Now taking nominations

The 2009 Best NWT Blogs contest is now underway. There will be two rounds: first we'll take nominations, then we'll vote.


Rules for the nomination round:

• You must have been an NWT resident during 2009 to be eligible. If you no longer live in the NWT, your posts from the time you were living here can qualify. Exception:  If you are not a resident, your blog can qualify if it is about the NWT.
• You must nominate yourself through a comment on this post. If you can't figure out how to leave a comment, you are obviously not a blogger. Don't bother complaining about this.
• You can nominate yourself in as many categories as you like, but you can nominate only one post/series/video/etc. for each category. Please provide links to all of your nominations so I don't have to guess which posts you want people to vote for.
• Nominations end on Tuesday, December 15 at 7pm NWT time. 

Categories:

• Best Blog: This is an award for the best blog overall. It includes Flickr streams, podcasting and vodcasting.
• Best New Blog: Best blog that started in 2009. The blogger does not have to be new to the NWT, and it does not have to be the writer's first blog. 
• Best Post: The single best post of 2009.
• Best Series: This can be a number of posts over a long period of time or a time-limited series.
• Best Blog From A New NWT Resident: Best blog from someone who moved here in 2009. The blog must be mainly about moving to the NWT or about what it is like to be a new resident of the NWT. The blog itself can be more than a year old if the author moved here during 2009 and started to publish material that is mainly about life as a new resident.
• Best Youth Blog: Best blog written by an NWT resident who is younger than 20.
• Best Audio/Video Blog Post: Best individual podcast or video. 
• Best Northern Story: Best story about the NWT. It can be a single post or a series of posts that tell a single story.
• Best Professional Photography: This category includes all professional photographers. In this category, the only content to be considered is the blog's original photography. It can be a Flickr stream.
• Best Personal Photography: See above, but for amateur photographers.
• Best Theme Blog: Best blog in which all or almost all posts are about a single topic or use a set format. This includes corporate blogs and blogs about specific places. The theme does not have to have anything to do with the NWT.

Remember, you can nominate yourself in as many categories as you like, but you must nominate yourself. This part of the contest ends on Tuesday, November 15 at 7pm.