the latest News and Articles about Rod Serling, events and awards
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 [...]
2024 Summer Newsletter
Letter to Helen Foley, Serling: fortune teller?, Rod's summer Binghamton jaunts, TZ writers celebrate Serling, Why Walking Distance resonates, Dad and son share Walking Distance
Narrate Your Own Twilight Zone Competition 2024
Imagine a new Twilight Zone episode. Write Rod Serling's opening and closing narrations. Give it a title and send us [...]
2023 Winners: Narrate Your Own Twilight Zone Competition
December 25th, 2023: Happy 99th birthday to Rod Serling. Unlock this door with the key of your imagination. Somewhere between light and [...]
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. [...]
2024 Spring Newsletter
Grade school fan letters, Serling & Twain compared, boxer/writer, TZ podcaster interview, A Child's TZ remembered, annotated script found, Serling's influence treasured
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 [...]
Newsletter 2023 Annual
Shipped free to all sustaining members in the calendar year 2023. Now for sale at our Collectors Store.
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!
Newsletter Fall 2023 / Winter 2024
Statue progress, Golden age dramas, Presence/Enemies, America's Twilight Zone, Fans share Serling's influence, It's a Good Life, New Dad/Son watch party, more
Newsletter Summer 2023
Serling statue progress, Narration contest returns, Serling Honeymoon, Night Gallery's 50th, Time Travel in the Zone and elsewhere, Serving Man, Maple Street comic review, more
Newsletter Winter 2022
New Binghamton statue Kickstarter, Rod's most non-political speech, requiem for The Loner, Walking Distance on stage, Looney Tunes in the TZ, and more!
Newsletter Fall 2022
Serlingfest 2022 news, Serling Center for Media & Arts in Binghamton, “Growing Up Serling” by nephew Jeff Serling, The Simpsons TZ, original cartoon and fiction.
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 [...]
Newsletter Summer 2022
SerlingFest/Cocktail from the Zone, Rod and Me, rare photos, obscure productions, Beaver Cleaver & Tom Cruise in the Zone, favorite episodes, Christian fans, and more! [...]
Newsletter Spring 2022
Cover by Scott Morse, profile of Gail Flug, In Memoriam, TZ clickbait, Serling Fest 2021/2022, Canadian Fandom, Fan memorabilia, rare photos, ten best episodes lists, [...]
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 [...]
2021 Winners: Narrate Your Own Twilight Zone Competition
December 25th, 2021: Happy 97th birthday to Rod Serling. Unlock this door with the key of your imagination. Somewhere between light and [...]
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 [...]
Newsletter Summer 2021
Zicree to guest at SerlingFest 2021, R.I.P. director Richard Donner, Rod's activist passion, Beyond the Zone review of "Slow Fade To Black" and MUCH MORE
Newsletter Spring 2021
Cover: Interview and new edition of As I Knew Him by Anne Serling! Profile of Board member Mark Dawidziak. Rod's Ithaca College commencement address. Rod's [...]
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 [...]
Newsletter Winter 2021
Cover by Mike deCarlo. Letters to Rod 1959; RSMF President Nick Parisi profiled; Rod's personalized pen set; In Memoriam for ten; how to build your [...]
2020 Winners: Narrate Your Own Twilight Zone Competition
December 25th, 2020: Happy 96th birthday to Rod Serling. Unlock this door with the key of your imagination. Somewhere between light and [...]
Newsletter Autumn 2020
New design and frequency, artwork by Twilight Man author, 2020 scholarship winner, Virtual SerlingFest 2020 report, Night Gallery art book review, Twilight Zone script books review, [...]
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.
Newsletter Winter 2020
Remembering Carol Serling, from the RSMF archives, Serling Fest 2019, classic Twilight Zone episodes shown at theaters, scriptwriting competition, Navigating our new website. [...]
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!
WINNERS: 2019 NARRATE YOUR OWN TWILIGHT ZONE COMPETITION
December 25th, 2019: Happy 95th birthday to Rod Serling. Unlock this door with the key of your imagination. Somewhere between light and [...]
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 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.
Newsletter Spring 2019
Serling Fest, Narrations contest, Nick Parisi's book, Rod Serling Film Festival, Rod's First Rejection Letter, Anticipating the New TZ, "Time Element" radio performance [...]
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. [...]
WINNERS: 2018 Narrate Your Own Twilight Zone Competition
Somewhere between light and shadow, between science and superstition, we invited you to submit a story of things and ideas that could become As Timeless [...]
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!
Newsletter Spring 2018
Twilight Zone turns 50, Celebrations in Binghamton and Ithaca, Serling stamp, Paley Center stages "The Mask," WSKG stages two live TZ episodes [...]
WINNERS: 2017 NARRATE YOUR OWN TWILIGHT ZONE COMPETITION
The Contest: Imagine a new Twilight Zone episode, and write Rod Serling's opening and closing narrations. Give it a title. Send us your entry! [...]
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 [...]
Newsletter Summer 2017
Twilight Zone Comes Home: two pages of photos, Albarella on Night Gallery, touring Binghamton, Italian TZ graphic novels, Narrate Your Own Twilight Zone [...]
Newsletter Winter 2016/2017
RSMF's Serling Award, Teach-Activist-Friend, 2016 Wrap-up, Paley Center's Rod Serling Award, Rod's Dr. Christian scripts, Rod the Unitarian, treats from the photo archive [...]
Newsletter Summer 2016
Robercon 2016, Another Dimension anthology, Rod the human icon, Carousel paintings, Ithaca College's Rod Serling Award, Unknown Serling published, The Loner DVD out [...]
Newsletter December 2010
Screenings of "The Man," Twilight Zone readings, wrapped busses, As Timeless As Infinity Vol. 8, Paley Center for Media, Binghamton Bus station that [...]
Newsletter Spring 2010
"Forbidden Area," R.I.P. Robert Serling, new Charles Beaumont documentary, Vol, 7 of As Timeless As Infinity, Beyond the Zone reviews Rod's lesser-known works [...]
An Evening with Charles Beaumont
Charles Beaumont and friend confer while filming "The Howling Man" for Season 2 of Twilight Zone Last April, I spent a bittersweet [...]
Newsletter 50th Anniversary Edition
Twilight Zone turns 50, Celebrations in Binghamton and Ithaca, Serling stamp, Paley Center stages "The Masks," WSKG stages two live TZ episodes [...]
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, [...]
Newsletter Spring 2009
Through this publication, we 'll keep members informed about what your Foundation is up to... as well as what's happening in the "Zone." [...]
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
