Zed Fest challenges you to write a short 10 page low/no budget schlock horror screenplay. You know what Schlock Horror is right? No budget, Crummy locations, Bad camera work, Worse acting, "So bad they are Good", but enjoyable movies?

Selections from the finalist scripts could be made by Zed Fest filmmakers and complied on a special edition Zed Fest DVD* to be premiered at a future Zed Fest film festival.

Get this! Zed Fest Screenplay Contests are judged by active independent filmmakers not by "Hollywood Staff Readers", STORY and STORYTELLING are what?s important to Zed Fest. So even amateur and beginning screenwriters have a fair chance at winning, just tell us a really good scary/funny story that can be made on a shoestring budget, we would love to see it.

10 pages

For readability we ask that you submit in standard Courier 12

PDF Format only

Must be Horror only (Yes funny horror is acceptable)

Must be producible for little to no money

Should be able to shoot in no more than 3 days

No CGI

No Green Screen

Old School Special Effects only

Shooting will take place in and around Los Angeles, California

PRIZES

Selected Production Winners $200**

First Place $100

Second Place $50

OTHER AWARDS

Script Pipeline Membership

Free pitches to Virtual Pitchfest

Scripped Membership

Entry Fee

$21

Deadline July 31st? 2014

Finalists Announced October 1st 2014

Winners Announced October 31st 2014

Production Selection Winners announcements to be determined.

*Zed Fest is a not for profit organization. Proceeds from the sale of DVD's are applied to operating expenses.

**Purchase agreement of rights for screenplay as "Work for Hire".

ZED FEST SCHLOCK HORROR SHORT SCREENPLAY CONTEST

SUBMISSION RULES:

Screenplay genres may only be Horror.

Screenplays must be for a live action short no less than 8 pages and no more than 10 pages. All screenplays must be written in English. Screenplays should be in 12 point Courier font. Only online submissions in PDF format will be accepted, any revisions after submission will not be accepted. Submissions will not be accepted until entry fee payment and completed release form have been received.

No writer or contact information should appear on the screenplay itself. Title page should include title and logline/synopsis ONLY. Name or identification must not appear anywhere else on the screenplay.

All judging will be anonymous.

Screenplays may not have been produced nor optioned. Screenplays that are currently optioned or have negotiations pending and/or are sold before Zed Fest Screenplay Competition ends are not eligible for competition.

All entries must be accompanied by this signed release form.

You may enter more than one screenplay, but you must submit a separate release form and entry fee for each submission.

Screenplays should be copyrighted with the Library of Congress or registered with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) but it is not necessary to provide proof. It is the responsibility of the screenwriter to insure that their work is protected. Zed Fest is not responsible for projects in parallel development.

Deadline July 31^st 2014

Finalists Announced October 1^st 2014

Winners Announced October 31^st 2014

Production Selection Winners announcements to be determined.

Production Selection Winners will be selected from among the finalists and will be announced throughout 2014 and 2015 if they are selected by a Zed Fest filmmaker for production. Zed Fest reserves the right to not select "Production Selection" winners in the event that suitable submissions are not received.

In order to receive result notifications a valid email address must be provided.

Must be 18 years or older to enter

Submission Format: PDF

Email to: zedfestschlockscript@gmail.com​

Deadline: July 31, 2014

Entry Fee Payment: $21.00 Pay Pal only