2026 WRITING NEWS

1.10.26: Short story, “Maggie’s Beat,” named a quarterfinalist in the 2026 Roadmap Writers/Everard Entertainment Competition.

2.07.26: WAKE-UP CALL named Best Feature Script in the January 2026 East Village New York Film Festival. Find a list of the winners here.

2.24.26: Screenplay WAKE-UP CALL, is named an official selection for the Golden State Film Festival. The festival is held Feb. 27-March 6, 2026 at the TCL Chinese Theaters in Hollywood, California).

2.25.26: One-hour TV pilot, REMORSE COURT, is named an official selection for the Golden State Film Festival.

2.28.26: Screenplay BEAT is named a Silver Award Winner at the Paris Film Awards.

4.2.26: Screenplay DEAD SURE is named an official selection in the New York Story Awards.

4.7.26: WAKE-UP CALL (screenplay) receives the SILVER Award for Feature Script at the Florence Film Awards.

4.7.26: BEAT (screenplay) receives the GOLD Award for Feature Script at the New York Movie Awards.

5.5.26: BEAT (screenplay) is named a Gold Award Winner, Feature Screenplay in the  Hollywood Gold Awards.

6.21.26: WAKE-UP CALL (Screenplay) is named an Official Selection and a Finalist at the 2026 Marina Del Rey Film Festival.

6.27.26: WAKE-UP CALL (Screenplay) is honored with the Grand Prize for Best Feature Screenplay at the 2026 Marina del Rey Film Festival.

6.28.26: JANE PHILLIPS (one-hour TV Pilot) receives the Gold Award, Feature Script,  at the Hollywood Gold Awards.

7.3.26: Screenplays BEAT and WAKE-UP call are named Official Selections at the MARPSA Screenwriting  Awards sponsored by M&R Pictures.

8.5.26: TV Pilot JANE PHILLIPS receives Silver Award, Feature Script, at the July 2026 Florence Film Awards.

8.6.26: TV Pilot JANE PHILLIPS named an official selection at the New York Movie Awards.

8.28.26: Thriller screenplay WAKE-UP CALL is named a Quarterfinalist in the 2026 Big Break Screenwriting Contest — out of over 13,000 entries!

9.4.26: TV Pilot JANE PHILLIPS named a finalist in the Indiewood Film Festival Hollywood.

9.5.26: TV Pilot JANE PHILLIPS and screenplay CHARGED named semi-finalists at Chicago Script to Screen.

9.6.26: TV Pilot JANE PHILLIPS named quarter-finalist in Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition.