Every Comedy Festival With Open Submissions in August

We combed the internet for comedy festivals that have open submissions during the month of August so you don't have to! We have improv, stand-up, sketch and more covered below! Just click the names of the festivals to follow their link! We'll be updating throughout the month as new info comes in so be sure to check back!

Stand-Up

Dyen for Laughs Comedy Competition (Palm Springs, CA) - Deadline Aug. 1st (show dates Oct. 10-11)

Crooked Mouth Comedy Festival - Deadline Aug. 1st (show dates Oct. 15-18)

Funny Is Female (Oak Park, IL) - Deadline Aug. 1st (show dates Oct. 22-25)

Boston Comedy Festival - Cheaper fee ends Aug. 1st, overall Aug. 15th (show dates Nov. 10-14)

The 1 Day Comedy Competition (Atlanta) - Deadline Aug. 14th (show date Sept. 26)

World Series of Comedy (Various cities) - Multiple deadlines, overall Aug. 16th (multiple dates)

Knockouts Women's Comedy Festival (NYC) - Early Bird ends Aug. 18th, overall Oct. 20th (show dates March 2027)

Good Karma, South (Various cities in MD, NJ, NY, & PA) - Deadline Aug. 28th (show dates October)

Vice City Comedy Festival (Miami) - Early Bird ends Aug. 31st, overall Oct. 31st (show dates Feb. 25-27)

West End Comedy Festival (Atlanta) - Early Bird ends Aug. 31st, overall Nov. 1st (show dates Mar. 5-7)

Hubcap Comedy Festival (New Brunswick, Can.) - Deadline Aug. 31st (show dates Jan. 20-23)

Seattle International Comedy Competition - Deadline Sept. 6th (show dates in November)

Bergamot Comedy Festival (Santa Monica) - Regular Fee ends Sept. 30th, overall Nov. 30th (show dates Mar. 30-Apr. 3)

Meadowlands Comedy Festival (Carlstadt, NJ & NYC) - Deadline March 31st (show dates last week of April)

Film

Funny Under Fifteen Minutes (Hamilton, NY) - Regular Fee ends Aug. 8th, overall Feb. 14th (show dates Mar. 26-27)

LA Comedy Film Fest -Midway deadline Aug. 14th, overall Oct. 16th (event dates Dec. 3-6)

New York City Comedy Short Film Festival - Deadline Aug. 31st (show date Nov. 8)

Cookies & Comedy Film Festival (Pittsburgh, PA) - Deadline Dec. 31st (event date Mar. 13, 2027)

Stand-Up/Improv/Short/Podcast

Tower City Comedy Festival (Paris, TX) - Deadline Aug. 31st (show dates Jan. 28-30)

Film/TV/XR

SXSW (Austin, TX) - Deadline Aug. 25th(show dates Mar . 15-21)

Short Film/Animation

Short Com Festival (Various EU cities) - Early Bird ends Dec. 18th (show dates Sept. 24-28)

Sketch/Film

HaHa Harvest Comedy and Film Festival (Hoboken & Jersey City) - Deadline Aug. 20th (Oct. 2-4)

Fringe

Fringe World (Perth) - ARTRAGE deadline Aug. 17th, deadline Oct. 7th (show dates Jan. 20-Feb. 14)

Character/Themed Show

SureKill Comedy Festival (Philly) - Deadline Aug. 8th! (show dates Sept. 30-Oct. 3)

Stand-Up/Musical

Vermont Comedy Festival - Regular fee ends Aug. 22nd, overall Sept. 1st (show dates Dec. 3-6)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Podcast/Music/Alt Comedy/Character

Montclair Comedy Festival (Montclair, NJ) - Regular fee ends Oct. 10th, overall Oct. 24th (show dates Nov. 14-21)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Podcast/Music/Alt Comedy

SF Sketchfest - Early Bird ends Aug. 2nd, overall Sept. 2nd (show dates Jan. 14-31)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch

Floodwater Comedy Festival (Iowa City) - Deadline Aug. 3rd (show dates Oct. 16&17)

Improv

St. Pete Improv Festival (St. Petersburg, FL) - Deadline Aug. 3rd (show dates Sept. 10-13)

Rivertowns Improv Fall Festival (Croton-on-Hudson, NY) - Deadline Aug. 22nd (show dates Oct. 16-17)

Impro INvention (Canberra, Australia) - Early Bird packages offered, no real deadline (fest dates Dec. 7-13)

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