Emerging Screenwriters
Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition
2023
Active Since 2022
Seeking horror, thriller, mystery or crime stories that instill fear or genre-bending dramas that leave readers laughing, terrified or shaking.
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2023 Grand Prize Winner on Coverfly

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Feature  · Thriller  · 90 Pages
A cop, with a heart condition and death wish, must fight his way through an asylum overrun by its criminally insane inmates to get to his daughter’s killer.
Millsboro, DE
Richard Garry graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in psychology. He was a special education teacher. Richard specializes in thriller and horror screenplays. He won the 2023 Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Competition with his script Running the Asylum. The same script was a finalist in Stage32 Action/Thriller Screenplay Competition. ...
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