I bring this to the attention of the readership:
About.com’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards will showcase the best products, features and services in multiple categories, from technology to hobbies to parenting to religion. Nominations are now open, and will be accepted from 12:00 A.M. EST on January 13, 2011, until 11:59 P.M. EST on February 4, 2011.
On the About.com Catholicism GuideSite, we are accepting nominations in the ten categories listed below. Nominations can be entered in each of the categories using a single nomination form, though you can feel free to leave some of the fields blank; you are not required to make a nomination in every category. If you want to make more than one nomination in a particular category, simply fill the nomination form out twice.
Feel free to nominate yourself or your product for any of the appropriate awards, and spread the news to your friends. Finalists are chosen based on popularity, as long as they meet the eligibility requirements listed in each category.
Up to five finalists in each category will be announced on February 11, and voting will run from February 11 through March 8. (To be notified automatically when voting opens, simply sign up for the About.com Catholicism Newsletter). The winners will be announced on March 15.
1. Best Catholic Book of 2010
Nonfiction, fiction, theology, apologetics, devotionals—any type of Catholic book, in any language, is eligible for the About.com Catholicism Readers’ Choice Award for Best Catholic Book of 2010, as long as it was published in 2010. Have the exact title of the book and the author’s name ready when you go to fill out the nomination form.
2. Best Catholic Blog
Catholic blogs come in all shapes and sizes—some written by laymen, some by priests, others by religious; some are attached to broader Catholic websites (see the next category), and some stand on their own. They can be funny or serious; devoted to apologetics or news; written by a single person or by a group. The only requirement for eligibility for the About.com Catholicism Readers’ Choice Award for Best Catholic Blog is that the blog be identifiably Catholic. Have the exact name of the blog and its URL ready when you go to fill out the nomination form.
Done. For the blog category. Start the nominations rolling, folks.
(no electrons were harmed in sending this message, and Fr. Z had no influence in my making that choice…:))
FrZ – the Blogger’s Choice Awards is also up and running. I got in the first vote for you this time around.