


Screenplay Contest Winners

Screenplay Contest Winners
SHORT SCREENPLAY CONTEST
FEATURE SCREENPLAY CONTEST
FIRST PLACE
MANNY - SOFIA NELSON
FIRST PLACE
STAR - ROBIN DUNN
SECOND PLACE
SECOND PLACE
MIND YOUR BEESWAX - DAVID BLAKE
SPECIAL DELIVERY - MARK KENT
THIRD PLACE
OUT LIKE A LIGHT - D'ANDRE HENRY
THIRD PLACE
THE RUBE - JO HARVEY
10 x ADDITIONAL WINNERS
10 x ADDITIONAL WINNERS
Facewarmerz - Rives Elliot
Project Infinite - Warren Lane
Fire Tower - Haley Marie McCoy
The Screens Of The Damned - Anton Ballard & Felicity Bolitho
Reactive - Claudia Civinini
Oh No You Don't - Ben Cessna
The Cool Embrace of Lady Muck - Jason Boaden
The Glass Coffin - Mark C. Scioneaux
You Already Know - Susanna Clarke
Touch Me, Pinch Me, Squish Me, Squeeze Me - Joe Michaels
Nefarium - Jerrod D. Brito & Jeff M. Zook
Scale 35 - Joanna Lee Ramos
The Devil At Bay - Robert Wooldridge
Old School - Melissa Freedman
Trespass - Tommy Gabriel Cresta, Ian Hershey & Ryan Foran
Malachi - Rebecca Black
Escape From Hell - Felicity Emery
Tick - Davina Beaumont
Possessed - Michael Cook
First Impressions - Graham Stenhouse
Massive congratulations to our overall winners and to those of you who placed in the top 20% as finalists!
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Making the final decisions was extremely difficult because the standard of screenwriting and the quality of films on display was absolutely phenomenal. We were overwhelmed by the brilliant ideas, fantastic story-telling, mesmerizing dialogue and memorable characters which were presented.
A huge thank you to every single one of you who entered. Although we are sorry for your disappointment if you didn't make it as a winner or place as a finalist, we sincerely hope you still enjoyed taking part in the contest and found your judge's feedback constructive.
All screenplay winners will be contacted via email with full details of their prizes.
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For the full list of Finalists who scored in the top 20%, see the Finalists 2025 page.
If you were selected as a screenplay finalist, we will also be contacting you regarding your entitlement to an exclusive publishing offer.
Selected film-makers who placed as winners and finalists will be contacted shortly regarding a film distribution offer via 13Horror.com's Amazon Prime Video collective.
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We hope to see you again for our next Film & Screenplay contest, which is open for entries now!
