28... 29... 30!

And there you go. That concludes the month of May, and our very special list of the 30 Most of Influential Asian Americans Under 30. It was quite an undertaking, and to be honest, if I knew how difficult it was going to be to put this list together, I might not have done it. But overall, I'm fairly satisfied with how it turned out, and it was a nice little exercise to survey all the young people in the Asian American who are doing cool things. To recap, they are:

• Eugene Kang, 25, Special Assistant to the President
• Brenda Song, 21, Actress
• Tim Lincecum, 24, Pitcher, San Francisco Giants
• Evan Low, 25, City Council Member of Campbell, CA
• Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, 30, Spoken Word Artist
• Steve Chen, 30, Co-Founder, YouTube
• Naomi Tacuyan-Underwood, 28, Deputy Director, APIA Vote
• Lori Phanachone, 18, High School Student
• Lisa Lee, 24, Publisher, Hyphen
• "Count Me In" Campaign, 21-24
• Ramey Ko, 28, Attorney/Activist
• Yungsuhn Park, 29, Attorney, APALC
• Wesley Chan, Ted Fu, Philip Wang, 24-27, Wong Fu Productions
• Mia Mingus, 28, Co-Executive Director, SPARK Reproductive Justice Now
• Mindy Kaling, 29, Writer/Producer/Actress, The Office
• Anthony Kim, 23, Professional Golfer
• Karen O, 30, Vocalist, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Clarence Tong, 26, Founder, Asian American Civic Project
• Tad Nakamura, 29, Filmmaker
• Mai T. Dang, 25, Community Organizer, MQVN CDC
• Jin, 26, Musician
• Aaron Yoo, 30, Actor
• America's Best Dance Crews, 22-31
• The Gosselin Kids, 8 and 5, Jon & Kate Plus 8
• Dimple Rana, 29, Co-Founder, Deported Diaspora
• Rik Cordero, 30, Filmmaker, Three/21 Media
• Dan Choi, 28, Founder Member, Knights Out
• Alexander Wang, 25, Fashion Designer
• Diana Nguyen, 27, Blogger, DISGRASIAN
• Far*East Movement, 27, Musicians

Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations. Unfortunately, 30 is 30, and I couldn't fit everyone, even though there were many others I really wanted to include on the list. That said, here are some honorable mentions:

• Ken Chen, Executive Director, Asian American Writers' Workshop
• Katherine Chon, President/Co-Founder, Polaris Project
• Jon M. Chu, Filmmaker
• Annie Guo, Co-Founder/Director, Next Generation Voices
• Daniel Henney, Actor
• Utada Hikaru
• Next Generational Voices
• Priscilla Huang, Policy and Programs Director, NAPAWF
• James Jean, Artist/Illustrator
• KevJumba, YouTube Personality
• Bobby Kim, Co-Founder, The Hundreds
• Hemant Mehta, Blogger, Friendly Atheist
• Daniel Park, Creative Director/Co-Founder, FRA
• Nathan Shinagawa, County Legislator of Tompkins County, New York
• Ada Tseng, Managing Editor, Asia Pacific Arts
• Michelle Wie, Professional Golfer
• Michelle Woo, Managing Editor, KoreAm Journal
• George C. Wu, Executive Director, OCA
• Jason Wu, Fashion Designer

...just to name a few. Like I said, this was a tricky, difficult process. But I was glad to do it, and from what I heard, most people seemed to dig it. Who knows? Maybe we'll do it again next year. After all, that's the cool thing -- there's never a short supply of young, awesome, influential Asian Americans.