WRITING
SCREENPLAYS, PLAYS, POETRY AND OTHER THINGS

WRITING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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2022
2021
2020
PROJECT
The Forbidden Edge
PROJECT TYPE
Feature
CONTEST
Creative World Awards
PLACEMENT
Semi-Finalist
PROJECT
Fins
Hoof & Horn
The Forbidden Edge
The Loss of Silence
Return to Spalding Drive
Return to Spalding Drive
Return to Spalding Drive
The Factory
Dingbats
Fins
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Opening Line Based on Photo
PROJECT TYPE
Feature
TV Pilot
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
TV Pilot
TV Pilot
Feature
Feature
Writers Digest Magazine
CONTEST
Cinequest
Cinequest
Creative World Awards
WriteMovies
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
StoryPros Awards
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
StoryPros Awards
ISA Fast Track Fellowship
Creative World Awards
Creative World Awards
May/June Issue Contest
PLACEMENT
Semi-Finalist
Semi-Finalist
Semi-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Second Rounder
Preliminary Finalist
Preliminary Finalist
6th Place
PROJECT
The Loss of Silence
The Loss of Silence
Fins
Return to Spalding Drive
The Loss of Silence
The Loss of Silence
Hoof & Horn
Fins
The Loss of Silence
PROJECT TYPE
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
TV Pilot
Feature
Feature
CONTEST
Creative World Awards
Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Screenplay Festival
Scriptation Showcase Script
Austin Film Festival
Cynosure
Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay
Scriptation Showcase Script
Scriptation Showcase Script
PLACEMENT
Finalist
Semi-Finalist
Semi-Finalist
Semi-Finalist
Second Rounder
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
PROJECT
The Factory
The Factory
Return to Spalding Drive
Return to Spalding Drive
Return to Spalding Drive
Return to Spalding Drive
Return to Spalding Drive
The Factory
Return to Spalding Drive
The Factory
PROJECT TYPE
TV Pilot
TV Pilot
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
TV Pilot
Feature
TV Pilot
CONTEST
Screenplay Festival
Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Contest
Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Contest
Screenplay Festival
BlueCat
Creative World Awards
Fresh Voices
Screencraft
Screencraft
Scriptation Showcase Script
PLACEMENT
Finalist
Semi-Finalist
Semi-Finalist
Semi-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
Quarter-Finalist
WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING

The author has a considerable talent for comedy, and each line gives the characters their voice and personality. It's quite an accomplishment. - Return to Spalding Drive
Clearly a unique voice and style. - Return to Spalding Drive
Being different is important and this script certainly stands out. - The Loss of Silence
This is definitely one of the most compelling and original re-imaginings of the world of Greek mythology I have ever encountered - The Factory
I'm joyful to admit that I was hooked from the very first scene and was fascinated with the story all the way to the end. - Fins
The writer has an absolutely wonderful ear for the rhythms and sounds that make scripted dialog so fun to read. - Dingbats
The writer does this really excellent thing where many of the scenes just felt like it was two friends hanging out. - Dingbats
The writer is incredibly effective at turning up the heat. - Hoof & Horn
There's a great deal of humor, personality and dramatic intrique that's conveyed through the characters' swift, sharp-witted exchanges with each other. - Fins
It's vital for a screenplay to establish its core concepts within the opening ten pages, and this certainly succeeds. - The Loss of Silence
This concept is familiar for audiences and strong enough to carry not only this pilot, but an entire series. - The Factory
There are several moments of humor throughout the script, specifically in the dialogue between characters. - Hoof & Horn
LOGLINES OF SCREENPLAYS, TV PILOTS AND PLAYS

Return to Spalding Drive - Feature
A lover of Film Noir, screenwriter Nick Steele finds himself trapped in the 1930s Los Angeles mob scene and discovers how far he is willing to go for the love of a gangster moll guarding an enormous secret.
The Factory - 1 Hour TV Pilot
An allegorical tale centered on the ancient Greek Gods living in Olympia, Washington with Zeus as their charismatic factory leader trying to resurrect their power over mortals in the modern world.
Fins - Feature
An engaged couple are invited to a mysterious town along the California coast that holds a strong familial connection to one of them.
The Loss of Silence - Feature and Play
A grandmother in Puritan Massachusetts commits a heinous crime and her daughter and she discover their true roots.
Dingbats - 1/2 Hour TV Pilot
A young man moves into a Hollywood apartment and meets a wacky owner and a menagerie of odd tenants.
Hoof & Horn - 1/2 Hour TV Pilot
A wacky restaurant owner opens a new restaurant featuring singing waiters in a small Midwestern city.
The Forbidden Edge - Feature
Hope Wren and her family seek a better world in a post-apocalyptic world where religion and knowledge have been banned and the people have returned to a simplistic agrarian existence.
Mary Mary Quite Contrary - Feature and Play
Seven siblings return home to find out what their father has left them in the will.
Playing with Dolls - Feature
A bank robber in the 1930s takes three women cross country and realizes he loves one of them, but it may be too late to rekindle his romance for this doll.
I Want to Fly Where Monarchs Fly - Feature
After being threatened by the local avocado cartel, a Mexican family braves the road to the United States during the Trump administration.
