Name: William D. Prystauk (Level 5)
Join Date: 1/6/2007 1:11 PM
Last Active: 4/14/2013 12:52 AM
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Location: Easton, Pennsylvania
Biography: In 2011, Bill’s dramatic horror, “Ravencraft” became the Third Place Winner in the 2011 AWS Screenplay Contest and his short story, “Mara” will be published in “Criminal Class Review.” His dramatic ghost story, “Risen” was the First Place Winner in the 2010 Horror Screenplay Contest and is currently being shopped around Hollywood. Furthermore, Bill’s character driven, crime/action/horror script “Red Agenda” was the First Place Winner in the 2008 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival and was a Top-Five Finalist at Screamfest. In 2006, he was the Second Place Winner of the Screenwriters Showcase Screenplay Contest for his erotic crime thriller, “Bloodletting,” which is now a novel under consideration by award winning Akashic Books.
Bill has also won numerous awards for other screenplays as well as poetry. He completed the Creative Writing Program at Wilkes University in June 2011 to earn his MFA with concentrations in screenwriting and fiction. Bill currently teaches English at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, and is exploring the use of homes in horror movies in his book, “Home is Where the Horror is.”
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