Best Avatar:
Ori (reflects his personality quite well) or
Zhanteimi
Best Signature: whoever had the sig of Chula's posts from a thread where he regrets posting pictures of his daughter. Gave me a good chuckle
Sexiest Member (female): what is this "female" of which you speak?
Sexiest Member (male):
Lucem, cause bitch braids get me hard
Howard The Duck Memorial Award for Most Inane Member: all the spam bots advertising car insurance or some ****
Biggest Fanboy / Fangirl of the Year:
K Addict. A very fitting name and a case study of how cute girls and bright colors can cause a man to lose his soul. I will say
elph got pretty damn close considering the time constraint
Best Writer:
Ori. His storytelling abilities are superb
Nicest member:
Lisnaholic, I don't think I've ever seen a post of his not be courteous and polite.
MERIT's been quite kind to me as well
Smartest poster: Both
Dharma and
Greg are big-brained individuals judging from their consistently excellent posts
Funniest member:
windsock
Angriest Member:
MERIT, the guy who turns black men to mousse with his bare fists when they enter his proximity
Best Mediator:
WWWP, the only one somewhat inclined to de-escalate conflict instead of exacerbating it
Best Site Contributor: Anyone with over 10k posts. They generally turn out to be winners
Biggest Music Contributor: I thoroughly enjoyed
Kiii's music
Best Media Forum Contributor: See Best Site Contributor
Best Plugger (plug.dj):
Best Taste in Music:
rostasi. The dude's a ****ing music maniac.
grindy gets a special mention though for introducing me to Xploding Plastix <3
Most Improved Member:
Batlord because his usernames keep getting better and better
Most Underrated Poster:
MicShazam, cause I think a lot of people cast him off as a milquetoast poster when in reality he's a pretty nice dude with some interesting insight
Best Thread Starter:
windsock
Most Missed Poster:
Chula because his posts were thoroughly entertaining
Most Diverse Music Taste:
rostasi, kind of goes hand-in-hand with Best Taste
Most Mainstream Music Taste:
MicShazam, and kudos to the mother****er for being so unashamed
Thread of the Year: any introductory thread made by a new member who immediately leaves after posting it
Moderator of the Year:
Frownland 
Best Journal 2018: I think
OH's journals are good cause he seems really devoted to the music he talks about therein. They're also fairly concise while remaining well-written
Best New Member 2018: I liked
cassavetes quite a bit but he's scrammed. Shame
Member of the Year 2018:
windsock
Best Rivalry:
elph vs. good music
Biggest Lounge Lizard: either
Bat or
Ori
Virtuoso of the Year:
Best Member Music Album (Released in 2018): I think
Kiii's released this year but I've heard
Mondo's stuff is good too. Still gotta check it out
Lifetime Achievement Award:
elph's offspring who were unable to enjoy such a lifetime