2017 Adapted Screenplay Competition (renamed Adapted Story Showcase)

The Adapted Story Showcase recognizes scripts, books, short stories, & stage plays in any genre that feature an adapted story.

2017 WINNER

THURSDAY

by Olivia Needleman

Adapted from the book “The Man Who Was Thursday” by G.K. Chesterton

Genre: Supernatural Thriller

Logline: A man recruited into a secret anarchist sect of Scotland Yard is tasked with saving the world.

Bio: Olivia is a journalist and photographer. Originally from New Jersey, she currently resides in Melbourne, Australia.

2017 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

A DAY TO REMEMBER by Chris Canning

ABIDING HOPE by Jeff Shevlowitz

AMERICAN SNAKE PIT by Dan Tomasulo

ATTUCKS by Sam Chesney Smith

B-BOY BLUES by James Earl Hardy

BLACK HORIZONS, PART 1: RIFT IN THE VOID by Dylan Perry Morgan

BLAME IT ON THE MOON by Ali Qassim

COOK! byTheo Breaux

CRAZY CHARLIE by Ron Chepsiuk

HELL’S ACRES by Rich Rosenzweig

LIONS OF THE SEA by Jessi Thind

MATA HARI by Sheri Davenport

MOONLIT ROAD by Diana Lee Woody

NIGHT SKIES-REVOLUTION by Derek Gastry

REAFFIRMED: THE ROBERT DAVIS STORY by Mark Daniels

SCAPEGOAT by Emilio Corsetti III

SINGULARITY by Brett Creane, Vladimir Minuty and Angela Minuty

THE BLACK HEART BOOK by Carol Hoffman and Rosezelle Boggs-Qualls

THE COMET’S CURSE by Ashley Kay Mauer

THE FIRST TIME FOR PENNY by Janice L. Walker

THE HEART OF A TIGER by SreyRam Kuy, SreyReath Kuy, and Ross Raffin

THE LAST SAXON by Nigel Grant

THE PATHFINDER by Miriam Missura and TA White

TILL THE SKY BURNS by Don Barak

WARRIOR SONG by Mollie Hale