“The Lost Treasure of the Mayans” is an Official Selection of the Beaufort International Film Festival. (Beaufort is the lovely historic town near the beach resort of Hilton Head in South Carolina. Effectively however, in this case, it means the script is a Finalist. As part of the selection, about 5 pages of the script will be part of a reading by professional actors during the festival.

Even though this is a “local” festival, it attracts participants from around the country and the world:

Also happening this month, “LIMPING TOWARDS BABYLON” was first named a Quarter-Finalist and then a Semi-Finalist (finalists should be named in February. Here is the full list of winners: https://www.emergingscreenwriters.com/2025-screenplay-competition-winners/