D.E. Greenfield is the award-winning author of 17 published novels which consists of 5 series (cozy mystery, sci fi/fantasy, billionaire shapeshifters, and dystopian), a stand-alone sci-fi romantic adventure, 7 nonfiction books, and 4 of my screenplays adapted into book format. She also has created over 50 themed notebooks.
Two of her screenplays were optioned, and she worked on a screenwriter-for-hire project. Dawn has a certificate from the Professional Program in Screenwriting from UCLA (2002) and is currently in classes with ScreenwritingU.
D.E. Greenfield’s business, Artistic Origins, has been around since 1995. Besides writing, she coaches writers, edits, formats and publishes clients’ books.
Her former day job as an award-winning technical writer played a major role in her fiction writing. She is detailed-oriented, the organizational queen of the known universe, and never misses a deadline.
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Listed below are projects that have won competitions and/or other accolades.
Screenplays
The Far Corner (formerly titled The Crowd) psychological supernatural sci fi
· Nominee/Finalist ~ Planet Cinema 8/30/2023
· Semifinalist ~ Climax Critics Awards 5/18/2023
· Finalist ~ MAGMA Film Festival (Hawaii) script award 4/19/2023
· Semifinalist ~ 27FadeIn Awards Horror 4/1/2023
· Quarterfinalist ~ Page Turner Awards 3/28/2023
· Semifinalist ~ Filmmatic/Coverfly Pitch Now Screenplay Competition (Season 5) 1/2023
· Semifinalist ~ Lonely Wolf script competition 12/2022
· Quarterfinalist ~ Scriptapalooza script competition 7/2022
· Selected ~ Lake Travis Film Festival Script Competition 7/2022
. Finalist - Geneva Science IN Fiction Competition 7/2022
. Finalist ~ MidWest WeirdFest Competition 2/2022
. Quarter finalist ~ Santa Barbara Script Competition 11/2021
. Semifinalist ~ Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices 5/2021
· Finalist ~ British Horror Film Festival Blood List 12/2020
· Finalist ~ Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship 5/2020
· Finalist ~ Filmmatic Horror Script Competition 1/2020
· Finalist ~ Script Competition 11/2017
· Finalist ~ Reel Writers Script Competition 8/2015
· Semifinalist ~ Screencraft Script Competition 8/2015
The God Child (action adventure)
· Semifinalist ~ Geneva International Science in Fiction Script Competition 7/21/2023
· Selected ~ Lake Travis Film Festival Script Competition 7/2022
• Honorable Mention ~ Wiki: World’s Fastest/1st 10 Pages 6/1/2021
Bonded (shapeshifter billionaire) Episode 1
· Semifinalist ~ Scripmatix Pilot Season 2024 (TV series episodes) 1/25/2024
· Finalist ~ Sensei Film Fest 12/11/2023
. Quarterfinalist ~ PageTurner Screenplay Competition 3/28/2023
· Quarterfinalist ~ Filmmatic/Coverfly Pitch Now Screenplay Competition (Season 5) 1/2023
Alcott Family Adventures Chocolate Series ~ Hot Chocolate, Episode 1
· Semifinalist ~ Scripmatix Pilot Season 2024 (TV series episodes) 1/25/2024
Standing Dead (drama/tragedy)
· Winner ~ WIFT/Houston Reel Dialogues Screenwriting Competition 12/99
· Second Round ~ Austin Film Festival, 1998
Prophecy of Thol (formerly titled Passage)
· Semifinalist ~ Climax Critics Awards 5/18/2023
· Finalist ~ MAGMA Film Festival (Hawaii) script award 4/19/2023
· Quarterfinalist ~ PageTurner Screenplay Competition 3/28/2023
• Finalist ~ Worldfest Int’l Film Festival Script Competition 2005
Memoirs of a Dog (family animation script)
· Winner ~ Moondance International Film Festival ~ Feature Screenplays for Kids Spirit award 9/2011
· Official Selection List ~ Kids First Film Festival 3/2011
· Official Selection List ~ International Family Film Festival 2/2011
· Selected for the Heart of England International Film Festival 2011
· Family Film Runner-Up / Woods Hole Film Festival 2010 Screenwriting Contest
· Top 50 Screenplays in the Underground Exposure competition 5/2010
Where’s Ralphie? (formerly titled A Girl and Her Dog)
· Selected ~ Lake Travis Film Festival Script Competition 7/2022
· Optioned 2/2013 ~ Available again
· Awarded Kids First! Endorsement ~ Coalition for Quality Children’s Media 10/2012
· Finalist ~ Worldfest Int’l Film Festival Script Competition 2005
· Semi-finalist ~ The Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, 12/2003
· Second Round ~ Austin Film Festival, 1998
Block Captain
· Comedyfestival, Logline of the year 10/17
· Optioned 2009 ~ Available again
Plan B (dark comedy script)
· Selected ~ Lake Travis Film Festival Script Competition 7/2022
· Quarterfinalist ~ Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices, 5/2021
· Comedyfestival, Logline of the day, 1/17
· Plan B logline winner in the Talentville Battle of the Loglines, 12/2014
· Finalist ~ Table Read My Screenplay competition 4/2010
Melody (drama script)
• Finalist ~ Worldfest Int’l Film Festival Script Competition 2005
• Semi-finalist ~ The Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, 12/2003
Passage (Science Fiction script)
• Finalist ~ Worldfest Int’l Film Festival Script Competition 2005
The Dishwasher (comedy script)
· Comedyfestival, Logline of the year 10/17
Nonfiction
What’s Breaking Your Budget ~ eLit Gold Medal Winner 2018
Mastering Your Money ~ New England Book Festival Winner 2008
Puppy Baby Book ~ IPPY finalist award 2001
Fiction
Katz’ Cat ~ Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Review 2021
Hot Chocolate ~ Amazon Best Seller 2012-2013; Readers Favorite; Audiofile Earphones Award
Prophecy of Thol ~ Readers Favorite 2018; Review comment: A modern day Alice in Wonderland 1/2018
The Last Dog ~ Readers Favorite 2018, Book Excellence Award 2017
Audio Books
Hot Chocolate ~ AudioFile Earphones Award with narrator Kelley Hazen ~ 2/2014
Bitter Chocolate ~ AudioFile Earphones Award with narrator Kelley Hazen ~ 3/2015
Unique traits: Detail Oriented Patient Deadline Demon
Block Captain Budget: $1M - $5M | Action ⋄ Comedy Block Captain is an Action Comedy – Optioned in 2009 – available again – 96 pages A suburban husband and wife compete with each other at a self-defense training camp.
Wasted Time Budget: $0 - $100K | Comedy Wasted Time is an 8-minute short short. When in doubt, order pizza.
The Far Corner (formerly called The Crowd) Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror The Far Corner is an intense psychological, supernatural horror narrative reminiscent of movies like The Sixth Sense, Gothika, or even Jacob’s Ladder. Two investigators of paranormal phenomena take the case of a driven businesswoman who collapses into psychosis raving of creatures from another dimension.
The God Child Budget: $5M - $10M | Action ⋄ Drama The God Child is sort of like The Green Mile meets The Golden Child. Colonel Bastrop wonders if 7-year-old Deidre Lyons is… God.
Bonded Budget: $1M - $5M | Independent Bonded by DG Ireland is an adult novel about shape-shifters that I have adapted into four scripts for a TV series. The entire series consists of three novels: Bonded, Tothars, and Tilted. This focuses on book 1, Bonded.Please note that the Bonded series contains explicit sex and violence (not violent sex).
Deadly Traits Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama A crushed red rosebud is left at murder scenes as a vendetta heats up.
Rivals Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance A can of Vienna sausages helps restore the friendship of rivals and opens the door to love.
Standing Dead Budget: $1M - $5M | Independent ⋄ Drama Jealousy, lies, greed, and desire... Alex discovers too late that secrets can kill.
The Far Corner ~ Semifinalist ~ Filmmatic/Coverfly Pitch Now Screenplay Competition (Season 5)
(2023)
The Far Corner ~ Finalist ~ Midwest Weirdest
(2022)
The Far Corner ~ Finalist ~ Geneva International Science IN Fiction Competition
(2022)
The Far Corner ~ Semifinalist ~ Lonely Wolf script competition 12/2022
(2022)
The Far Corner ~ Quarterfinalist ~ Scriptapalooza script competition 7/2022
(2022)
The Far Corner ~ · Selected ~ Lake Travis Film Festival Script Competition 7/2022
(2022)
The Far Corner ~ Semifinalist ~ Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices 5/2021
(2021)
The Far Corner ~ Quarter finalist ~ Santa Barbara Script Competition 11/2021
(2021)
The Far Corner ~ Finalist ~ Filmmatic Horror Script Competition
(2020)
The Far Corner ~ Finalist ~ 13Horror.com Script Competition
(2017)
The Far Corner (as The Crowd) ~ Finalist ~ Reel Writers Script Competition
(2015)
The Far Corner (as The Crowd) ~ Semifinalist ~ Screencraft Script Competition
(2015)
Standing Dead (drama/tragedy) · Winner ~ WIFT/Houston Reel Dialogues Screenwriting Competition
(1999)
UCLA
(2001-2002)