The LATINO SCREENPLAY COMPETITION (LSC) is proud to announce the Winners and Finalists of the 2006 Latino Screenplay Competition. The below-listed Winners represent the very best of the screenplays submitted for the 2006 cycle; both the Winners and Finalists represent the best-executed, most highly-crafted and stylistically-solid screenplays submitted the Latino Screenplay Competition during its first cycle. The 2006 WINNERS The Best Latino-Themed Dramatic Feature: PRIESTESSES by Jorge J. Lomastro The Best Latino-Themed Comedic Feature: EL GANCHO ROJO by Joaquin Perez The Best Latino-Themed Short Screenplay: THE CROSSING by Alan R. Baxter LSC Honorable Mention: THE MEXICAN STAND OFF by Rogelio Lobato The Martha Muñoz Award: LA CHIVA by Akiva Penaloza The 2006 Finalists Feature-length Screenplay Division THAT'S BISBEE by Robert S. Horvath, THE PIER'S END by Jeffrey Mark Jenkins, ANGEL SON OF LEATHERHEAD by John Kerr, THE RIGHT WRONG MOVE by John Madill, ETERNAL LIFE by Lyndon McGill, COYOTE SUNSET by Jose Morgado, COLLAR BOMBER by Alba Garay Rohlf, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER by Jorge Salgado, PHARR TEXAS by David H. Salley, I AM JOAQUIN by Richard Schimpf, MR. IN BETWEEN by Andrew B. Smith, COME TOGETHER by Charles B. Unger, ADELITAS by Sarah Vaill, THE ALIBI OF ANGEL ESPINOSA by Patrick Million & Vivianne Vives. Short Screenplay Division THE CHOSEN by Todd Ciaciuch, PRISONER OF EL JARDIN by Lupe Fernandez. Thank you to all of the outstanding screenwriters that submitted to the 2006 LSC cycle. Both the Winners and Finalists will be listed in the LSC Handbook, which will be mailed to agents, managers and production companies in early March 2007. If would like to be added to our mailing list, please email: info@latinoscreenplaycompetition.com. Keep writing. Love Latino Life! -Latino Screenplay Competition (LSC)