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The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
Killer Shorts Horror
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Got a horror short screenplay or short story? We want to read it.
Our Top 10 finalists will be read by a jury of over a dozen literary managers, producers, filmmakers, and absolute horror legends. Prizes include guaranteed industry reads, career consultations, mentorships, increased Coverfly score, a killer trophy, and so much more.
Short Script Coverage is now available! Killer Shorts Short Script Coverage helps screenwriters elevate their script to the next level, while also increasing its Coverfly score! This boost can help place your script on the Red List, where industry professionals discover great talent. Visit our website to order your Killer Feedback today.
Deadline/Entry Fees
Expired. Previous Deadline: 12/31/2024WinningScripts Pro 25% Off Coupon
Notification: February 9, 2025
Eligibility
Anyone in the world. If under 18, with parental consent.Rules
Screenplays entered must 20 pages or under, be written in English, and adhere to industry standard screenplay format. For a full list of rules, please visit the official website.Awards
This year's jury includes:- John Zaozirny - Literary Manager // Producer - Bellevue Productions
- Gregory Nicotero - Director // Producer // Special FX Make Up Creator (The Walking Dead, Creepshow, The Hateful Eight)
- Xavier Burgin - Director (Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror)
- Gigi Saul Guerrero - Director // Co-Founder Luchagore Productions (Satanic Hispanics, Culture Shock, El Gigante)
- Aaron B. Koontz - Producer // CEO Paper Street Pictures (Shelby Oaks, Scare Package I&II, The Pale Door)
- Melody Cooper - Producer // Writer (Beasts of Prey, Two Sentence Horror Stories, Law & Order: SVU)
- Seth M. Sherwood - Screenwriter (Leatherface, Hell Fest)
- Julian Terry - Filmmaker (Whisper, The Nurse, They Hear It)
- Chelsea Lupkin - Senior Programmer at Short of the Week // Filmmaker (Flagged, Lucy's Tale)
- Glenn Cockburn - Literary Manager - Meridian Artists
- Barbara Crampton - Actress // Producer (You're Next, From Beyond, Chopping Mall, Re-Animator)
- Jenn Wexler - Filmmaker (The Sacrifice Game, The Ranger, ABC's of Death 2)
- Sophie Carroll - Programming Manager - ALTER
- Jason Tamasco - Producer - Traction Pictures
- Matthew Dartnell - Literary Manager - Writ Large
- Circulation and recommendation to our network of Hollywood managers, agents, producers and development executives.
- Final Draft 13 Screenwriting Software.
- 1:1 30 minute Crowdfunding Consultation call with Seed & Spark's Head of Creator Success
- Waived entry to multiple other contests and festivals.
- Career consultations with Coverfly's Head of Development, & a 60 minute Career Development call with a Stage 32 industry professional.
- Access to Robert Mckee's 3 Part Horror Webinar Series, including three 90-minute lessons where McKee teaches the sources of horror, the hidden worlds within reality, and the secret to writing a monster that will terrify your audience.
- Waived entry to multiple other contests and festivals.
- A skull-shaped typewriter trophy, hand-sculpted and designed by celebrity FX artist Tyler Green (Syfy’s Face Off).
- Killer swag courtesy of Rue Morgue, Fright Rags, Ghoulish Gary, and Horror Pack.
- ISAConnect Memberships (6 months, 3 months, 3 months)
- 1-Year Premium Subscription to ScriptHop
- 1-Year Rockstar Membership to Script Revolution
- Plus, our 3rd Place Winner will receive 5 pages of in-depth analysis and actionable advice from The Script Butcher!
- Finalist Laurels
- Final Draft license
- 1:1 30 minute Crowdfunding Consultation call with Seed & Spark's Head of Creator Success
- Stage 32 short script coverage from an industry professional
- Plus, your script will be read by our panel of industry judges.
- Semi Finalist Laurels
- Stage 32 Next Level Webinar of your choice
- Plus your screenplay will be made available by request to potential producers and filmmakers.
- Quarter Finalist Laurels
- Increased rank on Coverfly’s The Red List
- 20% off of Stage 32's Search For New Blood Screenwriting Contest
1 Page Script Category
We recognize that shorter scripts have a slight disadvantage when it comes to impressing literary managers, so we are thrilled to continue our new ‘1 Page Category’, with prizes geared towards helping you produce a horror micro-short film.
Can you tell a horror story in just one page?
The Best 1 Page Script Will Receive:
- An all-access 1 year subscription to Stan Winston School, including their Course library by The Masters of FX.
- Final Draft 13 Screenwriting Software.
- A QWERKYWRITER® Best-In-Class Typewriter Inspired Mechanical Keyboard. $500 Cash.
- Increased rank on Coverfly’s The Red List.
- 6 Month ISAConnect Membership.
- 1-Year Premium Subscription to ScriptHop
- 1-Year Rockstar Membership to Script Revolution
- A skull-shaped typewriter trophy, hand-sculpted and designed by celebrity FX artist Tyler Green (Syfy’s Face Off).
- Publication on Website
- Chris Hicks Career Mentorship Call
- Increased rank on Coverfly’s The Red List.
- Scrivener Writing Software
- A skull-shaped typewriter trophy, hand-sculpted and designed by celebrity FX artist Tyler Green (Syfy's Face Off).
The winner of the Short Story (Prose) category will receive a 30 minute, one on one zoom meeting with Chris Hicks, professional screenwriter and author of I Am Not Alone. Chris will answers general questions about the business, how to take your career to the next level, and navigating Hollywood.
Chris is the author of I Am Not Alone – the record breaking short story sold to Netflix. Misha Green has attached to write the script, direct and produce. Jessica Chastain attached to star and produce. Simon Kinberg producing. His story “All You Can Eat” is currently in development as a television series by Wonder Worldwide and Big Light Productions. His stories have been read by millions of readers on Reddit’s NoSleep where they are among the most popular stories of all time. As a screenwriter, he made the quarterfinals of the 2022 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship and was selected to the 2020 Bloodlist. Chris Hicks is a #killeralum with his script "THE BUTTER STREET HITCHHIKER" coming in 3rd Place in Season 1. Chris is represented by Peter Katz of Story Driven.
Killer Shorts Horror
Contact
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Email:
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Contact: Alison Parker, Contest Director
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The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
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https://www.killershortscontest.com
Email:
info@killershortscontest.com
Contact: Alison Parker, Contest Director
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Killer Shorts Name Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been selected from more than 1,200 submissions to the 2025 Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition.
Main Category
JON-CARLO DIAZ, A Light Shined Down and All I Could See Was Darkness
KYLE ENSRUDE, A Stirring in Saint John’s Wood
KELSEY NERRIE, An Addition to the Household
FRANK MALDONADO, Baby
TRAVIS USHER, Baby
TANIA LUNA, Baby Tooth
BRYCE CARLISLE, Below the Basement
JON DI ROCCO, Bird Mama
VINCE GATTON & ALLAN PIPER, Cassie Strickland Is Not Under the Bed
CHARLIE T SAVAGE, Cell Tell Heart
MARGARET BOWMAN, Citizen Workshop for Artisan Crafts
JORDAN ANDREW, Creature
ERIC MILLER, Culling the Herd
JO BUDZILOWICZ, Dead Inside
CECILIA KIM & MELANIE CRISTESCU, Death is a Favor
CHAD MICHAEL WARD, DESOLATION HEART
CAMARA AARON, Dou-dou
NATHAN D. LUDWIG & JONATHAN STRAITON, Dover
SHAUN O’LOUGHLIN, Drinkwater
JASON TOSTEVIN, Eat Me
SHAUN BALAND, Eternal Canyon
COSTANTINO CIMINELLO & MITCHELL SLAN, Everything Wrong With Patrick
J. PHILLIP WILKINS, Far From The Barbarous Coast
BRIAN LIEPE, Feather the Trigger
DEREK LADD, FLIES
RICARDO BRAVO, For the Record
NAT ANGLIN, Ghosting
AMY T. MARTIN, Gone Song
JENNIFER MILNE, HEARTWARMING HORROR SHORT
LISA KRÖGER & LARISSA ZAGERIS, Hissy Fit
IRENE CHEN & FRANCISCA ZAPATA, How to be The Perfect Housewife
HADLEY DION, Hysterical
TOBY MARKS, I was here
LEE BACON, In the Bones
NISHANTH R. & NATHAN XIA, Indian in a Box
CHRIS MITCHELL, Inkling
MARTIN PHILLIPS, Insomnia
VANESSA BLOOM, Interfaith Exorcisim
MARY KURYLA, Invasive Species
GEOFF COX, It’s Yours Now
JADE JIAO, Jester’s Privilege
MARISA GREEN, KEGEL
CATHERINE CASEY, Killer Clown on Roller Skates
STEVE MITCHELL, Last of the Vegans
LAKEISHA JACKSON, Last Seen
LISA OVIES, LIFE
JASON FINK & BRANDON FINK, Lit Up
RYAN CULLEN, Longtime Companion
TIJUANA RICKS, Mama
RHITUPARNA BASU, Mark of the Ghoul
DONNE COPENHAVER, Masterwork
ANDREW WILLIAM WEAVER, Maya’s Room
SALVADOR MEDINA, Meztliapan
MIGUEL MARTINEZ, Migrant Spirits
JEREMY JACKSON, MILK AND COOKIES
GIOVANNA UMPIERREZ, Mirrored
HARKER JONES, Mistletoe
ARRAN CRAWLEY, Mother Wound
ELIZABETH WATSON, Motionless
RODOLFO SALAS, Nightmare Mine
VALERA RODION, Nice Jacket
TARYN CRANKSHAW, NO FEELINGS WERE HURT IN THE MAKING OF THIS FILM
RENUKA SINGH, No Guts, No Glory
AIDAN PETERSHACK, Opus
PIMVENUS CLARK, Period Products for the Apocalypse
NICOLAS HOSEA CHRISTIANTONO, Phantasmagore: Body of Lewy
PHILLIP MCSWEEN, Phosphorous
EVA LOUISE HALL, Pluck
ANOOP B. SINGH, PRION
LUCY FOSTER & PETER STEAD, Provenance
HEATHER SHIELDS, Pythia Falls
TOBY MARKS, Quiet Minds
TOVA WEINBERGER, Raccoon Seance (or, The One True Vegan)
TYLER BLOMSTROM-MOORE, Raven Feeder
AROOJ SHAH, Reptilian Sisterhood
AUSTIN LANGLEY, Royal Beast
CALEB GEORGE, Secrets, Secrets
HYTEN DAVIDSON, She Looks Just Like You
CHARLIE AINSWORTH, She Who Hears Monsters
ZOE KERR, Shock Collar
JON PLATT, SKELETON CREW
MATTHEW YONGUE, Sleigh
GREYSON WYATT, Small Fry
JEFFERY THOMPSON JR, Soul Walker
SAM FOWLER, SPREAD THE WORM
EVAN SCHULLERY, Squeak
KIERAN GLEESON, Steps
DUSTIN MOORE, Still Echoes
JASON SHEEDY, Tapestry
TANIA LUNA, Teeth
CALEB DILLON, The Ardent Ball
ANWEN BULL & LUCA FANGEAUX, The Bunyip
JUSTIN STALEY, The Cavity
BEN RAMSAY, THE FINAL TEN
GJ HARVEY, The Flip and the Dead
BRIANA COX, The Good Neighbors
LELA CERMIN, The Hatred
GUILHERME FEITOSA, The Labatut
SIMON TATUM, THE NIGHT ROAD
WREN VALENTINO, The Playhouse
JUDY KLASS, The Poe-ster
JOSHUA POTTER, The Sixth Passenger
MBUGUA MUCHOKI, The Wheel of Destiny
BRENDAN BYRNE, Thunk
CHRIS MURPHY, Time Based Coding
TANIA LUNA, Travelers
WALKER MACDONALD, Twice Shy
ANNA XIQUES, Under the Bed
WILL EMUSS, UNDYING LOVE
ANDREW PARKHILL, Until You Wake Up Dead
ALLEN ADKINS, Vigilant
DEREK LADD, Vision in Red
DARRELL LAKE, We are not safe
NEHEMYAH GRAY, When it Comes
WARREN MYERS, White Light / White Heat
1-Page Category
KIMBERLY DIVAD, A GAME
GIOVANNA UMPIERREZ, A LEG FOR A LEG
TANNER CALL, Afterdeath
SANCHEZ TAYLOR, Appeal
JULIA DIDDY, Aqua Tofana
ASH CABALLERO, Asylum 66
THOMAS SCHRACK, Baby Monitor
ZELDA WATKINS, BLACK METAL DAHLIA
DYLAN BARNETT, BOBBER
SHAUN O’LOUGHLIN, Carved
ANOOP B. SINGH, CHOP CHOP
CHRIS VANDERHORST, Come Out Now
ROSE VATEL, Cowboy Boogeyman
SARAH RICHARDSON, Deliverer
WILL DEFRANGESCO, Doll House
EILIDH SMITH, DON’T FORGET TO SCREAM
MOSES NEBRASKA, doorslash
CALLUM HENDERSON, Execution
AMY T. MARTIN, Fallen Man
JONATHAN CLARK, FRACTURED
JADE JIAO, Grotesque
STEPHEN CHEN, Hanzo’s Hideout
ADRIAN KENNEDY, Home Birth
DAN BERNARDI, I Live Here Now
SHAUN BALAND, Killer Jorts
IAN BAASKE, Kiss Her Once for Me
CLAUDIA BARCENAS, La Llorona
JAMES FERDA, Michael and his Monster
DANIEL MERINO VILLAVICENCIO, Missing Woods
JONNY WRIGHT, Night Bus
JON DI ROCCO, Night Soldier
HANNA ALLELIGN, Red Light, Green Light
RIVES ELLIOT, Red Paint
AZZURRA NOX, Resting Bitch Face
MOSES NEBRASKA, Retraction
BRITTNEY COON, SCREAMS & LAUGHTER
LEE COTMAN, Spilt Milk
DESIREE MIDDLETON, Stall Me
EVAN BAUGHFMAN, Stargazing
LISA JAY, Submerged
PHILLIP DISHON, Surprise, Surprise
ANDREW DUNSTAN, Sweet Lady
LOUIS UTIEYIN, Taps
BASSAM MOHAMED HAREEZ, The Birthday Candles
ASH LAZER, The Black Room
QUINNY YOUNG, THE HOST
FRED NOLTING, The Midnight Kitty
JULIAN MARTIN, The Mirror Game
CLARENCE JOSHUA BOYCE, The Red King Syndrome
JASON TURER, The Red-Eye Effect
ANDREW KEVIN FAWN, The Transcript
CHRIS CHURILLA, The Wrong One
LEONARD JOHNSON, This May Take a Few Seconds
MILES R., Three on a Roof
EVAN BAUGHFMAN, Tic-Tac-Toes
JOSHUA DORSEY, Toddler Wolf
SHAUN BALAND, Two Little Pigs
JEREMY JACKSON, Uninterrupted Sleep
WILL DENFORD, Unwanted Party Guests
CALEB DILLON, Viral
Short Story (Prose)
MICHAEL KEENER, ...within a dream
TOM BROWNGARDT, A Dangerous Stretch
JASON TOSTEVIN, A Lullaby for Night
TOM BROWNGARDT, A Moveable Haunt
MERE WALTON, A Nightime Visit
JEREMIAH BLACKMAN, All That’s Left
GABRIEL SERRANO DENIS, Behemoth
TIARA SMITH, Besties
J.J. HILLARD, Bug Boy
AZZURRA NOX, Comets Tear the Skies
MONTSERRAT LUNA-BALLANTYNE, Dear Nora
ROB ULITSKI, Decay
MICHAEL PEARSON, Dog Toothed
P.M. RAYMOND, Don’t Drink the Water
JOHN BIAS, Dream or Reality?
TIYAN NEWMAN, Eden
JULIE ANN SLABY, Erasmus Book One: First of May
ANDY FARRANT, False Idol
MATTHEW BRADY, Fishers of Men
ASABI LEE & PAUL HART-WILDEN, FORGET ME NOT
JERRY J SAMPSON, God’s Future Soldiers
ASH DURAI, HER
JEFF SEEMAN, Horror Business
ANDY FARRANT, Hotline to Heaven
KAMARIA WILLIAMS, Hypnagogic
CALEB DILLON, Identity Theft
RHONDA JACKSON GARCIA, Important Things
ANTHONY LABRIOLA, Insatiable
TERESA HAINO, Jezebel in Hell
ANDY FARRANT, Jinglewood Junction
JIMMY HAMILL, Keening
ALLIE NELSON, Last Seen
LUIS AREVALO, Masters of Earth
EMELIE CLAXTON, Mother’s Day
JACKIE FENN, Nurture
CAROLYN LENZ, Party Animal
ANNA LABRIOLA, Please Take One
AKUORKOR ALLOTEY, Quis ut Deus
ZITA GRANT, Razor Blood Vine
JERRY J SAMPSON, Sans Sucres
BRIAN EWING, Scree
JERRY J SAMPSON, Sleep Demon
ROBERT CREEKMORE, Sole Survivor
RHONDA JACKSON GARCIA, Sweet Sunday Supper Smile
ANDY FARRANT, The Best Coffee in the World
SURINA BELK-GUPTA, The Boy Who Fell
ARIC HARRISON, The Far Side of the Veil: In the Quiet Depths of Glass
JONATHAN CLARK, THE HOUSE OF BONES, SELF-GUIDED TOUR
KATIE WRIGHT, The Man in the Mirror
ANTHONY ROBERTS, The Mineshaft
CARTER FRIEND, THE NUT CRACKER
FREYA JENSEN-BRANDT, The Red Glove
C.T. ROEMER, The Sacrifice
CK LOVE, THE SILENCE OF WAR
MATTHEW JACKSON, The Stream
BRIAN BRENNAN, The Whole Truth
MORGAN TEGTOW, They Will Turn Me into Them
P.M. RAYMOND, Things Are as They Should Be
DEREK ANDERSON, Under the Mistletoe
Updated: 02/10/2025
The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
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https://www.killershortscontest.com
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info@killershortscontest.com
Contact: Alison Parker, Contest Director
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