It’s that time of year again – nominate your favourite blogger for the Canadian Blog Awards!
This year, I was asked to help judge eligibility in a category or two (you know, cuz I’ve got nothing else going on right now to keep me busy) and I was pleased to lend a hand. The Canadian Blog Awards have been good to me over the years (my series on Taking Down Rick Mercer from 2005 was a lot of fun to write) and this year they are being operated by a new and diverse group of bloggers including Saskboy and Northern BC Dipper and Stephen Taylor and Jason Cherniak and a handful of others.
I know a lot of people are critical of this type of thing, saying it’s nothing more than a popularity contest, and there is always at least a bit of controversy. But I’ve found some of my favourite blogs through the CBAs over the years, including Ali from Cheaper than Therapy and the now-defunct Debaucherous and Dishevelled. It’s great exposure just to be nominated, and a lovely compliment to the blogger as well.
With 26 categories to choose from, there’s no reason not to nominate your favourite bloggers today. I particularly like the addition of a new category called “Best Blogosphere Citizen”. Nominations are open through January 11. Feel free to spread the word, too, as the more nominees there are the better the awards will be.
Consider yourself nominated (although I messed up the hotlink I suspect so others, please follow suit!)
Jen
Ok. So this is my first attempt at a trackback and I gotta admit, I don’t quite get how they work yet. I am trying to trackback from a post on PostCards from the Mothership about the Canadian Blog Awards now being open for nominations….So here goes…let me Submit to the Mothership…