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New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
New York Metropolitan
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New York, NY 10001
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Email:
NYMetropolitanWriters@Gmail.com
Contact: , Cinema Public House
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Objective
We love New York and we love film! We especially love films shot, set, about, or written and produced and starring New Yorkers! And by New Yorker, we mean New Yorkers from the State, the City, and around the world. Even New Yorkers who haven’t made it here yet. We love you all. (And no, you don’t have to be from here to submit your scripts). You just have to have a great New York story to tell.
The object of our festival is to promote aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers in all genres.
See festival website for complete details.
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | July 2, 2026 26 |
$50 |
| Ext Standard | August 6, 2026 61 |
$54 |
| Regular | September 10, 2026 96 |
$55 |
| Ext Regular | October 8, 2026 124 |
$57 |
| Late | November 5, 2026 152 |
$60 |
| Final | April 8, 2027 306 |
$65 |
Rules
See website for most up to date rules and TOS.Awards
The NYMSC rewards our grand prize winner with a consultation package that includes sessions with top talent managers and production executives. This is in addition to receiving one and a half pages of script notes from our final round judges.New York Metropolitan
Contact
New York, NY 10001
Web:
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Email:
NYMetropolitanWriters@Gmail.com
Contact: , Cinema Public House
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New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
Contact
New York, NY 10001
Web:
Click here
Email:
NYMetropolitanWriters@Gmail.com
Contact: , Cinema Public House
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Contest News
NY Metro Names Screenplay Winners
Mark A. Dahl's Art of War: Episode 1 has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2026 New York Metropolitan International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards. Finalists and semifinalists have also been announced.
Grand Prize Winner
Art of War: Episode 1 -the Dress by Mark A. Dahl
Finalists
Shadow Self by Tom Zimmerman
Corporate America by Elora Ellis
Semifinalists
Routine by Apple Kim
Triangle Girls by Jane Ann Gonzalez
Coney Island by Kaenan Oliver & Dominic Oliver
Guardian Ahole by David Case
Viewing by John C. Fitch III
Millenium by Chloe Gruber
The Mask by Nilesh Yagnick
Gin and Sin by Scott Daniel Wheeler
By Way of Canarsie Rob Cuccurullo & Stacey Nation
Billy Daniels Straight by Allison Moir
Bleeding Beauties by Jason Parks
12:37 One Building by Michael John Fedun
Becca Goes Back Julie Kraut
Corkscrewed Juliet Meyer
Burnout by Izzie Mantese
Tooth Fairy by Dre Higginbotha
Updated: 06/06/2026
New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards
Contact
New York, NY 10001
Web:
Click here
Email:
NYMetropolitanWriters@Gmail.com
Contact: , Cinema Public House
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