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The International Songwriting Competition Is Accepting Submissions for “Comedy and Novelty” (Including Stand-up)

August 4, 2018
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The International Songwriting Contest takes in thousands of entries every year in an attempt to highlight the songs of new talent. Within that field, they’re also looking for entries in “Comedy and Novelty”, which covers musical comedy, parody songs, stand-up, and recordings of comedy groups/troupes. 

There are cash and other prizes for top placing finalists throughout the ISC and all finalists are listened to by a special judge panel that includes the head of Comedy Central Records. Past winners have included two favorites of ours Rachel Bloom and Garfunkel and Oates.

You don’t have to worry about censoring content and there is no official running time/time limit for entries. All material must be original and all writers must be credited. Entries are being taken from now until Wednesday, September 19th at $30 per entry. 

If that all sounds good to you, get more details and enter here.

Support Planned Parenthood and You Could Win an Opportunity to Record Season 3 Rick & Morty DVD Commentary

November 7, 2017
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charity, commentary, contest, dan harmon, justin roiland, omaze, planned parenthood, rick and morty

Support Planned Parenthood and You Could Win an Opportunity to Record Season 3 Rick & Morty DVD Commentary

Via Omaze, you do a good thing by supporting the organization Planned Parenthood as well as potentially sitting down with Rick and Morty creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland and actually recording season 3 Rick and Morty DVD commentary.

Additionally, if you win, you’ll be flown out to LA and get put up in a 4-star hotel.

In this case, there are only winners here, but act quickly as there is only one day left for this contest.

You Could Win a Chance to Make TruTV’s Next Show with NYTVF and TruTV’s Comedy Breakout Initiative

December 20, 2016
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alternative programming, comedy breakout initiative, contest, development, nytvf, scripted comedy, submissions, trutv

You Could Win a Chance to Make TruTV’s Next Show with NYTVF and TruTV’s Comedy Breakout Initiative

TruTV is looking for some new blood on their development slate and has opened their doors, partnering with the New York TV Festival, with this Comedy Breakout Initiative that will take in submissions on new formats for their network and pick one creator and project to give up to $25K to develop the idea. 

Submissions will run from January 25th, 2017-February 17th, 2017 and finalists will be announced in March and then winners in May.

Get more details and guidelines here.

Oh yeah, best of all, there’s no submission fee.

Superego’s Matt Gourley and James Bladon Have Made Theme Songs for Non-Existent TV Shows and Are Taking Submissions For Opening Sequences

October 18, 2015
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contest, james bladon, matt gourley, submissions, superego, tv themes

This is almost like a DIY version of Adam Scott’s Greatest Event in Television History specials.

Matt Gourley from the beloved Superego and James Bladon have teamed up to make TV themes that sounds so much like a real TV theme of a TV show from yesteryear, you’d have a hard time believing the shows didn’t exist. Even when they have long acronyms like S.T.I.N.G.R.A.Y. or juxtapose gnomes into a sitcom, the theme songs of Stay Tuned Vol. 1 are pretty perfect.

If you so desire and have the free time and resources to do so, Gourley and Bladon are looking for submissions for opening credit sequences to go with these themes. They just might feature your submissions as well. 

While it might seem like a lot of work, we have no doubt that someone’s going to come up with something great as plenty of folks did for Superego’s Stetch Maldonay contest.

Superego Once Recorded a Nearly 40 Min. Sketch That They Are Holding a Contest To See What Someone Can Do With It

March 2, 2015
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comedy podcast, contest, sketch, submissions, superego, world's longest

Superego is one of the funniest podcasts around as they really let loose in all their sketches. In fact, just over two years ago, the did a sketch entitled “Stetch Maldonay: Scissor Shapener” that clocked in, raw and unedited, at 38:41. 

A quick Google search and check of Record Setter will leave you unsure of exactly if there’s a longer sketch on record in existence (there is a Shortest Comedy Sketch), so we’re going to say, for now, that’s the world’s longest single comedy sketch. 

Currently it’s in three separate tracks here, here, and here. 

Knowing all of this, the guys over at Superego have been racking their brains for years in trying to see what they can do to make Stetch Maldonay more manageable and into something that would put on a episode of the podcast that features numerous sketches of more standard length. 

Now, they’re giving all of us a chance to take this beast on.

If you have the audio know how and have a good sense of comedic structure and timing, you might want to give this a shot. They’re taking submissions until May 1st and might feature it on the actual show. Get all the details here.

Fox and NYTVF Announce Comedy Script Alumni Competition for Pilot Development

July 2, 2014
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contest, fox tv, new york television festival, nytvf, submissions

Fox and NYTVF Announce Comedy Script Alumni Competition for Pilot Development

If you’re an alumni of Fox’s annual Comedy Script Contest at the New York Television Festival, you have a chance to submit to a special alumni competition that will promise a commitment to a pilot presentation to the winner.

The stakes are thankfully higher than they have been in the past, but you also have to be alumnus of the contest in years previous.

The Oddball Comedy Festival Is Returning and You Could Be A Part of It

March 27, 2014
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comedy festival, comedy tour, contest, funny or die, oddball, open call, submissions

This Summer, Funny or Die is embarking on their massive comedy festival tour known as Oddball and, this time around, they’re holding a contest to find a stand up comedian to join Oddball. 

More details are here or you can watch this promo then get more details/enter into the contest here.

Europe’s Montreux Comedy Festival Holding Free Stand-up and Sketch Contest

September 20, 2013
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comedy festival, contest, dailymotion, montreux, sketch, stand up, submissions, switzerland

Europe’s Montreux Comedy Festival Holding Free Stand-up and Sketch Contest

With no entry free, you can enter to perform over in Europe at the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland this December. Dailymotion is taking in submissions from stand up comedians and sketch performers up to the end of October.

Winners, which will be picked by from a group of voter picked finalists, get hotel, airfare, and meals covered. Submit/enter at the link. 

Enter McSweeney’s Annual Column Contest for Free

August 25, 2013
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Enter McSweeney’s Annual Column Contest for Free

Every year, the highly regarded brand for the humorous written word, McSweeney’s holds a contest to have a brand new column to bring into the fold. It’s free to enter, you can write or illustrate your column, and have until Aug. 30th 7PM PST to send it in. 

You just might win $500 and a year contract with McSweeney’s.

We’re going to go ahead and guess that a lot of you have something that’s perfect for this, so get in on submitting already. 

MIT Media Lab Hosting Comedy Hack Day, A Comedy App Competition

August 15, 2013
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comedy hack day, contest, cultivated wit, media lab, mit, submissions

MIT Media Lab Hosting Comedy Hack Day, A Comedy App Competition

When we say that comedy is an incredibly burgeoning art form, there are so many examples of that happening such as Cultivated Wit‘s Comedy Hack Day, a competition for app developers and comedians to come up with funny ways to pass the time on your mobile devices. 

In fact, the venerable MIT is hosting the event and Baratunde Thurston was the emcee as well as W. Kamau Bell being a judge of the last edition in case if you’re curious how legitimate the event is.

Also, if you’re interested, you can currently enter the next Comedy Hack Day happening this September. 

Derek Waters Wants You to Make Your Own Drunk History

July 24, 2013
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comedy central, contest, derek waters, drunk history, rich fulcher, user generated

Derek Waters Wants You to Make Your Own Drunk History

The creator of Drunk History, Derek Waters, is now looking for user generated ‘drunk history’ to post. Using Rich Fulcher’s audio at the link, make your own, send to Derek and you might get featured somehow.

Enter Flavorwire’s Short Fiction Contest and Possibly Win $500 For a Short Story

May 15, 2013
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contest, short stories, submissions

Enter Flavorwire’s Short Fiction Contest and Possibly Win $500 For a Short Story

Culture blog Flavorwire is putting up a nice little chunk of change for a a great short story that some of you probably already have. They’re looking for 5,000 words or less and a work of fiction, so if you already have that saved in a file somewhere, it’d make sense to enter (also, there doesn’t appear to be an entry/submission fee).

The NYTVF/Comedy Central Short Pilot Finalists Have Been Selected

April 19, 2013
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comedy central, contest, ny tv festival, short pilot

The NYTVF/Comedy Central Short Pilot Finalists Have Been Selected

Another round of congratulations today go to all the finalists in the NY TV Festival/Comedy Central Short Pilot Contest including the likes of comedy folks that have been featured on The Comedy Bureau before Michael Jonathan Smith, Grant Pardee, Matthew Hill, and Dave Child/Brooke Lenzi. 

Get a complete list of the finalists at the link.

March 20, 2011
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action figure, cartoons, comedy, contest, ringtones, shorts

actionfiguretherapy:

We’re running a Funniest Title For Jungle Recon’s First Movie Contest on our Facebook page. Top three entries win a free Deluxe Pack of Action Figure Therapy ringtones.

Go to our Facebook page to enter:

http://facebook.com/actionfiguretherapy

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