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New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards

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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Overall: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.3/5.0)
Professionalism: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.6/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.3/5.0)
Signficance: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 12    
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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

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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:
Click here
Email:
NYMetropolitanWriters@Gmail.com

Contact: , Cinema Public House

Report Card

Overall: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.3/5.0)
Professionalism: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.6/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.3/5.0)
Signficance: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 12    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

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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

Report Card

Overall: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.3/5.0)
Professionalism: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.6/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.3/5.0)
Signficance: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 12    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

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. [Updated: 06/06/2026]

Interviews

Zero interviews found. If you've finished first, second, or third in this competition, we'd like to interview you.

New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards

Contact

New York, NY 10001

Web:
Click here
Email:
NYMetropolitanWriters@Gmail.com

Contact: , Cinema Public House

Report Card

Overall: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.3/5.0)
Professionalism: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.6/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.3/5.0)
Signficance: 2.5 stars2.5 stars2.5 stars (2.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 12    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

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