
2018 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.
2018 WINNER
SIEGE PERILOUS
by Laura K. Miller
Adapted from the radio play "Siege Perilous: The Ordeal of Thelinde, Princess of the Barbarians" by Ronald K. Siskind
Genre: Adventure | Fantasy | Comedy
Logline: Sir Lancelot must escape a damsel-in-distress’ clutches, battle a wicked queen’s warriors, and defeat a giant in mortal combat in order to save a kidnapped princess from certain death. “Excalibur” meets “Night at the Museum.”
Bio: Ms. Miller worked on numerous films (including “Alexander,” “Terminator 3” and “The Quiet American”) with producer Moritz Borman as Business Affairs Coordinator at Intermedia Film Equities. She received screen credit on “Six Days, Seven Nights” as Assistant to Producer Wallis Nicita, and a Thank You credit on “To Walk with Lions.” Her original screenplay, “Blue Cave Mountain,” was a semi-finalist in the ScreenCraft-Orb Media Group 2017 China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship.
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2018 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
35 MILES FROM SHORE by Emilio Corsetti III
CYBORG CIPHER by Jennifer Ford
GLORY SEASON by Mark Hedges
GRAVES AND GOBLINS by Adam Zanzie
HEARTSTONE by Michael Williams, Robert Biheller & Phillip Margolin
KINGPIN OF THE HOOD by Ron Chepesiuk
ON BURNING GROUND by Dean Blumberg & Philippa Heal
PHILLIP NOLAN by John Shea
REDBALL by Jon Huggins
SOMETHING LIKE FATE by Matthew Huntington
THE COLOR OF EVIL by Connie Corcoran Wilson
THE DOOM PATROL by Nick Carmine
THE DREAM JUMPER’S PROMISE by Kim Hornsby
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE WONDERLAND by Brianna Mayers
WHEREFORE ART THOU? by Joe Territo
Showcase Submissions