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Screenwriting Contests that focus specifically on the horror genre, or that offer a special award for horror scripts.
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Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
Final Deadline: 03/06/2021
Breaking Walls is a contest for thriller screenplays with contacts at established Hollywood literary representation and production companies who have agreed to consider the full winning script and the top finalists' loglines. Well-written thrillers are always an excellent way for writers to show Hollywood pros a combination of commerciality, unique voice, and a clear understanding of effective feature film narrative.User Feedback: 5 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Horror Hotel International Film Festival
Final Deadline: 03/08/2021
The International Horror Hotel fosters creativity within genre writers and filmmakers, providing a platform for them to share their work and gain recognition. Our main focus is in connecting those working within the horror (and sub-genre) community, helping them to expand their network and gain contacts to strengthen their work.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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2021 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
Final Deadline: 04/15/2021
The PAGE Awards competition was established in the fall of 2003 by an alliance of Hollywood producers, agents, and development execs. Our goal: to discover the most exciting new scripts by up-and-coming writers from across the country and around the world. And due to the success of our winning writers, the PAGE Awards competition has rapidly become one of the most important sources for new screenwriting talent within the Hollywood community and worldwide.User Feedback: 72 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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StoryPros Awards Contest
Final Deadline: 04/30/2021
To find the best GENRE scripts. Genre scripts are bought and produced more than 10 to 1 over the serious drama, tentpole or quirky scripts that usually win screenplay contests. This contest pits genre scripts only against scripts within their genre, and seeks to identify and promote to the industry the very best in each genre -- in other words, the scripts with the very best chances in the marketplace.User Feedback: 35 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Creative World Awards
Final Deadline: 05/14/2021
The 14th Annual Creative World Awards (CWA) is an international screenwriting contest that is well known for having the writer's interest at heart when it comes to development and industry promotion. Production: CWA brings an exciting production opportunity to the Grand Prize Winner. This year’s winner will have the options of a short version of their script being produced by The MIX, and the film will then get a guaranteed premiere at the Richmond International Film Festival.User Feedback: 61 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Austin Film Festival Script Competition
Final Deadline: 05/21/2021
The Ultimate Runway Now in our 28th year, the Austin Film Festival has been catapulting writers into life-changing careers for over two decades. Whether your dream is to sign a contract, land an agent, learn from an industry icon, or take home the coveted Bronze Typewriter Award, it’s simple: you can’t win if you don’t enter.User Feedback: 38 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
Final Deadline: 05/21/2021
To recognize excellence in screenwriting of shorts and features in a wide variety of genres.User Feedback: 4 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Final Deadline: 06/13/2021
Founded in 1969 as the Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) is one of the longest-running film festivals in the country and one of the most acclaimed festivals in the South. Hosted in Music City, NashFilm attracts enthusiastic film lovers from all across the country and has been praised by film-goers and filmmakers alike for its unique combination of big city festival atmosphere and laid back Southern hospitality.User Feedback: 9 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 06/15/2021
Screamfest was formed in order to give filmmakers and writers in the horror/sci-fi genres a venue to have their work showcased to people in the industry. We are very proud that the majority of the films showcased now have distribution. Writers have garnered representation due to the festival.User Feedback: 11 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Summer in the South Film Festival
Final Deadline: 06/30/2021
Summer in the South Film Festival welcomes filmmakers and their amazing films and screenplays as we say goodbye to summer over Labor Day weekend - in the heart of the South - Atlanta, GA. We have an entire weekend packed with independent film screenings, Q&As with the filmmakers, table reads of nominated screenplays, stand-up comedy, live panels with professionals in the film industry, and networking.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Screenplay Festival
Final Deadline: 07/31/2021
Awards Ceremony at a Film Festival! Screenplay Festival winners get that rarest of experiences for a writer; applause from an audience. Our winners get to come out from behind the keyboard and be celebrated! Now Accepting Television Scripts! The writers spoke, and we listened. We have now added four categories to our contest for television scripts.User Feedback: 38 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 08/18/2021
We have teamed up with several creative partners looking for Features and TV Pilots with unique voices and original stories. Our goal with this contest is to discover great writers then connect their authentic stories to those creative partners, and we are looking for the best writing in all of these genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family/Holiday, Mystery/Crime, Historical/Biopic, Horror/Thriller, Sci-Fi/ Fantasy, Western and Young Adult (YA).User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest
Final Deadline: 08/31/2021
DISCOVERING THE BEST NEW SCREENWRITING TALENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD How do we do that? We’ve helped 70+ Writers gain representation, sell, and have their screenplays produced. 20 Oscar & BAFTA Winning Judges will read the final round of submissions. 140 Production Companies, Agents & Managers are signed up to read each year’s best scripts.User Feedback: 14 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 09/01/2021
New York City's longest running horror film festival. Established by MooDude Films CEO / Producer / Director / Michael J. Hein in 2001. The NYCHFF is a four-day event that takes place each November in New York City. The NYCHFF has grown to be a world recognized event, with industry, filmmakers, and press attention from around the globe. The Hein Family is committed to keeping the festival alive in memory of the truly missed and loved founder Michael J Hein.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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ScreenCraft Horror Screenwriting Competition
Final Deadline: 10/31/2021
Our Hollywood judges love good horror movies – and they’re looking for the next fresh voices in horror screenwriting.User Feedback: 6 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Worldfest - Houston Int'l Film Festival
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Contest founded in 1988 to provide an opportunity to compete with talent from around the world. The 42nd Annual WorldFest offers Cash Awards, Special Screenplay Master Classes, significant mentoring and project development opportunities during the ten-day festival. More than 550 international filmmakers and writers attend each year. All Remi Nominees receive VIP Gold All Access Passes to the Festival and the Master Classes (A $800 value).User Feedback: 7 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Slamdance Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 07/27/2020 (expired)
The Slamdance Screenplay Competition is dedicated to discovering and supporting emerging writing talent. We welcome screenplays in every genre, on any topic, from anywhere in the world. A unique feature of the competition is providing constructive feedback for every entrant. In addition to this, we also offer a more intensive coverage service for a supplementary fee.User Feedback: 45 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Fade In Awards
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Industry exposure, WGAw writer assistance in polishing winning scripts and $15,000 in cash prizes for up to 19 finalists.User Feedback: 85 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
Final Deadline: 07/30/2020 (expired)
Big Break is an annual, international feature and television screenwriting contest designed to launch the careers of aspiring writers. Big Break rewards screenwriters with over $80,000 in cash and prizes, including a trip to Los Angeles for a series of A-list executive meetings. Winners and finalists alike have had their screenplays optioned and produced and have secured high-profile representation as well as lucrative writing deals.User Feedback: 27 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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The 18th Annual FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards
Final Deadline: 07/31/2019 (expired)
To make Hollywood more accessible than ever before to more aspiring global screenwriters, Filmmakers is forming strategic alliances with the powers that be in Film and TV Script Writing; who are in search of top Screenplays & Writers... Filmmakers Championing Emerging Artists. FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards has been in existence since 2000 (formerly known as The Radmin Company / FilmMakers.User Feedback: 40 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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SHRIEKFEST Horror/SciFi Film & Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 07/10/2020 (expired)
CALL FOR ENTRIES! Shriekfest, the Los Angeles Horror/SciFi Film Festival continues its tradition as Los Angeles' Premier horror film event, presenting an exciting program of films each fall with beautiful Los Angeles as its backdrop. Now, in its 20th year, Shriekfest takes place at the legendary Raleigh Studios, which is the largest independent studio operator in the country.User Feedback: 11 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Eerie Horror Screenplay Competition
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The Eerie Horror Screenplay Competition offers beginning, aspiring and veteran screenwriters in the horror genre a chance to have their work recognized by people in the industry and beyond and to provide recognition and exposure for screenwriters in the horror, science fiction and suspense genres. The finalists and top 3 winning screenplays will be announced on all Eerie Horror Film Festival websites and winner's information will be forwarded to industry professionals for consideration.User Feedback: 2 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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International Horror and Sci Fi Short Screenplay Competition
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To discover the best un-produced short screenplays by talented writers and present their work to LEADING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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Rod Serling Short Script Competition
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Each script must be written in the same genre and style that would have been suitable to conform with episodes for either THE TWILIGHT ZONE or NIGHT GALLERY. More specifically this means displaying traits of either a horror or a science fiction genre, while exhibiting strong traditional or contemporary social themes. Serling taught at Ithaca College from 1967 until his death in 1975.User Feedback: 2 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Terror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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To showcase screenwriters and their work to the industry, and provide awards and cash to help support and compliment their careers.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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A Night of Horror International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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A Night of Horror International Film Festival is Sydney, Australia's leading genre film event, seeks to find and promote talented screenwriters working in the horror genre. Submitted screenplays will be judged by industry professionals, with the three finalist feature scripts being read by a representative of Lionsgate, the world's leading distributor of horror cinema.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Zed Fest Schlock Horror Short Sreenplay Contest
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Zed Fest was formed to acknowledge and encourage new independent filmmakers and screenwriters. We noticed that there are a lot of talented and promising filmmakers and screenwriters that tend to get snubbed by other festivals and competitions simply because they are low budget or less polished. We want to give them the recognition that they deserve and try to help them build upon their abilities.User Feedback: 9 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 11/05/2020 (expired)
Since 2009, Fresh Voices has been proud to provide a microphone to exciting new voices that deserve to be heard and memorable stories that must be told. Celebrating our 11th Annual Screenplay Competition in 2020, we are grateful to have had the opportunity to help guide dozens of talented writers to secure literary representation, option agreements and other writing assignments, providing the stepping stones and advancing the careers of many of our winning writers.User Feedback: 40 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 09/08/2020 (expired)
Accepted Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Historical/Bio, Horror/Thriller, Mystery/Crime, Sci Fi/Fantasy We’re searching for emerging screenwriters with exceptional screenplays in seven genre categories. The winner of each genre category will receive $2500 cash. Of the seven scripts selected, one of you will go on to win the Grand Prize, receive an additional $7500 and be accepted onto the ISA Development Slate, where the Career Development team will work with you for a minimum of one year to get you and your script in front of top producers, literary reps and other industry executives from companies like Lakeshore Entertainment, Gidden Media, ICM, and others.User Feedback: 13 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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TrindieFest
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A Truly Independent Film Festival...that's what TrindieFest is all about. Most of the bigger festivals have become selling venues for bigger films. Our job at TrindieFest is to bring the Independent Films and Screenplays back to center stage. This Festival is truly Independent.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)
Final Deadline: 11/12/2020 (expired)
The 8th annual Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) is a competitive festival that accepts feature and short screenplays, teleplays, and screens more than 120 international cutting edge film premiers making it one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest international competitive festivals. RIFF provides six days of industry panels, Q&As, industry mixers, live music performances, the FLOW Creative & Pitch Conference, and entertainment mixers that bring the spirit of Hollywood to beautiful Richmond, Virginia at the Bowtie Criterion/Movieland and the historic Byrd Theatre.User Feedback: 6 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Script Pipeline First Look Project
Final Deadline: 10/01/2020 (expired)
To discover innovative, marketable, high-concept projects for studio-level development, including feature screenplays, TV material, and media content.User Feedback: 5 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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Stage 32 Search for New Blood Contest
Final Deadline: 08/13/2020 (expired)
OUR WINNERS GET RESULTS Over the years, our contest winners and finalists have been signed, optioned, put in development, staffed and secured high level meetings with some of the top executives and companies in the film industry. Our track record with the Search for New Blood has been off the charts. Now we’re back with this incredibly popular contest designed to give our horror and thriller writers the chance to have their work exposed to some of the top execs in the industry! Our top 3 winners will get exclusive meetings with executives.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Zed Fest Horror/Sci-Fi/Action/Suspense Screenplay Competition
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Screenplays must be feature length no less than 80 pages and no more than 120 pages. All screenplays must be written in English. Screenplays should be in 12 point Courier font and pages must be numbered. Only online PDF submissions will be accepted. Any revisions after submission will not be accepted. Genres may only be HORROR SCI-FI ACTION SUSPENSEUser Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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The 5th Annual 1st TV Script Writing Competition: Presented by Filmmakers.com
Final Deadline: 07/31/2019 (expired)
To make Hollywood more accessible than ever before to more aspiring screenwriters, 1st TV Script Writing Competition is forming strategic alliances with the powers that be in Film & TV, who are on the lookout for exceptional talent and TV scripts. The 1st TV Script Writing Competition is presented by FilmMakers Magazine. It wasn't that long ago that for a writer to get discovered he or she had to reside in or around Hollywood.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Film Crash Screenplay Competition
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The mission of the Film Crash Screenplay Competition is to build community, create a platform for screenplays, and encourage writers to "crash" through barriers to self-expression. Founded by Sundance Jury Prize winning director Matthew Harrison in 1985, Film Crash has enjoyed playing a part in the creative life of stories, many of which have gone on to be produced as motion picture and television entertainment.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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Indie Horror Screenplay Contest
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The Indie Horror Film Festival (formerly known as “Indy Horror Film Festival) returned from the dead in 2010 with hopes of swallowing mortals whole and filling their souls with a thirst for blood and horror. The Indie Horror Film Festival screens films from all over the world and brings the best of blood, gore and horror to the big screen for you to enjoy!User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Dazed 4 Horror Film Festival
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AZED 4 HORROR is a horror film festival created by movie maker David Daze for indie filmmakers and fans of the genre. As a filmmaker Mr. Daze himself appreciate's the blood, sweat & tears that go into making Feature Movies. And being an indie filmmaker Daze understands how important it is to have a venue to show off your work ie; (film projects) to the genre's many fans.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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GenreBlast Film Festival
Final Deadline: 06/26/2020 (expired)
GenreBlast is an international independent genre film festival coming to you from the awesome Alamo Drafthouse Winchester in beautiful Winchester, VA! GB5 will happen LABOR DAY WEEKEND - 9/3-9/6 2020 and will feature the best of truly independent films from around the world - specializing in action, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, martial arts, grindhouse, exploitation, Korean thrillers, Japanese gangster flicks, Chinese action movies, French horror, midnight movies, shoestring budget weird cinema, and everything under the sun! We really welcome all genres of interesting, original, exciting and daring moviemaking! All countries and walks of life are welcome here! We also have a fantastic screenplay contest that is growing larger every year! Our discussion panels at GenreBlast have been a big hit and we're bringing them back for GB5! Raw, uncensored real talk about indie filmmaking, gender bias, distribution, criticism, and much more will come your way from the mouths of some of the best indie talent out there! After-parties, lively conversation, networking galore, TONS of movies, informative Q&A's and the chance to make new lifelong industry friends - all nestled in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley hamlet of Winchester, VA! Your movie will be shown in front of a lively, enthusiastic crowd of cinephiles and industry peers that don't walk around with their heads up their asses 24/7! What a refreshing way to attend a film fest! Come Labor Day Weekend, you'll wish you were at GenreBlast!User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest
Final Deadline: 12/13/2020 (expired)
13Horror.com is back with THE go-to contest for horror screenwriters and film-makers! The categories for the contest are: Feature-length screenplays Short screenplays Feature-length movies Short movies Winning entrants will receive some truly awesome prizes, including: Cash Publishing deals Movie distribution offer Film-making classes Contacts with horror movie industry insiders Horror merchandise And much more Each screenplay and movie entrant receives a comprehensive feedback form from one of our Hollywood judges, explaining how their screenplay or film did against the judging criteria.User Feedback: 3 Comments (Post a Comment of your own)
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CAL-TEX Worldwide Horror Fest
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CAL-TEX Worldwide Horror Fest is an Online International Competition open to Short and Feature Horror Films sponsored by Lonnie Ramati, Los Angeles CA. and Wendy Crouse/DreamReal Pictures, Austin, TX. This film competition event is to promote beginner to advanced film makers.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest
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Crimson Screen is a filmmakers film festival. You will get to meet other filmmakers from all over the globe, create lasting friendships and share your experiences with a captive audience. Professional to novice, first time filmmakers to well established, Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest showcases a wide variety of horror films from all over the globe.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Oregon Short Film Festival
Final Deadline: 12/31/2019 (expired)
The Oregon Short Film Festival is a showcase of independent short films from around the world. We accept short screenplays of all genres that are 40 pages or less. Action Comedy Dark Comedy Drama Experimental Family Fantasy Horror Romantic Comedy Science FictionUser Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Haunted Horror Film Festival
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The Goal of the I.H.H.F.F. is to provide a safe fair professional venue for both Horror Filmmaker and Horror Fans to come together and celebrate the Horror Cinema as a union for a small Genre of filmmaking both Independant and Big Budget. Horror Films are indeed a small Genre of modern day Cinema devided by several sub-genres but nevertheless has a very large diehard Fan Base.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Shiver International Film Festival
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We are accepting Feature Screenplay and Short Script entries worthy of the title: 'Best Horror', 'Best Sci-Fi' and 'Best Thriller'.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Grave Intentions Horror Anthology & Screenplay Contest
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One screenplay and up to ten short films will win $500 each! As filmmakers, we know that outside of the film festival circuit, most shorts will die a lonely death in the bowels of the interwebs. So to help amazing shorts get the audience they deserve, we’re creating "Grave Intentions: An Anthology of Chills, Thrills, and Kills." And your film could be a part of it! If your short would be at home on The Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, The Outer Limits, or Creep Show, we want to see it.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Script Summit
Final Deadline: 06/30/2019 (expired)
Script Summit is a festival dedicated to supporting screenwriters. You will have the opportunity to connect with directors, producers, and other writers at the Script Summit Networking Event. The Summit also hosts Q&A panels, seminars, table reads of selected scripts, an awards dinner, and over $1,500 in cash prizes! We are very excited to announce that we have partnered with the famous Action on Film MEGAfest! This allows all of our writers with officially selected scripts, the chance to attend the AoF.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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Underground Indie Film Festival
Final Deadline: 06/05/2019 (expired)
Tired of being overlooked by fests? Searching for one that truly celebrates independent work and the dedication it requires? Then you've found the right place! While Hollywood keeps regurgitating the same junk over and over, indie filmmakers strive to do something different. Something original. They may not always be successful but at least they tried.User Feedback: Be the first to comment
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Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
Final Deadline: 11/30/2020 (expired)
Filmmatic coined a slogan, "Hidden screenplays never get produced". As writers, we spend a lot of our precious time crafting unique scripts, yet we hardly ever employ an equal level of passion when attempting to get our work into the "right hands". The exposure and prestige one can gain from placing or winning a screenplay competition is invaluable, but what do you say this time around we also get you PITCHING! Let's get proactive, let's pick a production company that makes sense for our project, tell them we were a Pitch Now Finalist or Winner, and get them to review our work, now not later ;) All 100 finalists will be able to pitch to a studio or production company of their choice via Virtual Pitch Fest! The competition is open to feature-length and short works, screenplays and teleplays.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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Greenlight Screenplay Contest
Final Deadline: 05/15/2019 (expired)
This competition honors emerging screenwriters from around the world with feature length screenplays worthy of production regardless of gender, race, religion or nationality.User Feedback: 1 Comment (Post a comment of your own)
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