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Mike Murphy
Boston, United States

Mike, a four-time Parsec Awards finalist, has had over 150 audio plays produced in the U.S. and overseas. He’s won a dozen Moondance International Film Festival Awards (winner, finalist, and semi-finalist) in their TV pilot, audio play, short screenplay, and short story categories.

A more complete list of awards is presented below by year.

In 2020, his screenplay Die Laughing was a semi-finalist in the Unique Voices Screenplay Competition from Creative Screenwriting magazine. The following year, his TV pilot script “The Bullying Squad” was a quarter-finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition.

His prose has appeared in many magazines and two dozen anthologies.

In 2015, Mike's short script “The Candy Man” was produced as Dark Chocolate. In 2020, his second short film, Hotline, was produced.

He is currently working on a number of projects and is seeking representation for his script and prose writing.

Mike keeps a blog at audioauthor.blogspot.com.

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AWARDS

2021:

  • TV pilot script “The Bullying Squad, quarter-finalist, Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition (out of a total of 4500 entries).

2020:

  • Feature screenplay Die Laughing, semi-finalist, Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition.
  • “Danny MacIntyre Meets the Molecule,” second prize, Marion Thauer Brown Audio Drama Scriptwriting Competition.

2019:

  • Among awards at the Moondance International Film Festival: Finalist - TV pilot category [“Solutions, Inc.”] and Winner - TV Pilot category [“Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator”].

2018:

  • Among awards at the Moondance International Film Festival: Finalist - Short Screenplay category [“The Curious Affair at the Arkwright Club”] and Finalist - TV Pilot category [“Noah’s Bark”].

2017:

  • Among awards at the Moondance International Film Festival: Finalist - Short Screenplay category [“Olivia's Swing”].

2016: 

  • Audio script “The Forever Pill,” Moondance International Film Festival semi-finalist, Audioplay category.
  • Episode 1 of audio series Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator, Parsec Awards finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form).

2015:

  • Dark Chocolate, winner, Audience Choice Award, best film in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy genre, San Diego Film Consortium Awards (beating out 11 other films).
  • Audio script “Balancing Act,” Parsec Awards finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form).

2014:

  • TV pilot script “The Bullying Squad,” winner, Moondance International Film Festival, TV pilot category.
  • “The Bullying Squad,” winner, The Columbine Award.
  • Audio script “The Pen is Mightier,” Parsec Awards finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form).

2013:

  • “The Return of Cosmo Draper,” winner, Marion Thauer Brown Audio Drama Scriptwriting Competition (inaugural year).

2012:

  • “The Pen is Mightier,” winner, New York Old Time Radio script-writing contest.

2011:

  • Short film script “Professor Hoyt's Remarkable Elixir,” semi-finalist, Shriekfest Horror Film competition.
  • Short film script “The Candy Man” named among the top 125 short film scripts in the Golden Brad awards.

2010:

  • “Sides,” Parsec Awards finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form).
  • “King of the Beasts,” first prize, Friends of Old-Time Radio script-writing competition.

2008:

  • “A Heavenly Price,” second-place winner, Friends of Old-Time Radio writing contest.
     

 

 

Scripts By Mike

Soup's On
In a remote diner during a bad snowstorm, a man unwisely accepts an invitation to meet a woman who he wronged years earlier.
Short Crime, Drama For sale 7pp
2 readers love this script
Feeder
Before you head out to dinner with that old high school chum, be absolutely certain you really were friends.
Short Thriller For sale 10pp
2 readers love this script
The Price of Friendship
A divorced man sees dollar signs when his neighbor announces he just won a million bucks and that no one else knows the good news but them.
Short Crime, Mystery For sale 26pp
2 readers love this script
Danny MacIntyre Meets the Molecule
After a snowstorm, a pre-teen girl meets a distressed water molecule in her newly built snowman who desperately needs her help.
Short Comedy, Family, Fantasy For sale 26pp
2 readers love this script
The Curious Affair at the Arkwright Club
A would-be member of a renowned wine club discovers it has a deadly secret that has already cost many members dearly.
Short Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller For sale 29pp
2 readers love this script
Ed
A diplomat discovers that a strange Earthman is ruling an alien world.
Short Sci-Fi For sale 25pp
1 reader loves this script
The King's Prerogative
Arranging for the Queen's murder was the least of his problems.
Short Drama, Horror, Mystery For sale 25pp
1 reader loves this script
The Fallen
Paying for leaves? How weird!
Short Fantasy, Sci-Fi For sale 16pp
1 reader loves this script
I Wish Tonight
A power isn't always a gift.
Short Family, Fantasy For sale 30pp
1 reader loves this script
Biography
A misplaced book spells big trouble.
Short Comedy, Fantasy For sale 33pp
1 reader loves this script
The Unicorn in the Closet
He really needs your help.
Short Family, Fantasy For sale 61pp
1 reader loves this script
King of the Beasts
Some animals can't be caged.
Short Horror For sale 28pp
1 reader loves this script
Whisper My Name to the Stars
Are the stars looking back at us?
Short Sci-Fi For sale 21pp
1 reader loves this script
The Important Button
The peace accords guaranteed humanity's survival. . . almost.
Short Sci-Fi For sale 2pp
1 reader loves this script
The Day Almost Nothing Happened
She never really wanted immortality.
Short Fantasy, Sci-Fi For sale 5pp
1 reader loves this script
Thy Branches
It will have to do.
Short Horror, Sci-Fi For sale 3pp
1 reader loves this script
The Right Thing to Do
George is a very good nephew.
Short Drama For sale 3pp
1 reader loves this script
Head Case
Smoking isn't good for you.
Short Horror For sale 1pp
1 reader loves this script
My Homework Ate My Dog
Something causes a boy's book report to grow to an enormous size.
Short Family, Fantasy For sale 11pp
1 reader loves this script
Calendar Girl
A calendar from your ex? Time flies!
Short Horror For sale 1pp
1 reader loves this script

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