Rita Hanner-Ward Writing Projects & Awards
Rita Hanner-Wards' feature screenplay What We Leave
Unsaid has been honored as a Finalist (Wiki Screenplay Contest), Semifinalist (Santa Barbara International
Screenplay Awards), and Quarterfinalist (Palm Springs Diversity Screenplay Contest).
Her short screenplay Six Degrees of Ted has been recognized as a Finalist (Wiki Screenplay Contest),
a Semifinalist (Flickers’ RIFF), a Quarterfinalist (Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition),
and an Official Selection (Oregon Short Film Festival), reflecting her range across formats and genres.
As Kiva Wolfe™, she is the award‑winning author of internationally set
romantic‑suspense novels — a background that deepens her
sense of voice, atmosphere, and narrative tension.

WHAT WE LEAVE UNSAID — Dramatic Feature  
Logline: Haunted by guilt and estranged from the father he never reconciled with, a former Marine returns home after the man’s death and finds himself drawn to the hospice volunteer who cared for him — a woman whose honesty about his father’s final weeks and his family’s past leads him toward the forgiveness he’s never allowed himself.
THE PILLAR — Dark Comedic Short  
Logline: When a mausoleum remodel casts her parents’ crypt into shadow, a stubborn elderly woman declares war on management, dragging her attorney‑granddaughter into a battle over contracts, pride, and the little lies families tell to protect each other.


​SIX DEGREES OF TED — Dark Comedic Short  
Logline: After losing his job, a humiliated car salesman with an unfortunately infamous name is pulled into a reckless, improvised sting by a bold stranger — forcing him to choose between the life he knows and the one he never imagined.
Novels & Poetry
Red Flash (Gem Provenance Legacy #1) — Multicultural/Interracial Romantic-Suspense
Tears of Iemanjá (Gem Provenance Legacy #2) — Multicultural/Interracial Romantic-Suspense
Multiple poetry collections exploring memory, grief, and reflection 
LATEST PROJECTS
  • Developing the dramatic feature Being Joanna
  • Developing a comedic short Prudie & Merle Start a Podcast
  • Continuing the Gem Provenance Legacy series as Kiva Wolfe™
CONTACT & LINKS
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