AVN is reminding all adult studios that to be considered for AVN Awards nominations this year, their productions must be released by Sept. 30. By that date, a title must be in the hands of a minimum of 10 wholesale distributors or 100 retail outlets.
The magazine also announced two new Awards categories — Best Animated Release and Best POV Sex Scene. “With so many good-quality, sexually-oriented animated releases and POV sex scenes, we decided to honor them with their own Award categories,” said AVN President Paul Fishbein.
A complete list of Awards categories follows this article.
To be considered for a 2007 Awards Show nomination, a production must have been released between Oct. 1, 2005 and Sept. 30, 2006.
The 24th Annual AVN Awards show will be held Jan. 13, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
AVN is also reminding producers that Sept. 30 is the deadline for them to provide AVN with their lists of pre-nominations — productions, scenes, performers, box covers and marketing campaigns they want considered for Awards nominations — and accompanying screeners.
Like the past two years, producers are required to enter their pre-noms themselves on AVN’s pre-noms Website, avnawards.com/nominations. Each producer will receive their own password and user name to access the site, which is scheduled to go live Sept. 1 and remain live through Oct. 4. AVN will no longer accept producer pre-nom lists in hard copy or via e-mail or fax. To receive passwords starting Sept. 1, producers must contact AVN Screeners Editor Leslie Limerick at [email protected] or 818.718.5788, x142. Passwords will not be given out prior to Sept. 1.
AVN Editor in Chief Mike Ramone urged producers to be judicious in their pre-noms, submitting only those productions and scenes they strongly believe have a chance at being nominated, as opposed to submitting all titles released during the qualifying period, as some companies have done in the past. He noted that production companies must supply AVN with all required information in their pre-noms, including the names of all performers in sex scenes and the names of all 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:
Leslie Limerick
Screeners Editor
Adult Video News
9414 Eton Ave.
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Attn: Awards Nominations
Questions about submitting pre-noms and/or the pre-nommed DVDs should be addressed to Limerick at [email protected] or 818.718.5788, x142.
The nominations will be announced in November.
Advance tickets for the 24th Annual AVN Awards Show are now available to industry members. The price for industry tables of 12 is $2625. Premiere seating near the stage is being sold in blocks of 12 tickets for the same price. Other ticket prices range from $107-$212. Industry members may buy tickets at www.avnawards.com or by calling (818) 718-5788.
The Jan. 13 Awards Show coincides with the end of the 2007 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, which runs from Jan. 10-13, 2007 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas. For more information on AEE, go to www.adultentertainmentexpo.com.
AVN Awards Categories
Adult Video Nudes (Worst Release of the Year)
Best Actor – Film
Best Actor – Video
Best Actress – Film
Best Actress – Video
Best All-Girl Feature
Best All-Girl Series
Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Film
Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Video
Best All-Sex Release
Best Alternative Video
Best Amateur Release
Best Amateur Series
Best Anal Sex Scene – Film
Best Anal Sex Scene – Video
Best Anal-Themed Feature
Best Anal-Themed Series
Best Animated Release
Best Art Direction – Film
Best Art Direction – Video
Best Cinematography
Best Classic DVD
Best Continuing Video Series
Best Couples Sex Scene – Film
Best Couples Sex Scene – Video
Best Director – Film
Best Director – Foreign Release
Best Director – Non-Feature
Best Director – Video
Best DVD
Best DVD Extras
Best DVD Menus
Best Editing – Film
Best Editing – Video
Best Ethnic-Themed Release – Black
Best Ethnic-Themed Release – Latin
Best Ethnic-Themed Series
Best Ethnic-Themed Video – Asian
Best Film
Best Foreign All-Sex Release
Best Foreign All-Sex Series
Best Foreign Feature
Best Gonzo Release
Best Gonzo Series
Best Group Sex Scene – Film
Best Group Sex Scene – Video
Best High-Definition Production
Best Interactive DVD
Best Interracial Release
Best Mainstream Adult Release
Best Male Newcomer
Best Music
Best New Starlet
Best Non-Sex Performance
Best Oral Sex Scene – Film
Best Oral Sex Scene – Video
Best Oral-Themed Feature
Best Oral-Themed Series
Best Packaging
Best POV Release
Best POV Sex Scene
Best Pro-Am Release
Best Pro-Am Series
Best Screenplay – Film
Best Screenplay – Video
Best Sex Comedy
Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production
Best Solo Sex Scene
Best Solo Release
Best Special Effects
Best Specialty Release – BDSM
Best Specialty Release – Big Bust
Best Specialty Release – Fem-Dom Strap-On
Best Specialty Release – Foot Fetish
Best Specialty Release – MILF
Best Specialty Release – Other Genre
Best Specialty Release – Spanking
Best Specialty Release – Squirting
Best Specialty Series
Best Supporting Actor – Film
Best Supporting Actor – Video
Best Supporting Actress – Film
Best Supporting Actress – Video
Best Tease Performance
Best Threeway Sex Scene
Best Transsexual Release
Best Video Feature
Best Videography
Best Vignette Release
Best Vignette Series
Crossover Star of the Year
Female Foreign Performer of the Year
Female Performer of the Year
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame Founders division
Male Foreign Performer of the Year
Male Performer of the Year
Most Outrageous Sex Scene
Reuben Sturman Lifetime Achievement Award
Transsexual Performer of the Year
