Award Categories

Currently, International Emmy® Awards are given in the categories of:

Program Categories

  • Arts Programming
  • Comedy
  • Current Affairs
  • Documentary
  • Drama Series
  • News
  • Non-Scripted Entertainment
  • Telenovela
  • TV Movie/Mini-Series

Performance Categories

  • Best Performance by an Actor
  • Best Performance by an Actress

Kids Categories

  • Kids: Preschool
  • Kids: Animation
  • Kids: Factual
  • Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment
  • Kids: Series
  • Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series

Digital Categories

  • Digital Program: Children & Young People
  • Digital Program: Fiction
  • Digital Program: Non-Fiction



Award Cycles

Currently, the Digital categories (Digital Program: Children & Young People, Digital Program: Fiction, and Digital Program: Non-Fiction) run on a different cycle to other award categories. Entry periods vary each year. To check on competition entry times, click here. Entry deadline into the 2012 Digital Emmy Awards competition was November 3, 2011.

The 2012 International Emmy Awards competition opened on December 6, 2011. Deadline for submission is February 15, 2012. The Academy reserves the right to approve or deny an extension request, as well as determine its length if granted. Please note that any submission will be subject to an additional fee of US$50 per submission. Should you be interested in submitting your program(s) past the deadline, please contact the Awards Department at awardsdept@iemmys.tv.

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