AND THE WINNER OUR 2009 WRITERS CONTEST IS…
Over the past four years we have been amazed at the imagination of the writers submitting to our radio drama contest. Choosing winners was extremely difficult this year. But, after much debate and discussion the judges have come up with the following line up:
1st Prize, The Phil Harper Award: "Holy Relics" (Supernatural Mystery) by L. Alan Gutierrez.
2nd Prize: "The Mutts" (Mystery) by John S. Fitzpatrick
3rd Prize: "Junior" (Humor) Evan C. Purcell
Honorable Mention goes to:
"The Mendenhall Treasure" (Mystery) by John S. Fitzpatrick
"A Heavenly Price" (Science Fiction) by Mike Murphy
"12:30" (Thriller) by Mike Murphy
Prizes include: $$, subscriptions to: "Script" Magazine, "AudioFile" Magazine and "Mystery Scene" Magazine, Books from Michael Wiese Books (http://shop.mwp.com) and cds from us.
Congratulations to all our winners, and a special congratulation to those writers who may not have walked off with a prize, but contribute to the growth of audio drama everywhere.
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WE'VE PICKED THE WINNER OF THE "SPOT THE MISTAKE CONTEST"
We had far more entries then we really we're prepared for and many of you found several different errors then we knew were there. That being the case we put all the viable submissions into a hat, actually a plastic washtub, and had Sable pull out the winner.
Congratulations to Rebecca Schmidt who wrote: "Mr. Attwell mentions that he petitioned the court to declare Felicia dead in
1945, seven years after Felicia was last heard from. However, Felicia
left in 1936, which is nine years before 1945."
We'll be sending out her prize of the first four volumes of "The Adventures of Harry Nile" cds plus the bonus prize of our newest releases, volume 5 of "The Adventures of Harry Nile" and "The Anthony Rathe Chronicles."
There were several folks who spotted this as well as the mix up in the location of the university Felicia attended, the timeline regarding her time in Spain and England, the time period for the Battle of Britain and a couple more. For those who thought the use of the term "Molotov Cocktail" was used incorrectly regarding its chronology as pertaining to The Spanish Civil War, we ask you to remember that the actual story takes place in 1954. By that time the phrase was in general use.
Oh, and what was the original error that prompted the contest? I think we'll leave that one to your imagination. The great thing is that Jim, rather then being upset that he made so many mistakes in the play, has resolved to be more careful when working on a piece that depends on so much actual history and time passage.
50% Off On Selected Weekly CDs Until They're Gone
We're gonna keep going with the $2.00 price the Weekly Show CDs, from the earliest available to week 560 (plus the usual flat shipping rate of $4.00) because we need to clear them out. We have thousands of these CDs ready for you to order and add to your collection and remember these are the same discs that are sent out to the radio stations every week. There is one caveat; many of the weeks only have a few items left and once they're gone we won't be making any new ones for that week. So if there's a special Sherlock Holmes, Harry Nile or any of other series episodes you may have missed this would be the time to get them and for only two bucks.
Now to order all you have to do click on "Weekly CDs" or call us on our toll free line 1-877-875-6453 Monday thru Friday if you are within U. S. borders or at 1-425-865-0458 if you're not. Have your Visa or MasterCard ready and we'll be happy to get your Imagination Theatre CDs out to right away. If you'd rather pay by check or money order simply mail them to Jim French Productions 16215 SE. Roanoke Pl. Bellevue, WA. 98006 along with a complete description of what discs you'd like.
Think of it CDs that normally sell for $5.00 are yours at more then 50% off. To coin an old saying "Hurry while supplies last!"
The Two Fully Loaded 2GB Flash Drives
The Harry Nile Drive and The Sherlock Holmes & Company Drive.
Each drive comes with a protective case and a lanyard so you can carry it with you everywhere and are in a gift box..
The price on each drive is $125.00. However, if you want both, we've got an even better break: Get both a Harry Nile Flash Drive and a Sherlock Flash Drive for $225 when ordered together.
That's a lot of listening for two great prices. Plus each 2GB drive leaves you plenty of room to download more of your favorite shows as they become available.
Harry Nile Flash Drive Contents
iTunes Alert
Thank you for the many requests that we sell our show through iTunes.
However, please know that we have, over the past few years, tried to contact them several times. We've jumped through all their hoops online. We've uploaded episodes to them, etc. etc. etc.
To no avail. They have not gotten back to us. Awfully sorry.
Need a last minute gift but haven't the time to shop? Afraid if you order something it won't get to the recipient in time? Want to give an Imagination Theater Fan something from our CD list but not sure what they already have?
We've come up with an idea that might help you with an easy gift that will provide a month's worth of enjoyment to the person receiving it.
A trial subscription to Imagination Theater weekly disc club.
Normally a subscription is set up on a month to month basis, running as long as you want, or you can sign up for a full year at a savings. But this new feature allows you to surprise your friends or family members with a month-long subscription that will start immediately upon your sign up and end next month on the same date, for $24.95.
Once you're signed up we can send a welcome letter in your name or email a welcome letter to you for you to copy out and hand over to the person yourself.
Simply go to our subscription page and follow the instructions there and your Imagination Theater fan will start receiving their weekly discs with our next mailing.
HELP US REACH YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS
We know that many of our listeners find us on the Internet or through XM Satellite because the larger radio stations in their area don't carry Imagination Theater. We also know that this country is crisscrossed by hundreds, if not thousands, of smaller, independent stations serving their local community with news, community events and entertainment.
Recently we've been contacting a wide variety of those smaller stations to ask if they'd like to carry Imagination Theater. They've been very positive to hear from us. We find the stations through large state listings; which is very time consuming and limits how many people we can contact.
If you would like us to talk to your local station, it doesn't matter how small or how large it is, email us at jrfpress@yahoo.com with its call letters, and any information you can gather. We'll happy contact them to see if they'd like to add Imagination Theater to their programming.
OUR NEXT AUDIENCE RECORDING DATE IS:
Monday JUne 8th, 2009 at the The Kirkland Performance Center
To order tickets call 425-893-9900 or go on line to www.kpcenter.org.
2009 Starting Schedule:
Monday, March 16, 2009 at The Kirkland Performance Center
Monday, June 8, 2009 at The Kirkland Performance Center
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AS A DOWNLOAD
The History of Harry Nile w/ Phil Harper: Vols. 1 - 3, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Vol.s 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 &13
The Hound of the Baskerviles
The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Vol.s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
The Hilary Caine Mysteries: Vol.s 1 & 2
The Adventures of Harry Nile w/ Larry Albert Vol.s 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
Mr. Darnborough Investigates: Vol. 1
Raffles, the Gentleman Thief: Vol.s 1, 2 & 3
Movies For Your Mind Vol. 1
The Third Gate - The 500th Episode of Imagination Theatre
Kincaid, the Strangeseeker Vol. 1
The Anthony Rathe Chronicles
SINGLE EPISODE DOWNLOADS
THE ANTONY RATHE CHRONICLES: Instruments of Darkness - More Deaths Then One Must Die - The Serpent's Eye - Tell Me No Lies
CALL SIMON WALKER - Heaven Doesn't take Plastic
CRISIS: Flight Plan - The Couple Next Door - Departure - Desperate - The Door of Lotim - The Exiles - Grav Trak 449 - Happy Birthday - Side Trip - The Summer House - The Man Who Came Too Close - Night Riders - The Outlaw at Emmett's Cafe - The Silver Egg - Those Againist Hayden - The Unmasking - Welcome to Utopia -
HARRY NILE: Backfire - A Bag of Money - Box 111 - Bulletproof - The Case of the Compromised Cop - The Case of the Dueling Divas -The Case of the Flatted Fifth - The Case of the Goggled Girl - Change of Life - Comeback - Dead Air - Family Secret - Fool's Gold - The Funeral of Fast Buck Feldman - The Handshake -It Pays to Advertise -The Jake Burley Matter - The John Doe Murders - The Judge From Whiskey - Dick Keys Louise - The Lady in the Hudson - Minute Like an Hour - Murder by the Book - The Mystery of the Galena - The Nightmares of Melinda Magee - A Night of Surprises - A Number of Friends - Patience is a Vice - The Pink Bicycle - P. T. Barnum was Right - Rachel' Dream - A Scheduled Murder - Silent Witness - Slant City - Source Alpha- The Suit Case - This Corpus Ain't Habeas Anymore - Tony Macaroni Still Owes Me $600.00 - Too Little, Too Late - A Trail to a Corpse - The Trophy Room - Two For the Price of None - The Trouble With Harry - The Verdict on Hannah Bayliss - The Voice From the Lake - The Waitress and the Wheelman - War Comes to Harry Nile Chapter One: ED - War Comes to Harry Nile Chapter Two:The Proximity Fuse -War Comes to Harry NIle Chapter Three: D-Day Minus One - War Come to Harry Nile Chapter Four: The Missing Pages - War Comes to Harry Nile Chapter Five: The Naked Soldier - What's in a Name - Who Killed Harry Nile - Writing Wrongs
HILARY CAINE: The Bitter End - Blood Will have Blood - Dial H For Hilary - The Motto of the Seahawk - Mystery Repeats Itself - A Reputation For Murder -Untruths and Consequences
KERIDES, THE THINKER: The Death of a Thousand Paper Cuts - Kerides, the Thinker - Mark of the Serpent
KINCAID: A Dog named Who - Everything Must Go - Games Without Frontiers - High Stakes - Natural Causes - Redone - The Santa Test - Something For Everyone
MOVIES FOR YOUR MIND: Authenticity - The Beacon - The Big Bang - Blind Spot - Cargo on the Run - Chet Avery's Lot - Clear Channel - Curveball - Dead and Breakfast - Dead Men - Dot and Dash - A Few Good Friends - A Gift From Stacy - The Heart of Frankenstein - The Helmet - The Hermit of Bottomless Lake - High Concept - Imperfect Strangers - The Lady Down the Lane - Lucky Jack - Permanent Waves - The Procedure - Rembrandt - Second Ending - The Shadow in the Stacks - Shalt Thou Know My Name Short Story - Signs of Rain - Sky Speak - Static - Transformer - A Warm Night in Bumche County - The Weatherman - Whatever Happened to Santa Claus - Wicked Embers - With Extreme Prejudice - A Woman's Work is Never Done
RAFFLES The Gentleman Thief: A Change of Direction - Gentlemen and Players - Le Premier Pas - Out of Paradise - Nine Points of the Law
SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Adventure of the Apothecary Shop - The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - The Adventure of the Dancing Men - The Adventure of the Forgotten Throne - The Adventure of the Improbable Snowman - The Adventure of the Lonely Harvester - The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone - The Adventure of the Painted Leaf (w/ John Gilbert) - The Adventure of the Samovar (w/ John Gilbert) - The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place - The Adventure of the Serpent's Tooth - The Adventure of the Three Students - The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger - The Adventure of the Venomous Lizard - The Adventure of the Wycliffe Codicil - The Adventure of the Yellow Face - The Aldgate Noose - The Amateur Medicant Society - The Billingsgate Horror (John Gilbert as Holmes) - The Case of the Petty Curses - Charles Augustus Milverton - The Curse of the Third Sign - The Death of Atremus Ludwig - Eye of the Beholder - The Five Orange Pips - The Gambrinus Cure (w/ John Gilbert) - The Gastein Symphony -The Gloria Scott - The Highlander's Letter - The Hound of the Baskervilles Part 1 (Broadcast version) - The Hound of the Baskervilles Part 2 (Broadcast version) - The Hound of the Baskervilles Part 3 (Broadcast version) - How Watson Learned the Trick - The Lady Sannox Investigation - The Man Who Believed in Nothing - The Margate Decption -The Norwood Builder - The Paradol Chamber - The Revenge of Ansceni - The Ripper Inheritance - The Singular Affair of the Holden Necklace - The Singular Affair of Madame Planchette - The Speaking Machine - The Strange Death of Lady Sylvia - A Study in Scarlet - 36 Thayer Street - The Three Gables - The Three Garridebs - The Two Watsons - The Wisteria Lodge
NEW THIS WEEK!!!
THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE VOL. 5
THE ANTHONY RATHE CHRONICLES
SINGLE EPISODES:
The Anthony Rathe Chronicles:
Call Simon Walker:
Crisis: The Latecomer
Harry Nile: - The Case of the Desperate Dealer - The Christmas Cookie Caper - Cold Reading - The Fighter and the Phantom - The Ivor Lindman Matter - Marvin Always Makes a Buck - Model 386 A - The Trophy rRoom Part 2
The Hilary Caine Mysteries:
Kerides the Thinker:
Kincaid, the Strangeseeker: Not Another Ghost Story
Movies For your Mind: Storybook Inn
Raffles, the Gentleman Thief:
Sherlock Holmes: The Retired Colourman
Imagination Theatre is American radio's premiere drama series, now heard coast to coast on well over a hundred radio stations in North America and by satellite on XM Radio. Click here for a radio affiliate in your area. These hour-long weekly broadcasts feature mystery, suspense, fantasy and adventure, produced by Jim French Productions before live audiences on a state-of-the-art recording stage.
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