Editing Academy Awards (section)

=== Discontinued categories ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of discontinued Awards of Merit categories by year introduced, sortable by category
! Year introduced
! Year discontinued
! Category
|-
| '''1927/28'''
| '''1927/28'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director, Comedy Picture]]
|-
| '''1927/28'''
| '''1927/28'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director, Dramatic Picture]]
|-
| '''1927/28'''
| '''1927/28'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects#Engineering Effects Award|Best Engineering Effects]]
|-
| '''1927/28'''
| '''1927/28'''
| Best Title Writing
|-
| '''1927/28'''
| '''1927/28'''
| Best Unique and Artistic Production
|-
| '''1927/28'''
| '''1956'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Story|Best Original Story]]
|-
| '''1931/32'''
| '''1935'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Short Subject – Comedy]]
|-
| '''1931/32'''
| '''1935'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Short Subject – Novelty]]
|-
| '''1932/33'''
| '''1937'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Assistant Director|Best Assistant Director]]
|-
| '''1935'''
| '''1937'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Dance Direction|Best Dance Direction]]
|-
| '''1936'''
| '''1956'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Short Subject – 1 Reel]]
|-
| '''1936'''
| '''1956'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Short Subject – 2 Reel]]
|-
| '''1936'''
| '''1937'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Short Subject – Color]]
|-
| '''1963'''
| '''2019'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Editing]]
|-
| '''1995'''
| '''1998'''
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Musical or Comedy Score]]
|}