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Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition

Emerging Screenwriters Suspense

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Objective

We are seeking suspenseful drama, horror, thriller, mystery, and crime narratives.

Which is scarier, the unknown horror of the titular creature in ALIEN or the appearance of a “regular” person in HALLOWEEN? Is the tragedy of SHAUN OF THE DEAD amplified by its beats of disarming humor? And is the WITCH a supernatural horror story or a drama showcasing a young woman’s journey of empowerment?

Fear is a complex emotion. Stories that utilize it come in many forms. Suspenseful narratives that grip a reader by raising the tension are prized within the industry.

Does your script leave the audience on the edge of their seats?

The Emerging Screenwriting team welcomes all interpretations of the Suspense genre. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Early March 21, 2024 $29
Regular April 25, 2024
8
$39
Final May 23, 2024
36
$59

Notification: Quarter-Finalists: June 19; Semi-Finalists: July 10; Finalists – Top 10: July 31; Grand Prize: August 14.

Rules

Please see website.

Awards

Grand Prize Winner

$1,000 Cash

A Career Consultation with the ISA Development Team

Consideration for the ISA Development Slate

An ISA Pitch Practice Session

6 Month ISAConnect Membership

Development Evaluation on a Different Script ($199 Value)

Finalists

Two Classes from The Writer’s Store

3 Month ISAConnect Membership

Consideration for Grand Prize

Emerging Screenwriters Suspense

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Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition

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genrecontest@networkisa.org

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Contest News

ISA Names Horror/Thriller Contest Winners

Rachel Caulker's Check Out Time has been named the Grand Prize winner of the ISA Horror/Thriller Screenwriting Competition, while Starlight Hacienda or The Secret to Eternal Life in The Desert, by Kyle Little, has been named the Horror/Thriller Genre Bending winner.

Horror/Thriller Grand Prize Winner
Check Out Time by Rachel Caulker

Horror/Thriller Genre Bending Grand Prize Winner
Starlight Hacienda or The Secret to Eternal Life in The Desert by Kyle Little

Top 10
BeTwIxT by Kathryn Orwig
BFFs Never Say Die by K. Jennifer Ilagan
Blood of my Blood by Nicolas Delgado
Check Out Time by Rachael Caulker
Hack by Matthew Sorvillo and Michael Sorvillo
Sharctic by Esa Nurminen
Shitstorm by David Luz
Starlight Hacienda or The Secret to Eternal Life in The Desert by Kyle Little
Symbiosis by Jana Forkel
Temperance by Anna Parsons

Semi-Finalists
Arrangements by Peter Macaluso
BeTwIxT by Kathryn Orwig
BFFs Never Say Die by K. Jennifer Ilagan
Bleu Dream by Jared Bratt
Blood of My Blood by Nicolas Delgado
Blood Rites by Antonio Solis
Check Out Time by Rachael Caulker
Chrysalis by Bethany White with Patrick Crellin
Circle of Confusion by Leif Johnson
City of the Dead by Eric Ramos
Cold Iron by Jeffrey Evans
Crossbow Creek by Andrew Pinon
Dark Matter by Olga Holtz
Deadline by B. Jack Azadi
Deathday by Amir Ohebsion and Omid Arabian
Deep as Hell by Laddie
Devour by Peter Petrucci
Evergreens by T. J. Howler
Evil Intentions by Lois Terrans Bradbury
Free Spirits by Katharine Densmore
Hack by Matthew Sorvillo and Michael Sorvillo
Her Mortal Remains by Tracy Clifton
Hightower by Stephen Czerwinski
Hot Rod Monsters by Michael Kenney
House of the Rising Sun by Matthew Sorvillo
I Bring the Sword by Thomas Yungerberg
Into Thin Air by John Henderson
Limbo by Paul Jarnagin
Little Rest by Nicholas Horwood
Looking Glass by William Zide
Macabre by Kelly Krause
Made by Kaitlin Gagnon
Makwa by Johnny Cole
Malkin by Samantha Moody
Maxine by Stephanie Elie
Memoirs of a Final Girl by Eamonn Cogan
Midnight Tonight by Jon Savage
Mind's I by William Zide
Mortis Radix by Aaron Mason
Night by Thomas Thorpe
Night of the Carnival by Ross Mahler
Night Visions by Johnny Dunn
Old Code West by Michael Acosta
Polar by Christopher Kearney
Psych Ward by Brenda Holiday
Red Sky Country by Johnny Dunn
Reset by Gretchen Klein
Rest Home by Jeff Speed
Root of Evil by Joshua Echevarria
Save Our Souls by Edward Worthy
Scorpions by Chris Pittas
Scout by Phillip Smith
Sharctic by Esa Nurminen
Shitstorm by David Luz
Sit by Richard Marra
Slay Fest by Greyson Ferguson and Christopher Carol
Small World by Aaron Campbell
Sovereign Citizen by Craig Peters
Starlight Hacienda or The Secret to Eternal Life in The Desert by Kyle Little
Streetwalker by Adrian Innaimo
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome by Doug Mallette
Sweet Baby Jane by Ryan Bliss
Swing by David Toussaint
Symbiosis by Jana Forkel
Tattoo by Titika Stamouli
Temperance by Anna Parsons
Thanks for Your Donation by Matthew Kaplan
The 49th Day by Craig Peters
The Breaks by Peter Macaluso
The Channel by Marni Troop
The Demon Lady's Book Club by Tanya Eby and Amy Landon
The Demon of Hope Street by Craig Peters
The Deputy by Paul Corricelli
The Diener by Robert Wooldridge
The Dredge by William Krolick
The Elders by Peter Macaluso
The Hoarder by Jurgen Wolff
The Kandahar Man by Jermaine Jones
The Knowledge by Alexander Osman
The Legend of Yakatutch by Sean Ellis
The Moon Child by Tammy Olsen
The Pack by Roshni Bhatia
The Pit by Kevin Bachar
The Ruin of Eden by Jessica Romagnoli and Patrick Ireland
The Script by Lynn Elliott
The Serial Killer's Apprentice by Stefan Dubois
The Teeneaters by Mark Onspaugh
The Trouble with Water by Courtney Suttle
The Weekend by Steven Griffiths
The Whisperers by T. J. Howler
The White House in the Woods by Richard Cullen
Those We Killed and Those We Left for Dead by Sarah C.E. Parker
Through the Veil by Peter Macaluso
Tipsy Crow by Patrick Hatten
Too Many Wades by Stirling McLaughlin and Wilder Konschak
Transcending Darkness by Marcus Leighton
Wendigo by David Zuckerman
White Chrysanthemum by Leif Johnson
Withering Vines by Val Stulman and Rob Rinow
Zombies in Aisle Ten by Zenas Cao

Quarter-Finalists
An Interview with the Devil by Farbod Ardebili
Arrangements by Peter Macaluso
BeTwIxT by Kathryn Orwig
BFFs Never Say Die by K. Jennifer Ilagan
Bleu Dream by Jared Bratt
Blood of my Blood by Nicolas Delgado
Blood Rites by Antonio Solis
Bystanders by Jamie Alvey
Check Out Time by Rachael Caulker
Choose by Melissa Pilgrim
Chrysalis by Bethany White and Patrick Crellin
Circle of Confusion by Leif Johnson
City of the Dead by Eric Ramos
Cold Iron by Jeffrey Evans
Consumed by Don Stroud
Creatures by Derron Myles
Crossbow Creek by Andrew Pinon
Dark Matter by Olga Holtz
Dark Site by Harry Kakatsakis
Daylight by Michael Morra
Deadline by B. Jack Azadi
Deathday by Amir Ohebsion and Omid Arabian
Deep as Hell by Laddie
Devour by Peter Petrucci
Edgewater by Matthew Sorvillo
Evergreens by T.J. Howler
Evil Intentions by Lois Terrans Bradbury
Fervor by Luke Greensmith
Final Girl by Zach Jansen
Free Spirits by Katharine Densmore
Ghost Hunt by Chris O'Neill
Grave by C Blake Evernden
Hack by Matthew Sorvillo and Michael Sorvillo
Hair Trigger by Phil Moore
Haunted Object Transportation by Eric Miller
Hell Flight by Michael Stark
Her Mortal Remains by Tracy Clifton
Hightower by Stephen Czerwinski
Hot Rod Monsters by Michael Kenney
House of the Rising Sun by Matthew Sorvillo
How to Make It in Hollywood by Christopher O'Bryant
I Bring the Sword by Thomas Yungerberg
Into Thin Air by John Henderson
Junkyard Demon by Sheldon Gleisser
Killer Max by Craig Bealer
Kudzu by Marisa Forrest
Like an Animal by David Page
Limbo by Paul Jarnagin
Little Rest by Nicholas Horwood
Looking Glass by William Zide
Macabre by Kelly Krause
Made by Kaitlin Gagnon
Makwa by Johnny Cole
Malkin by Samantha Moody
Maneater by Mark Onspaugh
Maxine by Stephanie Elie
Meg and May by Chloe Spencer
Memoirs of a Final Girl by Eamonn Cogan
Meth Bears: The Musical by Max Leabo
Midnight Tonight by Jon Savage
Mind's I by William Zide
Morbidly by Don Stroud
Mortis Radix by Aaron Mason
Mythra by Travis Lemke
Night by Thomas Thorpe
Night of the Carnival by Ross Mahler
Night Visions by Johnny Dunn
Nip + Suck by Judd Schlossberg
NZR by Leon Masters
Old Code West by Michael Acosta
Partake by David Spain
Pine Box by Peter Killam
Play Dead by Neil Stevens
Polar by Christopher Kearney
Psych Ward by Brenda Holiday
Psychopath Reborn by George Avila
Recalculating Euphoria by Don Bapst
Recapture by Raynard Gadson
Red Sky Country by Johnny Dunn
Reject by Sean Kenealy and Eric Silvera
Reset by Gretchen Klein
Residual Effect by Arthur Jolly
Rest Home by Jeff Speed
Restoration by Don Stroud
Ripple Road by William Leiren
Root of Evil by Joshua Echevarria
Save Our Souls by Edward Worthy
Scorpions by Chris Pittas
Scout by Phillip Smith
Scream Queen by Garon Cockrell
Sharctic by Esa Nurminen
She Keeps Calling by Justin Lee and Matt Thiesen
Shitstorm by David Luz
Shouldn't Have Done That by B Daniel Martinez
Show Me Your Teeth! by Scott Liapis
Sirens by Ryan Lange and Rory Menteer
Sit by Richard Marra
Slay Fest by Greyson Ferguson and Christopher Carol
Small World by Aaron Campbell
Sovereign Citizen by Craig Peters
Starlight Hacienda or The Secret to Eternal Life in the Desert by Kyle Little
Stone Hollow by Ryan Bliss
Streetwalker by Adrian Innaimo
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome by Doug Mallette
Sweet Baby Jane by Ryan Bliss
Swine Heart by Theresa Carey and Bruce Brochtrup
Swing by David Toussaint
Symbiosis by Jana Forkel
Tattoo by Titika Stamouli
Temperance by Anna Parsons
Terror Team by Sean Reidy
Thanks for Your Donation by Matthew Kaplan
The 49th Day by Craig Peters
The Bells by Charlie Magdaleno
The Bog by Jan Buttram
The Breaks by Peter Macaluso
The Butter Street Hitchhiker by Chris Hicks
The Channel by Marni Troop
The Demon Lady's Book Club by Tanya Eby and Amy Landon
The Demon of Hope Street by Craig Peters
The Deputy by Paul Corricelli
The Devil's Tide by John McCoy
The Diener by Robert Wooldridge
The Dredge by William Krolick
The Elders by Peter Macaluso
The Giving House by Kenyon Geiger
The Hoarder by Jurgen Wolff
The Kandahar Man by Jermaine Jones
The Klan Killer by Gregory Nagy
The Knowledge by Alexander Osman
The Legend of Yakatutch by Sean Ellis
The Moon Child by Tammy Olsen
The Pack by Roshni Bhatia
The Pit by Kevin Bachar
The Ruin of Eden by Jessica Romagnoli and Patrick Ireland
The Script by Lynn Elliott
The Serial Killer's Apprentice by Stefan Dubois
The Shadows by Anthony Orlando
The Smiler by Gregg Blake
The Teeneaters by Mark Onspaugh
The Tortoise and the Heir by Russ Meyer
The Trouble with Water by Courtney Suttle
The Unforgotten by Matthew Donahue
The Water Strider by Matthew Ryan
The Weekend by Steven Griffiths
The Whisperers by T.J. Howler
The White House in the Woods by Richard Cullen
The Willows by Gwendolyn Hulet
Those We Killed and Those We Left for Dead by Sarah C.E. Parker
Through the Veil by Peter Macaluso
Tipsy Crow by Patrick Hatten
Too Many Wades by Stirling McLaughlin and Wilder Konschak
Transcending Darkness by Marcus Leighton
Triggered by Chris O'Neill
U.X. by Kevin Burke, Kelly Nygaard, and Matt Galuppo
Under the Bed by Ethan Chen
Untethered by Cody Pearce
Wendigo by David Zuckerman
White Chrysanthemum by Leif Johnson
Withering Vines by Val Stulman and Rob Rinow
You are Mine by Mark Wachholz
Zombies in Aisle Ten by Zenas Cao

Updated: 12/01/2021

Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition

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Email:
genrecontest@networkisa.org

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Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.4/5.0)
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