SeriesFest: Season 12 returns May 6–10, 2026! Explore our flagship festival submission categories below, and stay tuned for seasonal additions, funding opportunities, and other special announcements.
SeriesFest: Season 12—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 12—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 12—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…
SeriesFest: Season 12—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 12—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 12—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…
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.
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 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…
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…
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