On this hallowed day, one year ago, Hacker Noon 2.0 became a thing on the interwebs. Around the same time, we launched Hacker Noon's annual tech awards, The Noonies—the industry's greenest awards. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This year, the #Noonies promises to be bigger, better, more diverse, and looooonger than last year. The best part? Anybody can nominate ANYBODY right now for a 2020 #Noonie at noonies.tech!
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One year later, the 2nd annual Noonies is launching with over 100 more awards and quadruple the amount of nominees...
But we want more.
We want to build an awards platform that's really representative of what really matters in tech today.
Which is why public nominations have been extended this year to a full one month period - so that you have more time to think about to share your best in class tech, and we can recognize, celebrate, and reward a more inclusive array of people and products in technology today.
Public Noonies Nominations will be open until August 12, 2020
There are 200+ Noonies Titles up for grabs this year, across five major categories: technology, decentralization, software development, future heroes, and back to the internet.
The Hacker Noon team has chosen 2-10 nominees for each award, many of which come from the Hacker Noon community—and we'll be adding at least 5 more nominees for each award—based on YOUR nominations over the next month.
How to Submit a 2020 #Noonie Nomination
- Visit noonies.tech
- Browse over 200 awards titles across the technology, decentralization, software development, future heroes, and back to the internet categories
- Click on the award/s you want to contribute to
- Scroll down to 'Suggest a nominee' and 'Start typing...'
- Enter a name, URL, and description
- Submit your nomination!
Voting will open one month from today, on August 13th.
A Mere Sampling of a Few Notable Noonies Award Titles (scroll down for the full list...)
- Top Tech YouTuber, sponsored by Radix*
- Innovative Company of the Year: Artificial Intelligence, presented in partnership with Skillsoft
- Social Network of the Year
- Startup Blogger of the Year
- No Code Innovation of the Year
- Creative Innovation of The Year
- WFH Innovation of the Year
- Most Promising Billion Dollar+ SAAS Startup
- Best Defi Initiative (NeoBanks), presented in partnership with Sustany Capital
- Winner Winner Bitcoin Twitter
- Most Influential Blockchain Engineer
- The Best Analytical Mind in Crypto, sponsored by Flipside Crypto
- Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PROGRAMMING, presented in partnership with Udacity
- Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - AGILE
- Innovator of the Year: Software Development, sponsored by Skillsoft
- Best Tech Built for #BlackLivesMatter
- Best Green Tech
- Health & Wellness Innovation of The Year
- Best Use of Tech for Good
- Mental Health Advocate of the Year
- Accessibility Tech Innovation of the Year
- Most Innovative Transportation Tech
- Slack, Telegram, and/or Discord Channel of the Year
- Email Newsletter of the Year
- Extension of the Year
- Podcast Episode of the Year
- Best Coding Music Album
- Hacker Noon Contributor of The Year: CYBERSECURITY, sponsored by Skillsoft
- Best Web Monetization Innovator, sponsored by Grant for the Web
*Sponsorship Opportunities are still available for 180+ Noonies Award Titles, before voting opens on 13 August, 2020. Learn more here.
The 2020 Noonies: Full List of Award Titles
TECHNOLOGY
Top Tech YouTuber
A huge thanks to .tech domains for this award's prize, A Free .tech Domain! The winner will also receive a one of a kind Hacker Noon t-shirt proclaiming their victory.
Innovative Company of the Year: Artificial Intelligence, presented in partnership with Skillsoft
DECENTRALIZATION
Best Defi Initiative (NeoBanks)
This award is presented in partnership with Sustany Capital. The winner will receive a one of a kind Hacker Noon t-shirt proclaiming their victory!
The Best Analytical Mind in Crypto
This award is presented in partnership with Flipside Crypto. The winner will receive a one of a kind Hacker Noon t-shirt proclaiming their victory!
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PROGRAMMING
A huge thanks to Udacity for this award's prize, which is a 100% Free Udacity Course on Programming, as well as a one of a kind Hacker Noon t-shirt proclaiming their victory.
FUTURE HEROES
BACK TO THE INTERNET
NOMINATE YOUR BEST PEOPLE AND PRODUCTS IN TECH TODAY AT NOONIES.TECH!
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