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*NEW* Best in Content Creation
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Awarded to an individual or group that produces video content for Youtube.
*NEW* Best Performance in a Comedy
+ -- For a recurring performance in a scripted comedic series or limited/anthology series.
- Performers must enter into the same genre as their show if it is also a Rockie entry. Ex: If the show was entered in comedy series, all performers must then enter the comedy series performance category.
- Ineligible: Sketch comedies, standup or parodies.
*NEW* Best Performance in a Drama
+ -- For a recurring performance in a scripted dramatic series or limited/anthology series.
- Performers must enter into the same genre as their show if it is also a Rockie entry. Ex: If the show was entered in comedy series, all performers must then enter the comedy series performance category.
*NEW* Best Music in a Series
+ -- Awarding the music supervision of a single episode of a scripted comedy or drama limited or anthology series, or TV movie.
- Entries will be judged based on how the original and catalog music creatively enriches the storyline, development and overall quality of the program.
Arts & Entertainment
Comedy & Variety
+ -- A program or series showcasing sketch segments, stand up comedy showcases or festivals, talk or interview shows, or any mix of other talent generally considered 'variety' entertainment.
- Eligible in this category are awards shows, or other programming that mixes segments of different styles of performance within a single program as well as stage recordings and television adaptations.
- Ineligible: Telethons and other variety shows where the intention is to raise money, and content directly associated with promoting political campaigns.
- Ineligible: Any scripted comedy series featuring a narrative structure should be entered into the Comedy Series: English or Comedy Series: Non-English Language categories.
- Recent winners include: Taskmaster, Friends: The Reunion, Famalam, Baroness von Sketch Show, Still Standing
Competition Series & Game Shows
+ -- A program or series that is either a competition series or game show. This includes in-studio game and quiz shows, any competition shows framed within lifestyle-oriented situations (i.e. cooking, home renovation, fashion, etc.), competitions shot in reality-style formats which take place in constructed living environments and talent competitions.
- Recent winners include: The Traitors UK, Alone, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Docuseries
+ -- A program or series focused on grittier subject matter than a docusoap, a more topical exploration into the main subject(s). Examples may include a focus on professional activities, unique (non-artificial) living environments or subcultures.
- Note: Competition series or game shows should be entered in the Competition Series & Game Shows category.
- Recent winners include: Welcome to Wrexham, The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet, Filthy Rich & Homeless, Who Are You Calling Fat?
Lifestyle
+ -- A factual program or series that highlights lifestyle topics such as home renovation, interior design, food, garden, health, dating, fashion or travel.
- Ineligible: Any factual program with a competition or game element should be entered into the Competition Series & Game Shows category.
- Ineligible: Talk or interview shows should be entered into the Comedy & Variety category.
- Recent winners include: The Big Sex Talk, Employable Me, Love on the Spectrum
Reality Series
+ -- A program or series featuring light docu-reality fare, including celebreality and 'soap opera'-styled situations, where characters are followed in a 'fly on the wall' manner. Please see the Docuseries description for clarity of the appropriate category your entry should be submitted for.
- Note: Competition series or game shows should be entered in the Competition Series & Game Shows category.
- Recent winners include: Troop One, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, House of Ho
Children & Youth
Animation: Children
+ -- A children's program or series that targets children 5 - 13 where the depiction of characters and settings is primarily (more than 65%) in the form of traditional, computer, 2D, 3D, motion graphics, and/or stop-motion animation.
- Recent winners include: The Smeeds and the Smoos, Karma's World
Animation: Preschool
+ -- A children's program or series that targets children ages 0 - 5 where the depiction of characters and settings is primarily (more than 65%) in the form of traditional, computer, 2D, 3D, motion graphics, and/or stop-motion animation.
- Recent winners include: Kiri and Lou, ODO
Live Action: Children
+ -- A children's program or series that targets children up to age 10 where the depiction of characters and settings is primarily (more than 65%) in the form of live action. This can include both fiction and non-fiction programming.
- Recent winners include: Sesame Street, Jamie Johnson
Live Action: Youth
+ -- A children's program or series that targets children ages 11 - 17 where the depiction of characters and settings is primarily (more than 65%) in the form of live action. This can include both fiction and non-fiction programming.
- Recent winners include: Memory Forest, Six Degrees
Documentary & Factual
Arts & Culture
+ -- A non-fiction documentary or factual program or series with themes and/or subject matter focusing on issues, trends or individuals within the arts and culture sphere including but not limited to showcasing musical acts or performers, dance, visual arts, circus or any mix of other art presentations.
- Note: Sketch and stand up comedy, talk or interview shows, variety programs, stage recordings and television adaptations of performing arts should be entered into the Comedy and Variety category.
- Recent winners include: My Life as a Rolling Stone, Introducing Selma Blair, Kubrick by Kubrick, Josephine Baker: The Story of An Awakening
Crime & Investigative
+ -- A non-fiction documentary or factual program or series with themes, stories, and/or subject matter dealing with crime and/or the investigative efforts thereof.
- Note: if submitting a crime and investigative program that is part of a strand, please identify the episode title and the date it first aired within the strand.
- Note: crime shows primarily following a profession rather than actual criminal cases should be entered into the Docuseries category in the Arts & Entertainment stream.
- Ineligible: Fact-based fiction (including full-program reenactments).
- Recent winners include: Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller, Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad, The Hunt for Gaddafi’s Millions, Sea of Shadows
Environmental & Wildlife
+ -- A non-fiction documentary or factual program or series exploring themes and content pertaining to wildlife, the environment, nature or natural history.
- Note: Wildlife and nature shows primarily following a profession should be entered into the Docuseries category in the Arts & Entertainment stream.
- Ineligible: Fact-based fiction (including full-program reenactments).
- Recent winners include: Prehistoric Planet, Tiny World, The Last Ice, Seven Worlds, One Planet
History & Biography
+ -- A non-fiction documentary or factual program or series that focuses primarily on historical subjects and biographies of historical figures.
- Note: For "living history" programming, entrants should consider entering other categories in the Documentary & Factual stream or Docuseries in the Arts & Entertainment stream.
- Ineligible: Fact-based fiction (including full-program reenactments).
- Recent winners include: Abraham Lincoln, Surviving 9/11, Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Free Solo
Science & Technology
+ -- A non-fiction documentary or factual program or series whose primary emphasis is to educate audiences on and explore science, popular science, technology and medicine.
- May include biographical programs on scientists, provided at least 50% of the program focuses on the work, research, and discoveries of the subject versus the subject’s personal history.
- Ineligible: Fact-based fiction (including full-program reenactments).
- Recent winners include: Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough, Own The Room, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Science Fair
Short Form Non-Fiction Series
+ -- A non-fiction or factual short form series with episodes no longer than 20 minutes in length.
- Ineligible: Fact-based fiction.
- Recent winners include: Magical Caresses, A Nation and Her Mother, Akashinga: The Brave Ones, Stonewall Out Loud
Social Issues & Current Affairs
+ -- A non-fiction documentary or factual program or series about social issues and/or current world affairs that are either one-offs or part of a strand.
- Please note - if submitting a project that is part of a strand, please identify the project and the date it first aired within the strand.
- Ineligible: Fact-based fiction.
- Recent winners include: Eternal Spring, Dying to Divorce, The New York Times Presents, Surviving R. Kelly
Sports Documentary
+ -- A non-fiction or factual program concerned with historical or modern day sports stories, as well as biographies or profiles of athletic figures.
- Note: For reality-style sports programming or unscripted competition series involving sports elements, entrants should submit in the Arts & Entertainment categories that are most appropriate (Docusoap, Docuseries, Competition Series & Game Shows, etc.)
- Ineligible: Sports programming, game coverage, or daily news coverage.
- Recent winners include: Azzurro Shocking: How Women Took Back Football (Come le donne si sono riprese il calcio), The Last Dance, Torn
Podcasts
Podcasts
+ -- A fiction program or series of digital files that users can download and listen to.
- Ineligible: Video-based content
- All entries must include one MP3 file for judging.
- Recent winners include: Moriarty: The Devil's Game, The Orchard, Hindsight, This Sounds Serious
Scripted
Animated Series
+ -- An animated series for audiences 13 and up where the depiction of characters and settings is primarily (more than 65%) in the form of traditional, computer, 2D, 3D, motion graphics, and/or stop-motion animation.
- Should have recurring principal characters and a minimum of 6 parts.
- Duration: 21-60 minutes of content per episode.
Comedy Series: English Language
+ -- A continuing narrative with recurring principal characters and a focus on comedic elements that have a minimum of six parts. Entries can include sitcoms and dramedies.
- Duration: 21-60 minutes of content per episode.
- Comedies presented in less than 6 parts should be submitted in the Limited Series category.
- Ineligible: Sketch comedies, standup or parodies should be entered in the Comedy & Variety category.
- Recent winners include: Cunk on Earth, We Are Lady Parts, The Flight Attendant, Fleabag, Barry
Comedy Series: Non-English Language
+ -- A non-English language continuing narrative with recurring principal characters and a focus on comedic elements that have a minimum of 6 parts. Entries can include sitcoms and dramedies.
- Duration: 21-60 minutes of content per episode.
- Comedies presented in less than 6 parts should be submitted in the Limited Series category.
- Ineligible: Sketch and stand-up comedy and should be entered in the Comedy & Variety category.
- Recent winners include: El Presidente: The Corruption Game, Countrymen, Mytho
Drama Series: English Language
+ -- A continuing narrative with recurring principal characters and a focus on dramatic elements that has a minimum of 6 parts.
- Duration: 21-90 minutes of content per episode.
- Note: Drama series presented in fewer than 6 parts should be entered in the Limited Series category.
- Recent winners include: Euphoria, Vigil, Killing Eve, Gentleman Jack, Bodyguard
Drama Series: Non-English Language
+ -- A non-English language continuing narrative with recurring principal characters and a focus on dramatic elements that has a minimum of 6 parts.
- Duration: 21-90 minutes of content per episode.
- Note: Drama series presented in fewer than 6 parts should be entered in the Limited Series category.
- Recent winners include: The Golden Hour (Het Gouden Uur), Kamikaze, Caliphate, Giri/Haji
Feature Length Film
+ -- A narrative fictional presentation that premiered on a streaming or television platform. Films that also had a theatrical run are eligible.
- Must have aired in one part and not divided into multiple episodes.
- Duration: Above 40 minutes
- Recent winners include: Then Barbara Met Alan, Help, Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse, Elizabeth is Missing
Limited Series
+ -- A narrative fictional presentation that tells a complete story in 2 to 12 episodes.
- May have some recurring elements and even casts of repertory players, but story arcs must be resolved within the season and not extend over subsequent seasons. Each new season must cover a completely new story with no knowledge of what happened in the previous season.
- Recent winners include: The Patient, Landscapers, I May Destroy You, Chernobyl, Sharp Objects
Web Series
+ -- A short form, fictional drama or comedy series.
- Series should have at least 3 episodes that are all under 20 minutes in length.
- Recent winners include: Affairs of the Art, @IAmSophieScholl, Staged, Lost in Traplanta
