Considering how badly botched the launch of the challenge was, I consider this one of the best challenges in terms of creativity and breadth of genre and depth of story.

- Don

3.45 I Can't Get No Satisfaction by Gary Howell (GaryHowell,) writing as Casey Kasem - A radio DJ tries his best to give away a cash prize over the air, but the listeners aren't having any part of it. - Short, Comedy

3.36842105263158 Kittens by Paul Knauer (PKCardinal,) writing as Anon - When it comes to love, always have a backup plan. - Short, Thriller

3.3 Fatal Distraction by L. Chambers (LC,) writing as Not Again... - A woman is forced to make a choice whether to forgive her husband after the death of their child while in his care. - Short, Drama

3.21052631578947 Soul Chat by James Barron (MarkItZero,) writing as Moloch - A bored student strikes up a chat with a stranger who knows him far better than he thinks. - Short, Thriller

3.15789473684211 Poor Bastard by Claudio Saez (Claudio,) writing as Ryker Piccard - The poor bastard is stuck on the other side. - Short, Thriller

3.10526315789474 Goodbye by Zack Akers (Zack,) writing as Blank name, also - A father receives the worst phone call of his life. - Short, Drama

Desperate Times by Warren Duncan (Warren,) writing as A Desperado - Desperate times call for desperate measures when a dying woman's son goes to great lengths to see her one last time. - Short, Drama, Experimental

Duty Calls by John Staats (JEStaats,) writing as Cheery Prawn 5 - External interruptions influence the performance of elite squad members and threaten mission success. - Short, Action

What's Your Emergency? by Anthony Cawood (AnthonyCawood,) writing as The Don - A 911 operator gets an unexpected call from the grave. - Short, Comedy

Sin Sation by DAVID C LAMBERTSON (eldave1,) writing as Blank - A man must decide if confession over the phone will save his soul. - Short, Drama

The Specimen by Mark Renshaw (markrenshaw,) writing as Doctor NotSpock - A scientist working in a secret base has three minutes to escape its self-destruction while in labour and trying to avoid escaped monsterous specimens. - Short, Sci Fi

Off the Record by Rob Herzog (Rob,) writing as Deep Throat - A ambitious reporter makes a shot-in-the-dark call to a suspected murderer. - Short, Horror

Last Call by Owen Herity (Geezis,) writing as El Padre - A man calls his wife as she lies dying in a hospital bed during the Covid pandemic. - Short, Drama

Discovery by Rene Claveau (ReneC,) writing as Michael Burnham - The discovery of a lifetime becomes more than one astronomer ever imagined. - Short, Sci Fi

Rigatoni Rigmarole by R5e (Gum,) writing as Blank, but a different 'blank' - Four old school Wise Guys cope with the intricacies of modern-day technology. - Short, Comedy

2.57894736842105 It Was Dark and Stormy by Joe Garza (SPQR,) writing as John Silence - A businessman learns there are some things you shouldn't try to exploit. - Short, Horror

2.47619047619048 Coldwater Two by Mark Dykshoorn (MarkD,) writing as Barry Voight - A USGS volcanologist reports his observations of Mt. St. Helens. - Short, Drama

A Protocol by Khamanna Iskandarova (Khamanna,) writing as N/A - A rule-abiding employee falls prey to restrictions set by her employer. - Short, Drama

Vacuum by Matthew Taylor (Matthew Taylor,) writing as Ham the Chimp - All a lonely Astronaut wants is a little help from Control. - Short, Sci Fi

A Period Piece by Steven Clark & Mark Moore (SteveClark,) writing as B & B - For Leroy, a night of poker with the boys gets interesting when his daughter calls with some... issues. - Short, Comedy

Home Call by Craig Macken (Craig Macken,) writing as Ghost Writer - A businessman phones home after an accident, only to find his wife doesn't recognize him. - Short, Horror

A Fool's Errand by Javier Torregrosa (jayrex,) writing as Bob The Builder - Have you ever wondered what it's like to order non-existent objects? - Short, Comedy

Thought Police by Javier Torregrosa (jayrex,) writing as George Orwell - Can the police arrest you for your thoughts? - Short, Comedy

Congrats, Gary! Awesome script and very deserving of the win! Congrats to the runner up's, and everyone else for that matter. And finally, thank you Don, for the amazing challenge. :)

Congrats Gary ! Great work my friend.

Thanks Don for an awesome challenge !

Congrats to those on top. Nice turnout and diversity of scripts content! And a fun challenge Don, thanks.
Hey, nice work, Libs! And two women were the only ones writing about women as their main character. Interesing

Quoted from irish eyes Congrats Gary ! Great work my friend. Thanks Don for an awesome challenge !

Considering how badly I rolled this one out, perhaps it is better to be lucky than good.

On the script side, I really hope to try my hand at producing one of these scripts myself

- Don

Congrats to Gary and the top 6 - all these well done!!!

And a thank you to Don for putting this interesting challenge together!

Good job, Gary, all all who entered.

Quoted from Don Considering how badly I rolled this one out, perhaps it is better to be lucky than good. On the script side, I really hope to try my hand at producing one of these scripts myself - Don

Aa, nice. These would be a different experience to watch.

Nice work, Gary. Truly nailed the parameters with 'safe for radio' humor. Great work all around.

On to round two!

Nice one, Gary!

Well done to the placers and all who entered, great fun to read.

Congratulations, Gary! Glad my 2 favourites are in the top 5 and well done all who entered. This has been great!

Quoted from khamanna Congrats to those on top. Nice turnout and diversity of scripts content! And a fun challenge Don, thanks. Hey, nice work, Libs! And two women were the only ones writing about women as their main character. Interesing

Hey, my character was female ... Unmemorable but female lol

Wow.  I mean, that was totally unexpected.  There were a lot of great scripts in this challenge so congrats to everyone who entered.

Thanks everyone and thanks to Don for such a great challenge.  Looking forward to May!

My most well received script so far (for how short it was) and I didn't even break the Top 5? Guess I gotta keep trying.

Gary, dude! Awesome. Congratulations. I got quite a few laughs out of your script.

LC, your script was my top scorer. I thought it was fantastic. Not to take anything away from Gary, but I thought yours was the runaway winner for sure. Really well done.

Congrats, Gary!! And also to the runner ups as well. Amazing scripts.

Well done, Gary! As well, y’all coming in at the top... or is it ‘all y’all’, more than 3 ‘all y’all’? All good. And a big thanks to Don for a great challenge!

Quoted from khamanna Congrats to those on top. Nice turnout and diversity of scripts content! And a fun challenge Don, thanks. Hey, nice work, Libs! And two women were the only ones writing about women as their main character. Interesing

Ahem.  :P

Congrats Gary! That was a fun read. And congrats to the runners up, all deserving.

Congratulations, Gary. Funniest script I've read in a long time. And the competition was tough!

Congrats Gary, and to all, a fun challenge... bring on the next one.

Some great support and camaraderie here at Simply Script.

That is fantastic. So many congrats Gary. :)

Quoted Text And congrats to the runners up, all deserving.

This. Yes, heck, yes!! :)  I was sort of blown away by yours, Libby.

And congratz to everyone one else .

Very well done Gary. A great read, had me chuckling away.
And to everyone else congratulations on some very fine entries.

Congrats, Gary!

Libby yours was the standout for me, my only excellent in the scoring. Was a brilliant script IMO.

Congrats Gary!  A fine effort. You're on a much deserving roll lately.
Congrats to PK, too! Very entertaining.

Thanks guys for the love and hype on Fatal Distraction. You know who you are. Talk about the pressure in the Who Wrote What?

FD was a rush to write (literally) but I was quietly pretty pleased with it.

P.S. Ant, you got an Excellent from me. Loved What's your Emergency!

Well done, Gary! To me, yours stood out as the most entertaining read; I just wasn't sure how it would be marked. So, I'm pleased it came out on top.

EDIT: On a personal level, what I learnt from this experience is -- I'm as hopeless at following the clues to work out who wrote what, as I am at following the Challenge Rules. LOL!

Tx Libby!

Congrats, Gary!!

And really to all who entered. Great challenge.

Also, sorry about my stupid guessing game thing. It was all meant in good fun but I probably took it too far. So, I apologize.

Hats off to Don and the mods. Can't be easy running a free site through all of covid so thank you!

Thanks again everyone.  Quite the surprise.  Libby, I would have figured you to be the winner going away.  I feel like Anthony Hopkins taking away Chadwick Boseman's Oscar.

Looking forward to the May challenge and doing some more writing!

Quoted from Gary in Houston Thanks again everyone.  Quite the surprise...  I feel like Anthony Hopkins taking away Chadwick Boseman's Oscar...

Haha, cracking me up Gary.  ;D

It's a crime imho that they didn't give Chadwick a posthumous Oscar.
So disappointing.

So-so happy Emerald Fennell won for Best Screenplay though.
Everyone should read the script/ and watch the film. Shot in 23 days while she was seven months pregnant. Wow.
Don has the script posted on the Awards page on the Blog.

Watched ' A Promising Young Woman' last night, great film!

Quoted from Craig Macken Well done, Gary! To me, yours stood out as the most entertaining read; I just wasn't sure how it would be marked. So, I'm pleased it came out on top. EDIT: On a personal level, what I learnt from this experience is -- I'm as hopeless at following the clues to work out who wrote what, as I am at following the Challenge Rules. LOL!

Craig,

Welcome!  I hope you find this a useful place where you can challenge yourself and help others.

- Don

Quoted from Don Craig, Welcome!  I hope you find this a useful place where you can challenge yourself and help others. - Don

Thank you Don, and everyone else, for making me feel welcome. I'm pretty sure I won't take part in the May challenge -- I'll be in the middle of moving house then. So when you don't hear from me, it doesn't mean I've given up.  :)

Quoted from LC So-so happy Emerald Fennell won for Best Screenplay though. Everyone should read the script/ and watch the film.

I read the script in January, and thought this is special. Then saw the film. Then read the script again.

So much to like. Not just what you see on screen, but the whole story around it. Margot Robbie deserves credit too.