TV comedies have never been more smart, diverse and laugh-out-loud funny. Managers, producers and development executives are on the hunt for the next ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, BARRY, or HACKS. Audiences love a good TV comedy - TED LASSO and ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING are successful for a reason! We’re here to give your TV comedy project that kind of success.

If you have a TV comedy story that needs to be told, now is the time to show us what you've got, because our goal is to amplify your voice, give you the access Stage 32 is known for, and take your writing career to the next level!

Stage 32 is thrilled to announce our 3rd Annual TV Comedy Screenwriting Contest. Click here to learn more.

Last year, we set up our winner with 9 one-on-one meetings with industry pros currently working on TV comedy content. Our 10 finalists get amazing exposure too; last year’s finalists had their work requested by top production and management companies including Citizen Skull and Afterglow Pictures!

Our panel of judges are not only experts in the field of TV comedy, but they are actively on the hunt for both new writers and new material. Remember that Comedy is a deceptively nuanced genre: Dark Comedies, Multi-Cam Slapstick Sitcoms, grounded Single-Cam Comedies, Comedic Horror, Serio-Comedies, biting Satires, among others. In this Golden Age of Television, Comedies are more fresh, more boundary-pushing and more sought after than ever, and your story should be out there continuing to change the game.

The Grand Prize Winner will be flown to LA (travel permitting) and meet with judges and mentors including:

GRAND JUROR

Matt Ember, Producer/Writer (THE CONNERS, THE DREW CAREY SHOW)

JUDGES

Jackie Wertheimer, Manager of Comedy Development, Sony (company credits include A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, THE AFTERPARTY)

Sam Newman, Creative Executive, Semi-Formal Productions (THE DROPOUT, SEARCH PARTY)

Ryan Noggle, Writer/Producer (THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MARLON)

Andrew Kersey, Literary Manager, Kersey Management (client credits include VACATION FRIENDS, VARIETAL)

Audrey Knox, TV Literary Manager, The Cartel (client credits include GROWN-ISH, HACKS)

Alison Mann, Vice President of Creative & Strategy, Sony Pictures Animation (company credits include HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, THE SMURFS)

ALL FINALISTS will be in a Stage 32 Look Book which includes their script title, logline & bio mailed to over 500 industry executives including, managers, agents, producers, development executives, and financiers! Stage 32 Look Books are respected throughout the industry and have helped secure dozens meetings and which have led to writer success with companies like Verve, Good Fear, 3 Arts, APA, Echo Lake, Amazon, UTA, CAA, WME, First Friday, Pathfinder, The Cartel, Art/Work and many, many more.

Jenny Rauch, Winner of the Stage 32 5th Annual Comedy Writing Contest

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