2021 True Story Screenplay Competition (renamed True Story Showcase)
The True Story Showcase recognizes scripts, books, short stories & stage plays in any genre that feature a story based on, or inspired by, true events.
2021 WINNER
RENDERED SAFE
by Jeff Ingber
Adapted from the book "Rendered Safe: Tales of an NYPD Bomb Tech" by Jeff Ingber
Genre: Drama
Logline: The son of a career criminal becomes a legendary NYPD Bomb Squad Detective, escaping death numerous times and solving the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Bio: Jeff Ingber is the author of books, short stories, and screenplays, for which he has won numerous awards. His first screenplay was the basis for a film, entitled “Crypto,” starring Kurt Russell and Alexis Bledel, that was released by Lionsgate in April 2019. One of his novels, entitled “Shattered Lives,” currently is being made into a documentary film by MacTavish Productions.
Website: JeffIngber.com
2021 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
7 SOULS by Judy Belshe-Toernblom
42 B by Patrick Gamble
A DYIN' BREED by Denny Rodman
ADORABLE: THE SARAH FURAY STORY by Mitch Smith
ANY AND ALL by Wayne Geschwindt
BASS REEVES: LEGENDARY LAWMAN by Steve Dini
BECOMING TENNESSEE by Judith Richland
BLACK MOLD by Carlos Guerrero
BOB & RAY by Nicole De Sapio & Michael De Sapio
DIAMOND GIRLS by Deni B. Sher
GESUALDO by Vaughn Roste
HEAVENS FALL by John D. Murphy
I ENJOY BEING A GIRL by Brandon Krajewski
IF WALLS COULD CRY by Patrick Wallace
IN THE RING WITH GIANTS by Paul Gordon
MAMA DUCK by David Gray
MAN OF ANOTHER AGE by David S. Warren
MEREDITH VS MISSISSIPPI by Lawrence Wells
MICHAEL FUCKING BAY by David Olson
ORDINARY COURAGE by Richard Stansell-Gamm
PESHTIGO! by Randy L. Bixby
PRAYING MANTIS IN A JAR by Rosalyn Rosen
ROANOKE by Joe K. Gilberto
SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT by Craig Brown
SANDS by Jay Kanzler
TAL JONES: A BLACK OIL LEGACY by Pamela J. Richardson (story by Bernard Moore)
THE ADVENTURESS by Damien Mulvany
THE DRIVER by Christina Babinsack & Kristine Rodas-Callister
THE MAGICAL POWERS OF PROF by Michael Wayne Wojcik
THE POET AND THE PIXIE by Phil Nohl
THE SPLIT by Nicola Green
THE STORY OF ROSE by Jeff Edmond
TWO NIGHTS AT THE PINE STREET INN by J. Christopher Haslip
UNEQUAL JUSTICE by Laura Puccia Valtorta
YOUNG JOAN by Charlotte Sheppard
SUBMISSIONS STATISTICS
Writer Gender
Male: 74%
Female: 25.5%
Unspecified: 0.5%
Source
Original: 88.5%
Adapted: 11.5%
Genre
Drama: 52.5%
Thriller/Mystery/Crime: 12.5%
Comedy: 10%
Action/Adventure: 7.5%
War: 7.5%
Western: 5%
Family: 2.5%
Faith: 2%
Musical: 0.5%
Submission Location
United States: 88%
Europe: 9%
Australia: 7.5%
Unspecified: 0.5%
Format
Feature Screenplay: 87.5%
Television Script: 12.5%
Showcase Submissions
