The 5th Annual Mashable Awards are now open.  The Mashable Awards are “community-nominated awards program, which recognizes the companies, people and projects that made the biggest impact on the digital landscape this year”.

Mashable is a pretty big website for digital news.  I read it every day.  Most of the categories don't have anything to do with me.  However, one sorta does–“Must-Follow Musician or Band on Social Media”.

Actually, I don't know if I'm a “must-follow”.  In fact, with so many great musicians and bands in the social media world, I wouldn't expect to win.  However, I do know I have some of the best fans out there.  You're constantly helping me spread the word about Celtic music.

So wouldn't it be awesome if “The Celtfather” actually made it to the nominations?

How To Nominate Marc Gunn

Nominating me for a Mashable Award is easy.  Submitting your nomination requires four easy steps:

• Step 1: Visit www.mashable.com/awards;
• Step 2: Log in via Facebook or Twitter;
• Step 3: Choose a category and a nominee;
• Step 4: Submit! That’s all there is to it.
• Step 5: Repeat it daily.

Yup!  You may nominate once per day in each category.

Oh!  And if you're looking for a nomination for Best Music Service or App, then nominate Marc Gunn Celtic Music App.

Start your nominating engines!!!

To get started, visit the awards page and sign in with Facebook or Twitter — that’s it; you’re ready to start nominating immediately. You can nominate once per category every day (meaning up to 28 total nominations per day).

The nomination period for the 2011 Mashable Awards will run until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 18. Nominations will then be counted and tabulated in accordance with the official rules, and Mashable‘s editors will select seven finalists for each category from among the most nominated submissions. Your nominations will greatly influence the editorial selection of the finalists.

Finalists will be announced on Monday, Nov. 21, which will also kick off the public voting period.

The Winners

Award winners will be announced on Mashable on Monday, Dec. 19. Following the competition, we’ll celebrate our winners at MashBash CES on Jan. 11, 2012, at the 2012 International CES convention at 1OAK, the hot new nightclub at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.