Announcing the 2018 ScreenCraft Horror Screenplay Contest Finalists

We’re excited to feature the ten screenplays listed below, comprising the finalists of the 2018 ScreenCraft Horror Screenplay Contest. Horror is one of the most successful proven genres for newcomers to the craft – and the industry is always looking for talented new horror writers. Our Hollywood judges have produced some of the most iconic horror and dark-genre films of the last decade including A Quiet Place, Paranormal Activity, Get Out, Unfriended and Insidious.
Stay tuned for the upcoming announcements of the winners here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages within the next couple weeks! And if you'd like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries next year, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.
Without further ado, here are the 2018 horror contest finalists:
Burner | Mukilan Thangamani |
Darklands | Paul Sheridan |
Desperate Times | Kimberly Britt |
Forget-Me-Nots | John Dummer |
Harvest | Ted Horning |
Mysterium | Sheldon Woodbury |
The Babysitter | Leah Welch |
The Crossing | Joshua Bartolome |
Undertow | Kevin Bauer & Erin Whittemore |
Wolves Don't Cry | Scott Fleishman |
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