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AWARDS

CANDYBYTE
  • Quarter-Finalist: New York International Screenplay Awards (NYISA) 2023 
  • Best Sci-Fi Screenplay (Over 20 Pages) & Best Horror Screenplay (Over 20 Pages), The NOVA Fest 2023
  • Bronze Winner Best Sci-Fi Screenplay, OZ Indie Film Festival 2023
  • Quarter-Finalist: Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards 2023
  • Semi-Finalist: MidWest WeirdFest 2023
  • Finalist: Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival 2023 
  • Finalist: Scream Queen Film Festival 2023
  • Finalist: Stafford Film Festival 2023
  • Finalist: California Women's Film Festival 2022
  • Finalist: Out of the Can International Film Festival 2022
  • Semi-Finalist: Film Fest LA @ LA Live 2022 
  • Finalist: Las Vegas International Film &  Screenwriting Festival 2022
  • Best Short Script, Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2022
  • Semi-Finalist: London International Screenwriting Competition 2022 
  • Best Short Screenplay, Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival 2022
  • Quarter-Finalist: Boston Horror Comedy Film Festival 2022
  • Best Screenplay, Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2022
  • Best Short Horror/Sci-Fi Screenplay, Silicon Beach Film Festival 2022
  • Best Sci-Fi Featurette Screenplay, Wallachia International Film Festival 2022
  • Honorable Mention: Screenplay, Top Shorts Film Festival 2022
  • Screenplay Contest Winner: Chicago Horror Film Festival 2022
  • Semi-Finalist: Festigious Film Festival 2022
  • Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting (Short), Oil Valley Film Festival 2022
  • Outstanding Achievement Award for Short Script, Druk International Film Festival 2022 
  • Semi-Finalist: L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror 2022
  • Semi-Finalist: Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022 *Academy-Qualifying, *BAFTA Qualifying, and *Canadian Screen Awards-Qualifying   
  • Quarter-Finalist: Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2022 *Academy- Qualifying 
  • Finalist: 13horror.com 2022
  • Bronze Remi-Award, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2022 *Canadian Screen Awards Qualifying
  • 4th Place Sci-Fi Short Script, The International Horror Hotel 2022

SPEAKING & PANELS

PUBLICATIONS

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CHALLAH FOR CAROLINE
  • Finalist: MicroMania Film Festival 2021
CHASING LOVE
  • Semi-Finalist: Big Apple Film Festival & Screenplay Competition 2021
  • Best Unproduced Screenplay, Grove Film Festival 2021
  • Quarter-Finalist: Chicago Screenplay Awards 2021
  • Semi-Finalist: Hollywood Just4Shorts Screenplay Competition 2020
  • Quarter-Finalist: HollyShorts Film Festival Screenwriting Competition 2019 *Academy- Qualifying
  • Best First Time Screenwriter (Short), Los Angeles Film Awards 2018 
ATTACHMENT
  • Semi-Finalist: International New York Film Festival 2018
  • Best Dark Comedy, Festigious International Film Festival 2017
  • Best Message, Top Indie Film Awards 2017
  • Best Actress In An Indie Film, Top Shorts Online Film Festival 2017
  • Honorable Mention: Indie Film, New York Film Awards 2017
  • Semi-Finalist: Los Angeles Cinefest 2017
  • Finalist: Onrios Film Awards 2017

FILM FESTIVAL

JUDGE / SCREENER

  • Revolution Me Film Festival Brooklyn, NY 
  • Oxford Film Festival Oxford, MS
  • San Diego International Film Festival San Diego, CA
  • Nashville Film Festival Nashville, TN
  • Austin Film Festival Austin, TX
  • Portland Film Festival Portland, OR

PRESS

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS & SCREENINGS
 

  • Film Invasion LA 2023
  • Georgia Shorts Film Festival 2023 *Nominated: Best Horror Film Screenplay 
  • New York International Screenplay Awards (NYISA) 2023 QUARTER-FINALIST
  • OZ Indie Film Festival 2023 BRONZE WINNER Best Sci-Fi Screenplay 
  • The NOVA Fest 2023 WINNER Best Sci-Fi & Best Horror Screenplay (Over 20 Pages),         *Nominated: Best Comedy Screenplay (Over 20 Pages)
  • Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards 2023 QUARTER-FINALIST
  • MidWest Weird Fest 2023 SEMI-FINALIST
  • Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival 2023 *Nominated: Best Horror Short Screenplay Award Finalist 
  • Scream Queen 2023 FINALIST
  • Stafford Film Festival 2023 FINALIST
  • California Women's Film Festival (Winter Edition) 2022 FINALIST
  • Out of The Can International Film Festival 2022 FINALIST 
  • Film Fest LA @ LA Live 2022  SEMI-FINALIST
  • Horror Bowl Movie Awards 2022
  • Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival 2022 FINALIST
  • Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2022 WINNER Best Short Script
  • London International Screenwriting Competition 2022 SEMI-FINALIST
  • Thrills and Chills Film Awards (Halloween Edition) 2022 *Nominated: Best Unproduced Script (Short)
  • Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival 2022 WINNER Best Short Screenplay
  • Moody Crab Film Fest 2022
  • Indie Short Fest 2022 *Nominated: Best Short Script   
  • Ethereal Horror Fest 2022  *Nominated: Best Short Screenplay
  • Boston Horror Comedy Film Festival 2022 QUARTER-FINALIST
  • IndieX Film Fest 2022 *Nominated: Best Short Script 
  • Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2022 WINNER Best Screenplay
  • Silicon Beach Film Festival 2022 WINNER Best Short Horror/Sci-Fi Screenplay
  • Wallachia International Film Festival 2022 WINNER Best Sci-Fi Featurette Screenplay
  • Festigious International Film Festival 2022 *Nominated: Screenplay of the Month
  • Top Shorts Film Festival 2022 HONORABLE MENTION: Screenplay
  • Los Angeles Film Awards 2022 *Nominated: Screenplay of the Month 
  • Chicago Horror Film Festival 2022 WINNER Screenplay Contest 
  • Oil Valley Film Festival 2022 WINNER Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting, Short   
  • Swedish International Film Festival 2022 *Nominated: Best Short Script 
  • Druk International Film Festival 2022 WINNER Outstanding Achievement Award for Short Script
  • Adbhooture Film Festival 2022
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Film Festival 2022 SEMI-FINALIST
  • Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022 SEMI-FINALIST *Academy-Qualifying, *BAFTA Qualifying, and *Canadian Screen Awards-Qualifying 
  • Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2022 QUARTER-FINALIST *Academy-Qualifying
  • Underground Indie Film Festival 2022
  • 13horror.com 2022 FINALIST 
  • WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2022 BRONZE REMI-AWARD WINNER Best Short Screenplay *Canadian Screen Awards-Qualifying
  • The International Horror Hotel 2022 WINNER 4th Place Short Script Sci-Fi
  • New York Long Island Film Festival 2021 *Nominated: Best Pandemic Inspired Short
  • Script Summit Screenplay Competition 2021
  • MicroMania Film Festival 2021 FINALIST
  • Big Apple Film Festival & Screenplay Competition (Spring Edition) 2021 SEMI-FINALIST 
  • Grove Film Festival 2021 WINNER Best Unproduced Screenplay
  • Chicago Screenplay Awards 2021 QUARTER-FINALIST
  • The Midnight Film Festival 2021
  • Hollywood Just4Shorts Screenplay Competition 2020 SEMI-FINALIST
  • HollyShorts Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2019 QUARTER-FINALIST *Academy-Qualifying
  • Los Angeles Film Awards 2018 WINNER Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
  • Top Indie Film Awards 2018 *Nominated: Best Short Script 
  • International Women's Film Festival 2018
  • The IndieFEST Film Awards 2018
  • International New York Film Festival 2018 SEMI-FINALIST
  • Festigious International Film Festival 2017 WINNER Best Dark Comedy 
  • Top Indie Film Awards 2017 WINNER Best Message
  • Top Shorts Online Film Festival WINNER Best Actress In An Indie Film
  • New York Film Awards 2017  HONORABLE MENTION: Indie Film
  • Los Angeles CineFest 2017 SEMI-FINALIST
  • Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival 2017
  • Barcelona Planet Film Festival 2017 *Nominated: Best Woman Filmmaker and Best Narrative Short Film 
  • Oniros Film Awards 2017 FINALIST
  • Top Indie Film Awards 2017 *Nominated: Best Director, Best Original Idea, and Best Humor
  • Screen Swap: Hollins and Roanoke College 175th Anniversary 2017
  • Silver Screen for Short Films 2017
  • Lady's First International Film Festival 2017 | Cork, Ireland 
  • First Exposure Student Film Festival 2013
  • Long Island Media Arts Show 2013
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