MEET THE 2023 COLLEGE SCREENWRITING AWARD WINNERS

Lara Palmqvist

Award: Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award
Script: The Garden
Format: Feature
Logline: In a world of climate ruin and severe class divides, a passionate plant breeder tries to secure his family’s future by developing genetically enhanced seeds while working for a controlling socialite who wants to create her own Garden of Eden.
Pronouns: she/her

Emma Fiske-Dobell

Award: David & Lynn Angell College Comedy Award
Script: Shakespeare’s Sister
Format: Half-Hour Pilot
Logline: Fed up with always being in the shadow of her famous older brother, Judith Shakespeare longs for a fanbase of her own – and sees an opportunity for creative expression in writing the last words or “scaffold speeches” for accused witches in her community.
Pronoun: she/her

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