I'm sure you read about the Wizbang Web Award brouhaha so I won't go into it too much. Basically it's an ultraconservative weblog that's hosting awards for weblogs decided by web-based voting. And people are out there striving to be the biggest assholes they can be in that special way that only awards and talk shows bring out.
Anyway, I just read of an alternative award thingie going on this month called Best of Blog (BoB) Awards 2004. The main aim of this one seems to be rewarding the smaller, personal, non-political weblogs.
Spotlighting the little guys. Who are usually my favorites anyway.
Frankly I love pink, knitting, mommy, fertility, adoption, redecorating, scrapbooking, look at my kitty cat weblogs. That kind of diversity in interests is what makes people (and their weblogs) different and fun to know.
The only weblogs (ok, and people) I can't stand are those written by clearly ignorant people spouting the standard right wing rhetoric without any new or original thought of their own and those with really bad, and I mean really bad grammar and spelling. I'm not talking about creative conversational spelling and literary style or little typos. I'm talking about people who clearly weren't paying attention in English class and use and instead of an or their instead of there. I'm no bastion of flawless use of the English language myself but damn I'm not that bad. I'm much more forgiving of weblogs where English clearly isn't their first language, of course.
The biggest bone of contention will undoubtedly be the "no political blogs" rule. I have no idea how strict they're being with this at all. But if they mean no blogs that talk politics at all ever there will be some really good weblogs left out. ** And no I don't mean mine LOL At this point I'm assuming I'm not qualified because I do post heavy leaning political rants sometimes. And I'm such a pottymouth I really wouldn't expect to qualify for voting nor appeal to voters. So I want you to know this is not a plea for a nomination m'kay?
**just got a comment from zeroboss one of the folks behind the BoB awards: It basically means no blog that is DEVOTED to politics, where politics is 50% or more of the content. I'll change the rules to reflect this. So Goodie! Thanks, Mr Boss!
I'm posting this because one of the complaints I heard a lot of people had about the Wizbang award was they didn't know when the nominations were happening therefore they didn't have time to nominate the ones they liked. So I thought I'd spread the word on this one.
They're accepting nominations from tomorrow, December 10th, until Christmas Eve, December 24th.
These are the categories:
Best New Blog: one created between Jan 1st - Nov 30th, 2004
Most Humorous Blog
Biggest Blog Whore: for the blogger who most aggressively markets his or her work across the blogosphere; the blogger who would (literally) do anything for a link. (LMAO)
Best Mommy Blog
Best Daddy Blog
Best Adoption/Fertility Blog
Best Book/Literary Blog
Best Sex Blog: the best blog that routinely talks about sex
Most Inspirational Blog: and they don't mean just religion. here's what the description says: the blog that most inspired you to keep on truckin' during 2004
Best LGBT Blog
Snarkiest Blog
Best Weight Loss/Fitness Blog
Best Knitting/Craft Blog
Best Cooking/Recipes Blog
Best Sports Blog
Best Music Blog
Best Poetry/Photo/Art Blog
Too bad they don't have a pottymouth category for the most creative use of expletives eh? That would be fun!
They have some really nice prize packages with hosting, design packages by the Ciao! My Bella gals, gift certificates, books, blog explosion points. And each category has a First and Second prize. Very fancy!
So go nominate some sites for these awards! I have some already in mind for most categories myself.
And best of luck to everyone :)
I'll clarify "no political blogs". It basically means no blog that is DEVOTED to politics, where politics is 50% or more of the content. I'll change the rules to reflect this.
Posted by: The Zero Boss at December 9, 2004 12:21 PM
those bastards! i'm still waiting for a "Best Blog mostly about Porn and/or Bodily Functions" category!
Posted by: mikey at December 9, 2004 2:45 PM
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