| AVN Awards | |
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| Current: 41st AVN Awards | |
 Graphic artwork representing an "AVN Awards" trophy from the early 2000s | |
| Sponsored by | Adult Video News |
| Location | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | MyFreeCams |
| Reward(s) | Trophy |
| First awarded | 1984[1] |
| Last awarded | Present |
| Website | https://avn.com/awards/winners |
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The AVN Awards are film awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN (Adult Video News) to recognize achievement in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic films. They are often called the "Oscars of porn".[1][3][4]
The awards are divided into over 100 categories, some of which are analogous to industry awards offered in other film and video genres and others that are specific to pornographic/erotic film and video.[5]
AVN sponsored the first AVN Awards ceremony in February 1984. The award ceremony occurs in early January during the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 2008, the ceremony has aired in a form edited for time on Showtime, which is usually broadcast in a 90-minute time slot.[6]
Awards for gay adult video were a part of the AVN Awards from the 1987 ceremony through the 1998 ceremony. The increasing number of categories made the show unwieldy. For the 1999 ceremony AVN Magazine began hosting the GayVN Awards, an annual adult movie award event for gay adult video.[7]
- ^ a b "Rebeca Linares y Toni Ribas triunfan en los 'Oscar del porno'". telecinco.es. January 13, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ "2024 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. January 28, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ "The Oscars of Porn". The Sydney Morning Herald. January 9, 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
- ^ Multiple sources:
- Hopkins, Brent (June 3, 2007). "Porn: The Valley's Secret Industry". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
[...] earned seven Adult Video News awards, referred to as the Oscars of porn.
- Schmader, David (March 9, 2000). "Porn's Big Night". The Stranger. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
[...] the most prestigious event in the world of adult film: the Adult Video News Awards, hereby known as the Avis, popularly known as the porno Oscars.
- English, James F. (June 30, 2009). The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value. Harvard University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-674-03653-6. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- Unidad Editorial Internet, S.L. "Rebeca Linares, una 'pornstar' en Las Vegas". elmundo.es.
- Carla (January 15, 2007). "AVN Awards: gli Oscar del porno". cineblog.it. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- Feinberg, Scott (February 24, 2017). ""Oscars of Porn" vs. the Oscars: The Surprising Similarities". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- Hopkins, Brent (June 3, 2007). "Porn: The Valley's Secret Industry". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
- ^ "AVN Awards Part Three: A Category for Everything and a Nomination for Every Body". Los Angeles Times. January 8, 2006. Archived from the original on May 6, 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ "Showtime: Schedules". SHO.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ^ "GayVN Awards". avn.com/gayvnawards.