Awards

2024

ARIZONA WAY OUT WEST & WACKY: THE PLAY – by Zachary Simpson
• The Wild Bunch 2024 Film Festival // Best Arizona Screenplay

CATE AND THE GARDEN BANDITS (Book)
– by Betsy Coffeen
• San Diego International Kids Film Festival // Offical Selection: Screenplay
• The Australian Film Critics Awards // Winner: Best International Book
• The Australian Film Critics Awards // Winner: Best Original Writer

CATE AND THE GARDEN BANDITS: THE MUSICAL
– by Zachary Simpson (Script), Betsy Coffeen (Story)
• New York Movie Awards (an IMDb Qualifying Festival!) // Gold Award: Short Script
• MegaFlix Film Awards // Offical Selection
• Remember the Future World Film Festival in Cannes! // October Finalist
• Hollywood Gold Awards // Best Short Script
• San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival // Screenplay Showcase Winner
• MPIFF - Movieplay International Film Festival // Winner: Best Script
• Outstanding Creator Award // First Place: Theater / Plays / Scripts / Musicals
• Outstanding Creator Award // Second Place: Theater / Plays / Scripts / Musicals
• Outstanding Creator Award // Third Place: Animals
• Outstanding Creator Award // Honorable Mention: Best Character (Cate the Butterfly)
• Outstanding Creator Award // Honorable Mention: Best Supporting Character (Pete, Davey, Walter, Buzz, Bob, Qira)
• Asian Talent International Film Festival // Best Script Award (to Zachary R. Simpson)

CATE AND THE GARDEN BANDITS: THE MUSICAL // Song: Who Are These Bugs?
– by Zachary Simpson, Erin Rementer
• San Diego International Kids Film Festival // Best Original Song
• San Diego International Kids Film Festival // Offical Selection: Music & Songs
• International Gold Awards // Gold Award: Orginal Song
• The Australian Film Critics Awards // Winner: Best Indie Song
• Outstanding Creator Award // First Place: Music
• Outstanding Creator Award // Second Place: Theater / Plays / Scripts / Musicals

DESERT FRIENDS: TRAVELS WITH THE PACK, 2ND ED.
– by Linda Harkey
• Next Generation Indie Book Awards // Finalist: Activity Book (all ages)
• Next Generation Indie Book Awards // Finalist: Animals/Pets
• NYC Big Book Award // Distinguished Favorite: Children's-Animals/Pets Category
• Switzerland Film Fest and Screenplay Competition // Best Original Story
• Independent Press Award // Distinguished Favorite: Children's-Animals/Pets
• Lyons International Film Festival (Lyon, France) // Best Original Story

THE GREAT ANIMAL ESCAPE
by Linda Harkey, illustrated by Jeff Yesh
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• Amazon // #1 Hot New Releases, Top 100 Bestseller: Children’s Farrming & Agriculture Books
• Berlin International Screenwriting Festival // Official Selection
• Chicago Script Awards // Best Book: Autumn Edition
• Festigious International Film Festival // Winner: Best Inspirational Screenplay - June
• Film Festival NIC - Cote D’azure, France // 2024 Winner: Think Different
• Florence Film Awards // Silver Award: Feature Script
• Ideal International Film Festival // Official Selection
• London Movie Awards  // Gold Award: Feature Script
• Megaflix Film Awards // Winner: Best Story/Plot
• NYC Big Book Award // Winner: Chapter Books Category
• Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards - Summer 2024 // Best Books: Juvenile Fiction
• San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival // Official Selection: Screenplay
• Southwest Book Design and Production Awards // Winner: Children’s Book Category
• World Film Festival in Cannes // Winner: Best Original Story - May
• 5th Literature in Cinema // Selected
• The Calcutta Heritage Film Awards // International Film Carnival-Calcutta Monthly Winner: Best Story
• Hawai’i Film Awards (sponsored by Wild Filmmaker) // Winner: Best Writer: International Book Category (Our project, distributed by WILD FILMMAKER, received the highest score from the jury.)
• Best Character Film Awards (sponsored by Wild Filmmaker) // Best Character: International Book Category
• Casablanca Independent Film Festival – Season 6 // Winner: Best Book Award
• Hollywood Gold Awards // Silver Award Winner: Feature Script

HORRIFA'S MAGIC MAKEOVER: “WITCH” WAY TO THE BALL?
• The Buddha International Film Festival // Official Selection

MARKY THE MAGNIFICENT FAIRY
• Fortean Film Festival // Bronze Award: Best Book Adaption
• International Impact Book Awards // Winner: Childrens's Inspirational / Motivational
• Readers Views // Reviewers Choice Awards // Bronze Medal Winner: Early Reader Non-Fiction
• Feathered Quill Book Awards // Silver Award: Children’s Early Readers Category
• California International Children's Film Festival // Winner
• Los Angeles Short Film & Script Festival // Finalist
• Oz Indie Film Festival // Winner: Best Short Screenplay
• California Women's Film Festival // Winner
• WRPN.tv Screenplay Comepetition // Winner
• Fimmatic Short Screenplay Awards // Quarter Finalist
• Clown International Film Festival Paris // Finalist: Best Short Script
• Art Giraffe International Film Festival // Best Screenwriter Debut Semi Finalist
• City of God Film Festival // Winner
• Humro Cinema Film Fest // Finalist

PERFECTLY AMANDA: GUNSMOKE'S MISS KITTY, TO DODGE AND BEYOND
• The Buddha International Film Festival // Official Selection

S.T.E.A.M. CHRONICLES BOOK ONE: NIGHT WATCHERS
• Fortean Film Festival // Bronze Award: Best Book Adaption
• Fortean Film Festival // Bronze Award: Best Script/Screenplay

STORY MONSTERS AMONG US
• Epic ACG Festival // Official Selection: Comics

STORY MONSTER THEME SONG
• Epic ACG Festival // Best Song

TIC TALK: LIVING WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME
• Fortean Film Festival // Honorable Mention: Most Original Concept
• Fortean Film Festival // Honorable Mention: Best Script/Screenplay

2023

ADDIE SLAUGHTER: THE GIRL WOH MET GERONIMO
• Frida Film Festival 2023 - Paris, France // Winner - Chaplin In Paris First Edition: Best International Screenwriter
• Rome Movie Awards - International Monthly Film Festival (IMDb Qualifying Festival) // Winner September 2023: Best International Screenwriter
• Rome Movie Awards - International Monthly Film Festival (IMDb Qualifying Festival) // Winner September 2023: Best International Screenwriter

CATE AND THE GARDEN BANDITS (Book)
• Frida Film Festival // Best Manuscipt/Screenplay
• 8 & HalfFilm Awards // June 2023: Best Book
• Milan Gold Awards 2023 // Gold Award: Short Script
• Miracle Makers International Film Festival // Offical Selection
• Hollywood in the Tiber Film Awards // Best Book
• Amazon // July 31, 2023: Best Seller in Children’s Environmental & Ecology Books

FINDING JOY
• Best Book Award // Finalist: Children's Fiction
• Frida Film Festival 2023 - Paris, France // Winner - Chaplin In Paris First Edition: Best Book
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 1st Place: Pets
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 3rd Place: Best Children's book
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 3rd Place: Children's Motivational & Inspirational
• Outstanding Creator Awards // Honorable Mention: Best Supporting Character and Cutest Character
• Rome Movie Awards - International Monthly Film Festival (IMDb Qualifying Festival) // Winner September 2023: Best Short Script

MARKY THE MAGNIFICENT FAIRY
• Amazon Kindle Store // #1 Amazon Best Seller
• American Book Fest // Best Book Award
• San Diego Kids International Film Festival // Winner: Screenplay Showcase
• Conquering Disabilities with Film International Film Festival
• New York Script Awards // Winner
• Voices Rising Film Festival // Official Selection
• Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival // Winner: Best Writer
• Courage Film Festival // Winner
• Ethos Film Awards // Finalist
• Bharatha Desam International Film Festival // Best Short Screenplay
• Golden Wizard Book Prize // Honouree - Award Winner
• International Book Awards - American Bookfest // Children’s Picture Book
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 1st Place: Best Children's Bool of Winter
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 2nd Place: Illustrated & Picture Books
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 1st Place: Children's Motivational & Inspirational Books
• Outstanding Creator Awards // Winner: Best Character
• Outstanding Creator Awards // Honorable Mention: Best Dynamic Duo
• National Federation of Press Women // National Award Winner: Children’s Fiction
• NYC Big Book Award // Winner: Best Picture Book All Ages

2017

THE TINIEST TUMBLEWEED
• The Irwin Award // Best Inspirational Children's Book of 2017