RuneFest 2016 is approaching us quickly, and there can be no RuneFest without the prestigious Golden Gnome Awards.

This year 15 gnomes are up for grabs, and the categories are as follows:

RuneScape

• Best RuneScape Video Maker
• Best RuneScape Video
• Best RuneScape Streamer
• Best RuneScape Streaming Moment

Old School RuneScape

• Best Old School Video Maker
• Best Old School Video
• Best Old School Streamer
• Best Old School Streaming Moment

Community

• Best Artist
• Best Artistic Creation
• Best Cosplay - player selected*
• Best Cosplay - JMod selected*
• Community Champion
• Hall of Fame
• Lifetime Achievement

*For more information about this year's cosplay awards, please see Mod Kalaya's forum thread.

To make these Golden Gnome awards as successful as they can be, we’re enlisting your help! Several of the categories need your nominations for deserving winners. To submit a nomination, please follow the appropriate link below:

• Best RuneScape Video
• Best RuneScape Streaming Moment
• Best Old School Video
• Best Old School Streaming Moment
• Best Artistic Creation
• Community Champion

In a few weeks, we’ll open voting to determine the shortlist of talented creators who’ll stand for the awards at the event itself. Keep an eye out for more news!

The Golden Gnomes awards will be held at Battersea Evolution in London for RuneFest 2016, and it’ll alll be streamed to www.twitch.tv/runescape on Saturday 17th September.

See you there!

The RuneScape Community Team