Gracies Put Out The Call
• The Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF), has opened the call for entries for the 45th Annual Gracie Awards Gala, which will be held May 19, 2020 at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills and the Gracie Awards Luncheon, scheduled for June 24, 2020 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.
“Each year, the Gracie Awards celebrate and honor truly exceptional content by, for and about women. It is our belief that recognizing expertise, courage and contributions across television, radio and interactive/digital media is essential to ensuring continued growth for our industry,” says Becky Brooks, AWMF Executive Director. “As our biggest fundraiser of the year, the Gracies enables the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation to deliver on its promise of furthering the connection, education and recognition of women in media.”
Serving again as chairs for the 2020 Gracie Awards are Mike McVay, President of McVay Media, and Alliance for Women in Media Foundation board members Heather Cohen, EVP of The Weiss Agency and Annie Howell, co-Founder and Managing Partner of The Punch Point Group. Vicangelo Bulluck, Emmy-winning, seasoned veteran in awards production, has produced the Gracie Awards since 2016 and will return to produce the Gracie Awards Gala in 2020.
Each year, attention is given to evaluating and updating awards categories, and this year a category has been added for showrunners in television, and more avenues have also been created for radio hosts/co-hosts by adding categories for “Outstanding News Anchor” and “Weekend Host Personality.”
Eligibility airdates for the 2019 Gracie Awards run from January 1 through December 31, 2019. Early Bird rates for entries end at 11:59pm ET on December 12. The deadline for all entries is January 16, 2020 at 11:59pm ET. Entry details including pricing and updated categories can be viewed at allwomeninmedia.org/gracies.
