Deborah Heslop
Deborah Heslop is an award-winning Canadian writer of screenplays, essays and fiction. Her work has appeared in various literary magazines and been recognized in multiple international screenwriting competitions. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
TV
​Lucifer - "A Good Atheister" (drama spec)
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Semifinals - Austin Film Festival, Teleplay Competition
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Motive - "Dirty Days" (drama spec)
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Winner, TV spec - Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition
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Semifinals - Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
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The Skeins (original drama pilot)
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Quarterfinals - Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition
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Quarterfinals - ScreenCraft Pilot Launch TV Script Contest
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Captain Coquitlam (web series)
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Quarterfinals - ScreenCraft Pilot Launch TV Script Competition
Captain Coquitlam teaser
Screen
The Beautiful Kind (drama)
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Top 20% - Nicholl Fellowships
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Semifinals - BlueCat Screenplay Competition
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Semifinals - ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition
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Quarterfinals - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
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Stitched (comedy)
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Quarterfinals - ScreenCraft Public Domain Screenplay Competition
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Mind's Eye (drama, co-written)
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Semifinals - ReelHeART International Screenplay Competition
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Quarterfinals - Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest
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Fracktured Trust (short political thriller)
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Finals - Marquee Lights Screenwriting Competition
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Quarterfinals - Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
Intervention trailer
(short drama available on iTunes)
Essays
"How vain it is to sit down to write
when you have not stood up to live."
- Henry David Thoreau