CHATSWORTH, Calif. - AVN announced Thursday that it has opened the pre-nominations Website for the 2009 AVN Awards Show.
The site (avnawards.com/nominations) is designed to give producers the opportunity to nominate movies, scenes, performers and production professionals for 2009 AVN Awards consideration. Producers are required to enter their pre-nominations themselves.
The 26th annual AVN Awards Show is set for Jan. 10, 2009, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The complete list of 2009 nominees will be announced in late November.
"This is a chance for every producer to participate in our nominations process by submitting their strongest work of the past year," said Dan Miller, publisher and editor-in-chief of AVN magazine. "We encourage producers to call our attention to what they believe is their best material by using the pre-nom site."
To gain access to the site starting Sept. 4, producers must obtain a username and password by submitting an email request to AVN screeners editor Angie Peek ([email protected]). AVN will no longer accept producer pre-nom lists in hard copy or via e-mail or fax. The pre-nominations site will close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, which is also the deadline for a movie to be on the street that is eligible for a 2009 award.
The eligibility period for 2009 awards consideration includes any movie released between Oct. 1, 2007 and Sept. 30, 2008. A title must be carried by at least 10 wholesale distributors or 100 retail outlets to qualify.
Producers should be judicious in their pre-noms, submitting only those productions and scenes they strongly believe have a chance at being nominated rather than submitting all titles released during the eligibility period.
Production companies must supply AVN with all required information in their pre-noms, including the names of all the performers in the sex scenes and the names of all the behind-the-camera talent in the technical categories such as editing, videography, music and others.
By Sept. 30, producers must provide AVN with two DVD copies of each title or scene they would like to be considered for nominations, as well as sample materials used in marketing campaigns if seeking consideration in those categories. The titles should be mailed or hand-delivered to:
Angie Peek
Screeners Editor
Adult Video News
9414 Eton Ave.
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Attn: Awards Nominations
Industry tickets for the 2009 AVN Awards Show will go on sale on Monday, Sept. 15. Please check avn.com for details on how to purchase.
AVN has announced several new awards categories for 2009. They are: Best New Line, Best New Series, Best Young Girl Title, Best Young Girl Series, Best Foreign Director, Non Feature, Best Alternative Vignette Release, Best Makeup, Site of the Year (Best Adult Website), Best New Web Starlet and Web Starlet of the Year.
A description of each new category follows, while a complete list of category qualifications can be found here.
Best Alternative Vignette Release - One release with two or more vignettes that are considered soft, but that still includes sex or the subject matter is predominantly about sex.
Best Director, Foreign Non-Feature - For non-features shot outside the U.S.
Best Makeup - For all productions.
Best New Web Starlet - The top new female performer on the Internet. Performer must have a site focused specifically on her that has debuted in the last year (Sept. 1, 2007). Judging will be based on the performer's online body of work only, including video, photo and editorial content
Site of the Year - Best Adult Website - Judging will be based on content quality, quantity and originality, site design, usability and features.
Web Starlet of the Year - The top female performer on the Internet. Performer must have a website focused specifically on her. Judging will be based on the performer's online body of work only, including video, photo and editorial content.
Best Young Girl Title - Production featuring and marketing young girls (ages 18-21).
Best Young Girl Series - Must have three total in the same series released and two released within the eligibility period.
2009 AVN Awards Categories
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best All-Girl Release
Best All-Girl Series
Best All-Girl Sex Scene
Best All-Sex Release
Best Alternative Release
Best Alternative Vignette Release
Best Amateur Release
Best Amateur Series
Best Anal Sex Scene
Best Anal Release
Best Anal Series
Best Animated Release
Best Art Direction
Best BDSM Release
Best Big Bust Release
Best Big Bust Series
Best Cinematography
Best Classic Release
Best Continuing Series
Best Couples Sex Scene
Best Director, Foreign Feature
Best Director, Foreign Non-Feature
Best Director, Non-Feature
Best Director
Best DVD Extras
Best DVD Menus
Best Editing
Best Ethnic Release - Asian
Best Ethnic Series - Asian
Best Ethnic Release - Black
Best Ethnic Series - Black
Best Ethnic Release - Latin
Best Ethnic Series - Latin
Best Fem-Dom Strap-on Release
Best Film
Best Foot Fetish Release
Best Foreign All-Sex Release
Best Foreign All-Sex Series
Best Foreign Feature
Best Gonzo Release
Best Gonzo Series
Best Group Sex Scene
Best High-Definition Production
Best High End All-Sex Release
Best Interactive DVD
Best Internal Release
Best Internal Series
Best Interracial Release
Best Interracial Series
Best Makeup
Best Male Newcomer
Best MILF Release
Best MILF Series
Best Music
Best New Line
Best New Series
Best New Starlet
Best New Video Production Company
Best New Web Starlet
Best Non-Sex Performance
Best On-Line Marketing Campaign, Individual Project
Best On-Line Marketing Campaign, Company Image
Best Oral Sex Scene
Best Oral Release
Best Oral Series
Best Overall Marketing Campaign, Company Image
Best Overall Marketing Campaign, Individual Project
Best Packaging
Best Packaging Innovation
Best POV Release
Best POV Series
Best POV Sex Scene
Best Pro-Am Release
Best Pro-Am Series
Best Renting Title of the Year
Best Retail Website - Rentals
Best Retail Website - Sales
Best Screenplay
Best Selling Title of the Year
Best Sex Comedy
Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production
Best Solo Sex Scene
Best Solo Release
Best Spanking Release
Best Special Effects
Best Specialty Release, Other Genre
Best Specialty Series, Other Genre
Best Squirting Release
Best Squirting Series
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Tease Performance
Best Threeway Sex Scene
Best Transsexual Release
Best Transsexual Series
Best Video Feature
Best Videography
Best Vignette Release
Best Vignette Series
Best Young Girl Title
Best Young Girl Series
Director of the Year
Female Foreign Performer of the Year
Female Performer of the Year
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame - Founders Branch
Jenna Jameson Crossover Star of the Year
Male Foreign Performer of the Year
Male Performer of the Year
Most Outrageous Sex Scene
Reuben Sturman Awards
Site of the Year - Best Adult Website
Transsexual Performer of the Year
Unsung Starlet of the Year
Web Starlet of the Year