| AWARDS: |
Honors/Awards include:
** 15th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, WONDER DRUG chosen for a live staged reading of select scenes and panel discussion. Reading starred Steve Guttenberg (THREE MEN AND A BABY) and Alysia Reiner (SIDEWAYS). Panel discussion featured McCarthy and her scientific mentor P. Harry Jellinck. Event co-sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2007
** 2007 Hamptons Screenwriters Lab, Participant -- WONDER DRUG, Selected as an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation script. Lab is co-sponsored by the Hamptons International Film Festival and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. McCarthy's mentors were Tom Gilroy (SPRING FORWARD) and Joshua Marston (MARIA FULL OF GRACE).
** Woods Hole Film Festival, Winner, Best Science Screenplay -- WONDER DRUG, 2008
** Illinois International Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Winner -- WONDER DRUG, 2008
** Sundance January Screenwriters Lab, Finalist -- WONDER DRUG, 2008
** Women in Film & Video/New England Screenwriting Competition, Third Place -- WONDER DRUG, 2008, Kate Boutilier (screenwriter of THE RUGRATS and THE WILD THORNBERRYS movies) selected the two finalists and the grand prizewinner.
** California Independent Film Festival, Finalist for Slate Award: Best Screenplay -- WONDER DRUG, 2008
** Cinequest Screenplay Competition, Finalist -- WONDER DRUG, 2008
** Swansea Film Festival's Dylan Thomas Screenplay Award (UK), Finalist -- WONDER DRUG, 2008
** European Independent Film Festival (ECU 2008), Official Shortlist: Screenplay Competition -- WONDER DRUG, 2008
** Slamdance Screenplay Competition, Round II -- WONDER DRUG, 2008, Next round will be announced in September 2008.
** PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Quarter-Finalist -- WONDER DRUG, 2008, Out of 3,865 submitted scripts (from writers across the U.S. and 50 foreign countries), WONDER DRUG made the top 25% of all entries to compete in the Quarter-Finals.
** 10th Annual Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition, Quarterfinalist -- WONDER DRUG, 2008
** Atlanta Film Festival’s Inaugural Screenplay Competition, Winner -- VERA, 2007, The prize for winning was participation in a weekend retreat with a group of renowned writing, directing, and producing mentors. McCarthy's mentors were Joy Lusco Kecken (HBO's "The Wire") and Michael Lucker (VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN).
** Buffalo Niagara Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Winner -- VERA, 2007
** MafiaFest Screenplay Competition, Winner -- VERA, 2006
** Cinequest Screenplay Competition, Second Place -- VERA, 2008
** The Writers Place Screenplay Competition (11/07-4/08 cycle), Third Place -- VERA, 2008
** Prince Edward Island International Film Festival's Screenplay Competition, Finalist -- VERA, 2008, Winner will be announced on September 21, 2008.
** Beverly Hills Film Festival's Screenplay Competition, Finalist -- VERA, 2008
** Queens International Film Festival's Screenplay Competition, Finalist -- VERA, 2007
** San Fernando Valley International Film Festival's Screenplay Competition, Finalist -- VERA, 2007
** WriteMovies.com International Writing Contest No. 16, Semi-Finalist -- VERA, 2007
** Indie Gathering, Winner, Best Drama/Sports Feature Script -- FREE SKATE, 2007
** Action on Film (AOF) International Film Festival, Finalist, Hollywood Scriptwriter 2008 Written Word Award -- FREE SKATE, AOF Writer's Awards Show will take place on July 30. FREE SKATE has also been selected for interpretation on camera by actors Molly Leland, Robert McAfee, and Greg Humphreys. Select scenes from the script will be shown as a "preview" on the big screen at Pasadena's Laemmle Theatre on July 25 during the 4 p.m. block of film screenings.
** Beverly Hills Film Festival's Screenplay Competition, Finalist -- FREE SKATE, 2007
** Boston International Film Festival's "From Screenplay to Production" Contest, Finalist -- FREE SKATE, 2006
** Cinequest Screenplay Competition, Semi-Finalist -- FREE SKATE, 2007
** ReelheART International Film Festival, Semi-Finalist -- FREE SKATE, 2008
** Slamdance Screenplay Competition, Round II -- FREE SKATE, 2007
** Boston International Film Festival, Finalist -- CAPE COD LITE, 2007, "From Screenplay to Production" Contest |
| TRAINING/SCHOOLING: |
** B.A. English, Cum Laude, Regis College
** MFA Creative Writing, Emerson College |
