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ScreenCraft Horror Screenwriting Competition

ScreenCraft Horror

Objective

Our Hollywood judges love good horror movies – and they’re looking for the next fresh voices in horror screenwriting.

Deadline/Entry Fees

Expired. Previous Deadline: 10/31/2023

Notification: Dec 14th: Quarterfinalists; Jan 25th: Semifinalists; Feb 15th: Finalists; Mar 1st: Winners.

Rules

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Awards

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Contest News

ScreenCraft Names Horror Contest Winner

Burner by Mukilan Thangamani has been selected as the grand prize winner of the 2018 ScreenCraft Horror Competition. Drawing inspiration from Strangers on a Train, Maya uses a black-market phone app to kill her sexually abusive boss, only to find she must repay the favor. [Updated: 10/16/2018]

ScreenCraft Names Horror Semifinalists

ScreenCraft has announced the semifinalists for their 2018 Horror Screenplay Competition. [Updated: 09/07/2018]

ScreenCraft Names Horror Contest Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2018 Screencraft Horror Competition. [Updated: 08/03/2018]

HollywoodIQ:
Interview with ScreenCraft Horror Contest Winner Craig Peters

Craig Peters studied theatre at Stanford and UC Riverside, then moved to Los Angeles and slowly made the transition from acting to writing. His horror screenplay The 49th Day was selected for the prestigious "BloodList", an annual list highlighting the top 13 most well-liked, unproduced horror scripts of the year. The 49th Day was also named the 2016 winner of the ScreenCraft Horror Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 11/29/2016]

ScreenCraft Horror Names Contest Winner

Out of more than 1,000 submissions, The 49th Day by Craig Peters has been selected as the Grand Prize Winner of the 2016 ScreenCraft Horror Screenplay Contest. [Updated: 11/01/2016]

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