talented writers...

Are you an artist who’s too creative to work in the  mainstream? Is your work considered too unconventional? Good news! Cideshow is the perfect home for you, and we’re taking pitches again. Have us produce or help get your show made and appear on our network.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for: talented writers who take risks with style, format, subject-matter, story, character, or [insert an ambitious idea here]. We also love dark themes explored with humor, or anything that is plain funny & clever.

Since we're working on a shoestring budget, we're not necessarily looking for ideas that need fancy SFX and CGI planets (unless you’re ok with paper mache planets. We're looking for fresh ideas and stories that have not been told before.  

What is the process?

We are currently accepting pitches! The deadline for pitches is June 26th 2023. We will then review and shortlist the top pitches. If your pitch is shortlisted, we'll ask for a more information and a few pages of a sample script. From there, we will select the best scripts and we'll do a video interview. So, it will go:

Round 1: Submit Pitch by June 26th, 2023
Round 2: Submit Sample Script
Round 3: Video/In-person Interview (depending on location).

If your script is selected after the interview, we will help you place it on our streaming service for our launch. Either it will go in the “Pitch Room” where you can raise money to make your first episode, OR we’ll fund a sizzle real and put it in our “Sizzle Room,” where you can raise money for your first two episodes, or we will help produce two 12-38 minute episodes and, of course, stream them on the Cideshow site. Cideshow viewers give tickets to your show to help you reach the next stage and then fund fund episodes (ideally up to a full season and then beyond)

Does this sound f***ing exciting to you? Pitch your show in the application below!

For more information on how the process works read our FAQ.