2021's Grand Prize Winner Danny Alex received personal consultations with three top talent executives including managers from Kersey Management, Mazo Entertainment, and independent producer Ryan Levee. The top two finalists also received consultations with talent managers at Content House and Cartel Entertainment.
A first class level competition organized and run people people who care. It was an honor to have The SICKEN in the NYMSC and even more so to have been awarded top screenplay. The communication is superb and dedication to the screenwriting community is second to none. It should be in everyone's top ten screenwriting competitions to enter. -Danny Alex
Great competition. I received fantastic notes that were positive and productive. -Marco Ruggio
I could never say good enough things about your festival and I wish it continued success going forward! -Justin Jackson
A Wonderful Screenwriting Competition That Does A Great Job Supporting The Writers!!! -Sean Chandler
A wonderful opportunity to submit my scripts to. I would highly recommend you try it out for yourself. -Elyssa Catalfano
Pleasant experience, honored I was part of the competition, thanks a lot! -Jonathan Zarantonello
I want to thank you guys for recognizing exactly what I was shooting for. I wanted the texture of their grit to be as evenly mixed with their gifts as cops and their very natural and familiar senses of humor. I wanted them to be serious about their craft but, at the same time, find the fun in it all as long as it didn't compromise the quality of what they're trying to accomplish. When I saw that you absorbed the atmosphere and soaked up the spill over of the ongoing child in both of them that started this whole thing; I just felt such a glow. Anyway, thank you so much as you really made my week with your compliments & opinions. -Jack Vecchio
Thanks for running a great festival. Hats off to the new year! -Giovanni Sanseviero
New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition provided me with a great festival experience and is an outstanding professional festival. New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition is a fantastic venue for writers to showcase their screenplays. Thanks. -Joseph L Harrison
Great Communication & Great Festival! I highly recommend this festival for up-and-coming screenplay writers! -Ben Burgess Jr.
Had a wonderful experience with NY Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition. - Jack Vecchio
The festival was an important and very useful experience. -Jerzy Kowynia
2021's Grand Prize Winner Danny Alex received personal consultations with top talent executives in NYC and LA including managers from Kersey Management, Mazo Entertainment, and independent producer Ryan Levee. The top two finalists also received consultations with talent managers at Content House and Cartel Entertainment.
Congrats to all of 2021's winners!!!!!
2021 Winners
Grand Prize Winner!
The Sicken by Danny Alex
Finalists
Edward Cardinald by Elyssa Catalfano
The First Ward by Richard Sullivan
Semi Finalists
Serial by Robert Benjamin
Kept by Kasper Kavalaris
Supposed To Be by Beth-Anne Blue
Street Signs by Alasdair McMullan
Miscalculated by Romel Xavier Moralez and Alyxandrya Prynce
Winterheart by Julien Wagner
Childish by Bella Zafer, Madi Garcia and Keara Keitel
Just Off Broadway by Dave Holloway
Happy Hour Hustler’s by Cathy Beasley
Earthjacked by Marco Ruggio
Coast to Coast Cops by Jack Vecchio
A Reason to Be by Norman McCombs
Templin Highway by William Prosser
Searching for Michael by David Earle
I Hate Cindy Lovelet by Paul Anthony Surdi
bGone by Scott Marshall Taylor
The Faeri Rings by Zina Brown
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Final Round reads provided by Coverfly Coverage Services.
Thank you most sincerely for this award, you are true Lovers of Film. I recommend this festival to all sincere thrill-seeking screenwriters. Cheers! -William Prosser
2020's grand prize winner received a consultation package provided by Roadmap Writers that included sessions with executives at First Fridays Ent, Kersey Managment, and a one hour consultation with a manager at the Content House. Other finalists had consultations with an executive from Osowik Managment, the Bohemia Group, and Forest Road.
2020 Winners
Grand Prize Winner!
Felsbrocken by Martin King
Finalists
Welcome to Valhalla by Karl Mather
The Prosecutor's Witness by Donald Ray Schwart
Semi Finalists
Ripley of Valor by RB Atkinson
Bitter Beans by Grietje Fortuin
The Freedom Ring by Michael Soussan
Love Thy Neighbor Jean Buschman
First and Ten by Carl Chambers
The Fixer by Tom Holloway
Camouflage by Christopher Willis
Revive Us Again by Sandra Reed
Three Rivers by Sarah Stusek
The Scarecrow by Gemma Paul
Triangle by Akiva Penaloza
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I was drawn to this competition because as an east coast inhabitant, I cringe whenever people say that all the best screenplays come from LA. What does Louisiana have over the rest of us? This is an outstanding contest that does not focus specifically on New York subject matter. Just good writing.
Friendly, positive and fantastic at feedback - I would recommend these guys to everyone.
The staff I have interacted with at NY Metro Screenwriting Competition has been fantastic. They are respectful and encouraging. They are truly supporting screenwriters. I would recommend this competition!
2019 Winners
Grand Prize Winner!
She's Unexpecting By Angela Vaut
Finalists
Perigee Heart by Robert Languedoc
Sideshow Bandit by Marie Wilson
Semi Finalists
Beauty Possessed by Ben Lokey
Nice Trick by Justin Jackson
Katharine to Tesla, Faithfully Yours Written by Natalie Paige Bentley
Honour by Richard Sloggett
Exposed by Sheri Davenport and Lois Norman
The O’Malley by John F. Sarno
Connecting by Tristan McIntosh
The Bliss Killer by LeLe Park
WWJD by Samuel Garza Bernstein
Committed by T.N.D.
Richer than a White Man by Christine Stevens DeLorenzo
At the Mercy of Faith by Samuel Lee Taylor
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The staff I have interacted with at NY Metro Screenwriting Competition has been fantastic. They are respectful and encouraging. They are truly supporting screenwriters. I would recommend this competition!
Outstanding contest experience driven by individuals looking for the best screenplays.
Friendly, positive and fantastic at feedback - I would recommend these guys to everyone.
2018 Grand Prize Winner!
Rest in Pain by Valerie Dalena and Mike Fuhrmann
2018 Finalists
Verrater by Randa Karambelas
Please Gentlemen, Ask Me Who I Am by Cinzia Gagliardi
2018 Semi-Finalists
Remembering Liz by Joan Beilstein
How To Address An Envelope by Alex Lyras
The Island of Blooming Stones by Russell Beneke
Dinner in Hyde Park by Jon Silver
Kaffarah (Atonement) by Tom Rossi
Redbone by Ned Eckhardt
Running Blind by John T Frederick
Snowfall by Robert Languedoc
Black Easter Resurrection by Jim Carroll
My Mother Murdered My Father by Josephine A. Perry
Breaking Faith by Jocelyn Jones
Luana by Danielle Erlich
One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.
"Cool festival! They asked me if I could get my script to anyone who would it be. So I gave them a producer's name and now she's reading my script. What a cool prize! i wish everyone could be a winner."
"Janet Lee was always available and was so enthusiastic (as was Jerrol LeBaron , of InkTip, one of the sponsors) when informing me of my second place award. Overall, an enjoyable experience."
"Really positive festival. I'm glad I submitted."
Summer 2017 Grand Prize Winner!
Cal Athan Hawk Moon
Summer 2017 Finalists
Jeff McMahon New Deli
Brian Weakland The Kingmaker
Winter 2017 Grand Prize Winner!
Cadeby by David Keogh
Winter 2017 Finalists
Circled In Red by James Byrne
Legacy by Danielle Erlich
Winter 2017 Semi-Finalists
Single Bullet Theory by Mike Bencivenga
How Bout Now by Daniel Gold
Motorhead by Luke Butler
Stranger Things by Ana Ziegler Loes
Armor by Bryant Daluz
Hudson River Crossing by Demetra Kareman
The Kosher Mutiny by Jim Norman
The Program by John Ravitz
Represent! bu Todd Serlin
Immigrant by Doug Peake
Parousia by Todd Sorrell
Post Mortem by Travis Carr
The Kid from Brooklyn by John Jack McGuire
Chlora & Phyll by Rowan Meyer
The Hippies Saved Physics by Henry Charles Montgomery and Amy Montgomery
Oh, Mighty River by Dan Ritter
Get Smacked by George Basiev
The Kid Next Door by Jim Norman
Gotta Itch for Mitch by Janice Haas
The Gentrifiers by Jared R. Goodman and Philip Aceto
Blame it on Warhol by Dan Corter
The Italian Vacation by Claudia Marinelli
Michelangelo by Roberto Lemos
Black Sheep by Janelle H
Over the great bridge, with sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker upon the moving cars, with the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of non-olfactory money. The city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.
