Every Comedy Festival With Open Submissions in July

We combed the internet for comedy festivals that have open submissions during the month of July 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) - Standard fee ends July 1st, overall Aug. 1st (show dates Oct. 10-11)

Vatos Locos Comedy Festival (Denver, Longmont, and Greeley, CO) - Deadline July 4th (show dates Sept. 23-26)

Prize Fest (Shreveport, LA) - Deadline July 7th (show date Oct. 15)

Punchline Kang Comedy Festival (Orlando) - Deadline July 10th (show date Aug. 4-6)

The Rule of Three (Windsor, ON) - Deadline July 15th (show date Aug. 22)

Big Sky Comedy Festival (Billings, MT) - Deadline July 15th (Show dates Oct. 6-11)

Bergamot Comedy Festival (Santa Monica) - Early Bird ends July 31st, overall Nov. 30th (show dates Mar. 30-Apr. 3)

Black Women in Comedy Festival (Los Angeles) - Deadline July 31st (show dates Oct. 16-18)

Helena Comedy Festival (Helena, MT) - Deadline July 31st (show dates Nov. 12-14)

HaHa Harvest Comedy Festival (Hoboken & Jersey City) - Late Fee ends July 31st, overall Aug. 7th (Oct. 2-4)

Tower City Comedy Festival (Paris, TX) - Regular fee ends July 31st, overall Aug. 31st (show dates Jan. 28-30)

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)

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

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)

Film

LA Comedy Film Fest - Fashionably late deadline July 24th, overall Oct. 16th (event dates Dec. 3-6)

New York City Comedy Short Film Festival - Late fee ends July 31st, overall Aug. 31st (show date Nov. 8)

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

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) - Regular fee ends July 31st, overall Aug. 31st (show dates Jan. 28-30)

Short Film/Animation

Short Com International Comedy Film & Animation Festival (UK) - Deadline July10th (show dates Aug. 14-Sept. 25)

Live and Video Sketch

Denver Sketch Festival - Deadline July19th (show dates Oct. 8-10)

Sketch/Film

HaHa Harvest Comedy and Film Festival (Hoboken & Jersey City) - Late Fee ends July 31st, overall Aug. 20th (Oct. 2-4)

Fringe

Fringe World (Perth) - Opens July 8th, deadline Oct. 7th (show dates Jan. 20-Feb. 14)

Stand-Up/Musical

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

Stand-Up/Solo Musical/Character

Cleveland Comedy Festival - Deadline July 25th (show dates Sept. 30-Oct. 3)

Stand-Up/Improv/Character/Music

Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest (NYC) - Deadline July 1st (show dates Feb. 24-28)

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/Film/Short/Web Series/Clown/Variety

Oakland Comedy Festival - Deadline July 1st (show dates Oct. 15-17)

Improv

Red Rocks Improv Festival (Cedar City, UT) - Deadline July 1st (show dates Sept. 17-19)

Big Pond Improv Festival (Burlington, VT) - Deadline July 3rd (show dates Sept. 10-13)

IF Cincy (Cincinnati) - Deadline July 15th (show dates Oct. 15-17)

Third Coast Improv Festival (Nashville) - Deadline July 31st (show dates Nov. 4-8)

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

Rivertowns Improv Fall Festival (Croton-on-Hudson, NY) - Early Bird ends July 7th, overall 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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