It’s been almost a year since the inaugural Australian Blog Awards were held, and based on last years experience, I’m starting the nominations phase earlier this time.
So, I’m pleased to announce that nominations for the 2005 Australian Blog Awards are open.
The categories this year are:
- Best Overall Australian Blog
- Best Post on an Australian Blog
Location Categories
For a blog to be eligable for one of the location based awards, the blog’s main contributor(s) must reside in that state, territory or be overseas. A blog cannot be nominated for more than one of these blogs. Blogs with contributions coming equaly from more than one location will have to nominate which category they wish to contest.
- Best NSW Blog
- Best Victorian Blog
- Best Tasmanian Blog
- Best Queensland Blog
- Best West Australian Blog
- Best South Australian Blog
- Best Northern Territory Blog
- Best Australian Capital Territory Blog
- Best Overseas Australian Blog
Style Categories
- Best Humourous Australian Blog
- Best Designed Australian Blog
- Best Australian Personal Blog
- Best Australian Political Blog
- Best Australian Photo Blog
- Best Australian Tech Blog
- Best New Australian Blog
- Best Australian Collaborative Blog
Nominations can be made by leaving a comment on this post, and they will accepted until the first week of January 2005 (exact date to be announced). Once the nominations have been compiled they’ll be announced, the voting phase will begin and votes will be accepted up until ABOUT the 25th of January 2005. Once again, the announced of the winners will be SCHEDULED to coincide with Australia Day i.e. 26th of January. However, ALL dates quoted are subject to change depending on work load… so don’t be surprised if there’s slippage in the schedule.
The voting system will once again be the much loved optional preferential voting system… but before you take the easy way out and take advantage of the “optional” aspect of the system, please keep in mind that preferences were vital in several categories last time.
Finally, I ask that when you’re making your nominations
- you provide the sites name
- you provide the sites address
- you limit your nominations to ONE per category (that way each nominations should get at least one vote)
As I don’t want to have to try to decipher the nominations. Also, if you notice that a site you considered nominating has already been nominated in a category, feel free to NOT nominate it again 🙂
Okay. Time to get nominating… and spread the word about the 2005 Australian Blog Awards, and spread it early.
[Update 15/12/04 23:25 – “Best Australian Collaborative Blog” category added]
[Update 16/12/04 23:55 – “Best Post on an Australian Blog” category added… suggested by Tim Dunlop of The Road To Surfdom fame. Also deleted to request that people not nominate sites already nominated, as doing so may have encouraged them to nominate another blog in its place, thereby potentially increasing the number of blogs that will not get a single first round vote 🙁 ]
[Update 01/01/2005 23:32 – Nominations will close on the 3rd of January. Lists of the nominations will be posted and the voting phase of the 2005 Australian Blog Awards will begin on the 4th of January, 2005, and remain open until the 25th of January. Winners will be announced on the 26th of January, 2005.]
[Update 03/01/2005 23:59 – Nominations are now closed!!!]
Related Links:
2004 Australian Blog Awards Nominations
2004 Australian Blog Awards Winners
Overall: John Quiggin
NSW: Virulent Memes
Vic: Virulent Memes
Qld: John Quiggin
Tas: Piss’n’Vinegar
WA: Spiceblog
NT: Troppo Armadillo
O/S: The Road to Surfdom
Humour: The Daily Flute
Design: Piss’n’Vinegar
Personal: Reasons You Will Hate Me
Political: I just can’t decide.
Photo: Boudist
Tech: Gadget Lounge
New:
You might like to check out Demochoice to avoid STV eccentrics quoting legislative texts at you.
I nominate BraveourBurbs http://braveourburbs.blogspot.com/ and Melbourne Lefty http://melbournelefty.blogspot.com/ for Best Victorian Blog
Oops Brave our Burbs for best Victorian and Melbourne Lefty for Best Political
• Best Overall Australian Blog
Barista
• Best NSW Blog
Darpism
• Best Victorian Blog
Boynton
• Best Tasmanian Blog
Dick Adams MP – ok, I have no bloody idea.
I need a cuppa after that.
• Best Queensland Blog
Pass, oh alright – that Quiggin bloke
• Best West Australian Blog
Kick & Scream
• Best South Australian Blog
Public Opinion
• Best Northern Territory Blog
Troppo Armadillo
• Best Australian Capital Territory Blog
Crazybrave
• Best Overseas Australian Blog
Soul Pacific – on leave.
• Best Humourous Australian Blog
Completely Biased
• Best Designed Australian Blog
Virulent Memes
• Best Australian Personal Blog
Suki has an opinion
• Best Australian Political Blog
Backpages
• Best Australian Photo Blog
Pass
• Best Australian Tech Blog
Anthony Hicks
• Best New Australian Blog
MelbourneLefty
Best Overall Australian Blog – Virulent Memes
Best NSW Blog – Waferbaby
Best Victorian Blog – Loobylu
Best West Australian Blog – Kick and Scream
Best Overseas Australian Blog – Antipixel
Best Humourous Australian Blog – Pussycat.
Best Designed Australian Blog – Waferbaby
Best Australian Political Blog Kick and Scream
In the Best Overall Australian blog category I’d like to nominate “Virulent Memes”. http://grudnuk.com/vm/
Best Australian Political Blog
Kick and Scream
http://www.robertcorr.net/blog/
Best WA Blog: Mellipop – http://mellipop.blogspot.com/
Best NSW blog: Gempires – http://gempires.blogspot.com/
I move that Evil Pundit (http://evilpundit.com/) be nominated for the title of humourous weblog of the year.
I move that no left wing blogs be considered. I further move that Grudnuk.com, Robert Corr and Darklemon not be considered for anything.
Hmm… any commentt with more than a few links seems to find its way into the moderation queue, which means mine didn’t appear on the page.
Watchdog, that’s the best endorsement I’ve ever received.
I nominate the wonderfully clever, superlative prose of Metal City – http://www.metalcity.org
Oh that was nominated for best overall blog.
I nominate the superlatively clever, wondrouslly marvelous (insert adjectives here) blog Jazzy Hands by Kathryn!
http://jazzyhands.blogspot.com
Best overall blog.
Best NSW blog? Hmmm – I nominate Aus Culture!
ausculture.com/blog
And for best Queensland Blog – I suggest The Rat Pack.
http://www.gravett.org/TRP
I am nominating Weezil from S’truth? STREWTH! http://weezil0.blogspot.com/
as the best new Australian blog as he is a ‘new’ Australian. If your meaning of new is different to my interpretation; I nominate him for best Australian political blog.
Troppo Armadillo for best political blog…
oh, and also best Qld blog. one of the regular bloggers at Troppo, Mark Bahnisch, lives in Brisvegas.
For best personal blog I nominate Waferbaby. The owner actually interacts with his audience so that big changes to the site / community are done with at least some support of his audience.
Can’t forget these…
What’s New Pussycat (Best Overseas Australian blog, best humourous)
Antipixel (Best Overseas Australian blog)
Darpism (say what you will, he’s a shit disturber – not sure about the categories – maybe best humourous)
Troppo Armadillo (best political – been said before, but once more for good measure)
A few for best new…(and I am sure I will add more in due course)
spiceblog http://spiceblog.blogspot.com/
dailyflute http://dailyflute.com/
the currency lad http://thecurrencylad.blogspot.com/
sailing close to the wind http://scttw.blogspot.com/
Posthumous nomination for BackPages as best political blog for keeping a lot of us sane(ish) during the election season and for the quality and sharpness of Chris’ writing.
http://backpagesblog.com/
Just to annoy Watchdog, I’l nominate myself (http://www.darklemon.com/) for best Victorian blog, Virulent Memes (http://www.grudnuk.com/vm/) for best NSW blog and Robert (http://www.robertcorr.net/blog/) for Best WA and Political blog. I futher move that no movements be made by Watchodg today therefore rendering him constipated.
And to keep the ball rolling
Personal
man of lettuce http://jafablog.typepad.com/man_of_lettuce/
barista http://dox.media2.org/barista
And a young pup and an old hand from SA
drama queen http://dramaqueen.mu.nu/
intemperate thoughts http://www.bundysrant.blogspot.com/ (I think he’s a south oz!)
Ahhhh sorry I just realised one per category.
Delete all my nominations.
I second the personal Barista.
Covering both meanings of the ambiguously titled Best New Australian Blog is Mr Flutey.
Best Overall Australian Blog Troppo Armadillo.
Best new blog – Hateful Checkout Chick. http://checkoutchicks.blogspot.com
Wherein several young retail workers fulminate amusingly against customers and the world in general. Great concept, great web design, v. funny.
Best overall Oz – Tim Blair
Best new Oz – House of Wheels
Apologies, forgot the addresses –
Best overall Oz – Tim Blair
Best new Oz – House of Wheels
Sedgy, that’d be http://troppoarmadillo.ubersportingpundit.com – you put in their old blogspot address
Best Overall Australian Blog – Tim Blair http://timblair.net/weblog.php
Best NSW Blog – Man Of Lettuce http://www.cablog.com.au/
Best Victorian Blog – After Grog Blog http://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/
Best Queensland Blog – Dissecting Leftism http://dissectleft.blogspot.com/
Best Western Australian Blog – Not The West http://notthewest.blogspot.com/
Best South Australian Blog – Meg Lees http://www.megsdesk.com/aboutmeg/personal.php
Best Australian Capital Territory Blog – Australian Libertarian Society http://www.libertarian.org.au/
Best Overseas Australian Blog – Simon World http://simonworld.mu.nu/
Best Humourous Australian Blog – Daily Grind http://thedailygrind.net/work/
Best Australian Political Blog – Catallaxy http://badanalysis.com/catallaxy/
Best Australian Tech Blog – Alan E. Brain http://aebrain.blogspot.com/
Best New Australian Blog – Dreadnought http://johnheard.blogspot.com/
All based on consistency.
Best Overall Australian Blog
Troppo Armadillo
http://troppoarmadillo.ubersportingpundit.com/
Best NSW Blog
Catallaxy
http://www.badanalysis.com/catallaxy/
Best Victorian Blog
Barista
http://dox.media2.org/barista/
Best Queensland Blog
John Quiggin
http://www.johnquiggin.com/
Best West Australian Blog
Robert Corr
http://www.robertcorr.net/blog/
Best Overseas Australian Blog
Road to Surfdom
http://www.roadtosurfdom.com/
Best Humourous Australian Blog
Reasons You Will Hate Me
http://reasonsyouwillhateme.blogspot.com/
Best Designed Australian Blog
Virulent Memes
http://grudnuk.com/vm/
Best Australian Personal Blog
She Sells Sanctuary
http://she-sells-sanctuary.blogspot.com/
Best Australian Political Blog
Back Pages
http://backpagesblog.com/
Best New Australian Blog
Artlife
http://artlife.blogspot.com/
hope it works this time…
Best Overall Australian Blog – Tim Blair
Best NSW Blog – Man Of Lettuce
Best Victorian Blog – After Grog Blog
Best Queensland Blog – Dissecting Leftism
Best Western Australian Blog – The Daily Slander
Best South Australian Blog – Meg’s Desk
Best Australian Capital Territory Blog – Australian Libertarian Society
Best Overseas Australian Blog – Simon World
Best Humourous Australian Blog – The Daily Grind
Best Australian Political Blog – Catallaxy
Best Australian Tech Blog – Alan E. Brain
Best New Australian Blog – Dreadnought
Best WA Blog: Spiceblog
Best NSW Blog: well someone already nominated Dan
Best VIC Blog: The one and only LoobyLoo
Best Overseas: Hmm, someone beat me to Jeremy as well.
So perhaps, best overseas can be Momo and her freaking out ways.
Personally, I believe only weblogs that actually contain real content should be in here, but each to their own 🙂
Yeah, but that’s where the really good stuff is!
:0)
Best Overall Australian Blog http://backpagesblog.com/ (Chris Sheil)
Best NSW Blog
Best Victorian Blog http://dox.media2.org/barista/ Barista (David Tiley
Best Tasmanian Blog http://willtypeforfood.blogspot.com/ Will Type For Food
Best Queensland Blog http://johnquiggin.com/ ( John Quiggin)
Best West Australian Blog http://scott.ubersportingpundit.com (Wickstein, Scott)
Best South Australian Blog in exile Daily Flute
Best Northern Territory Blog http://troppoarmadillo.ubersportingpundit.com/ – Parish, Ken (Troppoarmadillo)
Best Australian Capital Territory Blog http://blogorrhoea.blogspot.com/ – Rob Schaap
Best Overseas Australian Blog http://www.roadtosurfdom.com/ – Tim Dunlop
Best Humourous Australian Blog http://governor_general.blogspot.com/ (There Aint no Sanity Clause (GG))
Best Designed Australian Blog http://www.dbs.id.au/blog (Starkoff, David (Inchoate)
Best Australian Personal Blog Gianna (Sanctuary)
Best Australian Political Blog http://www.southerlybuster.blogspot.com/ – >Southerly Buster (Alan)
Best Australian Photo Blog http://boynton.ubersportingpundit.com (Boynton)
Best Australian Tech Blog http://anthonyjhicks.com/aussieblogs (A List of Ausie Blogs – Anthony Hicks)
Best New Australian Blog
http://johnboase.diary-x.com/ – John Boase
Alan: Thanks for the Demochoice link. Now I don’t have to finish the code that I started after last years awards. Thanks.
Robert: Restriction on the number of links per comment have temporarily been bumped up for the nomination phase. All nominations which were awaiting moderation have been approved.
Everyone Else: Play nice.
* Best Victorian Blog Barista
* Best Tasmanian Blog Big Bob
* Best West Australian Blog spiceblog
* Best South Australian Blog Saint
* Best Australian Capital Territory Blog Teej Mahal
* Best Overseas Australian Blog road to surfdom
* Best Humourous Australian Blog Ms Fits
* Best Designed Australian Blog quick little splinter
* Best Australian Personal Blog Beelzebublog
* Best Australian Political Blog kick and scream
* Best New Australian Blog Brave our Burbs
Best overall, back pages
I second all of Zoe’s nominations
Best Vic Blog – Jazzy Hands Journal, for Miss Kathryn’s rapier wit, keen observations, spirited humanity, and bouncy rack.
Best Overall Blog – Will Type For Food, for Tim’s facism, maniacal prose, and overall feel of ‘someone is driving, but they’re not at the wheel’.
Best Overseas Australian Blog – http://www.momofreaksout.com/
Best Humourous Australian Blog – http://culturestrain.blogspot.com
Best Australian Personal Blog – http://houseofdebaucheryandbeeyotching.blogspot.com/
Best New Australian Blog – http://inhibitorylinks.blogspot.com/
Scott Wickstein is from South Australia not Western Australia.
Okay, nominations… oh, wait. We can’t repeat noms. Okay…
VIC: The Supermercado Project (Adam Wossname)
WA: A Yobbo’s View (Sam Ward)
Humour: Probably posthumously, John Howard Blogs (Ruth Wossname)
Design: Synapse (Raena Armitage)
New ‘Blogger: When Crustaceans Attack (Nick Wossname) — in the process of moving here, because Blogspot sucks
Bloody ‘ell!
Best collab ‘blog, best SA ‘blog: Übersportingpundit. I just kinda assumed it’d be nominated, without actually, y’know, checking. C’arn, people!
Nominating http://www.karencheng.com.au for best designed blog and http://www.papertrap.net for best personal.
Ugh. I hate these things, way way too hard to decide (theres my lame excuse)
Best political blog: Tim Lambert’s Deltoid
Best Overall Blog: The Road To Surfdom
http://www.roadtosurfdom.com/
Best Overseas: The Road To Surfdom
Best Political Blog: Tim Lambert’s Deltoid
http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/