This has changed from past years with input from our ACCESS Committee and the Fringe community at-large at our 2019 Post-Fringe Town Hall and other subsequent roundtables. Please read our blogpost all about sponsored awards if you haven't already before applying to ensure you are all up to date at
https://support.hollywoodfringe.org/hc/en-us/articles/115000016492-SPONSORING-A-FRINGE-AWARDSponsored Awards are presented by outside organizations to commend excellence in a number of categories. These awards tend to be more specific than the community awards and may include monetary gifts or an extension to a show's run.
Winners are announced at the awards ceremony along with the community awards.
We encourage all participants to think about equity while creating these awards. That means seeing a variety of shows from different perspectives; whether that be from the ethnic, cultural, racial, intellectually or physically disabled, D/deaf, and the LGBTQ+ communities. The sponsored awards should reflect the diversity of the Fringe Community.