Jamie Sutliff: Author, screenwriter and editor in Long Lake, NY, USA.

Awards are still coming in from Cannes, Tribeca and the DGW for the Cannes event coming in August. Tribeca listed my title, Son of Amaros in the Hollywood Reporter. This notice came today.

If you make it to Cannes it's the first major step to success. Cannes is the most unbiased, least racist platform in the film industry. They do not care how old you are, the color of your skin or country of your birth. Cannes wants to read good stories in all genres - that's it folks, nothing else matters. I won a First Place laurel from Cannes in 023. The first win put me on a list of capable screenwriters and my name went into a pool of writers selected for a collaboration between Cannes, Tribeca and the DGW (Directors Guild of the World) to find the top 100 writers in the world from a field of over 10,000 entries from 31 countries. I won 1st. Place in the top 100 and a prize of my title listed in the Hollywood Reporter late summer 025 for the largest Cannes event of the year in San Francisco when they will announce the top 3 winners of the 100 finalists. In the meantime I won 2 First Place laurels with Tribeca and Best Screenwriter of the Year Award from an increased field of over 20,000 entries. I am numb with disbelief and don't have a clue what will happen next. Today a notice from SF arrived. I would love to attend but I drive a 20 y/o rusty pick up truck if I sold tomorrow for book value might pay half of an economy flight ticket. Don 't get me wrong, I'm having a hell of a good time and looking forward to the conclusion of this wonderful, confusing adventure. Thank you, Dead Elvis has left the building.

Two weeks ago, I received an email from Cannes Film Awards I've won Best Screenwriter 025 after winning 4 First Place laurels each a different project in 4 genres, A short won a Cannes Emmy. I am the first American screenwriter to win a Cannes Emmy and it is for a short micro-budget script. Never underestimate the power of short films.

I won First Place in the Tribeca Film Awards last week and Best Screenwriter of the year 025. I'm very proud of the awards. Tribeca is an icon in the Indie market.