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Top Five Finalists In Each Of The 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards Categories Revealed!

   ·   Tuesday, November 30, 2010   ·   33 comments
2010 Canadian Weblog AwardsThe 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards' 49 jurors handed in all of their scores for the 457 nominated weblogs by November 21st, and since then I have spent my time tabulating the outcomes and compiling lists and wiggling with anticipation.

It's true. I wiggle with anticipation. I'm six.

I added up the last of the numbers and compiled the last of the lists last night, and it is like Christmas exploded in my brain. I know that the timeline laid out for the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards dictates that the top five finalists in each category be announced on December 1st, but I am just too excited to wait that whole extra several hours. I just can't hold it inside any longer, so I am going to commit sacrilege and tell you who the finalists are right now.

If you want to share the news, hit that retweet button up there under the title or that share link at the bottom of this post and spread the news of Canadian blogging excellence!

The top five finalists in each of the 37 categories in the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards are as follows, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in each category will be determined by jury over the month of December and will be announced on January 1, 2011. Stay tuned!

UPDATE: The People's Choice category will be up for public vote again in the final round, and the poll will be available for voting between December 21 and 28.

Art & Photography
Art et photographie


Winnipeg: Love and Hate
Marc Johns
PixelatedImage Blog
tonyfoto/drool
Obsessions Gourmandes

Arts & Culture
Arts et culture


FYIMusic.ca
tonyfoto/drool
Yellowknife Online
Patti Friday
The Ampersand

Best Designed
Meilleur design


Everybody Likes Sandwiches
Hi, I'm Sadie Shih Tzu
Tanveer Naseer
Wish Jar
This Bird's Day

Best New Weblog (for weblogs created after July 31, 2009)
Meilleur nouveau blogue (blogues créés après le 31 juillet 2009)


Erica Glasier: Oversocialized!
Simple Bites
Ironic Mom
Life As A Human
Porcupine Slug

Best Written
Meilleurs textes


XUP
Spin Me I Pulsate
sweet | salty
Cheaty Monkey
Where There's a Willer

Business & Career
Affaires et carrières


Squawkfox
The JASM Blog
IttyBiz
Tanveer Naseer
Techvibes.com

Comics
Bande dessinée


Hark! A Vagrant
Everyday People
A Softer World
Weregeek
The Crafty Life

Crafting
Artisanat


Yarn Harlot
Half Soled Boots
Imagination in Parenting
The Crafty Life
Craftastrophe

Ecology & Social Justice
Écologie et justice sociale


Facing Autism in New Brunswick
Rolling Around in My Head
My Green Conscience
The Mindful Merchant
Cops and Donuts

Ex-Pat
Expatriés


Christine Scott Cheng
The Blog Fodder
Sudobeer
MadameHeringer.com
Muddy Boots

Family & Parenting
Famille et enfants


XUP
What it's like to have kids, and raise them abroad
Spin Me I Pulsate
sweet | salty
Coffee with Julie

Fashion & Style
Mode et style


Relishing.ca
Fashionable People, Questionable Things
Sogni e Sorrisi
Sometimes Icing
À la mode Montréal

Feminist
Féminisme


Cleavage
Screw Bronze!
Gender Focus
PhD in Parenting
Womanist Musings

Food & Drink
Cuisine et breuvages


Within the Kitchen
Bu sur le web
Gourmet Fury
Simple Bites
Everybody Likes Sandwiches

French Language
En français


2Capricieux
Tarzile.com
La Popoteuse
Banlieusardises
Prétextes.ca

Gardening
Jardinage


Balcony Gardener
The Kitchen Magpie
Greens & Berries
Gardening with Latitude
Bloomingwriter

Group Weblog
Blogue collectif


Apartment613
Life As A Human
Fashionable People, Questionable Things
Kids In the Capital
the Commons

Health & Wellness (includes physical and mental health and disabilities)
Santé et bien-être (incluant santé physique, mentale et handicaps)


La vie avec mon père
Fickle Feline
Rolling Around in My Head
Graceful Agony
Facing Autism in New Brunswick

Humour
Humour


@sween on Twitter
Sometimes Icing
Embrace the Chaos
Postcards from the Mothership
Readily A Parent

LGBTQ
GLBTQ


We Move to Canada
Screw Bronze!
Dead Robot
Gender Focus
Sticky Crows

Life
Mode de vie


XUP
Spin Me I Pulsate
Coffee with Julie
Cheaty Monkey
sweet | salty

Lifetime Achievement (for weblogs created before January 1, 2005)
Prix d'excellence pour l'ensemble de son œuvre (blogues créés avant le 1er janvier 2005)


Wish Jar
JordonCooper.com
Sudobeer
A Peek Inside the Fishbowl
Raymi the Minx

Media & Journalism
Médias et journalisme


Pushed to the Left and Loving It
MadameHeringer.com
Fagstein
Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs
Canadian Animation Resources

Microblog (Twitter, Tumblr, Identi.ca, Jaiku, Posterous, etc.)
Microblogue (Twitter, Tumblr, Identi.ca, Jaiku, Posterous, etc.)


@sween (Twitter)
@mathewi (Twitter)
Cook Clean (Tumblr)
@simonaioffe (Twitter)

Military
Armée


Celebrating Phil Tripe
Cops and Donuts
A Military Wife's Mayhem

Music
Musique


FYIMusic.ca
I Was Young When I Left Home
The Incubator
i(heart)music
Viper Pilot

People's Choice (open to public vote from December 1-31, 2010)
Prix du public (ouvert au public du 1er au 31 décembre 2010)


Raymi the Minx
Alice in Paris Loves Art and Tea
Her Bad Mother
Peek Thru Our Window...
Quintessential Ramblings of the St. Godard Brood Keeper

Placeblog (contains local political/social/arts/community articles about a place)
Placeblogue (contenant des articles sur la politique/vie sociale/arts/communauté dans une localité)


Apartment613
Hello Ottawa
Kitsilano.ca
WestSideAction
Greater Ottawa

Podcast & Vlog
Podcast et vlog


Le Patrouilleur du Net
Sound On Sight
Eat Your Kimchi
White Coat, Black Art
The 49th Parallel

Political
Politique


Stephen Taylor
Eye On a Crazy Planet
Christine Scott Cheng
Stageleft
We Move to Canada

Pop Culture & Entertainment
Pop culture et spectacles


Sound On Sight
FYIMusic.ca
Fashionable People, Questionable Things
Sogni e Sorrisi
The Ampersand

Religion, Spirituality, & Philosophy
Religion, spiritualité et philosophie


Sunny Side Up Weekly
Whatever He Says
Expressive Art
JordonCooper.com
Full Contact Enlightenment

Science, Technology, & the Internet
Science, technologie et Internet


Erica Glasier: Oversocialized!
Le blogue de Valérie Borde
Pars3c
Spydergrrl on the Web
iPhone In Canada

Sports, Fitness, & Recreation
Sports, condition physique et loisirs


Coups de coeur pour le Québec
Aqufit Blog
HabsAddict.com
Obesity Panacea
Living Healthy in the Real World

Travel
Voyage


Gourmet Fury
What it's like to have kids, and raise them abroad
Coffee with Julie
Taxi-brousse
Have Baby Will Travel

Writing & Literature
Écriture et littérature


THE Blog
Fortrel.net
threequartersleeve
PhotoDiction
Francine Minville – auteure

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Voting Has Ended For The People's Choice Category Of The 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards

   ·   Monday, November 29, 2010   ·   2 comments
The polls have officially closed and voting has ended for the People's Choice category of the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards.

I am busy tabulating the jurors' scores for the 458 weblogs nominated across all 37 categories, and I will announce the five finalists that will move into the final round in each category on December 1st. See you then!

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Vote For The Top Five Finalists In The People's Choice Category Of The 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards – POLLS ARE NOW CLOSED

   ·   Sunday, November 21, 2010   ·   7 comments
2010 Canadian Weblog Awards Nominee 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards NomineeThere are 37 categories in the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards, and 36 of those categories are judged by an impartial jury using our set of 10 criteria, but one category is reserved for the popular vote: the People Choice category.

The weblogs nominated in the People's Choice category that range the spectrum weblogs in the Canadian Weblog Awards, and it is up to you to help decide which weblogs are truly the people's top five favourites to compete for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the second round of voting during the last week of December.

Please use all five of the following polls to vote between November 21 and November 28, 2010. You can only vote once in each poll during the coming week, and all voters, whether they are Canadian citizens are not, are welcome to participate. The five finalists with the most votes will be announced on December 1st.

UPDATE: The reason there are five separate voting polls is that the best site I could find to run the polls only allowed one vote per poll, which meant that each voter would only have been able to vote for one weblog if all the nominees were in the same poll. I chose to split the weblogs into 5 separate polls in order to provide people with at least the opportunity to vote for more than one weblog. I understand that being able to rank your favourites in one poll would have been optimal, and that is something I will work on for next year's awards.

Poll #1 of 5: Pick ONE of the following as one of your top five favourite weblogs in the People's Choice category of the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards:
Alice in Paris Loves Art and Tea - www.aliceinparislovesartandtea.blogspot.com
Darrell Larose's Blog - DarrellLarose.wordpress.com
Squawkfox - www.squawkfox.com
Mommy Moment - www.mommymoment.ca
Swatchless - www.swatchless.com
Just Call Me Dad - www.justcallmedad.com
Her Bad Mother - www.herbadmother.com
The Little Chef - thelittlechef.wordpress.com
Mamamiiia! - www.mamamiiia.com
  
pollcode.com free polls

Poll #2 of 5: Pick ONE of the following as one of your top five favourite weblogs in the People's Choice category of the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards:
365 Fashion Rehab - www.365fashionrehab.com
La vie avec mon pere - martyne.com
Mauvais Oeil - www.mauvaisoeil.com
The Girl In the Pink Wedding Dress - www.thegirlinthepinkweddingdress.com
Peek Thru Our Window... - peekthruourwindow.blogspot.com
Typical Ramblings, Atypical Nonsense - typical-ramblings.blogspot.com
Quintessential Ramblings of the St. Godard Brood Keeper - stgodard.blogspot.com
Keeping Up With the Poelmans - chelsandjonpoelman.blogspot.com
  
pollcode.com free polls

Poll #3 of 5: Pick ONE of the following as one of your top five favourite weblogs in the People's Choice category of the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards:
How to Survive Life in the Suburbs - howtosurvivelifeinthesuburbs.blogspot.com
Hummingbird604.com - hummingbird604.com
Dinners and Dimes - dinnersanddimes.blogspot.com
Pretextes.ca - pretextes.ca
Raymi the Minx - raymitheminx.com
I Was Young When I Left Home - iwasyoungwhenilefthome.wordpress.com
Absurd Intellectual - www.absurdintellectual.com
Songs and Cigarettes - songsandcigarettes.blogspot.com
A Blog Named Soo - www.ablognamedsoo.com
  
pollcode.com free polls

Poll #4 of 5: Pick ONE of the following as one of your top five favourite weblogs in the People's Choice category of the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards:
Gourmet Fury - www.GourmetFury.com
En Route pour la Coupe! - www.enroutepourlacoupe.com
Danny Brown - dannybrown.me
XOXO Jes... - www.xoxojes.com
Dawg's Blawg - drdawgsblawg.blogspot.com
Dinner with Julie - www.dinnerwithjulie.com
Baylis - danielbaylis.ca
  
pollcode.com free polls

Poll #5 of 5: Pick ONE of the following as one of your top five favourite weblogs in the People's Choice category of the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards:
Filthy E-mails (NSFW) - filthyemails.org
Feed Your Console - feedyourconsole.com
Lainey Gossip - www.laineygossip.com
Stageleft - stageleft.blogspot.com
Eject - www.kellyoxford.tumblr.com
Save Money In Winnipeg - savemoneyinwinnipeg.blog.ca
  
pollcode.com free polls

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Let the Judging Begin!

   ·   Sunday, November 07, 2010   ·   7 comments
2010 Canadian Weblog AwardsOoph.

That's how I feel at the moment. It is now the wee hours of the morning, and I have just finished distributing 457 weblog nominations over 50 jurors and compiling the accompanying information packet for the first of two rounds of judging in the inaugural year of the Canadian Weblog Awards. My eyes look like swollen cherry tomatoes. My left wrist is threatening mutiny.

And I feel divine.

I am so proud of the Canadian blogging community, and I want to share with you the brief letter of thanks I sent to our esteemed panel of jurors:
First, I have to start off with a huge heaping thank you to all of you for volunteering your time and talents to be jury members in this inaugural 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards.

I was lying in bed on my birthday late last December, thinking about how I had been blogging for nearly seven years and had attended and spoken at blogging conferences in the United States, and I realized that I was more familiar with American weblogs than I was with those by my fellow Canadians. I wanted to find a way for Canadian bloggers not only to find each other on the internet but also to celebrate each other and show off the height of our talents. What better way to find the best among us than by public nominations and a juried competition, a year-long celebration of Canada’s highest quality weblogs in both design and content?

And then, like the crazy person that I am, I drew up an awards timeline, a set of criteria, a FAQ, 37 categories, and buttons and badges and an entire website to cement the whole shebang.

Needless to say, I am passionate not only about blogging but blogging done well, and I am SO VERY EXCITED to see this first year of the awards moving into the first stage of judging. If I could, meaning if these awards didn’t have a sum total budget of zero dollars, I would invite you all to a big This Will Be The Most Excellent Weblog Awards Season Ever dinner with seven courses and acrobatic entertainment. As it stands, though, I cannot, so you will have to settle for my extreme gratitude. Without all of you, these awards could not happen. You make this all possible, and I am honoured that you are here to support this vision.

Thank you.

And that gratitude extends to you, too: to all of you who read and/or write Canadian weblogs, to all of you who nominated weblogs over the course of the year, and to all of you who have offered your time and expertise to the awards.

Thank you.

And now it is time for me to drag myself to bed. I wish the 2010 Canadian Weblog Award jurors all the best in the coming two weeks as they read, look, and examine Canada's finest.

Goodnight! And happy blogging!

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I'm Wrangling Lists of Weblogs and Jurors and Checking Them Twice

   ·   Monday, November 01, 2010   ·   3 comments
As I mentioned in my previous update, I have been wrapped up as a speaker at the BlissDom Canada conference in Toronto and am now visiting with my in-laws in Niagara-on-the-Lake, so I have been away from my home base in Regina, Saskatchewan for almost a week. This has put me slightly off schedule as far as wrangling the last of the nominations and contacting our panel of judges, but be not concerned! We will be back up and running on schedule within a couple of days.

my Content Ninja co-panelists at BlissDom Canada

If you have nominated a weblog or if your weblog has been nominated, and it is not yet showing up on the website, please know that I am still entering the last of the nominations, which just closed last night at midnight. Never fear! You have not been forgotten.

If you applied to be a volunteer juror and have not yet heard from me, you are not alone. None of the other volunteer jurors have heard from me, either. Again, though, never fear! You will have a list of weblogs to pile through in your inbox before too long.

And now it is incumbent upon me to join my in-laws downstairs for a feast of rosemary pork tenderloin and roasted vegetables – my life is terribly difficult, you see – so I will resurface in a couple of days with either good news or a delightful workload, where appropriate.

Later!

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