# Gems of the Year 2021 ## What is it Gems of the Year (GotY) is an official end-of-year event to appreciate all the great creations and people in the community. ### Categories and awards There are five categories in Gems of the Year 2021: 1. **Plugins**. Top 10 most popular plugins will be awarded, by number of votes; 2. **Themes**. Top 10 most popular themes will be awarded, by number of votes; 3. **Content creators**. Any YouTuber, blogger, podcaster, or streamer that produces content. Top 10 creators will get an award, by number of votes; 4. **Workflows**. Share your setup and workflow with a screenshot. Top 3 helpful workflows will get awards, and we'll draw 3 lucky winners; 5. **Achievements**. Share what you were able to achieve in 2021 with the help of Obsidian! The 3 most voted submissions will get awards, and we'll draw 3 lucky winners. ### Timeline Nomination phase: December 8 ~ 15, 2021; Voting phase: December 17, 2021 ~ January 5, 2022. <p class="u-center-text"> <button class="mod-cta"><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-gems-of-the-year-2021-voting/28759" target="_blank_">Vote now</a></button> </p> Results will be announced soon after we collect all the results. ## How it works The event works in three phases. ### Nomination Because many themes and plugins were produced this year, we will have members of the community nominate them to limit the number of options to vote for. If a plugin or theme has been very useful to you, please make sure they are nominated so they can be voted for after. You can nominate yourself and your own creations as well! We encourage all creators to do that. Before nominating, please review all the existing nominations to make sure you're not making a duplicate nomination. #### How to nominate Nominate by posting the required information to the corresponding forum thread: ##### Plugins Nominate your favorite plugin. The plugin needs to be in the community store to qualify. Plugins that have won in the past years cannot enter again either (namely, Sliding Panes and Calendar). Please provide the following information: 1. Name; 2. GitHub repository link (can be found on its community plugin page); 3. A short paragraph on why you like it or how it helps your workflow. <p class="u-center-text"> <button class="mod-cta"><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-gems-of-the-year-2021-nomination-plugins/28224" target="_blank_">Submit your nomination</a></button> </p> ##### Themes Nominate your favorite theme. The theme needs to be in the community store to qualify. Themes that have won in the past years cannot enter again either (namely, Minimal and Blue Topaz). Please provide the following information: 1. Name of theme; 2. GitHub repository link; 3. Screenshot; 4. A short paragraph on why you like it or how it helps your workflow. <p class="u-center-text"> <button class="mod-cta"><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-gems-of-the-year-2021-nomination-themes/28225" target="_blank_">Submit your nomination</a></button> </p> ##### Content creators Share a content creator who you benefit from or yourself. Please provide the following information: 1. Name; 2. Link to featured work, must be Obsidian related; 3. Link to more work if available (for example, blog, YouTube channel, podcast page). <p class="u-center-text"> <button class="mod-cta"><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-gems-of-the-year-2021-nomination-content-creators/28226" target="_blank_">Submit your nomination</a></button> </p> ##### Workflows Share a workflow write-up that you benefit from or your own. Please provide the following information: 1. Author of the workflow; 2. Short title (for voting purposes); 3. Screenshot of the workflow (sensitive information can be garbled if necessary but should still show the gist of the setup); 4. Short write-up to describe the gist of the workflow (1,000 words max), please talk about what plugins you use, how you organize content, how do you process input and how do you output content if applicable; 5. Link to a longer write-up if available; 6. If it's not your own workflow and you're just nominating someone else's workflow, provide a short write-up how it helped you (300 words max). <p class="u-center-text"> <button class="mod-cta"><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-gems-of-the-year-2021-nomination-workflows/28227" target="_blank_">Submit your nomination</a></button> </p> ##### Achievements Share your own or someone else's achievement with the help of Obsidian during this year. Please provide the following information: 1. Name of the person; 2. Short title (for voting purposes); 3. Short write-up of what happened (500 words max); 4. If the person is not you, how do we contact them for their reward (website, blog, etc). <p class="u-center-text"> <button class="mod-cta"><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-gems-of-the-year-2021-nomination-achivements/28228" target="_blank_">Submit your nomination</a></button> </p> ##### Participate via Twitter For content creators, workflows, and achievements, you can alternatively submit a link to your tweet or Twitter thread under the forum nomination thread. Please make sure that your tweets contain the required information and also mention the official account @obsdmd. In addition to entering the contest, you also get a chance to get retweeted by our official account. ### Voting <p class="u-center-text"> <button class="mod-cta"><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-gems-of-the-year-2021-voting/28759" target="_blank_">Vote now</a></button> </p> After the nomination period ends, we will open up polls so that you can vote for your favorite entries. Only nominated entries can be voted for, so if you want to vote for something, please make sure it's nominated, either by you or by someone else. Voting will happen on the forum. Anyone with a forum account can vote for all categories; each person can vote for up to 3 entries in each category. Vote for the ones you like and/or find useful and spend your votes wisely! ### Results Results will be announced shortly after we've collected all results. Winners are selected based on number of votes, and lucky winners are selected randomly. We'll announce the results on our Discord, forum, and Twitter, so if you've participated, don't miss out! All winners and lucky winners will be featured and awards will be arranged as soon as we can! ## FAQ Q: Can I nominate or vote for my own creations or myself? A: Yes, you can. --- Q: How many times can I nominate? A: You can nominate as many times as you want in whichever categories you prefer. Please make sure to **separate each nomination into each own reply**, as we'll be linking to each reply as an entry during voting. --- Q: Who can vote? A: Anyone with an account on [our forum](https://forum.obsidian.md/) can vote. **Please note that accounts on our official website do not work with the forum, if you haven't signed up on the forum you'll need to do that in order to vote.** --- Q: How many plugins/themes can I vote for? 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