Announcing the Winners of the IndieBoom 2025 Horror Shorts Contest

Our first Horror Shorts Contest was scary good. Manny Serrano @mgpdirector and Lindsay Serrano @massgravette — the team behind @massgravepics — read and scored all our entries…. and here they are to announce the placements of our first Horror Short Screenplay contest.

A special thanks to our partners @official_inktip for providing a 4-month Pro membership to our Finalists, and @Roadmapwriters for providing a free educational webinar for EVERY writer who entered our contest.  And of course AoBFF for the sweet 2026 VIP Passes!

💀  Semi-Finalists:

‘Civitas’ by Bob Singleton @thebobsingleton

‘A Fire Pit Tale’ by Mark Francisco @mtrance19

‘824 Bones’ by Lane Dillman @lane_dillman


💀  Finalists:

‘Excursion’ by Lukas Hassel @lukashassel

‘Cut’ by Sean Kenealy @captainkeneals

‘The Second Circle’ by Jamie Alvey  @jamiealvey


💀  Winner:

‘The Boar’ by Phil Longden  @the_philmeister

🎬  Congratulations to all our winners! Stay tuned for more contests… and STAY INDIE!

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