1st Place **FINALIST** 'STRANDED' by Isabelle Brizec   LOGLINE - Two intergalactic pilots are stranded in deep space, with no hope of immediate rescue.  But for one to survive, the other must die.   8 PAGES   (Heat 28)

2nd Place **FINALIST** 'A Soul Misplaced' by Phillip Morales   LOGLINE - When Quin McNamara, a young reporter looking to make a name for himself as a writer, in placed with a US military unit in Iraq as an assignment for his newspaper, he gets more than he bargains for after he witness an extraordinary event in an abandoned complex that changes his life, as well as the lives of the soldiers he befriends.  When Quin miraculously returns home, he finds that his world is strangely different; so much so that he embarks on a personal journey to solve the mystery behind the "incident" in Iraq and uncover the metaphysical secrets that the truth brings.   15 PAGES   (Heat 28)  

3rd Place  'Paean' by Shawn Shipley   LOGLINE - A sceptical businessman disenfranchised with the futuristic Utopian world, has his perspective altered on a trek through the jungle; now he must share his new vision with the world, in order to save it.   15 PAGES   (Heat 28)  

4th Place  'Do Not Chew' by Garon Cockrell   LOGLINE - In a remote section of space, a group of people discover a seemingly ordinary piece of history.  Things take a shocking twist when the discovery seems to take on a life of its own.   12 PAGES   (Heat 28)  

5th Place  'Hormones & Water' by Mona Maser   LOGLINE - In the not too distant future our world in orderly, clean and productive, but relationships still rule the human animal.  A young scientist formulates hormonal solutions to alter personality traits, but will her emotions undo her work?   15 PAGES   (Heat 28)