Three is the magic number when it comes to my writing career. Even though I started entering the Scripps Broadcasting
drama competition in 1993 I didn’t win anything until my third entry Without A Doubt won first place. The Scripps Broadcasting drama competition, which started in 1982, in a partnership with Arena Players (The
nation's longest continously running African American community theater.), is a writing competition for African-Americans
living in the state of Maryland. The winner receives $1,000 and his or her entry is filmed and shown on WMAR-Scripps' ABC
affiliate in Baltimore during Black History month.*
Without A Doubt aired in February of 1996. In 1998
I won second place in the contest with my play
Waiting To Explode. In 1999 I won first place again with
Love, Rhythm, & Blues. That same year I transferred to
Towson University from
Morgan State University, where
I studied screenwriting, to study film. In 2002 I won first place again with
Down With The King making me the first three-time winner in the contest 20-year history.
Though my writing has always received accolades it wasn’t until I entered my first script into the competition that
I considered writing as a career. My writing ability has also led to other writing opportunities like writing sentiments for
the 2001 corporate calendar for Maracorp Ltd.
In Spring 2002 I received my B.S. degree in Mass Communication with a concentration in film from Towson University.
After winning the Scripps Broadcasting drama competition for the first time with my third entry; placed
first three times every third year since 1996, 1999, 2002. I’d say that makes "3"
definitely my lucky number.
