SYNOPSIS:

The pilot teleplay for my horror-western series ANATHEMA. This Coverfly Top 1% western-horror/horror-western teleplay (formerly titled ”Pilotus”) has received multiple acclamations, including most recently, being named to The Best of Stage 32 - Double Recommend and becoming an Official Selection at the Days of the Dead Festival! Also, Civitas has been named… #1 Western on Coverfly in July 2023 #5 of all Western Television (One-hour) projects on Coverfly in the last year! Winner - Best Screenplay (60-100 pages), Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (2023) Winner - Best TV Script, Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition (2023) Winner - Best International Feature Screenplay, Melbourne Cineverse Film Festival (2023) Winner - Best Horror Feature Screenplay, Austin Under the Stars Film Festival (2022) Winner - Golden Stake for Best Screenplay, International Vampire Film & Arts Festival (2022) Winner - Award of Excellence (Best Unproduced Screenplay), Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards (2022) Winner - Best of the Fest Top 10 (4th highest-rated project), Show Low Film Festival (2021) Winner - Best Western Horror TV Pilot Script, The Wild Bunch Film Festival (2021) Finalist, Lake Travis Film Festival (2023) Finalist, Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival (2023) Finalist, Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 6) Finalist, Cannes International Screenplay Awards by CINEVERSE (2023) Finalist, Paris Screenplay Awards | Les Prix du Scénario de Paris (2023) Official Selection, Days of the Dead Film Festival (2024) Official Selection, Indie Vegas Film Festival (2024) Official Selection, Richmond International Film Festival (2023) Official Selection, Marseille CINEVERSE Film Festival (2023) Official Selection, Golden State Film Festival (2023) Official Selection, New York Script Awards (2022) Official Selection, Chicago Script Awards (Winter 2021) Semi-finalist, Stage 32 Period Piece Screenwriting Contest (2024) Semi-finalist, Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 8) Semi-finalist, Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship (Season 6) Semi-finalist, Dallas International Film Festival Screenwriting Competition (2023) Semi-finalist, Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards (Season 8) Semi-finalist, Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards (Season 8) Semi-finalist, Hybridgenre France Film Awards by CINEVERSE (2023) Semi-finalist - Teleplay Category, Scriptation Showcase (2021-2022) Semi-finalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (2022) Semi-finalist, Filmmatic Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship (Season 5) Semi-finalist, 26th Annual Fade In Awards TV Pilot Competition (2021-2022) Semi-finalist, Table Read My Screenplay Genre Screenplay Competition (Spring 2022) Semi-finalist, Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards (Season 6) Quarter-finalist, Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship (Season 7) Quarter-finalist, Reno Tahoe Screenplay Contest (2023) Quarter-finalist, Table Read My Screenplay Competition (Spring 2023) Quarter-finalist, Finish Line Script Competition (2022) Quarter-finalist, ISA Fast Track Fellowship (2022) Quarter-finalist, Emerging Screenwriters Suspense (2022) Quarter-finalist, Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition (2022) Quarter-finalist, Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition (2021) Quarter-finalist, ISA Fast Track Fellowship (2021) Quarter-finalist, Chicago Screenplay Awards (2021) Quarter-finalist, Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards (Season 6) Quarter-finalist, Miami Screenwriting Awards (Summer 2021) Top 100, Launch Pad Pilot Competition (2022) Honorable Mention, Finish Line Script Competition (2021)