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The latest news and updates about Rod Serling, awards and events
SerlingFest 2025 …TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
SerlingFest 2025, Binghamton, New York USA • Friday SEP 19---Sunday SEP 21 Links: PROGRAM | WHERE TO PARK | SCHEDULE | THINGS TO DO in [...]
2024 Winners: Narrate Your Own Twilight Zone Competition
Congratulations to the 2024 Winners First Place: "Time for a Friend" by Ron Wolfe Second Place: "Lost in a [...]
Rod’s Story “First Squad, First Platoon”
You can read "First Squad, First Platoon" in The Strand magazine. The story by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling was published [...]
The Substack Zone
The Twilight Zone redefined storytelling, drawing audiences into the unimaginable. Now, 66 years later, top writers, artists, and musicians are stepping into its eerie [...]
SerlingFest 2024 SCHEDULE
SerlingFest 2024 Schedule FRIDAY NIGHT 06:00: “Grady Everett For the People,” STARS OVER HOLLYWOOD, 09/13/50 Rod Serling’s first script to be produced on national [...]
Things To Do In Binghamton (Besides SerlingFest!)
Ride the “Twilight Zone” Carousel at Recreation Park The shoe manufacturer and great benefactor, George F. Johnson, donated six carousels to the greater Binghamton [...]
Alexis Drozdowski, RSMF 2024 Scholar
Alexis Drozdowski, the 2024 recipient of the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation Scholarship, discovered her passion for music while singing and playing violin in third grade. [...]
SerlingFest 2024 …TICKETS ON SALE NOW
SerlingFest 2024, Binghamton, New York USA • Friday SEP 13---Sunday SEP 15 APOLOGIES: The SerlingFest block of specially priced rooms at DoubleTree by [...]
Mike Pipher
Rod Serling Memorial Foundation Member/President 1986-1995 July 25, 1952 --- March 23, 2024 Video: REMEMBERING ROD SERLING of Twilight Zone-MIKE PIPHER Lecture - Sept [...]
Rod Serling Statue in Recreation Park, Binghamton, USA
Links: SERLINGFEST PROGRAM • FACEBOOK • GUEST BOOK | RSMF FACEBOOK • YOUTUBE | HERE AND NOW Audio Board member Shelley [...]
Stephen Colbert’s Twilight Zone Tribute Volume 2
"Just the twists!" Back for a new round!
2022 Scholarship Winner
Jennifer Zhang, 2022 Binghamton High School graduate and winner of the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation scholarship, shares Rod’s faith in the goodness of people and [...]
SerlingFest 2022
The crew that put on SerlingFest 2022: RSMF Board members (except Zicree) Mark Dawidziak, Andy Polak, Jeff Serling, Mark Olshaker, Nick Parisi, Anne Serling-Sutton, [...]
Stephen Dexter – American Morning
American Morning is a powerful and award-winning new film dealing with the epidemic of mass shootings in the United States. Directed by Robbie Bryan ("The [...]
SerlingFest 2021 | OCT 16-17 | BINGHAMTON, NY & ONLINE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 10am---6pm Eastern Time SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 10am---4pm Eastern Time PLAY DAY ONE RECORDING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS EVENT UPDATE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE [...]
As I Knew Him – An Interview With Anne Serling
Anne, age 8, on her dad’s lap. Of all the books in one’s Rod Serling library, none is as personal and intimate as [...]
Trevor Terry Wins 2020 Scholarship
The Rod Serling Memorial Foundation proudly presents the 2020 winner of our scholarship: Trevor Terry. He will seek a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at [...]
O’Toole From Moscow
WVXU and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music will present Rod Serling's 1955 baseball /red scare comedy "O'Toole From Moscow" in a radio adaptation.
Carol Serling 1929-2020
Carol Serling, widow of Rod Serling, faithful defender and steward of his work, passed away on January 9, 2020, at age 90. Many [...]
Poster: 2019 Narrate Your Own Twilight Zone Winners
Right-click the poster below and choose "Save image" or similar, then print it. Suitable for framing!
Rod Serling’s daughter played a part in revival of his 1955 baseball comedy
Rod Serling's 1955 comedy involving the Cincinnati Reds--broadcast only once on NBC Television--came to life in a Cincinnati Public Radio studio.
Binghamton Twilight Zone Escape Room is Unique
Xscapes' Escape Room "Twilight Zone: The Rod Serling Experience" is the only one of its kind in the world, and located in... wait for it... [...]
Twilight Men: An Interview with Koren Shadmi at Comic_Watch
This interview with writer/illustrator Koren Shadmi and his new Humanoids book, "Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television" celebrates Twilight Zone's 60th anniversary.
Serling Fest 2019 Twilight Zone Awards
We all voted--at least once--and here are the results. Now go watch 'em again!
Serling Fest 2019 Photos
If you've got photos of your own and want to share 'em, send them to me at the Webmaster link on our Contacts page. Thanks [...]
Serlingfest 2019 wraps up at Binghamton High School after a three-day event
From WBNG-TV, coverage of the highly successful Serling Fest 2019: The TZ@60 on its final day.
Kassan to speak at Conference
Lawrence Kassan will speak at New York State Retired Teachers Association Conference. Kassan is Coordinator of Special Events and Theatre at the Rod Serling School [...]
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Six classic episodes and a new documentary play one day in over 600 movie theaters November 14, at 7:00 p.m. Get details and tickets here.
The Twilight Zone Forever: Celebrating 60 Years
DenOfGeek.com guest columnist Anne Serling on the 60th anniversary of her father's seminal television series.
WSKG Announces 2019 Rod Serling Film Festival Winners
Winners of this K--12 contest will be honored October 5th at Serling Fest 2019, in Binghamton, NY. Watch those winners here!
“The Last Stop” channels Serling, Lynch, Brooker
This new series from Stephen Dexter and Sarah Wharton is inspired by the ground-breaking television work of Rod Serling, David Lynch, and Charlie Brooker. Wow! [...]
Thank You!
Welcome to our new website! We won a contest for website redesign because of your persistent voting and your passion for all things Serling. The [...]
Pop Culture Squad interviews Serling author Nick Parisi
Parisi's recent book "Rod Serling, His Life, Work and Imagination" is an authoritative, fascinating, and engaging work.
Rod Serling’s Cincinatti Connections
RSMF Board member and author Nick Parisi planned two talks and book signings in the Cincinati area. His book covers Rod's Cincinati connections in depth. [...]
Enter the Rod Serling Film Festival
Sponsored by WSKG in Binghamton, NY... The Rod Serling Film Festival is accepting submissions from K-12 students for the 2020 contest. Use the same [...]
Norman Lear Wins Ithaca College Serling Award
The Rod Serling Award for Advancing Social Justice Through Popular Media goes to Lear, producer of All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at [...]
Twilight Zone Xscape Room in Binghamton
Review: Twilight Zone Xscape Room in Binghamton introduces players to Rod's life beyond TZ, and stars Stephen Dexter
Rod Serling’s original Planet of the Apes script now a graphic novel
A new graphic novel of Rod Serling's original Planet of the Apes concept features apes in a city, but was thought too expensive to film.
2018 Scholarship Winner
Congratulations to Baiyina Richardson, 2018 winner of the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation scholarship! Baiyina will study Mechanical Engineering at SUNY Binghamton. Photo by Emmet Chilton-Sugerman [...]
Serling Fest 2018 review by Shadow and Substance
Blogger Paul at Shadow and Substance had a memorable time at SerlingFest 2018. Check out his photos and insights!
Twilight Zone Comes Home a Success
On July 15, 2017 in Binghamton, New York, The Twilight Zone came home. Photos here! Local TV station FOX40 reports on the event:Â Twilight Zone [...]
The Twilight Zone Live
As part of the 50th Anniversary of The Twilight Zone in Rod Serling's hometown Binghamton, NY, WSKG-TV staged two beloved Twilight Zone episodes live, [...]
Felicity Does the Twilight Zone
It's Sunday night, and you’re settled in to watch Felicity. You wonder what lies ahead for the show's sensitive heroine, played by Keri Russell. Will [...]
When Science Fiction Became History
July 21, 1969: Rod Serling celebrates the Moon landing with SF authors and futurists Frederick Pohl, John R. Pierce, and Isaac Asimov. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFkqGDEAi_4
