Awards Season and Key Events Calendar

The list below is for the 2022-2023 season. Please see our calendar for the 2023-2024 season on this page. 

Awards Season and Key Events Calendar

January 2023

January 3: Golden Globes - Deadline for receipt of final ballots by Ernst & Young, at 5:00 p.m. PT

January 4: NYFCC Gala Awards

January 4: Dorian Film Awards - Nomination ballots out to GALECA members

January 5: Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards

January 5: Set Decorators Society of America nominations (SDSA)

January 6, 5PM PT: Art Directors Guild - Online voting for all nominations ends

January 6: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Deadline to vote online for Television Nominations

January 6: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) - Theatrical Feature and TV Nomination Voting Closes (Noon PT); Nominations announced

January 8: SAG Awards - Nominations Voting Closes at 5 p.m. PT

January 9: Art Directors Guild - Nominations announced 

January 9: Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Preliminary Screenplay (Original, Adapted, Documentary) online voting begins

January 9, at 5pm PT: Submissions for ACE Eddie Awards Nominations End

January 9: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) - Nominations Announced (all categories)

January 10: National Board of Review gala

January 10: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Deadline to vote online for Theatrical Feature Film Nominations

January 10: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Announce All Television and Commercials & Documentary Nominees

January 10: Cinema Audio Society Awards nominations

January 10: Presentation of the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards

January 10: Dorian Film Awards - Nomination ballots due

January 11, 2pm PT: Nomination Polls Close - PGA Awards (Theatrical/Animation, Television Series/Specials & Televised/Streamed Motion Pictures)

January 11: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Announce Five Theatrical Feature Film Nominees + First-Time Feature Film Director Nominees

January 11: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Online voting for Theatrical Feature Film Award opens

January 11: SAG Awards - Nominations Announced

January 11: Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Television, New Media, News, Radio/Audio, and Promotional Writing Nominations Announced

January 12: Oscars nominations voting begins at 9am PT

January 12: Producers Guild Awards Nominees Announced (Theatrical/Animation, Television Series/Specials & Televised/Streamed Motion Pictures)

January 12: Dinner Reservation Forms Available for 75th Annual DGA Awards

January 12: Dorian Film Awards - Nominations announced

January 13: AFI AWARDS 2022 (honorees-only event)

January 15: 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards

January 16: Nomination Ballots Sent for ACE Eddie Awards

January 16-20: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Membership Screenings (or Streaming) of Five Nominated Theatrical Feature Films

January 17: Oscars nominations voting ends at 5pm PT

January 19: Art Directors Guild - Final online voting begins   

January 19: EE BAFTA Film Awards nominations (BAFTA)

January 19-29: 2023 Sundance Film Festival

January 21: Grammy Awards

January 22, at 12pm PT: Nomination Ballots Due for ACE Eddie Awards

January 23: Producers Guild Awards - Polls open (Motion Pictures, Television Series/Specials & Televised/Streamed Motion Pictures)

January 23: Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Deadline for Preliminary Screenplay (Original, Adapted, Documentary) online voting

January 23: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) - Final Voting Begins

January 24: Oscars nominations announced

January 25: Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Screenplay (Original, Adapted, Documentary) Nominations Announced

January 26: Nominations Announced for ACE Eddie Awards

January 27: Producers Guild Awards - Polls open (TV: Sports, Children's and Short Form Programs)

January 30: Final Ballots Sent for ACE Eddie Awards

TBA: LAFCA Gala

February 2023

February 1: American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards nominations announced

February 2: Dorian Film Awards - Final ballots out to GALECA members

February 3: Deadline for Advertising for ACE Eddie Awards

February 6: Deadline for returning all Dinner Reservation Forms for 75th Annual DGA Awards

February 6 – 13: Blue Ribbon Screenings for ACE Eddie Awards

February 10, 2pm PT: Producers Guild Awards - Polls close (TV: Sports, Children's and Short Form Programs)

February 10: Screen Actors Guild Awards - Final day to request paper final ballots in lieu of online voting

February 11: Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (MUAH)

February 13: Oscar nominees luncheon

February 13, at 5pm PT: Final Ballots Due for ACE Eddie Awards

February 14: Set Decorators Society of America awards (SDSA)

February 15: Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards (SCL)

February 15: Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)

February 16, 5PM PT: Art Directors Guild - Final online voting ends  

February 17, 2pm PT: Producers Guild Awards - Polls close (Motion Pictures, Television Series/Specials & Televised/Streamed Motion Pictures)

February 17: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Deadline to vote online for Theatrical Feature Film Award

February 17: Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts Awards (HCA)

February 18: 27th Annual Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards - Excellence in Production Design Awards

February 18: DGA Awards Ceremony - The Beverly Hilton Hotel

February 19: EE BAFTA Film Awards

February 21: Dorian Film Awards - Final ballots due

February 23: Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics' Dorian Film Award Winners Announced

February 23: Producers Guild of America winner voting ends (PGA)

February 24: SAG Awards - Final Voting Closes at 12 noon PT

February 25: Annie Awards ceremony

February 25: Producers Guild Awards

February 26: MPSE Golden Reel Awards

February 26: 29th Annual SAG Awards

February 27: Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG)

March 2023

March 1: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) - Final Voting Ends

March 1: 14th African American Film Critics Association Awards ceremony (AAFCA)

March 2: Oscars final voting begins at 9am PT

March 4: Cinema Audio Society Awards

March 4: 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards

March 5: 73rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards

March 5: 2023 Writers Guild Awards (75th Annual)

March 5: 37^th ASC Awards

March 7: Oscars final voting ends at 5pm PT

March 9: Casting Society of America Artios Awards (CSA)

March 10-19: SXSW

March 12: 95th Academy Awards ceremony | Oscars

March 13-16: FILMART, Hong Kong

Past 2022 dates:

January 2022

January 9: Golden Globe Awards (HFPA)

January 9: Screen Actors Guild Nomination Voting Ends 5pm PT (SAG)

January 11: Makeup and Hairstyling Guild Nominations (MUAH)

January 12: BAFTA Longlists Announcement (BAFTA)

January 12: Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations (SAG)

January 17: Set Decorators Society of America Nominations (SDSA)

January 18: NAACP Image Award Nominations (NAACP)

January 18: Visual Effects Society Nominations (VES)

January 20-30: Sundance Film Festival

January 19: Screen Actors Guild Winner Voting Begins (SAG)

January 24: Art Directors Guild Nominations (ADG)

January 24: Motion Picture Sound Editors Nominations (MPSE)

January 25: AWFJ EDA-  Alliance of Women Film Journalists

January 25: American Society of Cinematographers Nominations (ASC)

January 25: Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)

January 26: Costume Designers Guild Nominations (CDG)

January 27: American Cinema Editors Nominations (ACE)

January 27: Directors Guild of America Nominations (DGA)

January 27: Oscar Nomination Voting Begins 9am PT (AMPAS)

January 27: Producers Guild of America Nominations (PGA)

January 27: Writers Guild of America Nominations (WGA)

February 2022

February 1: Casting Society of America Artios Awards Nominations (CSA)

February 1: Oscar Nomination Voting Ends 5pm PT (AMPAS)

February 3: British Academy of Film and Television Arts Nominations (BAFTA)

February 8: Oscar Nominations (AMPAS)

February 10-17: European Film Market

February 10-20: Berlin International Film Festival

February 19: Makeup and Hairstyling Guild Awards (MUAH)

February 22: Set Decorators Society of America Awards (SDSA)

February 23-March 6: Dublin International Film Festival

February 25: Screen Actors Guild Winner Voting Ends 12pm PT (SAG)

February 26: NAACP Image Awards (NAACP)

February 27: Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards

February 28: Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Awards

March 2022

March 4: Independent Documentary Association (IDA) Awards

March 4-13: Miami Film Festival

March 5: American Cinema Editors (ACE) Awards 

March 5: Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards

March 6: Film Independent Spirit Awards

March 7: Oscar Nominees Luncheon (AMPAS)

March 8: Society Of Composers And Lyricists (SCL) Awards

March 8: Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards

March 8-13: Celebrating Women in MEDIA

March 9: Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Awards

March 11: American Film Institute AFI Awards (AFI)

March 11-20: SXSW

March 12: Annie Awards

March 12: Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards

March 13: British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards (BAFTA)

March 13: Critics Choice Awards (CCA)

March 14-16: Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum

March 14-17: FILMART

March 17: Casting Society of America Artios Awards (CSA)

March 17: Final Oscar Winner Voting Begins 9am PT (AMPAS)

March 19:  Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards

March 20:  ASC Awards (American Society of Cinematographers)

March 20: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

March 20: 74th Writers Guild of America Awards

March 22: Final Oscar Winner Voting Ends 5pm PT

March 23-April 3: CPH:DOX

March 25: Governors Ball – Honorary Oscars (AMPAS)

March 27: 94th Academy Awards (AMPAS)

March 31-April 11: Hong Kong International Film Festival

April 2022

April 1-6: Canneseries

April 1-10: DOX:Online

April 2: Satellite Award Awards

April 3: GRAMMY Awards

April 4-6: MIPTV

April 28-May 8: HotDocs

May 2022

May 5-8: Harlem International Film Festival

May 9: Tony Awards nominations announced 

May 17-28: Cannes Film Festival (ending with Palme d'Or awards ceremony)

May 26-June 5: Inside Out Toronto LGBTQ+ Film Festival

May 31: Emmys eligibility period ends (began on June 1, 2021)

June 2022

June 6-9: 2022 Peabody Awards winners announced

June 9-12: Sundance Film Festival: London 2022

June 8-19: Tribeca Film Festival

June 12: 2022 Tony Awards ceremony 

June 16: Emmys nomination voting begins

June 18: Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmys

June 24: Daytime Emmys

June 26: 2022 BET Awards ceremony 

June 27: Emmys nomination voting ends

July 2022

July 12: Emmys nominations announced

July 20: ESPYs (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly)

July 21-24: Comic-Con

July 23: 74th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards

July 25: SAG Awards: Summer Dates open for holds on Q&A Calendar Portal

July 26: Emmys: Deadline for errors and omissions to the nominations

August 2022

Week of August 8: Emmys: Final-round videos available for viewing

August 12: Emmys final voting begins

August 22: Emmys final voting ends

August 24 – September 10: TV Academy Emmy nominee celebrations

August 27: 9th Annual Location Managers Guild International Awards

August 28: 2022 MTV Video Music Awards

August 29: SAG Awards: Submissions Open

August 31 – September 10: 2022 Venice International Film Festival

September 2022

September 1: Screener Submission Deadline and Notice of Producing Credits Form Deadline - PGA Awards (Documentary)

September 2-5: Telluride Film Festival

September 3 & 4: Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Governors Balls

September 6: Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Submissions Open in ALL Categories: Screenplays (Original, Adapted, Documentary), Series (Drama, Comedy, Limited, New), TV-Radio/Audio-New Media Scripts and Paul Selvin Award (WGAW)

September 8: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Entry Forms for TV & Commercials, First-Time Feature Film Director, and Documentary available online

September 8-18: 2022 Toronto International Film Festival 

September 10: 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards taped telecast on FXX

September 10: Venice Golden Lion Ceremony

September 12: 74th Emmy Awards and NBC Telecast, followed by Governors Ball

September 16: Deadline for submissions for 7th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards

September 17-23: Gotham Week

September 19: Art Directors Guild - Submissions open for television and feature film online

September 28: News & Documentary Emmys

September 29: Notice of Producing Credits Form Deadline - PGA Awards (Television)

September 30: Golden Globes - Submission website for 2023 Golden Globe Motion Picture and Television entries now open

September 30 – October 16: 2022 New York Film Festival

October 2022

October 7: 2nd Annual Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television

October 10: SAG Awards - Fall/Winter Dates open for holds on Q&A Calendar Portal

October 11-12: Production Finance Market

October 13: Notice of Producing Credits Form Deadline - PGA Awards (Theatrical/Animation)

October 17: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Deadline for Submitting First-Time Feature Film & Documentary entries

October 17: Nominations announced for 7th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards

October 17-20: MIPCOM

October 21: SAG Awards - Submissions Close at 5 p.m. PT

October 24: Art Directors Guild - Submissions for television close

October 24- November 2: Tokyo International Film Festival

October 25-27: TIFFCOM

October 31: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) - deadline for documentary submissions

November 2022

November 1-6: American Film Market (AFM)

November 2-6: 2022 AFI Fest

November 7: Golden Globes - Deadline for submission of Golden Globe Motion Picture and Television entry forms

November 4: inaugural Celebration of Asian Pacific Cinema & Television

November 13: 7th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards

November 14: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Deadline for Submitting Television and Commercials entries

November 15: Oscars: General entry categories submission deadline

November 18: Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Deadline for submissions: Series (Drama, Comedy, Limited, New); TV-Radio/Audio-New Media Scripts and Paul Selvin Award (WGAW)

November 19: Oscars Governors Awards

November 21: Nomination Polls Open - Producers Guild Awards (TV: Sports, Children's and Short Form Programs)

November 21: Golden Globes - Deadline for Television nomination ballots to be sent to all voters

November 28: 2022 Gotham Awards ceremony

November 28: Nominations open for 73rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards

November 28: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) - deadline for TV submissions

November 28: Golden Globes - Deadline for receipt of Television nomination ballots by Ernst & Young, at 5:00 p.m. PT

November 29: Golden Globes - Deadline for Motion Picture nomination ballots to be sent to all voters

December 2022

January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022: Eligibility Period for 2023 Producers Guild Awards (Motion Pictures + Television)

December 5: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Online voting for Theatrical Feature Film Nominations open

December 5: 5th annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television

December 5: Art Directors Guild - Submissions for feature films close

December 5: SAG Awards - Nominations Voting Opens

December 5: Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Preliminary Series (Drama, Comedy, Limited, New) online voting begins

December 5: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) - deadline for theatrical feature film entries

December 6: Golden Globes -Final screening date for Motion Pictures; Final date for Motion Picture press conferences

December 7: Nomination Polls Close - Producers Guild Awards (TV: Sports, Children's and Short Form Programs)

December 7: Golden Globes - Deadline for receipt of Motion Picture nomination ballots by Ernst & Young, at 5:00 p.m. PT

December 8: Producers Guild Awards Nominees Announced (TV: Sports, Children's and Short Form Programs)

December 9: Directors Guild of America (DGA) - Online voting for Television Nominations opens

December 9: Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Deadline for submissions: Screenplays (Original, Adapted, Documentary)

December 9: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) - Theatrical Feature and TV Nominations Voting Opens

December 11: Inaugural Children’s & Family Emmys

December 12: Oscars preliminary voting begins at 9am PT

December 12: Producers Guild Awards Nominees Announced (Documentary)

December 12: Art Directors Guild - Online voting for television and feature film nominations begins

December 12: Golden Globes - Announcement of nominations for the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards, at 5:00 a.m. PT  

December 14: Nomination Polls Open - Producers Guild Awards (Television Series/Specials & Televised/Streamed Motion Pictures)

December 15: Oscars preliminary voting ends at 5pm PT

December 16: Golden Globes - Final ballots sent to all voters

December 21: Oscars Shortlists announcement

December 21: Nomination Polls Open - PGA Awards (Theatrical/Animation)

December 26: Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Deadline for Preliminary Series (Drama, Comedy, Limited, New) online voting

December 31: Oscars eligibility period for films ends

December 31: Dorian Film Awards - Deadline for screeners and digital links