RuneScape Golden Gnomes 2026: Nominations Now Open (24th July 2026)

The RuneScape community now has the chance to put forward its finest. Nominations for the 2026 Golden Gnome awards are live, covering everything from video creators and streamers to artists, musicians, and the unsung heroes who keep the communities thriving across RuneScape, Old School RuneScape, and Dragonwilds.

This year brings a few tweaks to how things work. Jagex is spreading the award announcements throughout RuneFest on 3 October 2026, rather than cramming them all into one stage moment, so each winner gets their own spotlight during the event. The Best Cosplay Creation award returns as a live judging category at RuneFest itself, meaning you'll need to show up in costume to be eligible. There's also the Creator's Choice award, voted by creators rather than the wider community, and the Community Champion award, picked by Jagex directly.

Nominations close at 8am UTC on Monday, August 3rd. Public voting on the finalists runs from August 7th through August 14th. Winners will be crowned at RuneFest and also featured in a celebratory blog post afterwards, with each recipient receiving the physical golden gnome trophy. The full nomination form and complete category breakdown are available through the link above.

Golden Gnomes 2026: Nominations Now Open!

Community

Nominations for the 2026 Golden Gnome awards are now open! It's time to put forward your favourite creatives, communities and pivotal players!

What are the Golden Gnomes?

For those of you new to the Golden Gnomes, these are the shiniest of GGs, commemorated with a physical trophy - a literal golden gnome! The awards cover all sorts of artistic endeavors, from dedicated content creators to stand-out community members. It's the opportunity to truly celebrate all the incredible content, artwork and acts of kindness that comes out of our community.

It all culminates in a huge celebration, which will be presented live from RuneFest on 03 October 2026! Can't make it? Don't worry, it'll be streamed on Twitch so you can cheer on these creative greats without having to get out of your pyjamas.

Here's where you come in. All categories (bar a couple, which we will get on to), are nominated and voted for by you, the community! There are two stages to this, first up are nominations, which is where we are right now. So, peruse the category lists across all three games, and send us your top picks!

Just like last year, we have a couple of categories lined up that are not nominated and voted for by the wider community. We're bringing back the Community Champion award for OSRS, RuneScape and Dragonwilds, chosen by Jagex, and the Creator's Choice award for OSRS and RuneScape which will be chosen by Creators.

The second stage is a public vote on the finalists for each category. Once your votes are in, we'll tally them up and get ready to award the shiniest of trophies at RuneFest.

How does it work?

We will be closing nominations at 8am UTC on Monday, August 3rd!

After this we will collect the top nominations in each category and present them for a public vote. This will go live August 7th and be open until August 14th.

Then, after various checks have taken place to ensure a fair process, winners will be announced during RuneFest on Saturday, October 3rd.

What's new?

We're doing things a little differently this year.

To be able to fully celebrate a wide reaching variety across the communities of all three of our games, we'll be varying where and when we announce each award. While we will still have our big on-stage celebration, live at RuneFest on 03 October 2026, some awards will be announced during other parts of the show, like Campfires.

This is so we can give each winner their own moment, and carry the celebrations throughout the event! All winners of all categories will be shared in a celebratory blog post following the event, too, and all winners will receive the coveted Golden Gnome trophy!

Cosplay!

We are also bringing back the Best Cosplay Creation award, which will be judged live at RuneFest. This does mean that only those who don their Cosplay and attend the live Cosplay parade are eligible for this award.

When it comes to your costume, the worlds of Old School, RuneScape and Dragonwilds are your oyster! Your cosplay can be inspired by any Jagex game, or even a mash up of all three if you fancy it!

Do note that any weapon-shaped props must be checked by NEC security, and if it is sharp and considered a risk it will be confiscated.

Good luck, we can't wait to see your fashionscape IRL!

Start Nominating

Now it's time to let us know who you want to see claiming a Golden Gnome this year! Fill in the form by clicking the button below. You can skip any category you don't have a nomination for. Please make sure to include correct links to creator accounts, community spaces or creative posts so we're including the right one!

All artwork or video content should have been posted somewhere public for you to link to, this can include community Discord links.

Let's take a look at what awards are up for grabs this year!

RuneScape

Best New RuneScape Video Creator
Best RuneScape Video Creator
Best New RuneScape Video Guide
RuneScape Video of the Year
Best New RuneScape Streamer
Best RuneScape Streamer
Best streamed RuneScape Moment
Best New RuneScape Artist
Best RuneScape Artist
Best RuneScape Digital Artistic Creation
Best RuneScape Physical Artistic Creation
Best RuneScape Homestead
Unsung Hero - Player Choice Award

Old School RuneScape

Best New Old School RuneScape Video Creator
Best Old School RuneScape Video Creator
Best New Old School RuneScape Video Guide
Old School RuneScape Video of the Year
Best New Old School RuneScape Streamer
Best Old School RuneScape Streamer
Best New Old School RuneScape Artist
Best Old School RuneScape Artist
Best Old School RuneScape Digital Artistic Creation
Best Old School RuneScape Physical Artistic Creation
Best OSRS Podcast
Best OSRS Mobile Content Video (long or short form)
Best Plugin Creator
Unsung Hero - Player Choice Award

Dragonwilds

Best Dragonwilds Video
Best Dragonwilds Content Creator
Best Dragonwilds Community Artist
Best Dragonwilds Livestream
Best Dragonwilds Upcoming Content Creator
Best Dragonwilds Community Mod

Categories Spanning All Games

Best Series
Best Streamed Event
Best Music Composition
Gamer of the Year
Champion for Charity

Other Categories

These awards won't be voted on by the community as a whole, but we wanted to give a little reminder of the other awards we're covering.

OSRS Creator's Choice Award
RuneScape Creator's Choice Award
OSRS Community Champion
RuneScape Community Champion
Dragonwilds Community Champion
Best Cosplay Creation
PMod Choice Award

Remember, nominations close 8am UTC on Monday, August 3rd! The public vote for the finalists will go live on August 7th.

Use the button below to head to the nomination form!

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.