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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!

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HORROR FILM CONTEST

SHORT FILM CONTEST

Best Film - Murder Cabin


Best Directors - Kleyvson Xavier Da Silva & Nicolas Sutter

Dead Memories

Best Actor - Alphonse Duchet-Abou Chaar

Massa Duma

Best Actress - Jamie Alvey
Your Husband Was A Good Man


Best Baddy - Akanksha Kataria
JC Bratton's Dollhouse


Best Special Effects - The Darkness Remains

FEATURE FILM CONTEST

Best Film - Southern Nightmare

Best Director - Zeph E Daniel
Transference


Best Actor - Ryan Callaway
New Jersey Devil


Best Actress - Viridiana Marquez
Babybacks


Best Supporting Actor - William Cornish
Pins and Needles

Best Supporting Actress - Melissa Chambers
Babybacks


Best Baddy - Charles Ruane
Tantrum


Best Special Effects - Slice

ABOUT US

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We are now home to one of the best rated horror film and screenplay contests in the industry. As well as being the leading publisher of horror screenplays, we are also a distributor and producer of independent horror films.

 

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