2020 Fellowship Semi-Finalists Announced
Stowe Story Labs is pleased to announce the 2020 Final Draft, International Screenwriters’ Association, and WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Fellowship Semifinalists to the 2020 Stowe Story Lab.
To all who applied, this was a wonderfully competitive and difficult review process because of the quality both of our applicants and the stories presented. Do not be disheartened if you have not advanced!
To the semifinalists, congratulations on this achievement and best of luck in the next round of reviews.
(Please note our Tangerine, NewEnglandFilm.com, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, and SAGindie Fellowship reviews are not complete and will not have a semifinalist round. Finalists for those fellowships will be announced within the next few weeks. Our Champlain College and University of Vermont Fellows will be announced when we complete all other fellowship reviews.)
Finally, Stowe Story Labs programs in 2020 will run only if and when science and meaningful, thoughtful, policy leaders and organizations such as the CDC, WHO, Vermont Department of Health, and others make clear it is safe for us all to be together again to connect, collaborate, learn and share. Here is to hoping for that day and here is to honoring these outstanding screenwriters, filmmakers, and creative producers.
With that said, we are proud to list the 2020 Stowe Story Labs Fellowship Semifinalists.
Susan Baronoff, Venice, CA / SOLITUDE OF SELF – Historical Feature
Anne Brashier, Los Angeles, CA / DUGOUT – Dramedy Feature
Christopher Buxton, Cardiff, UK / A WALK ON PART IN THE WAR – Satire War Feature
Kate Harrison and Fazila Kohl, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa / LEAVE TO REMAIN – Suspense Drama Feature
Emma Jay, Los Angeles, CA / MARRIAGE ARRANGEMENT – Comedy TV
Lisa Jay, New York, NY / THE DOMOVOI – Horror Feature
Teresa Konechne, Henderson, MN / BEE SONG – Drama Feature
Ann LeSchander, Inglewood, CA / PICKING UP PORTER DOUGLAS – Road Movie Comedy Feature
Dena McKinnon, Jacksonville, FL / THE BEE BOY – Drama Horror Feature
Denise Meyers, Mars Hill, NC / EVERYTHING AND NOTHING – Drama Feature
Travis Neufeld, Saskatoon, Canada / THE TINWIFE – Sci-Fi TV
Mel Piper, Hamburg, Germany / KOMTESS BOHEMIA – Fantasy Feature
Estes Tarver, Raleigh, NC / LETTING GO – Family Drama Feature
Elinor Teele, Gloucester, MA / THE SEAFARER – Drama Feature
Barbara Thomas, Garland, TX / THE SLEEPING CUPID – Crime Comedy Feature
Harry Aspinwall, Brooklyn, NY / HENRIETTA – Horror Feature
Evan Balkan, Towson, MD / SPITFIRE – Coming of Age Drama Feature
Alan R. Baxter, Valencia, CA / GLACIER POINT – Thriller Drama TV
Litza Bixler, Madison, WI / CITY OF CLOUDS – Family Fantasy Feature
Russell Blanchard and Ben Gouldthorpe, New Orleans, LA / MONUMENT – Social Justice Drama Feature
Christopher Byram, Warwickshire, UK / REDNECKS – Historical TV
Christina Hulen, Los Angeles, CA / A GENTLEMAN OF GOOD HOPE – Historical Drama Feature
Dale Janda, Indio, CA / THE TORMENTED – Thriller Drama Feature
Martha Mendenhall, Winston-Salem, NC / THE FAIR UNKOWN – Fantasy Family Feature
Jack Messitt, Santa Clarita, CA / PEYTON DEKKER AND THE CURSE OF THE CAMEL’S TEARS – Period Action Feature
Jim Picariello, Brooksville, ME / IGOR AND FRANKIE – Animation Comedy Feature
Samantha Shada, Loveland, CO / THE SONG OF THE LARK – Historical Drama Feature
Bradley Stryker, Vancouver, Canada / HIGH SCHOOL PTSD – Drama Thriller Feature
Heather Taylor, New York, NY / VAMPIRES ANONYMOUS – Supernatural Drama TV
Maksym Zabolotnyi, Kyiv, Ukraine / NO PROBLEM – Road-Movie Drama Feature
Beanie Barnes, New York, NY / DOGFACE – Drama Feature
Aisling Chin-Yee, Montréal, Canada / THE DAY BETWEEN – Psychological Sci-Fi Feature
Elizabeth Dwyer, Albuquerque, NM / NORTH AMERIKAY – Drama Historical TV
Miyako Fuqua, Los Angeles, CA / SUBHUMAN – Thriller Feature
Kacey Johnson, Los Angeles, CA / BACK TO THE HOOD – Dramedy TV
Nicole Le, San Diego, CA / OCEAN MONSTER – 1 hr TV
Audrey Lorea, Brooklyn, NY / BLOOD DOG – Drama TV
Elfi Martinez, Long Beach, CA / THROW LIKE A GIRL – “#NOMERCY” – Family TV
Emily Ray Reese, Oakland, CA / NOT YOUR HERO – Magical Realism Feature
Matthew Shafeek, New York, NY / GLITCH – Comedy TV
Beverly Smith-Dawson, Phoenix, AZ / CHOSEN – Sci-Fi Feature
Layla Soileau, Austin, TX / MOTHERLOAD – Drama TV
Rachana Suri, St. Petersburg, FL / DUKKHA – Docudrama Feature
Clayton Smith, New York, NY / BUSTED: KANSAS, 1989 – LGBTQ Drama TV
Cynthia Wright, Brooklyn, NY / AVIATRIX – Drama Feature
