Nomination Rules

Draft pending qualified legal review. This launch draft is operational product copy for review and is not legal advice or approval to accept real submissions, votes, payments, credentials, or personal data.

Rules for who may submit, what must be provided, deadlines, attestations, review, and correction handling.

Applies toNominees, Representatives, Third-party nominators, Awards administrators

Draft notice

Submission roles

A nomination may be started by the nominee, an authorized representative, or a third-party nominator where the category permits it. The submitter must identify the role used and maintain authority to provide materials, credits, media links, and rights statements.

Required materials

Submissions must include category selection, work title, eligibility statement, credits, asset-rights statement, contact information, required category answers, and any optional approved video evidence. Missing, misleading, duplicate, or unverifiable materials may be returned, withdrawn, rejected, or escalated.

Deadlines and drafts

Drafts may be saved until the configured deadline. The authoritative program time zone is America/New_York unless the active award year configuration states otherwise. Deadline-boundary behavior must be tested before launch.

Audit trail

Submission creation, changes, attestations, review decisions, messages, withdrawals, disqualifications, and corrections should produce audit records suitable for internal review.

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