After seven successful years, the Manchester Blog Awards is becoming the Blog North Awards after merging with Blog North, the new blogger network organised in partnership with culture sites Creative Tourist and Culture Vultures.
The awards will now be celebrating
great blogging right across the North of England, from Liverpool to Hull. But
though they're covering a bigger area; the competition and its annual event will
still be produced by Openstories as part of the Manchester Literature Festival.
This year there will awards in seven categories: Best
Arts and Culture Blog, Best City or Neighbourhood Blog, Best Food and Drink
Blog, Best Personal Blog, Best Specialist Blog, Best Writing and Young Blogger
of the Year.
Nominations are now open and can be submitted through the website,
blognorthawards.com.
Nominations close 7 September, and a shortlist will be posted in early
September. Winners will be determined by combining the results of public voting
with the choices of a judging panel, which will be named soon.
Winners will be
revealed at the 2012 Blog North Awards event, which takes place at the Deaf
Institute, Manchester at 7:30pm on 17 October, 2012 and features readings from bloggers and author
Adam Christopher. Tickets are
available through the Manchester Literature Festival website.
Kate Feld, Manchester Blog Awards founder and director of writing
organisation Openstories, says: “We couldn’t be more excited about the
partnership with Blog North. There’s so much wonderful blogging happening
across the region, and we’re delighted to be able to share our passion for the
best independent online publishing with a new audience of bloggers and
readers.”
For more information about the 2012 Blog North Awards, contact
Kate Feld via email at kate@openstories.org, or by
phone on 07960 285891. Follow Blog North at @blognorth on Twitter or on
Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BlogNorth
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