81st Academy Awards (2008): Calendar

The 81st Academy Awards (2008): Awards Calendar

Welcome to my official Precursor Calendar for the 2008 awards season. Below, you will find all of the dates of the various precursors leading up to and including the Academy Awards. This calendar should help you plan your Oscar season months better to get the best exposure.

Not all organizations have officially announced dates for their awards. There is a Legend above the calendar that should help you understand the colors and notations. Dates that are not official are my best guesses as to when the award will be announced based on data from 2007/08 and shifting the dates to coincide with the 2008/09 calendar. As I found out official dates, I will update this calendar.

Below the calendar is a list of abbreviations used below in order to save space.

Legend

? TITLE – Unofficial Date
TITLE – Precursor Nominations Date
TITLE – Precursor Awards Date
TITLE – Oscar Date

Previous months are moved to the bottom of the page.

NOVEMBER
SU	MO	TU	WE	TH	FR	SA
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30 SAT

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DECEMBER
SU	MO	TU	WE	TH	FR	SA
	1 AA	2 ISA	3	4 NBR	5	6
7 WAFCA	8	9 BFCA LAFCA	10 NYFCC	11 GG ? LFCC	12 DFC	13
14 AFI Top Ten BSFC SAT	15 CFC NYOFC SDFC SEFCA SFFC	16 AFCA PFC	17 DFWFCA TFCA	18 CFC SAG	19 DFC UFC	20
21	22	23	24	25	26 Oscar Ballots Mailed	27
28	29	30	31

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JANUARY
SU	MO	TU	WE	TH	FR	SA
				1	2	3 NSFC
4 OFCS	5 PGA USC	6	7 ASC WGA	8 BFCA CAS DGA	9 ADG	10
11 GG	12 ACE Oscar Polls Close	13 CDG	14	15 BAFTA	16	17 VES
18 OFCS	19	20	21	22 Oscar Noms	23 SEG	24 PGA
25 OFTA SAG	26	27	28 Oscar Ballots Mailed	29	30 AA USC ? VFC	31 DGA

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FEBRUARY
SU	MO	TU	WE	TH	FR	SA
1	2 Oscar Lunch	3	4 LFCC	5	6	7 Sci-Tech WGA
8 BAFTA OFTA	9	10	11	12	13	14 ADG CAS
15 ACE ASC	16	17 Oscar Polls Close CDG	18	19	20	21 ISA SEG VES
22 Academy Awards	23	24	25	26	27	28

Organization Abbreviations Guide

AA – Annie Awards ACE – American Cinema Editors ADG – Art Directors Guild AFCA – Austin Film Critics Association AFI – American Film Institute ASC – American Society of Cinematographers BSFC – Boston Society of Film Critics BAFTA – British Academy of Film and Television Arts BFCA – Broadcast Film Critics Association CAS – Cinema Audio Society CDG – Costume Designers Guild CFC – Chicago Film Critics COFC – Central Ohio Film Critics DFWFCA – Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Association DFC – Detroit Film Critics DGA – Directors Guild of America FFC – Florida Film Critics GG – Golden Globe Awards HMHG – Hollywood Makeup & Hairstylists Guild IFC – Iowa Film Critics ISA – Independent Spirit Awards KCFCC – Kansas City Film Critics Circle LAFCA – Los Angeles Film Critics Association LFCC – London Film Critics Circle LVFCS – Las Vegas Film Critics Society NBR – National Board of Review

NSFC – National Society of Film Critics NYFCC – New York Film Critics Circle NYOFC – New York Online Film Critics OFCC – Oklahoma Film Critics Circle OFCS – Online Film Critics Society OFTA – Online Film and Television Association PFC – Phoenix Film Critics PGA – Producers Guild of America SAG – Screen Actors Guild SAT – Satellite Awards SDFC – San Diego Film Critics SEG – Sound Editors Guild SEFCA – Southeastern Film Critics Association SFC – Seattle Film Critics SFFC – San Francisco Film Critics SLFC – St. Louis Film Critics TFC – Texas Film Critics TFCA – Toronto Film Critics Association UFC – Utah Film Critics USC – USC Scripter Awards VES – Visual Effects Society VFC – Vancouver Film Critics WAFCA – Washington DC Area Film Critics Association WGA – Writers Guild of America