Jonathan LaPoma

Author / Screenwriter / Songwriter

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A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Nominated for Best Screenplay at Oregon FF

Jonathan LaPoma’s short script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is one of eight scripts nominated for “Best Original Screenplay” at the 2017 Oregon Short Film Festival. A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES follows an impressionable young man who struggles to make sense of the alternating good and bad advice he receives from a much older friend as they travel through the heart of Mexican drug territory on a cursed trip to a remote Pacific coast beach.

This script is based on a short story of the same name that appeared in the November 2014 issue of 34thParallel Magazine, and that short story is based on a chapter of LaPoma’s novel UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRAN, which will be published later this year.

A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Advances in LA CineFest

Jonathan LaPoma’s short drama A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES has won its second award today, advancing to the semifinals of the 2016 Los Angeles CineFest. A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is based on LaPoma’s short story of the same name which appeared in the November 2014 issue of 34thParallel Magazine, and that story is based on a chapter of LaPoma’s novel UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRAN. LaPoma’s ten scripts have won a total of 104 awards/honors in the last three years.

A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES a Quarterfinalist in WriteMovies 38

Jonathan LaPoma’s short story A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is a quarterfinalist in the 2015 WriteMovies 38 competition. WriteMovies accepts screenplays, short stories, books, plays, and articles as submissions to their competitions.

A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES appeared in 34thParallel Magazine’s November 2014 issue.

A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Now Available for Purchase

The November Issue of 34thParallel Magazine, featuring Jonathan LaPoma’s short story, A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES, is now available for purchase.

The story is loosely based on a road trip Jonathan took with a friend to a beach in Michoacan while they were both living in Mexico in 2006.

A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES to be Featured in 34thParallel Magazine

34thParallel Magazine will be featuring Jonathan LaPoma’s short work of fiction, A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES, in their November issue. 34thParallel is a Paris-based magazine that aspires “…to be the Rolling Stone of writing…”