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Fresh Blood Selects
2021
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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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Welcome to the 6th annual Fresh Blood Selects submission page! Fresh Blood is a free submission system for unrepresented screenwriters and creators. We are excited to bring your scary and thrilling projects to the BloodList audience!

 

Our free, Fresh Blood submissions are now open. The deadline to submit is August 15th, 2021 at 11:59pm PT. BloodList the 13th: Fresh Blood Edition will be released on October 29th, 2021!

 

With the world and industry having shifted so much, we have made the decision to only focus on Fresh Blood Select projects and creators for BloodList the 13th. We look forward to shining a light on the next generation of voices of horror and dark genres!

 

SUBMITTING DOES NOT GUARANTEE A PLACEMENT ON THE 2021 BLOODLIST or website.

 

If your work is chosen to appear on BloodList the 13th: Fresh Blood Edition, you will be notified via email (that you provided) prior to the release of the list on Friday October 29th, 2021. Deadline for submissions is August 15th, 2021 at 11:59 pm PT. If your project is selected, it will be hosted on the BloodList website for free.

 

One submission per person.

 

Feature screenplay page count may not exceed 120 pages.


For Short Stories please use Short Story (Prose) when submitting.

 

You will be sent a confirmation email once your project is submitted. You will be notified is 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 right to option selected projects for a 60 day period. Please read their Terms and Conditions in full prior to submitting.

 


Benefits

If your project is selected it will be hosted on the BloodList website for free.
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2022 Official Selections on Coverfly

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BLACK BOOK
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.
by Cory Marciel 3 Accolades
Cory Marciel
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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The Ones Who Stay
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.
by Jef Burnham 9 Accolades
Jef Burnham
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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Snatched
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.
by Ava Anderson 3 Accolades
Ava Anderson
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.
  • Submitting your material means you agree to the Blood List's Terms and Conditions, which includes a clause that gives Village Roadshow the right to option selected projects for a 60 day period. Please read their Terms and Conditions in full prior to submitting. Note: the Terms and Conditions were updated to only include selected writers in the right-to-option on 8/6/21, but are effective as of 8/1/21.
  • In “Comment for Reader”, be as detailed as possible please. Include any contest wins or accolades that you or the project have received.
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