2025 Golden Gnome Awards: Nominations Now Open!

We're delighted to announce that you'll be able to watch the 13th Golden Gnome Awards LIVE from RuneFest on Saturday, March 1st!

For the first time in a long time we'll be running the Golden Gnomes live and in-person on the main stage at RuneFest 2025! We'll be livestreaming the entire thing so those of you watching at home will still be able to join us in celebrating the many fantastic Old School RuneScape and RuneScape community members over the course of the last year (that's 2024) who have made us laugh, lifted our spirits when we were low and inspired us with their incredible talent.

As our fantastic community continues to grow, we've got a total of 25 Gnomes up for grabs.

The categories are as follows:

VIDEO (public vote) - content that has entertained you on YouTube or other video platforms!

• Best New RuneScape Video Creator
• Best New Old School RuneScape Video Creator
• Best RuneScape Video Creator
• Best Old School RuneScape Video Creator
• RuneScape Video of the Year
• Old School RuneScape Video of the Year
• Best Series (this category spans both games)
• Best Guidemaker / Educational Content Creator (this category spans both games)

STREAMING (public vote) - excellent content on Twitch or other streaming platforms!

• Best New RuneScape Streamer
• Best New Old School RuneScape Streamer
• Best RuneScape Streamer
• Best Old School RuneScape Streamer
• Best Streamed Event (this category spans both games)

ART (public vote) - community members whose artistic prowess has wowed you!

• Best New RuneScape Artist
• Best New Old School RuneScape Artist
• Best RuneScape Artist
• Best Old School RuneScape Artist
• Best RuneScape Artistic Creation
• Best Old School RuneScape Artistic Creation
• Best Cosplay Creation (this category spans both games)
• Best Music Composition (this category spans both games)

OTHER

• Gamer of the Year (this category spans both games) - A player whose in-game achievements over the last year are a particular standout worthy of the highest recognition.
• Old School RuneScape Creator's Choice Award - Chosen by creators. It's time to find out who your favourite creators' favourite creator really is!
• RuneScape Creator's Choice Award - Chosen by creators. See above!

Plus!

COMMUNITY (chosen by us) - we're bringing these categories back from last time, recognising two big achievers within our communities over the last year!

• Community Champion - RuneScape
• Community Champion - Old School

HOW DOES IT WORK?

If you took part in the Golden Gnomes in 2023, you'll be familiar with the process:

• Nominations are NOW OPEN - simply head to this link. You can nominate until Thursday, January 23rd.
• Once the nominations are in, our Golden Gnomes Panel will review all the nominees and the shortlist will be announced in the 13th Annual Golden Gnomes Nomination Shortlist Newspost on Thursday, January 30th.
• Then it's your turn again – this time we'll ask you to vote for your winners! The final voting phase will close on Thursday, February 6th.
• After various checks have taken place to ensure a fair process, our lucky winners will be announced during the 2025 Golden Gnomes Livestream, live at RuneFest on Saturday, March 1st.

We really appreciate you taking the time to nominate and vote for your faves, and we'd also like to extend a colossal thanks to each and every member of the RuneScape and Old School communities! Truly, our games would not be what they are without you.

Please be advised that all Golden Gnome Winners will need to be operating in accordance with our Jagex Fan Content Policy which can be found here.

Ok, time to get nominating!

- The RuneScape Team