Date: November 29th 2007

1. TWP MAY � OCTOBER 2007 SCREENPLAY CONTEST FINALISTS

The Writers Place is pleased to announce our finalists for the full-length and teleplay/short competitions for May through October 2007. We do confess, this was an extremely difficult decision. There were so many finely rendered scripts in both categories. Selection of the winners and honorable mentions will be even more difficult. Finalist are, in no order of preference:

Full-Length Screenplays:

Actor Cordell � Widow�s Island                           Karl Shefelman � The Chicken Hunters
Alan Armstrong � Preemptive Strike                   Kathleen Douglass � Mom Jeans
Alexandre Moors � Americana                            Kevin Kalmes - Vengeance
Alexandria Natapoff � The Partnership                Kevin Delin � Heat & Hostility
Alexia Maura � Blood Lawns                               Michael Farrell � The Operators
Betty Saarinen � Doraybus, The Story of a Dog   Michael Wickham � One For the Road
Charlie Brown � Neighborhood Graves                Mike Anka - Profugo
Christopher Bailey � Giants                                Murray Spitzer � Fortune Cookie
Christopher Canole � Felix the Flyer                    Paul McComas � Unplugged 
Colin Costello � Bridezilla vs. Deer                      Phil Ferriere � Silent Killer 
Donna Lisa � Toucans of the Amazon                   Phillip Yow � Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Duba Leibell � Johnny Girl                                   Ralph Lucas � The Writers Club
Frank Brady � Sweeps                                        Ronald Brassfield � Eclipse 
Gregory Orr � The Terror Tapes                          Susan Klos - Voices
James Ossi � Ultraviolet Child                              Trish Feehan � Vial Connection
Jason Azicri � Lost Weekend                                William Dougherty � Shinyo Maru
John Adcox � Challeners                                     William Dunbar � Iron Bound

Judith Logan � Dying for Emily

Teleplay/Short Screenplays:

Alan Barkley � Heart Rate                                    Kimberly Coleman - Kiyala 
Anthony Amenta � Dial H for Happiness                 Leo Vasilevskiy � Scrubs�My Epiphany                     
Brett Seamans � The Office�Record Sale              Closet
Brett Seamans � 30 Rock�My Name is: Crazy       Marilee Ryan & Melissa Hayes � Double 
Dean Wells � The Parcel                                       Wide
Greg Gibson � Gus and Chloe                                P. Montgomery � Visa-Vis
Greg Rebman � Dead Man�s Hill                             Randy Gillis � Fags vs. Hags
John Uth � Down the Shore                                   Shauna Cagan � Stealing Alice

Competition winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd and honorable mentions) in both the full-length and teleplay/short categories will be announced on January 1, 2008.

Congratulations and good luck to our finalists. To all contestants who were not selected, do not become disheartened. KEEP WRITING!

2. HARVARD FILM GROUP � INVITATION TO DEC 1st FILM PANEL

Harvardwood is pleased to present our first-ever "Independent Filmmaking Panel" in New York! The panel will include indie filmmakers and Harvard alums producer Maya Browne '92 (AMERICAN FORK w/ Billy Baldwin), writer-director Hans Canosa '93 (CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN w/ Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter), writer-director-producer Adam Hootnick '97 (Slamdance-winner UNSETTLED), writer-director-producer Georgia Lee '98 (Tribeca Film Fest-winner RED DOORS), and screenwriter-novelist Gabrielle Zevin '00 (CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN, "Elsewhere", "Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac"). The panel will be moderated by writer-producer Paula Brancato MBA '82.

The panel will be held at the Tank (279 Church Street, between Franklin and White) on SAT, DEC. 1ST, from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Refreshments will be provided. There is no charge for the event, but please RSVP by Fri., Nov. 30th on the website: http://www.harvardwood.org/events/event_details.asp?id=17391

Harvardwood
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3. TWP POETRY CONTEST IS IN FULL SWING!

For our fourth year, The Writers Place is accepting poetry of all genres, for awards and publication. Enter early and online at www.thewritersplace.org. Just click on �Poetry Contest�. And don�t forget to register to receive our winner�s announcements.

James E. Fischer / Paula C. Brancato
Cofounders
www.thewritersplace.org