Winners of the New York Script Awards

2023 Autumn Edition

Best Super Short Script
Winner
Exit Stage Left (Elliot Stanton, UK)
Honorable Mention
Demon (James Ferda, USA)

Best Short Script (under 40 pages)
Winner
Aging Queens (Joffre Faria Silva, Canada)
Honorable Mention
First Word Ever - How Jayden Found His Voice (Marcia P. Samuels, USA)

Best Feature Script
Winner
The Price of Peace ( Joan Louise Kufrin, USA)
Honorable Mention
Bearing Witness (Windsor Racine, USA)
Local Talent (Vincent Scarsella, USA)

Best Television Script - Pilot
Winner
Coming Back (Johnny Galvan, USA)
Honorable Mention
Group Therapy (Jaycee J. Brill, USA)

Best Feature Treatment
Winner
The Bearded Lady (Steve Troy Sides, USA)

Best First-Time Screenwriter
Winner
Stupid Dead Boy (Alex Vickery-Howe, Australia)

Best Drama Screenplay
Winner
Jinxy and Mr. B (Jarrett Bryant, USA)
Honorable Mention
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH - Terror Version (Samuel Lee Taylor, USA)

Best Horror
Winner
The House With Two Front Doors (Lucy Mills, UK)

Best LGBT Screenplay
Winner
Man Up (Melisa Raney, USA)

Best Male Screenwriter
Winner
Colosseum (Adam Jay Crawford, USA)

Best Female Screenwriter
Winner
Echoes of Maddy (Donia Youssef, UK)

Best Fantasy Screenplay
Winner
PREACHER'S DAUGHTER: GIANT SLAYER (Gregory Bonds, USA)

Best Social Drama Screenplay
Winner
A Woman's Work (Toby Smith, UK)

Best Documentary Screenplay
Winner
Unconquered (John Parr, UK)

Best Stage Play
Winner
truth is… (Hank Rion, USA)

Winners of the New York Script Awards

2023 Summer Edition

Best Super Short Script
Winner
The Lightkeeper's Tale (Tim Walton, USA)
Honorable Mention
Rat's Bait Shop (Della Greenawalt, USA)

Best Short Script (under 40 pages)
Winner
Ice Creamatorium (Joshua T McQueen, USA)

Best Feature Script
Winner
The Ghost Under My Bed (Sara Caldwell, USA)
Honorable Mention
Nick's Gambit (John Kearns, USA)
Devotion (Leon McConnell, USA)

Television Script - Pilot
Winner
A Lost Lady - Pilot: "A Spark" (Holly Swenson, USA)
Honorable Mention
In the Name (Jerome Cleary, USA)
MY NAME IS JONAS (Cory David Bortnicker, USA)
ANN ARBOR pilot Vagina Dialogue (Richard Redlo, USA)

First-Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Winner
Opus (Dylan C. Brown, USA)

First-Time Screenwriter (Short)
Winner
The Uncovering (Stephanie Keenan Sowder, USA)

Best Drama Screenplay
Winner
Virtual Timepiece (Lee john)

Best Comedy Screenplay
Winner
Confessions of a Horny Teenager (Nick Abdo, USA)
Honorable Mention
Love With Sight (Shelly Christian, USA)

Best Horror
Winner
The SICKEN: AWAKENING - Chapter 1 (Dan Alex, USA)
Honorable Mention
Carnevil (Anthony Cross, USA)

Best LGBT Screenplay
Winner
The Sibling Rule (Mari SanGiovanni, USA)

Best Female Screenwriter
Winner
Drama Queen (Stephanie Scott, USA)

Best Male Screenwriter
Winner
As Scared As You (Jeese Dorian, USA)

Best Sci/Fi Screenplay
Winner
Robot Asteroid (Paul May, Canada)

Best Fantasy Screenplay
Winner
Wish Granting Factory (Olena Chepurna, Ukraine)

Best War Screenplay
Winner
The Volunteer (Robert Allen Nelson, Jason Morwick, USA)
Honorable Mention
Jody (Corey Shields, USA)

Best Crimi Screenplay
Winner
Bouquet Canyon (R. D. Smith, Nicklaus Parada, USA)

Best Historical Screenplay
Winner
STANTON & ANTHONY (Helise Nancy Stamos, USA)
Honorable Mention
The '57 Bushville Champs (Elissa Sheridan, USA)

Best Romantic Screenplay
Winner
The Grand Parents (Christian Pendered Zur, USA)

Best Stage Play
Winner
The Other Part of the Picture (Peter Hardy, USA)

Best New York Screenplay
Winner
THE OPERATOR (Pamela PerryGoulardt, USA)

Best American Screenplay
Winner
The Loser's Club (Jonathan Turner Smith, USA)

Best Book
Winner
Marky the Magnificent Fairy (Cynthia Kern OBrien, USA)

Best Character
Winner
I've Been Watching You - Character “Dimples” (Wilson Boggess, USA)

Best Concept

Winner
The devil Pulls The Strings (J. W. Zarek, USA)

Winners of the New York Script Awards

2023 Spring Edition

Best Super Short Script
Winner
Postage Due (Janna Jones, USA)
Honorable mention
WINTER (Roberto Romano, Italy)

Best Short Script (under 40 pages)
Winner
This Is The Life (D Warren Rose, USA)
Honorable Mention
The Pact (Margo Jane Kinney-Petrucha, USA)

Best Feature Script
Winner
Billy Boudinot (Philip Bryan Lombardi, USA)
Honorable Mention
Saint Catherine's Boys (John Ravitz, USA)
Pearl Fisher (Suzanne Birrell, USA)

Best Television Script - Pilot
Winner
Rhodes (Michael Gascon, USA)
Honorable Mention
BROTHERLY GRUDGE! (Ray Dan Klein, Alan Drew Davis, USA)
Smiles (Laurel Hatfield, USA)

Best Best Synopsys
Winner
Leonardo (Fabiola Medici, Italy)

Best First-Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Winner
The Wounds Time Didn’t Heal (Brande Chantell Clark, USA)

Best First-Time Screenwriter (Short)
Winner
Abstract of Love (Scott James Cook, USA)

Best Drama Screenplay
Winner
The Dash Between (Ray Leslie Bell, USA)

Best Comedy Screenplay

Winner
I'll Be Doggone (Robert Cole, USA)

Best Thriller
Winner
Three For Hire: Tombstone, The Lethal Connection (Dan Robert Burle, USA)

Best Horror
Winner
Han (Esther Um, USA)

Best LGBT Screenplay
Winner
The Adagio (Gerald C Wood, USA)

Best Female Screenwriter
Winner
HIGHLAND DRIVE Pilot (Rosalyn Rosen, USA)

Best Male Screenwriter
Winner
Black and White (Benjamin Burgess Jr., USA)

Best Fantasy Screenplay
Winner
Pevron the Puny (Emma Marie Oliver, USA)

Best Crimi Screenplay
Winner
Fuchsia Fox (Nilgoon Askari, James Leon, USA)

Best Psychological Screenplay
Winner
TWINKS (Keith Soforic, USA)

Best Stage Play
Winner
The Sexton (David Rousculp, USA)

Best New York Screenplay
Winner
MOKSHA (Saurin Lakhia, USA)

American Screenplay
Winner
A Picture Worth Every Word (Pat Stone, USA)

Foreign Screenplay
Winner
Am I Dead (Ke DeSol, Australia)

Best Emotional Investment
Winner
Until You are Loved (Dashiell Finley, USA)

Best Character
Winner
Wicked Wives (Nina Naval, Natalie Valdez, USA)

Special Jury Award for Best Concept
WE-MEN (Julie Simone, Jill Sorensen, USA)

Best Dialogue
Winner
JESÚS OF NAZARETH (Wayne Allen Gibson, USA)

Special Jury Award for Story
Morituriosis (Jesse Dorian, USA)