I made it to the final round of the 100-Word, 24-Hour writing competition
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I’m among 192 writers that have made it to the final round from an original field of over 5,400 worldwide.
These are the results from round 2:
I made it to Round 2 of a 100-word, 24-hour writing competition
/I wrote a new 100-word story with a new prompt in 24 hours for round 2. There’s one round left.
My microfiction short story placed in the top 10 of a writing competition
/In December 2023, I participated in the nycmidnight 250-word Microfiction Challenge. I had 48 hours to write a microfiction story based on the genre & prompts I was assigned.
My story ranked 9th in my category, with the top 10 selections moving on to round 2 (writing a new story based on new prompts in Feb 2024). Over 4,000 writers participated across all of the categories in round 1.
"Wedding Day" Chosen as a Quarterfinalist at the Atlanta Film Fest Screenplay Competition
/My work-in-progress feature script, Wedding Day, has been chosen as a Quarterfinalist at the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition. It’s also now ranked in the top 25% of all projects listed on Coverfly.
2022 Telly Awards
/1 Freethink piece I directed (Your Brain on Money - Herding) won a Silver Telly and the series overall, Your Brain on Money, which I developed and directed two episodes of, won a Gold Telly.
Freethink's "Your Brain on Money" Series Honored by the Webby's
/Freethink’s Your Brain on Money series, which I developed and directed 2 episodes of, is a Webby Award Honoree in the category of Video - Branded Entertainment - Series.
Telly Award-winning filmmaker!
/Three pieces that I worked on at Freethink - 1 as director, 2 as producer - have won Telly Awards:
1 - Keeping Democracy Safe in the 2020 Election is the Silver Telly Winner in Branded Content: Public Interest/Awareness (Official Listing) / Director
2 - The Formerly Incarcerated Fighting for Criminal Justice Reform is the Gold Telly Winner in Branded Content: Cause Marketing (Official Listing) / Producer
3 - Is Police Reform Even Possible? is the Gold Telly Winner in Non-Broadcast: Social Issues (Official Listing) / Producer
I'm a Judge! - D.C. Shorts Film Festival & The Film Fund
/Earlier this year I had the pleasure to serve as a judge for the D.C. Shorts Film Festival. I attended this festival in high school or college - I believe it was the first film festival I ever attended, when I already knew I wanted to be a filmmaker - so it’s cool to be associated with the festival now as a judge. And it was a really solid bunch of films - it was hard to score them.
This Fall, I’ll be serving as a judge for The Film Fund - filmmakers submit one sentence describing their short project and what they would do with the grant money if they receive it. I’m excited to see all the ideas that are submitted.
"It's Sta-Phan-E-acK!" is awarded the QCA New Work Grant
/I've been awarded a $2,500 New Work Grant to create my short film, It's Sta-Phan-E-acK!, from the Queens Council on the Arts and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund.
I'll be shooting the film this year in Queens, New York, and then exhibiting it publicly somewhere in the borough, before submitting it to festivals and releasing it online.
I'm excited to make a narrative film in 2018! https://www.facebook.com/JasonJStefaniak/
I was accepted into the Artist Campaign School!
/I was accepted into the inaugural Artist Campaign School, an effort to provide artists with the tools they need to build campaigns and run for public office. I'll be traveling to Detroit, Michigan for a day and a half of training.
More information about the Artist Campaign School here. And my specific cohort.
Here's an announcement from Creative Capital about my cohort.
"But Not For Me" on Amazon Prime
/But Not For Me is now available on Amazon Prime - free for Prime members, or $2.99 to rent and $9.99 to buy. Check it out!
"Middle Ground" on Film Shortage
/Middle Ground was chosen as a Daily Short Pick on the film website, Film Shortage.
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One World Trade Center - Cinema in the Sky Screenings
/My short film, Middle Ground, and the feature I produced, But Not For Me, will screen as part of the Cinema in the Sky series held at One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan - the largest building in North America! The films will screen on Saturday and Sunday, February 11th and 12th, 2017.
"Middle Ground" on Viddsee
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"But Not For Me" on Trailer Addict
/The trailer has been viewed over a thousand times on the Trailer Addict website since it was posted four days ago - woo hoo!!
BUT NOT FOR ME - Now available on FlixPremiere.com
/But Not For Me - the first feature film I produced from start to finish - is now available for rental in the United States for only $4.99 exclusively on the brand new film platform, Flix Premiere.
Check it out right now:
BUT NOT FOR ME - Coming soon to FlixPremiere.com
/The feature film I produced, But Not For Me, is getting a commercial release in the United States later this summer on the brand new digital platform, Flix Premiere.
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