Canadian Blog Awards: Vote Now! Vote Often!

Even though I'll tell you I'm not into competitive stuff and that I think blog awards don't necessarily mean a lot, I was chuffed (thank you Natalie, for teaching me that great British word!) to be nominated for the Canadian Blog Awards this year (and thank you, Frank, for the nomination).

If you enjoy this blog and would like to go over there and vote, the nomination is in the Best Personal Blog category (I think I was nominated for Best Culture Blog too, but not accepted for that category - why I don't know.) You'll have to search a little; the lists are long. The Personal Blog Category is about halfway down, and mine is sixth from the end of the list. Giving fuel to my argument that blog award voting tends to be a rigged popularity content, the rules say you can vote once a day for the next week, at which time they cut to a short list and vote again. So we'll take the final results with a grain of salt, but I was very pleased to be nominated in Canada, and to be in company with some of the very fine blogs that were also tapped for the awards.

Qarrtsiluni was also nominated in two categories: Best Group Blog and Best Culture Blog, which is very cool, and great recognition for that new blog.

Frank, the author of Chicagoan in Montreal (next year we'll stuff the ballot boxes for you, Frank) and one of the contributors to Montreal Metroblog, has written a list of recommendations for these awards, especially for readers from Montreal. I find myself in very good company - who could choose? - and feeling relieved that MY honey isn't up for an award this year too (although I sure wish he start posting again on his blog so we COULD nominate him). The photo blog category would be one of the hardest to pick; there are so many excellent and deserving ones. Good luck to all, and may everybody win!

Comments

[Marja-Leena]

You got my vote, Beth! Interesting list of links to explore there, I'm surprised how few I recognize, like where have I been?!

[patry Francis]

Heading over there now, Beth.

[beth]

Thanks, Patry - there were a number of new-to-me blogs too. And Marja-Leena, you should be on the Best Culture Blog list for sure.

[language hat]

Voted! You might mention that yours is sixth from the end, because that's a long list and my tired old eyes had to go through it twice to pick yours out.

[beth]

Done! Thanks, LH. I wasn't sure if the blog positions in the list were shifting around day by day. But it seems stable now.

[Frank]

It was my pleasure to nominate you. I really like your words. The order of entries is the order that they were nominated. I just recently discovered jonzphotos and really like the body of work. The narrative with each photo makes it special among other photoblogs.

[susanne]

Hi Beth... you've got my vote. Good luck with it.... you've got one of the best blogs and not just in Canada!