Mahonri Stewart (he/him/his) writes as a way to entertain his overactive imagination, to seek meaning in a turbulent world, and to 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.

Mahonri is a Finalist in Final Draft's Big Break Competition, a two-time ScreenCraft Finalist (Feature and True Story/Public Domain), Top 25 finalist for Roadmap Writer's Jumpstart Competition, and a  Emerging Screenwriters Animation Screenplay Competition Finalist. He has also placed as a second rounder, semi-finalist, and quarterfinalist in the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Launchpad TV Pilot and Feature Competitions, WeScreenplay Feature Lab, Big Apple Film Festival, Script2Comic Contest, Filmatic Sci-fi/Fantasy Awards, and ScreenCraft's various competitions, including TV Pilot, Animation, and Action/Adventure.  

Mahonri's screenplays have also placed high on Coverfly’s Red List, especially Wrightsborough, which is (as of January 2024)  #1 in Historical/Historical Features this past month, #2 in Historical Features in the past year, #3 in Historical, #8 in Features, in the past month,  #9 Overall in the past month, Top 1% in genre/format, Top 1% Overall, and one of the Top 20 Overall scripts of 128,135 projects. He has also received a high score of an “8” on one of his evaluations for Wrightsborough 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. He also received the Ruth and Nathan Hale Comedy Playwriting Award for LEGENDS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. Two dozen of Mahonri's plays have been produced in both Europe and the United States. 

Mahonri has two screenplays currently optioned (JIMMY STEWART GOES TO HOLLYWOOD and EMPEROR WOLF) with Motion Foundry Studios and Park City Pictures. He has been featured on Coverfly's Red List for both WRIGHTSBOROUGH (Historical, top 1% Overall) and PROSPERO'S ISLAND (Fantasy and Fantasy TV, Top 7% Overall).
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Mahonri has also had extensive experience as an educator (both high school and university levels), a theatre director, a theater producer, a novelist, a poet, an anthology editor, and as a playwright-in-residence at the Noorda Regional Theater for Children and Youth.

Wrightsborough is a compelling, provocative story, telling the familiar story of the Revolutionary War through the perspective of characters we don't often see in popular narratives of the period."
- ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Screenplay Competition

Written at a professional level, this screenplay reflects the author's understanding of the importance of detailed research and character-driven storytelling in crafting a rich historical drama. The depth and quality of this work, which rival those of many established screenwriters, could attract the attention of industry representatives like managers or agents. The author should be immensely proud..."
- The Black List

An inventive and engaging pilot,  Prospero's Island does a terrific job of throwing us right into the action while setting up the supernatural world and the various characters who will be at the center of the series. Though the episode will be highly appealing to Shakespeare fans, the episode's story isn't dependent on knowledge of the source material as it takes the time to build an intricate mythology..."
- ScreenCraft TV Pilot Screenplay Competition

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