After weeks of reading and assessing entries, The Wales Blog Awards judges are pleased to announce their 2011 finalists.
For the second year in a row, the overall standard was very high, and the variation in topics, writing style and presentation was extremely diverse. This made it difficult to choose just a small number of finalists to compete for the prize in each category, but we got there in the end.
All of the shortlisted bloggers will be invited to the awards night at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, on Thursday 27 October 2011.
There will also be a limited number of tickets available for non-participants – with details to follow. We’ll post more information soon about this and the awards night.
Winners of each category will be selected by a variety of sponsoring organisations. However, this year there will also be a ‘People’s Choice Award’, which will be decided by an online public vote.
If you’d like to cast you vote for ‘The People’s Choice,’ please take a look at the blogs below, and select your favourite using the voting system at the bottom of this post. The deadline for votes is 21 October.
Best Community Blog
http://photonicanglesey.blogspot.com/ – by The Photon
http://rhuthun.blogspot.com – by Non Liquet
http://wearecardiff.co.uk – by a Cardiff collective
Best Entertainments & Music Blog
New for 2011
http://catonthewall.net – by Jo Whitby and CB Lux plus contributors
http://motownjunkies.wordpress.com – by Steve Devereux
http://moviewaffle.com/ – by James Tatham
Best Food & Drink Blog
New for 2011
http://cardiffbites.blogspot.com/ – by Nicki
http://whatkatebaked.blogspot.com/ - by Kate (formerly Kate’s Cakes and Bakes)
http://pintof45.blogspot.com – by Oliver Hurley and Phil Jones
Best Lifestyle Blog
http://www.dyfedwynroberts.org.uk/ – by Dyfed Wyn Roberts
http://wherearemyknees.blogspot.com/ – by Lucy, Gem, Sarah, Charlene and Sarah V
http://thechicandcheerful.blogspot.com/ – by Ruth Dawson
Best Photo Blog
New for 2011
http://cardiffarcades.wordpress.com/ – by Amy Davies
http://circusclouds.blogspot.com/ – by Leia
Best Political Blog
http://caredig.blogspot.com/ – by Caredig i Natur
http://carmarthenplanning.blogspot.com – by Jacqui Thomson
http://www.radicalwales.org/ - by Adam Johannes, Andy Williams, Glyn Matthews and Tom Fowler
Best Sports Blog
http://www.thefootdown.co.uk/ - by Ty Francis
www.cardiffskateboardclub.com – by Jim O
Best Technology Blog
http://www.apptacious.com – by Mark Crowle-Groves
http://www.techbeast.net – by Gavin Lewis
www.thisismyjoystick.com – by Ray Willmott
Best Welsh Language Blog
http://henrechflin.blogspot.com/ – by Alwyn ap Huw
http://siondafydd.wordpress.com/ - by Sion Dafydd Palmer
Best Writing on a Blog
http://isawelvisinthewoods.blogspot.com – by Gareth Davies
http://mordenhaikupoetry.blogspot.com/ - by Matt Morden
http://www.mikejenkins.net/ – Mike Jenkins
Due to the high number of entries we regret that it will not be possible for the judging panel to provide feedback to everyone who has entered.
29 Responses to “Wales Blog Awards 2011 finalists are named”
Alas, I didn’t make the cut, but big congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted. There’s some really good quality stuff here. Found some new fav blogs
on September 30th, 2011 at 9:32 pm #
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Footdown for the win!!!
A very difficult choice, but the winner for me this year has to be Jacqui Thomson’s Camarthen Planning blog. She is surely the only Welsh blogger to have been arrested this year because of her blog’s campaign to bring about greater transparency in Welsh local government. I hope fellow bloggers and blog readers will show solidarity with Jacqui in defence of the freedoms we all enjoy.
on October 1st, 2011 at 9:43 am #
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on October 1st, 2011 at 10:45 am #
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Solid consistent and dependable blog
A really useful link for all those interested in Haiku
A really useful link for all interested in haiku
Matt is an exceptional poet, as well as being a good friend I’ve never met!
ffwtbol.con is a cracking site. First port of call each evening for the latest blog.
http://moviewaffle.com/ – I check it as much as I check Empire and Total Film (my two favourite ‘movie magazines’) when deciding on films. Great writing and personality coming through.
on October 2nd, 2011 at 1:00 pm #
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Excellent blog, the best one for covering genuine Welsh football
Thank you for shortlisting This Is My Joystick for Best Technology. We feel very priviledged.
I look forward to meeting many of you later this month.
If you’re into gaming, and you like the work we do, feel free to nominate us for the People’s Choice Award.
Best of luck to everyone shortlisted
Just to say I feel honoured and delighted to have been shortlisted for the Best Political Blog; thank you. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported me, particularly over the past few months.
Good luck to all the finalists.
http://AsturiasynGymraeg.wordpress.com heb ei gynnwys yn y rhestr fer – ond fe fydd yn parhau’n flog dyddiol a, gobeithio, diddorol. Diolch i bawb ddaeth yn sgîl y rhestr hir a chroeso cynnes i ragor.
Thanks to all who followed the link and hope you continue to find the blog interesting.
Excellent
Ruth Dawson thechicandcheerful.blogspot.com is surely the winner
CARDIFF SKATEBOARD CLUB!
CSC ! . . CSC ! . . CSC ! . .
on October 6th, 2011 at 9:32 am #
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How were these nominations chosen?
What about:-
http://dicmortimer.wordpress.com/
http://jacothenorth.blogspot.com/
http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/
http://babylonwales.blogspot.com/
All far better than any nominated in the relevant category.
The nominations were made by bloggers and readers of blogs, and anyone is free to enter. None of the blogs which you mention were nominated for any awards this year. Please feel free to nominate all four next year – the more the merrier!
Absolutely delighted to have shortlisted, thank you very much! Looking forward to the ceremony on the 27th October, but in the meantime off to check out all these brilliant blogs!
Thanks for shortlisting us! though i fear the competition may be too strong (especially from the excellent Camarthenshire Planning Problems and more).
I’ll be talking about Radical Wales alongside Steve Devereux of Motown Junkies, at the Cardiff Blogs meetup a few days before the ceremony if anyone’s interested. Details here: http://cdfblogs-october-eorg.eventbrite.com/
Hynod o ddiddorol . Pob lwc i ti Sion
Great interesting website.
So excited to have been nominated and short listed for best Photo Blog. Thankyou so much! xx
on October 28th, 2011 at 2:19 am #
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