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Dennis Conway's Awards
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2013 |
BEA¹, PAC² Division, Research Honors, for
a paper entitled “Are Incentives From U.S. State Film Offices to Media
Productions Worth The Money?” (9 pages). The paper was
chosen for the 2013 conference’s “Scholar to Scholar” session. (Juried
Competition). It was later published in the BEA Journal of Media Education, October 2012 edition.
Abstract: The incentives from all 50 state film boards (and the District
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) to film, TV, and Internet productions are
reviewed, and the merits of subsidizing these artistic activities in a
recession is assessed. See:
http://en.calameo.com/books/000091789f7b01ad2cc34 |
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2012 |
UFVA³ First Place in Short Story Screenplay Category, for
“Multicultural,” a
comedy. (Juried Competition)
Synopsis: A college professor who works in a 3-person department, which
includes his wife and his mistress, gets his comeuppance. |
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2011 |
BEA¹ Award of
Excellence, for “Second Look,” a comedy. (Juried Competition)
Synopsis: A struggling, recently graduated art student tries to resist
selling her first painting to someone she despises. |
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2008 |
BEA¹ Award of
Excellence, for “Violent Nature,” feature – length screenplay, Science
Fiction/Thriller. (Juried Competition)
Synopsis: In 2025, an idealistic scientist falls in love with the
“genetically violent” female prisoner he’s hired to reform, and then
uncovers a government conspiracy. |
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2000 |
Chesterfield (California) Screenwriting Contest,
Semi-Finalist, for “Violent Nature,” (Earlier Version)
(Juried Competition) |
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¹Broadcast Education Association, ²Production,
Aesthetics, and Criticisms, ³University Film and Video
Association |
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