1st Place **FINALIST** 'Saltines' by Todd Bangs   LOGLINE - A young man's journey to the other side.   15 PAGES   (Heat 2)  

2nd Place **FINALIST** 'The Final Guardian' by Scott Merrow   LOGLINE - A dying old woman picks 10-year-old Miguel to replace her as guardian of the Orb of Fendrel, an ancient object of great power and great danger.  He has it for less than a day when...he drops it.  Oops!   15 PAGES   (Heat 2)  

3rd Place  'The Dragon's Head' by Bradley Barnes   LOGLINE - It's hard being a Dragonslayer when dragon's are extinct. But for Sir Roland, that's never been a problem.   15 PAGES   (Heat 2)  

4th Place  'I Know Why' by Kevin Cho   LOGLINE - An insomniac undergoes a medical procedure that takes him to a strange forest where he must come to grip with the reason for his insomnia.   8 PAGES   (Heat 2)  

5th Place  'Abracadabra Grandpa' by Jon Kommes   LOGLINE - After putting his elderly, card-trick loving Grandpa to bed, a teenager is confronted by an odd creature and a violent knight who emerge from his closet.  Each claims to be seeking out Grandpa, but why would anyone be after an old, sweet, wheel-chair bound man?   12 PAGES   (Heat 2)