The Weblog Awards

Tenth Annual Weblog Awards: The 2010 Bloggies

Ten years ago, bloggers were joining webrings, ranting about the A-list blogs, and journaling about little girls on bikes. The Bloggies were born then and have been grown ever since, becoming the Web's most established blog awards ceremony. This is the 2010 Weblog Awards, where the Web will award the first Bloggies of the new decade.

What You Need to Know

How It Works

Friday, January 1
12:00 AM EST (GMT-5)
Nominations open.
Tuesday, January 12
10:00 PM EST
Nominations close.
Wednesday, January 13
200 randomly selected voters receive an invitation to choose the finalists from a list of the most-nominated weblogs in ten random categories.
Monday, January 18
10:00 PM EST
Finalist voting closes. The five (or six for Weblog of the Year) weblogs with the most votes become finalists. I will solve any ties for fifth place.
Thursday, January 21
Finalists are announced and voting reopens to all to choose the winners.
Sunday, January 31
10:00 PM EST
Voting closes.
February / March
Winners are announced.

Where It Will Happen

The winners will be announced on Sunday, February 28 from 8:00-10:30 PM EST (GMT-5) on the Bloggies Twitter feed. One winner will be announced approximately every five minutes, culminating with the Weblog of the Year at 10:30, at which point the winners will be posted to the site. Follow the feed to keep up to date on the Bloggies!

What the Winners Get

As is tradition with the Weblog Awards, the Weblog of the Year will receive 2,010 US cents (US$20.10).

South by Southwest Interactive offers Bloggie finalists a special discount to attend the festival. The cost of Interactive registration for Bloggie finalists is $395.

What's Changed With the Categories

The categories seem to be finding their place, for not much is changing this year. Only one category is being removed due to lack of nominations:

In exchange, the following category returns as a topical category:

The votes have been tabulated. Check out our 2010 winners!

Best Web Application for Weblogs

Hall of Fame: Movable Type and Blogger have won this category three or more times.

Winner

Thumbnail of WordPress WordPress

Nominees

Best Australian or New Zealand Weblog

Hall of Fame: Loobylu has won this category three or more times.

Winner

Thumbnail of Not Drowning, Mothering Not Drowning, Mothering

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Best Asian Weblog

Weblogs from Asia, including the Middle East.

Hall of Fame: Weblog Wannabe has won this category three or more times.

Winner

Thumbnail of IEatIShootIPost IEatIShootIPost

Nominees

Best African Weblog

Winner

Thumbnail of So Close So Close

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Best European Weblog

Hall of Fame: PlasticBag.org and My Boyfriend Is a Twat have won this category three or more times.

Winner

Thumbnail of Chocolate & Zucchini Chocolate & Zucchini

Nominees

Best Latin American Weblog

Winner

Thumbnail of 3Limes 3Limes

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Best Canadian Weblog

Hall of Fame: Photojunkie has won this category three or more times.

Winner

Thumbnail of Attack of the Redneck Mommy Attack of the Redneck Mommy

Nominees

Best Photography of a Weblog

Photoblogs and other weblogs with a focus on presenting photography.

Winner

Thumbnail of Smitten Kitchen Smitten Kitchen

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Best Art, Craft, or Design Weblog

Winner

Thumbnail of Etsy: The Storque Etsy: The Storque

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Best Gossip Weblog

Winner

Thumbnail of TMZ TMZ

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Best Entertainment Weblog

Weblogs about movies, television, and/or theater.

Winner

Thumbnail of Kid in the Front Row Kid in the Front Row

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Best Computer or Technology Weblog

Hall of Fame: Slashdot has won this category three or more times.

Winner

Thumbnail of Wired Wired

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Best GLBT Weblog

Weblogs about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender interests.

Winner

Thumbnail of Lesbian Dad Lesbian Dad

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Best Topical Weblog

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.

Winner

Thumbnail of PostSecret PostSecret

Nominees

Best Teen Weblog

Weblogs written by those 19 and under.

Winner

Thumbnail of 17 and Baking 17 and Baking

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Best Writing of a Weblog

Winner

Thumbnail of The Pioneer Woman The Pioneer Woman

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Best Group Weblog

Weblogs written by an exclusive group.

Hall of Fame: Boing Boing has won this category three or more times.

Winner

Thumbnail of The Huffington Post The Huffington Post

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Best Community Weblog

Weblogs where everyone is invited to post.

Hall of Fame: MetaFilter and PostSecret have won this category three or more times.

Winner

Thumbnail of I Can Has Cheezburger? I Can Has Cheezburger?

Nominees

Best-Designed Weblog

Hall of Fame: Loobylu has won this category three or more times.

Winner

Thumbnail of The Pioneer Woman The Pioneer Woman

Nominees

Best-Kept Secret Weblog

The best underrepresented weblogs.

Winner

Thumbnail of But You're Like Really Pretty But You're Like Really Pretty

Nominees

Best New Weblog

Weblogs that began during the year 2009.

Winner

Thumbnail of Aiming Low Aiming Low

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Lifetime Achievement

Webloggers who have been blogging since at least January 1, 2005.

This award may only be won once, so Jeffrey Zeldman, Evan Williams, Jason Kottke, Heather Powazek Champ, Tom Coates, Boing Boing, Slashdot, Heather B. Armstrong, and Fark.com are not eligible.

Winner

Thumbnail of PostSecret PostSecret

Nominees

Weblog of the Year

The category for the best weblog overall.

Winner

Thumbnail of The Pioneer Woman The Pioneer Woman

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