Blue Zoo Animation Studio
Production company, United KingdomClosed to unsolicited work
A London animation studio that reads nothing unsolicited, and opens through occasional schemes announced on its own site.
The door
Closed to unsolicited work
Unsolicited pitches are deleted unread. They say any future submission schemes will be posted on their own site.
Door state checked against their official pages 25 Aug 2026.
What they're looking for
- Formats
- TV Pilot
- Genres
- Animation
- Takes approaches from
- Worldwide
How to approach
Do not send a pitch by email. Their stated position is that unsolicited ideas are not opened or read for legal reasons, and that anything looking like a pitch is deleted, so a cold approach is not a long shot so much as a guaranteed non-event.
The route they do describe is a scheme. They say that if they run competitions or workshop schemes for submissions in future, details will be posted on their own website. For a studio of this size that is a real opening rather than a brush-off, so the useful habit is to check their site occasionally rather than to write to them.
The PreList verdict
Who this is for: nobody approaching cold today, and potentially a lot of people later. Blue Zoo close the inbox for legal reasons rather than snobbery, which is the standard reason animation studios do it: an unread pitch cannot later be said to have inspired anything.
Who should watch it: writers and creators with animation ideas for children and young audiences. Their own wording leaves the door ajar, saying they may run competitions or workshop schemes and will post details on their site. That is worth a bookmark.
Until such a scheme is running, treat this as a closed door with a published way of telling you when it is not. Chasing it by email in the meantime only confirms the reason the policy exists.
Dylian Salvatore, Founder of The PreList. Updated 12 Oct 2026
Frequently asked questions
Does Blue Zoo accept unsolicited pitches?
No. Their contact page states they are not currently accepting unsolicited ideas or pitches, and that for legal reasons such submissions are not opened or read.
Is there any other route in?
They say they may run competitions or workshop schemes in future and will post details of any upcoming or open scheme on their own website.
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