Screenplays
Distracted by Murder – Comedy, Fantasy
– 2024 The Comedy Film Festival Finalist
– 2024 Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition Quarter-Finalist
– 2024 Italian Comedy Festival Semi-Finalist
– 2023 Sunny Film Festival Best Comedy Screenplay
– 2023 Reel Harmony Film and Script Festival Honorable Mention
– 2023 Art Film Awards Finalist
– 2023 International Film Carnival – Calcutta Winner
– 2023 8 & Halfilm Awards Winner Best Feature Script (Tribute to Giulietta Masina – Special Award)
– 2023 The Singapore International Competition Best Original Screenplay
SELECTED: 2023 – Wiki Screenplay Contest
Someone Else – Drama, Family, Fantasy
– 2022 Knight of the Reel Awards Winner
– 2022 Tagore International Film Festival Outstanding Achievement Award Winner
– 2022 Madrid Arthouse Film Festival Semi-Finalist
SELECTED: 2024 – Beyond the Screen Festival; 2023 – Eternal International Film Festival, Sofia International Film Festival; 2022 – HIFF – HALO International Film Festival, Golden Giraffe International Film Festival, Fox International Film Festival, Your Way International Film Festival
Disappeared – Science Fiction, Romance
– 2022 Future of Film Awards Honorable Mention
– 2022 Golden Lemur Honorable Mention
– 2022 Sea of Art Festival Honorable Mention
– 2022 Black Swan International Film Festival Award Winner
– 2022 Hollywood International Golden Age Festival Semi-Finalist
SELECTED: 2024 – Palma Film Festival; 2023 – Film Language IFF, Vancouver Independent – International Film Festival; 2022 – Brilliant Indie Film Awards, Rudis Festival, Dialog Film Festival; 2021 – Culver City Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
Minerva Claus – Christmas, Thriller
– 2024 Stage 32 1st Annual Holiday Screenwriting Contest Semifinalist
– 2023 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Quarterfinalist
– 2022 Screenplay Festival Semi-Finalist
– 2022 Stage 32 Female Driven Screenwriting Contest Semifinalist
– 2022 Onyko Film Awards Finalist
– 2021 Austin Table Read My Screenplay Genre Screenplay Competition Top 100
– 2021 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalist
– 2021 Screenwriting Staffing Query Letter Contest Semi-Finalist
– 2020 14th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalist
– 2020 Peachtree Village International Film Festival Finalist
Paranormal Rescue – Horror, Dark Comedy
– 2022 International Moving Film Festival Finalist
– 2022 Boston Horror Comedy Film Festival Quarter-Finalist
– 2022 Mad Wife Productions Fellowship Quarter-Finalist
– 2022 Oasis International Film Festival Feature Script Award Winner
SELECTED: 2023 – Thrills and Chills Film Awards; 2022 – KeyFrame International Art & Film Festival, Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festiva, Marina del Rey Film Festival, Die Laughing Film Festival, London Movie Awards
True Story of the Perfect 36 – Family, Historical, Science Fiction
– 2023 The Women’s Independent Film & Television Festival Nominee
– 2023 Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition Honorable Mention
– 2021 Stage 32 1st Annual Family-Friendly Screenwriting Contest Quarterfinalist
– 2021 Beyond Entertainment Family Film, Screenwriting & Music Festival Award Winner (Action-1st Place)
– 2019 Screenwriting Staffing Query Letter Contest Winner
– 2019 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalist
– 2019 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalist, Family/Holiday Top 25
SELECTED: 2022 – Scriptmatix, LA Independent Women Film Awards; 2020 – Someday…Screenwriting Competition
Jupiterians – Family, Science Fiction
– 2023 Imaginarium Imadjinn Awards Screenplay Finalist
– 2023 16th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalist
– 2023 Nitiin International Film Festival Best Feature Script Screenplay
– 2022 Children’s International Film Festival of Wales Winner for Best Script
– 2022 Deccan International Cine Carnival Winner of Outstanding Achievement for Feature Script
– 2022 Virgin Spring Cinefest Silver Award Winner
– 2019 Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Contest Finalist
SELECTED: 2023 – Oxford Script Awards
Treasure Trove – Science Fiction, Comedy, Sister
– 2023 Independent Film Awards Finalist
– 2022 Nominee for The Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival
– 2022 Seattle Movie Awards Semi-Finalist
– 2022 Dallas Movie Awards Festival Semi-Finalist
SELECTED: 2022 – Tatra International Film Festival; 2021 – San Diego Movie Awards
Spencer, 1928 – Family, Fantasy, Adventure
– 2023 Art Film Awards Winner Best Feature Script
– 2022 Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition Quarterfinalist
– 2022 Beyond Entertainment Family Film, Screenwriting & Music Festival Semi-Finalist
– 2022 Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition Quarter-Finalist
– 2022 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalist
– 2018 Nashville Film Festival Semi-Finalist
– 2018 Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Sizzle Top 100
SELECTED: – 2022 – Midnight Soul Film Festival; 2021 – Endorsed by KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Wormhole 276 – Family, Science Fiction, Adventure
– 2023 Navy International Film Festival Best Feature Script Screenplay
– 2023 Art Film Awards – Monthly Competition Honorable Mention
– 2022 World Film Carnival – Singapore Award Winner
– 2022 Cult Critic Movie Awards Feature Script Outstanding Achievement
– 2017 WILDsound Festival Best Scene Screenplay Winner
– 2017 Festival for Family Best Scene Screenplay Winner
– 2017 Fantasy/Sci-fi Festival Screenplay Best Scene Winner
SELECTED: 2023 – Wallachia Int’l Film Festival
Braumaru – Book Adaptation, Family, Children, Adventure, Fantasy
– 2023 United Arab Emirates International Film Festival Award Winner
– 2022 Golden Fern Film Awards Award Winner
– 2022 Switzerland International Film Festival Semi-Finalist
– 2022 White Unicorn International Film Festival Award Winner
– 2022 Knight of the Reel Awards Winner
– 2014 ScreenCraft Family-Friendly Script Contest Quarter-Finalist
SELECTED: 2021 – Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
Department of Temporal Adjustment (DTA) – Book Adaptation, Family, Science Fiction, Comedy
– 2023 Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards Quarterfinalist
– 2022 Indie Cinema Awards Semi-finalist
– 2022 Gangtok International Film Festival Outstanding Achievement Award Winner
– 2021 Druk International Film Festival Feature Script Critic’s Choice Award Winner
– 2021 Miami Screenplay Awards Quarter Finalist
SELECTED: 2022 – 5th Benin City Film Festival, Wiki Screenplay Contest
Gray Zone – Book Adaptation, Young Adult, Family, Drama
– 2023 ScreenCraft Drama Competition Quarterfinalist
– 2023 Liber Films International Festival Honorable Mention
– 2022 New York Tri-State International Film Festival Honorable Mention
– 2022 Siren Screenwriting Festival Winner Best Feature Screenplay
– 2022 High Tatras Film & Video Festival Best Drama Screenwriter
– 2022 Zagreb International Film Festival Best Adapted Screenplay
– 2021 World Film Carnival Singapore Feature Script Outstanding Achievement Award Winner
SELECTED: 2023 – British Indie Film Festival & Music, Geneva International Film Festival, Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival; 2022 – Truce Festival, Amsterdam Freedom Independent IFF, Snow Leopard International Film Festival
Haunt for Hire – Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
– 2023 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Quarter-Finalist
– 2023 International Comedy Film Festival Quarter-Finalist
– 2022 Broad Humor Film Festival Honorable Mention
– 2021 Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards Season 6 Quarterfinalist
– 2019 Screenwriting Staffing Query Letter Contest Finalist
– 2018 Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Sizzle Top 100
– 9th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalist
Stone Woman – Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy
– 2023 Mad Wife 100 Scripts Finalist
– 2023 Golden Spotlight International Film Festival Winner
– 2023 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalist
– 2023 Page Turner Screenplays Semi-Finalist
– 2022 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Quarter Finalist
– 2022 Amsterdam Freedom Independent Official Selection
– 2022 Stockholm Gold Film Awards Official Selection
– 2022 8 & Halfilm Best Adventure Script Award Winner
– 2021 Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards Honorable Mention
– 2021 Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Competition (Season 4) Quarterfinalist
– 2020 Northwest Screenwriting Guild Script Reading Winner
– 2019 Screenwriting Staffing Query Letter Contest Winner
– 2018 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship (Fifth Annual) Quarterfinalist
– 2016 WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Semi-Finalist
– 2014 ScreenCraft Family-Friendly Script Contest Quarter-Finalist
– 2014 ScreenCraft Action & Thriller Script Contest Quarter-Finalist
SELECTED: 2023 – Geneve Awards; 2022 – Butterfly International Film Festival, Masters of Cinema
Shorts
Imagine That (10 pages) – Drama, Family
Sweet Cheeks (8 pages) – Thriller
– 2021 Seattle Film Summit Semi-finalist
For Mort (10 pages) – Comedy, Paranormal, Single Location
– 2022 Official Selection for New City Film Festival
Lost a Little (3 pages) – Comedy
Guarded (6 pages) – Paranormal, Comedy
Lost and Found (5 pages) – Drama, Science Fiction
The Mistake (8 pages) – Tragedy
Library Café (6 pages) Adaptation, Comedy
Books Published
Stone Woman – Adventure
True Story of the Perfect 36 – Science Fiction
Time Without – Science Fiction
The Old Library Café – Picture Book
Monster of a Problem – Picture Book
Gray Zone – Young Adult Contemporary Fiction
– Winner John E. Weaver Excellent Read Award
– Feathered Quill Book Award Bronze Medal
– LitPick Top Choice Book Review Award
Monkeys on an Island – Picture Book
Department of Temporal Adjustment – Science Fiction
Behold the Eye: Viridia – Juvenile Fantasy
Behold the Eye: Cerulea – Juvenile Fantasy
Behold the Eye: Braumaru – Juvenile Fantasy
Education
Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts, Full Sail University
Master of Library and Information Science, University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, University of Washington