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​Best Screenplay (feature) Winner:

SEVEN TWENTY TWO - Lee Ming

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Runners up:

HOUSEWIFE - Jamie Alvey

IGUANA HOLIDAY - Jody Ellis

SOUNDS OF SILENCE - Lee Sobier

TEAR ME TO PIECES - VJ Mancuso

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Best twist (feature)

HATE SPEECH - Olaf Gudjonsson

 

Runners up: 

OUT OF OFFICE - Catherine Scales

SOPHIE'S ROOM - Todd Head

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best villain (feature)

SECOND LANGUAGE - Teague Shields

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Runners up: 

DEPRAVED - Susannah Roberts

DEATHLESS - Biagio Gulino & Tyler Kamens

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Most messed up death (feature)​

THE WAITING ROOM - Terry Howlett

 

Runners up:

THE REVENGER - Bill J. Ochs & Mark C. Bowen

HELLS GIVING - Susan Kelejian

DEAD FILTER - Luke Hunter

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Best Screenplay (short) Winner:

I WON'T KEEP YOU A MINUTE - Ava Ryan

 

Runners up:

JUST AFTER SUNSET - Princeton Jamarius Bolton

UNDER - Chris Churilla

GORGE - Aimie Willemse

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Best twist (short)

THE CHINA SHOP - Danielle Cattermole

 

Runners up 

TALES OF THE MACABRE - James Steele Haney

THE DELICACY OF SIN - R. L. Woods

NOT CAVITIES - Patrick Loveland

DOVER - Nathan D. Ludwig & Jonathan Straiton

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best villain (short)

OFFICER LAUDRUP - Stephen Langley

 

Runners up: 

WHOOP - Will Albea

BLOODY WELL DONE A Tale Of Terror And Tupperware - Matthew Stevens & Gerlyn Friesenhahn​​

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Most messed up death (short)

ONE DRAWN AND SLAUGHTERED - Nigel Baines

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Runners up:

SERIAL KILLER - Kenzie Pursel

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