ASIFA-Hollywood today announced its Call for Entries for the 52nd Annie Awards set for Saturday, February 8, 2025 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the 52nd Annie Awards cover 37 categories including Animated Feature, Animated Feature-Independent, TV/Media Production, Sponsored Production, Short Subject, and Student Films, along with Achievement and Honorary awards.

To review this year’s rules and submit your projects, please visit https://www.annieawards.org. Entries submitted for consideration will be from animated productions that were released in the United States between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. Exceptions, which can submit with or without a U.S. release are short subjects, special projects, sponsored productions, student films and films in competition from Annie Award qualifying festivals.

Submissions begin July 22 and run through October 30, 2024. Fees range from $150 to $275 per submission, calibrated based on when the entry funds are received. Submitters are encouraged to file early to receive the best rates.

The following are important deadlines during” the 52nd Annie Awards season:

• Deadline for Call for Judges – Monday, August 18, 2024;
• Deadline for Juried Award Submissions – Monday, August 18, 2024;
• Nominations and Juried Award recipients announced – Friday, December 20, 2024;
• Online balloting begins – Wednesday, January 22, 2025;
• Deadline to cast Annie Awards ballots – Saturday, February 2, 2025
• The 52nd Annie Awards – Saturday, February 8, 2025

Now through August 19, 2024, ASIFA-Hollywood is also conducting its Call for Judges. All judges must submit an application for this Annie cycle, whether they have applied in the past or are enrolling for the first time. To be considered for a nominating committee, judges do not need to be a member of ASIFA-Hollywood but must have an established career in animation and exemplary professional credentials in at least one of the Annie Award categories. Individuals in the animation community, who are interested in being a nomination committee judge, will find the application at members.asifa-hollywood.org/judge-application.

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Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

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