Catalyst Content Festival

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SERIES | SCRIPTS | PITCHES | PODCASTS Official mentorship partner of the National Academy of TV Arts & Sciences. Catalyst champions narrative and episodic storytellers of all levels as they develop their stories and advance their careers. Catalyst lowers the barriers between creators, producers, and the industry. Catalyst runs the Episodic Content track of the annual North Star Story Summit Festival held in Duluth, Minnesota along the idyllic shores of Lake Superior. Catalyst accepts narrative/episodic/serialized content of any genre, length, style, and type: comedy, drama, thriller, scripted, unscripted, documentary, limited series, social media, short form, podcast, reality, animation, kids, etc. Projects can have any number of episodes and be in any stage of development: pitch, script, in-production, post-production, or completed produced video. Projects with an average runtime of 15 minutes or less per episode will be considered "short form". Beginning 2024, Catalyst is offering enhanced submissions for all video projects, scripts, and pitches. These submissions will be reviewed and provided with feedback by June 15th, 2024. Participants are then given the opportunity to make edits before submitting the final version of their project. IMPORTANT: Catalyst does not accept feature films. If you are looking to submit a feature film, please return to the North Star Story Summit submission page and select the best track for your project: https://www.northstarstorysummit.org/submit-2024

Last updated Sep 18, 2026

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