Here are the finalists for this year’s Kairos Prizes in Screenwriting:

Paul H. Boge of East St. Paul, Manitoba, CAN for MULLI
Bret Eugene Boyer of Scottsdale, AZ for TEXTING WITH GOD
James M. De Vince of Wallingford, CT for THE BASKETBALL
David (Nicholas) Hartmann of Mason, OH for A DOLPHIN IN OUR LAKE
Bryan Lake of Stevenson Ranch, CA for BOB
Jeremy David Lee of West Hills, CA for ROCK POINT DRAW
Jacalyn S. McLeod of Lee’s Summit, MO for HOUSE OF HOPE
Clark McMillian of Bowie, MD for INVESTMENT IN TIME
Sean Paul Murphy of Baltimore, MD for I, JOHN
Lizanne Southgate & Alan Sproles of Visalia, CA for FIFTY SEVEN CENTS
Marcus Webb of Stamford, CT for AND THERE WAS LIGHT
Amy Williams of Marina Del Rey, CA for HALO THEORY

As you can see by this list, my name is not present.  My hope was my screenplay Walk would “walk” right into being a finalist but alas, it did not make the cut.   The results came to me last week, so I’ve had a few days to digest the disappointment.  It’s better now, but it certainly is never easy.   So much of whether a script connects to a reader has to do with the right place, the right time and of course, the right reader to lobby your work.  It’s all part of the journey. ..a journey that for me will always include writing.  If nothing else, this latest result makes me more determined.  (How many times have I told myself that, said the writer.)

So onward.  I have been sending Walk out to a couple other places.  I am working on yet another re-write of Twig which I plan to send to the Nichol Fellowships in Screenwriting come April.  Currently, I am in rehearsals on the latest Easter production called UP IN THE ATTIC

The original title of this production was PASSION and since I finished the re-write and began rehearsals over 2 weeks, I have changed it to the more appropriate title UP IN THE ATTIC.   The cast is coming together and I am very encouraged by what I see.   The play deals with the Walker family whose lost faith and buried secrets reveal a past that is about to collide with the present when writer Hannah Walker discovers what’s “up in the attic”.  The play will be performed on March 31 and April 1.    More details, along with a poster, will appear in the weeks to come.