CHATSWORTH, Calif.—Adult industry talent, directors, company owners et al., take note: There are less than two weeks left to submit your pre-nominations for the 2020 AVN Awards and GayVN Awards, so if you haven't done so yet, be sure to request access right away to the restricted Pre-Nom Site.
The application to do so is located here.
The Pre-Nom Site will close at midnight September 30, and there will be no extension of the deadline to make your submissions. So get all your ducks in a row and get them in before it's too late—and remember that you may only submit a maximum of FIVE pre-noms in any one category, so be sure to use the utmost discretion in determining your offerings for consideration.
Also note that the Pre-Nom Site does NOT pertain this year to the AVN and GayVN Fan Awards categories—an announcement will be coming shortly about submitting pre-noms in those arenas.
As a crash course in using the newly revamped Pre-Nom Site, AVN encourages anyone approved for access to watch the instructional video at this link: AVN Awards Pre-Nom Site 101.
It is also highly advised that anybody submitting pre-noms—particularly in the video realm—carefully read over the current eligibility rules, following below, as a number of significant changes have been implemented this year. Any questions may be directed to [email protected].
Find the full list of 2020 AVN Awards categories here, and the respective GayVN Awards category list here.
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ELIGIBILITY RULES
Eligibility Term
To be considered in any of the video categories, a production must be made available commercially between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019. If a sex scene or featurette is released both as a standalone work online and as part of a full-length production via DVD or VOD prior to or on the September 30 cutoff date, it will by default be considered part of the full-length production for attribution purposes. In turn, any sex scene or featurette submitted as its own standalone work must NOT be released as part of any larger production during the same timeframe. Any scene or featurette considered for a 2020 AVN Award will be void from future consideration thenceforth if included as part of any larger production released after September 30, 2019.
Full-Length Production Eligibility
To be considered for a nomination in any category recognizing full-length, multiple-scene productions, a work must be made available in its entirety by the end of the current eligibility term on a minimum of two qualifying platforms, with all content released under a unifying title on at least one of said platforms during the current term and originally released on any platform no earlier than the first date of the previous term. The two required platforms may consist of any combination of the following:
• DVD (must be stocked with at least 100 retail outlets)
• Membership website (i.e. site or network for a single studio or group of affiliated studios offering monthly paid memberships to access content)
• VOD/streaming site (i.e. site carrying productions from at least 100 active studio labels and offering monthly paid memberships or a la carte purchases to access content)
• Subscription broadcast network
Scene/Featurette Eligibility
To be considered for a nomination in any sex scene or featurette category, a work may be released either as a standalone segment on a membership or VOD/streaming site, or as part of a larger production released via any of the platforms listed above, in accordance with the following guidelines:
• If submitted as a standalone segment, release through only one qualifying membership or VOD/streaming site is required, however the scene/featurette must be solely and originally released as its own self-contained work during the current eligibility term.
• If submitted as part of a larger production, the scene/featurette must have been originally released no earlier than the first date of the prior eligibility term, and not previously considered for AVN Awards contention.
• Scenes/featurettes released solely though indie clip sites are not eligible.
Series Eligibility
To be considered for a nomination in any series category, a line must meet one of the following criteria:
• Contains at least EIGHT (8) scenes/featurettes made available across two or more qualifying platforms by the end of the current eligibility term, with all released in the form of at least two volumes/productions on one or more of said platforms during the current term and originally released across all platforms no earlier than the first date of the previous term.
• Contains at least 12 scenes/featurettes all originally released on a single qualifying platform during the current eligibility term.
• If both criteria apply, all scenes/featurettes meeting either may be submitted for consideration.
(Note that any collection of fewer than eight scenes/featurettes released under a unifying title/volume number on any qualifying platform will be considered a “production” for classification/attribution purposes; in turn, the eligibility criteria pertaining to full-length production categories must be met for consideration there. Additionally, any series as defined above released in the form of multiple volumes/productions on any qualifying platform will by default be attributed with the title and company credits under which said productions were released.)
Record-Keeping Requirements
Producers must maintain 2257 records for any content submitted for AVN Awards consideration. In addition, any online content submitted must have clearly marked post/release dates within the eligibility term on the qualifying website(s) carrying it.
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. Novelty companies should also provide two (2) samples of each product they would like considered. All items should be mailed or hand-delivered to:
AVN Media Network
Attn: Nominations
9400 Penfield Ave.
Chatsworth, CA 91311
