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Awards Season and Key Events Calendar 2023-2024

To help keep track of the many varied awards season dates, Vision Media offers this calendar with key events from awards season, festivals, and entertainment markets for the 2023-2024 season. See dates for Emmys, Oscars, important film festivals and more. This page receives regular updates, so be sure to bookmark this page for date updates.

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Awards Season and Key Events Calendar: Notable Dates 2023-2024

Our Awards Calendar for the 2023-2024 season can be used to track and plan for your upcoming awards activities. While the current strikes have not affected timing of most of the awards dates yet this year, the Emmys recently announced that they are considering a new airdate and their original September 18 airdate is no longer in consideration. We will be keeping an eye on developments and updating this calendar regularly to ensure you stay up to date. 

June 2023

June 1: AFI Fest - Short Film Submission deadline

June 11: 76th Tony Awards

June 12: Emmys nomination online voting opens at 9:00AM PT

June 19: Winners Announced for 5th Annual AAFCA TV

June 19- July 2: Tribeca Film Festival, US

June 25: 2023 BET Awards ceremony

June 26: Emmy Nominations-Round voting ends at 10PM PT


July 2023

June 19- July 2: Tribeca Film Festival, US
July 5: Submissions open Critics Choice Documentary Awards 
July 6: 2nd Annual Children’s & Family Emmys submissions open
July 12: Emmys nominations announced
July 12: BAFTAs Awards Rulebook Published
July 12: ESPYs (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly)
July 20-23: Comic-Con
July 22: 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards
July 26: Emmys - Deadline for errors and omissions to the nominations
July 27: Nomination Announcement - News & Documentary Emmy Awards
July 31: NAACP Image Awards - Submissions Open


August 2023

August 2: 2nd Annual Children’s & Family Emmys - Judging sign-up begins + Entry deadline
Week of August 7: Emmys - Final-round videos available for viewing
August 9: 2nd Annual Children’s & Family Emmys - Late Entry deadline ($50 fee increase per entry) + Judging approval begins
August 17: Emmys Final-Round voting begins August 17 at 9:00AM PT.
August 26:  Location Managers Guild International Awards
August 27: 5th Annual AAFCA TV Honors
August 28: Emmys Final-round voting ends at 10:00 PM PT
Aug 30 - Sep 9: Venice International Film Festival


September 2023

Aug 30 - Sep 9: Venice International Film Festival
September 1:  PGA Awards - Screener Submission Deadline and Notice of Producing Credits Form Deadline for Documentary Motion Pictures
September 1:  Deadline for early submission fee discount for the 8th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards 
September 1:  71st Golden Reel Awards - Submissions Open ALL CATEGORIES
September 1-4: Telluride Film Festival
Sep 7 - Sep 17: Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
September 9 and September 10*: Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Governors Gala - also postponed due to the strike
September 11: ASIFA - Call for Entries, Judges, Juried Award nominations, 8am PT
September 12: MTV Video Music Awards
September 14: DGA Entry Forms available online
September 15:  Deadline for submissions for the 8th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards 
September 18*: 75th Emmy Awards has been rescheduled due to the ongoing strikes [As of July 28, the Emmys confirmed that this original date and month are no longer in consideration. Ideally, the show won’t take place until SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America reach agreements with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The ceremony has been postponed to Monday, Jan. 15, 2024]
(Week of) September 18: ASC Awards - all submissions open
September 18: Art Directors Guild - Submissions open
September 25: Critics Choice TV Awards - Submissions Open
September 27: The News & Documentary Emmy Awards ceremonies - News categories
September 28: The News & Documentary Emmy Awards ceremonies - Doc categories 
September 29:  PGA Awards - Notice of Producing Credits Form Deadline for Television Programs
September 29 – October 15: New York Film Festival

 

October 2023

September 29 – October 15: New York Film Festival
October 1- 31: ASC Awards - Music Videos Eligibility Period Ends
October 2-6: Variety Gotham Week
October 2: Submission website opens for 2024 Golden Globe Motion Picture and Television entries
October 2: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Submissions Open for All Categories, 9 am PT
October 4: SAG Awards - Submissions Open at sagawards.org/submissions
October 4-15: BFI London Film Festival 
October 9: ASIFA - Deadline for Juried Award Submissions and Judges
October 10-11: Production Finance Market
October 13: PGA Awards - Notice of Producing Credits Form Deadline for Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Motion Pictures
October 13: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award Voting Begins, 9 am PT
October 16: Nominations announced for the 8th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards 
October 16: DGA - deadline for all First-Time Theatrical Feature Film & Documentaries entries
October 16: ASIFA - Deadline for early submissions
October 16-19: MIPCOM
Week of October 17: 2nd Annual Children’s & Family Emmys - Nominations announced
October 18: 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards Ceremony
October 19:  Cinema Audio Society Awards- Entry submission forms available
October 19:  AFI Awards - Submission deadline, 5pm PT
October 23 - November 1: 36th Tokyo International Film Festival
October 24: Gotham Awards (IFP) nominations
October 25-27: TIFFCOM
October 25-29: AFI Fest
October 27: The Britannia Awards presented by BAFTA Los Angeles
October 27: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award Voting ends, 11:59 pm PT
October 30: Art Directors Guild - TV submissions close (Feature films remain open)
October 31:  71st Golden Reel Awards - VERNA FIELDS Submission Deadline
October 31 - November 5: American Film Market

 

November 2023

October 23 - November 1: 36th Tokyo International Film Festival
October 31 - November 5: American Film Market
November 1: 2024 Writers Guild Awards - 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)
November 1: 74th Eddie Awards - Submissions for Nominations Begin
November 3: NAACP Image Awards - Last day for Literary Projects to be received in the office, and last day for Supplemental Materials to be submitted.
Online Submissions close.
Online Submissions closes
November 4: Art Directors Guild - TV submissions review
November 4: Helen Mirren to Receive American Cinematheque Award
November 5: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Submissions Close for All Categories, 11:59 pm PT
November 6: ASC - Documentary and Music Video Preliminary Voting Opens (Committee Only)
November 6: Golden Globes - Deadline for submission of Motion Picture & TV entry forms
November 6: SAG Submissions Close at 5 p.m. PT at sagawards.org/submissions
November 7: Art Directors Guild - Eligible TV Projects posted
November 7: Voting begins for 8th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards
November 8: Voting ends for 8th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 9PM PT
November 12: 8th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards
November 13: SAG Awards - Q&A Calendar Open for Holds at 10:30 a.m. PT
November 13: NAMIC Vision Awards- Call for entries open
November 13: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award Winners Announced
November 13: Critics Choice TV Awards - Submissions close
November 13: ASIFA -Deadline for standard submissions
November 14: 2nd Annual Celebration of Asian Pacific Cinema & Television 
November 14: Critics Choice TV Awards - NomComs begin deliberation
November 15: Art Directors Guild - Eligible Feature Films posted
November 15: ASC TV Submissions Due
November 18: Oscars - submission deadline for general categories
SAG Awards - Due to the strike delay, holds for FYC events this year will be accepted in just one phase. Fall/Winter Dates:  Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023 - Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024
November 18: Governors Awards
November 20: DGA deadline for all Theatrical Feature Film, TV and Commercials entries
November 20: Golden Globes - Deadline for TV nomination ballots to be sent to all voters
November 20: ASIFA - VIP Ticket Sales Begin
November 27: Gotham Independent Film Awards
November 27: Golden Globes - Deadline for receipt of Television nomination ballots by Ernst & Young at 5:00 p.m. PST
November 27: NAACP Image Awards - Nominating Committee Voting begins
November 28: Golden Globes - Deadline for Motion Picture nomination ballots to be sent to all voters
November 30: ASC TV & Documentaries Eligibility Period Ends. Documentary and Music Video Preliminary Voting Closes.
November 30: PGA - Nomination Polls Open for Sports, Children’s and Short Form
November 30: Cinema Audio Society Awards- Entry submission forms due

 

December 2023

December 1: Critics Choice TV Awards - NomComs render recommendations
December 1: Critics Choice Movie Awards - Nominating ballots go out to FILM Branch Members
December 1: 74th Eddie Awards - EarlyBird $250 Price Deadline
December 3: Final day to submit for (The Society of Composers & Lyricists) SCL Awards
December 4: SAG Awards - Ballots Made Available to Nom Comm
December 4: Art Directors Guild - Submissions for feature films close   
December 4: ASC - Spotlight Submissions (ONLY ASC Members Submit) and Theatrical Feature Films Submissions Due
December 4: 6th annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television
December 5: Final screening date for Motion Pictures: Final date for Golden Globes voters to attend non-exclusive, all-access Motion Picture press conferences
December 5: Critics Choice Awards TV nominations announced
December 5: 2024 Spirit Awards nominees announced
December 6: Golden Globes - Deadline for the receipt of Motion Picture nomination ballots by Ernst & Young at 5:00 p.m. PST
December 7: ASC - TV and Music Video Nominations Voting Opens
December 8: 2024 BAFTA Film Awards Round One voting opens
December 8: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Nominations Voting Begins, 9am PT
December 8: Critics Choice Movie Awards - Deadline for returning nominating ballots
December 8: ASIFA - Deadline for final Annie Awards submissions, 5PM PT
December 8 to 20: First round of SCL Awards voting
December 11: Announcement of nominations for the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, 5am PST
December 11: Art Directors Guild - Nomination voting begins
December 11: DGA - Online voting for Theatrical Feature Film Nominations opens
December 12: PGA - Nominations Announced for Documentary Motion Pictures
December 13: Critics Choice Awards FILM nominations announced
December 14: PGA - Nomination Polls Open for Television Series/Specials and Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures
December 14: PGA - Nomination Polls Close for Sports, Children’s and Short Form at 2PM PT
December 14: ASC - Theatrical Feature Film Nomination Voting Opens
December 14: Oscars - Preliminary voting begins
December 15: PGA - Nomination Announced for Sports, Children’s and Short Form
December 15: DGA Online voting for Television Nominations opens
December 15: Golden Globes - final ballots sent to all voters
December 15: 74th Eddie Awards -  Submission for Nominations End, 5pm PT
December 15-17: 2nd Annual Children’s & Family Emmys ceremonies
December 18: SAG Awards - Nominations Voting Opens
December 18: Oscars - Preliminary voting ends
December 19: Cinema Audio Society Awards - Nomination ballot voting begins online
December 19:  71st Golden Reel Awards - Submission Deadline
December 21: Oscars shortlists announced
December 21: PGA - Nomination Polls Open for Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Motion Pictures
December 21: SCL Awards nominees announced
December 22: 2024 Writers Guild Awards - Deadline for submissions: Series (Drama, Comedy, New, Limited);
TV-Radio/Audio-New Media Scripts and Paul Selvin Award (WGAW)
December 26: 71st Golden Reel Awards - Nomination Voting Begins
December 27: Eligible Films Announced - SDSA Awards
December 29: Nominations Balloting Opens - SDSA Awards
December 30: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Nominations Voting Closes, 11:59 pm PT
December 31: ASC Spotlight and Theatrical Film eligibility period ends. Theatrical Feature Film Nomination Voting Opens.
December 31: 71st Golden Reel Awards - Eligibility Period Ends
December 31: ASIFA - Deadline to renew or join ASIFA-Hollywood and deadline to submit voting applications, 11:59pm PT
December 31: Oscars eligibility period ends

 

January 2024

January 2: Cinema Audio Society Awards - Nomination ballot voting ends online at 5PM PT
January 2: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Nominations Announced, 9am PT
January 3: Golden Globes - Deadline for the receipt of final ballots by Ernst & Young at 5:00 p.m. PST
January 4: Nominations Balloting Closes - SDSA Awards
January 4-15:  Palm Springs International Film Festival
January 5:  AFI Awards honoree gala
January 5:  DGA Deadline to vote online for Television Nominations
January 5:  2024 BAFTA Film Awards Longlists published; Round Two voting opens
January 5: Nominations Announced - SDSA Awards
January 5: NAACP Image Awards - Nominating Committee Voting Ends
January 5: Critics Choice TV Awards - Final ballots to out to the TV Branch Members
January 5: Critics Choice Movie Awards - Final ballots go out to the FILM Branch Members
January 6:  The BAFTA Tea Party in Los Angeles
January 6:  Creative Arts Emmys (Night 1)
January 6:  ASC - Spotlight Award Nomination Judging (Committee Only)
January 7: SAG Awards - Nominations Voting Closes at 5 p.m. PT
January 7:  ASC - Documentary Award Nomination Judging (Committee Only)
January 7:  Creative Arts Emmys (Night 2)
January 7: SAG nomination voting ends at 5PM PT
January 7: 81st annual Golden Globes
January 8: Final round of SCL Awards voting opens
January 8: 71st Golden Reel Awards - Nomination Voting Ends
January 9: ASC - Voting Closes - Theatrical Feature Film, TV, Music Video Deadline
January 9: Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)
January 9: DGA - Deadline to vote online for Theatrical Feature Film Nominations
January 9: DGA - Announce All Television and Commercials & Five Documentary Nominees
January 9: Eddie Awards - Nomination Ballots Sent
January 10: SAG nominations announced
January 10: DGA - Announce Five Theatrical Feature Film Nominees, Announce Five Michael Apted Award for First-Time Theatrical Feature Film Nominees & Online voting for Theatrical Feature Film Award opens
January 10: USC Libraries 36th-Annual Scripter Awards - Deadline for selection committee to vote for five Scripter Award finalists for each category
January 11: PGA - Nomination polls close at 2PM PT for Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures
January 11: ASC - Nomination Announcements – All Categories
January 11: Oscar nominations voting begins 9AM PT
January 11: ASIFA Annie Awards - Nominations and Juried awards announced
January 12: PGA - nominations announced for Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures
January 12: Critics Choice TV Awards - Deadline for returning final ballots
January 12: Critics Choice Movie Awards - Deadline for returning final ballots
January 13: Edited presentation of the Creative Arts Emmys (FXX) at 8 p.m. ET
January 14: Critics Choice Awards, presented live on The CW
January 15:  Dorian Film Awards - Nomination ballots sent to GALECA members (This is also the suggested deadline for screeners)
January 15:  The 75th Emmy Awards (Originally postponed from September 2023)
January 15:  71st Golden Reel Awards - Nominees Announced
January 15-19: DGA Membership Screenings of Nominated Theatrical Feature Films
January 16: DGA Dinner Reservation Forms Available
January 16: Oscar nominations voting ends 5PM PT
January 16: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Nominee Videos Due, 11:59pm PT
January 17: SAG Final Voting Opens
January 17: ADG Final Voting Begins
January 17: Scripter Award finalists announced
January 18: ASC - Final Voting Opens – All Categories
January 18: 2024 BAFTA Film Awards Nominations announced; Round Three voting opens
January 18 - 28: Sundance Film Festival 
January 19: Cinema Audio Society Awards - Nominee listing error and omission deadline
January 20: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Meet the Nominees
January 20: Deadline to become a Annies Sponsor and Deadline to purchase VIP tickets
January 21: 71st Golden Reel Awards - Blue Ribbon Voting Opens
January 22: PGA - final polls open for Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Documentary Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures
January 22: 2024 Writers Guild Awards - Preliminary Series (Drama, Comedy, New, Limited) and Screenplay (Original and Adapted) online voting begins
January 22: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Final Online Voting Begins
January 22: Eddie Awards - Nomination Ballots Due, 5pm PT
January 23: Oscar nominations released
January 25: NAACP Image Awards - Nominees Announced
January 25: Eddie Awards - Nominations Announced
January 26: PGA - final polls open for Sports, Children’s and Short Form
January 26: Final Voting Opens - SDSA Awards
January 26: ASIFA - Deadline to submit Ceremony and Program Materials
January 31: NAMIC Vision Awards- Submissions deadline
January 31: ASIFA Annie Awards - Deadline to apply for media credentials

 

February 2024

February 1: 2024 Dorian Film Awards - nomination ballots due
February 2: SDSA Awards - Final Voting Closes
February 2: Eddie Awards - First Day of Blue Ribbon Screenings and Final Ballots Sent
February 3: ASIFA Annie Awards - Deadline to receive Annie Awards program advertising (11:59pm PT), deadline for delivery of all FYC Ads to ASIFA-Hollywood membership, deadline to make any changes to submissions
February 4: 11th Annual MUAHS Awards - Final Online Voting Closes, 11:59pm PT
February 5: 2024 Dorian Film Awards - nominations announced / final ballots sent to members
February 5: Final round of SCL Awards voting ends
February 5: Deadline for Selection Committee to vote for Scripter winner for each category
February 5: ASIFA Annie Awards - Online balloting begins, 8am PT
February 7 - 17: Santa Barbara International Film Festival 
February 8: PGA - final polls close at 2PM PT for Sports, Children’s and Short Form
February 8: ADG - Final voting ends at 5PM PT
February 8: Cinema Audio Society Awards - Final voting begins online
February 9: DGA Deadline to vote online for Theatrical Feature Film Award
February 9: 2024 Writers Guild Awards - Deadline for Preliminary Series (Drama, Comedy, New, Limited) and Screenplay (Original and Adapted)
February 9: ASIFA Annie Awards - Last day to purchase tickets
February 9: Eddie Awards - Deadline for Advertising
February 10: ADG Annual Awards Gala Winners Announced
February 10: 76th Annual DGA Awards Ceremony
February 12: Oscars Nominees Luncheon
February 12: ASIFA Annie Awards - Deadline to cast Annie awards ballots, 11:59pm PT
February 13: SDSA Awards Film 2023 Announced
February 15: PGA - final polls close at 2PM PT for Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures
February 17: 51st Annual Annie Awards
February 18: 2024 BAFTA Film Awards
February 18: 2024 People's Choice Awards
February 18: Winners Announced at MUAHS Awards Gala
February 20: Cinema Audio Society Awards - Final voting ends online at 5PM PT
February 20: Eddie Awards - Last Day of Blue Ribbon Screenings and Final ballots due
February 21: 2024 Writers Guild Awards - Screenplay (Original, Adapted, Documentary) and Television, New Media, News, Radio/Audio, and Promotional Writing Nominations Announced
February 22: 2024 Dorian Film Awards - final ballots due
February 22: Oscars final voting begins
February 22: 71st Golden Reel Awards - Blue Ribbon Voting Ends
February 23: Oscars - Scientific and Technical Awards released
February 23: SAG Awards - Final Voting closes at 12 Noon PT
February 23: 2024 Writers Guild Awards - Final Series & Screenplay online voting begins
February 24: 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
February 25: Producers Guild of America Awards
February 25: Independent Spirit Awards 
February 26: 2024 Dorian Film Awards winners announced
February 27: Oscars final voting ends at 5PM PT
February 28: ASC - Final Voting Ends – All Categories Deadline

 

March 2024

March 2: 60th annual CAS Awards
March 2: Winners announced at the 36th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards ceremony
March 3: Golden Reel Awards @ Ebell Theater of Los Angeles
March 3: 38th Annual ASC Awards
March 3: ACE Eddie Awards at UCLA’s Royce Hall
March 7: Beyond Words: Writers Guild Awards-nominated screenwriters panel
March 8: Writers Guild Awards - Deadline for Final Series & Screenplay online voting
March 8-16: SXSW
March 10: 96th Oscars
March 16: 55th NAACP Image Awards, 8PM/7C on CBS
“And the Nominees Are…” Writers Guild Awards nominees panel

 

April 2024

Week of April 8, 2024: NAMIC Vision Awards - Nominations announcement
April 14: 2024 WRITERS GUILD AWARDS (76TH Annual)


May 2024

Week of May 6, 2024: NAMIC Vision Awards - Nominations announcement