Annie Awards 2026

Category

AWARDS/PRIZES

Date

09/11/2025

City

Los Angeles, CA

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Website

https://annieawards.org

Edition

Final submission deadline

2025-11-09

Submission/Registration Fee

Yes

Event Description: Created in 1972 by veteran voice talent June Foray, who passed away in July at the age of 99, and in whose name the philanthropic June Foray Award was established, the Annie Awards™ have grown in scope and stature for the past four decades. ASIFA-Hollywood is the world’s first and foremost professional organization dedicated to promoting the Art of Animation and celebrating the people who create it. Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest chapter of the international organization ASIFA, supports a range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership. Current initiatives include the Animation Archive, Animation Aid Foundation, Animation Educators Forum, animated film preservation, special events, scholarships, and screenings.

2026 Call for Entries

Entries submitted for consideration must be from productions that were released or aired in the United States or globally between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2025.*

- 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.
- In lieu of being released, student films must have been completed between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.
- A further exception will be allowed for the Annie Award film festival partners: Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Animafest Zagreb and Kaboom Animation Festival. Grand Prize winners from these film festivals may submit their winning films in the corresponding Production Categories without incurring entry fees. Festival partner winners can submit in additional categories but must pay the regular fees for the additional submissions.

Categories

1. Best Feature
2. Best Feature - Independent
3. Best Special Production
4. Best Short Subject
5. Best Sponsored
6. Best TV/Media - Preschool
7. Best TV/Media - Children
8. Best TV/Media - Mature
9. Best TV/Media – Limited Series
10. Best Student Film
Plus 22 more Achievement Categories

All regulations
Submission portal
Deadlines: Early Deadline: September 08, 2025 (11:59 PM PST), Standard Deadline: October 13, 2025 (11:59 PM PST), Final Deadline: November 09, 2025 (5 PM PST) - fees apply

2025 Event Coverage