Every Comedy Festival With Open Submissions in September

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

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

Knockouts Women's Comedy Festival (NYC) - Regular fee ends Sept. 18th, overall Oct. 20th (show dates March 2027)

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

Vice City Comedy Festival (Miami) - Deadline Oct. 31st (show dates Feb. 25-27)

West End Comedy Festival (Atlanta) - Deadline Nov. 1st (show dates Mar. 5-7)

Raleigh Comedy Festival - Deadline Nov. 15th (show dates Mar. 18-20)

FunnyFest Comedy Competition (Calgary) - Deadline Feb. 1st (show dates Apr. 8-17)

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

Film

LA Comedy Film Fest - Next deadline Sept. 4th, overall Oct. 16th (event dates Dec. 3-6)

Atlanta Comedy Film Festival - Next deadline Sept. 30th, overall Dec. 31st (show dates Jan. 22-24)

Funny Under Fifteen Minutes (Hamilton, NY) - Next deadline Oct. 8th, overall Feb. 14th (show dates Mar. 26-27)

Film@Vail Comedy Festival (Vail, CO) - Early Bird ends Dec. 31st, overall Mar. 1st (show dates May 28-30)

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

Short Film/Animation

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

Sketch

Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival - Deadline Oct. 15th (show dates Mar. 3-14)

Fringe

Fringe World (Perth) - Deadline Oct. 7th (show dates Jan. 20-Feb. 14)

Stand-Up/Improv/Alt Comedy

Women Are Funny Festival (Amsterdam) - Deadline Oct. 15th (show dates Mar. 3-7)

Stand-Up/Musical

Vermont Comedy Festival - Deadline 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)

Improv

Birmingham Improv Festival (United Kingdom) - Deadline info coming soon (show dates Nov. 4-8)

Impro Amsterdam - Deadline Sept. 18th (show dates Feb. 20-27)

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

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