StoryPros Awards Contest Winners Circle

Grand Prize Winner
NIGHTWALKERS by Jeffrey Pederson (CONTACT)
In a grim future where radiation from a neutron star has rendered the Earth's surface uninhabitable, the humans of a dying underground habitat struggle to coexist with their mutated brethren -- but when word comes of a possible sanctuary, the two groups must join together on a quest for survival... and face the killing light of day.

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1st Place - Action/Adventure/Thriller
BLUE MUSTANG by Devin Lucas (CONTACT)
In 1986, a washed up Florida swamp bootlegger gets into a whole mess of trouble as he reconnects with his estranged young adult daughter by locating her in New York City and attempting to protect her from her gangster boyfriend and his impending F.B.I. investigation.

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1st Place - Comedy
TRES BANDITOS by Thomas Leupp (CONTACT)
After running afoul of his shady underworld creditors, a washed-up hockey player becomes involved in an outlandish scheme to steal the most famous trophy in the world.

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1st Place - Drama
COWBOY by Alexander Mindt (CONTACT)
A teenage recluse, suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, believes he is a hideously deformed monster, but after a shocking encounter with a five-legged cow, he comes out of his shell and begins to see himself as he truly is.

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1st Place - Family/Teen/Animation
MONSTER HUNTERS by Eric Bachmann (CONTACT)
Mysterious Uncle Carlton is a freelance monster hunter about to win the battle against Evil but, when an efficiency error on Evil's part drags his brother's family into the fight, he must rescue them before the Netherkingdom freezes over and traps them inside forever.

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1st Place - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
EMERGENT by Brian Kazmarck (CONTACT)
A computer programmer forms an intimate bond with a sentient artificial intelligent that spirals wildly out of control.

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2nd Place - Action/Adventure/Thriller
DISTORTION by Travis Opgenorth (CONTACT)
When her estranged husband and daughter are targeted for assassination, an aging CIA operative, recently diagnosed with dementia, must go on the run with her family to protect them from her most dangerous enemy... her former CIA boss.

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2rd Place - Comedy
THE OUGHTHOUSERS by Ari Krause (CONTACT)
An 18th-century Brooklyn stoner dreams of saving the American Revolution instead of tending to his family's outhouse business.

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2nd Place - Drama
NEW DEAL ROAD by Mark Rashid (CONTACT)
In 1935 a mentally challenged woman and her young son flee the Oklahoma dust bowl accompanied by an African American man who is running from demons of his own.

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2nd Place - Family/Teen/Animation
TRUE BRIT by Rosemary Zibart (CONTACT)
An upper-crust English girl fleeing war-torn London for Santa Fe's Wild West mix of cowboys, Indians, bohemian artists, and others -- must prove her own grit and gumption.

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2nd Place - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
THE AUDIT by Giuseppe Cocca, Paul Young (CONTACT)
In a future where criminality is seen as a disease and can be cured with an implant, a rehab is forced on the run after learning the system is dangerously flawed.

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3rd Place - Action/Adventure/Thriller
BAD LISTING by Brent Hartinger (CONTACT)
When Cleo rents a "shared" Airbnb unit, she worries the other guest, Jack, has a dark secret. But there's much more going on in this apartment than even Cleo or Jack suspect.

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3rd Place - Comedy
FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE by Ron Ecker (CONTACT)
Two college sweethearts who have never gotten over each other win a U.S. presidential election as running mates, and a Constitutional crisis erupts on their first day in office.

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3rd Place - Drama
LIFE IS EASY by Clark Kokich (CONTACT)
A guilt-ridden father rampages through the underworld in a desperate effort to save his daughter from drug addiction, helped by the miraculous wisdom of his youngest daughter, a graceful young girl with magical abilities

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3rd Place - Family/Teen/Animation
THE GREAT SURRENDER by Romeo Ciolfi (CONTACT)
Zachary Foley is a disillusioned former high school football star whose life is left in ruins after a tornado puts his mother in a coma, leaving him to raise his disabled brother. This chain of events awakens a dynamic purpose in Zachary and miraculously brings life to a hurting community, but it may not be enough to overcome a tragic past he's lied about.

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3rd Place - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
SEED OF KNOWLEDGE by Eleonora Mignoli (CONTACT)
On a journey to deliver a religious artifact to a new planet, an android protects his crew from an alien who can twist reality, while dealing with his conflicting emotions towards his given gender.

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