Awards season – key dates

November 5 Deadline for submission of entry forms

November 9 Cecil B DeMille Award announcement

December 2 Deadline for nomination ballots to be mailed by Ernst & Young to all HFPA members

December 8 Final screening date for motion pictures

December 10 Deadline for receipt by Ernst & Young of nomination ballots

December 14 Nominations announced

December 27 Final ballots mailed to all HFPA members

January 12, 2011 Deadline for receipt of final ballots

January 16, 2011 Awards

November 18 Entry deadline

December 8 Round one voting opens

December 21 Qualified films screened to members by this date

January 5, 2011 Round one voting closes

January 7, 2011 Longlist announced and round two voting opens

January 13, 2011 Round two voting closes

January 18, 2011 Noms and round three voting opens

February 8, 2011 Round three voting closes

February 11, 2011 All entered films to open to the public by this date

February 13, 2011 Awards

November 13 Governors Awards presentation

December 1 Official screen credits forms due

December 27 Nominations ballots mailed

January 14, 2011 Nominations polls close

January 25, 2011 Nominations announced

February 2, 2011 Final ballots mailed

February 7, 2011 Nominees’ luncheon

February 12, 2011 Scientific and Technical Awards

February 22, 2011 Final polls close

February 27, 2011 Awards

December 2 Winners announced

January 11, 2011 Awards

December 4 Awards

December 5 Awards

December 13 Voting date

January 10, 2011 Awards

January 15, 2011 Awards

December 3 Nominees announced for documentary theatrical motion pictures

December 6 Theatrical and animated theatrical motion picture and long-form television nomination polls open

January 3, 2011 Theatrical and animated theatrical motion picture and long-form television nomination polls close

January 4, 2011 Producers Guild Awards nominees announced for all other categories; final polls open

January 21, 2011 Final polls close

January 22, 2011 Awards

November 30 Feature-film nomination ballots mailed

January 7, 2011 Deadline for returning all feature-film nomination ballots

January 10, 2011 Five feature-film nominees announced; feature-film final ballots mailed

January 28, 2011 Deadline for returning all feature-film final ballots

January 29, 2011 Annual awards dinner

November 24 Nomination ballots mailed

December 13 Nomination ballots due

December 16 Nominations announced

January 28, 2011 Final ballots due

January 30, 2011 Awards

November 19 Deadline for submissions, theatrical screenplays

November 23 Deadline for documentary screenplay and videogame-writing submissions

November 30 Deadline for preliminary drama/comedy/new TV series online voting

December 3 Preliminary screenplay online voting begins

December 8 Television, radio, news, promotional writing and graphic animation nominees announced

January 3, 2011 Deadline for preliminary screenplay online voting

January 4, 2011 Screen nominees announced (original/adapted/doc)

January 5, 2011 Final screenplay and final drama/comedy/new TV series online voting begins

January 6, 2011 Videogame-writing award nominees announced

January 26, 2011 Deadline for final screenplay and final drama/comedy/new TV series online voting

February 5, 2011 Awards

November 30 Nominations announced

January 24, 2011 Voting begins

February 15, 2011 Voting ends

February 26, 2011 Spirit Awards winners announced

December 17 Nomination ballots due

December 20 Nominations announced

January 15, 2011 Final ballots due

February 10, 2011 Awards