Next week, Oscar Season begins with the first nominations of the year for the 29th Spirit Awards. For the next few months, we’ll be posting almost daily updates with precursor winners and nominees from across all organizations, critics groups and guilds. Below is a calendar of events that should help you identify when your favorite precursor announces. Please note that several dates are marked as “Unconfirmed.” These estimates are conjecture based on the announcement window from last year. It’s reasonable to believe that the vast majority of the estimated dates will be accurate; however, as last year proved, date ranges are always subject to change.

In addition to the crystal ball clarifications that will come up, 5 groups will be celebrating a milestone anniversary this year, including some of the biggest names in the precursor business. Let’s congratulate these groups on their achievements.

85 Years

National Board of Review Awards (the oldest film awards-giving organization)

55 Years

British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA)

25 Years

Producers Guild of America

20 Years

Screen Actors Guild

5 Years

Indiana Film Journalists Association (the youngest film awards-giving organization)

Soon, we’ll be posting our final pre-precursor predictions. From then on out, we’ll update as often as we can, but will not be able to do daily updates.

Awards Season Calendar

Indicates a Nominations Announcement
Indicates an Awards Announcement
Indicates an Academy Awards Event

November

Week #1

Tuesday, Nov. 26

Spirit Awards (Official)

December

Week #2

Monday, Dec. 2

Annie Awards (Official)
Satellites (Official)
New York Critics (Unconfirmed)

Wednesday, Dec. 4

National Board of Review (Official)

Friday, Dec. 6

Grammy Awards (Official)

Saturday, Dec. 7

Boston Online Critics (Unconfirmed)

Week #3

Sunday, Dec. 8

Washington D.C. Area Critics (Unconfirmed)
Houston Critics (Unconfirmed)
Boston Critics (Official)
Los Angeles Critics (Official)
New York Online Critics (Unconfirmed)

Monday, Dec. 9

Online Film Critics Society (Official)
San Diego Critics (Unconfirmed)
American Film Institute (Unconfirmed)
Washington D.C. Area Critics (Official)

Wednesday, Dec. 11

Detroit Critics (Unconfirmed)
Screen Actors Guild (Official)
St. Louis Critics (Unconfirmed)
Las Vegas Critics (Unconfirmed)
San Diego Critics (Unconfirmed)

Thursday, Dec. 12

Golden Globes (Official)

Friday, Dec. 13

Chicago Critics (Unconfirmed)
Detroit Critics (Unconfirmed)
Houston Critics (Unconfirmed)

Saturday, Dec. 14

Week #4

Monday, Dec. 16

Broadcast Critics (Official)
Chicago Critics (Unconfirmed)
Online Film Critics Society (Official)
St. Louis Critics (Unconfirmed)

Tuesday, Dec. 17

London Critics (Unconfirmed)
Indiana Critics (Unconfirmed)
San Francisco Critics (Unconfirmed)
Toronto Critics (Unconfirmed)

Wednesday, Dec. 18

Austin Critics (Unconfirmed)
Florida Critics (Unconfirmed)

Saturday, Dec. 21

Utah Critics (Unconfirmed)

Week #5

Tuesday, Dec. 24

Phoenix Critics (Unconfirmed)

Friday, Dec. 27

Academy Awards Voting Begins (Official)

Saturday, Dec. 28

Week #6

Tuesday, Dec. 31

Vancouver Critics (Unconfirmed)
Dallas Area Critics (Unconfirmed)
Southeastern Critics (Unconfirmed)

Thursday, Jan. 2

Producers Guild (Official)

Friday, Jan. 3

Writers Guild (Official)

Saturday, Jan. 4

National Society of Film Critics (Unconfirmed)

January

Week #7

Monday, Jan. 6

Vancouver Critics (Unconfirmed)

Tuesday, Jan. 7

Directors Guild (Official)
Toronto Critics’ Canadian Film Winner (Unconfirmed)

Wednesday, Jan. 8

Academy Awards Voting Ends (Official)
British Academy (Official)
Cinematographers Guild (Official)

Thursday, Jan. 9

Art Directors Guild (Official)
Costume Designers Guild (Official)
USC Scripter (Official)

Friday, Jan. 10

Cinema Editors (Official)

Week #8

Sunday, Jan. 12

Golden Globes (Official)

Monday, Jan. 13

Visual Effects Society (Official)

Tuesday, Jan. 14

Audio Society (Official)

Thursday, Jan. 16

Academy Awards Nominations (Official)
Broadcast Critics (Official)

Friday, Jan. 17

Sound Editors (Official)

Saturday, Jan. 18

Screen Actors Guild (Official)

Week #9

Sunday, Jan. 19

London Critics (Unconfirmed)
Producers Guild (Official)

Saturday, Jan. 25

Directors Guild (Official)

Week #10

Sunday, Jan. 26

Online Film & Television Association (Official)
Grammy Awards (Official)

Saturday, Feb. 1

Annie Awards (Official)
Cinematographers Guild (Official)
Writers Guild (Official)

February

Week #10

Friday, Feb. 7

Cinema Editors (Official)

Saturday, Feb. 8

Art Directors Guild (Official)
USC Scripter (Official)

Week #11

Sunday, Feb. 9

Online Film & Television Association (Official)

Monday, Feb. 10

Academy Awards Nominees Lunch (Official)

Wednesday, Feb. 12

Visual Effects Society (Official)

Friday, Feb. 14

Academy Awards Voting Begins (Official)

Saturday, Feb. 15

Sci-Tech Awards (Official)

Week #12

Sunday, Feb. 16

British Academy (Official)
Sound Editors (Official)

Saturday, Feb. 22

Audio Society (Official)
Costume Designers Guild (Official)

Week #13

Sunday, Feb. 23

Spirit Awards (Official)

Tuesday, Feb. 25

Academy Awards Voting Ends (Official)

March

Week #14

Sunday, Mar. 2

ACADEMY AWARDS (Official)

Week #15

Sunday, Mar. 9

Satellites (Official)