Stowe Story Labs 2020 Development Grant Winners Announced
Stowe Story Labs is proud and pleased to announce the 2020 Development Grant Winners to our 8th year of programming.
Many thanks to the Vermont Community Foundation for this donor-directed gift (and to the anonymous donor who gave us this meaningful gift).
Congratulations to the winners.
Development Grant Winners:
Kacey Johnson, Los Angeles, California
$4,000 Grant
BACK TO THE HOOD — Dramedy TV
Logline: A black college graduate's worst nightmare is returning to the hood, but an overachiever is determined to make the most of it. She along with her immigrant and femme friend struggles with their new reality as they search for work and love.
Dena McKinnon, Jacksonville, Florida
$4,000 Grant
THE BEE BOY — Drama Horror Feature
Logline: A crippled boy left for dead by his own dad is transformed into a walking bee hive bent on revenge.
Emily Ray Reese, Oakland, California
$2,000 Grant
NOT YOUR HERO — Magical Realism Feature
Logline: Forgotten in the midst of her parents’ crumbling marriage, Lola, a ten-year-old barrel racer, attempts to escape a sexual predator by harnessing a secret source of power within her.
Maria D’Haene, Barre, Vermont
$2,000 Grant
BROKEN — 1 hr TV
Logline: A character-driven drama that follows the lives of six mental health crisis workers as they struggle to respond to crisis calls in rural Vermont while juggling their own broken lives.
Kerry Russell, Royal Oak, Michigan
$2,000 Grant
THE COYOTE — Drama Thriller Feature
Logline: FLORA, a single mom with PTSD, teams up with MCNAIR, an expert in "enhanced interrogation", to find a killer in their small town - possibly the same man who tried to kill Flora fifteen years ago.
Leslie Nipkow, New Orleans, Louisiana
$2,000 Grant
FLOOD OF LIES — Courtroom Drama Feature
Logline: An alcoholic Louisiana attorney is as lost as everything he owns after Hurricane Katrina, until he gets the call to represent the owners of St. Rita’s Nursing Home, where 35 elderly and disabled patients were drowned in their beds by the deadly storm surge.
Erika Valenciana, Chicago, Illinois
$2,000 Grant
THE PUNK SHOW IN CHICAGO — Comedy Feature
Logline: “The Punk Show in Chicago” is the story of two Mexican-American best friends, with biting wit and an obsession with punk rock. The teenagers travel from Missouri to Chicago for a concert and so that, unbeknownst to one, the other can get an abortion.
La’Chris Jordan, Los Angeles, California
$1,000 Grant
ROSES IN THE WATER — Military Drama Feature
Logline: The dead-end job, the drive-by shootings and the constant struggle to pay the rent have taken their toll on Clarice and she wants out. So, when Clarice makes the decision to leave New Orleans and enlist in the U.S. military to improve her life, an unexpected pregnancy disrupts her plans. Inspired by true events.
Denise Meyers, Mars Hill, North Carolina
$1,000 Grant
