ENTER OUR HORROR FILM
CONTEST FOR 2024 AND WIN A TABLOID WITCH AWARD!
 Are YOU an unknown or little-known horror filmmaker, writer, actor, musician ...
or some other artist involved in horror filmmaking? Come Halloween
2024, we want to discover YOU! -- in
our 21st annual Tabloid Witch Awards!
The 2004
winning films were shown at the World Horror
Convention in New York. Filmmaker Rick Lavon secured a
DVD distribution deal as a result of winning our contest!
The 2005
winning films were screened at the Los
Angeles Science Fiction Convention. Sabrina Bertaccini (Best
Supporting Actress) and Robert Sexton (Best Horror Short Film) were thrilled
with their Tabloid Witch trophies (right).
 The 2006
winning films screened at the Santa
Monica Public Library. The 2007
winning films screened at the Santa
Monica Public Library and at the Los Angeles Science Fiction Convention. The 2008
winners screened
in Santa Monica. Also read about the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,
2015,
2016,
2017,
2018,
2019,
2020,
2021,
2022 and
2023 winning films.
The Hollywood Investigator has
a long tradition of covering horror film festivals (Screamfest, Shriekfest, Florida
Screamfest), horror writers (Ray Bradbury),
horror actors (Dee Snider, Jonathan
Frid, David Drake, Leanna
Chamish), horror directors (Norman J.
Warren), and horror artists such as ... YOU!
 WHAT TO
DO: If you have a finished horror
film -- short work or feature -- then send it to us. Between now and August 31, 2024, we will review all submissions,
selecting the best of the best.
WHAT YOU
GET: Winners will be profiled in a Hollywood Investigator
around Halloween 2024. Selection of films and artists profiled will be at the exclusive discretion
of the Hollywood Investigator.
TROPHY:
We will award trophies! The 2005 and 2006 trophy was lucite. From
2007 - 2021 the trophy was a plaque (below), which will likely be
the same for 2024.
 SCREENING
DATES: Screenings are never guaranteed -- the Tabloid Witch
is primarily an award contest, not a film festival -- but there will
likely be a screening sometime in fall 2024.
ENTRY FEE: There is no entry fee if you submit a DVD directly or our PO Box.
There is a $10 fee for
online submissions.
FORMAT: DVD. We prefer NTSC but will accept PAL.
We also accept online submissions through
Film Freeway
or Festhome.
LANGUAGE: Films must be in English, or English subtitled, or with minimal dialogue
so it may be understood by an English language audience.
GENRE: Horror, broadly defined as anything scary. Evil space aliens, the
supernatural, and psychos. Horror combined with comedy (Motel
Hell, American
Werewolf in London) is also fine, provided a horror content
remains.
DEADLINE: We
must receive your entry by August 31, 2024.
ISN'T IT
TOO EARLY TO ENTER? No! Some winning films were received
up
to a year early. Others were received days before the deadline.
ISN'T IT
TOO LATE TO ENTER? No! Films that are received after
selections are made will be saved for next year's contest.
WHERE TO
SUBMIT: Please send DVDs to: Tabloid Witch Awards, PO Box 1903, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1903.
DVDs will not be returned. Or submit online via
Film Freeway
or Festhome.
MORE DETAILS: The Tabloid Witch Awards has its own website!
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