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60 The Costume Designer Spring 2021 If a co-costume designer does not wish to participate on a specific entry, it must be stated within the questionnaire that accompanies the submission entry. Second unit and reshoot unit credits are not eligible for submission. Only costumes that are in the final edit will be considered. ELIGIBILITY: Eligibility is subject to the review of the CDGA Committee. If you feel your project warrants inclu- sion in a category different than allowed by the guidelines, you may submit a petition via the submission entry form and state your case. The committee will discuss it internally and notify you of their decision. The Awards Committee reserves the right to change an entry's category or dis- qualify it, should they feel that the entry was submitted in the wrong category. Eligibility may also be denied for any entrant who fails to follow the submission rules and guide- lines. All submission forms must be complete. The deci- sion of the Costume Designers Guild Awards Committee in concurrence with the Costume Designers Guild Executive Board is definitive and final. FILM ENTRIES: Effective 2018 Costume Designers Guild Awards, all films, whether theatrically released, aired on television, or streamed, will now compete collectively in the Excellence in Film category. TELEVISION ENTRIES: Submissions will be for a single television episode rather than an entire series. Awards categories will remain the same: Contemporary, Period, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television. Based on the new single episode entry rule, an anthology series with stand-alone episodes will fall under the appro- priate television category. An episode aired within the qualifying period of January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020, must have 51% or more of the costumes in the chosen category. A costume designer may submit two separate episodes of the same show in different categories, with no more than one entry per project, per category. The Television categories will encompass all episodic projects whether aired on television or streamed on digital platforms. The project category is based on an individual episode. The pilot may be submitted as a stand-alone entry, if designed by a different costume designer. CATEGORIES: Excellence in Contemporary Film Any entry with at least 51% of all costumes existing within the last 25 years from the current entry year [on or after January 1, 1995] will be considered a Contemporary entry. Excellence in Period Film Any entry with at least 51% of all costumes existing in a historical era greater than 25 years from the current entry year [on or before December 31, 1994] will be considered a Period entry. Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Any entry with at least 51% of all costumes being science fiction or fantasy, i.e., costumes that are not reali- ty-based, but based on a fictitious magical, mythical, and/ or alternate world will be considered a Sci-Fi/Fantasy entry. Excellence in Contemporary Television Any entry with at least 51% of all costumes being contemporary, i.e., costumes existing within the last 25 years from the current entry year [on or after January 1, 1995] will be considered a Contemporary entry. Excellence in Period Television Any entry with at least 51% of all costumes existing in a historical era greater than 25 years from the current entry year [on or before December 31, 1994] will be considered a Period entry. Excellence in Sci- Fi/Fantasy Television Any entry with at least 51% of all costumes being science fiction or fantasy, i.e., costumes that are not reality-based, but based on a fictitious magical, mythical, and/or alternate world will be considered a Sci-Fi/Fantasy entry. Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television Any entry of a variety, reality-competition, or live television or special, i.e., sketch show, awards show, live musical, competitive reality show, and talk show will be considered a Variety, Reality-Competition, or Live Television entry. Excellence in Short Form Design Short films, commercials, music videos, and individual episodes of a web series under 15 minutes will be considered a Short Form Design entry. If an episode of a web series has a running time over 15 minutes, it will be considered in the appropriate television category. Multiple commercials made for the same product or business by the same costume designer may not be entered more than once. Commercials and music videos longer than 15 minutes will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. 23rd CDGA Rules for Submission (Continued from previous page)