Jonathan Lapoma Email & Phone Number

Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

Greater San Diego Area

Jon LaPoma's online course, FROM FIRST DRAFT TO BESTSELLER, is a step-by-step guide to help beginning authors self-publish and market their books, and build their readership from zero.

Greater San Diego Area

I've written fourteen feature-length screenplays, which have won the following awards: -Hollywood Screenplay Contest, 2014, Grand Jury Prize (Best Overall Script)-Las Vegas Screenplay Contest, 2014, Grand Jury Prize (Best Overall Script)-London Film Awards, 2014, Grand Prize Winner: Feature Screenplay Category-Awareness Film Festival, 2014, 1st Place-Las Vegas Screenplay Contest, 2014, 1st Place: Drama Category-West Field Screenwriting Awards 2014, 1st Place: "The New York Award"-Chicago Screenplay Contest, 2014, 3rd Place: Drama Category-Rated SR – Socially Relevant Film Festival, 2014, Top Four Scripts -Barcelona International Film Festival, 2014, Honorable Mention-Canada International Film Festival, 2015, Honorable Mention-Indie Gathering Film Festival, 2014, Honorable Mention (for three scripts)-Indie Gathering Film Festival, 2013, Honorable Mention (for two scripts)-Mountain Film Festival, 2015, Honorable Mention-River Bend Film Festival, 2015, Top Three Finalist: Independent Screenplay Category-WriteMovies 37, 2015, Finalist-Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest, 2014, Finalist-Women in Cinema International Screenplay Competition, 2015, Finalist-New York Screenplay Contest, 2014, Finalist-Buffalo Niagara Film Festival, 2015, Finalist-Beverly Hills Film Festival, 2015, Finalist-Beverly Hills Film Festival, 2014, Finalist-Twister Alley International Film Festival, 2015, Finalist-Table Read my Screenplay, 2014, Semifinalist -Oaxaca Film Festival, 2014, Official Selection-Oaxaca Film Festival, 2013, Official Selection-Glendale International Film Festival, 2014, Official Selection-Sacramento International Film Festival, 2015, Official Selection-Sacramento International Film Festival, 2014, Official Selection -WriteMovies 37, 2015, Quarterfinalist -WriteMovies, 2013, Quarterfinalist (for three scripts) -Filmmakers International, 2013, Quarterfinalist -Filmmakers International, 2013, Second-Round Qualifier

Awards/honors won (continued):-Los Angeles Screenplay Contest, 2015, 2nd Place: Drama Category-Oaxaca Film Festival, 2015, Top 12 Finalist (of about 1,000 submissions)-Amsterdam Film Festival, 2015, Finalist-Los Angeles Screenplay Contest, 2015, Finalist-Barcelona International Film Festival, 2015, Finalist-Extreme Screenplay Contest, 2015, Finalist-New York Screenplay Contest, 2015, Finalist-Reel Writers, 2015, Semifinalist-San Francisco Global Movie Fest, 2015, Official Selection-Glendale International Film Festival, 2015, Official Selection-Awareness Film Festival, 2015, 3rd Place-The Monthly Film Festival, 2015, Official Selection (for two scripts)-Albuquerque Film Festival & Comic Con, 2015, Official Selection-Evolution Mallorca Film Festival, 2015, Official Selection (for two scripts)-Courier Awards, 2015, Semifinalist (for three scripts)-BLOW UP Chicago International Arthouse Film Fest, 2015, Official Selection (for two scripts)-Hollywood Sky International Film Festival, 2015, Official Selection (for two scripts)-Aura Screenwriter Awards, 2015, Semifinalist-Aura Screenwriter Awards, 2015, Finalist -Marquee Lights Competition, 2015, Semifinalist-London Film Awards, 2015, Grand Prize Winner: Feature Screenplay Category-California Film Awards, 2015, 5th Place-California Film Awards, 2015, Finalist (for two scripts)-Pasadena International Film Festival, 2016, Official Selection-FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards, 2016, Quarterfinalist -FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards, 2016, Semifinalist-Finow International Film & Script Festival, 2016, Official Selection (for two scripts)-NewLife Film & Script & Music Festival, 2016, Official Selection (for two scripts)-ScreenCraft Fellowship, 2016, Quarterfinalist-Los Angeles CineFest, 2016, Official Selection (for two scripts)

Awards/honors continued:-Twister Alley Film Festival, 2016, Official Selection (for two scripts)-Las Vegas Screenplay Contest, 2016, Finalist-Media Adventures Film Festival, 2016, Official Selection-Los Angeles CineFest (June Edition), 2016, Semifinalist-Swedish International Film Festival, 2016, Official Selection-Indie Gathering Film Fest, 2016, 4th Place-Page International Screenwriting Awards, 2016, Quarterfinalist -Creative World Awards, 2016, Preliminary Finalist (for two scripts)-Wayfarer Film Festival, 2016, Official Selection-Extreme Screenwriting Contest, 2016, Semifinalist-Austin Film Festival, 2016, Second Round-Oaxaca Film Festival, 2016, Official Selection-EyeCatcher International Film Festival, 2016, Official Selection-Southern California Screenplay Competition, 2016, Finalist-MAC Underground Film Festival, 2016, 1st Place-Lake Charles Film Festival, 2016, Official Selection-Evolution Mallorca Film Festival, 2016, Semifinalist -Evolution Mallorca Film Festival, 2016, Finalist -Auckland Film Festival, 2016, 1st Place-Hollywood Screenplay Contest, 2016, Finalist-Anchorage International Film Festival, 2016, Finalist-World Series of Screenwriting, 2016, Finalist-The Monthly Film Festival, 2016, Official Selection-Los Angeles CineFest, 2016, Semifinalist-European Independent Film Award, 2016, Official Selection-London Film Awards, 2016, Grand Prize-Los Angeles CineFest, 2016, Semifinalist-WriteMovies Monthly Contest (December), 2016, Honorable Mention-California Film Awards, 2016, Honorable Mention-Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition, 2016, Quarterfinalist-The Monthly Film Festival, 2017, Semifinalist-Sacramento International Film Festival, 2017, Semifinalist-Beverly Hills Film Festival, 2017, Finalist-Oregon Short Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection-WriteMovies Winter, 2016, Quarterfinalist-Twister Alley Film Festival, 2017, Finalist

San Diego

Awards/Honors:-Southern California Screenplay Competition, 2017, Semifinalist-Las Vegas Screenplay Contest, 2017, 3rd Place (Comedy)-Cannes Screenplay Contest, 2017, Finalist-iHolly Next Generation Indie Film Festival, 2017, 1st Place: Drama-Screenplay Festival, 2017, Finalist-Table Read My Screenplay Contest, 2017, Semifinalist-Sunset Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection-British Independent Film Festival, 2017, Finalist-Near Nazareth Festival, 2017, Official Selection-Oaxaca Film Festival, 2017, Finalist-Los Angeles CineFest, 2017, Semifinalist-Cinema New York City, 2017, Official Selection-Malta Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection-Austria International Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection-Eurocinema Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection-Austin Revolution Film Festival, 2017, Semifinalist-Indie Gathering Film Festival, 2017, 3rd Place: Comedy-Buffalo Niagara Film Festival, 2017, Finalist-New Renaissance Film Festival, 2017, Finalist -New Renaissance Film Festival, 2017, 1st Place: Drama-Creative World Awards, 2017, Quarterfinals-Lake Charles Film & Music Festival, 2017, Semifinals-Creative World Awards, 2017, Finalist-Eye Catcher Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection-Neu World International Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection-Hollywood Independent Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection-Moondance Film Festival, 2017, Semifinalist-Moondance Film Festival, 2017, Finalist-Evolution Mallorca Film Festival, 2017, Semifinalist-Hollywood Screenplay Contest, 2017, 1st Place (Comedy)-World Series of Screenwriting, 2017, 3rd Place (Comedy)-World Series of Screenwriting, 2017, Finalist-Los Angeles Screenplay Contest, 2017, 1st Place (Comedy)-London Film Awards, 2017, 4th Place-Sacramento Film Festival, 2018, Official Selection (for two scripts)-Twister Alley Film Festival, 2018, Finalist-Las Vegas Screenplay Contest, 2018, 2nd Place: Comedy-Oaxaca Film Fest, 2018, Finalist

Mexico City, Mexico

Awards/honors:-Beverly Hills Film Festival, 2019, Official Selection-Southern California Screenplay Competition, 2018, Semifinalist-Twister Alley Film Festival, 2019, Finalist-Las Vegas Screenplay Contest, 2019, Finalist-Oaxaca Film Fest, 2019, Finalist-ISA Drama Genre Busting Screenwriting Competition, 2021, Quarterfinalist

Laughing Fire Press will publish my novel, "Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story," and my screenplay, "A Noble Truth," in 2015. Available September 14, 2015:"Developing Minds" follows a group of emotionally wounded recent college graduates who struggle against feelings of alienation and their addictions as they try to survive their first year of teaching at two dysfunctional public schools in Miami. A full synopsis can be found on my website: http://jonlapoma.com/works/books/developing-minds-american-ghost-story/"A Noble Truth" is a feature-length coming-of-age drama about two friends who take a road trip throughout the US and into Mexico to explore what truths unite people in a country slipping deeper into apathy and discord. It's soon evident, however, that truth is the last thing either man seeks. "A Noble Truth" is a mix between "Easy Rider" and "Good Will Hunting," and has won 12 awards/honors in the past year, including first place victories in the 2014 Awareness Film Festival and 2014 West Field Screenwriting Awards (The New York Award). A full synopsis, including awards/honors won, can be found here: http://jonlapoma.com/works/screenplays/noble-truth/http://jonlapoma.com/