HypeFest is pleased to announce the Screenplay Competition Semi-finalists. Thanks to everyone who entered! The winner(s) will be announced at the HypeFest Awards Show, July 25, 2004. Prizes will be provided by The Writer's Store, Hollywood Scriptwriter, and Michael Weise Publications.

Semi-Finalists (alphabetical order by author)

The End of the Beginning by Greg Brooks
brooksgreg80@comcast.net

A ten-year-old boy growing up in the 70s must write about the most influential person in his life. He realizes he doesn't know much about his family, and his research proves enlightening.

How to Ace an Intervention by Ned Farr
ned@nedfarr.com

Traci thinks she's throwing a cocktail party for her closest friends, but soon discovers the party is just for her — and that the "party" is over. A satiric look at a group of people who stage an intervention for an alcoholic friend, who turns the tables on them by using her own 12-step program, leaving her with a Pyrrhic victory.

Erotomania by Zakary Kurzawski
nothingtoprove@hotmail.com

Burckhard is obsessed with a dead girl. Could delivering the girl's last words to her lover spoil Burckhard's own chances of happiness?

Me and Sammy by Ian McCamey
imac@bluemilkprod.com

A random encounter with famous rock star Sammy Hagar has an unexpected outcome in this short screenplay that pokes fun at the nature of celebrity encounters, along with the Van Halen legacy, while demonstrating that all anyone wants— is to be in pictures.


Rent Control by Amy Roy
amyaroy@lycos.com

A romantic comedy about a woman who goes to extremes to steal the apartment of her dreams away from a jilted bride.