Submissions for SAG-AFTRA'S American Scene Awards® Are Now Open

Submissions for consideration for SAG-AFTRA’s 2023 biennial American Scene Awards are now open online at https://asa.sagaftra.org/home. Submissions will close on July 16 at 5 p.m. PT.

The American Scene Awards recognize work in the three main contract categories covered by the union. The honors include the American Scene Award in Entertainment, the American Scene Award in Music & Sound Recordings, and the Belva Davis American Scene Award in Broadcast & News. The awards gala will be presented on Sunday, Oct. 22, as part of the celebration event at SAG-AFTRA’s virtual biennial convention.

Past recipients of the SAG-AFTRA American Scene Award include Warner Bros. Pictures for Judas and the Black Messiah, Capitol Records Nashville for Black Like Me by Mickey Guyton, 20/20 by ABC News and The Courier Journal in Louisville for Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor, Hulu, Columbia/Sony Music, NPR, KPBS and Twentieth Century Fox Television, among many other industry leaders.

SAG-AFTRA’s Diversity Advisory and Honors and Tributes committees oversee the American Scene Awards.

In keeping with SAG-AFTRA’s “Go Green” initiatives, the American Scene Awards submissions are 100% paperless. 

About SAG-AFTRA

SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.