Today is the last day to cast your vote for the nominees in the 2018 IrishCentral Creativity & Arts Awards!
On February 9, in New York City, IrishCentral's Creativity & Arts Awards will reveal who has been chosen by the public and experts in the specific fields to win a top honor in the Irish community. The inaugural IrishCentral Creativity & Arts Awards honor the excellence and innovation of the Irish creative community in America.
Forty-four creative Irish leaders in the US have been nominated across eight categories: Media & Innovation, Voice of Today, The Written Word, The Screen, The Stage, Fashion & Design, Visual Art, and Irish Centers & Festivals.
Five of those categories are open to public voting, and today, January 31, is the last day to cast your vote and have your say!
VOTE NOW - Click here to vote for your top nominees
Help pick the winners in the Media & Innovation, Voice of Today, The Screen, Fashion & Design, Irish Centers & Festivals categories.
Click through to the different categories below to read the full profiles and achievements of the talented nominees , and then visit the voting portal to vote for your top nominees!
Winners will be announced at the awards on February 9 at the American Irish Historical Society in New York. You can watch the ceremony live on IrishCentral's Facebook here, with thanks to TG4.
Media & Innovation
Read more: Cast your vote for the top Irish leader in Media & Innovation
"Media & Innovation" - Nigel Eccles, Founder FanDuel and Entrepreneur
"Media & Innovation" - Samantha Barry, Editor-in-Chief, Glamour
"Media & Innovation" - Paul Quigley, Founder & CEO of Newswhip
"Media & Innovation" - Dermot McCormack, Founder SNKR Inc
"Media & Innovation" - Claire McHugh, Axonista
Voice of Today
Read more: Cast your vote for the top Irish Voice of Today
"Voice of Today" - Maeve Higgins, Comedian & Maeve in America podcast
"Voice of Today" - Christine Kinealy, Historian, Author and Founding Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University
"Voice of Today" - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
"Voice of Today" - Shannon Downey, Badass Crossstitch
The Screen
Read more: Cast your vote for the top Irish in Film & Television
"The Screen" - ‘No Stone Unturned’ – Alex Gibney.
"The Screen" - Irish Screen America
"The Screen" - ‘Emerald City’ - Colin Broderick.
"The Screen" - ‘Rocky Ros Muc’ – Michael Fanning and Máire Breathnach
"The Screen" - ‘SMILF’ - Frankie Shaw
Fashion & Design
Read more: Vote for the top Irish in Fashion & Design
"Fashion & Design" - Don O’Neill - THEIA COUTURE
"Fashion & Design" - Margaret Molloy - #WearingIrish
"Fashion & Design" - Clodagh – Interior Design
"Fashion & Design" - Ciaran McGuigan and Shane McGuigan – Orior New York
Irish American Centers and Festivals
Read more: Cast your vote for the top Irish Community Centers & Festivals
"Irish American Centers and Festivals" - ‘Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger' - Ireland's Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University
"Irish American Centers and Festivals" - Irish American Heritage Museum, Albany
"Irish American Centers and Festivals" - Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary Good Friday Agreement – Irish Cultural Center McClelland Library, Phoenix, Arizona
Los Gatos Irish Writers & Artists Festival
"Irish American Centers and Festivals" - The Celtic Junction Arts Center and Eoin McKiernan Library, Minnesota
Read more about the IrishCentral 2018 Creativity & Arts Awards here
