Submissions for 22nd Annual SAG Awards Nominations are Now Open

Submissions for 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations are Now Open at sagawards.org/submissions

SAG Awards Nominees will be Announced on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 and the SAG Awards Ceremonies will be Simulcast Live on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

LOS ANGELES (July 6, 2015) – Submissions of performances for consideration for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations are now open online at sagawards.org/submissions, it was announced today by SAG Awards Executive Producer Kathy Connell. Submissions will close on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 at 5 p.m. (PST).

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented by SAG-AFTRA for outstanding individual and ensemble performances in motion pictures, television, cable and new media programs. With the actor’s permission, producers, studios/networks, agents, managers, or publicists may submit a performance from 2015 for consideration in a category of the actor’s choosing. Actors may also submit their own performances. Submissions may only be made online.

Nominees will be chosen by two separate film and television nominating panels, each comprised of over 2,200 SAG-AFTRA members from across the United States, who were randomly selected this spring. Nomination ballots will be mailed on Wednesday, Nov. 18 and nominations voting closes on Monday, Dec. 7.

Nominations for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.

Once nominees are selected, all SAG-AFTRA members in good standing —more than 111,000 performers—may cast votes to determine who will receive this year's coveted Actor statuettes. Final voting instructions will be mailed on Wednesday, Dec. 16. Online voting is encouraged. Final voting paper ballots are available only upon request between Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 and Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Online votes must be cast or previously-requested paper ballots returned by Friday, Jan. 29 to Integrity Voting Systems, the SAG Awards election firm, where results will be sealed until they are opened onstage at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Jan. 30. The ceremony will be simulcast live from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT).

Complete rules and regulations for the 22nd Annual SAG Awards are posted at www.sagawards.org/rules.

Categories for submission are as follows:

Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Television, Cable and New Media Programs
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Stunt Ensemble Honors (recipients to be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet on Saturday, Jan. 30)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

Upcoming key deadlines and events leading to the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are:
Monday, July 6, 2015
Submissions Open at sagawards.org/submissions

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015
Period to Request Paper Final Ballots in Lieu of Online Voting Begins

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015
Media Nominations and Ceremony Credential Applications Open

Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015
Submissions Close at 5 p.m. PT at sagawards.org/submissions

Friday, Oct. 30, 2015
Media Nominations and Ceremony Credential Applications Close

Monday, Nov. 2, 2015
Publicists Nominations Credentials Applications Open

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015
Nominations Ballots Mailed

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015
Publicists Nominations Credentials Applications Close

Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015
Deadline for Paying November 2015 Dues and/or Changing Address with SAG-AFTRA to be Eligible for Final Ballot

Monday, Dec. 7, 2015
Nomination Ballots Due at the Elections Firm by 12 Noon p.m. PT

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015
Records Pulled for Final Balloting

Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015
Nominations Announced

Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015
Publicists Ceremony Credentials Applications Open

Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015
Final Voting Information Mailed to Members

Monday, Jan. 11, 2016
Publicists Ceremony Credentials Applications Close

Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016
Final Day to Request Paper Final Ballots in Lieu of Online Voting

Friday, Jan. 29, 2016
Final Votes Must be Cast Online or Ballots Received by the Elections Firm by 12 Noon PT

Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016
22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards