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Screenplay Contest List: Horror

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Screenwriting Contests that focus specifically on the horror genre, or that offer a special award for horror scripts.

Contests found: 76

Rating Contest Deadline
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
B!tchFest Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
 2026-11-17 11/17/2026
4.09493670886 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative World Awards
 2026-12-11 12/11/2026
4.27777777778 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards
 2026-12-20 12/20/2026
3.14285714286 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
 2026-12-26 12/26/2026
0 n/a
Hollywood Genre Horror Screenplay Contest
 2026-12-26 12/26/2026
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
 2026-12-31 12/31/2026
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
MidWest WeirdFest
 2027-01-15 01/15/2027
4.63636363636 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Horror Hotel International Film Festival
 2027-04-01 04/01/2027
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival
 2027-04-03 04/03/2027
4.40476190476 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)
 2027-04-10 04/10/2027
3.17857142857 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Worldfest - Houston Int'l Film Festival
Contact contest for deadline info.
3.80357142857 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Slamdance Screenplay Competition
 08/03/2026 (expired)
1.75757575758 2 stars2 stars
Fade In Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.60915492958 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Austin Film Festival Script Competition
 05/27/2026 (expired)
3.82042253521 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
 06/29/2026 (expired)
3.20125786164 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The 18th Annual FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.42105263158 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
 06/15/2026 (expired)
5 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
2026 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
 05/08/2026 (expired)
4.30434782609 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
 06/11/2026 (expired)
2.33333333333 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
International Horror and Sci Fi Short Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Rod Serling Short Script Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.39682539683 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
StoryPros Awards Contest
 04/30/2026 (expired)
2.4 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars
A Night of Horror International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Zed Fest Schlock Horror Short Sreenplay Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.10447761194 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
 10/29/2026 (expired)
3.89583333333 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest
 08/28/2026 (expired)
3.86111111111 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Script Pipeline First Look Project
 10/30/2026 (expired)
4.25 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
 05/10/2026 (expired)
3.83333333333 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Stage 32 + Mammoth Pictures Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest
 11/03/2025 (expired)
1.66666666667 1.5 stars1.5 stars
Zed Fest Horror/Sci-Fi/Action/Suspense Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.58333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
The 5th Annual 1st TV Script Writing Competition: Presented by Filmmakers.com
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.5 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Film Crash Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Indie Horror Screenplay Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
GenreBlast Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.70588235294 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest
10/31/2026 (expired)
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest
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0 n/a
Haunted Horror Film Festival
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0 n/a
Grave Intentions Horror Anthology & Screenplay Contest
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3.2 3 stars3 stars3 stars
Script Summit
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0 n/a
New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
 09/01/2026 (expired)
3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Underground Indie Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.5 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
 10/31/2026 (expired)
3.96428571429 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
 11/12/2026 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Diabolical Horror Film Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
3.71428571429 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
L.A. Live Film Fest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.09090909091 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards
 08/20/2026 (expired)
3.6 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Stage 32 Microbudget Horror Script Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.41176470588 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars
Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
 04/20/2026 (expired)
3.33333333333 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars
Page Turner Screenplays - Feature & TV GENRE
 Contact contest for deadline info.
2.75 3 stars3 stars3 stars
The TITAN Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
IndieBoom HORROR SHORTS Script Contest
 08/10/2025 (expired)
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
SunVale Script Contest
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0 n/a
Script Studio Feature Screenwriting Contest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
1 1 star
Horror2Comic Contest
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0 n/a
Astrophobia Sci-Fi and Horror Film Festival
Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Hysteria Fest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Film Basement Horror Film Awards
 Contact contest for deadline info.
4.75 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars
Frights! Camera! Action! Horror Screenplay Contest
 04/12/2026 (expired)
0 n/a
Short Com Comedy and Genre Feature Screenplay Competition
 04/12/2026 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards
 10/30/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Emerging Screenwriters Horror Screenplay Competition
 05/14/2026 (expired)
3 3 stars3 stars3 stars
TNS Horror Screenplay Competition
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Terror In The Bay Film Festival
 08/31/2025 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Shock-A-Go-Go Film Festival
 10/11/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Indie Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival
 10/06/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Horror ShowFest
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Hollywood Horrorfest
 08/18/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Bloodstained Indie Film Festival
 12/09/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
The Thing In The Basement Horror Fest
 10/17/2025 (expired)
0 n/a
Golden Bloody Globes
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Monkeypaw Productions’ NO DRAMA Powered by the Universal Filmmakers Project and TIFF
 Contact contest for deadline info.
0 n/a
Your Script Produced! Horror
 08/28/2026 (expired)
0 n/a
Roadmap Writers Dark Roads Horror & Thriller Feature Competition
 08/30/2026 (expired)
4 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
Independent Horror Movie Awards
 Monthly.
0 n/a
Strange Days Horror Fest
 Monthly.

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