The Boy Who Earned His Magic - The Teleplay
Lynn H. Elliott
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Overview

The Young Adult novel The Boy Who Earned His Magic is developed into six, one-hour teleplays:

1. "Only You Can Save Her!"  Pilot episode.

2. "Be Prepared for what?" Second episode.

3. "My Greatest Enemy--Myself." Third episode

4. "Look Into My Eyes!" Fourth episode

5. "Kochma Kote!  Nightmare Place!" Fifth episode

6. "Travese Envizib. Invisible Crossings!" Sixth episode

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“What moves me most about Elliott's work is his compassionate rendering of Howell's interior landscape. Those Three Bullies functioning as invasive thoughts, their voices corroding his confidence, their laughter undermining every tentative step toward self-belief—this captures the phenomenology of anxiety and self-doubt with devastating precision. Dani's exhortation to "overcome your greatest enemy—yourself" isn't platitudinous self-help rhetoric but hard-won wisdom.”

Lonely Wolf International Film Festival (London)

 

The Main Characters
Howell Evans
 Howell is a twelve, almost thirteen, year old boy who doesn't think he's exceptional. When we first meet him, he is being attacked by three bullies, a regular, after-school occurrence. They mock his name, calling him HHHH-OOOO-WWWW-LLLL. They also mock the strange antics of his mother and uncle, both of whom come from Wales. But all that changes for Howell when unusual figures enter his life.
The Man in Black
 A figure confronts Howell. "It is a man, dressed in a full-length black leather coat buttoned up to the neck and tied at the waist with thick string. Heavy, biker boots with six-inch platforms poke from under his coat. He pushes back the leather hood pulled over his head. His face is white, skeletal with a long-beaked nose. His right eye is large and blood red. A black patch covers his left eye, and, in the middle of the patch, glows a yellow spot. It travels up and down my body like a laser."
Tommy Foxglove

Howell's sister's boyfriend--supposedly!    "His steel-grey, dead eyes pierce through his rimless glasses. A manic smile spreads across his face. The evil clown in the sewer."  Tommy's task is to keep an eye on Howell while he is in the home.  But Tommy seems troubled by a portrait of a white lady on a white horse that hangs on Howell's bedroom wall.  Why?  It is a representation of Howell's mother, Rhiannon.
Dani Walks-Her-Pony

A young, native-American girl who suddenly enters Howell's life.  She is accompanied by a wolf.   "A long, dark braid flows down the girl’s back.  As she smiles, I remember seeing the white teeth that gleamed against her brown skin. Like the other woman, the girl wears a turquoise, loose-fitting blouse. Her ankle-length skirt is covered with flowers, lines and multi-colored symbols"
Leonel

A young, Spanish and English speaking blind boy who becomes a friend to Howell on his journey to find his mother.  There are times when Leonel can "see"!
Dazmonique

Another previously-unknown young girl who aids Howell.  Dazmonique and her mother live in New Orleands.  They often speak Haitian.  Dazmonique is deaf but, like the blind Leonel who "sees," Damonique "hears."
Uncle Tal

Howell is embarrassed by his weird Uncle Tal (short for Taliesin).  He dresses in strange, multi-colored clothing, and drives around in a purple Volkswagen van decorated with painted sunflowers, daffodils and mathematical symbols. 

Uncle Tal will lead Howell on his pursuit of his missing mother.
The Episodes
Only You Can Save Her!
 When a boy's mother vanishes after a car crash, he's thrust into a perilous quest. Guided by an eccentric uncle and aided by three unfamiliar allies, he must confront dark forces and his own doubts to rescue his mother before an important birthday.

"Only You Can Save Her" is the one-hour pilot television series based on my YA novel, THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC. 

 
Be Prepared for What?
Howell and friends arrive at a school in the desert where they prepare to face evil forces. But even the school itself is not safe.

Howell meets three boye in the school for DOETHS,  These three, supposedly "special children," remind him of three bullies at home in Mount Shasta.  They act like them too.

My Greatest Enemy - Myself!
 Howell and his friends face many dangers: a flash flood, a huge, deadly snake and many more. But the greatest danger is Howell himself.

The school is taken over by Drygoni (evil forces) led by Professor Drago Lucian.  He gives the students a task: to find and return some "Apache tears."  Howell finds himself wishing he was on the other team, led by the bullies, rather than his own.  He begins to argue with his "friends," something that results in him being returned home.  He has failed in his quest to find his mother.

 
Look Into My Eyes!
Howell returns to his friends in the desert questing for Apache Tears. The search is demanding and, with Howell as leader, ultimately successful, but not as Professor Drago Lucian intended.

During their quest for "Apache tears," the friends meet a deadly challenge.

Kochma Kote! Nightmare Place!
 With the aid of Uncle Tal and the other Doeths [wizards], Howell and his friends escape Professor Drago Lucian’s school in the desert.

Howell and his friends, with the help of Uncle Tal and Esther Evening Star, have escaped from the school controlled by Drygoni. They race across the desert, pursued by Drygoni, and arrive at the base of a cliff dwelling. All except Howell and Leonel climb the rope ladder and are safe. But Leonel has fallen. Howell remains to help Leonel.
Travese Envizib. Invisible Crossings
Howell and friends enter the tunnels that lead to the central kiva. Here Howell confronts the Evil Force behind his mother’s disappearance.

Howell and his friend enter the haunted kiva where Howell's mother is held.  The passageways are confusing, but Howell has a guide to help him.  Even then, the twins get the group into trouble.

Awards
  Episode 1 - Only You Can Save Her! (165 awards)
Award Winner - Beyond the Curve International Film Festival, 7/15/23, Award Winner - Stingray International Film Festival (France), 7/17/23, Award Winner - Pageant Film Festival, 8/10/23, Award Winner - Humro Cinema Film Fest. 9/6/23, Award Winner - STANLEY To FEDERICO at 8 & HalFilm Awards, 10/14/23, Award Winner - Golden Spotlight International Film Festival, 10/26/23, Award Winner - Best Unproduced Script, Picture Panorama Film Festival, 11/8/23, Award Winner - The Singapore International Competition, 11/17/23, Award Winner - Chalachitra International Film Awards, 11/24/23, Award Winner - LA Independent Film Channel, 10/8/23, Award Winner - Movie Play International FF (France), 12/10/23, Award Winner - Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival (London), 12/10/23, Award Winner - London Indie Film Festival (Best Television/Pilot Program or Series), 12/29/23, Award Winner - London Indie Film Festival (Best Family/Children’s Film), 12/29/23, Award Winner - London Indie Film Festival (Best Feature Script), 12/29/23, Award Winner - International Network FilmFestival (Australia), 1/13/24, Award Winner - Switzerland Film Festival and Screenplay Competition, 1/20/24, Award Winner - IndieFEST Film Awards (USA), 1/28/24, Award Winner - IndieFEST Film Awards (USA), 1/28/24, Award Winner - Big Screen Blast Film Festival, 2/3/24, Award Winner - 8& Halfilm Awards, 2/20/24 (television script), Award Winner - Airflix Film Festival, 2/15/24, Award Winner - Queenstown Film Festival (New Zealand), 2/18/24, Award Winner - Hollywood Hype International Film Festival, 2/29/24, Award Wommer - The Dreamers Film Festival (Italy), 3/2/24, Award Winner - LA Sun Fest, 3/2/24, Award Winner - 8& Halfilm Awards, 2/20/24 (Pilot Script), Award Winner - Accolade Global Film Competition, 3/8/24, Award Winner - IndieFEST Film Awards (USA) 3/29/24, Award Winner - Filmique International Film Festival (West Bengal), 4/10/24, Award Winner - LA Independent Film Channel contest, 4/25/24., Award Winner - Global Shorts (Los Angeles), 5/1/24, Award Winner - Luminary Independent Film Festival (France), 5/8/24, Award Winner - Hollywood International Golden Age Festival (India), 5/31/24, Award Winner - Swedish International Film Festival, 6/8/24, Award Winner - Los Angeles Short Film Award, 6/10/24, Award Winner - San Francisco Independent Filmmakers Contest, 6/14/24, Award Winner - Cinematography & Photography Awards (London), 6/26/24, Award Winner. Best Indie Television Script - Think Different Film Festival (Nice, Cote d’Azur, France), 7/7/24, Award Winner. Best Pilot Tv And Best American Writer, - Japan Film Critics Awards 2024, 8/18/24, Award Winner - San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival, 8/18/24, Award Winner - SPAIN, Best Pilot TV, CinemART Film Festival 2024, 9/25/24, Award Winner - Best Pilot TV, Atlanta International Film Festival 2024. Wild Filmmaker. 9/30/24., Award Winner - Best International Television Script, Iceberg Cinema and Literature Award, 2024. Wild Filmmaker. 10/14/24., Award Winner - Best Television Script, Poland International Film Festival 2024, Wild Filmmakers, 10/23/24., Award Winner - Montmartre Movie Extravaganza, 10/27/24, Award Winner - Best Original Television Script, British Film Critics Awards 2024. 10/27/24, Award Winner - Best International Television Script, Berkeley International Film Festival 2024, 11/11/24, Award Winner - Best International Pilot & Best Original Idea , Los Angeles Arthouse Film Critics Awards, 11/17/24, Award Winner - Filmzen International Film Competition, 11/18/24., Award Winner - Hidden Universes: IFF Melbourne, 12/1/24, Award Winner - Berlin Short Films Awards and BEST TV PILOT, 12/1/24, Award Winner - Best Pilot TV, WASHINGTON, DC International Film Awards 2024, 12/11/24, Award Winner - Award of Excellence Script/Writer, Best Shorts Competition, 12/18/24, Award Winner - Best Television Script, America Europe Film Festival, 2025. Wild Filmmaker., Award Winner - Best Television Script, America Europe Film Festival, 2025. Wild Filmmaker., Award Winner - WRPN.TV Short, Tight and Loose Global Film Festival Competition, 1/11/25, Award Winner - Best Original Television Script, Indie Golden Globe 2025, 1/20/25, Award Winner - Script Symphony Award, 1/27/25 (India), Award Winner - Best Original Television Script 2025, Lights in the Shadow Film Awards, 2025 (Wild Filmmaker), 2/11/25, Award Winner - Best Original Television Script, 2025, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Wild Filmmaker Awards, 2/21/25, Award Winner - Best Original Television Script, Indian Film Critics Awards 2025 3/11/25, Award Winner - Outstanding Dramatic Achievement. Best TV script. Area51 Film Awards, 4/2/25, Award Winner - Monthly Winner at Star Hollywood Awards (Hollywood, CA), 4/2/25, Award Winner - Best Original Plot TV/Television Script of the Year, International Indie Film Registry Awards (Wild Filmmakers), 4/5/25, Nominee - Toronto Film & Script Awards, 1/22/24, Nominee - Big Screen Blast Film Festival (USA), 1/22/24, Nominee - Filmshort Creative Awards (USA), 12/28/24, Nominee - Swedish International Film Festival, 5/25/24, Nominee - Pinocchio International Film Festival (Italy), 6/26/24, Nominee - Elegant International Film Festival (India), 9/16/24, Nominee - Indo Dubai International Film Festival, 11/15/24, Nominee - Asian Talent International Film Festival, 12/6/24, Nominee - Mojo International Film Awards (Los Angeles), 4/9/25, Finalist - EdiPlay International Film Festival (France), 7/4/23, Finalist - Global Shorts, 3/2/24, Finalist - Cine Verse International Film Festival (USA) , 3/3/24, Finalist - Ecovision Global Film Festival (Sydney), 5/20/24, Finalist - Clown International Film Festival (Paris), 7/2/24, Finalist - 2024 Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival, 10/14/24, Finalist - Dubai International CINEVERSE Screenplay Awards, 1/30/25., Finalist - SECOND ROUND SELECTION, ISA Fast Track Fellowship, 9/11/24, Semifinalist - Paris International Short Festival, 11/10/23, Semifinalist - Niagara Falls International Short Festival, 3/17/23, Semifinalist - Filmmatic TV pilot Awards, 11/15/23, Semifinalist - Austin International Art, 12/13/23, Semifinalist - Edinburgh Film Awards, 1/11/24, Semifinalist - Santa Ana Independent Film Awards, 1/12/24, Semifinalist - Oakland Film Festival, 4/11/24, Semifinalist - Hollywood International Golden Age Festival (India), 5/31/24, Semifinalist - London International Filmmakers Festival, 6/16/24., Semifinalist - International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo, 6/16/24., Semifinalist - San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival, 7/17/24, Semifinalist - Dubai Independent Film Festival, 7/18/24, Semifinalist - Munich Short Film Awards, 8/11,24, Semifinalist - Rome International Short Festival, 8/11/24, Semifinalist - Santa Barbara International Movie Awards, 8/18/24, Semifinalist - Santa Monica International Filmmaker Awards, 11/13/24, Semifinalist - Dublin Movie Awards, 12/28/24, Semifinalist - New Orleans International Film Awards, 3/24/2025, Quarterfinalist - Table Read My Screenplay Competition-Park City, 12/5/23, Quarterfinalist - Page Turner Feature and TV Pilot Drama Competition, 8/12/24, Quarterfinalist - San Francisco International Screenwriting, 10/4/24, Official Selection - San Diego Independent Cinema Awards, 1/16/24, Official Selection - The Film Contest, 3/17/24, Official Selection - City of Arts Film Festival (Madrid), 3/28/24, Official Selection - Chicago Indie Film Awards, 3/28/24, Official Selection - Tokyo Lift-Off Festival, 4/19/24, Official Selection - Indie Festival (Manchester), 4/22/24, Official Selection - California Indies Festival (Los Angeles), 4/23/24, Official Selection - London Visionary Festival, 3/5/25, Official Selection - [Story.Land] International Short Film Fest (Bulgaria), 3/24/25, Award Winner: Best Original Plot Tv/television Script Of The Year, International Indie Film Registry Awards (wild Filmmakers) 4/5/25 - Wild Filmmakers, Award Winner, Mojo International Film Awards (los Angeles), 4/12/25 - Mojo International Film Awards, Upgraded To Semifinalist - FilmHaus 2025, Award Winner, Pilot Teleplay Of Series The Boy Who Earned His Magic - Cambridge (Mass) Film Critics Awards 2025 (Wild Filmmaker). 3/27/25, Honorable Nominee - Toronto Indie Shorts, 5/3/25, Award Winner - Dubai Film Art, 5/4/25, Award Winner - The Great Hornbill International Cine Awards, WFCN, 5/5/25, Honorable Mention Award - Nexus International Film Festival (San Diego), 5/23/25, Semi-finalist - Kyoto Independent Film Festival, 6/10/25, Semi-finalist - Seattle Filmmakers Awards, 6/11/25, Award Winner - Stockholm Short Festival. 6/17/25, Upgraded To Semi-finalist - Planet Cinema NYC. 6/18/25, Award Winner, Best Original Television Script 2025 - Moliere Cinema Prize 2025, 6/19/25., Semi-finalist - Richmond International Film Festival, 6/24/25, Upgraded To Semi-finalist - Nocturna 2025, 6/27/25, Award Winner, Best Screenplay-pilot - Film Invasion Los Angeles, 5/1/25, Official Selection - NYC Independent Film Festival, 7/2/25, Award Winner - Best International Television Script and Best American Writer, 2025, California Foreign Press Film Awards, 7/26/25, Upgraded To Semifinalist - Atlanta Movie Awards, 7/14/25., Award Winner - Best International Television Script and Best American Writer 2025, Asian Oscar Film Critics Awards. 7/26/25., Upddated To Semifinalist - Florida Shorts, 7/30/25, Award Winner - NYC Independent Film Festival, 7/31/25, Award Winner, Best International Pilot Tv - Variety’s Filmmakers of the Future, Wild Filmmaker, 2025, Upgraded To Semi-finalist - Brooklynn International Short Awards, 9/11/25, Award Winner For Best International Pilot Tv. - Chicago: New Screenwriters Awards, 2025. Wild Filmmaker. 9/20/25, Official Selection - Les Voix De Paris, 9.17/25, Award Winner. Best International Pilot Tv - Chicago: New Screenwriters Awards, 2025. Wild Filmmaker, Award Winner. Best International Pilot Tv - London Underground Film Critics Awards 2025, Wild Filmmaker, Honorable Mention - International Film Gala (London), 10/11/25., Award Winner. Best Original Television Script Of The Year, - Foreign Press Prize, Autumn in Cannes, October 28, 2025, Wild Filmmaker, 10/28/25., Honorable Nominee - FilmHaus (Berlin), 10/28/25., Award Winner, Best Original Television Script Of The Year, - Edgar Allan Poe International Screenwriter Awards, Wild Filmmakers, 10/31/25., Award Winner, Best Original Television Script Of The Year & Best International Pilot Tv, - Indie Oscar, UK Edition, Wild Filmmaker, 11/5/25., Semi-finalist - Palm Beach Shorts. 11/15/25, Award Winner, Best International Television Script & Best Writing Style - Focus on the Author, Wild Filmmaker, 11/17/25., Award Winner, Press Release, Best International Television Script & Best Writing Style, - Focus on the Author, Wild Filmmakeer, AFM 2025, 11/19/25, Award Winner, Best Pilot Tv Of The Year - Salt Lake City, Independent Distributors Awards, Wild Filmmaker, 11/25/25., Honorable Nominee - Nocturna, Brooklyn Film Festival, Upgraded To Quarter-finalist. - Vail Screenplay Contest, Nominee - Lonely Wolf International Film Festival (London),, Award Winner - Vision International Film Festival, Award Winner - Vision International Film Festival 12/28/25, Honorable Nominee - Lonely Wolf International Film Festival (London), 12/18/25., Semifinalist - Vienna Short Film Festival, 1/6/25., Award Winner, Best Television Script, - Shakespeare Film Golden Gala in Venice 2026. Wild Filmmaker. 1/9/26., Honorable Nominee - Planet Cinema, 1/9/26, Honorable Nominee - Lonely Wolf International Film Festival (London) 12/18/25, Award Winner - Vision International Film Festival, India, 12/28/25., Semifinalist - Vienna Short Film Festival, 1/6/25., Award Winner, Best Television Script, - Shakespeare Film Golden Gala in Venice 2026. Wild Filmmaker. 1/9/26., Honorable Nominee - Planet Cinema, 1/9/26, Award Winner - Vienna Indie Short Film Festival, 2/3/26, Semifinalist - Hong Kong Indie Film Festival, 3/21/26.
  Episode 2 - Be Prepared for What? (53 awards)
Award Winner - Stingray International Film Festival, 2/11/24, Award Winner - Big Screen Blast Film Festival, 3/3/24, Award Winner - 8 & Halfilm (Rome), 3/14/24, Award Winner - Golden Spotlight International Film Festival (USA) 3/23/24, Award Winner - London Indie Film Festival (Best Television/Pilot Program or Series), 3/30/24, Award Winner - London Indie Film Festival (Best Family/Children’s Film), 3/30/24, Award Winner - LA Independent Film Channel Festival, 4/25/24, Award Winner - The IndieFEST Film Awards, 5/2/24, Award Winner - Hollywood Hype (India), 5/26/24, Award Winner - Beyond the Curve International Film Festival (France), 5/31/24, Award Winner - Cineverse International Film Festival(England), 6/3/24, Award Winner - Switzerland International Film Festival, 6/29/24, Award Winner - Luxembourg International Film Festival, 6/29/24, Award Winner - Beyond the Curve International Film Festival (France), 7/5/24, Award Winner. Best Television Script And Best Writer - Diario Italiano Film Festival (Florence), Wild Filmmaker, 7/24/2024, Award Winner - Swedish International Film Festival, 9/4/24, Award Winner - Accolade Global Film Competition (La Jolla, USA), 9/6/24, Award Winner - Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival (London), 9/10/24, Award Winner - Paris International Short Festival, 9/15/24, Award Winner - Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival (London), 9/23/24, Award Winner - Clown International Film Festival of Paris, 10/3/24, Award Winner - Movie Play International Film Festival (India), 10/7/24, Award Winner - Los Angeles Short Film Award, 10/9/24, Award Winner - Movieplay International Film Festival (UK), 11/7/24, Award Winner - Luminary Independent Film Festival (Paris), 3/3/25, Award Winner - WRPN.TV.Short, Tight and Loose Global Film Festival, 3/27/25, Award Winner - Independent Film Awardsd (Leeds, UK) 3/30/25, Nominee - LA SUN Film Festival, 4/25/24, Nominee - Indo Dubai International Film Festival, 1/9/25, Semifinalist - Niagara Falls International Short Festival, 6/16/24., Semifinalist - London International Filmmakers Society, 9/1/24, Semifinalist - Edinburgh Film Awards, 11/5/24, Semifinalist - Berlin Shorts Award, 3/18/25, Official Selection - Luminary Independent Film Festival (France), 11/6/24, Official Selection - IndieFEST (USA) Film Awards, 4/10/24, Honorable Mention, 2/9/25. - Indo Dubai International Film Festival, Award Winner - Luminary Independent Film Festival (Paris), 3/3/25, Award Winner - WRPN.TV.Short, Tight and Loose Global Film Festival, 3/27/25, Award Winner - Independent Film Awards (Leeds, UK) 3/30/25, Semi-finalist - Berlin Shorts Award, 3/18/25, Semi-finalist - Rome International Short Festival, 5/7/25, Semi-finalist - Santa Barbara International Movie Awards, 6/11/25, Upgraded To Semi-finalist, - Santa Barbara International Movie Awards, 6/11/25, Award Winner - Best Shorts Competition, 7/3/25., Award Winner - Filmzen International Film Competition, 7/26/25, Semifinalist - Stockholm Short Festival, 8/25/25, Semi-finalist - Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 11/9/25., Award Winner - Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, Award Winner - Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 12/20/25., Award Winner - Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 12/20/25., Semifinalist - Munich Short Film Awards, 1/18/26., Semifinalist - Seattle Filmmakers Awards, 3/1/26., Finalist - Global Shorts
  Episode 3 - My Greatest Enemy - Myself! (39 awards)
Award Winner - London Indie Film Festival, 4/29/24, Award Winner - Airflix Fllm Festival, 7/9/24, Award Winner (award Of Excellence, Script/ Writer; Award Of Excellence, Television-program/series; Award Of Excellence, Web Series, - IndieFest (La Jolla, USA), 7/28/24, Award Winner - Beyond the Curve International Film Festival (France), 7/31/2024, Award Winner - Swedish International Film Festival, 9/4/24, Award Winner And Certificate Of Achievement - Hollywood Hype International Film Festival 9/25/24/24, Award Winner - Cine Verse International Film Festival (UK), 10/23/24, Award Winner - Swedish International Film Festival, 9/4/24, Award Winner - Cine Verse International Film Festival (UK), 10/23/24, Award Of Excellence Winner For Script /writer, Television – Program / Series, - Accolade Global Film Competition, 11/15/24, Finalist - Airflix Film Festival (India), 5/10/24, Finalist - Stingray International Film Festival (Paris), 5/19/24, Finalist - Clown International Film Festival of Paris, 3/13/25, Semifinalist - Paris International Short Festival, 11/5/24, Semifinalist - San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival 2/28/25, Official Selection - LA Sun Film Fest, 8/18/24, Official Selection - LA Independent Film Channel Festival, 8/23/24, Semi-finalist - San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival 2/28/25, Finalist - Clown International Film Festival of Paris, 3/13/25, Award Winner - WRPN.TV.Short, Tight and Loose Global Film Festival, 6/8/25, Semi-finalist - London International Filmmakers Festival, 6/11/25, Upgraded To Semi-finalist - Berlin Short Films Awards and BEST TV PILOT, 6/16/25, Official Selection, - Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival, 7/5/25, Award Winner - Independent Film Awards (UK) 7/7/25, Finalist - Luminary Independent Film Fiesta (France). 7/7/25, Award Winner - Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival (LONDON) 7/12/25, Award Winner - Independent Film Awards (UK), 7/7/25, Finalist - Luminary Independent Film Fiesta (France), 7/7/25, Award Winner - Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival (London), 7/12/25, Honorable Nominee - Toronto Film and Script Awards, Nominee - Toronto Film and Script Awards, 8/11/2025., Award Winner - Luminary Independent Film Festival (Paris), 8/12/25., Award Winner - Niagara Falls International Shorts Festival, 8/15/25, Award Of Excellence - The Best Shorts Competition (La Jolla, CA),, Upgraded To Semifinalist - Stockholm Short Festival, Semifinalist - Santa Barbara International Movie Awards, 1/6/25., Semifinalist - Santa Barbara International Movie Awards, 1/6/25., Award Winner - Filmzen International Film Competition, 1/19/26., Semifinalist - Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 3/10/26.
  Episode 4 - Look Into My Eyes! (39 awards)
Award Winner And Certificate Of Achievement - Hollywood Hype International Film Festival 12/24/24, Award Winner - London Indie Film Festival, 5/30/24, Award Winner - Stingray International Film Festival (Paris), 9/21/24, Award Winner. Outstanding Achievement - Swedish International Film Festival, 10/21/24, Award Winner - IndieFest (La Jolla, USA), 10/28/24, Finalist - Cineverse International Film Festival (U.K.) 12/5/24, Award Winner - Paris International Short Festival, 2/8/25, Award Winner, Award Of Excellence, Script/writer, And Award Of Excellent: Television-program/series. - Accolade Global Film Competition (La Jolla, USA) 3/6/25, Award Winner, Award Of Excellence, Script/writer, And Award Of Excellent: Television-program/series. - Accolade Global Film Competition (La Jolla, USA) 4/6/25, Finalist - Clown International Film Festival of Paris, 6/4/25, Award Winner - MoviePlay International Film Festival, 7/26/25., Official Selection - WRPN Short, Tight and Loose International Film Festival, 7/26/25, Upgraded To Semifinalist - San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival, 7/26/25., Finalist - Luminary Independent Film Fiesta (Paris), 9/10/25, Award Winner - Independent Film Awards, Leeds (England), 10/10/25, Award Winner - WRPN.TV Short, Tight and Loose Global Film Festival. 11/10/25, Semi-finalist - Niagara Falls International Short Festival, 11/15/25, Award Winner - Luminary Independent Film Fiesta (France) 12/27/25, Award Winner - Luminary Independent Film Fiesta (France), 12/27/25., Award Winner - Luminary Independent Film Fiesta (France), 12/27/25., Award Winner - Best Shorts Competition 3/21/26.
  Episode 5 - Kochma Kote! Nightmare Place! (18 awards)
Award Winner - London Indie Film Festival, 8/5/24, Award Winner (family, Children's) - London Indie Film Festival, 8/5/24, Award Winner - IndieFest (La Jolla, USA), 10/28/24, Award Winner - Swedish International Film Festival, 11/8/24, Award Winner - Stingray International Film Festival (Paris), 11/24/25, Award Winner - Cineverse International Film Festival (Burton, England), 3/11/25, Award Winner - Hollywood Hype International Film Festival, 2/25/25, Award Winner - Cineverse International Film Festival (Burton, England), 3/11/25, Award Winner - Hollywood Hype International Film Festival, 2/25/25, Upgraded To Semi-finalist - Paris International Short Festival, 5/14/25, Award Winner - Accolade Global Film Competition, 6/13/25, Finalist - Clown International Film Festival (Paris), 11/10/25, Finalist. - Clown International Film Festival of Paris, 3/13/25, Semifinalist - Berlin Shorts Award,12/20/25, Semifinalist - Berlin Shorts Award,12/20/25, Semifinalist - Berlin Shorts Award,12/20/25, Semifinalist - Niagara Falls International Short Festival, Award Winner - Niagara Falls International Short Festival, 3/10/26
  Episode 6 - Travese Envizib. Invisible Crossings (8 awards)
Award Winner - London Indie Film Festival, 10/29/24., Award Winner - Swedish International Film Festival, 11/19/24, Award Winner - Stingray International Film Festival (Paris), 11/24/24, Official Selection - IndieFest (La Jolla, USA), 4/16/25, Award Winner - The IndieFEST Film Awards (La Jolla, CA), 5/5/25, Award Winner - Cineverse International Film Festival, (Burton, England) 11/15/25., Award Of Excellence: Script/writer. Award Of Excellence: Television-program/series. - Accolade Global Film Competition Award (LA JOLLA USA), Semifinalist - Berlin Shorts Awards, 3/7/26. .
Conclusion
Some Final Thoughts

“The Boy Who Earned His Magic” is a fantasy adventure-quest, utilizing the relatively unexplored world of the differing characters, peoples, languages, myths and dramatic landscapes that make up my adopted country, the United States.,

Few young adult mystery novels focus on the wealth of multi-cultural material and characters available in the western United States.  Here there are not only a wide range of mysterious places and happenings available, but each child brings elements of his or her own language, stories, cultures and mythologies.

“What moves me most about Elliott's work is his compassionate rendering of Howell's interior landscape. Those Three Bullies functioning as invasive thoughts, their voices corroding his confidence, their laughter undermining every tentative step toward self-belief—this captures the phenomenology of anxiety and self-doubt with devastating precision. Dani's exhortation to "overcome your greatest enemy—yourself" isn't platitudinous self-help rhetoric but hard-won wisdom.”  Lonely Wolf International Film Festival (London)

Lynn H. Elliott thrusts us into liminal bildungsroman where the Crossingway becomes young Howell Evans’s crucible for self-actualisation—Campbellian monomyth for TikTok generation and brilliant psychogeographical excavation. Elliott refuses colonial impulse appropriating Indigenous spirituality, instead positioning Diné, Mixtec, and Welsh mythologies as coequal cosmological frameworks challenging Western rationalism’s hegemony.   Lonely Wolf International Film Festival (London)

 

about me

I was born in Cardiff, the capital of Wales and received a degree from the University of Nottingham and then completed an MA and PhD at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I have a younger brother who is 12 years younger than me and a sister who is 2 years older than me. My sister and brother both live in the UK.

I am an immigrant (born and raised in Wales) with a name (common for males in my home country of Wales) that confuses me as female. That might explain why I love to explore and write, in serious and comic dramatic forms, stories of those who, through choice or happenstance, find themselves strangers in a strange land (or even in their own land). In addition, I share the immigrants’ attempts to “navigate as safely as possible through an ever-shifting landscape of independent and unpredictable powers” (Alan Jacabs), and the difficulty of coalescing given and adopted values and ways of seeing.

I am Emeritus Professor, English and Creative Writing at California State University, Chico. I served six years as Chair of English.

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