Poe Films

Poe Films Poe Films is a film production and multi-platform development company, seeking artistic projects and creative storytelling, as inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.

America's greatest storyteller of the 19th Century languished in obscurity until he entered his short, "Manuscript in a Bottle," in a Baltimore writing contest in 1833. Edgar Allan Poe's winning story caught the eye of a publishing insider in Richmond and propelled Poe into literary stardom. History can repeat itself. In collaboration with the Poe Museum Foundation, dedicated to honoring Poe's tal

ents and inspiring the next generation of writers, Poe Films has established a bi-annual screenplay contest to discover and promote contemporary screenwriters who bring fresh voices and creative storytelling as Poe brought to his generation. While Poe's antebellum voice and non-economy of prose unlikely translate to the screenplay form, today's writers can channel his passion for intrigue, mystery, suspense, and the inevitable twist and reveal. Whether your genre is drama, comedy, thriller, sci-fi, action, or horror, you're invited to submit to Poe, contests that reward fresh voices and creative storytelling. Poe Films sponsors two screenplay contests each year -- the autumn suspense contest and the spring love contest. We recognize that Edgar Allan Poe wrote not only macabre thrillers but penned some of the most passionate romantic tales and poems. The autumn contest opens in September with winners announced on March 15 (the Ides of March). The spring "A Love More Than Love" contest opens in mid-April with winners announced on August 31. Feature length screenplays (80 to 120 pages) and short screenplays (up to 40 pages) of any genre are accepted to either contest. Separate awards will be given for features and shorts. In the shorts division, final awards will be determined by a panel of Poe scholars.

2018 College tour began yesterday on the beautiful campus of Shenandoah University in Wi******er, VA. We hope to visit ...
11/29/2017

2018 College tour began yesterday on the beautiful campus of Shenandoah University in Wi******er, VA. We hope to visit 25 colleges and universities over the next few months to attract more terrific films for next November's College Film Awards. Thank you Shenandoah for your wonderful hospitality.

Congratulations to Rob Herzog, winner of our one-day Halloween script contest, for his crazy good story, "Windows Wicked...
11/13/2017

Congratulations to Rob Herzog, winner of our one-day Halloween script contest, for his crazy good story, "Windows Wicked." He automatically advances to the semifinal round of The Poe Contest. GREAT JOB!

Thank you to our College filmmakers for sharing their talents and these terrific photos from our Poe Film Festival 2017!
11/09/2017

Thank you to our College filmmakers for sharing their talents and these terrific photos from our Poe Film Festival 2017!

11/08/2017

Reading, analyzing, and scoring our Halloween contest scripts this week. Could be a tough decision to pick the winner.

11/07/2017

Regent University Is Top Film School in College Awards!
Congratulations to Regent University of Virginia Beach for its championship showing at Poe Film Festival’s College Film Awards in Richmond on Saturday.
Twenty-three colleges and universities throughout the Commonwealth were invited to submit their finest college films to the event. After three rounds of judging by respected industry directors, actors, producers and production professionals, two Regent University films scored the top two prizes.
Grand Prize winner was Regent graduate student Jarrod Anderson, director of “Changing Jane,” the story of a woman who chooses to encounter a regrettable life decision through an experimental procedure. Best screenplay award-winners W. Adam Burdeshaw and director Nathanael Dunn, both of Regent, topped other contenders with an elaborate short film, “Until Death Do Us Part.”
In recognition of Regent’s masterful wins, the university will receive a cash prize of $500. The award is sponsored by the Virginia Film Office.
Poe Film Festival also honored Talula Mays of Mary Baldwin University for Artistic Merit for her Poe-like suspenseful short, “Delicacy.” The Technical Merit Award was given to Justin Coupe and Patrick Ogden of Art Institute of Washington for their haunting drama, “Autumn’s Room.”

11/05/2017

Poe Film Festival proudly announces the winners of our first College Film Awards!

Technical Merit Award: Justin Coupe and Patrick Ogden for Autumn's Room, Art Institute of Washington

Nominees were: Do You Know, Sophia Ogden, Virginia Tech; Ghost Machines, Paige Compton, Art Institute of Washington; Monday, Chenzy Graziano, Regent University, and Until Death Do Us Part, Nathanael Dunn, Regent University.

Artistic Merit Award: Talula Mays for Delicacy, Mary Baldwin University

Nominees were: Changing Jane, Jarrod Anderson, Regent University; Ticking Hearts, Nick Moon, Regent University; vi. Gratitude, Jeanette Lam, University of Richmond, and Monday.

Best Screenplay Award: W. Adam Burdeshaw, Until Death Do Us Part, Regent University

Nominees were: Bar Quixote, Matthew Benedict, Art Institute of Washington; Jiggle the K**b, Steven Burneson, Virginia Tech; Changing Jane, Jarrod Anderson, Regent University, and Harrison Mines, Positive, Roanoke College.

Grand Prize Best Film: Jarrod Anderson for Changing Jane, Regent University

Nominees were: Bar Quixote, Monday, Do You Know, and Until Death Do Us Part.

Congratulations to all of our very talented and passionate college filmmakers. Hope to see you all again next November!

College Film Awards a Success!
11/05/2017

College Film Awards a Success!

11/04/2017

Tomorrow is the College Film Awards red carpet event at Grace Street Theater starting at 1 pm. Be there or be celluloid. Ha. There I've said it. Going to bed now.

11/02/2017

College filmmaking students from 20 Virginia colleges and universities will compete for the grand prize and other honors during a 10-hour screening and award event this weekend.

11/01/2017

So many good scripts submitted in our one-day Halloween contest yesterday. Thanks to our great writers. Now comes the hard part for us.

10/30/2017

For earlyraven tickets to Saturday's College Film Awards, click on the Showclix link on our website, www.PoeFilmFestival.com.

Our great movie poster is proudly displayed outside the historic Grace Street Theater. Thank you Vince for the tremendo...
10/26/2017

Our great movie poster is proudly displayed outside the historic Grace Street Theater. Thank you Vince for the tremendous artwork.

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