WISHING YOU & YOURS A VERY HAPPY 2016

HAVE A SPECTACULAR 2016!

It's hard to believe we're closing out another year.  2015 was pretty awesome!

I hope it was for you as well.

It was a year of firsts -- first time visiting Ireland, first time moving to California, first time placing in the two top screenwriting contests in the country (Nicholl & Austin) after years of trying and never making the cut.

So overall, 2015 lived up to my hopes in many ways.

I happily checked off a few things on my Evernote Dream List. 

And, living now in San Diego is pretty close to perfection.  It's sunny almost every day, waking up to the sound of bird songs and enjoying the Pacific.  I miss New York terribly, but for now, I'm soaking up everything California has to offer (while wearing plenty of sunblock).

For the New Year, I'm preparing to work on a new screenplay and a pilot script.  I want to hit the ground running with new projects and writing as often as I can (while working part-time). 

So, Friends, here's to a healthy, happy & safe 2016 for all of us!  Peace in the world.  Dream BIGGER than last year.  Let's BELIEVE and WORK hard at our dreams and goals.

CHEERS!  Cue sound of POPPING champagne corks!

Until next time.
JL

THE 2016 GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS:

Thanks to Variety for breaking down all the nominations below.  Mark your calendars to watch the show on Sunday, January 10th.  Worth noting that NetFlix beat out HBO for the most nominations with 8 this year. 
 
FILM
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best Motion Picture, Comedy
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck

Best Director – Motion Picture
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max
Ridley Scott, The Martian

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Maggie Smith, Lady in the Van
Lily Tomlin, Grandma

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Emma Donoghue, Room
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Spotlight
Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, The Big Short
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight

Best Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Original Song
“Love Me Like You Do” 50 Shades of Grey
“One Kind of Love” Love and Mercy
“See You Again” Furious 7
“Simple Song No. 3” Youth
“Writing’s on the Wall” Spectre

Best Original Score
Carter Burwell, Carol
Alexandre Desplat, The Danish Girl
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs
Ryuichi Sakamoto Alva Noto, The Revenant

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
The Brand New Testament
The Club
The Fencer
Mustang
Son of Saul

TELEVISION

Best TV Series, Drama

Empire
Game of Thrones
Mr. Robot
Narcos
Outlander

Best TV Series, Comedy
Casual
Mozart in the Jungle
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Best TV Movie or Limited-Series
American Crime
American Horror Story: Hotel
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
Wolf Hall

Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
Julia Louis Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lilly Tomlin, Grace & Frankie

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited-Series, or TV Movie
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Regina King, American Crime
Judith Light, Transparent
Maura Tierney, The Affair

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Tobias Menzies, Outlander
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

Best Actor in a Limited-Series or TV Movie
Idris Elba, Luther
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Patrick Wilson, Fargo

Best Actress in a Limited-Series or TV Movie
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
Sarah Hay, Flesh & Bone
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Queen Latifah, Bessie

FREE MOVIE SCRIPT DOWNLOADS FOR 2015

Read Amy Schumer's script TRAINWRECK below

The Black List just posted this awesome list of new movie scripts to read for free, legally available for instant PDF download.  There are so many gems on this list.  I can't wait to read CAROL, TRUTH and TRUMBO... also MAN UP and TRAINWRECK.  Thanks, The Black List for posting these links and to your great staff!  Reading scripts like these will help writers improve their own work.  Let's be thankful on this CYBER MONDAY for these FREE screenwriting gifts below.

Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)
Bridge of Spies (DreamWorks)
Carol (TWC)
Danny Collins (Bleecker Street)
Ex Machina (A24)
Grandma (Sony Classics)
I’ll See You In My Dreams (Bleecker Street)
Infinitely Polar Bear (Sony Classics)
Inside Out (Disney/Pixar)
Legend (Universal)
Macbeth (TWC)
Man Up (Big Talk Pictures)
Minions (Universal)
Mississippi Grind (A24)
Pawn Sacrifice (Bleecker Street)
Remember (A24)
Room (A24)
Slow West (A24)
Steve Jobs (Universal)
Straight Outta Compton (Universal)
Testament of Youth (Sony Classics)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Sony Classics)
The End Of Tour (A24)
The Keeping Room (Drafthouse Films)
The Lady in the Van (Sony Classics)
The Son of Saul (Sony Classics)
Trainwreck (Universal)
Trumbo (Bleecker Street)
Truth (Sony Classics)
While We’re Young (A24)
Woman In Gold (TWC)

NOTE: These scripts are for educational purposes only!

       

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Wishing all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving!

This is my first Thanksgiving in California and we're loving it.  We started the day by going to Coronado Island here in San Diego for a leisurely walk on the beach with our dog.

Thanksgiving 2015

It was heaven!   Dogs running and playing in the ocean and families gathered for the holiday.

It wasn't exactly exercise, but we did get in a stroll of about two miles.  That should allow a second serving of mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes without too much guilt.

Over the summer, I started my new screenplay tentatively titled ABSOLUTION.  I did about four passes on it so far and it's in pretty good shape... but still needs work.

I'm giving it to my three trusted reader friends -- and will see how they react to the story and characters.  Accept their fearless feedback and then sit down for another draft.

This time of year my motivation wanes big time.  I burst out of the gates in January after the holiday slowdown and go full steam until... around now, when the next holiday season returns.  Nobody much reads scripts this time of year anyway.  So it's a good time to study, brainstorm and gear up for the new year ahead.

I'll also read produced scripts, catch up on Oscar-buzz movies and watch great TV... but today, I'm enjoying turkey leftovers and football on TV.

Trumbo

Enjoy your Thanksgiving!  For those followers outside of the USA, enjoy your day and let's share an abundance of gratitude together to make the world more harmonious in 2016.

Peace.

Until next time.

Janet Lawler is an author, playwright and screenwriter. Her screenplay The Tenant advanced to the Quarter Final Round in the 2015 Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting and the semifinals of the 2015 Austin Film Festival. 

Janet's debut novel From the Ground Up is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F3CYSU8    Visit Janet's website at www.janetjlawler.com.   Follow Janet on Twitter @JJLawler and the NY Screenwriting Life on Facebook.

JOHN AUGUST'S WRITER EMERGENCY PACK
A Clever Tool To Help Your Story Get Unstuck
by Janet J. Lawler
November 8, 2015

Writer's Card Game from John August

John August is a prolific screenwriter and blogger.  He's written hit movies like Charlie's Angels, Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  He co-hosts the very popular geeky screenwriter podcast ScriptNotes.

I love Scriptnotes and listen weekly (while walking my dog around San Diego).  It's an awesome podcast for screenwriters on the look out for cool new things, advice, insider tips and interesting chatter between John and his co-host Craig Mazin.

That's why the playing cards WRITER EMERGENCY PACK caught my eye.  John August created this deck of writing cards.  It's a cool idea for writers who might find themselves stuck writing their latest story.  Need some quick brainstorming games?  Pick a card, any card, and consider your hero in a new situation -- or location -- or facing a new dilemma.  There are 26 cards to help jump start your scenes.

The cards are glossy with tons of fresh ideas and suggested creative writing exercises. 

Now, if you're the type of person who hates to do writing exercises at the end of a book or chapter, then this deck of cards is not for you.  Don't waste your money.

BUT, if you're the type of writer who likes challenges and games to help flex your creative writing muscles, then the Writer Emergency Pack is worth the $19.  Here is the link to buy it  http://store.johnaugust.com/collections/frontpage/products/writer-emergency-pack-single-deck

Want to save a little money?

Readers of The NY Screenwriting Life can also get a special 10% discount off the purchase of the cards.  Use code NYSWLIFE until the end of 2015 and save.  Go to John August's website for purchase http://johnaugust.com/

The Writer Emergency Pack is a fun, helpful tool, but you'll still have to sit down and do the hard work of writing.  Pick a card and get busy!

Until next time.

Janet Lawler is an author, playwright and screenwriter. Her screenplay The Tenant advanced to the Quarter Final Round in the 2015 Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting and the semifinals of the 2015 Austin Film Festival. Janet's debut novel From the Ground Up is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F3CYSU8    Visit Janet's website at www.janetjlawler.com.   Follow Janet on Twitter @JJLawler and the NY Screenwriting Life on Facebook.

NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP IN SCREENWRITING AWARDS AND LIVE READ
Five Screenwriters Receive Praise and $35 Thousand Each to Write Their New Script
by Janet J. Lawler
November 5, 2015

Award Ceremony at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Ever wonder what it's like to win the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting?  The following five fellows discovered what that achievement means.   Each called it "life changing" for their writing careers.  Their feature screenplays were celebrated (with a scene read live) last night at the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting Awards and Live Read:

ELIZABETH CHOMKO
What They Had

ANDREW FRIEDHOF
Great Falls

ANTHONY GRIECO
Best Sellers

SAM REGNIER
Free Agent

AMY TOFTE
Addis Abeka

All accepted their award (a leather-bound script of their winning work and a $35,000.00 prize.)  Each fellow now has a mandate from the Academy to write a new feature script within the year of their fellowship.

Nicholl Program

They gave speeches and thanked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, their new agents, and spouses and families for supporting them.

Sam Regnier gave an emotional, heartfelt speech about how he kept a bottle of champagne in the fridge that he'd only open when he sold his first script.  It remained unopened for seven years.  At one point, when he and his wife had moved, the "champagne box" came up empty... Sam thought his wife had thrown it out.  Instead, she had placed it in their new fridge.  Together, they kept the dream alive... and his script FREE AGENT won the fellowship and has since sold to CBS Films.

Each screenwriter spoke about the many unsold spec scripts it took to get to Nicholl.  They know rejection like most writers.  The one theme running throughout the night was persistence and trusting your own VOICE on the page.  A reader will respond when you're honest and dig deep to find an emotional truth.  

Janet Lawler at Nicholl Awards;  2015 Nicholl Quarterfinalist

It was a fun evening in Beverly Hills!  This was my first time attending the awards and live read.  Go, if you're able to some year.  It's open and free to the public.  My script The Tenant was a quarterfinalist in Nicholl this year.  I wanted to be there in person to root for the FIVE fellows who were selected out of over 7,000 submissions in 2015.  

Congratulations to all: Elizabeth, Andrew, Anthony, Sam and Amy!  Many of the fellows had been rejected numerous times prior by Nicholl... so if you didn't win this year, never give up and keep writing your next draft for 2016!

Until then...

Janet Lawler is an author, playwright and screenwriter. Her screenplay The Tenant advanced to the Quarter Final Round in the 2015 Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting and the semifinals of the 2015 Austin Film Festival. Janet's debut novel From the Ground Up is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F3CYSU8    Visit Janet's website at www.janetjlawler.com.  Follow Janet on Twitter @JJLawler

Hollywood Agents and Managers Beg You: Don't Become a Needy Girlfriend or Boyfriend Client

NOTES FROM THE 2015 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL:
Don’t Become a "Needy Girlfriend/Boyfriend" Client
by:  Janet J. Lawler
November 3, 2015

WGA West Party at AFF

Managers and agents advised semifinalist and finalist writers at the Austin Film Festival to have confidence in their work, always be creating new material, and please “don’t become a needy girlfriend or boyfriend” texting or calling them every day for reassurance.

This wasn’t meant to sound snarky, but to say that writers tend to be insecure about their writing and their importance to their Hollywood agent or manager.   They want to be the favorite child, so to speak, on a long list of clients and in a very competitive business.

Getting representation ( and keeping it) is like any successful relationship — you have to contribute to it every day, be respectful and appropriate in your interactions.  Texting an agent on the weekend or during a holiday better be important and not to just say "Hi, anything cooking with my career?"

Agents and lit managers said they get insecure too — about getting dumped once their new client becomes a big shot screenwriter. 

It was awesome to be recognized as a semifinalist at this year's AFF for my feature screenplay THE TENANT.  I’m glad I booked my hotel/plane ticket through Travelocity and headed off to Texas to take part in the best writing conference in the country for screenwriters.

If you weren’t able to attend, plan on going in 2016.  It's worth it!  Here are some notes I scribbled at panels — maybe one or two will help you polish your script or start a new project.

Screenwriter and Panelist  SHANE BLACK

PITCH FEST FINALS

NEW INDUSTRY TRENDS

Readers LOVE to read short scripts, plays and short stories instead of LONG screenplays and TV specs.
Writing a TV spec is not essential like in the past.  TV producers and showrunners want to see original work with a fresh voice.  It’s not important for them to see that you can “mimic” another show’s characters anymore.  (This shocked and made a lot of writers happy to hear — dig that old play out of your desk or off your hard drive.)
Webisodes do attract attention and if an audience is growing for them, or their is buzz, producers and studios will come calling.  Be creative.
Use your smartphone for something other than to check Facebook.  Go shoot some of your funny scenes or a short film.  Post it and send links to people YOU KNOW in the business to share.
Structure is not by-the-book.  Don’t feel so confined to hitting your inciting moment in your script by a certain page count, or worry about act breaks in features — tell a good story and TORTURE your hero.  The rest will fall into place.
Less dialogue.  Don’t overwrite characters.  Write movie/TV dialogue, not real life talk that can bog down your script and add pages (Hollywood people have enough to read every day!)
Trust your insecurities, your vision, your world and invite executives/readers into it.
Have fun and keep writing NEW material.
Don’t wait to be validated or invited to the party; create your own product, IP or brand.

Tips from Edward Ricourt, Screenwriter 
(“Now You See Me”; Pitch Judge)

Read newspapers and magazines to look for original stories. 
If one catches your eye, contact the subject or writer and ask to option their story for a small fee.
Be pro-active (reading other professional scripts, always be writing something new, study the trades.)
IP (branded) material is what producers and studios are seeking mostly, an established brand or franchise.
Every year Edward gives his manager/agents his “State of the Union” — explaining his goals for the year and writing future.

Opening Remarks of the Conference by Screenwriter Shane Black:

Face your fears when you sit down to write.  Look at your insecurities and use them in your writing, to develop your characters, add emotion and truth.  This will resonate with the reader/audience as a universal theme they can relate to. 
Stay with the herd (surround yourself with other writers, writing groups, supporters).  If you stay in the herd, you won’t get picked off being out on your own or isolated.  If you’re outside the herd, it’s more likely you won’t survive alone.  Rely on the support of your fellow writers.
When you get notes, it’s a diagnosis of your script.  Hear the diagnosis (the note by a reader/manager) and see if you can come at the scene in a fresh, entertaining or original way.  Don’t be defensive.
SHOW the TONE of your story in the first 10 or less pages of your script and be consistent throughout. 
Readers complain of major tonal shifts in scripts, which pulls them out of your story.                     Read or watch the opening scene of the classic movie THE VERDICT (starring Paul Newman and directed by Sidney Lumet.)  This is a great example of showing your hero’s flaws from the opening scene of a movie/script.

Tips from Erika Weinstein, Manager of Scripted Programing at AMC

Start your story off in a gripping, original voice.
Write meaningful dialogue  (moving the story or developing story)
Own your characters and story.  Don’t be wishy-washy if asked about why you wrote it a certain way.
Looks to read fresh voices (not so much specs of TV shows anymore, rather plays, short stories, pilots.)
Make it stand out, unique
Welcome the reader into a new world they haven’t seen before.  (For instance, Erika said she gets tons of scripts about a woman having just broken up with her boyfriend — that storyline is boring unless done in a completely refreshing way.)

Tips from Emily Best, Founder and CEO Seed & Spark, Independent Filmmaker

If you’re having trouble breaking into Hollywood or filmmaking because of your diversity, find another way in or create your own IP (webisodes, book, podcast, short film).
Emily kept stressing “Use the internet, guys”.  She was adamant about being proactive as an artist.  “We’re not just creatives anymore, we’re entrepreneurs.”
Start your own, cheap website and post your scripts or video clips or short film.
Use crowd funding to support a project.  Get 10,000 followers and build your brand and make an income.
Have an audience in your pocket to attract a studio or major producer in your already-existing project online.
Be persistent and create a network of diverse friends in the industry that can brainstorm or help you.

Hope some of my notes inspire you!  Good luck!
Until next time --

Janet Lawler is an author, playwright and screenwriter. Her screenplay The Tenant advanced to the Quarter Final Round in the 2015 Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting and the semifinals of the 2015 Austin Film Festival. Janet's debut novel From the Ground Up is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F3CYSU8    Visit Janet's website at www.janetjlawler.com.

Nicholl finalist, semifinalist, and quarterfinalist scripts currently hosted on The Black List website. We've now updated that list, and over 170  2015 Nicholl scripts are now hosted on the site. You can read each script by clicking the links below, as long as you've already logged into the site. FINALISTS: ANGEL ON THE WALL by Lynn Esta Goldman FAR FROM COOL by Augustus Rose THE SECRETS WE KEEP by Ryan Covington SEMIFINALISTS: A FAMILY by Daniel Johnson A LETTER FROM ROSEMARY KENNEDY by Nick Yarborough A RESTORATION COMEDY by Linda Caryn Jenkins ABADDON by Tucker Forbes ARCHER by Joel Dorland ASTER'S RITES by Sabrina Doyle AUGUSTUS by Ahmadu Garba BOY IN A BACKPACK by Bradley Martocello BURAQ by Maazin Kamal CHARLIE - MANSON ON THE RECORD by Travis Larson CIRCLE IN THE WATER by Michael Thomas Daniel CITY OF WIND by Ike Smith CONTAINED by Donald Lee COUNTERINTELLIGENCE by Kristen Davila DARKEN SHIP by Dee Chilton DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT? by Michael Boyle DONE ALREADY GONE by Nichol Simmons FOLLOWERS by Tim Marshall GUILBOLA by Suzanne Barber GUNN by Matthew Dixon I AM BECOME DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS by Luke Georgette INTELLIGENT LIFE by Bruce Luchsinger JACOB'S OCEAN by Jan D. Evans KANE by Evan Menzel LIVING ON THE EDGE by Bill Brennenstuhl LORD OF THE WOODS by H.A. Young MALINALLI by Tory Haslinger METER MAIDEN by Ryan Liske NIAGARA FALLS by Amanda Toye ONU by Alex Berger OTZI by Todd Condie OUT OF STEP by Tony Hamilton-Shannon POLARISED by Caroline Dean POSSUM by Andrew Farotte RATCATCHER by Augusto Federico Amador/Diggi Singh SATTAR by Kafia Haile SERENITY'S CROSS by Giovanni Taveras SHARK TOOTH SNAKE FANG by Ben Shupe SILENT NIGHT by James Luckard SINBAD AND THE SKY THIEVES by Joey Ernand SUMMER OF THE GUN by Evan Menzel TALK SHOW HOST by Jake Blandford TERM LIMITS by Spencer Janes THE AUSTRALIAN by Harley Stroh THE CONTRARIAN by Brady Nelson THE DESCENT by Varun Bhuchar THE EXECUTIONER by Danielle Barros THE HIGHWAY MAN by Joseph Foulk, Casey Stegman THE HUNTERS by Karl Shefelman THE KEEPER by Bryan DeGuire, Seth Goldsmith THE PUNISHING BUSINESS by Sarah Skibinski THE SHOOK ONES by Kevin Caruso THE VOLUNTEER by T.A. Snyder THE WASHING AWAY OF WRONGS by Joanne Lalli THE WICKED FOES OF JOHN DELOREAN by Scott F. Butler THE WORLD BEFORE US by Brianne Kober VERMILION by George V. Ghanem WHEELMAN by Jeremy Rush QUARTERFINALISTS:   0 TO 5 by Matt Harry A GENTLEMAN OF GOOD HOPE by Christina Hulen A LOSING GAME by Lauren Greer ALL OF HER LIFE by Jeff Shevlowitz ALTITUDE by Marc Fienberg AMERICAN DREAMS by Nico Monetti ANARCHY by Andrew Brotzman ANOMALIES by Ursula Ellis BETTER by Celia Finkelstein BIG RED by Brennig Hayden BLIND DOG TRAVELS by Katharine J. Yee BOOM TOWN by Evan Graham BRATS by T. Jane Tyler BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN by Joe Walters CAN'T TURN BACK by Amy Kinzer CHASING ECHOES by William Schreiber CHATTANOOGA by Dan A. R. Kelly CIPHER by M. D. Presley COMPANY TOWN by Logan Thomas COMPATIBILITY by Jack Marchetti DAMNATION by J.S. Britton DANGEROUS PEOPLE by John Bickerstaff DARK SIDE by Michael A. Wright DEAD RECKONING by Michael Corbin Ray, Therese Vannier DESICCATED by Cliff Zimowski DRAMA ACADEMY by Michael Thai DREAMS OF TAO by Warren Wilson ELF FORCE by Jennifer Bonner EPIC FAIL by Thomas Morris ERIKSSON by Matthew Tolbert EXTRACTION by Pete Henderson FACE TO FACE by Jason Pittock FATHER WISHES by Tuck Tucker FELLOWMAN by Brian Smolensky GODS' ISLAND by Kris Kosaka GOOD TIME JOHNNY by Sasha Kahn GROVE DWELLERS by Jeff Malphurs GUNS AND GRACE by Odin Ozdil HEART by Greg Brooks I AWAIT THE DEVIL'S COMING by Andrew Brotzman IN SPITE OF IT ALL by Rebecca Boyd KIDDO by Michael Field KINDERGARTEN by Kimi Howl Lee KING OF FLORIDA by Christina Eliopoulos LADY LUCK AND THE SACRED HEART by Jess Burns LEAVE by AP Quach LIBERTY HEIST by Robert M. Cosci LORD OCKLEY & THE ALIEN by Stan Evans MATA HARI - A MAGNIFICENT LIE by Jan Smith MAY IN THE FIELDS OF WINTER by Roger Winstead METAL & DUST by Justin Calen Chenn MIDWAY KID by Kyle Art MINOTAUR by Anthony DeCapite MODERN LIVING by J. Rick Castaneda MY CLONE'S AN A-HOLE by Julie Anne Wight NEWTON'S LAWS OF EMOTION by Eugene Ramos NOVO ISLAND by Peter Alexander ONE BAD ASTRONAUT by L.A. Longworth PURE EARTH by S. Dawson RELATIVITY by Adrienne Lusby/Emiliana Dore ROUGHSTOCK by Jessica Baclesse S-TOWN by jimi izrael SEA FEVER by Neasa Hardiman SHIP IT by Britta Lundin SIEGE OF MAN by Sun-kyu Park SLOW CHILDREN AT PLAY by Ryan Enright SLUT by Nadeem Siddiqui SNOWFALL by Robert M Languedoc SOMEDAY, OHIO by Anna Maria Hozian SONS OF THE FATHER by Don Matos SPACE RACE by Micheal McAlexander SPEAK OF THE DEVIL by Jesse J Cook SUBCITY by William Zide SUMMERTIME by Truman Capps TANGO WITH SOLITUDE by Maria Hinterkoerner THE ADVENTURE CLUB by Jordan Scott THE BLOODLANDS by Max Wild THE BOW AND THE ARROW by Owen Nicholls THE BUDDY SYSTEM by Nick Moceri THE CLOCKWORK HEART by Scott Mitchell Kelly THE CONTESTANT by Evan Dec THE COURTESAN by Marjory Kaptanoglu THE CROSSROADS by Christopher Sommella THE CULT OF US by Jim Picariello THE EPIDEMIC by Tom Anstead THE FIRST HOLOCAUST by Ted Dewberry THE FLIGHT OF THE WASP by Andrea Brusa THE FLOATING OF HAYES by John Woodard THE HUMAN CONDITION by Elisa Wolfe THE HUNTER & THE HUNTED by Harris Kauffman THE LAST FALL by Cate Honzl, Adam Honzl THE LONG WAY HOME by Jason Pates THE MASTER ADVENTURER by Katherine VanPelt THE MULTIVERSE by Chad Rouch THE ORPHAN DIALOGUES by Max Sznaider THE SCIENCE OF LIES WELL TOLD by Joel Thomas THE STARLIGHT by Dan Southard THE TENANT by Janet J. Lawler THE WASTELANDER by Brentt Slabchuck THE WENDY YEARS (1977-1987) by Quendrith Johnson THE WIFE OF FRANK B by Celine Bennett, Isabel Dréan THE WRONG WAR by Hannah Feller THRACE by M.A. Drayton TIN CAN BUFFALOES by Etienne Sievers UNCONDITIONAL by Kemmy Moran VIXEN THREE by Andrzej Rattinger WEST OF HELL by Kelly Lynn Peters WHITMAN by Steve Warren and Marshall Allman WIDE AWAKE IN BRIDGEWATER by ERIK LEE WILD PITCH by Jacob Paine Krasnow WOLF BOYS by Nathan Patton WORTHY by Mary Griffitts, Ryan Griffitts WRONG by Kimberly Britt ZERO DAY by SEAN MALCOLM