// QUARTERLY · LOS ANGELES · INVITE ONLY

DEMODAY

The arena's best writers pitch in person to the people who buy stories. Loglines graded for genre and cinematics. New voices. New IP. One night.

SHOWCASED BY THE ART OF ELYSIUMMANAGED BY LOST POETS

// ON STAGE

THE SHORTLIST

WINNERS REVEALED ONE MONTH BEFORE DEMO DAY.

// NOVEMBER 2026

Winners will appear here one month before the next Demo Day.

Arena champions only. Pitched live.

// IN THE ROOM

THE ROOM

PEOPLE IN THE ROOM REVEALED ONE MONTH BEFORE DEMO DAY.

// NOVEMBER 2026

The room will be revealed one month before the next Demo Day.

Producers, agents, showrunners, and friends of the house.

// Managing

THE PARTNERS

// SHOWCASE PARTNER

The Art of Elysium

Since 1997, The Art of Elysium has put working artists in rooms with people who need them most — children in hospitals, elders, the incarcerated, the unhoused. Their Heaven Gala is one of the most influential creative gatherings in Los Angeles, and their alumni span every tier of Hollywood, music, and fine art.

Demo Day winners share the stage with their community of artists, philanthropists, and culture-makers. This is where new storytellers meet the people who build careers.

Read about Art of Elysium ↗

// MANAGING PARTNER

LOST POETS

The Lost Poets is the literary collective behind the arena — a workshop, a press, and a circle of writers obsessed with finding the next voice before anyone else does. They produce Demo Day, vet every shortlist, and walk every winner into the room.

When a writer goes home with representation, a producer attached, or an option check — the Poets were the ones who made the introduction.

lostpoets.org ↗