Here Are the Key Dates for the 2026 Producers Guild Awards: Full List
Written by djfrosty on April 21, 2025
Just hours after the Motion Picture Academy announced its key dates for the 2026 Oscars, the Producers Guild of America announced its key dates for the 2026 PGA Awards, which will take place on Feb. 28, 2026.
The eligibility period for most categories is Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2025. The eligibility period for the Innovation Award is Oct. 2, 2024 through Oct. 1, 2025.
The Producers Guild Awards recognizes outstanding achievements in producing across various categories, including theatrical motion pictures, television, documentaries, animation, and emerging media. The Guild represents more than 8,400 producers.
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Films that win at the PGA Awards often, but not always, go on to Oscar glory. Anora won the top award at the PGA Awards on Feb. 8, and went on to win the Oscar for best picture on March 2. But The Wild Robot, the PGA winner in the animated film category, lost to the Oscar for best animated feature film to Flow. And Super Man/The Christopher Reeve Story, about the late Superman star Christopher Reeve, the PGA winner in the documentary category, wasn’t even shortlisted (much less nominated) for the Oscar for best documentary feature film (which went to No Other Land).
The most recent PGA ceremony also recognized influential producers with special honors, including Chris Meledandri, who received the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures; Taika Waititi, who received the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television; and Dana Walden, who received the Milestone Award.
Top honors on the TV side went to Shōgun and Hacks.
Here are the key dates for the 37th annual Producers Guild Awards season:
Notice of Producing Credits Deadline
- Documentary Motion Pictures: Friday, Aug. 29
- Television Programs (Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures; Sports, Children’s, and Short Form): Friday, Sept. 26
- Innovation Award: Wednesday, Oct. 1
- Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Motion Pictures: Friday, Oct. 10
Screener Submission Deadline
Documentary Motion Pictures: Friday, Aug. 29
Nomination Polls Open
- Sports, Children’s, and Short Form: Tuesday, Nov. 25
- Television Series/Specials and Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: Thursday, Dec. 11
- Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Motion Pictures: Thursday, Dec. 18
Nomination Polls Close
- Sports, Children’s, and Short Form: Wednesday, Dec. 10 (2:00 pm PST)
- Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026 (2:00 pm PST)
Nominees Announced
- Innovation Award: Friday, Nov. 14
- Documentary Motion Pictures: Tuesday, Dec. 9
- Sports, Children’s, and Short Form: Friday, Dec. 12
- Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: Friday, Jan. 9, 2026
Final Polls Open
- Sports, Children’s, and Short Form: Monday, Jan. 5, 2026
- Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Documentary Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2026
Final Polls Close
- Sports, Children’s, and Short Form: Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 (2:00 pm PT)
- Theatrical Motion Pictures; Animated Motion Pictures; Television Series/Specials; Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026 (2:00 pm PT)
Awards Show: Feb. 28, 2026