Awards
HAUS Film Festival
Summer 2025 Screenwriting Competition
Explore the Celebrated AWARD Winners of HAUS Film Festival
Discover the winners of the Summer 2025 Screenwriting Competition awards, showcasing our Grand Prize recipient; Genre Award honorees in Horror, Afro-speculative fiction, Underground, and Sci-Fi—Cyberpunk; and Official Selections.

Summer 2025 Screenwriting Competition Highlights
Explore the standout achievements and milestones from the HAUS Film Festival’s latest screenwriting competition awardees.

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Grand Prize Winner
Celebrating the grand prize winning screenplay that captivated the judges and exemplified outstanding storytelling.
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Genre Honorees
Recognizing exceptional scripts in the Horror, Afro-speculative fiction, Underground, and Sci-Fi: Cyberpunk genres.
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Official Selections
Highlighting the diverse range of screenplays chosen submitted to this season’s competition.
Grand Prize Winner
HAUS Film Festival’s Summer 2025 Screenwriting Competition Grand Prize Award Winner receives $250 cash, grand prize festival laurels, and a feature on our site.

Grand Prize award Winner
HAUS Film Festival’s 2025 Screenwriting Competition Grand Prize Award Winner also won the Sci-Fi: Cyberpunk Genre Award. Learn more about our grand prize winner here!

Project N-Terro
by Traycee King

Project N-Terro
by Traycee King
An exceptional piece of writing — cinematic, original, and deeply human.
HAUS Film Festival Judging Board
Project N-Terro — By Traycee King
In the near future, Tarra, a war veteran and behavioral anthropologist, must go undercover inside the mind of a mad man in order to find a shipment of trafficked girls. This story explores conquering your biggest foe by playing a game of emotional chess.
Writer Biography: Traycee King was introduced to horror films by her father when she was five years old. HBO became one of her closest friends, and movies in general became a way of life, leading her to dream of starring in Hollywood. After serving for eight years in the Air Force, Traycee received an honorable discharge, and turned once more to her dreams of being an actress.
While looking for roles, Traycee learned that her peers were creating their own content online in the early stages of New Media. Finding nothing to her liking, she decided to stop waiting, make her own projects, and create work for herself. It was through this process that she found out how much she loved filmmaking.
Throughout this journey, she has snagged filmmaking gigs with Lionsgate, Legendary, and Nerdist, to name a few. Though filmmaking is a passion, acting will always be her first love.
Links
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Genre Award Winners
HAUS Film Festival’s Summer 2025 Screenwriting Competition Genre Award Winners receive genre award festival laurels in the genres of Horror, Afro-speculative fiction, Underground, Sci-Fi: Cyberpunk; and a feature on our site.

Horror
Genre Award Winner
Pinky the Sad Clown
by Paolina I. Acuña-González
An otherworldly tragic clown trapped in a sadistic circus act finally sees what happens when she smiles.

Afro-speculative Fiction Genre Award Winner
Macy
by L. E. Coleman
A little girl channels the spirit of a murdered woman to exact revenge on the person who killed her.

Underground
Genre Award Winner
Dead Air
by Eric Gorodetsky
After moving into a new apartment, a grieving woman begins receiving voicemails from herself—but not from her.
Official Selections
HAUS Film Festival’s Summer 2025 Screenwriting Competition Official Selection award winners receive official selection festival laurels and a listing on our site.

Official Selection
The Crossing Guard Script
by Jim Henry & Jared Kittlitz

Official Selection
Dead Ed
by Samantha Hospodar & Chris Ethridge

Official Selection
It’s Open
by Doug Maguire

Official Selection
Mistletoe
by Harker Jones

Official Selection
The Playhouse
by Wren Valentino

Official Selection
Write Me
by Tulegen Baitukenov

Official Selection
Zits
by David Bornstein
