Important update":

No contest this year.

Hey everyone. After weighing our options pretty heavily it was decided that the Anything But Hollywood screenplay contest was going to take some time off to retool and plan for the future. We will not be accepting submissions for 2007 and those who have submitted already will be contacted and their payments returned to them. We’re sorry for not making this announcement sooner even if it’s one we’d been considering for some time.

In a lot of way Anything But Hollywood has been a huge success and has placed a lot of material in front of members of the industry. Unfortunately it’s grown in size with each year and it’s become overwhelming to coordinate with the limited resources available to us, which has resulted in unfortunate delays and not as much follow-through as we had hoped.

We’re incredibly proud of the work we’ve done over the years and continue to keep an eye on all the scripts that have come through our doors as they work their way through the system. The contest will likely be back at some point, although probably with a few changes to allow it to run more smoothly and efficiently.

We thank everyone who submitted to the contest over the past few years and all those who supported us in operating it.

Thanks

Anything But Hollywood Staff -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Last week Anything But Hollywood concluded its 2006 contest by selecting a winner from the top 10 finalists. The script chosen was...

Her Fortune -- Rick Fonte

Our judges were drawn to this moving coming of age tale about young love, sacrifice and the Washington Nationals and were proud to select Rick winner of an incredibly competitive year here at Anything But Hollywood.

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After much discussion with the Anything But Hollywood judges, the 10 finalists for this year’s contest have been narrowed down to:

Born Dead -- Alex Simon
Depth of Focus -- Jarred Thorpe
Esperancia -- John Edward Flynt
Funny Brothers -- Matthew Schilesman
Her Fortune -- Rick Fonte
Mata Hari Feingold -- Lisa Kors
MSG Added -- Susan Rossi
The Passage -- David Carls
Voices -- Susan Klos
Wednesday Night Man -- Alex Goldberg

We will all be meeting to confer one last time before the holidays to decide in which script is this year’s winner.

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2006 Script Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

The Art of the Dodge -- Donna Miller
Billy's Funeral -- Tim Garrett
Born Dead -- Alex Simon
Depth of Focus -- Jarred Thorpe
A Doll's Life -- Kathy Drum
The Door to Hades -- Arleigh Winter
Entering Out -- Michael Engel
Esperancia -- John Edward Flynt
Every Good Intention -- Scott Fedor
Funny Brothers -- Matthew Schilesman
Go West -- Robert Rhyne
Goth -- William Rogers
The Great Election of Reagan, TX -- Kirk Faulkner
Her Fortune -- Rick Fonte
Innocent Criminals -- Paul Dyeak
King Pack Rat -- Steve Rosen
The Kray Survivors -- Ron Randolph
Lovelocked -- Wernher Ovalle
The Madrid -- Rand Soares
Mata Hari Feingold -- Lisa Kors
Midnight Child -- Paul Byrne
Mindscape -- Guy Holmes
MSG Added -- Susan Rossi
One Night Stand -- Graeme Stone
The Passage -- David Carls
Sandscape -- Joe Lam
Suggestion -- Jen Klien
Super Ken -- Josh Cary
Superior -- Katrina L. Coombs & Susan Wescott
Swift -- Eric Sharp
Thru -- Travis Sarmento
Tribunal -- Mark Anderson & Gary Brown
True North -- Eric Carson
Voices -- Susan Klos
Wednesday Night Man -- Alex Goldberg