Submissions for 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
Nominations Consideration Are Now Open at sagawards.org/submissions
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SAG Awards® Nominees Will Be Announced on
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 and the SAG Awards®
Ceremonies Will Be Simulcast Live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017
LOS ANGELES (July 11, 2016) – Submissions of performances for nominations consideration for the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® are now open online at sagawards.org/submissions, SAG Awards® Executive Producer Kathy Connell announced today. Submissions will close on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 at 5 p.m. (PST).
WHO MAY SUBMIT
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 2016 for consideration in a category of the actor’s choosing. Actors may also submit their own performances. Submissions may only be made online.
NOMINATIONS VOTING
Separate film and television nominating committees will choose the nominees. Each of these panels is comprised of 2,500 SAG-AFTRA members from across the United States who were randomly selected this spring. Nomination voting opens on Thursday, Nov. 17 and closes on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016.
Nominations for the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016.
FINAL VOTING
Once nominees are selected, all SAG-AFTRA members in good standing may cast votes to determine who will receive this year's coveted Actor® statuettes. Last year's voting body numbered 116,741 SAG-AFTRA members.
Final voting opens on Monday, Dec. 19. Online voting is encouraged. Final voting paper ballots are available only upon request between Monday Oct. 3, 2016, and Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Online votes must be cast or previously-requested paper ballots returned by Friday, Jan. 27 to Integrity Voting Systems, the SAG Awards election firm, where results will be sealed until they are opened onstage at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 29 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 23rd 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 Limited Series
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor n a Television Movie or Limited Series
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama 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 Sunday, Jan. 29)
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 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are:
Monday, July 11, 2016
Submissions Open at sagawards.org/submissions
Monday, Oct. 3, 2016
Period to Request Paper Final Ballots in Lieu of Online Voting Begins
Monday, Oct. 3, 2016
Media Nominations and Ceremony Credential Applications Open
Monday, Oct. 24, 2016
Submissions Close at 5 p.m. PT at sagawards.org/submissions
Monday, Oct. 31, 2016
Media Nominations and Ceremony Credential Applications Close
Monday, Nov. 7, 2016
Publicists Nominations Credentials Applications Open
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016
Nominations Balloting Opens
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016
Deadline for Paying November 2016 Dues and/or Changing Address with SAG-AFTRA to be Eligible for Final Balloting
Monday, Dec. 5, 2016
Publicists Nominations Credentials Applications Close
Thursday, Dec 8, 2016
Records Pulled for Final Balloting
Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016
Nominations Balloting Closes at 5 p.m. PT
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016
Nominations Announced
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016
Publicists Ceremony Credentials Applications Open
Monday, Dec. 19, 2016
Final Voting Opens
Monday, Jan. 9, 2017
Publicists Ceremony Credentials Applications Close
Friday, Jan. 13, 2017
Final Day to Request Paper Final Ballots in Lieu of Online Voting
Friday, Jan. 27, 2017
Final Votes Must be Cast Online or Ballots Received by the Elections Firm by 12 noon PT
Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017
23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®