Pre-Noms Open for 2023 GayVN Awards

CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Adult industry members are invited to begin submitting their pre-nominations starting today for movies, scenes and performers to be considered for the 2023 GayVN Awards Show, presented by Chaturbate

All working members of the industry can pre-nominate until the deadline, which this year will close promptly at midnight the night of September 15, and there will be no extension of this deadline.

The traditional deadline of September 30 to release submitted material commercially will remain in place.

The Pre-Nomination Site is located at: submissions.awards.avn.com

The 2023 GayVN Awards ceremony will take place on January 5, 2023 in Las Vegas, and honor winners in 13 categories. 

Anyone who has been previously approved to use the Pre-Nomination Site may use the same login to access the site for this year's submissions. Those without a login must request access using the sign-up form here. For any questions about access to or use of the Pre-Nomination Site, email AVN Senior Editor Peter Warren at [email protected]

Pre-nominations are also now open for the 2023 AVN Awards and industry members may request access to submit pre-nominations for that event as well using the same application form. 

Complete eligibility rules for consideration in the various GayVN Video & Web categories may be found here.

AVN asks producers to send two (2) copies of any productions they are submitting for consideration as DVD platform releases to the AVN office by September 30.

Items should be mailed or hand-delivered to the following address:

AVN Media Network
Attn: GayVN Nominations
9400 Penfield Ave.
Chatsworth, CA 91311

The categories for the 2023 GayVN Awards are as follows (subject to change at the GayVN Awards committee’s discretion):

Best Actor
Best All-Sex Movie
Best Bi Sex Scene
Best Directing - Feature
Best Directing - Non-Feature
Best Duo Sex Scene
Best Feature
Best Fetish Scene
Best Group Sex Scene
Best Newcomer
Best Supporting Actor
Best Three-Way Sex Scene
Performer of the Year