1st Place **FINALIST** 'The Pad' by Chris Roberts   LOGLINE - When Cyrus the cowboy gigolo rents an apartment from Satan, losing his soul becomes the least of his problems.    15 PAGES   (Heat 19)  

2nd Place **FINALIST** '654, 195041, 214571' by Dekel Berenson   LOGLINE - Auschwitz ,1944 - newly arrived prisoners are unable to comprehend the reality to which they were thrown to, a place where prisoners appear from nowhere only to vanish without a trace, where violence replaces words, and where all pervious habits, education and morals must be forgotten. The "wisdom" of the camp, the secret of survival, is passed from one prisoner to another orally, just as the Jewish religion itself has been passed from generation to generation for more than 5000 years, allowing a single survivor to return to his home only to discover that it has been rented to somebody else.   14 PAGES   (Heat 19)  

3rd Place  'Tenancy In Common' by Angela Dunn   LOGLINE - Additional tenants aren't on the lease.   13 PAGES   (Heat 19)  

4th Place  'Running On Empty' by Shelli Wright   LOGLINE - Two college kids scramble for transportation when they get stranded in Mexico over Spring Break. The only way home is a long, dark ride in an alternative fuel vehicle with a shady background and an empty tank.    15 PAGES   (Heat 19)  

5th Place  'First of the Month' by Robert Ward   LOGLINE - Old farmer Jeremiah Blankenship never knew that when the time came, he could delay the inevitable -- for a "slight" rental fee at the beginning of each month.    14 PAGES   (Heat 19)