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Just heard CE-V has advanced to Semi-Finalist stage!

"CE-V" has just made the first cut in the Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition.

Quarter-Finalists advance to the Semi-Finals and Finals rounds, competing for the Grand Prize: $1,500 cash, pitch deck consultation, ISA pitch practice session, script consultation with an ISA Story Executive, consideration for ISA's Development Slate, and more.

I've just contributed to Michael McCallum's newest filmmaking venture. This is a special one in an unfortunate way -- the first one he is making on his own since his filmmaking partner and father passed away.

I'm so glad to see Michael getting back to the filmmaking he loves! Join me in this special moment!

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Wow! This is fun! Brad and I received a "Best Scene" reading from the Fantasy SciFi Festival screenwriting event. And they even included video! It's a short 2minute view. Enjoy!

SCI-FI Festival Best Scene: CE-V (The Fifth Kind), by Deb Havens & Brad Havens It’s Halloween night in the late 1980s. Three kids return from trick or treating with their mom and their dog, hang out in their tree house to sample their loot. That night, on a botanical survey o…

"Top Notch" just placed with Honorable Mention in the New York Screenwriting Awards, an international competition. I am so glad! This is probably the most personal screenplay I've written because so much of it incorporates my Dad's personality and character -- though it's not about my Dad -- and was sparked by a student I had in my TV production class in Southfield Lathrup HS.

So I was entering the laurels into my file when I realized this is the fourth win I've had this year with FOUR different screenplays!

The Cause (TV Pilot) - Big Apple New York -Semi Finalist - April

White Glove War - Big Apple New York - Honorable Mention - April

CE-V (The Fifth Kind) - Filmmatic Sci-Fi Quarter Finalist - November
Plus, posting on the Open Journal of Arts and Letters

Top Notch - NY Screenwriting - Honorable Mention - December
Plus, posting on the Open Journal of Arts and Letters

Feeling like there's a next step in there somewhere!

CE-V is finally getting some love! Festival wins, plus posted online at OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters -- a literary journal, no less! Read the screenplay at the link below:

https://ojalart.com/theater-artsscreen-writingdeb-havensce-vclose-encounters-of-the-fifth-kind

Grateful for the partnership with my son Brad Havens who co-wrote and co-wins.

The literary journal, "Open: Journal of Arts & Letters" has accepted a second feature length screenplay, "CE-V (Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind") for publication and promotion on their international website.

Once again, I'm feeling honored that this work is considered a story that a literary journal qualifies for posting on their website! But aside from that honor, this screenplay will always be very special to me because I wrote it with my son, Brad Havens! 😎❤️

Theater Arts|Screen Writing||Deb Havens|”CE-V|(Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind)" - O:JA&L O:JA&L Theater Arts Screen Writing Deb Havens CE-V (Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind) Click on the title to explore […]

Wow, I haven't posted here in months! I have to admit, I've been devoting time to starting up Plainfield Blue with my cool partners to, broadly speaking, defend Democracy; celebrating the first staged exhibit on Civil War Captain William Hyser with the Plainfield Grand Rogue Historical Society; and working with the terrific new board at Northeast Business Association - nebagr.com to plan major community events like Holly Jolly Holidays 2025.

All very wonderful stuff!

And then I got a notice from a literary journal, "Open: Journal of Arts & Letters" that my feature length screenplay, "Top Notch" has been accepted for publication and promotion on their international website. Here's an excerpt from the notice:

"We have read and carefully considered your work entitled Top Notch, in Theater Arts: Screen Plays, OPEN CALL for Submissions. Your work has drawn praise from its evaluators, and I am sincerely happy to announce the acceptance of Top Notch for publication by (O:JA&L) Open: Journal of Arts & Letters. Your submission seems to us very well-suited to our present editorial purposes."

YAY! This has opened a new way to distribute my work, a welcome alternative to query letters, contests, and pay-for-space screenwriting websites.

Check it out here: https://ojalart.com/theater-artsscreen-writingdeb-havenstop-notch/

I'll be checking out other literary publications that welcome screenplays. I'll post as I find them.

Thanks "OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters," for opening a whole new interesting field to explore.

Theater Arts|Screen Writing||Deb Havens|"Top Notch" - O:JA&L O:JA&L Theater Arts Screen Writing Deborah Havens Top Notch Logline: A girl who has everything, including a criminal record, pays […]

Hello, Faithful (I hope) Followers! My Linked In account was hacked and I literally have to start over. All my contacts have been wiped. Would you take a minute to visit my new LinkedIn page and connect? I'm just starting to rebuild. It's been a minute!

Dr. Deb Havens - Traveling Moon Productions | LinkedIn I focused my careers in both education and television broadcast. I taught high school language arts in Jacksonville, FL and TV production in Belleville and Southfield Lathrup, as well as at Grand Valley State University. In between, I built a career as an award-winning radio news reporter and TV pro...

Just received notice that the pilot episode in my series, "The Cause (The 19th)" was upgraded to "Semi-Finalist" status in the New York Big Apple Screenwriting Contest. Already changed the laurels in my cover photo!