Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2022 Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from a record-breaking 1,551 submissions and represent the top 5%. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!
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Here are the main category Semifinalists:
| WRITER/S | TITLE |
| JOEY SCOMA | /Haaw/ |
| DEVON CANAL | A Monkey’s Paw |
| KENNY FOO | All Along A Darkened Road |
| ROBERT FISHER | As You Wish |
| KELLY KRAUSE | Ascendants |
| HANNAH MAY CUMMING & ALEX HARTWIG | Baby Fever |
| JASON SHEEDY | Bell Tower |
| DYLAN JAMES AMICK | Brood Parasites |
| D. WESTFALL | Clean |
| JJ POLLACK | Cognizance |
| BEN LEPPI | Cornerman |
| TRAVIS WILLIAMS | Creatures of Circumstance |
| BENJ WELMOND | Cue Applause |
| DEVIN MEDINA | Deadbolt |
| MATTHEW TAYLOR | Deities of the Apocalypse |
| FRANCESCA PAZNIOKAS | Dummy! |
| BRITT ALEXANDRIA | Evil Eddie |
| CHRISTIAN SILVA | Excreta |
| PAUL GRAMMATICO | Gate Bait |
| MARK A. C. BROWN | Hellphones |
| JEREMY LAURIE & ROB SUTHERLAND | House Haunters |
| ANDREW YEREMEYEV | House of Wolves |
| QUINTON BUXTON | I Hope This Email Finds You Well |
| KELLY NUGENT | I Would Kill For You |
| BECCA KOZAK | Ice Cream Baby |
| JIM LOPEZZO | Intrusive |
| KASSANDRA MARJORIE O’BRIEN | Just Breathe |
| BRYCE HATCH | Killer Vacay |
| JOSH PENN BORIS | Laughter is the Best Medicine |
| EVAN PEARCE | Lightbulb |
| STEPHEN GRAVES | Living Memory |
| EMILIA COPELAND | Meat Eater |
| ALEXANDER SELTZER | Merrow |
| PJ GERMAIN | Moko Jumbie |
| MO BAYLISS | Nerium Wake |
| STEFANIE GRAY | Of Great Consequence |
| LOLA BLANC & JEREMY RADIN | Pruning |
| ALYSSA HAYES | Red Tide |
| REGINA KIM | Rest Stop |
| FIONA FAITH ROSS | Roasted |
| BEN MATTHEW VIVIEN WOODIWISS | S(p)LICE |
| MARK RENSHAW | Slayfest |
| EMMY HERZOG | The Audience |
| SARA LYNN | The Callback |
| RICHARD LAWRENCE MULOCK | The Count |
| STEPHEN CHEN | The Entertainer |
| CRAIG MCINNES | The Lost Boys |
| ROBBIE LEMIEUX | The Man in the Cabin |
| JACK O’HIGGINS | The Six Month Itch |
| CHRIS HICKS | They’re All Mine |
| ERIN SMITH | Thin! |
| MATEO FLORES | Thirst |
| DARREN BAILEY | Twin Falls |
| SUNNY KING | Wahala |
| ALEX FREEMAN | We’re Haunted! |
| GWEN LOUBSER | Yoga Pants |
| ANDREW JOHNSON-SCHMIT & ANGIE JOHNSON-SCHMIT | Z-Vax |
Here are the 1 Page Semifinalists:
| WRITER/S | TITLE |
| GEOFF MURILLO | Alarmed |
| JASON FINK & BRANDON FINK | Angler’s Kin |
| JEREMY JACKSON | C-Section |
| C.J. REDFIELD | Complications |
| MARISA MARTINEZ | Cursed |
| JOSHUA HEATON | D.O.A. |
| LEONARD JOHNSON | Delivery |
| CHRISTIAN CURRY AKUNA | Discharge |
| MARKO PANDZA & JASON KERR | Family Album |
| EVAN BAUGHFMAN | Freeze |
| MICHAEL CLIFTON | Gummies |
| MARIA WILSON | Haunted |
| DAVID BETTENCOURT | Imposter |
| DAVID MALCOLM | Morning |
| JASON K. ALLEN | Poking Dead Things with Sticks |
| PHILLIP DISHON | Staring Contest |
| JULE JESSENBERGER | The Butzemann |
| DEBJANI (DEVI) BHADURI | The Hereafter |
| CODY SOUSA | Tic-Tac-Toe |
| JONATHAN MONCAYO | Touch Glass |
| GEORGINA BOWLEY-MORIARTY | Upshot-Knothole |
Big thanks to our sponsors Shudder, Final Draft, Rue Morgue, Stan Winston School of Character Arts, Horror Pack, QWERKYTOYS, Stage 32, Robert McKee’s Horror Webinar Series, Ghoulish Gary, The Script Butcher, Coverfly, Filmfreeway, Script Hive, ISA, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Slasher App, Waxwork Records and Fright Rags.
Thanks also to our festival partners, and the following Womxn & BIPOC organizations: The Write or Die Chicks, Women Make Movies, Ladima Foundation, NYWIFT, African American Women in Cinema, The Light Leaks, Hedgebrook, Screen Queens, Rianne Pictures, Alliance of Women Directors, LIFTT, Black Screenwriters, Ms. In the Biz, and Indigenous Australian Filmmakers.
