RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
December 2024
Monica and Mark sign with manager Ryan Saul of Evoke Entertainment, formerly The Cartel.
November 2024
Mark and Monica are hired to develop and write a pilot for an hour drama series, based on remarkable underlying IP.
August 2024
Bearcats advances to the Quarterfinal Round of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest.
August 2024
The Other Side is named a Semifinalist in the Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards.
July 2024
The Other Side is now the #3 Adventure Short of All-Time on Coverfly.
June 2024
The Other Side is named a Quarterfinalist in the Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
April 2024
The Other Side is the #1 Adventure Short for the month of April and #2 Adventure Short in the past year.
April 2024
The Other Side is named a Finalist in the Writers x Writers Competition.
April 2024
Bearcats is named a Semifinalist in the Writers x Writers Competition.
March 2024
Bearcats and The Other Side are named to Coverfly’s Red List simultaneously, which celebrates the top projects on the portal.
February 2024
The Other Side is named a Quarterfinalist in the Screencraft Short Film Screenplay Competition.
February 2024
The Other Side is named a Finalist in the Fade In Awards Shorts Competition.
January 2024
Mark is one of five creators selected for the 2024 Snarky Elephant Incubator Program.
DECEMBER 2023
The Other Side has cracked Coverfly's Red List and is ranked as the #6 Adventure Short for 2023.
DECEMBER 2023
Syncopy and Recoil are both named Finalists in the Fade In First 10 Pages Competition.
November 2023
Bearcats is named the OVERALL WINNER in the Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards.
NOVEMBER 2023
The Other Side is named a Semi-finalist at SWN Short Film Screenplay Competition.
NOVEMBER 2023
Bearcats receives Honorable Mention at Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
NOVEMBER 2023
Monica has been selected to participate in the Summer 2024 Nostos Screenwriting Retreat in Italy.
September 2023
Bearcats is announced as a second round selection in the Austin Film Festival.
August 2023
Bearcats has cracked Coverfly's coveted Red List. The project is listed as one of the top 20 drama pilots out of 117,550 projects on the platform.
August 2023
Bearcats is a current Semi-finalist in the Page Awards.
July 2023
Bearcats has ascended to the top 1% of all projects on Coverfly.
July 2023
Syncopy is a current Quarterfinalist in the Page Awards.
July 2023
Bearcats is a current Quarterfinalist in the Page Awards.
May 2023
Syncopy was named a Quarterfinalist in the Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship.
May 2023
Bearcats was named a Quarterfinalist in the Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship.
May 2023
Mark has been selected to join Mara Brock Akil’s Writers’ Colony, a fellowship program that will commence in summer 2023.
May 2023
Mark and Monica were commissioned to write a feature script based on talent from an award-winning Sundance short of 2022. The project is soon to be shopped.
December 2022
Bearcats is currently in the top 2% of 112, 659 projects on Coverfly.
February 2022
Mark and Monica rebooted the beloved children’s TV show Reading Rainbow, reimagined as Reading Rainbow Live. The reboot garnered significant press attention, including a double-page spread in the New York Times, two segments on CBS Mornings, and write-ups in many other publications such as People and Wall Street Journal.
December 2021
Mark and Monica set up a feature project with Disney and the script is currently in development at the studio.