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Ten scripts have been selected as finalists for the 20th anniversary Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They are: Chalk, Weiko Lin, Los Angeles; The Days Between, Morgan Read-Davidson, Downey, Calif.; Dogwoods, Robert Zameroski, Stevenson Ranch, Calif.; Fire in a Coal Mine, Seth Resnik, West Hollywood, and Ron Moskovitz, Los Angeles; The Last Wish Girl, Lauren Sheppard, Austin; Masterpiece, Shannon Elizabeth Slater, Somerset, U.K.; No Country, Michael D. Zungolo, Philadelphia; Pirates of Lesser Providence, Colleen Cooper De Maio, Los Angeles; Ring of Fire, Gian Marco Masoni, Santa Monica; and Sane, Robin Brown, Santa Monica. The finalists were selected from 5,879 scripts submitted for this year's competition, which is open to any individual who has not sold or optioned a screenplay or teleplay for more than $5,000 or received a fellowship or prize that includes a "first look" clause, an option or any other quid pro quo involving the writer's work. The scripts will now be read and judged by the Nicholl Committee, which might award as many as five of the $30,000 fellowships.

Ten scripts have been selected as finalists for the 20th anniversary Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They are: Chalk, Weiko Lin, Los Angeles; The Days Between, Morgan Read-Davidson, Downey, Calif.; Dogwoods, Robert Zameroski, Stevenson Ranch, Calif.; Fire in a Coal Mine, Seth Resnik, West Hollywood, and Ron Moskovitz, Los Angeles; The Last Wish Girl, Lauren Sheppard, Austin; Masterpiece, Shannon Elizabeth Slater, Somerset, U.K.; No Country, Michael D. Zungolo, Philadelphia; Pirates of Lesser Providence, Colleen Cooper De Maio, Los Angeles; Ring of Fire, Gian Marco Masoni, Santa Monica; and Sane, Robin Brown, Santa Monica. The finalists were selected from 5,879 scripts submitted for this year's competition.