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The Screenwriting Competition
Award certificates will be presented at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, August 5 at the Landfall Restaurant after 10 PM. We wish to thank all the participants in the competition and extend our heart-felt hopes that each of you finds the avenue to have your work taken to the screen.
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Science Screenplay Award
First Place
Sounds Of Silence
by Craig J. Weiner of New York City, New York
In the 1980's, a young deaf scientist must choose between participating in the development of the first cochlear implant and the deaf community (and man) she loves. Having grown up as the only deaf child in an orphanage, Kimberly's world is opened when she goes to a deaf college. At Gallaudet, she learns sign language, develops a deaf identity, and falls in love. As a scientist, she believes that her career will be limited by her hearing loss and she strives to find a way to make life easier for daf people like her. What begins as an honest scientific and personal pursuit explodes into a fierce conflict between her and the deaf community that has recently embraced her as their own.
| Hi, I'm pleased to be recognized by WHFF for this script. As a Massachusetts native, it means even more. Thanks again, Craig Weiner |
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Runner-Up:
At Forty
by Richard Fay of Salem, Massachusetts
In 2040, a dying geneticist bucks social norms when he creates a clone of himself to help right the wrongs of his past. Along the way, he learns that his actions have consequences that will change his views on the nature of humankind.
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Hi, I'd like to thank the WHFF and the folks at Yankee Classic Pictures for naming my screenplay "At Forty" as the Runner Up in the Science Drama category of the Work-in-Progress Screenplay Competition. I purposely submitted my screenplay to WHFF because I have heard that it's a thinking person's festival that has made an effort to highlight science dramas. It's an honor to see my name next to Craig J. Weiner's; I know that his work has been highly regarded in other venues. Do the Runners-Up receive award certificates, or do the certificates go only to the First Place Award winners in each category? I don't mean to sound greedy, but any excuse to hang out at a film festival, especially one at Woods Hole sounds like a good excuse to me. All the best, Richard Fay
NOTE: Certificates are given out to all winners and runners-up at the Saturday awards ceremony.
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Short Screenplay Award
First Place
No Limit: the Extremely Short Story of my Poker Career
Scott Magie of Wilmington, North Carolina
As a kid I had talent... lots of potential. I dreamed of the Olympics, or maybe the NFL, or maybe even Hollywood. But after failing miserably as a seafood waiter, I decided to take up Texas Hold'em to fund my unemployment.
Runner(s)-Up:
Cheaters By Any Other Name
by Mary Conroy of Quincy, Massachusetts
Two college students fall into the desparate world of cheating. Each for their own personal reasons. Can they pull the wool over the seasoned Professor's eyes? What does it accomplish in the end? Cheaters always lose whether by getting caught or walking away. It's just a fact of life.
Alone in a Crowd
by Alan R. Baxter Valencia, California
A teeange boy struggles with his autism as he tries to survive high school life.
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Feature Screenplay Award
First Place - Drama
The Undertaker's Son
by Sean Fitzgibbons of New York City, New York
As the Civil War draws to a close, young Preston Williams has become an apprentice to the only thriving occupation left: burying the dead. Though he longs to join the war, Preston instead finds himself bettling against his pacifist father and outside suspicions of their "family business."
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JP, I cannot express how grateful I am to be selected as a winner this year-- but moreover, that filmmakers of your stature, and the Woods Hole Film Festival, invest so much time and effort into providing people the oppurtunity to have their work gain exposure. Thanks again -- I will look forward to meeting you later this month in Woods Hole! Sean Fitzgibbons
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First Place - Comedy
(will be read at the Fest - info HERE)
Worst Wedding Ever
by Andrea Henry of Norton, Massachusetts
and Erin Judge of Somerville, Massachusetts
When free-spirited Alice agrees to marry Roberto, her adoring and practical boyfriend, they realize they can't afford the wedding of their dreams. They enter to win a free wedding from their local Cape Cod TV station, but the circus that follows threatens to tear them apart.
 Andrea Henry grew up in Brockton, Massaschusetts and graduated from Smith College. By day, she's a college counselor; by night, she's performing stand-up comedy at the area's best clubs. Andrea has been published in the joke anthology, Love's Funny That Way. andreahenry.com |
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Runner(s)-Up:
Wednesday Night Man (drama)
by Alex Goldberg of New York City, New York
Justin works in a Washington, D.C. coffee shop and in his spare time dresses up as Billy the Kid to rob drive-thru ATMs. He is able to balance his two lives until love walks into his day job and tragedy strikes his alter ego.
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Thank you! I'm honored and thrilled you all selected WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAN as runner-up...definitely feels good to get some validation on holing up in my room and writing for myself. Please thank everyone else who was involved in the selection process. I won't be able to make the event as I am producing a show in New York that goes into tech that weekend, so I'm sorry to miss out on the fun. Best regards, Alex Goldberg
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The Runaway (comedy)
by Andrew Clarke of New Bedford, Massachusetts
A middle-aged college professor is sent to an academic conference at his Alma Mater. He brings with him several characters from an unfinished play, some cigarettes, and the baggage of his underachieving life.
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Thanks for the good
news about the script. I'm pissed at not winning as
I really enjoyed the staged reading of The Talent
and was hoping for another one. Ah well. Unfortunately
I will be out of town on the night of the awards,
but please send along the certificate; It will be
cool to have another one framed and on the wall of
my office. The fishy Marylyn brings some cred, dazzles
my undergraduates and incites the grad students. My
best to you and to all at the Festival. Andrew
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Finalists:
Lumber Giant (comedy) by Michael & Kevin Looby of Westborough, MA
Bunker Hill (drama) by Janet Uhlar-Tinney of Brewster, MA
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