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Best Actor - Featurette

Most outstanding acting performance in a male role including at least one sex scene within a short-form narrative work.

Best Actress - Featurette

Most outstanding acting performance in a female role including at least one sex scene within a short-form narrative work.

Best Airtight/Gangbang Scene

Most outstanding sex scene typically involving one female performer and three or more male performers.

Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene

Most outstanding U.S.-shot sex scene between three or more female performers.

Best All-Girl Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a primary theme of and multiple sex scenes all exclusively involving female performers; must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Anal Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a primary theme of and multiple sex scenes all involving male-on-female anal intercourse; must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Anal Sex Scene

Most outstanding U.S.-shot sex scene between one female performer and one male performer primarily or exclusively involving anal intercourse.

Best Anthology Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project mostly or entirely made up of short-form scripted/narrative sexual scenarios, with or without any connecting device, whose theme is not specified in another category; must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Art Direction

Most outstanding achievement in the design of a production, including its sets and/or costumes.

Best BDSM Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a theme of and multiple scenes all involving bondage, S/M, humiliation, tickling, spanking, latex fetish and/or other acts of domination or submission; must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Blowbang Scene

Most outstanding sex scene exclusively involving the performance of fellatio typically by one female performer upon three or more recipients.

Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene

Most outstanding U.S.-shot sex scene between one female performer and one male performer primarily or exclusiuvely involving vaginal intercourse.

Best Cinematography

Most outstanding achievement in the photographic craftsmanship and overall look of a production.

Best Curve Appeal Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a primary theme of and multiple sex scenes all featuring curvy/voluptuous women.

Best DP Scene

Most outstanding sex scene involving a man being simultaneously penetrated by two other men.

Best DP/Mondo Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a primary theme of and multiple male/female sex scenes all involving double-penetration and/or groups of four or more (e.g. airtights, gangbangs, orgies, etc.); must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Editing

Most outstanding achievement in the craftsmanship with which a production is assembled.

Best Featurette

Short-form work with a full-arc narrative framework and at least one full and distinct sex scene; not to exceed a total running time of 60 minutes if the work contains any more than two sex scenes.

Best Female Mixed-Age Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a primary theme of and multiple sex scenes all involving both older and younger female performers (with or without any male performers); must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Foursome/Orgy Scene

Most outstanding U.S.-shot sex scene involving any male/female grouping of four or more performers with at least two of the participants being female.

Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene

Most outstanding U.S.-shot sex scene between two female performers.

Best Gonzo/Cinemacore Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with multiple sex scenes employing little to no story element, a vérité/POV or “cinematic” style, and a theme (if any) not specified in another category; must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Hair & Makeup

Most outstanding achievement in the use of makeup and hairstyling to enhance a production.

Best Indie/Amateur Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project from a producer outside the “mainstream porn” space, often featuring unestablished talent and/or exhibiting a “guerrilla” aesthetic; must have qualifying distribution and meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Ingénue Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a primary theme of and multiple sex scenes all featuring youthful, petite and/or unestablished female performers; must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best International All-Girl Sex Scene

Most outstanding sex scene shot outside the U.S. between two or more female performers.

Best International Anal Sex Scene

Most outstanding sex scene shot outside the U.S. primarily or exclusively involving female anal intercourse and/or double-penetration including anal between any male/female combination of two-three performers.

Best International Boy/Girl Sex Scene

Most outstanding sex scene shot outside the U.S. between one female performer and one male performer primarily or exclusively involving vaginal intercourse.

Best International Group Sex Scene

Most outstanding sex scene shot outside the U.S. involving any male/female combination of three or more performers (excludes threesome scenes with a heavy emphasis on anal sex/double-penetration including anal).

Best International Picture

Most outstanding feature-length or longer production shot outside the U.S., typically with a narrative framework and/or a theme not specified in another category; must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Leading Actor

Most outstanding acting performance in a principal male role including at least one sex scene within a feature-length or longer narrative work.

Best Leading Actress

Most outstanding acting performance in a principal female role including at least one sex scene within a feature-length or longer narrative work.

Best MILF Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a primary theme of and multiple sex scenes all featuring older/maternal-type female performers; must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Multi-Partner Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a primary theme of and multiple male/female sex scenes all involving at least three performers (excludes double-penetration/mondo-themed projects); must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Music

Most outstanding achievement in musical scoring and/or songwriting/song use to enhance a production.

Best Niche Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with multiple sex scenes all depicting/catering to a fetish or special interest of any type not specified in another category (i.e. hirsutism, pregnancy, BBW, etc.); must meet run time/scene count criteria

Best Non-Sex Performance

Most outstanding acting performance not involving any sexual component beyond nudity.

Best Oral Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a theme of and multiple scenes all primarily or exclusively involving female-on-male fellatio; must meet run time/scene count criteria

Best Oral Sex Scene

Most outstanding sex scene exclusively involving the performance of fellatio by one or more female performer(s) typically upon one male performer, but no more than two.

Best Screenplay

Most outstanding achievement in writing for a narrative production of any length.

Best Solo/Tease Performance

Most outstanding sequence or scene depicting one or more female performer(s) in the act(s) of seduction and/or masturbation.

Best Star Showcase

Full-length production featuring one performer in all of its sex scenes and typically incorporating that performer’s name into its title (excludes productions centered on a male performer); must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Supporting Actor

Most outstanding acting performance in a secondary role including at least one sex scene within a feature-length or longer narrative work.

Best Supporting Actress

Most outstanding acting performance in a secondary female role including at least one sex scene within a feature-length or longer narrative work.

Best Tag-Team Sex Scene

Most outstanding U.S-shot scene involving one female performer having sex concurrently with two male performers who at no point interact with each other (excludes double-penetration scenes).

Best Three-Way Sex Scene

Most outstanding U.S.-shot sex scene between two female performers and one male performer.

Best Trans Acting Performance

Most outstanding acting performance in a trans role including at least one sex scene within a narrative work of any length.

Best Trans Group Sex Scene

Most outstanding sex scene between three or more performers featuring at least one trans performer.

Best Trans Movie or Series

Single or ongoing project with a primary theme of and multiple sex scenes all featuring trans performers; must meet run time/scene count criteria.

Best Trans One-on-One Sex Scene

Most outstanding sex scene between one trans performer and one other performer of any gender.

Best VR Group Sex Scene

Most outstanding sex scene produced specifically for the virtual reality format involving any male/female or all-female grouping of three or more performers.

Best VR One-on-One Sex Scene

Most outstanding sex scene produced specifically for the virtual reality format involving either a male/female or female/female pairing of performers.

Best VR Trans Sex Scene

Most outstanding sex scene produced specifically for the virtual reality format featuring at least one trans performer.

Clever Title of the Year

Most creative, clever and/or outrageous title given to an adult production released during the eligibility term; not based on quality of production.

Grand Reel

Feature-length or longer productions that demonstrates extraordinary overall achievement in every facet of adult motion picture production, including eroticism, storytelling, acting, cinematography, art direction, scoring, editing, etc.

Mark Stone Award for Outstanding Comedy

Highest achievement of the year in comedic craftsmanship within an adult production.

Most Outrageous Sex Scene

Sex scene with the most creatively unique and impactful element(s) of the year beyond normal eroticism; typically depicts something shocking or outlandish.

Outstanding Directing - Individual Work

Highest achievement of the year in directing for a single, feature-length or longer production; casting, guidance of performances, eroticism of sex scenes and overall command of moviemaking all considered.