I am going to submit my horror screenplay this year to comps. However, I am thinking it would be best to stick to competitions that focus on horror. What are the good horror screenplay competitions - any info much appreciated.
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Re: horror screenplay comps
Champion Competition has a low budget horror prize. Prize is $500 or a rewrite/option deal for a micro-budgeted feature. Also, one of the quarterfinalists optioned his horror-thriller script to one of the producers who was helping to judge.
Last year there ended up being only 3-5 quarterfinalists vying for the LBH prize.
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Jim
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I'll vouch for ScreamFest, which I won back around 2004-05 with a sci-fi script that had horror overtones. It's far and away the coolest award/trophy I've ever received anywhere. I wish I could describe it (and how heavy it is), though this pic probably doesn't do it justice. I think it might have been designed by the late Stan Winston (not sure).
http://www.splinterfilm.com/images/screamfest_award.png
http://www.screamfestla.com
I think they're a strictly horror genre contest now, but it's not chopped liver. If I were a horror genre kinda writer and lookin' to get exposure via the contest route, that'd be at the top of my list.
Here's an old thread that might be helpful.
http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/boards/showthread.php?t=2236
http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/boards/showthread.php?t=30215
Kinda surprised nobody mentioned it.
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What a mighty trophy. And yes, Stan Winston did design it. I've kept an eye on the contest, but it seems like the winners and finalists are too often schlocky stuff like nuclear squirrels and ghoul school. Also you have to enter hard copies.It's the eye of the Tiger, it's the thrill of the fight
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Originally posted by Jules View Post-but it seems like the winners and finalists are too often schlocky stuff like nuclear squirrels and ghoul school.
Sorry . . . couldn't resist.
I'm not a good environmentalist, but my wife is from New Zealand so it kinda balances it out.
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The Nicholl has proved to be a horror screenplay competion for me.TimeStorm & Blurred Vision Book info & blog: https://stormingtime.com//
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