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2025 ScreenCraft Horror Competition Semifinalists

by ScreenCraft on January 8, 2025

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2025 ScreenCraft Horror Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 1,400 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

Stay tuned for the Finalist announcement on February 5th on our blog and on our Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram pages! And if you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.

Here are the Semifinalists:

'Night Father Winnie Soldi
A Mother Zoe Kerr
A.P. CM Barnes
Abandoned Places Travis Seppala
Alaska Event Michael Klodawski
Beast With Two Backs Amanda Jane Stern
Black Girl Magic Sasha Kai
Cabin Retreat Kate Metroka
Cedar Falls Bay Janet Rose Nguyen
Coalescence Jason Miller
Denied Brennan Gilpatrick
Devil Says Goodnight: Hell Circle Hills Andrew Monge
Down Bad Brooke Solomon
Downline Laura Waters Hinson
Empty Nest Anwen Bull
Fauna Elijah Noble El
Final Girl F*ck*ry Sophie Mutiara Nova
HARE Ashwin Gore, Kiggs Carlsson
Harmony Lane Alison Weaverdyck
humdrum Daniela Di Salvo
I Don't Want To Fight Anymore James Tison
I'm Here Now Julio DeSanctis
In His Name Tyler Rigby
In The Darkness Meko Winbush
Infestation Tom Hartig
INHABITANTS Nolan Lampson, Eli Staub
Iris's Jar Alicia Hawkins
It Sounds Like You John Schlirf
Mall Brian Mates, Jennifer Levinson
Match Made in Hell Rebecca Dietsch
MESA Pam Covington
Mimicked Cody Mobley
Motherhouse Jade Rona
New Jersey is a Weird Place Mark Galarrita
Night of the Arrows Mitch Ross
Rage Baby Gilani Sumida-Moiseff
Remember Ivy Court Soham Mehta, Jonathan John
Rough Cut Mitchell Slan
Scare Me To Death Stan Evans
Scream For Me Erin Szczechowski
She Waits Eric Reese
Sheep Sune Sorensen
Silhouette Lukas Hassel
Son of Dan Nathaniel Feeley
SUBSCRIBE Ben Klopfenstein
Testament Jave Galt-Miller
The Bullpen Hoss Carroll
The Entertainer Stephen Chen
The Exclusive Manny Valdivia, Leon Langford
The Ghost Hunter Jacob Lazarow
The Ghosts of Crystal Lake Mario G. Lopez
The Hagfish Hyten Davidson
The Hair Pin L. Quimby
The Hangar Ryan Hinrichs
The Kill Clause Kevin Tavolaro, Kelly Tavolaro
The Sacrament Brianna da Silva
The Shadow Beneath Aaron Mendelsohn
The Sisterhood Amanda Zubillaga
The Sorcerer’s Protocols Autumn Cavender, Scott Ryan
The Thin Place Chris Hicks
The Thread & The Veil Garret Walsh
Traditional Min Tran
Two Lost Lambs in The Black Woods Nick Kloppenberg
UNNATURAL Geoff Dupuy-Holder
Valley Boy Erik Nyhuus
We Are Connected James Dodsley
Werewolf Sex Addict Liz Stewart-Barnes
Woodpeck County Frank Vallarelli

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