Every Comedy Festival With Open Submissions in January

We combed the internet for comedy festivals that have open submissions during the month of January 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

Raleigh Comedy Festival (Raleigh, NC) - Deadline Jan. 3rd (show dates Mar. 20-22)

SLO Comedy Festival (San Luis Obispo, CA) - Deadline Jan. 6th (show dates Feb. 27-Mar. 2)

Big Pine Comedy Festival (Chandler, AZ) - Deadline Jan. 15th (show dates Apr. 2-5)

Athens Comedy Fest (Athens, GA) - Deadline Jan. 31st (show dates May 2-4)

Jersey City Comedy Festival (Jersey City, NJ) - Regular deadline Jan. 31st, overall Mar. 31st (show dates June 10-14)

World Series of Comedy (Various cities) - Multiple satellite deadlines starting in Feb., Main Event deadline Aug. 18th (Main Event show dates Sept. 21-27)

Flagship City Comedy Festival (Erie, PA) - Deadline Feb. 1st (show dates Apr. 24-27)

FunnyFest Comedy Festival (Calgary) - Deadline Feb. 1st (show dates May 29-June 8)

Limestone Comedy Festival (Bloomington, IN) - Early Bird ends Feb. 11th, overall Mar. 10th (show dates May 29-31)

Vail Comedy Festival (Vail, CO) - Deadline Feb. 14th (show dates May 23-25)

Windy City Comedy Festival (Chicago) - Deadline Jan. 31st (show dates Aug. 7-10)

Meadowlands Comedy Festival (Secaucus, NJ) - Deadline Mar. 1st (show dates Apr. 24-28)

LGBTLOL Queer Comedy Fest (New Orleans) - Deadline Mar. 1st (show dates May 29-June 1)

Rogue Island Comedy Festival (Newport, RI) - Deadline Mar. 16th (show dates May 22-26 or Oct. 9-13)

Boulder Comedy Festival - Deadline in March (show dates in June)

Gas Money Fest (Waterloo, IA) - Deadline Apr. 1 (show date Aug. 23)

Burbank Comedy Festival - Deadline May 1st (show dates Aug. 9-16)

San Francisco Comedy Competition - Deadline June 1st (show dates in September)

Seattle International Comedy Competition - Deadline June 1st (show dates in November)

Feature & Short Film/Series/Music Video/Video Games/Audio Storytelling

Tribeca Film Festival (NYC) - Multiple deadlines, some end on Jan. 15th (show dates June 4-15)

Stand-Up/Film

Laugh After Dark Comedy Festival (Las Vegas) - Standard deadline Apr. 30th, overall June 30th (show dates Oct. 27-29)

Short Film/Animation

Short Com International Comedy Film & Animation Festival (UK) - Early Bird ends Jan. 10th, overall Aug. 11 (show dates September 26-October 5)

Stand-Up/Digital Shorts

Bend Comedy Festival (Bend, OR) - Early Bird ends Feb. 28th, overall May 15th (show dates Labor Day Weekend)

Video Sketch/Feature, Short, & Animated Film/Pilot/Web Series/Music Video

LA Comedy Film Festival - Deadline July 19th (show dates Sept. 5-15)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Musical/Podcast/Variety/Family

Brisbane Comedy Festival - Deadline Jan. 17th (show dates Apr. 23-May25)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Alt Comedy

Glasgow International Comedy Festival - Deadline Jan. 10th (show dates Mar. 12-30)

Improv/Sketch/Alt Comedy

Dallas Indie Comedy Festival - Deadline Jan. 31st (show dates Apr. 11-13)

Sketch

NL Sketchfest (Newfoundland & Labrador) - Deadline Jan. 12th (show dates May 14-18)

Fringe

KC Fringe Festival (Kansas City, MO) - Deadline Feb. 23rd (show dates July 13-27)

Edinburgh Fringe - Early Bird ends Mar. 5th, overall Apr. 9th (show dates Aug. 1-25)

Greater Manchester Fringe Festival (England) - Brochure deadline May 1st, overall June 1st (show dates July 1-31)

Solo

SolocomNYC - Deadline Feb. 14th (show Apr. 10-13)

Stand-Up/Improv

Good Vibes Comedy Festival (Memphis, TN) - Deadline end of Feb. (show dates Apr. 18-20)

Traverse City Comedy Festival (Traverse City, MI) - Deadline Jan. 6th (show dates Apr. 10-12)

Rise Comedy Festival (Denver, CO) - Early Bird ends Feb. 28th, overall June 1st (stand-up show dates July 25&26, improv show dates July 31-Aug. 2)

Musical Improv

The Big Sing (Barcelona) - Deadline Feb. 23rd (show dates June 26-29)

Improv

Northwest Improv Fest (Coeur d'Alene, ID) - Deadline Jan. 12th (show dates Apr. 3-5)

Hartford Improv Festival - Deadline Jan. 14th (show dates Apr. 3-6)

Happy Valley XL Improv Festival (State College, PA) - Deadline Jan. 15th (show dates May 15-18)

Short Notice Improv Fest (Norway) - Deadline Jan. 19th (show dates Apr. 14-19)

Twin Cities Improv Fest (Minneapolis) - Deadline Feb. 1st (show dates June 5-8)

Dogwood Comedy Festival (Raleigh, NC) - Deadline Feb. 10th (show dates Apr. 23-27)

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