Tabloid Witch Awards (22)



Deadlines

01 Dec 2024
Call for entries

31 Aug 2025
Final deadline

8
mths

29 Nov 2025
Notification date

28 Nov 2025
29 Nov 2025

Address

PO Box 1903,  90406, Santa Monica, California, United States


Festival description
Short film festival 59'<
Feature film festival >60' 180'<


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Genres
 Any Theme
 Has submission fees
 International Festival
 Online and Physical Location
 Production date: Any
 Production countries: Any
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films  59'<
 Feature Films  >60' 180'<
 Any language
 Subtitles 
English
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English


Festival start: 28 November 2025      Festival end: 29 November 2025

A horror film contest. Prizes include promotion on the Hollywood Investigator website, award plaques, screening at fan conventions (previous screenings at World Horror Con, Loscon, Tuscon.)

Tabloid Witch founder Thomas M. Sipos is the author of Horror Film Festivals and Awards (McFarland 2012) and Horror Film Aesthetics (McFarland 2010), available on Amazon.com.

Winners receive Award Plaques. Categories include ...

* Best Horror Feature Film
* Best Horror Documentary
* Best Dramatic Horror Short Film
* Best Comedic Horror Short Film
* Best Avant-Garde Horror Film
* Best Animated Horror Film
* Best Trash Horror Film
* Best Horror TV/Web Series
* Best Horror Music Video
* Best Dramatic Actor
* Best Comedic Actor
* Best Dramatic Actress
* Best Comedic Actress
* Best Cinematography
* Best Sound Design
* Best Editing
* Best Production Design
* Best Make-Up Effects
* Best Visual Effects
* Best Music Soundtrack
* Honorable Mention

All films must have a horror content. Can be dramatic, comedic, science fiction, trash, animated, avant-garde or experimental, music video, web series, shorts or feature length.

Okay if it's been screened elsewhere.

$10 entry fee. Previous winners waived in. Send us an email and we'll send a waiver code.


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