Welcome back to the 5th Annual Emote Awards! 
After 3 weeks of nominations, 3 weeks of nominations, and about a week and a half of waiting for me to count tallies and write journals, we're finally at the end of the line! The winners for the 2013 Emote Awards have been decided!
For each winner, a special award plaque will be posted in their category, that is free for them to use wherever they please. A plaque will also be posted for all nominees to use, regardless if they won or not.
With all the formalities out of the way, let's get to announcing the winners!
Best Animated Emoticonist
With this being a close race among many nominees, the winner, with a third of the votes for this category, is...
Krissi001
Congratulations!
Best Static Emoticonist
This one was an even closer race. With only one vote ahead a 3-way tie for second place, the winner is...
a-kid-at-heart
Congratulations!
Best Chat Friendly Emoticonist
After tying for 1st, a re-vote caused one to pull ahead, the winner is...
stuck-in-suburbia
Congratulations!
Best Visual Purpose Emoticonist
Another tie for this category, with a 4-way tie for second place. The winner is...
a-kid-at-heart
Congratulations!
Best New Emoticonist
With double the votes of the runner-up, the winner is...
KitLightning
Congratulations!
Best NaNoEmo Participant
Once again, the winner getting one more vote than the 3-way tie for second place! The winner is...
Ridley126
Congratulations!
Community Devoted
With the winner and runner-up getting the majority of the votes, the winner is...
Krissi001
Congratulations!
Best Chat Friendly Emote
With the most amount of nominees in this category, a tie was bound to happen. Even in the tiebreaker, the winner only one by 1 vote, the winner is...
:grumpycat: by 
tatasz
Congratulations!
Best Visual Purpose Emote
This category had a lot of spread out votes as well, the winner is...
Cosmic Night by 
Web5teR
Congratulations!
Best Emoticon Project
The winner in this category had five times the amount of votes for the other nominees, combined! The winner is...
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ANIMATED Advent Calendar Project
Advent Calendars by Krissi001
Congratulations!
Best Emote Group
With first and second places having ties, the winner in this category only won the tie by 2 votes, the winner is...
EmoteADay
Congratulations!
Emote of the Year
Both top honor categories this year were tight races among many contenders. The best-voted emote of the year 2013 is...
Retro games by Krissi001
Congratulations!
Emoticonist of the Year
With a 3-way tie for 1st place originally, the best-voted emoticonist of the year 2013 is...
Krissi001
Congratulations!
Congrats to all the winners! To those of you that didn't get the grand prize, don't worry, you can still celebrate! Since being nominated is such an honor in itself, any nominee can feel free to use this nominee plaque, wherever they please!
Thanks to everyone that helped make TheEmoteAwards what they are today, through voting, promoing our events, and more! Congrats once again to all winners and nominees, and we'll see you all next year!
