Writers Guild Awards to be bestowed on Feb. 19

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The next Writers Guild Awards will be held Feb. 19 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Here’s the breakdown.

Eligibility period for TV long-form, episodic, animation and children’s script categories: First broadcast between Dec. 1, 2010, and Nov. 30, 2011.

Eligibility period for other TV script categories: First broadcast between Oct. 1, 2010, and Sept. 30, 2011.

Eligibility period for feature films: Exhibited in Los Angeles for at least one week during 2011.

Oct. 14: Deadline for submissions: TV-radio and Paul Selvin Award scripts

Oct. 14: Deadline for submissions: drama, comedy, and new TV series

Oct. 25: Preliminary drama/comedy/new TV series online voting begins

Nov. 18: Deadline for submissions: theatrical and documentary screenplays

Nov. 18: Deadline for submissions: new media writing

Nov. 29: Deadline for preliminary drama, comedy and new TV series online voting

Dec. 1: Deadline for submissions: video game writing

Dec. 2: Preliminary screenplay online voting begins

Dec. 7: Television, radio, news, promotional writing and graphic animation nominees announced

Dec. 31: Theatrical eligibility period ends (original/adapted/documentary screenplays)

Jan. 3: Deadline for preliminary screenplay online voting

Jan. 5: Theatrical and documentary screenplay nominees announced

Jan. 6: Final screenplay and drama, comedy and new TV series online voting begins

Jan. 10-19: ‘The Contenders’: WGA-nominated film screening series, Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

Jan. 11: New media and video-game writing nominees announced (tentative)

Jan. 27: Deadline for final screenplay and drama/comedy/new TV series online voting

Feb. 8: Deadline for reservations and ticket sales for 2012 WGA L.A. ceremony

Feb. 16: Beyond Words: WGA-nominated screenwriter panel and reception, Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 19: 2012 Writers Guild Awards at Hollywood Palladium and a New York City location to be announced

— Tom O’Neil