Red Inkworks Presents the Top 2008 Finalists

A special page - set aside for those talented writers who have submitted the most entertaining stories in a screenplay format to Red Inkworks.  Loglines and contact information have been made available.

July 2008: Red Inkworks Competition Finalists 

In order of Excellence:

TO SEE AFAR  by Donald T. Morrison
Galileo's struggle to bring enlightenment to mankind is nearly thwarted by a superstitious Church and jealous professors, but succeeds through the love of a spirited woman. (Historical Drama)

TRUE NORTH  by Eric W. Carlson
When a man's past collides with his son's future, anything can happen. (Drama)

THE HORSEMAN  by Mauriel Joslyn
The tender story of accepting the enemy and finding love amid loss. (Period Romance)

WOUNDED ANIMALS MUST BE DANGEROUS  by Dianne Cameron
An acquitted murderer and a dying reporter help each other make peace with past. (Drama)

THE FAITHFUL  by James D. Norton 
During the Guatemalan civil war two women and a young journalist elude both the National Guard and communist rebels to expose who is behind the massacres of the campesions.

GROSS NEGLIGENCE  by Michael R. Madden
A cosmetic surgeon, desperate to pay off his debt to the mob, schemes to have his friend sue him for uncontested malpractice - and guaranteed megabucks. (Comedy)

ORCADIA  by Steven Zawacki
A nurse in WWII finds love and a new meaning to life when she falls for an enemy POW.  (Romantic Historical Drama)

THE LIME PIT  by Cleo C. Bresett, Jr. 
A private detective helps Iraq War veteran find her husband's killer. (Mystery/Thriller)

HEALING ARTS  by Len and Ali Lippman 
A hospital orderly begins painting on bedpans to cheer up his patients, only to find it magically speeding their recovery. (Romantic Fantasy)

CANARIES  by Craig Cambria
An experiment in biosphere living goes awry as mysterious changes both inside and out threatens the inhabitants.  (SF Thriller)

TOUCANS OF THE AMAZON  by Donna Lisa 
An enterprising toucan, the oddball of her fun-loving flock, braves Amazon dangers to help the toucans regain their rightful place in the rainforest heights.  (Animation/Family)

THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT  by Thomas Hripko 
Two small town girls who have never been anywhere, steal a trip to Europe and a couple of identities while coming to discover their true selves. (Romantic Comedy)

A SMILE THROUGH TEARS by  Shawn Royce 
When Bryce Arena, a former CIA operative, and a group of covert specialists free Bryce's Thai-Burmese girlfriend and other political prisoners from a Burmese jail, they are shadowed by the Myanmar military, bent on destroying them before they reach Thailand. (Action Drama)

OUT OF RANGE  by Elizabeth Medes
An ambitious exchange student and her working class mother part - only to find in each other's absence, that acceptance can bridge their differences.  (Drama)

SYMMETRY BREAKING  by Lisa A. Novick and Nicholas P. Warner 
A female physicist at the world's largest particle accelerator champions a radical new idea that threatens the status quo, leading to a series of mysterious deaths.  (Mystery Thriller) 

I DREAM ELECTRIC  by Daniel Finley 
A reclusive computer hacker tries to delete incriminating data when he gets caught in a city wide blackout, but admitting a stranded girl into his apartment turns his world upside down. (Drama)

UNITY  by Eugene L. Langlais III & Paul R. Langlais 
When a California mudslide unearths a mass grave of headless, spinless corpses, an FBI psychologist becomes obsessed with finding a logical explanation. (Horror/Thriller)

JONNIE THE BLACK  by Curtis Burdick & Scott Burdick
A 100 year-old black civil rights leader tells his life story to President Kennedy after being honoured at White House - and includes stunning revelations to the President.  (Action-Adventure Historical Drama)

BLACK ICE  by Peter D. Fraser 
Amidst the intrigue of the international diamond trade, a bonus-hungry ice road trucker returns to a stranded convoy and winds up in a life and death struggle against a pod of alien creatures. (SF Action/Thriller)

PRIVATE DAVIS, C.S.A.  by Bill Pryor 
(logline to follow)

LONG OVERDUE  by Eric W. Carlson 
Sometimes the right direction to take, isn't the shortest to take.  (Drama)

THE SPEECH FACILITY  by Maria Kabanova  
Linda, a defiant teenager is forced to move in with her grandfather, who has just lost the ability to speak. (Drama)

FEAR OF FALLING  by C.V. Herst 
Five old gals celebrate a birthday by answering a questionaire about life, death, and old age - revealing more than they bargained for. (Drama)

THE FOREVER HOME  by Michelle Lang 
Fate brings two separated rescue greyhounds back together when their new owners become involved, but will these two emotionally scarred people be able to create a forever home?  (Drama)

FROM POINT A TO POINT B  by Elise Lynn Stempky 
A routine drive home for the weekend proves atypical for law student Carly and those in the cars that surround her, as they face their own personal roadblocks while unintentionally influencing the lives of each other. (Dramedy)

OBLIVIOUS  by David G. Juhas 
An enigmatic Celtic beauty races the Devil to the altar on a naive quest to mask her tainted past with a fairy-tale life. (Romantic Fantasy)

LOOKING FOR LOUIE  by Shawn Royce 
When a young Californian man with little purpose in life goes to Japan, he unwittingly gets caught up with a disparate group of extreme 'talents' in an unusual spiritual quest.  (Romantic Comedy)

A GOOD SON  by Robert Tracey 
A United States congressman about to be elected to the baseball hall of fame risks everything by helping his father commit suicide. (Drama)

PAIGE & HADLEY'S PROM FROM HELL  by Devi Snively  High school misfits attend their prom and encounter humiliation, romance - and murder!

TO THE ICE  by Ruth Ellen Johnson 
In 1914 Newfoundland, a reluctant leader must face his fears to save 132 countrymen abandoned to arctic ice by a ruthless captain.  (Historical Action Adventure)

WROCKLAGE  by Steve Daniels 
A man chooses his writing career and a life of mystery and danger over a woman who loves him, and the quiet life she represents. (Drama)

THE PSYCHIC SOLUTION by  C.S. Torres 
In post-Katrina New Orleans, a shrink finds that a man who mixes dreams with reality puts the jazz back into her step.  (Dramatic Comedy)

HAT TRICK by  Robert Gately 
A heart-warming comedy that trails the misadventures of three aging men and their last hurrah: streaking down the field during the Super Bowl  (Dramedy)  
 
FALLEN SON by  John Conner 
When the son of a mafia boss gets charged with murder, he must choose between siding with his family and going to prison, or defying them to prove his innocence and risk assassination. (Crime Drama)

BLACK DAMP  by Carla Robinson 
Victims of a coal mining disaster plot their return to the surface and seek revenge on those who caused their deaths. (Horror)

RUNNING  by Kyle Price
Relationships and lives run amok about runners and the different kinds of running they do.  (Comedy/Drama)

VAMOS BIEN  by William D. Brown 
A romantic coming of age story about a Cuban girl's struggle to enter the U.S. and pursue her dream of ballet. (Drama)

HER SWASTIKA SWORD  by Christopher C. Canole 
The most heralded  sword-woman since Joan of Arc, half-Jewish German Helene Mayer, stands her ground against the Nazi Team SS henchmen and American Olympic officials threatening a boycott to make her point during 1936 Berlin Olympic Game.  (Drama)

HARLEY WOLF  by Matt Rhoden 
A mystery writer discovers frightening secrets when she's forced to solve a murder with the real-life inspiration from her books. (Mystery)

JANEY LIVE  by Amy Wendel  A middle-aged Janey is elated to find her once dying public access station revived by the young, heart-throb in town, but in no way does she bargain for their growing attraction to each other.  (Romantic Comedy)

A FORMIDABLE FOE  by  Jeffrey Musmanno
Where addictions go far beyond the physical - and the enemies within, lead to some lives destroyed, a few forgiven and one left with a secret.  (Drama)

THE HITLER METEORITE  by Scott Jorgenson
Two students rare find falls into the hands of fanatics who use it to further their extremist agenda. (Drama)

FOREST THROUGH THE TREES  by Don Santiago 
A frustrated pro-golfer attempts to teach a blind man the game of golf, hoping to not only rekindle his relationship with his estranged daughter, but revitalize his career.

HOP, SKIP, JUMP  by David Coombes 
Middle-aged mystery novelist is seduced by a college girl who then accuses him of rape - throwing him and his family into a web of intrigue, mystery and murder. (Action Thriller)

AN IMPOSSIBLE PERFECTION  by Shawn Royce 
A male inner city African-American high school student is caught between his girlfriend's academic goals and his basketball teammates' resentment of his attempt to go on to a university.  (Sports Drama/Comedy)

YARD SALE  by Irin Evers 
A woman who saves everything decides to sell the items that remind her of her recent ex-boyfriend at a yard sale - but when her 'ex' comes back, she must find all the items before he realizes that she sold them.  (Romantic Comedy)

ONE NATION UNDER  by Eugene L. Langlais III & Paul R. Langlais 
When an American military hero suspects the President of conspiring with enemies of the United States, he decides the only patriotic solution is to commit treason.  (Political Military Thriller)

FRONT MAN  by Kevin Conder 
After a terrible accident a singer loses everything and winds up homeless on Venice Beach.  (Drama)

HELL'S BELLS  by Jeff Lewis 
(logline to follow)

YOWL  by Renana Unger Hannahs 
The more things change, the more fur gets on the white carpet - being a cougar is never easy, being a were-cougar is a little too much fun. (Fantasy)


Ranked according to excellence of story and entertainment value. Not all the scripts, in their current form, are entirely industry-compliant. 
 

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