Proud to announce the 2021 Fellowship Winners and Honorable Mentions
Stowe Story Labs is proud to announce the 2021 Fellowship Winners and Honorable Mentions to the 2021 Narrative Labs:
Champlain College Fellows:
Emma Mays. Parker, Colorado
PAPER FROGS – Coming of Age Feature
Logline: A student who longs to be normal receives an Autism diagnosis forcing her to reevaluate her perception of herself and the world she grew up in.
Zane Swift. Burlington, Vermont
IN YOUR HANDS – Drama Feature
Logline: Trapped single-handedly trying to fix a town deteriorating from a drug epidemic, a naive mayor turns to violence to take down his town’s biggest drug dealers, but without turning for help it may be too late.
Taratoa Stappard. London, England
EMKHATSINI (BETWEEN) – Drama Feature
Logline: Jess lies comatose in a South London I.C.U., but her problems really kick in when she’s mistakenly dispatched to the wrong afterlife in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Her new reality is now Emkhatsini, or ‘Between’.
Final Draft Honorable Mention:
Aaron C. Wong. Portland, OR / GARAMBA – Drama Feature
Audrey Lorea. New York, New York
BLOOD DOG – Drama TV
Logline: After the passing of her mother, a neuroscientist is forced to move back home to be with family and confront her estranged sister—the lead suspect in an unusual serial killer case.
HollyShorts Film Festival Honorable Mention:
Vivian Kerr. Los Angeles, CA / FIVE POINTS – Drama TV
Rachel McClard. Sherman Oaks, California
THE KILLING TIME – Drama TV
Logline: When an officer is killed on duty, four women who knew her uncover a tangled web of corruption within the LAPD. Following a trail of leads left by the slain officer, the women form a secret squad to revenge her death.
International Screenwriters’ Association Honorable Mention:
David Oster, Woodstock, GA / THE G.O.A.T (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) – Drama TV
Sean McConville. Watford, England
THE LAST MOON – Thriller Feature
Logline: On the night of a full moon, a man who believes he was bitten by a werewolf invites his estranged brother to their remote family home to deceive him into shooting him with a silver bullet at midnight when he turns. The Last Moon is a Hitchcockian style suspense thriller in the vein of The Witch, The Babadook, and 10 Cloverfield Lane.
Cheryl L. Davis. New York, New York
SWIMMING UPTOWN – Drama TV
Logline: An educated and affluent African-American woman must take in her ghetto-raised niece when her sister is put in jail.
Maven Screen Media Honorable Mention:
Ally Iseman. Santa Monica, CA / RIGHT OF PASSAGE – Dramedy TV
Sara Robin. Charlestown, Massachusetts (left)
Shirley Miller. Los Angeles, California (right)
HERE TO STAY – Coming of Age Drama Feature
Logline: 17-year-old Juana is popular and top of her class, but she has a secret nobody knows about: Juana is undocumented. In her senior year, she has to come to terms with her true identity as she struggles to forge a path into an uncertain future.
NewEnglandFilm.com Honorable Mention:
Caroline Connolly. Boston, MA / LOCAL – Comedy TV
Emma Barrow. Portland, Oregon
THRILL HILLS – Crime Drama TV
Logline: The rape of a local teen girl launches a Cherokee detective into a fight to protect the young women in her football-obsessed Oklahoma town
Northwest Screenwriters Guild Honorable Mention:
Corey Holmes. Seattle, WA / THE MOSS ON THE STONE – Drama TV
Kathy Patterson. Beaver, Pennsylvania
LINEAGE – Action Thriller Feature
Logline: A secretive teen clashes with Scotland Yard when he comes out of hiding to save his family from a reincarnated killer with a 400-year-old grudge against him.
Jelena Woehr. Los Angeles, California
RECONSTRUCTION – Drama TV
Logline: A foul-mouthed forensic sculptor trying to kick her Fentanyl habit discovers her creations can speak to her and help her solve their murders... but only when she's using.
PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Honorable Mentions:
Gina De Angelis. Williamsburg, VA / THE LITANY OF THE SAINTS – Mystery Drama Feature
Joey Day Hargrove. Burbank, CA / HIGHWAY TO HECK – Comedy Feature
Vinita Mehta. Washington, DC (left)
Richard Nguyen. Anaheim, California (right)
AMERICAN PSYCHE – Drama TV
Logline: A devoted psychologist to Washington DC’s political elite forges an intimate bond with an unstable US senator, but risks compromising her family and career after they become embroiled in drug abuse and a sex scandal.
SAGindie Honorable Mention:
Katherine Street. Granada Hills, CA / ROOT – Supernatural Drama TV
Eda Benjakul. Santa Monica, California (right)
Marisa Marchitelli. Chiangmai, Thailand (left)
STAR OF SIAM – Drama TV
Logline: In 1960s Thailand, Dara (‘star’ in Thai) is a young woman of meager means who uses her charm, education, and wits to land a job in the Thai government to help her family and country while secretly working as a CIA operative.
Sidewalk Film Festival Honorable Mention:
Ali MacLean. Los Angeles, CA / LADY KILLER – Comedy TV
Morgan B. Powell. Brooklyn, New York
CASSIE’S SANKOFA – Children’s Fantasy Feature
Logline: When an onslaught of rain suspiciously floods a thriving South Carolina town, the curious granddaughter of a wise griot must restore natural order in the midst of a life-changing revelation.
Stowe Story Labs Diverse Voices Honorable Mention:
Liz Stephens. Topanga, CA / JOSHUA TREE – Drama TV
Rachel Tillotson. Bristol, England
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE – Dramedy Feature
Logline: Somewhere Out There is a dark comedy that follows three murder victims, Corrine, Geri, and Alyssa who all yearn for their corpses to be found so that their souls can be released to eternal rest. Invisible to the living, they feel pushed out of a world that's moving on without them. They’ve been forgotten and side-lined. After a fresh female corpse (Molly) is found in a muddy estuary, Corrine spies an opportunity. She sets off on the impossible task of trying to get her own corpse found, too. The victims have a real challenge on their hands as they pursue the reluctant, mixed-up ball of complexity called Detective Laura Hannings who's on Molly's case.
Tangerine Entertainment Honorable Mention:
Carol Faw, Sherman Oaks, CA / DRAFTING – Drama TV
Liam Kinney. Burlington, Vermont
BAD GUYS – Super Hero Drama TV
Logline: In the city of New Metram, superheroes and villains are engaged in a constant battle between good and evil. When a murderous new antihero starts killing the villains’ henchmen, the henchmen agree it’s time for a revolution.
Congratulations to all the fellowship winners and honorable mentions on this tremendous achievement!
Thank you to our Fellowship Partners, Supporters, and Collaborators!
Stowe Story Labs is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.