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

THE 2015 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL SEMIFINALIST

BECOMING A SEMIFINALIST IN THE 2015 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
by Janet J. Lawler

Recently, I received one of the best phone calls of my life from the 2015 Austin Film Festival, telling me my original screenplay THE TENANT made the semifinals in Screenwriting.

My cell phone rang while I was working on my new screenplay "Absolution".  I glanced at the caller ID -- AUSTIN, TX.   I don't know anyone in Austin, Texas.  Figured it was just a telemarketer.  So, I ignored it.  Until, I remembered I had entered the Austin Film Festival screenplay competition months ago.  I picked up and glad I did!

Matt Dy, Director of the Screenplay and Teleplay Competition at AFF, introduced himself and said my screenplay THE TENANT was a semifinalist in the Drama Category.

Say what?!

AFF received 8,627 individual scripts in 2015.   As a semifinalist, my script now had a 1 in 30 chance of becoming a finalist in Drama.

No way!

I hung up the phone and cried tears of joy.   That was a dream call.  I've been pounding the keys for years.  This was the call writers wait for, but rarely comes.  That ONE call to say  keep at it -- keep writing -- you're on the right path.

Great to be invited to participate.  I booked my flight and hotel to Austin for the Festival and Writer's Conference.  Hope to see some of you there!  Message me if you're going to be there and we can meet up!

Moral of the story -- keep writing, submit your scripts and always answer your phone!  Congratulations to ALL the semifinalists and second rounders and to the AFF Team!
See y'all in Texas!

Here is the link to the semifinalists and second rounders for AFF.  http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/2015-screenplay-semifinalists-and-second-rounders/   

Be sure to follow The NY Screenwriting Life on Facebook.  Janet J. Lawler is a screenwriter, playwright and novelist.  Her debut novel From the Ground Up is available in Amazon and Kindle http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F3CYSU8