santa claus is coming to hell!

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY  |  with Ben Alpi
  • Diabolical Horror Film Festival   |   Official Selection   |   2025
  • GenreBlast   |   Top 15 Feature Script Finalist   |   2025
  • ​FilmQuest   |   Feature Screenplay Semi-Finalist   |   2025
  • Hollywood HorrorFest   |   WINNER Best Horror Xmas Feature Script   |   2025
  • The Thing in the Basement Horror Fest   |   Official Selection   |   2025
  • A Night of Horror   |   Feature Screenplay Semi-Finalist   |   2025

haunted by nikola tesla

PRODUCED SHORT FILM (from Theories & Sound)
  • FilmQuest  |   Official Selection  |  2023
  • We Make Movies Int'l Film Festival  |  Official Selection  |  2023
  • FilmQuest Film Festival  |  Nomination: Best Found Footage / Mockumentary Short Film  |  2023

IMMOLATION

PRODUCED SHORT FILM
  • Happenstance HorrorFest  |  Honorable Mention  |  2025
  • HorrorHaus  |  WINNER Audience Favorite  |  2023
  • HorrorHaus  |  Official Selection  |  2023
  • HorrorHaus  |  Best Short Film Nominee  |  2023
  • HorrorHaus  |  Best Produced Short Screenplay Nominee  |  2023
  • HorrorHaus  |  Best Actor Nominee  |  2023
  • Queer Screams  |  Official Selection  |  2023
  • Queer Screams  |  Best Writing Nominee  |  2023
  • FilmQuest  |  Official Selection  |  2022
  • 6ix Screams  |  Honorable Mention  |  2022
  • 6ix Screams  |  Official Selection  |  2022
  • Spooky Empire  |  Honorable Mention  |  2022
  • We Make Movies Int'l  |  Official Selection  |  2022

trip

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • FilmQuest  |  Feature Screenplay Finalist  |  2020
  • NOLA Horror Film Festival  |  Feature Screenplay Finalist  |  2020
  • Table Read My Screenplay  |  Horror Finalist  |  2020
  • ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge  |  Finalist  |  2020
  • Los Angeles Horror & Crime Film Festival  |  Semi-Finalist  |  2020
  • Page Turner Genre Competition  |  Quarter-Finalist  |  2020

the costume people

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • Creative Screenwriting  |  Quarter-Finalist  |  2023
  • Academy Nicholl Fellowship  |  Top 20%  |  2017
  • FilmQuest  |  Top Ten Screenplay Finalist  |  2017
  • NOLA Horror Film Festival  |  Top Ten Screenplay Finalist  |  2017
  • Shriekfest Horror / Sci-Fi Film Festival  |  Quarter-Finalist  |  2017

SPIDER EATERS

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • ISA Fast Track Fellowship  |  Second Round  |  2021
  • Screamfest  |  Top Five Screenplay Finalist  |  2016
  • FilmQuest  |  Top Ten Screenplay Finalist  |  2016
  • NOLA Horror Film Festival  |  Top Ten Screenplay Finalist  |  2016
  • Shriekfest  |  Screenplay Quarter-Finalist  |  2016
  • RIP Horror Film Festival  |  Official Selection  |  2016

tonight i shall lease your soul

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY  |  with Chris McCaleb
  • Emerging Screenwriters Comedy  |  Quarter-Finalist  |  2024
  • Beverly Hills Film Festival  |  Official Selection  |  2013
  • Shriekfest  |  Screenplay Semi-Finalist  |  2013

one last build in centralia

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • Sunset Film Festival  |  WINNER Best Writing  |  2025
  • Cindependent Film Festival  |  Official Selection  |  2025
  • Phoenixville Film Festival  |  Official Selection  |  2025
  • Golden Script Competition  |  Semi-Finalist  |  2025
  • Emerging Screenwriters  |  Drama Screenplay Quarter-Finalist  |  2025
  • Beverly Hills Film Festival  |  Official Selection  |  2025
  • Screenplay Festival Honorable Mention Drama WINNER  |  2024
  • ISA Fast Track Fellowship  |  Top 50  |  2024
  • Santa Barbara Int'l Screenplay Awards  |  Quarter-Finalist  |  2024

a stench in the nostrils of god

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • FilmQuest  |  Feature Screenplay Finalist  |  2023
  • Screamfest  |  Screenplay Semi-Finalist  |  2022
  • Boston Horror Comedy Film Festival  |  Quarter-Finalist  |  2022

boys

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • Screamfest  |  Top FIVE Screenplay Finalist  |  2021
  • Academy Nicholl Fellowship  |  Top 20%  |  2021
  • FilmQuest  |  Feature Screenplay Finalist  |  2021
  • NOLA Horror Film Festival  |  Top 25 Screenplay Finalist  |  2021
  • Table Read My Screenplay  |  Horror Semi-Finalist  |  2021
  • Austin After Dark  |  Official Selection  |  2021
  • Indie Suspense/Horror/Sci-Fi  |  Official Selection  |  2021
  • LA Int'l Horror Film Festival  |  Official Selection  |  2021
  • ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge  |  Finalist  |  2020
  • Screamwriting Festival  |  Official Selection  |  2020
  • Vegas Cinefest  |  Official Selection  |  2020

mom died

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • Creative Screenwriting  |  Horror Genre WINNER  |  2019
  • FilmQuest  |  Feature Screenplay Finalist  |  2019
  • Nightmares Film Festival  |  Top 13 Finalist  |  2019
  • Screamfest  |  Semi-Finalist  |  2019
  • Table Read My Screenplay  |  Semi-Finalist  |  2019

christian demons

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • FilmQuest  |  Feature Screenplay Finalist  |   2018
  • Shriekfest  |  Screenplay Semi-Finalist  |  2018

furnish

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • FilmQuest  |  Screenplay Semi-Finalist  |  2016
  • Shriekfest  |  Screenplay Semi-Finalist  |  2015
  • Fright Night Film Festival  |  Official Selection  |  2015

a. family portrait

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • ISA Comedy & Genre-Busting  |  Quarter-Finalist  |  2021
  • World Series of Screenwriting  |  Comedy Finalist  |  2015

me & simon baker

FEATURE SPEC SCREENPLAY
  • Cinestory  |  Quarter-Finalist  |  2013
  • Hollywood Screenplay Contest  |  Horror Finalist  |  2013
  • Beverly Hills Film Festival  |  Official Selection  |  2012