{"id":109879,"date":"2023-08-12T03:38:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T03:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/12\/2023-alfred-p-sloan-script-competition-winners\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T03:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T03:38:27","slug":"2023-alfred-p-sloan-script-competition-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/12\/2023-alfred-p-sloan-script-competition-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Alfred P. Sloan Script Competition Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Script Competition at Carnegie Mellon University.<\/h2>\n

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The School of Drama proudly declares the 2023 awardees within the Alfred P. Sloan Script Competition at Carnegie Mellon University for the perfect screenplay furthering the general public understanding of science and expertise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sally Seitz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

First place ($25,000):
\nTOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA<\/em> by Sally Seitz<\/h3>\n

Heartbroken, hometown marine biologist Hollie Ryan desires nothing greater than a change of surroundings post-breakup, however her plans to depart Little Cayman Island are interrupted by the fast recolonization of the invasive lionfish. Will her love for the ocean be sufficient to avoid wasting the very reefs that elevate her AND heal her damaged coronary heart? Perhaps the arrival of a heartthrob documentarian will present Hollie that she is, in reality, nonetheless fairly a catch.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lara Miller<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Second place ($15,000):
\nSUNA<\/em> by Lara Miller<\/h3>\n

Dutiful daughter of a Kenyan neighborhood well being employee, Grace Odero is on observe to meet her father\u2019s dream of changing into their island\u2019s solely doctor. The solely drawback? Her goals are larger. Secretly she goals of being the scientist to lastly eradicate malaria. After she lies to her father, heads to MIT, and meets a equally impassioned Chinese American scientist, she has a buzzing feeling that her two worlds\u00a0are<\/span>\u00a0about to collide.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jamie Olah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Third place ($5,000):
\nCLOUD CLUB<\/em> by Jamie Olah<\/h3>\n

In this coming-of-age story, uptight Aubrey, a 14-year-old obsessive about meteorology, should be a part of forces with the associate of her nightmares, the rebellious Hli, to win a nationwide science competitors and meet her weather-forecasting idol.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Congratulations to all the participants,” stated Rob Handel, head of the Dramatic Writing program at CMU. “Thanks to all the scientists who partnered with us as consultants, this year representing Geoscience Australia Space Division; Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; University of Oxford Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetery Physics Department; Argon Geochronology Lab & Marine and Geology Repository, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University; University of California, Irvine; Reef Environmental Education Foundation; Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University; University of California Santa Cruz Paleogenomics Lab; and Atkins SNC-Lavalin Global. Thank you to Melissa Martin, the selection committee, and the staff of the CMU School of Drama. Special thanks to guest faculty Tracy Held, Josh Wilder, and Hansol Jung.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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