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Friday, January 19, 2007

Welcome to the 2007 Share The Love Blog Awards

When I began blogging I just wanted a way to convince myself to make a record of the day-to-day doings of my sweet family. I wanted a venue for self-expression, and a place to sort out the patterns and happenings of a very average life, to find some more meaning behind the humdrum.

What I found was so much more. I found a community of amazing women who are living and sharing their own beautiful lives. I found that I was fascinated by their worlds, and by how those worlds connected to my own. I found a forum for discussion, even debate sometimes. I discovered that blogging allows one woman’s world to become larger and to reach further than ever before.

So, in the spirit of glorifying a simple, average life, and letting it shine out a little farther than it has before, I would like to announce the second annual One Woman’s World Share the Love Blog Awards!

Since February is the month of love, it seems like a good time to encourage the sharing of the blog love, and the recognition of greatness even in our small circle of less-well-known blogs.

I’ve followed some of the larger blog competitions out there, and I’ve felt sorry that some amazing women bloggers go unrecognized because their readership hasn’t grown large enough. It stands to reason that if a small blog with a small–but amazing– readership hosts awards, that some of the "little lights" out there will get a chance to shine.

Enough of the WHY, and on to the HOW!

We are low-tech here at One Woman’s World, and so we are trying to keep things simple.

There are only five requirements to nominate a blog:

1. The person nominating must be a female blogger.
2. The person nominated for the award must also be a woman. (And she must not be me.)
3. In order to make sure that we share the love with the most people possible, winners of last year's awards are not eligible for nomination. Last year's finalists and runners-up are eligible for all categories.
*4. To nominate a blog, please fill out the following questionnaire and submit it in exactly the format given below.
**5. Please do not nominate blogs that contain pornographic visual or written content.

*I found last year that I have no time to spend emailing you to get vital missing information. If you leave out the information, I will not count your nomination.

**As I do not want to be personally responsible for censoring the internet and ensuring that every blog nominated contains material that will not offend anyone, I am not stating that blogs to be nominated must contain 100% G-rated material. Therefore, some of the blogs nominated may not conform to everyone’s reading preferences. This blog competition is designed to encourage the widening of our reading world, and the fostering of community among women bloggers. If you are offended or bothered by the content of the site of one of our nominees, I’d encourage you to pass by the site, not vote for them, and move on. We’re not here to cause any scandals or offense. The competition is about sharing the love, and honoring excellence.

Nomination Form

Your name, Your blog name, Your blog URL

Categories:

1. Best Humor / blog name / blog URL
2. Happiest Blog / blog name / blog URL
3. Best Writing / blog name / blog URL
4. Best Site Design / blog name / blog URL
5. Most Inspiring / blog name / blog URL
6. Blogger You'd Most Like To Meet / blog name / blog URL
7. Most Thought-Provoking / blog name / blog URL
8. Woman Power! -- Best Representative of Women / blog name / blog URL
9. Best Commenter / blog name / blog URL
10. Blog You'll Never Stop Reading / blog name / blog URL

Nominations: Jan 25-Jan 31
*will be accepted from Thursday, January 25th, 2006 by email at onewomansworld(at)gmail.com until midnight on Wednesday, January 31st.

*All nominees will be given the option to post a banner on their sites indicating their nomination.



Voting Stage 1: Feb 1-Feb 6
*We will have one week of voting on these nominees to determine five finalists in each category. *Voting will be handled through voting software. Voting will close at midnight on Feb 6th.

*You may only vote once in each category.
*You are encouraged to vote in every category.
*Voting will be closed at midnight on February 6, 2006

Voting Stage 2:
*Finalists will be announced on the morning of February 7, 2006.
*Final voting will then go from the 7th until midnight on the 13th.
*Winners and runners up will be announced on February 14, 2006.

Awards:
*Nominees, Finalists, Winners, and Runners-up will all receive banners which they can post on their sites if they so desire.
*Winners will be decided based upon straight voting. I love you all, and don’t want any personal responsibility for making such a tough decision. (Although I reserve the right to vote once in each category.)
*In order to spread the love around, winners may only win in one category. If they win in several categories, they will be asked which award they would most like to win, and the second runner-up will then win in that category.

Happy nominating!

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