Editing Academy Awards (section)

=== Upcoming categories ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of upcoming Awards of Merit categories
! Year introduced (planned)
! Category
|-
| '''2026'''
| Best Casting<ref name="deadline2024">{{cite news |last1=Hammond |first1=Pete |title=Motion Picture Academy Creates Casting Category, First New Competitive Oscar Since 2001 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/motion-picture-academy-creates-casting-category-first-new-competitive-oscar-since-2001-1235819319/ |access-date=February 8, 2024 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=February 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|'''2028'''
| Best Stunt Design<ref name="Variety Stunts"/>
|}

In February 2024, the Academy announced it would introduce an award for Achievement in Casting from the 98th ceremony in 2026,<ref name="deadline2024"/> having rejected the category in 1999.<ref name="mentalfloss">{{cite web |last=Conradt |first=Stacy |date=February 18, 2010 |title=The Quick 10: 10 Bygone (or rejected) Academy Awards Categories |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/24001/quick-10-10-bygone-or-rejected-academy-awards-categories |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208174915/http://mentalfloss.com/article/24001/quick-10-10-bygone-or-rejected-academy-awards-categories |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=July 3, 2017 |website=Mental Floss}}</ref> In April 2025, it announced that Best Stunt Design would be introduced from the 100th ceremony in 2028,<ref name="Variety Stunts">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2025/awards/news/oscars-stunt-category-1236366412/ |title=Oscars Adds best Stunt Design Category Starting in 2027 |last=Stephan |first=Katcy |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=April 10, 2025 }}</ref> having rejected the proposal for a Best Stunt Coordination award every year from 1991 to 2012.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 1, 2012 |title=It's Time to Create an Oscar For Stunt Coordinators |publisher=Film School Rejects |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/its-time-to-create-an-oscar-for-stunt-coordinators-etrav.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104200600/http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/its-time-to-create-an-oscar-for-stunt-coordinators-etrav.php |archive-date=November 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=April 4, 2012 |title=Jack Gill Interview |publisher=Action Fest |url=http://actionfest.com/stunt-legends-man-of-action-jack-gills-quest-to-gain-academy-award-recognition-for-stunt-professionals-part-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428074119/http://actionfest.com/stunt-legends-man-of-action-jack-gills-quest-to-gain-academy-award-recognition-for-stunt-professionals-part-2/ |archive-date=April 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Handel |first=Jonathan |date=June 15, 2011 |title=Academy Votes Against Creating Oscar Category for Stunt Coordinators |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/race/academy-votes-creating-oscar-category-202123 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026022931/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/academy-votes-creating-oscar-category-202123 |archive-date=October 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hiltzik |first=Michael |date=August 4, 2005 |title=One stunt they've been unable to pull off |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/movies/env-fi-stunts4aug04,0,3864314.story?coll=env-movies |access-date=April 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922144011/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/movies/env-fi-stunts4aug04%2C0%2C3864314.story?coll=env-movies |archive-date=September 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mendelson |first=Scott |date=April 7, 2023 |title=Oscars for Stunts? Filmmakers and Insiders Say It's Overdue |url=https://www.thewrap.com/oscars-stunts-john-wick-indiana-jones-fast-x/ |magazine=[[The Wrap]]}}</ref>