writing


Awards/Honors/Published
  • Published “Runner” in the Garland Court Review (2011)
  • Placed in top 10% in the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowship (2008)
  • Scene from “I Dream Electric” performed on stage by Pintig Cultural group
  • Placed 15th in Red Inkworks top 50 finalists (2008)
  • Finalist in Wisconsin Screenwriter’s Forum/ChicagoScriptworks Staged Reading contest (2007)
  • Quarter-Finalist in Wisconsin Screenwriter’s Forum Annual Screenplay Contest (2007)
  • Quarter-Finalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest (2007)
  • Placed in the top 25% of Expo’s Screenplay Competition (2006)
  • Published One Night Stan in “New American Scurvy 3” (March 2004)
  • 2000 Grantee of the Chicago CAAP Grant for the script The Loss of Light
Scripts

Mythology – feature length script
(children’s adventure) In ancient Greece, a boy loses his father to war and adventures into the world of Greek mythology to rescue him from the realm of Hades.

The Walking Dead “Reach” – TV spec
(drama/horror) When the survivors discover an abused girl, they track the perpetrator down only to discover that he may have a cure for the walking plague.

Ghostfaced – feature length script
(supernatural thriller) An ex-gangbanger, physically haunted by the ghosts of his victims, tries to live normal life. When his daughter is gunned down in a drive by shooting, it sets him on the path of revenge while trying to survive the ghosts who are out to kill him.

  • Quarter-Finalist in Wisconsin Screenwriters Forum Annual Screenplay Contest for “Ghost Faced” (2007)
  • Quarter-Finalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest for “Ghost Faced” (2007)
  • Top 25% of Expo’s Screenplay Competition for “Ghost Faced” (2006)

I Dream Electric – feature length script
(sci-fi/suspense) A reclusive computer hacker tries to delete incriminating data when he gets caught in a city wide blackout. Forced to let a stranded girl into his apartment, he desperately tries to get to the data but comes face to face with the one thing he can’t erase, his humanity.

This script was designed to be a low budget feature with just two characters and one location.

  • Top 10% in the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowship for “I Dream Electric” (2008)
  • 15th in Red Inkworks Top 50 Finalists for “I Dream Electric” (2008)
  • Finalist in Wisconsin Screenwriters Forum/Chicago ScriptWorks Staged Reading Contest for “I Dream Electric” (2007)