The AuSPEC AWARDS Kids Animated Series Spec Script Competition

AuSPEC AWARDS

Contact

8704 S. Sepulveda Blvd
Suite 1037
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Web:
http://TheAutismScene.org
Email:
AuSPEC@TheAutismScene.org

Contact: Britton Payne, Executive Director, The Autism Scene

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Objective

The Autism Scene is holding a kids animated series spec script competition with a submission deadline of January 31, 2026, culminating in the AuSPEC AWARDS ceremony on April 2, 2026 in Burbank, CA. Category winners will win meetings with animation executives, showrunners, and/or managers, including from agencies like Gersh, management companies like Gotham and Verve TLA, and kids animated shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender, Lego Friends, Hello Kitty, Monster High, and more! The AuSPEC AWARDS will culminate in a Grand Prize of $5,000. Each script should be an episode of a recent animated show, and have at least one series regular meaningfully interacting with an explicitly autistic character. Autistic characters should be in every type of show — comedy, drama, sci-fi, romance, YA, fantasy, everything! — and the AuSPEC AWARDS will show the industry how it’s done! You can find out much more at TheAutismScene. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline	Date Days till:	Entry Fee
Final	January 31, 2026 58	$25 donation to The Autism Scene

Notification: We will be notifying finalists and winners in March 1016.

Eligibility

Any human writer

Rules

Pick an existing kids animated show
Write an 11-minute spec script
Make sure it includes a series regular meaningfully interacting with an explicitly autistic character
Write a log line for your script, a one paragraph summary of your script, and a breakdown (brief character description) of your explicitly autistic character(s)
Donate the submission fee at TheAutismScene.org/AuSPEC
Submit your script at TheAutismScene.org/AuSPEC between December 1, 2025 and January 31, 2026
Feel great!

Awards

There will be a $5,000 grand prize. Category winners will get meetings with animation executives, showrunners or literary reps, and an invitation to the AuSPEC AWARDS ceremony on April 2, 2026 in Burbank, CA, with a chance to rub elbows with animation industry luminaries. Awards categories include:

Grand Prize
Best preschool script
Best kids animation (@ages 8-11) script
Best musical script
Funniest script
Spookiest script
Cutest script
Kindest script
Best sci-fi script
Best adventure script
Best educational script
Best nonspeaking/nonverbal character
Best use of AAC device
Best explanation of autism
Best script by unrepresented writer
And more!

AuSPEC AWARDS

Contact

8704 S. Sepulveda Blvd
Suite 1037
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Web:
http://TheAutismScene.org
Email:
AuSPEC@TheAutismScene.org

Contact: Britton Payne, Executive Director, The Autism Scene

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