Best Web Application for Weblogs
Something that helps you publish, make comments, anything that has to do with developing a weblog.
Hall of Fame: Movable Type has won this category three or more times.
Honor. Prestige. Wealth. These are some of the things that a Bloggie won't bring you. But that won't stop the Web from voting, because this is the annual non-profit competition that determines which blogs are the best of the best. Get ready to find out who the 2008 Weblog Awards are going to.
These rules may change at any time, but they probably won't.
From January 1, 2008 until 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5) on Friday, January 11, anyone could nominate their favorite weblogs.
That Sunday, January 13, 200 randomly selected voters received an e-mail. It will list the weblogs that have received the most nominations in ten categories. They had until 10:00 PM EST on Friday, January 18 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 will become finalists. I (Nikolai Nolan) only voted for the panel in the case of a tie for fifth place. This panel was on an opt-in policy.
On Tuesday, January 22, the finalists were announced and voting is open again to choose the winners.
Voting closed at 10:00 PM EST on Thursday, January 31. The winners were announced on March 10.
The Weblog Awards ceremony was held at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, USA on Monday, March 10 at 1:00 PM at the Trade Show Day Stage. Webloggers including previous Bloggie™ winners presented certificates and prizes to those present.
Those who aren't attending may join the excitement on IRC, in #Bloggies on irc.freenode.net. 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 don't personally give a award to every winner, but the final four categories, including Weblog of the Year, received 2,008 US cents (US$20.08).
South by Southwest Interactive offered Bloggie finalists a special discount to attend the ceremony in March.
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:
Something that helps you publish, make comments, anything that has to do with developing a weblog.
Hall of Fame: Movable Type has won this category three or more times.
Hall of Fame: Loobylu has won this category three or more times.
Weblogs from Asia, including the Middle East.
Hall of Fame: Weblog Wannabe has won this category three or more times.
Hall of Fame: PlasticBag.org and My Boyfriend Is a Twat have won this category three or more times.
Hall of Fame: Photojunkie has won this category three or more times.
Weblogs from the United States.
Photoblogs and other weblogs that regularly feature photography.
Weblogs about movies, television, and/or theater.
Hall of Fame: Slashdot has won this category three or more times.
Weblogs with a definite topic other than the ones in the categories above.
Hall of Fame: Bookslut has won this category three or more times.
Webloggers in the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered community.
Hall of Fame: Little Yellow Different has won this category three or more times.
Weblogs written by those 19 and under.
Weblogs written by an exclusive group.
Hall of Fame: Boing Boing has won this category three or more times.
Weblogs where everyone is invited to post.
Hall of Fame: MetaFilter has won this category three or more times.
Hall of Fame: Loobylu has won this category three or more times.
The best underrepresented weblogs.
Weblogs that began during the year 2007.
Webloggers who have been blogging at least since January 1, 2003. This award may only be won once, so Jeffrey Zeldman, Evan Williams, Jason Kottke, Heather Powazek Champ, Tom Coates, Boing Boing, and Slashdot are not eligible.
This is it: the category for the best weblog overall.
