Submissions of performances for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, which will be announced on Wednesday, December 11 2013, are now open. Submissions will close on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 5 p.m. (PST). The award ceremony will be aired live on TNT and TBS on Saturday, January 18. 2014.
The Screen Actors Guild awards go to outstanding performances in motion pictures and primetime television as well as eligible New Media-originated programs which follow the format of traditional series, movies and miniseries. The ensemble award for a cast in a motion picture movies is considered SAG’s best picture prize. Last year’s winner “Argo” went on to win the Oscar, as did Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence, Best Actor Daniel Day Lewis and Best Supporting Actress Anne Hathaway.
The nominees for 2013 performances are chosen by separate film and television nominating panels, each comprised of over 2,100 randomly selected members from across the country. Nomination ballots will be mailed on Wednesday, Nov. 20 and voting closes on Monday, Dec. 9.
More SAG rules and voting instructions and a full SAG calendar are below.
After nominations are announced, final SAG Awards voting instructions will be mailed on Monday, Dec. 16, 2013 to all active members of SAG-AFTRA. Online voting is encouraged. Final voting paper ballots are available only upon request between Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 and Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Online votes must be cast or previously-requested paper ballots returned by Friday, Jan. 17 to the SAG Awards election firm, where results will be sealed until they are opened onstage at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. 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 20th 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
Primetime 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. 18)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
The following are upcoming key deadlines and events leading to the 20th Annual SAG Awards.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Submissions Open at sagawards.org/submissions
Monday, Sept. 9, 2013
Deadline for Nominating Committee Members to Make Address Changes
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013
Media Nomination Announcement and Ceremony Credential Applications Open at sagawards.org
Publicists Nomination Announcement Credential Applications Open at sagawards.org
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013
Period to Request Paper Final Ballots in Lieu of Online Voting Begins
Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013
Submissions Close at 5 p.m. PT at sagawards.org/submissions
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013
Media Nomination Announcement and Ceremony Credential Applications Close
Friday, Nov. 8, 2013
Publicists Nomination Announcement Credential Applications Close
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013
Nominations Ballots Mailed
Monday, Dec. 2, 2013
Deadline for Paying November 2013 Dues and/or Changing Address with SAG-AFTRA to be Eligible for Final Balloting
Monday Dec. 9, 2013
Nomination Ballots Due at the Elections Firm by 12 Noon p.m. PT
Monday, Dec. 9, 2013
Records Pulled for Final Balloting
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013
Nominations Announced at the Pacific Design Center
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013
Publicists Ceremony Credential Applications Open at sagawards.org
Monday, Dec. 16, 2013
Final Balloting Information Mailed to Members
Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014
Publicists Ceremony Credential Applications Close
Friday, Jan. 3, 2014
Final Day to Request Paper Final Ballots in Lieu of Online Voting
Friday, Jan. 17, 2014
Final Votes Must be Cast Online or Ballots Received by the Elections Firm by 12 Noon PT
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014
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