Montana Weblog Awards 2006 - Nominees

Today is the last day to submit nominations for this year's Montana Weblog Awards. We are allowed to submit three nominations in each category. Wulfgar! tells us:

However, 6 categories remain without the appropriate number of nominees.  Remember, for a weblog to be nominated it needs at least 3 people to nominate it.  For a Category to go forward, it needs at least 3 nominees to appear.

. . . you do not need to be a Montanan or even have a website to submit your nominations.  You simply must be a reader and aficionado of (some) Montana weblogs.  I ask again that you submit your entries as comments to this website [A Chicken Is Not Pillage] (any post will do, what I really need is the email that comes with the comment), or submit to the email wulfgar.pillages@gmail.com.

This has been a tough one. For one thing, there are so many new Montana blogs that I'm not familiar with, and did not have time to get acquainted before this deadline (though I've added a few to my Bloglines.) So most of my nominations are for blogs I have been reading for awhile -- including this one.  And yes, I have nominated my own blog, where I felt it would be competitive.

I didn't nominate in areas I don't know, and I didn't nominate for "Best Post" -- just too overwhelming. If anyone feels that one of  my own posts  is that good, hey -- go for it.  You have until the end of the day to nominate; then the voting begins.

Here are my nominations -- go give them a look, and Happy reading! Oh -- and don't forget to stop by and Introduce Yourself!

 

Political

Best left leaning blog:

• Left in The West
• NewWest.net
• Wulfgar!

Best right leaning blog:

• I don't read them, so I don't know.

Best independent or libertarian blog:

• City Lights
• Dave Budge .com

Best Political blog:

• Montana Netroots
• 4&20 blackbirds
• Left in The West

Blog that had the most impact on the 2006 elections:

• I really don't know, so no nomination.

   

Culture

Montana Blog that best represents popular culture:

• Better Living Through Blogging
• The Daily Cat Chase
• NewWest.net

Best Montana history blog:

• A History of Montana by Kodak
• Karbon Kounty Moos
• Prairie Mary

Most exemplifies Montana lifestyle:

• Karbon Kounty Moos
• Thoughts From the Middle of Nowhere
• Prairie Mary

 

Creativity

Most creative Montana blog:

• MOTTO
• Watermark
• Zen Life Among the Mountains

Best photographic Montana blog:

• Bitterroot and Bergamot
• Karbon Kounty Moos
• Watermark

Best written Montana blog:

• Prairie Mary
• American Buddhist Perspective
• Watermark

Most humorous Montana blog:

• Montana Jones
•  A Secular Franciscan Life
• A Drivel Runs Through It|Patia Stephens (I realize this is not thought of as a humor blog, but Patia has a sense of humor that runs through everything, and makes me laugh. I especially like her cranky posts. Not that I relate, or anything.)

 

Special

Best post:

Best series of posts relating to given topic:

• Prairie Mary's series on Animal Control. Sadly, Blogger does not provide categories -- but one of the posts is here, and others surround it. She reminds us: Humans are animals but animals are not human.

 

Comments

[Mary Scriver]

Thanks, Sharon, for the generous nominations. I fell like you -- that there are so many new and energetic Montana blogs that I'm a bit dizzy over it. Also, I don't confine my reading to Montana blogs at all -- in fact, many of my favorites are British and/or Canadian. Or bicoastal. I read blogs to get away from local matters.

Prairie Mary