THE NEW YORK EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF SUBMISSIONS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW CATEGORIES
New York, September 1, 2016 - The 2017 New York Emmy® Awards Call for Entries season has arrived! Emmy® Express, our online entry system, is now open and accepting submissions. We invite you, your colleagues, and your station/organization to submit your award-worthy content for Emmy® consideration.
What’s New This Year?
- Team Coverage - For excellence by a team involved in covering multiple news stories on a single subject, shot, edited, produced and aired within 24 hours. Entry may include multiple live and/or taped elements and online content. Entry length shall not exceed 60 minutes.
ENTRY DEADLINE: 5:00 PM on Friday, September 30, 2016.
VIDEO UPLOAD DEADLINE: 5:00PM on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
The eligibility period for the 60th Annual NY Emmy® Awards is as follows: September 1, 2015- August 31, 2016. If your work is broadcast after August 31, 2016 it will be eligible next year. As you prepare your work for Emmy® consideration, please take the time to review our standard clauses, category list, and eligibility requirements that can be found on our website www.nyemmys.org.
We celebrate excellence in our industry honoring the best video storytelling and outstanding achievement in television the art form not television the platform. All of our categories are open to Advanced Media entries. News – Programming – Sports – Promotions – Individual Craft – there are many more options to choose from!
SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP OFFER: Become a member or renew your membership TODAY to save $100 on each one of your New York Emmy® entries! If you are a member in good standing with NY NATAS through the Emmy® Awards process (December 31st), each submission is $125 – a savings of $100 per entry. If you join between now and September 30, 2016 – we will WAIVE the $50 Initiation Fee! Membership dues are just $126 per year. Our members receive numerous social and professional benefits that include invitations to exclusive events, valuable networking opportunities and a variety of discounts. For more information on how to become a NY NATAS member and for a full list of membership benefits visit our website www.nyemmys.org. Contact our Membership Manager, Helen Masha, at (212)-459-3630, ext. 212 or via email at membership@nyemmys.org with any membership questions.
Please contact our Awards Director, Lauren Loverde, at (212)-459-3630, ext. 201 or awards@nyemmys.org with any awards related questions/concerns.
The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, founded in 1955, is the preeminent membership organization serving all media professionals in the television industry, offering career enhancing events and networking opportunities. NY NATAS fosters creativity and inspires artistic and technical excellence through the renowned Emmy® Award, the most prestigious honor and most coveted peer-recognition symbol of distinction in television.
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CONTACT:
Lauren Loverde, Awards Director
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, New York Chapter
212-459-3630 ext. 201