SCRIPT2COMIC 2021 WINNERS
Year two was a smashing success! Our official announcement for the winners was in The Hollywood Reporter and can be found here: SCRIPT2COMIC WINNERS 2021 - THR
Thank you to our sponsors: MOSAIC MEDIA, Scout Comics, Motor Content and Thunder Comics. CGC® was our partner in designing and presenting the amazing award slabs that each of our winners will be receiving. The books inside the slab were designed by Joe Martin at CGC and printed by Comic Impressions with a cover design by DRES13. The book layout was done by Marcus Guillory from Scout Comics. Special thanks to Brittany McManus from CGC, Jimmy Miller, Patrick Newman and Matt Riley from Mosaic, and the whole team at Scout Comics.
Thank you again to all of our entrants — and to all of our judges and sponsors. We could not have done this without you all.
GRAND PRIZE
HEARD
by Alex George Pickering
A young boy with non-verbal autism must use his savant skills to escape his kidnappers and journey across a deadly wilderness—all while his desperate father searches for him and discovers what it truly means to hear his son.
Alex George Pickering is an American screenwriter and producer who has pursued a passion for storytelling all his life. Born in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts, Alex earned a B.A. in English with a writing concentration from Georgetown University and an M.F.A. in Cinema-Television Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Alex is best known for his writing credits on the DreamWorksTV web series PUSS IN BOOTS and KUNG FU PANDA, HBO-distributed short film FIG (directed by Ryan Coogler) and upcoming Coverfly Red List thriller/horror feature CRATE. He also wrote USC's Fotokem Gold Award-winning film EFRAIN. In addition to his produced credits, he won both Best Drama in the Shore Scripts Feature Contest and the Script Pipeline TV Competition, as well as finalist awards in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Film Festival, ScreenCraft and more. His frequent writing partner is Matthew Breault.
Along with his writing endeavors, Alex also directs documentaries for organizations like LAUSD and LARAEC, and teaches film production and graphic arts in Los Angeles. He is repped by ATN Entertainment.
1ST PRIZE
KRONOS
by Alain Soussokho
Five strangers awaken with no memory on a large space station orbiting Earth. As they explore the massive facility in search of their identities, they discover that the station can throw them into increasingly dangerous situations involving the present, the past and the future.
Alain Soussokho fell in love with English language and literature at a very young age. His writing is more inspired in English than in his native tongue but always let French and European influences seep into his work. Soussokho loves crafting stories where mystery, action and Sci-Fi collide, trying to pay a humble tribute to his literary masters Stanley Kubrick, Philip K. Dick and John Carpenter.
2ND PRIZE
Joyless
by Jocelyn & Ryan Manns
The galaxy's most dangerous criminal is pursued across the stars by a bounty hunter she's hopelessly in love with. Both were victims of a new kind of crime: the theft of memories. He thinks she's wronged him and is out for revenge, but Jane's searching for the truth about their relationship, and her own mysterious past.
Jocelyn lives and works in Los Angeles. She is a writer and performer with the Money Pit sketch comedy team, based out of the Ruby Theater LA. She is a graduate of the University of Texas - Austin, where she studied Radio-TV-Film and worked at the campus television station. She writes as part of a team with her older brother Ryan, whom she does not look up to. In her spare time, she collects perfume, like some sort of Disney villain.
Ryan is a New York based writer. After graduating from Rutgers with degrees in economics and psychology, he went on to study improv and sketch at the Upright Citizens Brigade, and can be seen in a variety of shows including the It Sucks Awards and Late Night Packet Jam. An avid music fan, he formerly hosted a radio show on 90.3 the Core and has written music reviews and listicles for GetAlternative.com. During college, he ran the popular Twitter account @NBUnderground, a live events aggregator serving New Brunswick, New Jersey (home of Rutgers University). He has published several card and board games, working most often with Uncle Andy's Toys. He writes with his younger sister Jocelyn, who looks up to him a great deal, probably. In his spare time, he can be found scouring the earth for the perfect scrambled egg.
3RD PRIZE
Kingdom of God
by Travis J. Opgenorth
Before Jesus of Nazareth became the Messiah, other zealots waged war against their Roman occupiers and Jewish countrymen. In the midst of this bloody holy war, Christianity came into being... Kingdom of God is its origin story.
A conqueror of fears, Travis has taken his acrophobia to the top of a 108-foot-tall Mayan temple, swam with sharks, hunted ghosts, and attended a mixer where he knew no one. In the last six years, he's finished in the top three or won over 20 contests with 11 different scripts. Travis has also worked on feature projects with companies like Eclectic Pictures, Papa Octopus Productions, Votiv Films, and Sixth Sense Productions. He lives in L.A., but calls Sheboygan, WI home.
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (TIE)
Deadfellows
by Kody Hamilton
After a harsh breakup, a depressed man moves into his new apartment with express intent to kill himself, until a group of ghosts haunting the residence stop him because they can’t spare the space of having another spectral roommate.
"I grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico where I experienced firsthand much of the social clashes that happen every day in this country. I was raised by my two mothers, who worked to keep my life stable despite my conservative father’s effort. That dynamic, along with extensive anxiety in my teenage years, informs my work now. My goal now is to create work that satisfies the escapism I constantly felt in need of when I was with my father, while also conveying the relief of home my mothers gave me."
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (TIE)
Little Criminals
by Caitlin Amans
When three jailbirds are given a second chance at life by testing a cure for cancer then a perky reporter gets wind of this story of a lifetime and plans to exploit it until she falls in love with the scientist who is desperately trying to restore the little criminals back to adults before they regress entirely into infants
Caitlin Amans has more than three decades of work experience in the entertainment industry. She began her career as a Location Assistant in episodic television and features which included shows like Hardball, Jake and the Fat Man, Melrose Place, Picket Fences, LA Law, The Bodyguard, Little Princess, Naked Gun 33 1/3, and many others. In 2007 Caitlin devoted her time to writing feature scripts and to date has 22 completed feature scripts which have been finalists, semifinalists and top 50 in international competitions. Caitlin and her husband live in Southern California with their two dogs.
FINALISTS 2021
Title | Writer(s) |
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The Passengers | Alain Soussokho |
Deadfellows | Kody Hamilton |
Bright Shadows 2161 | Xxavier Robertson |
Lola & Lita, Love & Light | Heather Renee Wake |
Joyless | Ryan Manns & Jocelyn Manns |
Vi CITY | Ryan Smith |
Society of Strays | Christopher Chou Slomiak |
A Real Man | Magda Pazdej |
Before Sundown | Peter Rivera & Justise Ortiz |
The Supremes | Benny Jean-Baptiste |
New Universe | Cougar Littlefield |
Renfield | Dan Frischman |
StarRunner Ultra | Andres Arellano-Quimi |
Future Tripping | Brian Gene White |
ALTERED IMAGE | Gavin Paul Carter |
The Lost Girls | Dustin Schmidt |
School Spirit | Doug Simpson |
The Second Law | Marcos Soriano |
TARO: Legend of Japan | Blue Spruell |
Blubber | Matt Laughery |
El Soldado de Marbach | Arturo Javier Mireles |
Heard | Alex George Pickering |
Say Boo | Francis Abbey |
Superseded | John Dorney |
The Resurrectionists | Travis J. Opgenorth |
KINGDOM OF GOD | Travis Opgenorth |
The Legend | Eric Han |
SPECS | Allison Mick |
Little Criminals | caitlin amans |
Killing Santa | Heath Houseman |
SEMI-FINALISTS 2021 (SEP 20th)
Title | Writer(s) |
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A Better Place | Katterina Powers |
A Real Man | Magda Pazdej |
A Titan Opus | John McPhaul III |
A White and Savage Land | Alex Rivers |
ALTERED IMAGE | Gavin Paul Carter |
ANOMALY | Dillon VanOort |
ARCANA | GREGG MELLER |
AmaZone | Chris Gilders |
Andy Inherits the World | Bryan Kelsey |
Apples | Rodolfo Salas |
Astral World | DMNTNSH |
Before Sundown | Peter Rivera |
Blood Related | Derek Johnson II |
Blubber | Matt Laughery |
Bright Shadows 2161 | Xxavier Robertson |
Brighton Nightlife | James (Alexander) Allen |
Brothers of Gath | Craig Weishaar |
Buffalo Nation | Alexander Major |
Bune | Harris Kauffman |
Butterfly - 'The Witch and the Maid' | Harriet O'Neill |
COPPERHEADS | Nick Coviello |
Calypso | James Barnes |
Crossroads: At the Hour of Death | A. R. (RUSSELL) ASHWORTH |
DRAGONS OF THE GLOAMING | Joel McElvaney |
DUMBEST GENERATION | Leslie Lyshkov |
Deadfellows | Kody Hamilton |
El Soldado de Marbach | Arturo Javier Mireles |
Elements | Dustin Drye |
FURIOUS | Christine McKeever |
Five Against Tartarus | Mario Baldessari |
Future Tripping | Brian Gene White |
GIRL AT THE END OF THE WORLD | Dillon VanOort |
Gator | Sam Zehr |
Gay Girl Gang | Audra Wheeler |
Hatshepsut | Rima Lyn |
Heard | Alex George Pickering |
Hell Kitten | Susan Hamilton |
Hellbreakers | Chris Mueller |
I Love Lucifer (Feature) | Susie Singer Carter |
I'm a Prisoner in an Alien Zoo | Adam Kaiser |
INVISIBLE | Mitchell Nyberg |
Joyless | Ryan Manns |
KINGDOM OF GOD | Travis Opgenorth |
Killing Santa | Heath Houseman |
LAIR | Jacob Hirsch |
Little Criminals | caitlin amans |
Lola & Lita, Love & Light | Heather Renee Wake |
Mark of the Beast | Alex Fountain |
Medicine Woman | Hilary Van Hoose |
Mortal Path TV Series - Bound by Blood Pilot | Dakota Banks |
My Real Imaginary Friends | Kyle Rizor |
New Chapter | Ryan Manns |
New Universe | Cougar Littlefield |
NightHawk: Stolen lives | Gary Jones |
Ninestein | Matt Milne |
October Seven | Steven Stiefel |
On The Road With Fanny and Stanley | Anthony Charles |
Once Upon A Time In Australia | Storm Ashwood |
One More | Sharon Powers |
Part Time Devil | Sean Price |
Paulina | Shaun Radecki |
Puglisi | Adam Skrine |
Reclamation | Peter Rívera |
Renfield | Dan Frischman |
SILVER STAR | Katherine Ruppe |
SPECS | Allison Mick |
SQUISH & DUFFEL | Jeff Galante |
Sa'Be (The Legend of Bigfoot) | Benjamin Sarno |
Sanctum | Dan Benamor |
Saturday Morning Siege | Robert Walcott |
Say Boo | Francis Abbey |
Scales | Jeremy Kirk |
School Spirit | Doug Simpson |
Sisters of Broadash | Payton Bernhardt |
Smoke | Brian Moon |
Society of Strays | Christopher Chou Slomiak |
Something Wicked | Allison Hanna |
StarRunner Ultra | Andres Arellano-Quimi |
Superseded | John Dorney |
TARO: Legend of Japan | Blue Spruell |
THE MINEFIELD | Quinn Redeker |
Talon: Vengeance | Deborah Syna |
The Blues in Your Whites | Niv Elbaz |
The Boarder | Paul Toth |
The City Under Glass (Pilot) | RA Peterson |
The Clubhouse for Wayward Souls | R.J. Blake |
The Curse of Cain | Eran Creevy |
The Devil, a Rebel, a Fool | Clay Fusco |
The Extraordinary Journey of a Black Nerd | Jon Hughes |
The Forgotten Kingdom, The Rise Of The Fallen | Andrew Lehmann |
The Gravity Well | Tom Fisher |
The Legend | Eric Han |
The Liberator | Kevin Taylor |
The Lost Girls | Dustin Schmidt |
The Magnificent Cartridge Kids | Aiden Lonergan |
The Neighborhood | Sara Strange |
The Passengers | Alain Soussokho |
The Resurrectionists | Travis J. Opgenorth |
The Second Law | Marcos Soriano |
The Sheriff of Sturgill | monis rose |
The Smell of Fear | Joseph Lint |
The Supremes | Benny Jean-Baptiste |
The Trident | Daquon Brunson |
The Virgin Madam | Robert Harbour |
Turn This Spaceship Around! | Jaye Blohm |
Two Stoned Ladies | Justin Nosler |
Uncle Black | Aaron Pinchback |
Urban Defender | John Kim |
VENERY | Dan Benamor |
Vi CITY | Ryan Smith |
Vi CITY (Graphic Novel) | Ryan Smith |
War Angels | Javona Williams |
Welcome to Hell: Please Check In | Halle McGowan |
dummkopf | Sarah Brockmann |
QUARTER-FINALISTS 2021
Title | Writer(s) |
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21 Ways to Know If You're Possessed | Laurence Walsh |
A BETTER PLACE | Katterina Powers |
A Real Man | Magda Pazdej |
A Tale of Gods and Lies | Luca Violante |
A Titan Opus | John McPhaul III |
A White and Savage Land | Alex Rivers |
ALL THE WORLD (or WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE TELLS HIS CHILDREN A BEDTIME STORY) | Martin Keady |
ALTERED IMAGE | Gavin Paul Carter |
AMORPHOUS - A SHADOW OF GHOSTS | Gavin Paul Carter |
ANOMALY | Dillon VanOort |
ARCANA | GREGG MELLER |
ATSF (Across the space frontier) [redacted identification] | Aurore de Blois |
Aftrshock | Robyn Carter |
AmaZone | Chris Gilders |
Andy Inherits the World | Bryan Kelsey |
Apocalypse, Inc. | Calvin Starnes |
Apples | Rodolfo Salas |
Artie Filbert is Comin' to Town! | Ted Collins |
Astral World | DMNTNSH |
At The Displeasure Of The President | Brian Cohen |
Ballad of a Hero | Nashawn Ortiz |
Before Sundown | Peter Rivera |
Beyond The Rift | Peter Rivera |
Blood Related | Derek Johnson II |
Blubber | Matt Laughery |
Bound by Blood | Dakota Banks |
Bright Shadows 2161 | Xxavier Robertson |
Brighton Nightlife | James (Alexander) Allen |
Brothers of Gath | Craig Weishaar |
Buffalo Nation | Alexander Major |
Bune | Harris Kauffman |
Butterfly - 'The Witch and the Maid' | Harriet O'Neill |
Candide | Christian McDonald |
Catch Hell | Jacob Rice |
Chaos Theory | Jordan Hall |
Codename Cupcake | Jillian DiGiacomo |
Comfortably Unsettled | Philip Moon & Ideene Dehdashti |
Copperheads | Nick Coviello |
Crossover | Mark Renshaw |
Crossroads: At the Hour of Death | A.R. (Russell) Ashworth |
Curtis & The Fist of Ase | Gavin Howard |
Cyber-Gear -- Press Start | Joseph Sciola |
DARRYN THE BOLD AND THE SWORD OF BOLDNESS | Justin Best |
DUMBEST GENERATION | Leslie Lyshkov |
Damsel on a Quest | Jocelyn Manns |
Deadfellows | Kody Hamilton |
Death of a Bounty Hunter | Jay Sherer |
Demonicon | Sean Whitley |
Dick Whirlpool: Ultimate Patriot | Connor Donahue |
Dragons of the Gloaming | Joel McElvaney |
Dread Tide | Ryan Berry |
EXPOSURE | Michelle Aldridge |
Ed Rex: Coming of Rage | Brian Lewis |
El Soldado de Marbach | Arturo Javier Mireles |
Elements | Dustin Drye |
Essential Service | David Reynolds |
FURIOUS | Christine McKeever |
Failover | DAVID PEKAREK KROHN |
Finding Right Miss | Steve Shrott |
Five Against Tartarus | Mario Baldessari |
Flashback | Paul Catalanotto |
Flying Tigers vs Flying Saucers aka The Fantastic Adventures of Amelia Earhart aka Shadow Squadron | Lindsay Naythons |
Frame: The Domino Effect | Aaron Walton |
Full Moon Over the New "D" Bar | Daniel Bridges |
Future Tripping | Brian Gene White |
GIRL AT THE END OF THE WORLD | Dillon VanOort |
GRIMM PTSD | Mark Sudano |
Gator | Sam Zehr |
Gay Girl Gang | Audra Wheeler |
Grains of Time | Octavia Clahar |
Guardian Angel | Carlos POZO |
Hatshepsut | Rima Lyn |
Heard | Alex George Pickering |
Hearing From Leroy | Eugene Mora |
Hell Kitten | Susan Hamilton |
Hell Knight | Chris Bolton |
Hellbreakers | Chris Mueller |
How to Make (Money From) DMT | Simr Sandhu |
I Love Lucifer (Feature) | Susie Singer Carter |
I'm a Prisoner in an Alien Zoo | Adam Kaiser |
INVISIBLE | Mitchell Nyberg |
In the Heart of Kudo | Shen-Vey Lai |
Intergalactic Io | Seth Nesenholtz |
Jason Sharp: Confirmed Bachelor | Steven Greenwood |
Joyless | Ryan Manns |
KINGDOM OF GOD | Travis Opgenorth |
Kangaroo Story | Agatha Ozdowska |
Killing Santa | Heath Houseman |
LAIR | Jacob Hirsch |
LINK | Jerry Rapp |
Larry and Tony | Adrienne Aiken |
Legacy Of Terror | Mike LANAHAN |
Little Criminals | caitlin amans |
Lola & Lita, Love & Light | Heather Renee Wake |
MARA | Aayushman Pandey |
MEDIOCRE MAN! | Lyric Fergusson |
Madrigal | Chance Muehleck |
Mal Suerte | Frank MacCrory |
Mark of the Beast | Alex Fountain |
Medicine Woman | Hilary Van Hoose |
Muck | Christopher Chou Slomiak |
Muse in the Mazeum | Clay Fusco |
My Real Imaginary Friends | Kyle Rizor |
New Chapter | Ryan Manns |
New Universe | Cougar Littlefield |
Nightfire Tales | Lewis Mackie |
Nighthawk: Stolen Lives | Gary Jones |
Ninestein | Matt Milne |
North Wind | Brad Catherman |
Northward Damned | Bryce Vails |
Nydus Gaming | Ryan Manns |
OUBLIETTE | Scott Caswell |
October Seven | Steven Stiefel |
On The Road With Fanny and Stanley | Anthony Charles |
Once Upon A Time in Australia | Storm Ashwood |
One More | Sharon Powers |
Our Brilliant Leaders | Brandon Garner |
Part Time Devil | Sean Price |
Paulina | Shaun Radecki |
Pigeoni's Pizza | Michael Tannenbaum |
Private Detective Randy Randy | Weslie Lechner |
Puglisi | Adam Skrine |
QUEEN BEE | Elizabeth Weigandt |
Real | Lisa Lutes |
Reclamation | Peter Rívera |
Renfield | Dan Frischman |
Riftworld | E. R. Roberts |
SILVER STAR | Katherine Ruppe |
SPECS | Allison Mick |
SQUISH & DUFFEL | Jeff Galante |
Sa'Be (The Legend of Bigfoot) | Benjamin Sarno |
Sanctum | Dan Benamor |
Saturday Morning Siege | Robert Walcott |
Say Boo | Francis Abbey |
Scales | Jeremy Kirk |
School Spirit | Doug Simpson |
Seedlingz | Keith Gillum |
Senex | Philip Moon |
Shadow Run | John Thibault |
Sisters of Broadash | Payton Bernhardt |
Smoke | Brian Moon |
Society of Strays | Christopher Chou Slomiak |
Something Wicked | Allison Hanna |
Space Court | Levi Spellman |
Star Crossed | Rodolfo Salas |
StarRunner Ultra | Andres Arellano-Quimi |
StoneDead | Matthew Corley |
Sunset To Sunrise | Michael Bretten |
SuperFreaks | Chaz Fatur |
Superseded | John Dorney |
TARO: Legend of Japan | Blue Spruell |
THE EUTHANIZED | Edward James Anderson |
THE HARROW LANDS | Raphael Conte |
THE MINEFIELD | Quinn Redeker |
THE SHERLOCK CHRONICLES: CURSE OF THE FIVE PASHAS | Mike LANAHAN |
Tales from Crissleton County | Daniel Boyd |
Talon: Vengeance | Deborah Syna |
Telekitties | Bea Lovett |
The Anklebiter | Andy Jones |
The Blues in Your Whites | Niv Elbaz |
The Boarder | Paul Toth |
The Burdening | Adnan Ahmed |
The City Under Glass | BA Peterson |
The Cleaners | Gregory Pricoli |
The Clubhouse for Wayward Souls | R.J. Blake |
The Curse of Cain | Eran Creevy |
The Dead Girl | Garrett Foster |
The Devil, A Rebel, A Fool | Clay Fusco |
The Dragon Sisters | Jamaal Pascall |
The Extraordinary Journey of a Black Nerd | Jon Hughes |
The Forgotten Kingdom, The Rise Of The Fallen | Andrew Lehmann |
The Four Horsemen | Christopher Sorensen |
The Garfield Guy | Jeff Longsworth |
The Gravity Well | Tom Fisher |
The Legend | Eric Han |
The Liberator | Kevin Taylor |
The Lost Girls | Dustin Schmidt |
The Magnificent Cartridge Kids | Aiden Lonergan |
The Man with a Glove | Suzanne Lutas |
The Neighborhood | Sara Strange |
The Passengers | Alain Soussokho |
The People of Long, Long Ago v. Caterpillar | Shaun Radecki |
The Resurrectionists | Travis J. Opgenorth |
The Second Law | Marcos Soriano |
The Secret Headquarters | Shaun McLaughlin |
The Sheriff of Sturgill | monis rose |
The Smell of Fear | Joseph Lint |
The Supremes | Benny Jean-Baptiste |
The Sword in the Sprawl | Matthew Scarpa |
The Trident | Daquon Brunson |
The Virgin Madam | Robert Harbour |
The Yellow Ribbon Around Jane's Neck. | David Ho |
Truckstop Warriors | Aaron Schmid |
Turn This Spaceship Around! | Jaye Blohm |
Two Stoned Ladies | Justin Nosler |
UFO Phil: The Animated Series | Eric Lee Huffman |
Uncle Black | Aaron Pinchback |
Urban Defender | John W. Kim & William Griffin |
VENERY | Dan Benamor |
VIAL CREATIONS | Jason Kyle Quesnoy |