๐ The benefits of being nominated in Hacker Noon's annual tech awards this year include not only mad Net-Cred, BUT ALSO: opportunities to do an AMA in community.hackernoon.com and/or get onto The Hacker Noon Podcast , as well as generally improving your personal Google-Ability by getting FREE CONTENT created (and distributed) about you , and the things you write, built and care about! ๐ฆ The best part? ~Literally~ ANYONE can nominate ANYONE for a 2020 Noonie, because Hacker Noon's on a mission to create the most inclusive and community-driven awards in the industry. How to Nominate Your Best People and Products in Tech for a 2020 Noonie in the annual Hacker Noon Award s This Year >> Go to NOONIES.TECH 1. Select an Award Category: ๐ TECHNOLOGY ๐ DECENTRALIZATION ๐ SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ๐ FUTURE HEROES ๐ BACK TO THE INTERNET 2. Select an Award: โฌ๏ธ ๐ SCROLL FOR THE FULL LIST OF 200+ AWARDS! 3. Type your Nomination in the field: 'Suggest a Nominee'* 4. Submit your suggestion! *I REPEAT: PUBLIC NOMS CLOSE AT NOON ON WED, 12 AUG. to get your best in tech (or yourself) under consideration to be nominated for some well-deserved industry recognition this year! Choose from the 200+ Tech Industry Awards listed in this blog post andโ This is your last chance Add Your Last-Minuteย Nooniesย Nominations atย NOONIES.TECH today! The Full List of All 200+ Noonies Tech Awards Up for Grabs in 2020 1. NOONIES AWARDS IN THE TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY ๐ Top Tech YouTuber โpresented in partnership with .TECH Domains A huge thanks to for this award's prizes, which include: .TECH Domains $ 3000 Cash Prize + A Free 10-yr domain; 1st Runner-up gets Free 5-yr domain ; 2nd Runner-up gets a 3-yr domain ๐ IoT Writer of the Year ๐ NEW Hacker Noon Contributor To Watch ๐ ML Writer of the Year ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - GROWTH-HACKING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of The Year: CYBERSECURITY ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - IoT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PRODUCT DESIGN ๐ Most Outstanding Educator in Technology โpresented in partnership with Skillsoft A huge thanks to for this award's prizes, which include: Skillsoft 1 Year FREE Access to Percipio to the Winner; and, 6 months Free Access to the runners-up; The winner will also receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain! ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - SAAS ๐ Social Network of the Year ๐ Best Tech Unicorn ๐ฆ Startup CTO ๐ Most Promising Billion Dollar+ SAAS Startup ๐ WFH Innovation of the Year ๐ Creative Innovation of The Year ๐ No Code Innovation of the Year ๐ Most Over-Hyped Technology ๐ Tech Careers Thought-Leader of the Year โ : Nominee โ and, not entirely un-ironically, the newest Staff Editor at Hacker Noon โ @ on Twitter // on Facebook LIMARC AMBALINA Tech Careers Thought-Leader of the Year AmbalinaLimarc /limarcambalinawriter/ ๐ Indie Hacker Writer of the Year ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PRODUCT MANAGEMENT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - WEB DESIGN ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of The Year: TECHNOLOGY ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - VENTURE CAPITAL ๐ Product Manager of the Year ๐ Innovative Company of the Year: Artificial Intelligence โpresented in partnership with SKILLSOFT A huge thanks to for this award's prize, which includes: Skillsoft 1 Year FREE Access to Percipio to the Winner and 6 months Free Access to the runners-up The winner will also receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain. ๐ Tech Startup (Co)-Founder to Watch ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PROJECT MANAGEMENT ๐ Consumer Electronics Product of the Year ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - MOBILE APPS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - CHATBOTS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - STARTUPS ๐ Trending Tech Product of the Year ๐ No Code Innovation of the Year ๐ Most Over-Hyped Technology ๐ Startup Blogger of the Year โ : Nominee; @ on Twitter // on LinkedIn DAVID MERCER Startup Blogger of the Year smepals /davemercer/ ๐ Founder of the Year ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - RECRUITING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - TECH ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - GOOD COMPANY ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - BUSINESS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - DATA SCIENCE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - BOTS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - BUSINESS STRATEGY ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - BIG DATA ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ANALYTICS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - DATA ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - FUNDRAISING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - INTERVIEW ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year- LATEST TECH STORIES ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - LIFE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - MACHINE LEARNING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - MANAGEMENT 2. NOONIES AWARDS IN THE DECENTRALIZATION CATEGORY ๐ Most Exciting Decentralized Social Media ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - REGULATION ๐ Most Exciting dWeb Project ๐ Winner Winner Bitcoin Twitter ๐ Most Influential Blockchain Engineer ๐ The Best Analytical Mind in Blockchain โpresented in partnership with FLIPSIDE CRYPTO A huge thanks to for this award's prize, which includes: Flipside Crypto Winner shall be featured on 's newsletter, gets an interview, and a blog post. Flipside Crypto The winner will also receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain. ๐ Most Exciting Media Platform ๐ Most Exciting Data Storage And Sharing Project ๐ Most Exciting Decentralized Database ๐ Best Defi Initiative (NeoBanks) โpresented in partnership with SUSTANY CAPITAL The winner will receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain. ๐ Most Exciting Communication Application ๐ Most Exciting Collaboration Application ๐ Most Exciting Web Technology ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - BLOCKCHAIN โpresented in partnership with BEYONDSKILLS A huge thanks to for this award's prize, which includes: Beyondskills Free Access To Blockchain Developer Course The winner will also receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain. ๐ Most Exciting Data Protocol ๐ Most Exciting Communication Protocol ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ECONOMICS โ : Nominee; on Twitter ADRIEN BOOK Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ECONOMICS @ThePourquoiPas ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - TRADING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - CRYPTOCURRENCY INVESTMENT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - SMART CONTRACTS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - FINANCE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - CRYPTO ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ETHEREUM ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ICO ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - INVESTING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - DECENTRALIZATION โpresented in partnership with SUSTANY CAPITAL The winner will receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain. ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - BITCOIN 3. NOONIES AWARDS IN THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY ๐ Best Open Source Project ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - REFACTORING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - TUTORIAL ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - RUBY ON RAILS ๐ Microservices Thinker of the Year ๐ Software Testing Writer of the Year ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - RUBY ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - Git ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - DEVOPS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - AGILE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - DEVELOPER ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ANGULAR ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - Graphql ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PROGRAMMING โpresented in partnership with UDACITY A huge thanks to for this award's prize, which includes: Udacity A 100% Free Udacity Course on Programming The winner will also receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain. ๐ Software Development Thinker of the Year ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - Golang ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - LINUX ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year- Es6 ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - JAVASCRIPT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year: HTML ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - LEARNING TO CODE โ : on Twitter; on Linkedin CAL EVANS Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - LEARNING TO CODE // @calevans /calevans/ ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - SCRUM ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - FRONTEND ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - APPS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - CLOUD ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - DATABASE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - OPEN SOURCE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - WEB DEVELOPMENT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PHP ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PYTHON ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - REACTJS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - REACT NATIVE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - REDUX ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - SWIFT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - REACT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - VUEJS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - API ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ENGINEERING ๐ Ruby on Rails Thinker of the Year โ : Nominee; @ on Twitter // on LinkedIn SHANNON CRABILL Ruby on Rails Thinker of the Year shannon_crabill /shannoncrabill/ ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - COMPUTER SCIENCE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - SERVERLESS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - TESTING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - TYPESCRIPT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - CSS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - MICROSERVICES ๐ CI/CD Writer of the Year ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - APP DEVELOPMENT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ANDROID APP DEVELOPMENT ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - CLOUD COMPUTING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - DOCKER ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - AWS ๐ Innovator of the Year: Software Development 4. NOONIES AWARDS IN THE FUTURE HEROES CATEGORY ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - INNOVATION ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - SECURITY ๐ Best Web Monetization Innovator โpresented in partnership with GRANT FOR THE WEB A huge thanks to for this award's prize, which includes: Grant for the Web A $1000 award for the eventual winner (!!!) The winner will also receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain. ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - NEURAL NETWORKS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - LEARNING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - FOUNDERS โ : Nominee; on Instagram SANDRA SHPILBERG Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - FOUNDERS @sandrashpilberg ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - STARTUP LESSONS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - VIRTUAL REALITY ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - POLITICS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - CAREERS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - FUTURE ๐ Best Green Tech ๐ Mental Health Advocate of the Year ๐ Best Use of Tech for Good ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - WOMEN IN TECH โpresented in partnership with Skillsoft A huge thanks to for this award's prizes, which include: Skillsoft 1 Year FREE Access to Percipio to the Winner; and, 6 months Free Access to the runners-up; The winner will also receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain! ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - LEADERSHIP ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - COVID-19 ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT ๐ Hacker Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - SELF-DRIVING CARS ๐ Health & Wellness Innovation of The Year ๐ Most Innovative Transportation Tech ๐ Accessibility Tech Innovation of the Year ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - LIFE LESSONS ๐ Most Exciting AR/VR/MR Application ๐ Security Advocate of the Year โ : Nominee; on Twitter // @ on Instagram ROHIT CHATTERJEE Security Advocate of the Year @aaboltaabol jachchetai ๐ The Most Controversial Writer of the Year ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ENTREPRENEURSHIP ๐ Equality Champion ๐ Best Tech Built for #BlackLivesMatter ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - HEALTH ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PRIVACY ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year- CORONAVIRUS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - EDUCATION ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - AUGMENTED REALITY ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - AUTOMATION ๐ Social (Media) Activist of the Year 5. NOONIES AWARDS IN THE BACK TO THE INTERNET CATEGORY ๐ Email Newsletter of the Year ๐ Podcast Episode of the Year ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - HACKING ๐ Best Web Monetized Blogger โpresented in partnership with GRANT FOR THE WEB A huge thanks to for this award's prize, which includes: Grant for the Web A $1000 award for the eventual winner (!!!) The winner will also receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain. ๐ Best Podcast Player ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - SOCIAL MEDIA ๐ Most Wat Use of AI ๐ Best Coding Music Album ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - GOOGLE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - FACEBOOK ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - APPLE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - AMAZON ๐ Independent Tech Journalist of the Year ๐ Top Programming Guru โpresented in partnership with .TECH Domains A huge thanks to for this award's prizes, which include: .TECH Domains $ 3000 Cash Prize + A Free 10-yr domain; 1st Runner-up gets Free 5-yr domain ; 2nd Runner-up gets a 3-yr domain ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ALGORITHMS ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - ADVERTISING ๐ Best Web Monetized Digital Artist โpresented in partnership with GRANT FOR THE WEB A huge thanks to for this award's prize, which includes: Grant for the Web A $1000 award for the eventual winner (!!!) The winner will also receive a 1 year registration for a .tech domain. ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - GAMING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - WRITING โ : Nominee; on Twitter VAIBHAV SAINI Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - WRITING @vasa_develop ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - USER EXEPERIENCE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - DESIGN ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - CONTENT MARKETING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PRODUCTIVITY ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - SEO ๐ Just Really Cool Tech, Really ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - MOBILE ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - INTERNET ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - MARKETING ๐ Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - FREELANCING ๐ Extension of the Year ๐ Slack, Telegram, and/or Discord Channel of the Year ๐ Meme of The Pandemic IN SUMMARY: to the community on Wednesday, 12 August, 2020, at Noon MT. ๐ข Public Nominations for the 2020 Noonies Will Close this is your to and prizes listed above! ๐ณ๏ธ You Can't Win in if You're Not In It: LAST CHANCE nominate your best in tech for one of the 200+ tech industry awards Visit to learn more! ๐ค Both Award Nominations and Sponsorship Bids are Still Open: noonies.tech/sponsor ๐๏ธ SUBSCRIBE to , , or to watch and hear interviews with this year's Noonies Nominees the Hacker Noon Podcast on YouTube Podbean Spotify and to get notified about Nominee AMAs and new blog posts ๐ช CREATE A HACKER NOON ACCOUNT SUBSCRIBE to the Noon Notification NOMINATE YOUR BEST IN TECH FOR A 2020 NOONIE IN HACKER NOON'S ANNUAL TECH AWARDS TODAY!