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Congratulations to the 2024 TSL Free Screenplay Contest Winners: First Place: Coastal Watch by Danielle Weinberg Second Place: Inside Me by Darien Harte Third Place: Sinners by April Son Congrats writers, and as always, Keep writing!

2024 TSL Free Screenplay Contest Winners - The Script Lab

See the list of exceptional projects that were selected as winners! Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!

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