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Killer Shorts Names Season 6 Contest Winners
Kegel by Marisa Green has been named the Main Category Winner of the Season 6 Killer Shorts Screenplay Competition. The 1-Page and Short Category winners have also been announced.
Main Category
Overall WinnerKegel by Marisa Green
After plain Jane is ghosted one too many times, she muscles a feral vagina-driven revenge spree.
"It's difficult to be original in the world of horror, as everything is a riff on something that's come before, but I truly have never read anything like this one." Jed Shepherd, Writer/Exec Producer of HOST
2nd Place Winner
Squeak by Evan Schullery
After being tossed into the backyard, the beloved squeaky toy of an abused golden retriever gets infested by a mysterious fungus and seeks revenge.
"It's tightly written, smartly paced, and manages to juggle tones with ease: bio-horror meets vengeance meets pitch-black comedy…Genius." – Sophie Carroll, Director of Creative, DUST & ALTER
3rd Place Winner
Baby Tooth by Tania Luna
A young boy turns to supernatural forces in a twisted attempt to mend his broken family.
"This was wonderful. So sweet. So thoughtful. It's poignant without being overt. Perfect length. I want to see this. Gateway horror." – Aaron B. Koontz, Paper Street Pictures
1-Page Category
Overall WinnerSurprise, Surprise by Phillip Dishon
A man's low-key birthday celebration comes to an unexpected end.
2nd Place Winner
Submerged by Lisa Jay
When a woman encounters a distressed boy by a riverbank, she does her best to help until she realizes she's put herself in danger.
3rd Place Winner
Home Birth by Adrian Kennedy
A woman grieving the death of her husband finds new life in new life.
Short Story (Prose) Category
Overall WinnerHotline to Heaven by Andy Farrant
A psychic medium with real horrifying visions of the afterlife finds the only way to monetize his skill is by lying.
2nd Place Winner
Identity Theft by Caleb Dillon
After visiting a high school reunion and not being recognized, a man slowly begins to realize he is being erased from his own life.
3rd Place Winner
Dear Nora by Montserrat Luna-Ballantyne
An advice columnist corresponds with a mother who's experiencing increasingly strange events in her new home.
Updated: 04/21/2025
Additional Contest Info: The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!IT'S A POPCORN WORLD
An inventor strives to pop the world like popcorn, to save his home from being stolen by government eminent domain, if his dance-clubbing hunchback lawyer can keep him out of jail.
Marilyn
The ghost of a young woman falls in love with the man living in her old apartment and must try to protect him from his murderous, adulterous wife.
The Storm
A small-town sheriff dealing with personal problems investigates the murder and kidnapping of several girls where there’s no lack of suspects.
Heartbreak Hotel
After discovering a bag of money, two down-on-their-luck men set about improving their lives, unaware that other people are on their trail, including a small-time crook who needs to pay off his debts and a pair of crooked cops who want the money for themselves.
The Coyote
When a Native American scholar and a graduate student unearth a mysterious tomb, they find it contains a Navajo god and soon find themselves embroiled in a cosmic battle between good and evil with the fate of humanity at stake.
The Paper Route
On the eve of his 16th birthday, a teenager makes a discovery that could be his ticket out of his hellish small town life, but it means leaving his younger brother behind.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Perfect Beau
A Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her college senior class project.
Psycho-Hearts
A world renowned heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
THE SOCIAL POLICE
Twenty years from now, an FBI agent patrols the social media.
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