Best Screenplay (feature) Winner:
EXHAUSTED - JAY REES
Runners up:
THE BABY IN THE BASKET - Tom Jolliffe
THE AMULET - James Brenton & Derek Hobart
ABRACADAVER! AND HIS MAJESTIC EMPIRE - Matthew L Stevens & Laurence P Stevens
Best twist (feature)
HOSTILE TAKEOVER - JASON PEELE
Runner up
SIX - Alex Clinch
RUITER - Jaxen Ross, Scott Needle & Surya Rankupalli
best villain (feature)
THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN US - ANITA KAYE
Runners up:
CORPORATE MONSTER - Chelsea Schmidt
NIGHT BLOOMING JASMINE - Jennifer Michelle Weber
VORE - Vincent Louis Scarsella
MARTIN - Erika Van Doren
Most messed up death (feature)
NOODLES AND THE SOUTH SIDE BAWLERS - DESHON HENRY
Runners up:
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ENDING - T. J. Stone
PLATOON Z - Vicky Dupuis
THE TERMINAL MEN - Ian Driscoll
Best Screenplay (short) Winner:
CHURCHFIELD AVENUE - AMY CHILDS
Runners up:
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY - Carlos Perez
SHORT BUS - Shawnette Shields
Best twist (short)
END OF CONTRACT - AOIFE GOWAN
Runners up
SESSION - Meik V. Fischer
PANDORA, INC. - Joe Lueben
HOT QUESTIONS - Alexander Julian III
best villain (short)
BOBBY YELLOW - JANINA LAMB
Runners up:
DADDY - Chessie Reiss
YOU HURT SISSY - Joan Marie Philo
PERVERT - Luis Zaldivar
Most messed up death (short)
NEXT - SADIQ DATOO
Runners up:
GIRL'S NIGHT OUT - Janet L. Loftis
THE MURDER CABIN - Lara Furtado Hazboun & Shamari Evan
Congratulations to all of our winners and runners-up, and to those of you who received an honorable mention.
Our commiserations to those of you who didn't make it this time.