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From the official Lulu website: "The Lulu Blooker Prize is the world's first literary prize devoted to "blooks"-books based on blogs or other websites, including webcomics."

Judges Paul Jones, Arianna Huffington, Julie Powell, Rohit Gupta, and Nick Cohen were faced this year with 110 entries from 15 countries. The following is a list of the winning titles based on genre:

Overall Winner and Non-Fiction Winner: My War: Killing Time In Iraq by Colby Buzzell

Fiction Winner: The Doorbells of Florence by Andrew Losowsky

Comics Winner: Mom's Cancer by Brian Fies

Learn more about each title and author at the related Lulu Blooker Blog entry.

Still don't know what the heck a 'blook' is? Click here to learn more.

For those of you out there always looking for the next fabulous blogging gig, we do our best to bring you the most interesting opportunities we can find. Read on:

Getting married? Feel like adding blogging to the list of to-do's before your upcoming I-do's? Gay or straight, WeddingChickie is seeking a wedding blogger to chronicle her plans and experiences A to Z as she preps for that walk down the aisle. More info here.

Gay NYC website seeks club blogger to cover local parties and events. Details here.

A Boston based parenting site seeks Mommy and Daddy bloggers to wax eloquent on the trials and tribulations of parenthood. Click here to learn more.

18-24 female focused lifestyle site seeks online blogger - must send top ten iPod songs to be considered. Check out the listing here.

New York based all-natural, sustainability minded foodie blogger sought for penning locally focused pieces. More info here.