Fresh Blood Selects
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Fresh Blood Selects
2022
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A look back at BloodList’s “Fresh Blood Selects” from the past 7 years. BloodList 15 will be announced in 2024. Submissions open in January!
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Fresh Blood is a free submission system for unrepresented screenwriters and creators. We look forward to shining a light on the next generation of voices of horror and dark genres!
The deadline to submit is August 15th, 2022 at 11:59pm PT. BloodList the 14th: Fresh Blood Edition will be released on October 31st, 2022!
Benefits
If your project is selected it will be hosted on the BloodList website for free with written permission.
Making it onto The BloodList gives you the opportunity to get your script optioned and produced by Village Roadshow Pictures!
Making it onto The BloodList gives you the opportunity to get your script optioned and produced by Village Roadshow Pictures!
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2022 Official Selections on Coverfly
Top 6%
TV Script
· Horror
· 62 Pages
A FBI agent with a tragic past and an adventurer from the family who created it must band together to track down the missing pages of a cursed book, hoping to destroy it before it destroys the world.
Sherman Oaks, CA
Cory is a USC film school grad and has pitched projects at NBC, USA and Syfy. His pilots have earned him meetings at Amblin, Bruckheimer, Silver, Gaumont and BBC America. He currently works in post-prod helping to make prestige documentaries including TINA, the 3x Emmy nominated Tina Turner doc for HBO. 2x Screencraft finalist/1x Winner, 1x AFF Fin...
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Top 1%
Feature
· Horror
· 100 Pages
A stifled small town woman searches for her long-missing daughter who she comes to believe was taken by a creature of local legend.
Chicago, IL
Jef writes family-centered horror/thrillers driven by outsider and LGBTQ+ protagonists, drawing on his own experiences as a queer man in the process. He began writing professionally way back in 2005 and had his first script optioned in 2012 with his slasher-western NEVER KNOWS BEST. Jef also teaches at DePaul University & produces CadaverCast: A Mon...
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Top 5%
TV Script
· Sci-fi
· 60 Pages
A teenage girl and a parasitic alien living inside her head must work together to stop an evil invasion of body snatchers while navigating the hardships of high school, loss, acceptance, and growing up.
Los Angeles, CA
Ava is an only child, so yes, she has strong main character syndrome. She studied film production and English at San Diego State University. Ava enjoys writing comedy, sci-fi, horror, and coming of age stories...anything weird. Her horror comedy/sci-fi "Snatched" is a BloodList 14 Fresh Blood Selection. Ava was a drama fellow in the 2024 Fox Writers...
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Rules
One submission per person.
Feature screenplay page count may not exceed 120 pages.
For Short Stories please use Short Story (Prose) when submitting.
For Short Stories please use Short Story (Prose) when submitting.
In “Comment for Reader,” be as detailed as possible please. Include any contest wins or accolades that you or the project have received.
SUBMITTING DOES NOT GUARANTEE A PLACEMENT ON THE 2022 BLOODLIST OR WEBSITE.
If your work is chosen to appear on BloodList the 14th: Fresh Blood Edition, you will be notified via email (that you provided) prior to the release of the list on Monday October 31st, 2022. Deadline for submissions is August 15th, 2022 at 11:59 pm PT. If your project is selected, it will be hosted on the BloodList website for free with written permission.
You will be sent a confirmation email once your project is submitted.
You will be notified if there is an issue with your file.
You will be notified if there is an issue with your file.
Submitting your material means you agree to the Blood List's Terms and Conditions, which includes a clause that gives Village Roadshow the first right to option and produce selected projects for a 30 day period. Please read their Terms and Conditions in full prior to submitting. Two feature scripts from last year’s BloodList were optioned and are currently being developed by Village Roadshow.
We strongly encourage you register your work with the Writers Guild of America, West and the US Copyright Office.