2020 Seattle Int'l Screenwriting Honors
This festival is really worth submitting to. From the first moment, I realized just how dedicated the organizers are to you the writer and promoting your individual goals. Almost immediately after I was notified I was a finalist, I got a call from the competition. I was paired with a heavy-hitting manager, supplied amazing - and I mean, ah-may-zing! - notes, feedback, and tips on my script, AND a follow-up call to make sure I liked the reader and the notes! Incredible! There's a passion that this festival has for making sure their screenwriters are happy, that is rare to find. I was thrilled, shocked, and very impressed. All communication was professional, prompt, and informative. I highly recommend you check it out and submit.
This is one of those organizations that goes above and beyond your expectations. SISH really delivers on making sure you get pushed forward in your career. It's not just a pat on the back, like so many other competitions. Top finishers get phone calls, numerous emails delivering news of laurels, industry contacts, professional critiques, and good things to come. FIVE STAR in my book. Definitely a cut above the rest. - Todd Sorrel
Surgeon Hong, was a finalist in the latest festival. In rapid succession, on the announcement date I received a phone notification from the festival telling me of the award, then a brief but pertinent set of notes and suggestions on the script, and then a linkage to a named producer. That's what I call delivering the goods. In ten years, I have not seen such value for money in any other festival or screenwriting competition. While the festival may not be the largest, its outreach is authentic and I had the distinct feeling overall that script writers and non-mainstream scripts matter. - Paul Gross
I am so honored and thankful.
2020's Grand Prize Winner received a consultation package provided by Roadmap Writers with three top talent executives and talent managers in New York and Los Angeles. The top two finalists also received one hour consultations with talent managers in Los Angeles.
2020 Grand Prize Winner
Singular by Brandon Morrissey
Finalists
Parousia by Todd Sorrell
Surgeon Hong by Paul Gross
Semi Finalists
Six Bullets at Sundown by Paul Grammatico
Note in the Oak by Carmel Amit and Shah Bel Halevi
Summer’s End by Marcia Dinneen
Swim by Chantal Eyong
Puesta Del Sol by Ed Johnson
The Lost Mine by Zoe Gieringer
The Caretake by Gerald Teaster
2019 Seattle Int'l Screenwriting Honors
My screenplay, "Rogue's Coward" was the 2019 Grand Prize Winner. And for that, thank you so very much. I will forever revere your name. I received a call from Janet Jeffries, Head of Development of Lawrence Bender Productions. She is a gifted, well-spoken professional. And it was an interesting conversation concerning what she and her colleagues gleaned from my story. She had an absolute extraordinary idea that I've already folded into the play. Thank you again.
The organizers selected my screenplay, "1933". The selection was made well ahead of the deadline. This is the seventh award that I have won for this work and it seems like this was the most seamless. Well done!
This was really fun, I'm so happy my script was selected, seems like a really sweet community!
2019's Grand Prize Winner received a consultation package provided by Roadmap Writers with three top talent executives and talent managers in New York and Los Angeles. The top two finalists also received one hour consultations with talent managers in New York.
2019 Grand Prize Winner
Rogue’s Coward by Robert J. Rogers
Finalists
Dr. Franka by Scott Nabat
Sol by James Fox
Semi Finalists
1933 by Marc Anderson
Scuppernongs by Lynne Ashe
Unsightly by John Bourke
Ghost by Ashley Callahan
The Masses (Pilot) by Toni Nagy
Timber by Marian Mathews Clark and Patricia Stevens
Little Things Mean a Lot by Michael Monteith
