One of the benefits of any Fringe (in addition to the potential for press, money, and exposure) is the opportunity to take away an award.
Most of the awards are independently sponsored by local organizations. Interested in sponsoring an award? Propose an Award. Have any questions? Please email press@hollywoodfringe.org.
Here are the terms and conditions for sponsoring an award:
NAMING REQUIREMENTS
The name of the award cannot include a superlative such as “best of”, “pick of” or “greatest” along with the term Fringe. Ideally, the word “fringe” is not included in the title at all. Awards should be branded for the sponsoring organization, not the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
AWARD REQUIREMENTS
- The sponsoring organization must be able to present an award in the form of a plaque, statuette or the like and/or a digital award in the form of an image file.
- You may present ONE award (but can be presented to multiple awardees)
- It is encouraged that you provide the opportunity to take their show to the next level (i.e. complimentary coaching sessions, an extended run, etc). Awards that include an opportunity to take the awardee’s show to the next level will be accepted first.
TIMING REQUIREMENTS
- All award information must be submitted online to the Fringe by July 15th of the festival year for consideration.
- You must notify us of your nominees by 10am on Saturday, August 28th and your winner by 10am on Sunday, August 29th (email press@hollywoodfringe.org).
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Sponsors must supply:
- The name of the Award
- A contact to whom participants might pose questions
- A description of the award
- Qualifications for potential shows to participate
- A methodology on how the winners are chosen
- Proof that the organization has a voting committee of at least 3 people and that there will be the following number of participants on the committee that come from outside your organization.
- Committee size of 3-5 members is at least 1 person from outside the organization
- Committee size of 6-10 members is at least 2 people from outside the organization
- Committee size of 10+ members is at least 20% of the committee is from outside the organization (round to the nearest whole number)
- The reward to the winners.This does not need to be financial, but it is encouraged to offer something to take the show to the next level (including a donation of time/expertise/in-kind offers vs monetary award).
- The number of shows the sponsor commits to attend
- The awards equity plan the sponsored awards applicant will implement to ensure that their committee is diverse and represents the full Fringe community in regards to race, ethnicity, gender, physically and intellectually disabled, D/deaf, and LGBTQ+ diversity.
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
We want to make sure that our sponsored award presenters understand the finances lost when over-requesting comps to our participant’s shows. While it’s important to request comps to the shows you need to see, every ticket you request is a ticket that a participant cannot sell. Think about paying full price for tickets that you aren’t 100% sure you can attend.
If you reserve a comp ticket to a show at the Fringe to review for an award, you must honor your commitment to that show. If we receive reports that more than three instances that a requested comp ticket has not been used by a sponsored award representative, you will not be able to present an award the following year.
A representative of the sponsoring organization must be available to film their presentation of the award prior to the ceremony. We also invite sponsored awards presenters to join us live and in person to present at our live-streamed awards ceremony (there will be no live audience for this taping, only award presenters, and but we understand if you are not comfortable with attending in person and can present your award on your behalf with the Fringe Freaks).
ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
The sponsoring organization must be a legally incorporated organization (LLC, Corp, LLP, etc). The organization should think about equity and diversity when choosing award committee members, including participants from all racial, ethnic cultural, intellectually or physically disabled, D/deaf, and/or the LGBTQ+ backgrounds.
Percentage of committee members that must be from outside your organization
- Committee size of 3-5 members is at least 1 person from outside the organization
- Committee size of 6-10 members is at least 2 people from outside the organization
- Committee size of 10+ members is at least 20% of the committee is from outside the organization (round to the nearest whole number)
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
Participation in the Hollywood Fringe Sponsored Awards Program is wholly based on the approval of the Hollywood Fringe organization. No transfer of any funds between Fringe and sponsor is asked for or accepted in exchange for participation.