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Christian Screenwrite Announces Winners of Seventh Annual Contest
Drama About a Paralyzed Young Man Wins First Place

March 20, 2011 (Newark, N.J.)--Christian Screenwrite today announced the winners of its 2010 Christian screenwriting competition. Winners receive cash awards. In addition, each winning script will be read by Reel Frog Films, producers of top top-selling Christian DVD, THE BOOK OF RUTH: JOURNEY OF FAITH, distributed by Trinity Broadcasting Network.

David Schroeder of Miami won first place for his drama, HALFWAY HOME, about a paralyzed young man's broken spirit and intellectual pride which is challenged as a live-in supervisor in a halfway house for the mentally disabled.

"HALFWAY HOME was a special story to me that needed to be told in a way true to the heart, and finding an audience with Christian Screenwrite is a special reward," said the teacher.  "Thank you again for this recognition, and especially thanks to LaVonne McIver, producer of the contest, for her dedication to storytellers of faith."

Mike Long of Burke, Va., won second place for his comic drama, THE JOBY PROJECT. The script is the Biblical story of Job set in modern times.

"The public is starved for entertainment that reflects their values and the way they truly live," said the freelance speechwriter. "This contest encourages the creation of just that kind of work. I'm glad to be a part of the effort, and glad that LaVonne is tending this particular field so joyfully and so well."

Reverend Sarah Brockman of  Norwood, MA., won third place honors for her script, READING PA, about a twelve-year old girl who struggles with her sense of sin and redemption, and in the process changes the lives of the people around her and re-awakens the faith of a burned-out female priest.

"It is encouraging to have an opportunity to promote stories that have a positive spiritual element to them, and this competition was particularly appealing for that reason and the opportunity to have the winning scripts considered by production companies," said Brockman.

To read interviews with winners, please visit, www.christianscreenwrite.com. To act as a sponsor, please contact, lavonne@christianscreenwrite.com.

About Christian Screenwrite
Christian Screenwrite is a contest that fosters and promotes awareness of Christian screenplays with the objective of utilizing the medium of film to spread the principles of forgiveness, faith, redemption and love that Jesus Christ demonstrated and taught, to both Christians and non-Christians. The contest was founded in 2003 by LaVonne McIver James, CEO, Favor Entertainment and founder of faithinfilmsforum, http://www.faithinfilmsforum.com.

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