2021 Military Script Showcase (renamed Military Story Showcase)
The Military Story Showcase recognizes scripts, books, short stories & stage plays in any genre that feature a story about warfare or the military experience.
2021 WINNER
JUNETEENTH
by Richard Rock Rone
Genre: Drama | Civil War
Logline: A young runaway slave joins the Union and with the aid of a Major, sets free the last slaves of the Civil War.
Bio: Upon receiving an Honorable Discharge from the United States Marine Corps (1977-80), Richard Rone pursued and graduated from Harris-Stowe State College in St. Louis, Missouri. There he earned a B.S. in Education and a Minor in U.S. History. This is not the first time for this Marine in writing a military script. He has also written the Vietnam War drama “Til I Die, Semper Fi” about a Marine platoon in the 1968 Tet Offensive.
2021 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
A SHERIFF'S WAR by Jermaine Jones
BUI DOI ("The Dust of Life") by Bill Morales
DEATH OF A REVOLUTION ("Episode 1") by Marshall Ferrin
FOR ALL THE ROSES by Steven B Newman
GOODBYE TO GALAHAD by Joe Warwick & Oliver Arscott
GUNNER ("Hangfire") by Justine Browning
HABOOB WIND by Tommy M. Anderson
JUNGLEBALL (Front Toward Enemy) by Steve Dini
KILLER OF MEN (El Soldado de Marbach) by Arturo Mireles
MISSION 22 by Gunnar Garrett
ONE MAN ARMY by Lawrence Whitener
PREACHER'S DAUGHTER: GIANT SLAYER by Gregory Bonds
RAG DOLL by John Kestner
SABERFISH by Richard P. Alvarez
SKYFOXES by Marisa Forrest
SOUND OF SILENCE by Mark LeClair
SUAGOTHEL by Duncan Putney
THE BALLOON BUSTER by Mark Perlick & Steven Pripps
VIRTUAL MAGICK by A.S. Templeton
WAR BONDS by Mike McCarthy
SUBMISSIONS STATISTICS
Writer Gender
Male: 83%
Female: 14%
Other or Not Specified: 3%
Stories Based on, or Inspired by, True Events
29%
War/Military Genre
Drama: 47%
Action: 21%
Science Fiction & Fantasy: 14%
Thriller: 11%
Horror: 7%
Submission Location
United States: 93%
United Kingdom: 7%
Format
Feature Screenplay: 75%
Television Script: 14%
Short Script: 11%
