The initial nominees for "Favorite Trend Or Theme" in no specific order are:
1.) https://imgflip.com/user/reallyitsjohn - for Demotivational Week
2.) https://imgflip.com/user/SpursFanFromAround - For The Million Point Reveal
3.) https://imgflip.com/user/MemesterMesterson - For his many alterations of Giorgio Tsoukalous
4.) https://imgflip.com/user/dh413 ? - For The Kermit vs. Connery Meme War - https://imgflip.com/i/q26sk
5.) https://imgflip.com/user/Hokeewolf and https://imgflip.com/user/DashHopes for Use The Username Weekend
6.) https://imgflip.com/user/Octavia_Melody for All The Coin Inspired Memes
7.) https://imgflip.com/user/Dentons_Revenge for Movie quotes from AFI's top 100 set to inappropriate pictures
8.) https://imgflip.com/user/MemesterMemsterson and https://imgflip.com/user/Jying for Page 9 Week
9.) https://imgflip.com/user/shabbyrose2 and https://imgflip.com/user/KenJ & others for Medieval Memes
10.) https://imgflip.com/user/DashHopes for Dumb Meme Week
11.) https://imgflip.com/user/Raydog and https://imgflip.com/user/Socrates for Rhyming meme comment threads
12.) https://imgflip.com/user/Craziness_all_the_way for making Gifs popular again
13.) https://imgflip.com/user/Raydog for Bad Luck Raydog Memes
14.) https://imgflip.com/user/ghostofchurch for Scavenger Hunts
15.) https://imgflip.com/user/ghostofchurch for making Picture Gifs popular
16.) https://imgflip.com/user/socrates , https://imgflip.com/user/reallyitsjohn , https://imgflip.com/user/Lynch1979 , and template work by https://imgflip.com/Octavia_Melody for Y U No Rhythm Guy / Y U No Music guy / Y U No Musical Memes
Please feel free to nominate anyone, including yourself, below for either of these two categories. They will be added to the official voting list. Voting will occur January 11-20, with the Finalists announced beginning January 21.
For full details about the community driven 2016 imgflip Awards: imgflip.com/i/1gx8aw
For the Best Custom Meme Maker Nominations: https://imgflip.com/i/1h2ptr
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For the Most Helpful Memer Nominations: https://imgflip.com/i/1h0k16
For the Best Demotivaitional Maker Nominations: https://imgflip.com/i/1h0ir8
For the Best Commenter Nominations: https://imgflip.com/i/1h0ir8
For the Most Innovative Memer Nominations: https://imgflip.com/i/1gyr4a
For the That's The Best Username Ever Nominations: https://imgflip.com/i/1gyr4a
For the Top Memer #31-100 Brackets: https://imgflip.com/i/1gyset