Hello there, creatures of the tech kingdom: We are calling on you to embrace your civic duty as members of the democra-tech society and to in celebrating the awkward, talented, surreal, and futuristic. join us Make history by casting your votes, submitting nominations, and sharing your opinions on social media in order to help us recognize the talent behind your favourite tech inventions, content, ideas. HackerNoon Visit the Noonies Awards HERE Follow along with all our updates HERE. This Year’s Categories are: presented by Decentralization , Bybit presented by Gaming , Avast Internet Heroes Planet Internet presented by Software Development Technology , .TECH Domains Prizes There are worth of prizes to be won! $60,000 Winners receive a 5-year standard registration for a .tech domain and a free Avast subscription. There are also worth of cash prizes to be claimed! $5000 Deadlines Voting starts on November 15 [there may be a slight delay], and will CLOSE on January 26, 2022. Who are the Judges? The people of the internet. #democracy Got Questions? Learn more from this FAQ . here Follow Along: The official hashtag for the Noonies campaign is: #Noonies2021 If you post about Noonies on the socials, don't forget to tag our accounts @HackerNoon– see the -–and use full list here #Noonies2021 Sponsors The Noonies Awards are sponsored by , , , and hosted by . Bybit Avast .TECH Domains HackerNoon was established in 2018, and has become one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges out there, with more than two million registered users. Built on customer-centric values, Bybit endeavors to provide a professional, smart, intuitive, and innovative trading and mining experience for retail and institutional clients around the world. Bybit is a global leader in digital security and privacy, headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. The company’s threat detection network is among the most advanced in the world. Avast “We believe that security and privacy is everybody’s right. The HackerNoon community is a great example of thought leadership led by open minded individuals who share their knowledge and experience in various fields, including digital security and privacy. And this is why we partnered with HackerNoon on our mission to shape a better digital world that works for everyone.” is a leading new domain extension for the tech industry. Over 300K domains and 5 years later, .TECH is in use by some of the world’s most cutting-edge startups and businesses; as well as widely-known industry leaders, content creators, and tech communities. .TECH Domains “We’re thrilled to be associated with Hackernoon, and their goal of creating the best platform on the internet for tech professionals to get published,” said Suman Das, Sr. Director of Brand Operations, Radix FZC, the registry that operates Dottech Domains. “The Noonies.tech awards speak directly to our love for all things Tech and perfectly align with our mission of building a thriving and inclusive tech community online. Best of luck to all the nominees!” is a small, distributed team of 14-ish people* passionate about making the internet a better place by publishing free high-quality tech stories - without paywalls, pop-up ads, or a sense of entitlement. is also a huge, global team of over 15,000+ writers, founders, makers, thinkers and technologists, plus over 3,000,000+ monthly readers. HackerNoon HackerNoon