Screenplay Finalists

Short Screenplay Finalists
“The Boy With the Sombrero” written by Constantine Konstin
“Murphy’s Gulch” written by Jeff Bassetti
“The Boneyard” written by Megan Fitzgerald
“Fear of Falling” written by Jeffrey Stackhouse and Renfield Rasputin
“The Grand Exchange” written by Jamal Hodge
“Moon-Sick” written by Melissa Pleckham
“Again” written by Dorian Frankel
“Tramps” written by Jeffrey Howe
“The Strawberries Ain’t For Pickin” written by Milethia Thomas
“Who Is It?” written by Jason Bradford
“Bitch” written by Jason Bradford
“Saving Grace” written by Stephen Kayfish
“The Show Must Go On” written by Edward Santiago
“The Dweller in the Crawlspace” written by Michael Schaar-Ney & Mackenzie Gates
“Mascaras por almas” written by Wilfred Esteves
“Long Road to London” written by Russell David Whaley
“Chocolate Roulette” written by John Licata
“Freezer” written by Chris Wiltz
“Chuangi” written by Jennifer Lee Loy
“The Preserve” written by Jason Rice

Pilot Screenplay Finalists
“Rome, Georgia” written by Daniel Talbott
“What Darkness Brings” written by Ross Denyer
“Children of Metal” written by Geoffrey Prather
“The Extraction List” written by Renee Meland
“Judgement House” written by Alan R. Baxter

Feature Screenplay Finalists
“In Country” written by Scott Peterman and Cat Davis
“Mother Clucker” written by Frank Nichols
“Turn to Stone” written by John R. Kestner
“The Hitchhiker” written by Dan Ast
“The Ghost” written by Chris Hoyt, Adam Hampton, and Luke Wyckoff
“The Murdering Kind” written by Susan McCauley & Barney Burman
“The Derby” written by Lisa J. Dooley
“The Scrying Glass” written by Jennifer Quintenz
“The White City” written by Carroll Brown
“The Night Watchman” written by Carroll Brown
“Siege” written by Ian Neligh
“The White Chair” written by Solomon Gray
“Vermin” written by Patricia Semler
“Ball-Peen Hammer” written by Joel David Santner & Daniel Flint
“The Visiting Stone” written by A.J. Briones
“Precipice” written by Avishai Weinberger
“Trading Bullets with the Devil” written by Mark Steensland
“In the Scrape” written by Mark Steensland & James Newman
“Antarctica” written by Alex Bram & Michael David Anderson
“Raven Mocker” written by Dylan Barnett

Short Screenplay Finalists
“And They Shall Handle Serpents” written by Jason Tostevin
“The Earth Answers” written by Tracy Charlton
“Along A Dark Road” written by Jeffrey Stackhouse
“Confession” written by Carroll Brown
“Shock Troops” written by Edward Martin III
“Finding You” written by Jamal Hodge
“Ganglers” written by Mark Renshaw
“Who Wants Dessert?” written by Venita Ozols-Graham
“He Sees You!” written by Brian W. Smith
“Slaughter Hearse” written by Evan Baughfman
“How to Like Your Babysitter” written by Billy “Rex” McAfee
“Pipe Wrench” written by Montgomery Haines
“Children of Adam” written by Daniel Arora
“Finger” written by Joseph Lueben, Riley Rose Critchlow, and Travis Dowling
“Horror Stories” written by Curtis Threadgold
“We Are the Last” written by Zeus Kontoyannis
“Blinder” written by Luke Campen
“Hush Little Baby” written by Ricardo Bravo
“The Demon Inside Me” written by Brandon Rutherford
“Gender Reveal Party” written by Alison Parker

Feature Screenplay Finalists
“Agriturismo” written by Nick Rufca
“Sunshine State: Duende” written by Kai Thorup
“Dark Noise” written by Christopher Allan Poe & Jen Badasci
“Third Date” written by Avishai Weinberger
“The Blood-Red Night of Hatchet Valley” written by Edward Martin III
“Ghost Work” written by Mark Steensland & Glen Krisch
“The Hail Mary” written by Gavin John
“Raven Dock” written by Sara Caldwell
“The Suburban Kaleidoscope” written by Samuel Peirce
“The Retreat” written by Michaela Zannou
“Time And Again” written by Stuart Creque
“The Kind Ones” written by Jamal Hodge
“Bleu” written by David McKendry & Rebekah McKendry
“Tethered” written by Michael Raymond
“Cyborn” written by Mark Renshaw
“The Craving” written by Stephen Kayfish
“Where the Devil Resides” written by Travis Heermann
“The Last Adventure of Shay Blaze” written by Howard Fridkin
“-None Greater Than-” written by Jeffrey Stackhouse
“Underground” written by Matt Mosley

Short Screenplay Finalists
“Magic” written by Kenny J. Wright
“The Creaky Door” written by Evan Baughfman
“A Perfect Circle” written by Evan Baughfman
“Split Up” written by Tom Radovich
“Live From Toledo, Erin Darling Reporting” written by Michael Gibrall
“Miscreant” written by Rocky Ramsey
“Best Friends” written by Edward Martin III
“My Dead Sister” written by Janet L. Loftis
“The Legacy” written by Renfield Rasputin & Jeffrey Stackhouse
“H.P Lovecraft’s The Terrible Old Man” written by Samuel Fisch
“Hiking Buddies” written by Megan Morrison
“Finding Haven” written by Jeffrey Stackhouse & Wendy Lashbrook
“Past Partum” written by Jeffrey Howe
“In the Woods” written by Rachel Greenhoe
“Duet” written by Lisanne Sartor
“Mourning Meal” written by Jamal Hodge
“Prey” written by Sergio Hira
“The Sacrifice” written by Judson Vaughan & Josh Torok
“The Origin of Fear” written by Mark Renshaw
“Comedy Killer” written by Stephen Kayfish & Daniel Nielsen

Feature Screenplay Finalists
“No Child Left Behind” written by Daniel Shea
“A Quiet War” written by Carroll Brown
“Pervert” written by Rona Mark
“Where the Devil Resides” written by Travis Heermann
“Blackwood Falls” written by Jennifer Nicole Stang
“The Motherless” written by Ron David Ray
“From Natural Causes” written by Martin Blinder
“Stay the Night” written by Christopher Courtner & Sara Polton
“An Idiot’s Tale” written by Michael Mortimer
“Hallow’s Point” written by Brian W. Smith
“Shaky Shivers” written by Andrew McAllister & Aaron Strongoni
“Tenant Zero” written by Kirk Anderson
“Horror Fest” written by Rolfe Kanefsky
“Requiem” written by Daniel Abatan & Thomas R. Burke
“The Dark Spiral” written by Morgan R. Tegtow
“American Backwoods: Verhaunt” written by Flood Reed
“I, Phiend” written by Jeff Bassetti
“Area 54” written by Aaron Barrocas
“The Coldest Horizon” written by Jeffrey Howe
“Black Goose” written by Janet Hetherington