Each week, we post a round-up of what happened on the local blogosphere, hoping to educate readers about their online community. This week, however, we’re changing things up a bit.
Starting today, and running until next Saturday, we’ll be accepting nominations for the very first Sparkle City Blogger Awards. These awards are for outstanding blogging in the Spartanburg area, and are in a number of categories. Once we have nominations, I’ll put up a poll so that we can all vote on the best of the local blogs.
To qualify, the blog must be based in the Spartanburg area. For reference on local blogs, please refer to the Sparkle City Blogs website. For obvious reasons, SpartanburgSpark.com and SparkleCityBlogs.com are not eligible for nomination. Please post your nominations by copying the text below, pasting it into the comments field, and filling it out there. You may nominate your own blog.
Categories
1. Most insightful blog:
2. Funniest blog:
3. Best political blog:
4. Most articulate blogger:
5. Best “Mommyblog” (parenting or family specific blog):
6. Blog most in need of an update:
7. Most pop-culture savvy blog:
8. Best visual/photo blog:
9. Best designed blog/website:
10. Blog most in need of a redesign:
Once we have nominations, I’ll put up a poll with the nominees’ sites. We’ll take another week for people to vote. Then, a few weeks from now, we’ll have winners. The winners will get a digital certificate from the Spark/Sparkle City Blogs, as well as bragging rights.
Steve Shanafelt
Just for the record, as the organizer of Sparkle City Blogs, I’m staying neutral on the nominations.
I’ll nominate a few
Most Insightful blog-Kudzu Telegraph
Funniest blog-Myles Will Save Us All
Best Political Blog-Seeding Spartanburg
Most Articulate Blogger-Hub City Historian
Best Photo/Visual Blog-Spartan_Chang (his photo posts are priceless)
that’s all I’ve got for now.
.. Thanks for the nomination Chris*
I have a few I’d like to add too:
Most insightful blog: Sarah Witt
Funniest blog: Myles Will Save Us All
Best political blog: Some Carolinian
Best “Mommyblog†Sylvie is a blogger
Best designed: Slobot About Town
.. the rest I still have to decide on, but it’s a good start I guess.
4P Photo AND Spartan-Chang- (tie)Best visual ( I can’t decide!!)
Myles will save us all: (Funniest Hands down! Where does he find those pictures!!)
The Pit Stop: Best Mommyblog (cute cute kid pictures!! and I’d feel weird nominating myself)
Reeva Dubois: Best Pop Culture (I liked the photo she used for her title.)
All for now. This is really really hard.
Another vote for Myles as funniest.
Most Articulate/Most Insightful: Flying Oskar
Best Visual/BESTEST OF ALL: Slobot About Town
Blog Most in Need of a Redesign: Me (Long Purple Bike) Help, anyone??
Most insightful blog: Long Purple Bike
Most Articulate/best political blog: Flying Oskar
Best Visual/ Best of all: Slobot about Town
Funniest Blog: hands down Myles will save us all
Blog most in need of an update: Punk with a Palate
Most insightful blog: Spartan Chang
Most Articulate/best political blog: The Plastic Breech of Contracted Blues
Best Visual/ Best of all: Myles Will Save Us All
Funniest Blog: It’s a tie between; The Plastic Breech of Contracted Blues and Myles Will Save Us All
Blog most in need of an update: Yours.
That’s right I voted for myself. I can do that. Who do you think McCain is voting for?
Best political blog hands down: Seeding Spartanburg