2021/2022 Awards Season Calendar

After 2020 gave us the longest awards season in recent history, we’re thankfully back to normal this year. That being said, the Academy Awards will be held in late March for the first time since 2003, so we are still in for a slightly more elongated season than usual.

Below is a full list of the plethora of upcoming major voting deadlines, nomination announcements, and awards ceremonies to help you keep up to date with this year’s race. This list will be updated with clickthrough links as each announcement takes place so you can stay on top of every development throughout awards season.

OCTOBER
October 18 – Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations (BFCA)
October 21 – Gotham Awards Nominations
October 31 – AACTA Awards Nominations (AACTA)

NOVEMBER
November 4 – British Independent Film Awards Nominations (BIFA)
November 4 – Hollywood Music In Media Awards Nominations (HMMA)
November 9 – European Film Awards Nominations (EFA)
November 10 – Cinema Eye Honors Awards Nominations (CEHA)
November 14 – Critics Choice Documentary Awards (BFCA)
November 15 – International Documentary Association Nominations (IDA)
November 17 – Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
November 19 – British Independent Film Awards Craft Winners (BIFA)
November 29 – Gotham Awards

DECEMBER
December 1 – Satellite Awards Nominations (IPA)
December 2 – National Board Of Review Awards (NBR)
December 2 – Hollywood Critics Association Nominations (HCA)
December 3 – New York Film Critics Circle Awards (NYFCC)
December 3 – Detroit Film Critics Society Nominations (DFCS)
December 4 – Washington DC Area Film Critics Nominations (WAFCA)
December 5 – British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
December 6 – Washington DC Area Film Critics Awards (WAFCA)
December 6 – Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards (AFCC)
December 6 – Detroit Film Critics Society Awards (DFCS)
December 8 – AFI Top 10 Announcement (AFI)
December 8 – AACTA Awards (AACTA)
December 11 – European Film Awards (EFA)
December 11 – Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards (BOFCA)
December 12 – New York Film Critics Online Awards (NYFCO)
December 12 – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Nominations (LVFCS)
December 12 – Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (BSFC)
December 12 – Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards (PFCC)
December 12 – St. Louis Critics Association Nominations (StLFCA)
December 13 – Critics Choice Awards Nominations (BFCA)
December 13 – Golden Globe Awards Nominations (HFPA)
December 13 – Chicago Film Critics Association Nominations (CFCA)
December 13 – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (LVFCS)
December 13 – Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (PFCS)
December 13 – Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Awards (SEFCA)
December 13 – Portland Critics Association Nominations (PCA)
December 14 – Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations
December 14 – Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations (PCC)
December 14 – Indiana Film Journalists Association Nominations (IFJA)
December 14 – Women Film Critics Circle Awards (WFCC)
December 15 – Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (CFCA)
December 15 – Florida Film Critics Circle Nominations (FFCC)
December 16 – London Film Critics Circle Nominations (LFCC)
December 16 – Black Reel Awards Nominations (BRA)
December 17 – AACTA International Awards Nominations (AACTA)
December 17 – Portland Critics Association Awards (PCA)
December 17 – Online Association of Female Film Critics Nominations (OAFFC)
December 17 – Phoenix Critics Circle Awards (PCC)
December 18 – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (LAFCA)
December 18 – Utah Film Critics Association Awards (UFCA)
December 19 – St. Louis Critics Association Awards (StLFCA)
December 20 – Dallas Fort-Worth Film Critics Association Awards (DFWCA)
December 20 – Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards (IFJA)
December 20 – Nevada Film Critics Society Awards (NFCS)
December 21 – Oscars Shortlists Announced (AMPAS)
December 21 – Annie Awards Nominations (IAFA)
December 21 – Online Association of Female Film Critics Awards (OAFFC)
December 21 – Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards (DFCC)
December 22 – Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (FFCC)
December 22 – North Texas Film Critics Association Awards (NTFCA)
December 22 – Black Film Critics Circle Awards (BFCC)
December 23 – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Nominations (GWNYFCA)
December 28 – North Carolina Film Critics Association Nominations (NCFCA)
December 31 – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards (GWNYFCA)

JANUARY
January 2 – Columbus Film Critics Association Nominations (COFCA)
January 2 – Chicago Indie Critics Nominations (CIC)
January 3 – Houston Film Critics Society Nominations (HFCS)
January 4 – Society Of Composers And Lyricists Nominations (SCL)
January 4 – DiscussingFilm Critic Awards (DFCA)
January 4 – Austin Film Critics Association Nominations (AFCA)
January 5 – North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards (NCFCA)
January 5 – Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards (OFCC)
January 6 – Columbus Film Critics Association Awards (COFCA)
January 6 – Pandora International Film Critics Awards Nominations (PIFCA)
January 7 – Critics Association of Central Florida Awards (CACF)
January 7 – Georgia Film Critics Association Nominations (GFCA)
January 7 – Hawaii Film Critics Society Nominations (HFCS)
January 7 – San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations (SDFCS)
January 7 – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Nominations (SFBAFCC)
January 8 – National Society Of Film Critics Awards (NSFC)
January 8 – Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)
January 9 – Golden Globe Awards (HFPA)
January 10 – Denver Film Critics Society Nominations (DFCS)
January 10 – North Dakota Film Society Nominations (NDFS)
January 10 – San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (SDFCS)
January 10 – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards (SFBAFCC)
January 10 – Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations (SFCS) 
January 11 – Makeup & Hair Stylists Guild Awards Nominations (MUAHS)
January 11 – Austin Film Critics Association Awards (AFCA)
January 11 – Music City Film Critics Association Nominations (MCFCA)
January 12 – EE British Academy Film Awards Longlists Announced (BAFTA)
January 12 – Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations (SAG)
January 14 – Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA)
January 14 – Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards (HFCS)
January 15 – Iowa Film Critics Association (IFCA)
January 16 – Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (KCFCC)
January 16 – Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (TFCA)
January 16 – Pandora International Film Critics Awards (PIFCA)
January 17 – Set Decorators Society of America Nominations (SDSA)
January 17 – African-American Film Critics Association Awards (AAFCA)
January 17 – North Dakota Film Society Awards (NDFS)
January 17 – Seattle Film Critics Society Awards (SFCS)
January 18 – Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations (VES)
January 18 – Online Film Critics Society Nominations (OFCS)
January 18 – NAACP Image Award Nominations (NAACP)
January 18 – Denver Film Critics Society Awards (DFCS)
January 19 – USC Scripter Awards Nominations (USC)
January 19 – Houston Film Critics Society Awards (HFCS)
January 24 – Art Directors Guild Nominations (ADG)
January 24 – Golden Reel Awards Nominations (MPSE)
January 24 – Online Film Critics Society Awards (OFCS)
January 25 – American Society of Cinematographers Awards Nominations (ASC)
January 25 – Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)
January 25 – Music City Film Critics Association Awards (MCFCA)
January 25 – Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards (AWFJ)
January 26 – Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations (CDG)
January 26 – AACTA International Awards (AACTA)
January 27 – Oscar Nomination Voting Commences (AMPAS)
January 27 – Directors Guild of America Nominations (DGA)
January 27 – Producers Guild of America Nominations (PGA)
January 27 – Writers Guild of America Nominations (WGA)
January 27 – American Cinema Editors Nominations (ACE)

FEBRUARY
February 1 – Oscar Nomination Voting Ends (AMPAS)
February 3 – EE British Academy Film Awards Nominations (BAFTA)
February 6 – London Film Critics Circle Awards (LFCC)
February 8 – Oscar Nominations (AMPAS)
February 19 – Makeup & Hair Stylists Guild Awards (MUAHS)
February 20 – Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations (VFCC)
February 22 – Set Decorators Society of America Awards (SDSA)
February 22 – Dorian Awards Nominations (GALECA)
February 22 – Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Nominations (LEJA)
February 26 – USC Scripter Awards (USC)
February 26 – NAACP Image Awards(NAACP)
February 27 – Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)
February 28 – Hollywood Critics Association Awards (HCA)

MARCH
March 2 – Cinema Eye Honors Awards (CEHA)
March 4 – International Documentary Association Awards (IDA)
March 5 – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)
March 5 – American Cinema Editors Awards (ACE)
March 6 – Film Independent Spirit Awards
March 6 – Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Awards (LEJA)
March 7 – Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards (VFCC)
March 8 – Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)
March 8 – Society Of Composers And Lyricists Awards (SCL)
March 9 – Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG)
March 12 – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)
March 12 – Annie Awards (IAFA)
March 13 – EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
March 13 – Critics Choice Awards (BFCA)
March 13 – Golden Reel Awards (MPSE)
March 17 – Final Oscar Voting Commences (AMPAS)
March 17 – Dorian Awards (GALECA)
March 19 – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)
March 19 – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)
March 20 – Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)
March 20 – American Society of Cinematographers Awards (ASC)
March 22 – Final Oscar Voting Ends (AMPAS)
March 27 – 94th Academy Awards (AMPAS)

Please note – dates are based on the location of the announcement/ceremony and may vary dependent on your personal timezone. Dates/times subject to change.

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.