Official Nominees of 2008 are as follow;

[mariokartz]

→ advocate Best Kingdom Hearts Icons (1)^
→ almateria Best Tales Of... Icons, Best Use of Color, Best Tutorials, Best Iconist (4)*
→ alvanista Best Fire Emblem Icons, Best Iconist (2)*
→ anniereckless Best Final fantasy Icons, Best Typography, Most Unique, Best Use of Color, Most Underrated, Best Iconist (6)*
→ astrokittie Best Devil May Cry Icons (1)^
→ automode Best Xenosaga/Xenogears Icons (1)^
→ come Best Eternal Sonata Icons (1)^
→ creampop_orange Best Katamari Damacy Icons (1)^
→ defeating Best Eternal Sonata Icons (1)*
→ discover Best Eternal Sonata Icons, Best Tales Of... Icons (2)*
→ dizzily Best Xenosaga/Xenogears Icons (1)*
→ downburst Best Tales Of... Icons (1)^
→ elwhyenen Best Phoenix Wright Icons (1)*
→ enacting Best Typography (1)^
→ fearthechopstic Best Pokemon Icons, Best Fire Emblem Icons, Best Iconist, Best Textless Icons, Best Super Mario Bros. Icons (5)*
→ fujitsubo Best Shin Megami Tensei Icons, Best Suikoden Icons (2)^
→ gravira Best Pokemon Icons (1)*
→ gunshou Best Use of Resources (1)*
→ haloradio Best Typography, Best Shin Megami Tensei Icons, Best Devil May Cry Icons (3)^
→ highside Best Kingdom Hearts Icons, Best Tales Of... Icons (2)*^
→ hopingly Most Underrated (1)^
→ inquisitory Best Tales Of... Icons, Best Xenosaga/Xenogears Icons, Most Unique, Best Shin Megami Tensei Icons, Best Tutorials, Best Iconist (6)*
→ levels Best Eternal Sonata Icons (1)*
→ mangoninja Best Legend of Zelda Icons (1)^
→ microcake Most Unique, Best Use of Resources (2)*
→ milkfed Most Unique (1)
→ neonclover Best Tales Of... Icons (1)^
→ noctem Best Katamari Damacy Icons, Best Use of Color, Most Underrated (3)^
→ ozette Best Legend of Zelda Icons, Most Underrated (2)^
→ para Best Shin Megami Tensei Icons (1)^
→ powercorrupts Best Final Fantasy Icons, Best Use of Color, Best Cropping, Best Grayscale (4)*
→ rabanastre Best Cropping, Best Textless Icons, Best Iconist, Best Final Fantasy Icons (4)*
→ ryfee Best Final Fantasy Icons, Best Use of Color (2)*
→ sakebi Best Tales Of... Icons (1)^
→ sakura_201 Best Xenosaga/Xenogears Icons, Best Typography, Best Guilty Gear Icons (3)*
→ sarajayechan Best Fire Emblem Icons (1)^
→ shannonsu Best Super Mario Bros. Icons (1)^
→ silvie_chan Best Tales Of... Icons (1)^
→ so_vayne Best Use of Color, Most Underrated, Best Tutorials (3)*
→ strifesword713 Best Final Fantasy Icons, Best Kingdom Hearts Icons, Best Typography (3)^
→ sweet100x100 Best Final Fantasy Icons (1)^
→ tani_chan Best Tales Of... Icons (1)^
→ terra Best Suikoden Icons (1)*
→ theatrically Best Use of Resources (1)^
→ umi_mizuno Best Phoenix Wright Icons (1)*
→ unite Best Phoenix Wright Icons (1)^
→ vibrator Best Final Fantasy Icons, Best Textless Icons, Best Cropping, Best Iconist, Best Grayscale Icons (5)*
→ warhorse Best Devil May Cry Icons (1)^

BEST ICON JOURNAL/COMMUNITY;
→ kyoukatabira (chakuura, demonography, eliminate, heartiilly, & vibrator) *(3/5 complete!)
→ icontemplation (powercorrupts, corporeal & immoral)*

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Please note: there were some nominations with less than three "official" votes, the ones closest to being official (that only had first, second, third marked) were counted as official. :) So if you were short a vote, you got in.

People/communities marked with an asterisk (*) have already sent us their samples. Again, these samples are due March 10th; please email them to ljvgia@gmail.com

People marked with an arrow (^) have had their samples collected by us. I'd like to mention here that it isn't our fault if the samples aren't what you wanted. You could have sent in your samples, yeah?

Reposted;

Once you've been officially listed as a nominee, it'd be great if you could email us (ljvgia@gmail.com) with a few sample icons that pertain to each of the categories you were nom'ed to. We'll end up doing them ourselves if you don't (so voters have something to go on in case they don't recognize your name), but it'd save us a lot of trouble. We will need 4 icons for each category you're entered in.

Also, you can repeat icons, so if you have an icon that you want to use, say, for Best Textless AND Best of Final Fantasy, feel free, just let us know. Icon comms will need to compile a set of their best icons, however. Each iconmaker has to contribute at least one icon to the set, to be fair. It is fine to send us more than 4 icons if you have more than 4 iconmakers in your community. Most Underrated icons are basically just what you perceive to be your best icons.

WHEN YOU SEND IN YOUR SAMPLES, GIVE YOUR USERNAME SO WE KNOW. :) WE CAN'T JUST GO BY YOUR EMAIL.

And again, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to leave them here.