Comics & Graphic Novels | General Fiction | Literary | Middle Grade | Mystery/Thriller Nonfiction | Picture Books | Romance | Sci-fi & Fantasy | YA Winner Memory Maker by Anna Abrashina Anna has gotten to know the "screenplays are like blueprints" comparison quite literally while working as an architect by day and sticking to her passion of writing by night. Using the skills gained from a decade of building in our own world, she crafts fantasy/sci-fi realms and alternate realities to serve as metaphors for real-world matters. After placing in numerous competitions over the years, Anna got a chance to work with an independent studio to develop their idea into a series, the pilot of which is currently in development. Always attracted to different forms of storytelling, she has recently expanded into and fell in love with comic book writing, adapting several of her screenplays into the visual medium. Runner-up…
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180 Days by Alfredo Botello Alfredo Botello is a novelist and screenwriter who has worked on projects ranging from the indie Sundance Global Short La Revolucion De Iguodala to the studio tent pole Fast and Furious 9. His debut novel, 180 Days, has garnered multiple literary awards. He is a Fulbright Fellow in architecture and a Nicholl Fellow in screenwriting. In addition to screenplays and the novels, he has written for The San Francisco Examiner Magazine, Metropolis, Diablo, Surface, The Utne Reader, Style, The East Bay Express, and The Monthly. Botello co-owns Little Bird bar in downtown Oakland, and at home dotes on his two Corgis, George and Dotty. Follow on: IG | LinkedIn | Site Sober Stick Figure by Amber Tozer Amber Tozer's hilarious illustrated memoir, Sober Stick Figure, was an international bestseller and touted "the funniest book you'll ever read about alcoholism" by the Seattle Times. She has written for Cartoon…
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