SeriesFest is looking for artists at the forefront of episodic storytelling! View our festival submissions and year-round opportunities below.
Badges and tickets will be on sale soon for SeriesFest: Season 11 from April 29–May 4, 2025, in Denver Colorado!
Festival Submissions
Submissions for SeriesFest: Season 11 are closed.
If you are in LA and have been impacted by the wildfires, email info@seriesfest.com for a deadline extension.
View Submission FAQs
SeriesFest: Season 11—Presented in partnership with Liberty Global, SeriesFest’s annual International Spotlight invites viewers to discover some of today’s best television shows from around the world. Series in this category cannot have been released via…
SeriesFest: Season 11—Do you have a nonfiction story to tell?SeriesFest’s Unscripted Series Competition celebrates and showcases the remarkable impact in unscripted storytelling. Submissions from all formats of unscripted will be considered including limited series and…
SeriesFest: Season 11—This competition spotlights cutting-edge branded content whose mission is guided by a “story first” mindset. Unscripted series, pilots, and short films selected for this competition will showcase impactful partnerships between brands and filmmakers. Submissions…
SeriesFest: Season 11—A category like no other…SeriesFest’s Late Night Competition is defined as live-action or animated programs with individual episodes with a run time of under 30 minutes featuring the strange, absurd, comedic, sketch, or…
SeriesFest: Season 11—This category is for the rule breakers! Each year, the Digital Short Series Competition exhibits creatives who are telling episodic stories without the restriction of traditional run times. SeriesFest is looking to find…
SeriesFest: Season 11—It’s the pilot program that started it all!
Headed into its eleventh season, SeriesFest’s Independent Pilot Competition provides a platform for the most innovative drama, comedy, and animated pilots out there ranging from…
SeriesFest: Season 11—It’s the pilot program that started it all!
Comedy pilots that challenge television’s status quo are our bread and butter. This competition provides a platform for funny, irreverent, thought provoking, and playful episodic…
SeriesFest: Season 11—Colorado has so much to offer storytellers from mountains, cityscape, to a stand out creative community. For Season 11, SeriesFest is excited to focus the signature Pilots in Progress program to…
SeriesFest: Season 11—Each season, the Pitch-A-Thon! highlights the art of the pitch with a live event* where content creators participate in an exclusive live and in person pitch session. Selected Creators have 5 minutes to…
Other Programs
Check out our previous or off-cycle programs. These programs are not currently accepting applications. Sign up for our newsletter here to be notified when submissions open, and reach out to us at info@seriesfest.com for more information.
With Janelle Monáe’s Wonaland Pictures—SeriesFest is partnering with Janelle Monáe and Wondaland Pictures to discover episodic content featuring radical and rebellious stories. The script competition provides artists the opportunity to share diverse…
Submissions are closed. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified about upcoming opportunities. View selected projects here and the mentors below. SeriesFest is looking for emerging episodic writers to…
With the Cherokee Nation Film Office and Green Pastures Studios—For this season of The Storytellers Initiative, SeriesFest is searching for remarkable writers to give voice to the Native American experience…
With Ed Helms & Michael Falbo’s Pacific Electric Picture Co.—The Storytellers Initiative aims to discover and celebrate bold new series with a strong point of view and bold characters from…
Since 2020, SeriesFest’s Executive Elevation Mentorship Program has fostered enriching connections between executive mentors and aspiring leaders—who are all people of color. The program aims to increase the diversity of…
SeriesFest and Shondaland are honored to partner on our sixth cycle of the Women Directing Mentorship, a competition designed to discover aspiring female directors with a unique voice and provide…
SeriesFest is bringing the award-winning Young Storytellers Script To Stage program to Denver. This is a free program for Denver-area elementary schools focused on encouraging the unique and individual…
In Partnership with Big Swing Productions Broadening its mission to cultivate opportunities for and about women, SeriesFest is proud to partner with Big Swing Productions (founded by Emmy®- and Golden…
