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Discover all the essential dates and timelines for the upcoming awards season. This comprehensive guide lists the key moments and milestones leading to the Academy Awards. This page is your go-to resource for the full calendar of significant awards and nominations, helping you stay updated on the critical events that shape Hollywood’s awards landscape.
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Variety, the leader in awards analysis, expert predictions, and entertainment business coverage, brings you this detailed 2024-2025 awards season breakdown, featuring marquee events like the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, and Tonys. Additionally, we cover pivotal voting and announcement dates for influential industry bodies, including the Golden Globes, Directors Guild of America (DGA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Producers Guild of America (PGA) and more.
All significant events and dates are in bold.
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June 2024
Monday, June 24: Primetime Emmy Awards nominations voting ends at 10 p.m. PT
Sunday, June 30: BET Awards
July 2024
Monday, July 1: LMGI Awards nominations (Location Managers Guild International)
Monday, July 8: 32nd ESPYs Awards ceremony; voting ends for Emmys juried categories at 6:00 p.m. PT; submissions open for Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Friday, July 12: Television Critics Awards (TCA); 97th Oscars open for submissions
Saturday, July 13: Kids Choice Awards
Wednesday, July 17: Primetime Emmy Awards nominations announced
August 2024
Thursday, Aug. 1: Golden Globes submissions open via online portal
Monday, Aug. 12: Dorian Awards (Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics)
Thursday, Aug. 15: Final-round online voting opens for Primetime Emmy Awards at 9:00 a.m. PT
Saturday, Aug. 24: Location Managers Guild International Awards
Monday, Aug. 26: Final-round online voting closes for Primetime Emmy Awards at 10:00 p.m. PT; Screen Actors Guild Awards submissions open.
September 2024
Saturday, Sept. 7: 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Governors Gala Night 1
Sunday, Sept. 8: 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Governors Gala Night 2
Sunday, Sept. 15: 76th Emmy Awards ABC Telecast and Governors Gala
Monday, Sept. 16: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) submissions open for all categories.
Tuesday, Sept. 17: Film Independent Spirit Awards TV submissions deadline
October 2024
Tuesday, Oct. 1: Film Independent Spirit Awards film submission deadline
Sunday, Oct. 6: American Music Awards at 5:00 p.m. on CBS
Monday, Oct. 14: Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations announced; Student Academy Awards
Monday, Oct. 22: 4th annual Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television
The Actor statue is seen during the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Barker Hangar on February 27, 2022 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
November 2024
Friday, Nov. 1: Screen Actors Guild Awards submissions are due at 5:00 p.m. PT
Monday, Nov. 4: Golden Globes submissions deadline for film and television
Friday, Nov. 8: 67th Grammy Awards nominations announcement
Sunday, Nov. 10: 9th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Tuesday, Nov. 12: 3rd Celebration of AAPI Cinema & Television; Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees
Thursday, Nov. 14: Latin Grammy Awards
Friday, Nov. 15: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) TV submissions due
Sunday, Nov. 17: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 15th Annual Governors Awards
Monday, Nov. 18: Golden Globe Awards television nominations voting begins
Wednesday, Nov. 20: CMA Awards; Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Sunday, Nov. 24: Golden Globes deadline for screening television entries for voters
Monday, Nov. 25: Golden Globe Awards television nominations voting ends at 5:00 p.m. PT; International Emmy Awards
Tuesday, Nov. 26: Golden Globe Awards film nomination voting begins; Producers Guild Awards nominations voting begins (sports, children’s and short form)
December 2024
Monday, Dec. 2: Gotham Awards
Tuesday, Dec. 3: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) feature film submissions due; New York Film Critics Circle winners announced
Wednesday, Dec. 4: National Board of Review Awards announced; Golden Globe Awards film nominations voting ends at 5:00 p.m. PT; Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations announced; ICG Publicists Awards Television Publicity Campaign Nominees announced
Thursday, Dec. 5: AFI Awards announced; Critics Choice Awards nominations for TV announced
Saturday, Dec. 7: Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) winners announced
Monday, Dec. 9: Golden Globe Awards nominations; Oscars shortlist preliminary voting begins at 9:00 a.m. PT; 7th annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television; AAFCA Film Awards (African American Film Critics Association)
Tuesday, Dec. 10: Producers Guild of America Awards nominations for documentary films; Make-Up and Hairstylists Guild Awards nominations announced
Wednesday, Dec. 11: ACE Eddie Awards nominations (American Cinema Editors)
Thursday, Dec. 12: Critics Choice Awards nominations (Film) announced
Friday, Dec. 13: Producers Guild of America nominations for sports, children’s and shortform categories; Oscars shortlist preliminary voting ends at 5:00 p.m. PT; Final ballots sent to Golden Globes voters; CDG Awards nominations (Costume Designers Guild)
Monday, Dec. 16: Screen Actors Guild nominations voting opens at 5:00 p.m. PT; American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) feature film voting opens; Artios Awards nominations for Film
Tuesday, Dec. 17: Oscar Shortlists announcement; DGA Student Film Awards (Los Angeles ceremony)
Wednesday, Dec. 18: SCL Awards nominations (Society of Composers and Lyricists); DGA Student Film Awards (New York ceremony)
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024: Oscars eligibility period ends
Read: All Primetime Emmy predictions in every category on Variety’s Awards Circuit.
January 2025
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025: Golden Globes final ballots deadline at 5:00 p.m. PT.
Friday, Jan. 3, 2025: SDSA Awards nominations (Set Decorators Society of America)
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025: 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+; Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations voting closes at 5:00 p.m. PT.
Monday, Jan. 6, 2025: Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards nominations; American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) voting closes at noon PT
Tuesday, January 7, 2025: National Board of Review Awards gala; NAACP Image Awards nominations; Cinema Audio Society Awards nominations
Wednesday, January 8, 2025: Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations announced; New York Film Critics Circle Awards gala; Final SAG Awards voting begins; Oscars nomination voting begins at 9:00 a.m. PT; ICG Publicists Awards nominations for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign nominees announced
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025: Writers Guild Awards nominations; Art Directors Guild Awards nominations; American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) nominations announced
Friday, Jan. 10, 2025: AFI Awards luncheon
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025: AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025: Oscars nomination voting ends at 5:00 p.m. PT
Monday, Jan. 13, 2025: Producers Guild of America Awards nominations for theatrical, animated and streamed/televised films and TV series/specials; American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) final voting begins.
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025: VES Awards nominations (Visual Effects Society); Dorian Film Awards nominations (GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics)
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025: Screen Actors Guild Awards final voting opens.
Friday, Jan. 17, 2025: Oscars nominations announced
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025: Ace Eddie Awards ceremony
Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025: Satellite Awards
February 2025
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025: 67th Grammy Awards
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025: SDSA Awards ceremony (Set Decorators Society of America)
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025: Costume Designers Guild Awards
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025: Directors Guild of America Awards; Producers Guild of America Awards
Monday, Feb. 10, 2025: Oscars nominee luncheon
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025: Final Oscar voting begins at 9 a.m. PT; VES Awards
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025: 40th Annual Artios Awards (Casting Society); SCL Awards
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025: Dorian Film Awards
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025: Art Directors Guild Awards; MUAHS Awards; Writers Guild of America Awards
Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025: BAFTA Film Awards
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025: Final Oscars voting ends at 5:00 p.m. PT; Scientific and Technical Awards
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025: American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) final voting closes; AAFCA Awards Ceremony (African American Film Critics Association)
Friday, Feb. 21, 2025: Screen Actors Guild Awards final voting closes at noon PT.
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025: Film Independent Spirit Awards; Cinema Audio Society Awards; NAACP Image Awards
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025: 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards; MPSE Golden Reel Awards; American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025: ICG Publicists Awards
March 2025
Sunday, March 2, 2025: 97th Oscars
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