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As we approach the end of the year it is time once again for the annual Steemit Awards. This will be the third year for the Awards and we hope as many people as possible will put forward their nominations. As before there will be awards in three categories - Best Author, Best Contributor to the Community and Best Community. The winners in each category will win very attractive votes from @steemcurator01. --- --- ## The Steemit Awards Categories

This year the Awards will be in the same three categories as last year... ### Best Author

This will be for the individual who has consistently produced the highest quality posts. Their posts might be on any subject, and in any language. --- ### Best Contributor to the Community

This will be for the person who has made the greatest contribution to building the Steem community. It might be through their work as a Country Representative, as a developer, or through setting up and running a Community, or organizing contests or other events or projects. --- ### Best Community

This will be for the most active and successful Community. The Community might be new or old, and might represent a country, or cover a particular subject. It is not just about numbers of members, but about community activity such as running contests, encouraging and rewarding quality posting, retaining existing members and welcoming and helping newcomers. Building sustainability and self-reliance through growing a community curation account is also important. --- --- ## The Steemit Awards Prizes

For each of the three categories there will be three winners who will each receive substantial prize votes from @steemcurator01 - with a top prize of a 100% vote. Depending on the quality and quantity of entries there may be additional prize votes from @steemcurator02. Communities will need to have a dedicated community curation account to receive the prize vote. --- --- ## The Steemit Awards Nominations

We are inviting all members of the Steem community to make nomination posts. **You can nominate yourself or others, but you can only make one nomination for each category, and you should only make one nomination post.** For each category nomination you should explain in no more than 250 words why you think the person or community should win the award. Nomination posts can be made in any language and must be submitted by 11pm UTC on Sunday, December 11th, 2022. The posts should include the tag #steemitawards2022 as one of the first 4 tags. You should also include a tag for your country such as #nigeria or #indonesia. @steemcurator01 will be voting on **some** of the best nomination posts as they come in. --- --- ## The Steemit Awards Winners

The Steemit Team will review all the nomination posts, and the supporting comments on them. From these posts and our observations over the past year we will select the winners for each category. We plan to announce the winners by Wednesday, December 21st. --- --- We look forward to reading your nomination posts. Thank you _The Steemit Team_