17th Annual StoryPros Awards Winners Circle

Grand Prize Winner
WITHOUT WINGS by Derek Ladd   (CONTACT)
Disturbing news about his childhood protector and close friend compels a young man on parole to risk his freedom and his life to save her.

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1st Place - Action/Adventure/Thriller
SAVING DOC by Michael Angelella   (CONTACT)
An ex-Marine wants to rehabilitate a vicious German Shepherd that has been rescued from the underground world of dog fighting. But when a crime boss steals the dog with the intention of putting it back in the ring, the ex-Marine seeks to track down and rescue the dog before it's too late.

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1st Place - Comedy
BUMPIN' INTO STARDOM by Miranda Bailey & Naomi Odes Aytur   (CONTACT)
Faced with another Christmas without a family of her own, uber responsible teacher Emily steps out of her comfort zone for a wild night ending in an alcohol-fueled one night stand. A month later, Emily learns that not only did she sleep with a movie star on the rise, she is also pregnant with his baby. Now she faces the question: does she raise the baby on her own or attempt to track the star down and risk her privacy - and her heart - for a chance at the family she's been longing for.

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1st Place - Drama
THIS THING OF OURS by Ben Monaco   (CONTACT)
An aspiring game developer seeks to avenge his father's murder by the mafia as he navigates a dangerous world of crime and technology in 1970s Ohio.

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1st Place - Family/Teen/Animation
WILBUR WADE by Jamee Decio   (CONTACT)
An 82-year-old curmudgeon gets a last chance at redemption when his failed attempt to end his life transforms him into a buff 35-year-old, allowing him to befriend his estranged son in dire need of his father's love.

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1st Place - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
BLACK GIRL MAGIC by Sasha Kai   (CONTACT)
Seizing a career-making opportunity, a troubled but talented jewelry designer joins a group of influencers for a retreat in the California desert and must quickly confront her worst fears when things take a sinister turn.

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2nd Place - Action/Adventure/Thriller
UINTA by Debi Yazbeck   (CONTACT)
In the rugged Uinta Mountains of Utah, a half-Ute, half-white high school girl with newly discovered spiritual vision must stop an all-powerful mining company before it destroys the Ute tribe and its ancestral lands.

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2nd Place - Comedy
OUTCLASSED by Kevin Stuart Brodie   (CONTACT)
A misanthropic animal shelter owner allows himself to fall for a woman he thinks he can trust--unaware she's a disguised pop star desperately searching for meaning in her own life.

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2nd Place - Drama
KIRBY IN LIMBO by Jamie Campbell   (CONTACT)
A retiree's perfect life is shattered when a car crash takes the lives of his wife and daughter. After an insurance settlement leaves him the world's most miserable millionaire, he attempts to pick up the pieces and find a reason to keep going.

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2nd Place - Family/Teen/Animation
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DECORATIONS by Steffany Sommers   (CONTACT)
When a disgruntled spirit brings all the neighborhood decorations to life on Halloween, a timid fifth grader must devise a plan to capture it by midnight in order to save her family and friends from becoming decorations themselves forever.

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2nd Place - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
NO PLACE LIKE HOME by Giuseppe Cocca   (CONTACT)
After a mysterious plant entity takes control of her small town, a headstrong teen must fight against the evil forces invading her mind and defeat the cult that worships the sinister flora before she succumbs to its manipulations.

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3rd Place - Action/Adventure/Thriller
RIDDLE by Shiva Ramanathan   (CONTACT)
When a grieving doctor forebodes the gruesome murder of a novelist who received his dead wife's heart, he must confront the limits of his sanity as he races to find the killer and stop the murder before it happens on Halloween.

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3rd Place - Comedy
GUY WHO JUST BOUGHT A BOAT by Patrick Tierney   (CONTACT)
When his girlfriend dumps him and his teammates drop him, a privileged but inept yachtsman assembles a team of underdogs to sail the prestigious Transpacific Yacht Race.

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3rd Place - Drama
END OVER END by Terry Jacob   (CONTACT)
Haunted by his friend's death, a high school football player must prevent history from repeating with the arrival of a talented but troubled newcomer, forcing both to face a looming championship game that could spell triumph or tragedy.

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3rd Place - Family/Teen/Animation
PINK LAVA by Sharon Powers   (CONTACT)
Follow spirited and charismatic 13-year-old surfer girl Saylor as her FOMO fuels her crafty schemes to explore situations and places beyond her self-perceived confines of living on an old houseboat, going to school and helping with her mom's surf shop.

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3rd Place - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
DO YOU FEAR WHAT I FEAR by Ervin Anderson   (CONTACT)
When a masked grinch goes on a murder spree at the workshop on Christmas Eve, final girl Karen Claus, Santa's eccentric and recently-fired daughter, fights for redemption... and her life!

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