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Say Hello to Twisted50 Volume Five!

Twisted50 is back. Chris Jones, founder of Create50 and the London Screenwriters’ Festival, is joined by Amy to launch Volume Five of the horror anthology: 50 short, terrifying stories, written and shaped by a global community of writers.
In this episode
  • What’s new: submissions and reading now happen on TalentCircle.org, the new home for Create50, the Screenwriters’ Festival, courses and events
  • Already done something with Create50? You’re probably on the system. Request a password using your existing email
  • How Volume Four was chosen: judges’ scores, “must include” nominations, community feedback and a long session in the pub (no alcohol involved) deciding the final 50 and their order
  • Formatting matters: you now paste your story straight into the platform, so please no tabs, no stray line spaces, and check how it looks on the page
  • Themes we expect: monsters, serial killers, AI and robots, and the new wave of liminal horror
  • Keep it contemporary. A little into the future is fine, but not too far
  • 2,000 words is a limit, not a target. Some of the strongest stories came in well under, and 100 words that scare us is welcome too
  • Add a specific visual image description with your story, as we create images for each one on the platform
  • Amy’s advice: submit early and don’t talk yourself out of it
  • Chris’s advice: leave an impression. Write something that stays with the reader days later
How it works
  1. Submit your story (£15)
  2. The community reads it and leaves feedback
  3. Let it stew, then redraft and submit your final version
  4. The deadline is Halloween 2027, so there’s plenty of time
Timestamps
  • 00:00 Welcome and Twisted50 Volume Five
  • 01:15 The move to Talent Circle
  • 02:48 How Volume Four was put together
  • 06:31 New submission process and formatting
  • 07:41 Themes we expect to see
  • 08:53 Keep it contemporary
  • 09:58 You don’t need to use all 2,000 words
  • 10:37 Images, and the awards night in London
  • 11:29 Amy’s advice: submit early
  • 12:53 How the feedback process works
  • 14:06 A global project
  • 14:47 Leave an impression
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