For some reason, the over-all quality was much higher than normal. It took the jury seven agonising weeks to get down to a short list of 50. Sending out rejection letters is no fun. There was an overwhelming amount of talent displayed in the last competition.
Tenacity is the key.
Max has written CD ROMs, short films and a feature length screenplay called Perpetrators of the Crime which was produced by Industry Entertainment, starring Tori Spelling and William B. Davis. Double Duke by William Zmak is about three poker hustlers who try to cheat the most ruthless gangster in town out of half a million dollars. William is a graduate of the York University Film Production program. He spent two years hanging out with cardsharps and grifters, preparing himself to write this script. See The World by John Shinnick is about a young man who encounters his racist heritage in Vietnam.