Awards

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VSF Members have been recognized at the top Film Festivals and Screenwriting Competitions


2022 Magic of Horror Film Festival Finalist Vicky Dupuis Addie
2022 Beaufort International Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winner Eric Carlson Stealing The Moon
2021 Virginia Screenwriting Competition Winner Rachel Weatherly Take Off
2021 Magic of Horror Film Festival Finalist Vicky Dupuis Platoon Z
2021 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Winner – “Best Feature Screenplay” Bill Brock James Dean: Crossing the Finish Line
2021 Academy Nicholls Fellowship Quarter Finalist Eric Carlson Stealing the Moon
2021 Creative World Awards Semi-Finalist Bill Brock Where’s Grace
2021 Atlanta International Screenplay Awards Finalist Bill Brock James Dean: Crossing the Finish Line
2021 Block Island Film Festival Official Selection Bill Brock The Dress
2021 Creative World Awards Quarter Finalist Rachel Weatherly Amy and Zoe Take the Long Way
2020 Virginia Screenwriting Competition Finalist Eric Carlson Eighteen Holes
2020 Poe Film Festival Best Feature Screenplay Tom Sanchez Prunier Amulet
2020 Reelheart International Film Festival Winner – Official Selection Laurie Brand Canada Waites
2019 Canne Screenplay Contest First Place – TV Drama Pilot Terry Menefee-Gau Unplugged
2019 Final Draft Big Break Contest Top 3 Drama Brian Weakland September, 1966
2019 Beverly Hills Film Festival Official Selection Bill Brock The Dress
2018 GenreBlast Film Festival Dragon Born Award Tom Sanchez Prunier Silent But Deadly
2018 Hollywood Screenplay Contest Finalist Bill Brock dream HOLLYWOOD
2018 South Carolina Underground Film Festival Finalist Adam Lapallo The Crimson Legacy
2018 Virginia Screenwriting Competition Winner Eric Carlson The Audition
2018 Virginia Film Festival Winner Caroline Hoover The Long Black Veil
2017 Virginia Film Festival Finalist Terry Menefee-Gau Pines of Rome
2017 Academy Nicholls Fellowship Quarter Finalist Caroline Hoover The Trip
2017 PAGE International Awards Comedy Finalist Brian Weakland Franz Kafka: Golf Pro
2017 GenreBlast Film Festival Official Selection – Best Feature Screenplay Tom Sanchez Prunier #17
2017 Virginia Screenwriting Competition Winner Adam Lapallo Wolfpack Fencers
2016 GenreBlast Film Festival Best Short Screenplay Tom Sanchez Prunier The Battle of Pinewood
2016 Other Worlds Austin Sci-Fi Screenplay Competition Grand Prize Screenplay Tom Sanchez Prunier Keystroke
2016 G.I. Film Festival Screenwriting Competition Winner Eric Carlson Jackrabbit
2016 G.I. Film Festival Screenwriting Competition Winner Eric Carlson Jackrabbit
2016 Richmond International Film Festival Best Comedy Screenplay Eric Carlson The Audition
2014 Virginia Screenwriting Competition Winner Eric Carlson Semple’s Gold
2014 Academy Nicholls Fellowship Semi-Finalist Brian Weakland Last Waltz of Vienna
2013 Austin Film Festival Writer’s Guild of America drama award Brian Weakland Last Waltz of Vienna
2012 Virginia Screenwriting Competition Winner Eric Carlson Under Pressure
2011 Creative World Awards Winner Eric Carlson Under Pressure
2008 International Family Film Festival Winner Eric Carlson True North
2008 PBS-13 Reel Shorts Competition Best Comedy Tom Sanchez Prunier Window Shopping