2025 Capital Emmys Call for Entries

Now accepting 2025 Capital Emmy® entries

By: Capital Emmys Staff

Rules and categories for entering the National Capital Chesapeake Bay 68th Emmy® Awards can be found in the online 2025 Call for Entries. The Call for Entries can be found online this year and you are able to download a PDF version as well. The CFE is broken out into several sections:

• CONTEST INFO - general information and important dates regarding this year's award competition

• NEW THIS YEAR - new category numbering, new categories, and some changes from last year.

• DEADLINES AND FEES

• HOW TO ENTER - includes all information that is needed to submit an entry and some tips on how to prepare your submission.

• CODE OF CONDUCT

• CATEGORIES

• RULES - before submitting your entry you must acknowledge that you have read and are abiding by all the competition rules.

• GLOSSARY

SIGNIFICANT DATES

• Eligibility Period: January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025

• Call for Entries Open: Monday, December 1, 2025

• Early Bird Deadline: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 11:59 pm EST

• Official Deadline: Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 11:59 pm EST

• Late Deadline: Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 11:59 pm EST

• Nomination Announcement: May 2026

• Emmy Awards Gala: June 20, 2026 at the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel and Conference Center

Renew your membership before starting the entry process to receive member rates. If there is not a record in our database become a member or create a free, non-member registered user account.

You will need your Member Number or your email to login. If you created a non-member account last year please use that same account instead of creating a new one.

All entrants whose names you would like listed in the entry must have a user account in Emmy® Express before they can be added to an entry.