by Kurt Smith
“With my CWA win and the promotional prize package from SellAScript, I have already received 11 read requests for my romance comedy, The Other Woman. At a time when rom-coms are out of favor in Tinsel Town, that is a huge achievement, and I can't thank you enough!”

The list so far...

Ksana Golod
The Wolper Organization
Gross-Weston Productions
Barry Krost Management
Principato Young
Fever Pitch Pictures
Zero Gravity Management
Roberts/David Films, Inc.
David Foster Productions
Michael Mailer Films
Craig Anderson Productions

Abbot Management requests contact info on Winners of 2009
Manager requests contact info on top five winners.

Producer request to read Grand Winner of 2009
Colin O’Reilly requests to read Urbanity.

Mad Hatter Entertainment requests second place winner of 2009
Michael Connolly from Mad Hatter Entertainment requested fantasy, Hocus Pocus-In the Land of Baloney. Connolly is co-producer of How to Train Your Dragon, a Dreamworks Banner releasing this March.

Quattro Media requests second place winner of 2009.
Jim Strader requests to read Hocus Pocus-In the Land of Baloney.

Sander Moses requests to read Finalist 2009
Development executive requests to read Flair! A Bartender’s Battle.

Freefall Films requests to read Winners of 2009
Creative Executive requests to read all winning scripts.

Brant Rose Agency requests to read 6 scripts of 2009
Agent requests to read six scripts from Finalists

VC Associates requests to read top Winners of 2009
Manager requests to read 5 top winners

Snoot Entertainment requests to read 4 Scripts of 2009
Development Executive requests 4 scripts from 2009 Finalist
Deadline Calendar

The 2010 Creative World Awards are now closed.  Winner announcements will begin early September.  

The 2011 Season will begin mid-December, 2010.

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