
Tony Cox Screenplay Competition
#NFF2023 SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
Over the past 28 years, NFF has helped give life to thousands of stories … and story matters more than ever right now.
As our world and community work to make sense of, rebuild, and transform how we create and express ourselves, NFF is committed to giving filmmakers, writers, and storytellers an avenue to showcase their work and help them transform this incredibly difficult experience into beauty and meaning.
Tony Cox Screenplay Competitions recognize emerging writers in four unique categories as the best from the pool of submissions each year. Finalists in each competition are read by prestigious juries, receive top industry recognition, and participate in a Festival focused specifically on screenwriting that includes cash prizes for all competitions and a Mentors Brunch with a prominent screenwriter (past mentors include Noah Baumbach, Oliver Stone, Robert Towne, David O. Russell, and Nancy Meyers).
Feature Screenplay Competition
ONE WINNER RECEIVES:
$2,500 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival;
All-inclusive, month-long writer’s retreat on Nantucket in October with Almanack Screenwriters;
A pass for the 2023 festival;
A reception during the festival in the winners’ honor;
Custom bound copy of the winner’s script;
Name inclusion in press release and on festival website as a competition winner and finalist;
TWO FINALISTS IN EACH CATEGORY RECEIVE:
Participation in Mentors Brunch with prominent screenwriter during NFF;
Attend reception during the festival;
A pass for the 2023 festival;
Name inclusion on festival website as a competition finalist.
Episodic Screenplay (60 min) Competition
Episodic Screenplay (30 min) Competition
ONE WINNER RECEIVES:
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$1,000 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival;
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A pass for the 2023 festival;
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A reception during the festival in the winners’ honor;
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Custom bound copy of the winner’s script;
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Name inclusion on Festival website as a competition finalist and winner.
ONE WINNER RECEIVES:
$1,000 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival;
A pass for the 2023 festival;
A reception during the festival in the winners’ honor;
Custom bound copy of the winner’s script;
Name inclusion on festival website as a competition finalist and winner.
Short Screenplay Competition
ONE WINNER RECEIVES
$500 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival;
A pass for the 2023 festival;
A reception during the festival in the winners’ honor;
Name inclusion in press release and on festival website as a competition winner and finalist.