Submission, Should You Choose To Accept It: The Academy of Country Music has adopted a new process allowing members to nominate eligible recordings and artists for Album, New Female Artist (formerly New Female Vocalist), New Male Artist (formerly New Male Vocalist), New Duo or Group (formerly New Vocal Duo or Group), Music Event (formerly Vocal Event) and Single (formerly Single Record). The change aligns these six categories with the process already in place for the Radio Awards, Video of the Year and Industry Awards categories. Entertainer, Female and Male Artist (formerly Female and Male Vocalist), Duo (formerly Vocal Duo) and Group (formerly Vocal Group) will continue to be determined via write-in from the membership. Additionally, the submissions eligibility period for the 54th ACMs is Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2018. See key dates and more info for new and existing ACM memberships here.