Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month.

JANUARY

Festivals

Thursday, Jan. 22 – Sundance Film Festival (Festival) (Official)

Nominations

Thursday, Jan. 1 – Casting Society (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Monday, Jan. 5 – Chicago Independent Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Monday, Jan. 5 – Hawaii Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Monday, Jan. 5 – Annie Awards (Nominations) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 5 – Set Decorators Society (Nominations) (Official)
Wednesday, Jan. 7 – Art Directors (Nominations) (Official)
Wednesday, Jan. 7 – Directors Guild – Documentary (Nominations) (Official)
Wednesday, Jan. 7 – Screen Actors (Nominations) (Official)
Thursday, Jan. 8 – Cinematographers (Nominations) (Official)
Thursday, Jan. 8 – Directors Guild – Director & First Feature (Nominations) (Official)
Friday, Jan. 9 – Producers Guild (Nominations) (Official)
Friday, Jan. 9 – British Academy (Longlists) (Nominations) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 12 – Online Critics (Nominations) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 12 – Sound Editors (Nominations) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 12 – NAACP Image Awards (Nominations) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 13 – Houston Critics (Nominations) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 13 – Visual Effects Society (Nominations) (Official)
Wednesday, Jan. 14 – GALECA (Nominations) (Official)
Wednesday, Jan. 14 – Publicists (Nominations) (Official)
Friday, Jan. 16 – Denver Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Monday, Jan. 19 – Vancouver Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Tuesday, Jan. 20 – Audio Society (Nominations) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 20 – Razzies (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Monday, Jan. 26 – Latino Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)
Tuesday, Jan. 27 – Cinema Editors (Nominations) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 27 – Writers Guild (Nominations) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 27 – British Academy (Nominations) (Official)

Awards

Thursday, Jan. 1 – Columbus Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Friday, Jan. 2 – North Carolina Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Saturday, Jan. 3 – Kansas City Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Saturday, Jan. 3 – National Society Critics (Awards) (Official)
Sunday, Jan. 4 – Critics Choice (Awards) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 6 – Women Journalists (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Saturday, Jan. 10 – Greater Western New York Critics (Awards) (Official)
Sunday, Jan. 11 – Golden Globes (Awards) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 12 – Hawaii Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Saturday, Jan. 17 – Chicago Indie Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Saturday, Jan. 17 – Utah Critics (Awards) (Official)
Saturday, Jan. 17 – European Film Awards (Awards) (Official)
Tuesday, Jan. 20 – Houston Critics (Awards) (Official)
Friday, Jan. 23 – Denver Critics (Awards) (Unconfirmed)
Saturday, Jan. 24 – USC Scripter (Awards) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 26 – Online Critics (Awards) (Official)

Oscars

Saturday, Jan. 10 – Bake-Offs (Casting, Makeup, Sound, Visual Effects) (Official)
Monday, Jan. 12 – Academy Awards Nominations Voting Begins (Official)
Friday, Jan. 16 – Academy Awards Nominations Voting Ends (Official)
Thursday, Jan. 22 – Academy Awards Nominations (Official)