BARCELONA – Organizers of the Galaxy Awards have opened nominations for the third-annual honors. Each year, the Galaxy Awards recognize achievement in several categories of online adult entertainment.

Unlike in previous years, which categorized awards by geographical region, the 2013 awards will be categorized by language: Spanish or English. The number of nominees per category is limited to 15.

Companies and individuals may nominate their work by emailing the organizers before July 15. Owners of password-protected content will need to supply the awards committee with an access key.

The Galaxy Awards ceremony will take place Oct. 6 in Barcelona.

The 2013 categories are:

Best B/G Scene
Producers offering their own boy-girl products, as well as sponsors and affiliate programs commercializing their own or third-party products, may nominate up to four products each. The scenes must have been published or released on the internet during the 2012-2013 period but may have been released earlier on DVD.

Best G/G Scene
Producers offering their own girl-girl products, as well as sponsors and affiliate programs commercializing their own or third-party products, may nominate up to four products each. The scenes must have been published or released on the internet during the 2012-2013 period but may have been released earlier on DVD.

Best Group Scene
Producers offering their own heterosexual or lesbian group products, as well as sponsors and affiliate programs commercializing their own or third-party products, may nominate up to four products each. The scenes must have been published or released on the internet during the 2012-2013 period but may have been released earlier on DVD.

Best Network
Producers or sponsors commercializing their own or third-party products through an affiliate program may nominate up to one network each. Networks must have been active on the internet during the 2012-2013 period, contain their own video content and offer multiple sites for one membership fee.

Best Personal Website
Performers managing their own websites or sponsors managing performers’ websites through an affiliate program may nominate one site each. Websites must have been active on the internet during the 2012-2013 period and contain their own photographic content.

Best Photo Content
Producers offering their own heterosexual, lesbian or erotic products, as well as sponsors and affiliate programs commercializing their own or third-party products, may nominate up to four products each. Websites must have been active on the internet during the 2012-2013 period and contain their own photographic content.

Best Series America
Producers offering their own products, as well as sponsors and affiliate programs commercializing their own or third-party products, may nominate up to four products each. The series must have been launched or added to during the 2012-2013 period and be available on an American website or network.

Best Series Europe
Producers offering their own products, as well as sponsors and affiliate programs commercializing their own or third-party products, may nominate up to four products each. The series must have been launched or added to during the 2012-2013 period and be available on a European website or network.

Best Trailer
Producers offering their own products, as well as sponsors and affiliate programs commercializing their own or third-party products, may nominate up to four products each. Promotional trailers must be shorter than three minutes and correspond to scenes released in 2012 or 2013.

Best Website
Producers offering their own products may nominate one standalone website each. Websites must have been active during the 2012-2013 period and contain their own video content but not be part of a network or provide access to bonus sites.