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Plain-language summary
A short glossary of the words the Awards use precisely. These describe structure only, and none of them sets an eligibility requirement.
Plain-language summaries are provided for clarity. Where an approved formal rule exists, that formal rule governs in the event of any inconsistency.
- Award#
A formal recognition conferred by the Film & Stage Awards in an approved category.
- Awards Year#
The cycle to which a rulebook, eligibility framework and set of results apply. No Awards year has yet been established.
- Category#
A single award belonging to exactly one world, Film or Stage, and governed by that world's eligibility.
- Discipline#
A grouping of related craft within a world. A discipline concept may exist in both worlds while its categories remain distinct.
- Eligible Work#
Work that satisfies the published eligibility criteria for an Awards year. The criteria are not yet approved.
- Entry#
The act by which work is placed before the Awards for consideration, where the approved mechanism for a category requires one.
- Consideration#
The stage at which eligible work is assessed. Consideration confers no nomination.
- Nominee#
A person, production or organisation formally recognised at the nomination stage in a category.
- Recipient#
A nominee determined to receive the award in a category following the approved selection process.
- Voter#
A person entitled under the approved rules to participate in selection. Voter entitlement has not been established.
- Conflict of Interest#
A relevant interest capable of affecting, or appearing to affect, a person's participation in an Awards decision.
- Campaign Activity#
Activity intended to influence Awards consideration, distinct from advertising, sponsorship and editorial coverage.
- Production#
A single screen or live work, together with the credited contributions that made it.
- Film#
The world of the Awards concerning work created and presented for the screen.
- Stage#
The world of the Awards concerning work created and presented in live performance.
- Special Recognition#
Recognition conferred outside the competitive category structure under an approved framework.