2015 Oscars: The Gold Rush Contest Has Begun!

For the first time, we are holding a pre-precursor contest. Should you choose to play, you will try your hand at predicting the 87th Annual Academy Award nominees…before any precursors have been handed out.

How will this work?

You will predict nominees for the Top 8 categories and only score points if you correctly predict an entire category. These points will be then be applied as a “bonus” to your score in the eventual Academy Awards nominations contest to be held in mid-January. And once again, this is meant to be a fun contest before the “official” start of the season, hence the relatively low point totals.

You must be an AwardsWatch forums member to participate, but that’s the easy part! Just sign up for the forums and enter your predictions here.

Points will be distributed as follows:
Correctly Predict Category – 20 Points
Correctly Predict All Top 8 Categories – 50 Points

Deadline: Sunday (11/30/14) 11:59 PM EST

Any entries submitted OR edited after this deadline will be disqualified.

PLEASE USE THE BELOW FORMAT

For purposes of symmetry and for easier tabulation, please alphabetize categories by FILM TITLE as follows:

Picture = Alphabetize by Film Title
Directing = Alphabetize by Film Title
Acting = Alphabetize by Film Title
Writing = Alphabetize by Film Title

Best Picture
Pick 5-10

Best Directing
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Best Actor in a Leading Role
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05.

Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
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Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
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READY, SET, PREDICT!

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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