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Blog your way to a university scholarship
Imagine receiving $10,000 to help pay your way through college just for blogging!
Well, thanks to The Blogging Scholarship, it's possible.
The scholarship, now searching for the fourth consecutive winner of it's yearly award, is sponsored by CollegeScholarships.org and requires entrants to be United States citizens who are currently attending full-time university or college and are willing to be publicized in name and blog title/link on the contest details page.
Blogs are not required to have been active for any length of time...anyone who qualifies can start a blog and submit it for consideration but the judges do request that "Your blog must contain unique and interesting information about you and/or things you are passionate about."
The blog submission deadline is October 6, 2007 with the 10 finalists announced and public voting starting on the 9th.
The winning blogger will be annouced October 28, 2007 and will receive no less than $10,000 toward their education.
More details and the blog submission form can be found here.
Students, get blogging...
Well, thanks to The Blogging Scholarship, it's possible.
The scholarship, now searching for the fourth consecutive winner of it's yearly award, is sponsored by CollegeScholarships.org and requires entrants to be United States citizens who are currently attending full-time university or college and are willing to be publicized in name and blog title/link on the contest details page.
Blogs are not required to have been active for any length of time...anyone who qualifies can start a blog and submit it for consideration but the judges do request that "Your blog must contain unique and interesting information about you and/or things you are passionate about."
The blog submission deadline is October 6, 2007 with the 10 finalists announced and public voting starting on the 9th.
The winning blogger will be annouced October 28, 2007 and will receive no less than $10,000 toward their education.
More details and the blog submission form can be found here.
Students, get blogging...
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Lulu Blooker 2007 winners announced
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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
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.
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.
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And the winners are...
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The 2007 Bloggies winners have been announced - you can find the list of best-ofs here.
And stay tuned as we plan our own little awards to bestow on the unsuspecting Blogosphere...
And stay tuned as we plan our own little awards to bestow on the unsuspecting Blogosphere...
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Nikolai Nolan: Bloggie Awards Founder
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The Annual Weblog Awards, or Bloggies as they are more commonly known, are set to be announced this coming Monday, March 12th. With the growing success of The Bloggies, now in their seventh year, we decided to get in touch with the man who made it all happen, Nikolai Nolan, and find out a little about why he initiated the project and has nurtured it into one of the premier awards in the blogosphere:
BPedia: When and why did you start The Bloggies?
NN: Around 2000 there was discussion going around weblogs about whether the "A-List" blogs deserved to be so popular when there are lesser known blogs that are just as good. So I wanted to see which blogs the public would choose as the best, and it resulted in both well-known winners and
less popular winners.
BPedia: Did you expect it would be such an important aspect of the blogosphere?
NN: I wanted it to, but I didn't expect it to grow so large.
BPedia: How much time do you invest in each year's contest?
NN: Hmmm, a lot? I dunno an estimate since I do things off and on for the Bloggies from
December through March.
BPedia: Why do you believe The Bloggies offers a valid view of which blogs are the most popular?
NN: I think the multi-step process is a way to filter all the nominees with as little bias as possible.
BPedia: How are blogs nominated?
NN: The Weblog Awards site has a form on it in the first half of January for people's nominations. Then a random selection of nominators choose finalists from the most-nominated blogs.
BPedia: Which blog(s) over the course of the previous years have received the most awards? (For example, Postsecret won just about every category it was nominated to last year. Have there been other 'landslides'?)
NN: Wil Wheaton Dot Net won six Bloggies in 2002.
BPedia: When do you think the word 'blog' and related terms will be recognized by spellcheck as a viable term?
NN: I think it'll take a while.
We're so inspired by Nikolai's project that we've decided to host our own blog awards here at Bloggapedia (blogs must be listed in the directory to be nomiated!) so check back for more info as we develop the project.
In the meantime be sure to check out the official Bloggies website, where this year's winners will be revealed in just a few days!
BPedia: When and why did you start The Bloggies?
NN: Around 2000 there was discussion going around weblogs about whether the "A-List" blogs deserved to be so popular when there are lesser known blogs that are just as good. So I wanted to see which blogs the public would choose as the best, and it resulted in both well-known winners and
less popular winners.
BPedia: Did you expect it would be such an important aspect of the blogosphere?
NN: I wanted it to, but I didn't expect it to grow so large.
BPedia: How much time do you invest in each year's contest?
NN: Hmmm, a lot? I dunno an estimate since I do things off and on for the Bloggies from
December through March.
BPedia: Why do you believe The Bloggies offers a valid view of which blogs are the most popular?
NN: I think the multi-step process is a way to filter all the nominees with as little bias as possible.
BPedia: How are blogs nominated?
NN: The Weblog Awards site has a form on it in the first half of January for people's nominations. Then a random selection of nominators choose finalists from the most-nominated blogs.
BPedia: Which blog(s) over the course of the previous years have received the most awards? (For example, Postsecret won just about every category it was nominated to last year. Have there been other 'landslides'?)
NN: Wil Wheaton Dot Net won six Bloggies in 2002.
BPedia: When do you think the word 'blog' and related terms will be recognized by spellcheck as a viable term?
NN: I think it'll take a while.
We're so inspired by Nikolai's project that we've decided to host our own blog awards here at Bloggapedia (blogs must be listed in the directory to be nomiated!) so check back for more info as we develop the project.
In the meantime be sure to check out the official Bloggies website, where this year's winners will be revealed in just a few days!
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Cast your vote now for the 2006 Weblog Awards!
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Cast your vote for your favorite blogs in 45 categories at The 2006 Weblog Awards.
From the site: "...the world's largest blog competition, with over 1 million votes cast in the last three years for nearly 1,000 blogs. This year's edition is the biggest ever with 45 categories to choose from. Nominations ended November 24, and voting began December 7 and will end December 15."
The Weblog Awards have been bestowed on the best of the best in blogging since 2003.
This year's categories include:
From the site: "...the world's largest blog competition, with over 1 million votes cast in the last three years for nearly 1,000 blogs. This year's edition is the biggest ever with 45 categories to choose from. Nominations ended November 24, and voting began December 7 and will end December 15."
The Weblog Awards have been bestowed on the best of the best in blogging since 2003.
This year's categories include:
Best Blog
Best New Blog
Best Individual Blog
Best Humor Blog
Best Comic Strip
Best Online Community
Best Liberal Blog
Best Conservative Blog
Best Centrist Blog
as well as blogs in categories such as Arts and Letters, International, Topic Area, etc.
Check out the site, visit their forum to discuss your favorite blogs, and cast your vote!
Best New Blog
Best Individual Blog
Best Humor Blog
Best Comic Strip
Best Online Community
Best Liberal Blog
Best Conservative Blog
Best Centrist Blog
as well as blogs in categories such as Arts and Letters, International, Topic Area, etc.
Check out the site, visit their forum to discuss your favorite blogs, and cast your vote!
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Blookify Your Blog for Submision to the LuLu Blooker Awards!
From the official LuLu announcement email:
"The 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize is open and accepting entries!
The big change for this year is that the prize for the Overall Winner has been increased to US $10,000. Additionally, the remaining two category winners will now receive US $2,500 each!
Another exciting change this year is a larger international panel of judges:
.Paul Jones, director of ibiblio.org, returns to the Blooker, and this time as Chair of the Judges.
.Arianna Huffington--author, nationally syndicated columnist, and editor of the HuffingtonPost.com.
.Julie Powell--author of Julie & Julia, Overall Winner of the 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize.
.Rohit Gupta--Bombay-based blogger, journalist, author and "sidewalk philosopher."
.Nick Cohen--London-based author, blogger, and columnist for The Observer and The New Statesman.
The entry deadline for the 2007 Blooker is Monday, January 15, 2007--so you have plenty of time to submit your blook, or to "blookify" your blog or website if you haven't done so.
To enter, visit www.lulublookerprize.com and fill out the online entry form. Send a printed copy of the form and one copy of your blook to:
Lulu Blooker Prize
860 Aviation Parkway
Suite 300
Morrisville, NC 27560"
Any one of our illustrious bloggers planning on submitting? Let us know about it!
"The 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize is open and accepting entries!
The big change for this year is that the prize for the Overall Winner has been increased to US $10,000. Additionally, the remaining two category winners will now receive US $2,500 each!
Another exciting change this year is a larger international panel of judges:
.Paul Jones, director of ibiblio.org, returns to the Blooker, and this time as Chair of the Judges.
.Arianna Huffington--author, nationally syndicated columnist, and editor of the HuffingtonPost.com.
.Julie Powell--author of Julie & Julia, Overall Winner of the 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize.
.Rohit Gupta--Bombay-based blogger, journalist, author and "sidewalk philosopher."
.Nick Cohen--London-based author, blogger, and columnist for The Observer and The New Statesman.
The entry deadline for the 2007 Blooker is Monday, January 15, 2007--so you have plenty of time to submit your blook, or to "blookify" your blog or website if you haven't done so.
To enter, visit www.lulublookerprize.com and fill out the online entry form. Send a printed copy of the form and one copy of your blook to:
Lulu Blooker Prize
860 Aviation Parkway
Suite 300
Morrisville, NC 27560"
Any one of our illustrious bloggers planning on submitting? Let us know about it!
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