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HOLY GRAIL

PORTLAND SCREENPLAY AWARDS 2023 ~ 800+ Submissions, 40 Quarterfinalists, 10 Semi-finalists, 7 Finalists AND THE WINNER IS:

HOLY GRAIL, by C.S. Talbott

RUNNER-UP: BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY; Chicago Script Awards (2023).

QUARTERFINALIST: Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (2023).

Wannabe vino virtuoso pitches billionaire Reality T.V. tycoons with the goal of joining them at their table of riches.

105-page feature-film DRAMEDY* screenplay ready-to-be OPTIONED!

*(Based on actual events)

*(Names changed to protect the innocent)

“You do not find The Holy Grail. The Grail finds you.” (Dan Brown)

WHINE

WINNER: BEST SCREENPLAY / Atlanta’s Summer In The South Film Festival (2023).

FINALIST: BEST GEORGIA SCREENPLAY, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival (2023).

Wannabe vino virtuoso pitches billionaire Reality T.V. tycoons with the goal of joining them at their table of riches.

105-page feature-film DRAMEDY* screenplay ready-to-be OPTIONED!

*(Based on actual events)

*(Names changed to protect the innocent)

“Don’t WHINE, just SELL. THE. WINE!”

MADNESS JACKSON

WINNER: BEST SCREENPLAY, Toronto Black & White Film Festival (2022).

FINALIST: Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (2023).

FINALIST: BEST SCREENPLAY, Atlanta’s Summer in the South Film Festival (2021).

The emotionally-driven, true story of how a pint-sized, rejected basketball player journeys thousands of miles toward making the team amid the Birth of March Madness.

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BEERVANA

FINALIST: BEST FEATURE SCRIPT Dubai International CINEVERSE Screenplay Awards (2024).

FINALIST: BEST TV PILOT Dubai International CINEVERSE Screenplay Awards (2024).

WINNER: BEST COMEDY SHORT SCREENPLAY for Season 1, Episode 4: Thou Shalt Not Drink Beer ; ATLANTA COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL (2021).

WINNER: BEST COMEDY PILOT SCREENPLAY; GEORGIA SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (2021).

WINNER: BEST COMEDY TV EPISODE: SUMMER IN THE SOUTH FILM FESTIVAL (2021).

BEERVANA, THE MOVIE:

Small brewmaster uses secret ingredient to avoid bankruptcy, BIG BEER corporate temptations, and yeast-infection obstacles with the goal of winning World’s Best Beer Championships.

BEERVANA, The Comedy Series:

Danny True is an online BnB Superhost Based in Bend, Oregon, the Craft Brewery Capital of the World. He hosts hundreds of guests from around the globe.

When the Dave Matthews Band recently visited for the first time, Dave took the stage and immediately said, “I’m onto you guys. You can’t keep this Beervana a secret any longer.”

Beervana – It’s not only a place, it’s a state of mind.

AMERICAN TEACHER

FINALIST: Peachtree International Film Festival (2022).

SEMI-FINALIST: Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (2023).

QUARTERFINALIST: Orlando Film Festival (2022).

Former high school teacher returns to battle out-of-control students slapping, sleeping with and shooting educators as he strives toward reaching the goal of restoring order amid nationwide classroom chaos.

C.O.W.S.

WINNER: BEST COMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival (2021).

FINALIST: Peachtree International Film Festival (2022).

QUARTERFINALIST: Orlando Film Festival (2022).

A Dramedy

High school basketball referee battles vicious coaches, parents, players, fans and a bitter ex-fiancée on the road toward reaching his collegiate officiating dream.  

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Goddess Seeker

AWARDED FIVE STARS from READER’S FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL NOVEL COMPETITION.

Goddess Seeker is the account of Steven Jenny's immersion in the Nike Culture, allowing the spiritual experience to motivate, influence and alter his thoughts and actions, while shaping his way of life. It begins when he hears the voice of the late American distance runner, Steve Prefontaine say, "See; find J." Steven Jenny interprets the Prefontaine voice as guiding him to find Nike, the Greek goddess of Victory.

Following his search through an Internet dating site, he selects three "Jens" who fit his ideal goddess. Simultaneously to his pursuit of these three goddesses, Steven Jenny's dream of a 3on3 basketball event outside Portland's Rose Garden arena begins blossoming.

After running in Pre's footsteps in Eugene, Steven Jenny relocates to Beaverton and begins running daily around and throughout the Nike World Campus. He continues seeking support for his dream of "Nikefest," a full-fledged sports festival while seeking his victory zephyr.

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The Appeal of Stalking

WINNER: BEST FEATURE LENGTH ADAPED SCREENPLAY; SILICON BEACH FILM FESTIVAL HOLLWOOD in LOS ANGELES (2024).

AWARDED FIVE STARS from READER’S FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL NOVEL COMPETITION.

NOMINATED: BEST FEATURE LENGTH DRAMA SCREENPLAY; GEORGIA SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (2021).

SCREENPLAY LOGLINE:

Devoted dad and daughter battle sketchy cops, attorneys, and illegal aliens amid a disjointed system for survival against a bitter, unruly ex suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder. Her multiple, false-stalking allegations expose the sad reality for those experiencing genuine stalking nightmares.

THE NOVEL

In 21st Century Society, "Stalking" connotes a myriad of imagery and numerous definitions. Ask any female adult and she has either directly been a "victim" of "stalking," or she has a friend who has been a victim. Stalkers are no longer simply the lurkers in the shadows from the "Stalking" films of the 20th Century. Stalkers come in all shapes and sizes and socio-economic backgrounds. In addition to preying on their victims, stalkers can be apprehended for "following" in other ways including e-mail communication, texting, and even inappropriate posts on Facebook.

In The Appeal of Stalking, Billy Freeman is accused of stalking his ex-wife, Diane Downer, after Downer attempts to take custody of their six year-old grandson, Trystan. Trystan's mother, Faith Freeman, enters a "family-friendly" alcohol rehab facility, but with the help of Trystan's illegal alien father, Erasmo, Downer seizes Trystan and places him into the first grade, rather than kindergarten where he was destined to be placed under his mother's care.

Downer's animosity toward her daughter stems from an earlier incident when Faith was stalked by her mother's dream man: television star, Matthew Fox.

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Farewell Paperboy

QUARTERFINALIST: Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (2023).

SCREENPLAY

The heart-wrenching, true story of how an underaged paperboy is murdered, and decades later his childhood buddy returns to learn the entire story, while honoring his deceased friend.

UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT

Eight-year-old Matthew Greene disappears from his neighborhood in Farewell, Oregon in June 1973. Four days later, Matthew’s bicycle is discovered in the woods west of town.

Two days after Matthew’s disappearance, Richard Edward Cline, a three-time convicted child molester, is linked to Matthew’s death. Cline is found dead by an apparent suicide, along with hair and blood samples matching the boy’s.

Thirty-eight years later, Matthew’s childhood baseball friend, Tommy Wright, returns to Central Oregon to discover why the local newspaper could have covered up the real story. Tommy’s quest leads to a shocking conclusion.

Manuscript: 80,000 words; Screenplay: 106 pages professionally-edited, ready for publication and production.

*(Names changed to protect the innocent.)

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IN THE WORKS. / Composing Now.

Sophomoric by Erica Blair

AWARDED FIVE STARS from READER’S FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL MANUSCRIPT COMPETITION.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sophomoric by Erica Blair is a 30,000-word unpublished novella with screenplay (in the works).

Sophomoric is the account of two people meeting on-line as a result of twisted fate, They then embark on a one-month cyber exploration journey. Their adventure takes them into each other’s minds, via sexual fantasy creativity while expressing their First Amendment rights to Freedom of Speech.

It begins when Berkeley Cougars, an Oregon high school sophomore English teacher, follows the trail of a pop-up ad and connects with Nova Zona, on a dating website called sex-seekers-dot-com. Nova, a Seattle-area criminal researcher, was incognito on sex-seekers-dot-com, simply to nail her live-in lover after he had strayed from their relationship.

PAPPYgate in the Beaver State

IN THE WORKS. / Researching Now.