Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to keep an eye on.

JANUARY

Nominations

Tuesday, Jan. 4 – Hawaii Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Tuesday, Jan. 4 – British Academy (Rising Star) (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Wednesday, Jan. 5 – Denver Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Wednesday, Jan. 5 – British Academy (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Thursday, Jan. 6 – Publicists (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Friday, Jan. 7 – Georgia Critics (Nominations) (Official)
Friday, Jan. 7 – San Francisco Critics (Nominations) (Official)
Friday, Jan. 7 – NAACP Image Awards (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Saturday, Jan. 8 – Bodil Awards (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Monday, Jan. 10 – Seattle Critics (Nominations) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 11 – Make-Up Artists Guild (Nominations) (Official)
Wednesday, Jan. 12 – Screen Actors (Nominations) (Official)
Thursday, Jan. 13 – Writers Guild (Nominations) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 17 – Visual Effects Society (Nominations) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 18 – Online Critics (Nominations) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 18 – USC Scripter (Nominations) (Official)
Wednesday, Jan. 19 – Latino Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Friday, Jan. 21 – Cinema Editors (Nominations) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 24 – Art Directors (Nominations) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 24 – Sound Editors (Nominations) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 25 – Audio Society (Nominations) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 25 – Cinematographers (Nominations) (Official)
Wednesday, Jan. 26 – Directors Guild – Documentary (Nominations) (Official)
Thursday, Jan. 27 – Costume Designers (Nominations) (Official)
Thursday, Jan. 27 – Directors Guild – Director & First Feature (Nominations) (Official)
Thursday, Jan. 27 – Producers Guild (Nominations) (Official)
Thursday, Jan. 27 – Cesar Awards (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)

Awards

Sunday, Jan. 2 – Chicago Independent Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Monday, Jan. 3 – Latino Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Wednesday, Jan. 5 – Austin Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Wednesday, Jan. 5 – North Carolina Critics (Awards) (Official)
Wednesday, Jan. 5 – Vancouver Critics – Canadian Awards (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Wednesday, Jan. 5 – Satellites (Awards) (Official)
Friday, Jan. 7 – Toronto Critics – Canadian Film (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Saturday, Jan. 8 – Hollywood Critics (Awards) (Official)
Saturday, Jan. 8 – Iowa Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Saturday, Jan. 8 – National Society Critics (Awards) (Official)
Saturday, Jan. 8 – Women Journalists (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Sunday, Jan. 9 – Critics Choice (Awards) (Official)
Sunday, Jan. 9 – Critics Choice – Super (Awards) (Official)
Sunday, Jan. 9 – Golden Globes (Awards) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 10 – San Francisco Critics (Awards) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 11 – Hawaii Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Tuesday, Jan. 11 – AARP (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Friday, Jan. 14 – Denver Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Friday, Jan. 14 – Georgia Critics (Awards) (Official)
Sunday, Jan. 16 – Toronto Critics (Awards) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 17 – Seattle Critics (Awards) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 17 – African American Critics (Awards) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 24 – Online Critics (Awards) (Official)
Friday, Jan. 28 – London Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Friday, Jan. 28 – Casting Society (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Friday, Jan. 28 – Golden Eagle Awards (Awards) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 31 – Grammy Awards (Awards) (Official)

Oscars

Saturday, Jan. 15 – The Governors Awards (Official – Postponed, Date Unknown)
Thursday, Jan. 27 – Academy Awards Nominations Voting Begins (Official)
Tuesday, Feb. 1 – Academy Awards Nominations Voting Ends (Official)
Tuesday, Feb. 8 – Academy Awards Nominations (Official)