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It is always exciting to see your hard work pay off and your dreams turned into reality. And this is now the case for Ashley Maniw, winner of our “Write a short horror script for Fewdio” competition. Her horror script was recently made into a short film that will debut at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con! Check out a couple stills from the film below:

Fewdio be premiering ‘Firsts‘ at their Comic-Con booth (#4116) this week on July 22nd through July 25th. So if you’re attending, make sure to check it out! They will also share it on their Internet sites shortly afterward. You can check out some more stills and learn more about the script at DeadCentral.com!

Congratulations Ashley! We can’t wait to view the film!

We recently teamed up with the horror experts at FEWDIO and script writer community Scripped.com to give aspiring writers the opportunity to scare the hell out of the horror film community.

“We were very excited to work with Talenthouse because FEWDIO was founded as a collaborative endeavor. Talenthouse has given us a great opportunity to connect with other like-minded artists on a much larger scale, in a more global community. We have really enjoyed meeting people who appreciate what we do, many of whom are incredibly talented artists themselves and as a result, we have become mutual fans.”

With well over 300 submissions making it into the semi-finals, both Talenthouse and FEWDIO were impressed by the quality of scripts entered in the contest and we are all pleased to announce Ashley Maniw from Toronto as the winner!

“There were a number of criteria that we kept in mind while reading:  the budget / challenge of production, whether the tone fits our ‘Nightmare House’ anthology series, and – of course – the quality of the storytelling. Ashley’s ‘Firsts’ scored high across the board.”

Ashley has been writing and telling stories since her childhood and recently graduated from York University with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Creative Writing, with a focus on screenwriting.

“I heard about the contest through an email I got from Scripped.com. Since I was already working on a couple of shorts at the time, I thought it’d be a great opportunity and a motivator for me to write something new. When I found out that I won, I was very grateful and really, really excited. “

The FEWDIO team, a partnership between 6 writers, directors, producers, actors, and executives (Marshall Carr, John Crye, Paul Hungerford, David Schneider, Todd A. Sharp, and Kirk B.R. Woller), will work directly with Ashley to put her winning script into production in the next couple of weeks and probably debut the short at an upcoming film festival.

We are very excited for you, Ashley – congratulations!

Talenthouse has teamed up with Scripped.com to give writers the opportunity to scare the hell out of the horror film community. Scripts are in, and it is your turn to vote for your favorite.

Read scripts here.

After the Talenthouse community votes, the horror experts at Fewdio will determine the final selection and choose the script they’ll produce and release through Fewdio’s online outlets as well as on their NIGHTMARE HOUSE DVD series.

Click here to read all script submissions.