Enter A Competition
The 2021 ABFF Comedy Festival features four competitions designed to discover and reward emerging black and brown comedic talent: content creators and performing artists. Please find the submissions eligibility criteria, fees and deadlines listed below. All submissions accepted via filmfreeway.com.
1. Stand-Up Performance Contest – A national search for emerging stand-up comedians.
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(a) Eligibility Requirements:
- Open to all persons age 21 or older, of African descent, or who identify as Latinx, or Native American, who reside, and are eligible to work, in the U.S.
(b) Submission Criteria:
- Provide one (1) stand-up performance video, between 3-4 minutes in length, which must have been produced after January 01, 2019. Video submission horizontally recorded preferred.
- One (1) entry per person only.
- Fee: $25.
(c) Prize:
- Up to fifteen (15) semi-finalists will be selected to perform live in Los Angeles, California (Covid-19 conditions permitting) to compete for one (1) winning position.
- From the pool, one (1) winner will be selected to receive a grand prize of five thousand dollars ($5,000), courtesy of WarnerMedia, plus a trip to the 2021 American Black Film Festival in Miami, Florida.
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(a) Eligibility Requirements:
- Open to writers age 21 or older, of African descent, or who identify as Latinx, or Native American, who reside in the U.S.
(b) Submission Criteria:
- Provide one (1) webisode from the series, no longer than ten (10) minutes in length, ii. series synopsis and iii. episode logline.
- Webisode must be produced after January 01, 2019.
- Webisode must be in the English language or contain English subtitles.
- Multiple entries are permitted from any given writer.
- Only webisodes in the genre of comedy will be accepted.
- Fee: $25 per entry.
(c) Prize:
- Up to ten (10) finalists will be selected to screen virtually for the duration of the 2021 ABFF Comedy Festival on ABFFPlay.com
- One (1) winner will be selected to receive a grand prize of fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars.
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(a) Eligibility Requirements:
- Open to writers age 21 or older, of African descent, or who identify as Latinx, or Native American, who reside in the U.S.
(b) Submission Criteria:
- Provide i. short content, ii. synopsis, and iii. logline.
- Content must be no longer than 30 minutes in length.
- Content must be produced after January 01, 2019.
- Content must be in the English language or contain English subtitles.
- Multiple entries are permitted from any given writer.
- Only webisodes in the genre of comedy will be accepted.
- Fee: $25 per entry.
(c) Prize:
- Up to ten (10) finalists will be selected to screen for the duration of the 2021 ABFF Comedy Festival on ABFFPlay.com
- One (1) winner will be selected to receive a grand prize of fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars.
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(a) Eligibility Requirements:
- Open to writers age 21 or older, of African descent, or who identify as Latinx, or Native American, who reside in the U.S.
(b) Submission Criteria:
- Provide the i. first ten (10) minutes of one podcast only, ii. podcast synopsis, and iii. episode logline.
- Podcast must be produced after January 01, 2019.
- Podcast must be in the English language or contain English subtitles.
- Multiple entries are permitted from any given writer.
- Only podcasts in the genre of comedy will be accepted.
- Fee: $25 per entry.
(c) Prize:
- Up to ten (10) finalists will be selected to play for the duration of the 2021 ABFF Comedy Festival on ABFFPlay.com
- One (1) winner will be selected to receive a grand prize of fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars.
