2026-27 Awards Season Calendar: Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Guilds & More
UPDATED with latest: With the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences setting its dates for the 2027 and 2028 Oscars (the latter the ceremony’s 100th anniversary), the rest of the awards docket for those two years is falling into place.
After the Oscars announcement, SAG-AFTRA’s Actor Awards, The Producers Guild, the Film Independent Spirit Awards and more have marked their spots on the calendar for the next two years.
See the latest dates below, and check back often for updates.
August 2026
18: MTV Video Music Awards nominations
21: Imagen Awards
22: LMGI Awards (Location Managers Guild International)
September 2026
12: MacGuffin Awards (Property Masters Guild)
14: Primetime Emmy Awards
27: MTV Video Music Awards
October 2026
7: Artios Awards nominations, non-film (Casting Society)
22: Billboard Latin Music Awards
30: Daytime Emmy Awards
November 2026
8: Critics Choice Documentary Awards
10: Governors Awards
16: Grammy Awards nominations
18: CMA Awards (Country Music Association)
December 2026
4: Critics Choice Awards nominations
7: Golden Globe Awards nominations
10: Game Awards
16: SCL Awards nominations (Society of Composers & Lyricists)
16: Artios Awards film nominations (Casting Society)
21: MUAHS Awards nominations (Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild)
January 2027
3: Critics Choice Awards
5: New York Film Critics Circle Gala
6: DGA Awards TV & Commercials nominations (Directors Guild)
7: DGA Awards Film nominations (Directors Guild)
7: ADG Awards nominations (Art Directors Guild)
8: Writers Guild Awards nominations
8: AFI Awards
10: Golden Globe Awards
11: Oscar nomination voting begins
12: ASC Awards nominations (American Society of Cinematographers)
12: National Board of Review Gala
14: ACE Eddie Awards nominations (American Cinema Editors)
15: Oscar nomination voting ends
20: Annie Awards nominations (ASIFA-Hollywood)
21: Oscar nominations
30: DGA Awards (Directors Guild of America)
February 2027
4: SCL Awards (Society of Composers & Lyricists)
6: ACE Eddie Awards (American Cinema Editors)
7: Grammy Awards
13: Writers Guild Awards
16: Oscar nominees luncheon
18: Artios Awards (Casting Society)
20: Scripter Awards (USC Libraries)
20: MUAHS Awards (Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild)
20: Annie Awards (ASIFA-Hollywood)
25: Final Oscar voting begins
27: ADG Awards (Art Directors Guild)
27: Producers Guild Awards
28: Actor Awards (SAG-AFTRA)
March 2027
4: Final Oscar voting ends
6: Film Independent Spirit Awards
6: CAS Awards (Cinema Audio Society)
7: ASC Awards (American Society of Cinematographers)
7: MPSE Golden Reel Awards
14: 99th Oscars
2027 TBA
BAFTA Film Awards
Gotham Awards
VES Awards (Visual Effects Society)
CDG Awards (Costume Designers Guild)
ICG Publicists Awards
Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films)
SOC Awards (Society of Camera Operators)
GLAAD Media Awards
Dorian Awards (GALECA)
Children’s & Family Emmy Awards
NAACP Image Awards
SDSA Awards (Set Decorators Society of America)
Black Reel Awards
SCL Awards (Society of Composers & Lyricists)
February 2028
19: Producers Guild Awards
19: Film Independent Spirit Awards
20: Actor Awards (SAG-AFTRA)
26: Cinema Audio Society Awards
27: MPSE Golden Reel Awards
March 2028
5: 100th Oscars
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