Screenplay Contest Winners
SHORT SCREENPLAY CONTEST
FIRST PLACE
HEIDI'S ROOM - DAVID BOLTON
SECOND PLACE
ALL THIS I LEAVE TO YOU - STEVEN KEANE
THIRD PLACE
PERFECT - SILPA PATEL
10 x Additional Winners
London Cost of Living - Benjamin David Sayers
Starting Over - Carlos Perez
Spin the Bottle - Gemma Williams
Channel Hopper - Holly Cousins
The Tip - Richard Clinton
Noah's Not Here Today - T. D. Lewin
The Bureaucrat - Adam Winkler
We Need To Talk About That Thing We Never Talk About - Sally Osborne
The Doctor Will See You Now - Jawid Mulla
Right of Way - Claire Stirling & Zoe Lancaster
FEATURE SCREENPLAY CONTEST
FIRST PLACE
DOCTOR'S ORDERS - EDWARD HOLLOWAY
SECOND PLACE
FLUSH - NICOLA McHALE
THIRD PLACE
THE BUILDER - NIGEL LIGHTMAN
10 x Additional Winners
Cryptid - Bruno Derlin
Grim! - Michael Mouyal
Moving Day - Weixin Ming
The Student - Wahid Choudhury
Peter's Room - Glen Silver & Patricia Blake
Tomb City - Aoife Ingram
The Devil's Graffiti - Marek Dubinski
The Damned - Declan Prendergast
Eenie Meenie - Adam Krajewski
The Prophecy - Lena Immel
🏆 13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest 2026 — Winners
Massive congratulations to our 2026 winners and finalists.
The standard of entries this year was exceptionally high, and selecting the winners was not easy. We were impressed by the originality, craft, and commitment on display across all categories.
Thank you to everyone who entered and supported the contest.
🎖 Winner Prizes & Recognition
All 26 screenplay winners will receive:
✔ A personalised 13Horror.com Winner Trophy
Each trophy will feature the winner’s name and screenplay title and will be shipped in the coming days.
✔ Eligibility for Screenplay Publication
All winners qualify for publication as a paperback and/or e-book under the 13Horror.com imprint, thanks to our sponsors, DizzyEmuPublishing.com.
Winners will receive email instructions on how to claim this opportunity.
💰 Prize Money — Top Three Winners
We will be contacting the top three winners in each category shortly to arrange payment of prize money.
Feature Screenplay Category
1st Place — $1,000
2nd Place — $500
3rd Place — $350
Short Screenplay Category
1st Place — $500
2nd Place — $300
3rd Place — $200
For the full list of finalists who placed in the top 25%, please visit the Finalists 2026 page.
We look forward to welcoming you back for our next Film & Screenplay Contest!
