Awards Season Calendar (2024-2025): Key Dates and Timeline for Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, Grammys, SAG and More

The awards season can be a long haul.

Here are the dates for all the major awards and nominations leading up to the coveted Academy Awards ceremony. Variety is the industry leader in awards analysis, predictions, and entertainment business. Below are the key dates and timelines for the 2024-2025 awards season, including significant ceremonies such as the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, and Tonys, as well as important industry voting bodies like the Golden Globes, DGA, SAG, PGA and more.

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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

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

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

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

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)

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

Wednesday, Dec. 18: SCL Awards nominations (Society of Composers and Lyricists)

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

February 2025

Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025: 67th Grammy Awards

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)

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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