Mahonri Stewart (Screenwriter)

Mahonri Stewart

(He/Him/His)

Screenwriter

Website: https://www.mahonristewart.com/

Biography

Mahonri Stewart (he/him/his) writes as a way to entertain his overactive imagination, seek meaning in a turbulent world, and give others the same kind of joy he has received from stories since he was a child. Mahonri writes in numerous genres, but specializes in probing, historical dramas and soaring fantasy-adventures. He earned an MFA in Dramatic Writing (screenwriting/playwriting) from Arizona State University and currently works as a teacher in Utah, but dreams of moving to a film center like Los Angeles, London, or New York to pursue his writing full-time.

AWARDS AND HONORS: Mahonri Stewart is a Final Draft Big Break Finalist, a two-time ScreenCraft Finalist (Feature and True Story/Public Domain), and a Top 25 finalst in Roadmap Writers', JumpStart Writing Competition, all for his Revolutionary War feature screenplay Wrightsborough. He is also a Top 10 Finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Animation Screenplay Contest for his Studio Ghibli inspired fantasy Exiles. He has received accolades in other prominent contests, including the Page International Screenwriting Competition (Quarterfinalist, Wrightsborough), Launchpad's Feature Screenplay Competition (Second Rounder, Wrightsborough), Launchpad's TV Pilot Competition (Second Rounder, Prospero's Island), ScreenCraft's TV Pilot Screenplay Competition (Semifinalist, Prospero’s Island), Filmmatic's Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards (Semifinalist, Exiles), ScreenCraft's Animation Competition (Semifinalist, Exiles), The Big Apple Film Festival (Quarterfinalist in Historical, Wrightsborough), and the ScreenCraft Action/Adventure Screenplay Competition (Quarterfinalist, Prospero’s Island). His screenplays have also placed high on Coverfly’s Red List, especially Wrightsborough, which has previously placed #1 of the month in Historical/Historical Feature, #2 of the year in Historical Features, #19 Overall (all genres), as well as in the Top 1% in genre/format, and been named one of Coverfly's Top 20 scripts of the past year.

Mahonri has also received a high score of an “8” on two of his evaluations for Wrightsborough and Farewell to Eden on Blacklist. Mahonri is also a national award-winning playwright, receiving numerous honors for his plays, including the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s National Selection Team Fellowship Award and their second-place, runner-up National Student Playwriting Award for his debut play Farewell to Eden.

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Projects (6)

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Education

Arizona State University

Master of Fine Arts (MFA): Dramatic Writing (Screenwriting and Playwriting)

Mahonri Stewart

Screenwriter

Website: https://www.mahonristewart.com/

Biography

Mahonri Stewart (he/him/his) writes as a way to entertain his overactive imagination, seek meaning in a turbulent world, and give others the same kind of joy he has received from stories since he was a child. Mahonri writes in numerous genres, but specializes in probing, historical dramas and soaring fantasy-adventures. He earned an MFA in Dramatic Writing (screenwriting/playwriting) from Arizona State University and currently works as a teacher in Utah, but dreams of moving to a film center like Los Angeles, London, or New York to pursue his writing full-time.AWARDS AND HONORS: Mahonri Stewart is a Final Draft Big Break Finalist, a two-time ScreenCraft Finalist (Feature and True Story/Public Domain), and a Top 25 finalst in Roadmap Writers', JumpStart Writing Competition, all for his Revolutionary War feature screenplay Wrightsborough. He is also a Top 10 Finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Animation Screenplay Contest for his Studio Ghibli inspired fantasy Exiles. He has received accolades in other prominent contests, including the Page International Screenwriting Competition (Quarterfinalist, Wrightsborough), Launchpad's Feature Screenplay Competition (Second Rounder, Wrightsborough), Launchpad's TV Pilot Competition (Second Rounder, Prospero's Island), ScreenCraft's TV Pilot Screenplay Competition (Semifinalist, Prospero’s Island), Filmmatic's Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards (Semifinalist, Exiles), ScreenCraft's Animation Competition (Semifinalist, Exiles), The Big Apple Film Festival (Quarterfinalist in Historical, Wrightsborough), and the ScreenCraft Action/Adventure Screenplay Competition (Quarterfinalist, Prospero’s Island). His screenplays have also placed high on Coverfly’s Red List, especially Wrightsborough, which has previously placed #1 of the month in Historical/Historical Feature, #2 of the year in Historical Features, #19 Overall (all genres), as well as in the Top 1% in genre/format, and been named one of Coverfly's Top 20 scripts of the past year. Mahonri has also received a high score of an “8” on two of his evaluations for Wrightsborough and Farewell to Eden on Blacklist. Mahonri is also a national award-winning playwright, receiving numerous honors for his plays, including the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s National Selection Team Fellowship Award and their second-place, runner-up National Student Playwriting Award for his debut play Farewell to Eden.

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