@shepz1 - Steemit awards 2018, year in review! - My Nominations

• Best newcomer - rising star.
  For this one I would like to nominate @murathe. He joined steemit on July 15th, shortly before the forkup. He is from Kenya, and I have enjoyed reading some of his material. I first found him via my secondary just-in-case account. he was one of the first ones that account followed. He was struggling for RC's and being able to post and comment, but he has overcome that limitation for now. He is sticking with Steemit, and steem and sees the value in what some are trying to build here, so I think he will be a rising star.

• Most argumentative steemian. - On this one I will have to pass.

• Most inspirational steemian. -
  This one is not a very easy choice, inspiration can be anything, but I want to nominate @lynncoyle1 and @briancourteau. They have been through a load of problems, and are still surviving them. Not letting their issues get to them, but sharing them with the people of steemit so that some can see even in the bleakest hour there is always hope. I remember Lynn's post of the new little kitten, it looked to be in very bad shape and survival was questionable, I knew the kitty would be fine with them, and he is doing great with the entire family.

• Best musician - Music maker. (Own recordings and original.)
  I may be completely biased on this one, but when it comes to nominating people for whatever it is all a personal bias. @edprivat is the person I want to nominate for this one. I have listened to a few people on dsound, not many mind you, but I like Ed's style of play and song interpretations, plus he took my little IFC contest song and did a damn fine job on it.

• Defender of the truth. (most supportive steemian re the truth community.)
  All of these are hard choice to nominate people for, but for this one I really only had one person in mind and that was @dwinblood/@newsagg. @dwinblood is the person behind the news headline from all sides and points. He presents his @newsagg post in the informationwar tag.

• Funniest - most amusing steemian.
  I have not been in the comedy segments of steemit very much so I leave this for more qualified people to nominate.

• Person who connects the most steemians together.
  This was a very difficult call to make there are so many that fit this bill to a tee. So the person I chose is @tattoodjay. He does the wednesdaywalk tag. He gets people to just go out do a short walk, take some pictures add a few words and share them with the community. It is through some of these walkers that I have found others, and also some pretty unique places to view that I will never get a chance to go visit. I also happen to like photography and this is all of us amateurs and professionals just sharing a part of our community with the steemit community. Connecting us together through walks and pictures.

• Most conspiratorial steemian. (You best not vote for me lol.)
  I'll pass on this one also.

• Least angry - angry steemian. (Brain fart idea of angryman of course)
  Least Angry, that is a tough one to call, I know lots of least Angry people. I don't know many Angry ones, I mean we all get angry and upset at times. But I think over all the least angry I can think of is @davemccoy. He has a tendency to try and moderate the angry out. He is one who can, when he choses, look at the positive side and bring others with a negative view around to the positive. So I think he would be one of the least Angry ones I know. I think I will pass on the most Angry option.

Well there you have it my nominations. I know I missed a few categories.

Here is the link that sort of kind of describes it all. Steemit awards 2018, year in review! it is being sponsored by @shepz1. Follow the rules or don't he won't care. Nominate a few or all, more categories may be added.