Screenwriting : The Third Bomb wins! by Phil Parker

Cheers, Sam!!

Phillip --- you clearly have a winner there ... stacking up the awards is great! Get that darn thing on the screen already!

Congrats, mate!

Damn son! No ribs in Houston for you; but second place Gold is a pretty good consolation prize. Congratulations Phillip, from Phillip. Your writing deserves recognition.

Congrats

It is indeed a great script and also received a Recommend from No BullScript, the first script in 6 months to do so! wtg Phillip!

Thank you so much everyone. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your support. My Stage 32 peeps are the best! And thank you Danny Manus for your notes and recommendation. A big help!

YAY!!!! Congratulations Phil! I love this script and have everything crossed for you that it's picked up very, very, very soon!

Keep at it Phillip, great news and sounds like your screenplay has garnered a lot of keen interest out there...

Congrats! That is a huge win. Looking forward to see how it all stacks up at the Sac Intl Film Festival. ;)

Thanks, Emma, Chris and David, too! Fingers crossed for Sacramento and Nashville as well :-)

Congrats again Phillip :)

Thanks again CJ :-))

Congratulations! That's great. (But not great about missing the BBQ.)

Hi Jeffrey, thanks mate!

Hey, just wanted to say - excellent script, Phillip! I was one of the industry judges in the Scriptwriters Network's High Concept Contest, and I really enjoyed your work. Congrats on your 3rd place finish there as well!

How exciting -- congrats, Phillip!

Hey Bill! Wow, that is so nice of you to say so. Getting that kind of feedback is very motivating. Cheers!! Now I just need to find the right producer to fall in love with it! Some promising things in the wind :-)

Thank you so much, Sharl!

Hey Phillip, that's wonderful news! I'm not surprised at all. Or may be yes, I am. Because you deserve to rank 1st! By the way, congratulations for your No Bullscript 1st placement too!

Thanks heaps, Suzanne! It was great to get a RECOMMEND from Danny at NoBullscript :-)

Sounds like you're wheels-up and taking off, Philip. Congratulations.

Congratulations Phillip--sounds like you are well on the way. For those of us who don't know about NoBullscript or the Scriptwriters Networks High Concept Contest, can you tell us more about these contests? We read/hear a lot about Big Break, Page, Nicholls, etc. these are new to me.

Virginia - As Chairman Emeritus of the Scriptwriters Network, I can shed some light on the High Concept contest that Phillip won. It's an annual contest, going into its 6th year, judged by industry professionals, that is open to any "high concept" script - that is, a story that is easily relatable in a log line. Winners get a cash prize and are connected with producers, agents and managers looking for their type of projects. I was privileged to win 2nd place in their inaugural contest, and was proud to be a Finalist judge this year. And I can tell you, the overall quality of those 10 finalists was excellent. Phillip's script had a LOT of competition, but definitely stood out, along with the other two winners. You can learn more about it by going to www.scriptwritersnetwork.org

Thank you, Virginia! NoBullscript.com is run by fellow Stage32 member, Danny Manus. He provided some great notes on my story.

Thanks, Kat!! :-))))

Hey Virginia, I'm not a contest & there's no first prize. Technically. I'm a script consultant and I run No BullScript Consulting. I did notes on the script and Phillip received the first recommend of 2015! I don't go easy on scripts.

Congratulations! Well done!

Thanks Danny--appreciate the clarification. And I'm glad you don't go easy on scripts. Honest, informed feedback helps the writer grow. That's why they come to you :)

Thanks, Brian! Welcome to Stage 32.

Belated congratulations.

Congratulations!

That's great! Congrats!

Many thanks, Karynne, Stevan and Doug! positive energy all around!

Congratulations, Phillip! Keep up the good work!

Many thanks. Cinthya! :-) @Jim - Aww, man you just got my taste buds going again! lol My favorite Texas BBQ joint is a small one in East Texas called Bodacious BBQ. How great is that name?! I would cut off my right arm to eat there again! haha

Just had someone contact me about some legit writing work after I posted this news on LinkedIn. We'll see what happens, but it shows there are benefits to entering contests beyond just reaching for that brass ring all screenwriters want :-)

Benefits of contests and marketing yourself and your work, way to go Phillip!

Cheers, buddy!