FINAL DRAFT ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR BREAKTHROUGH SCREENWRITING AWARD -
First Writing Award To Be Voted On By Both Professional and Aspiring Writers

Encino, CA - June 20, 2002

Final Draft, Inc., (www.finaldraft.com), publisher of Final Draft®, the #1-selling scriptwriting software, today announced the nominees for its first Breakthrough Screenwriting Award. Final Draft will be presenting the award in conjunction with the American Screenwriters Association’s 2002 Screenwriting Hall of Fame Awards on August 3, 2002, to be held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, California. Tickets are available on-line at www.asascreenwriters.com or by calling (866) 265-9091.

The Final Draft Breakthrough Screenwriting Award will honor a writer who had their screenplay made into a film, which was widely distributed and received accolades for the first time during the past year. The winner will be determined through Internet voting by Final Draft’s user base, comprised of working professional writers, aspiring writers and educators. The nominees for the Final Draft 2001 Breakthrough Screenwriting Award are:

Milo Addica for Monster’s Ball
Daniel Clowes for Ghost World
Robert Festinger and Todd Field for In The Bedroom
Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt for Kissing Jessica Stein
Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith for Legally Blonde

Voting begins today and ends on July 8, 2002 on Final Draft Inc.’s website, www.finaldraft.com. Only registered users of Final Draft or Final Draft AV are eligible to vote.

About Final Draft Inc.

Writer Marc Madnick and software engineer Benjamin Cahan founded Final Draft, Inc. in 1991. They recognized the need for a scriptwriting software package, which would eventually re-create and revolutionize the way an entire industry writes and revises its scripts. Final Draft has become the best-selling screenwriting program worldwide, with more than 150,000 units sold since its introduction. Final Draft Inc. was named one of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in 1998 in Los Angeles by Deloitte & Touche. Final Draft won the 2000 Golden Satellite Award for Best Interactive CD-ROM.

Final Draft scriptwriting software is the leading scriptwriting program and is used worldwide by professional film and TV writers to create such Oscar®-winning hits as American Beauty and The Usual Suspects. Final Draft is endorsed by industry talents such as Oliver Stone (JFK, Any Given Sunday), James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets, Jerry Maguire), Tom Hanks (That Thing You Do, Castaway) Alan Ball (American Beauty, Six Feet Under) and Michael Bay (Pearl Harbor, Armageddon).

Final Draft, Inc. also publishes Final Draft AV, the only dedicated multi-column word processor specifically designed for writing commercials, corporate videos, documentaries, DV shorts, etc.

Final Draft, Inc. has two locations:

USA
16000 Ventura Blvd., Suite 800
Encino, CA 91436
Phone: (818) 995-8995
Toll-Free Sales: (800) 231-4055
www.finaldraft.com

Europe
56 rue Dombasle
Paris, France 75015
Phone: 33-145-332525
www.finaldraft.com/fr

About American Screenwriters Association

The American Screenwriters Association™ (ASA) is organized for educational purposes, including the promotion and encouragement of the art of screenwriting. A non-profit 501(c) organization, ASA is committed to the international support and advancement of all screenwriters. ASA welcomes interested individuals from around the world who are pursuing the writing of documentaries, educational films, feature films, television, radio and large screen format (Omnimax ™, IMAX ™) films. The 2002 ASA International Screenwriters Selling to Hollywood Conference is the premier experience for beginning and advanced screenwriters. It will be held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, California, from August 1-4, 2002. For more information, go to:
www.asascreenwriters.com

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