Best Meme
A replicating idea that spread about weblogs.
Prize
US$50 gift certificate to Amazon.com from Andy Wibbels
winner
Flickr
Podcasting
The Grey Album
Is My Blog Burning?
Photo Friday
Where can you find the most interesting weblogs? Which blogs have made their mark this year? Who will do anything for a nomination? Those questions will be answered in the one and only...
The Bloggies™ are a set of 30 publicly-chosen awards given to weblog writers and those related to weblogs. This is the fifth ceremony, with previous winners listed on their respective sites: 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Everyone's invited to take part in the awarding process, so read below to find out how you can nominate and vote for your favorite blogs!
These rules may change at any time, but they probably won't.
From Saturday, January 1, 2005 to Monday, January 10, anyone was able to nominate their favorite weblogs.
On Tuesday, January 18, three panels of 50 voters received an e-mail. It listed the weblogs that received the most nominations in ten categories. They had until 10:00 PM EST on Saturday, January 22 to privately submit their five favorites (six for Weblog of the Year) for each category. The five (or six for Weblog of the Year) receiving the most votes became finalists. I (Nikolai Nolan) only voted for the panel in the case of a tie for fifth place.
On Sunday, January 23, the finalists were announced and voting was open again to choose the winners.
Voting closed at 10:00 PM EST on Thursday, February 3. The winners were posted on Monday, March 14.
The Weblog Awards™ ceremony will be held at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival for the third time in Austin, Texas, USA on Monday, March 14 at 12:30 PM. Webloggers including previous Bloggie™ winners and prize contributors will present certificates and prizes to those present.
Those who aren't attending may join the excitement on IRC, in #BlogIRC on irc.turlyming.com. Winners will be announced live and a play-by-play of the ceremony will be given.
After the ceremony, the results will be posted on this page.
Because of the large amount of categories, I won't personally give a award to every winner, but the Weblog of the Year owner(s) will receive 2,005 US cents (US$20.05).
Also, contributors can donate their own prizes to the category of their choice, and if the contributor has a site, it will be linked from this page. If the contributor is going to SXSW, he/she can also have the privilege of announcing/presenting the category sponsored at the ceremony. To donate one, the contributor can bring it to SXSW, mail it to the winner, or send an online gift certificate or cash to the winner. Prizes that are more creative than my $20 are encouraged.
Send me an e-mail to get your prize added. Sorry, "to be announced" prizes to reserve categories won't be accepted this year. I'll send out a list of winner's e-mails to the contributors after they're announced, but all other prize arrangements will be handled by their respective donators.
Since I intend for the Weblog Awards™ to remain an independently-produced ceremony without corporate sponsorship, starting this year I'd like to restrict the contributor links to individuals, non-profit organizations, or companies that contribute to the blog universe in some way.
South by Southwest Interactive offers Bloggie™ finalists a special discount to attend the ceremony in March. The cost of Interactive registration for Bloggie™ finalists is $175.
The Webby Awards offers Bloggie™ finalists free entry in to the Webbys' Blog category.
Lulu will award each Bloggie™ winner a book made from their blog entries.
T-Shirt Humor will award each Bloggie™ winner a "Blog" t-shirt.
Most categories will remain as they've always been. But because of revision or removal, it's time to bid farewell to:
In exchange, these spiffy new categories take their place:
A replicating idea that spread about weblogs.
US$50 gift certificate to Amazon.com from Andy Wibbels
winner
Flickr
Podcasting
The Grey Album
Is My Blog Burning?
Photo Friday
US$20.05 from Hipster Cards
US$20.05 gift certificate to Amazon.com and an "I'm Blogging This" t-shirt from Rogers Cadenhead
Something that helps you publish, make comments, anything that has to do with developing a weblog.
US$20.05 gift certificate to Amazon.com from Playground Finder
AUS$20.05 from Ben Hosken
Weblogs from Asia, not including the Middle East.
US$25 from Wacky Stuff
US$15 gift certificate to Amazon.com from The TypePad Users Ring
Weblogs from Europe, not including the United Kingdom and Ireland.
20.05 Euro, a shipment of gourmet coffee, and an invitation for sightseeing in Dresden from Martin Röll
Weblogs from the United Kingdom and Ireland.
£10 and a four-finger Kit Kat from Richard Bloomfield
Schott's Original Miscellany from Sam Breach
US$20 gift certificate to Amazon.com from eCuaderno
CAN$30 gift certificate to the iTunes Music Store from Digital Apoptosis
Souvenir of Canada and entries published into a hand-made book and submitted to the National Archives from Jason Shim
Weblogs from the United States.
US$20.05 from The Blog Herald
US$20.05 from blahgKarma
US$24 gift certificate to I-Pets.com from Julie
winner
Dooce: "Not your average clenched-cheek sprint to the bathroom"
Pesky'Apostrophe: "Always better than an unexpected period"
Scaryduck: "Not scary, not a duck"
The Gospel According to Rhys: "Chronologically inept since 2060"
Random Acts of Reality: "Trying to kill as few people as possible..."
Photoblogs and other weblogs that regularly feature photography.
A copy of BlogJet from Dmitry Chestnykh
A Lomo LC-A from John Poetzel
US$21.12 from Ron Slattery
Many sites contain more that just a weblog. This is for those pages with something extra.
The Andy Warhol Diaries and The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellows from Johnny America
Toast by Nigel Slater from Lisa H.
A large olive oil gift set from Alejandro & Martin
US$15 gift card to the Pier 1 Imports from The TypePad Users Ring
Weblogs about music, movies, television, and/or theater.
A package of DVDs and music/film promotional material from The Gate
US$20 gift certificate to the iTunes Music Store from eFanGuide.com
"History of the Political Parties" print from EchoDitto
US$25 gift card to Barnes & Noble from Wacky Stuff
Weblogs completely about Web design and development.
One year of Web hosting from xaXax
A free year's listing on Xemion from Bot a Blog
Weblogs about computers and/or technology, other than Web design.
A copy of BlogJet from Dmitry Chestnykh
US$100 from Wacky Stuff
US$20 from UberGizmo
US$20.05 from Coupon Craze
An iPod Shuffle from dealnews
US$250 from Gadget Madness
US$20 from Bryan Carter
Weblogs with a definite topic other than the ones in the categories above.
US$20.05 from Timothy Latz
Webloggers in the gay/lesbian/bisexual/ transgendered community.
US$20.05 gift certificate to Amazon.com and a PEZ dispenser (candy not included) from Brad Youtz
US$20.05, a copy of Aaron Wall's SEO Book e-book, and a t-shirt from Aaron Wall
US$25 gift card to Barnes & Noble from Wacky Stuff
Weblogs with great writing, from personal journaling to professional journalism.
A copy of BlogJet from Dmitry Chestnykh
A hardcover book containing the winner's favorite weblog entries from Kevin Hale
US$150 gift certificate to Amazon.com from Ricky D
US$25 from Poplish
Weblogs written by an exclusive group.
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, a US$5 gift certificate to McDonald's, and US$8 from Johnny America
Weblogs where everyone is invited to post.
US$20.05 from Delight
US$20 from UberGizmo
US$25 gift card to Barnes & Noble from Wacky Stuff
US$20.05 from Delight
US$50 from Wacky Stuff
For the first runner-up: US$25 gift card to Barnes & Noble from Wacky Stuff
The best underrepresented weblogs.
US$20.05 from The Blog Herald
US$15 gift certificate to the iTunes Music Store from The TypePad Users Ring
Weblogs that began during the year 2004.
One month's advertising on The Blog Herald from The Blog Herald
US$20.05 from Coupon Craze
For the first runner-up: US$50 from Wacky Stuff
Webloggers who have been blogging at least since January 1, 2001. This award can only be won once, so Jeffrey Zeldman, Evan Williams, Jason Kottke, and Heather Champ are not eligible.
Two registrations for the 2006 South by Southwest Interactive Festival from SXSW
US$50 gift card to Barnes & Noble from Wacky Stuff
This is it: the category for the best weblog overall.
US$20.05 from Nikolai Nolan
Two registrations for the 2006 South by Southwest Interactive Festival from SXSW
US$100 from Wacky Stuff
US$20 from Bryan Carter
Blogumentary DVD from Chuck Olsen
For each of the runners-up: US$10 from Coupon Craze
