AVN is reminding all adult producers 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.
To be considered for a 2006 Awards Show nomination, a production must have been released between Oct. 1, 2004 and Sept. 30, 2005. The 23rd Annual AVN Awards show will be held Jan. 7, 2006 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.
Tickets go on sale through AVNawards.com on Aug. 1 (when the site will be updated with information about the 2006 Awards Show). Tickets may also be purchased by mailing the order form found in the striking Awards Show ad campaign debuting in the August issue of AVN.
“The Sept. 30 cut-off date is just about two months away,” said AVN Publisher Tim Connelly, “so producers should plan on releasing the videos, films or DVDs they want considered for Awards nominations on or before that date.”
AVN Editor in Chief Mike Ramone, meanwhile, reminded producers that Sept. 30 is also 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.
“Such lists are invaluable tools AVN uses to insure that the nominations process is as fair and all-encompassing as possible,” Ramone said.
Like last year, producers are required to enter their pre-noms themselves on AVN’s pre-noms Website, avnawards.com/nominations. Each producer will receive its own password and user name to access the site, which is scheduled to go live Sept. 1 and remain live through Oct. 9. When it does go live, it will be announced in a separate story here on AVN.com. 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 Senior Associate Editor Heidi Pike-Johnson at [email protected] or 818.718.5788, x154. Passwords will not be given out prior to Sept. 1.
“Last year, when we debuted our pre-nom Website, we found that it enabled producers to more efficiently enter their own pre-noms,” Ramone said. “So we’re going with it again this year.”
Pike-Johnson meanwhile, urged producers to be judicious in their pre-noms, noting that some companies pre-nom most or, in a select few instances, every single one of their releases in the hope that that will increase their chances of getting a nomination or nominations.
Wrong.
“Only pre-nom those titles or scenes you really believe in and really believe have a good chance at being nominated,” Pike-Johnson said. “If you say everything you’ve released this year is worthy of a nomination, that is simply not going to work in your favor. It’s really, really important to be considerate that way.
“I can’t stress that enough. Only pre-nom things that you really believe in because that will make increase the chances that we’ll believe in them, too.”
Pike-Johnson also noted that production companies must supply AVN with all required information in their pre-noms, such as listing 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 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. AVN greatly prefers that such titles be submitted in the DVD format. A list of the AVN Awards categories can be found at the end of this article.
The titles should be mailed or hand-delivered to:
Heidi Pike-Johnson
Senior Associate Editor
Adult Video News
9414 Eton Ave.
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Attn: Awards Nominations
Connelly said that, like last year, producers could request that their comedies and foreign features be nominated in the Best Film and Best Video Feature categories. DVD producers, meanwhile, can pre-nom classic and all-sex DVDs for Best DVD. However, if those productions are not eventually nominated in the Best Film, Best Video Feature or Best DVD categories, producers cannot then request that they be nominated as Best Sex Comedy, Best Foreign Feature, Best Classic Release on DVD or Best All-Sex DVD.
Nominations for the 2006 Awards Show will be announced in November.
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 Film,
Best All-Sex Video
Best Alternative Release
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 Art Direction-Film
Best Art Direction-Video
Best Cinematography
Best Classic DVD
Best Continuing Series
Best Couples Sex Scene-Film
Best Couples Sex Scene-Video
Best Director- Film
Best Director- Non-Feature
Best Director- Video
Best Director-Foreign Release
Best DVD
Best DVD Extras
Best DVD Menus
Best DVD Packaging
Best Editing-Film
Best Editing-Video
Best Ethnic-Themed Release- Asian
Best Ethnic-Themed Release- Black
Best Ethnic-Themed Release- Latin
Best Ethnic-Themed Series
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 Male Newcomer
Best Marketing Website
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 Overall Marketing Campaign- Company Image
Best Overall Marketing Campaign- Individual Project
Best P.O.V. Release
Best Pro-Am Release
Best Pro-Am Series
Best Retail Website
Best Screenplay-Film
Best Screenplay-Video
Best Sex Comedy
Best Sex Scene In A Foreign-Shot Production
Best Solo Sex Scene
Best Special Effects
Best Specialty Release- BDSM
Best Specialty Release- Big Bust
Best Specialty Release- Foot Fetish
Best Specialty Release- Other Genre
Best Specialty Release- Spanking
Best Supporting Actor-Film
Best Supporting Actor-Video
Best Supporting Actress-Film
Best Supporting Actress-Video
Best Tease Performance
Best Threeway Sex Scene-Film
Best Threeway Sex Scene-Video
Best Transsexual Release
Best VHS Boxcover Concept
Best VHS Packaging
Best Video Feature
Best Videography
Best Vignette Release
Best Vignette Series
Female Foreign Performer Of The Year
Female Performer Of The Year
Hall Of Fame
Male Foreign Performer Of The Year
Male Performer Of The Year
Most Outrageous Sex Scene
Reuben Sturman Special Achievement Award
Transsexual Performer Of The Year
Pictured: Katsumi and Lexington Steele.
