Based on over 63,000 votes cast during the ten days polls were open (12/5/2003 -12/14/2003), here are the 22 winners of 2003 Weblog Awards. Congratulations!
Best New Blog (Established in 2003)
Best Female Authored Blog (tie)
Best Ecosystem Higher Beings & Mortal Humans Blog
Best Ecosystem Playful Primates Blog
Best Ecosystem Large Mammals Blog
Best Ecosystem Marauding Marsupials Blog
Best Ecosystem Adorable Rodents Blog
Best Ecosystem Flappy Birds Blog
Best Ecosystem Slithering Reptiles Blog
Best Ecosystem Crawly Amphibians Blog
Best Ecosystem Flippery Fish Blog
Best Ecosystem Slimy Molluscs (and below) Blog
Winners logo’s and HTML code will be available here Tuesday. The poll page will remain in place so you may continue to link to it and the results. The content of this post will be copied into the header section of the poll page as well.
Thanks to everyone who participated, those who have sent well wishes, and especially Michele, Cheyenne, and the King for their assistance.
I’ll try to recap the though process behind the design and operation of the awards at some point in the next few days. The participation in terms of nominations and voting has been amazing. There were lessons learned along the way that will make next years Weblog Awards even better.
I think most people liked the idea of competing against sites from the same TTLB Ecosystem level, but I think for next year we are going to need some better “awards show” names for those categories. I’m open to suggestions…
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Thanks for all your hardf work on this, I have enjoyed it.
Good work, Kevin! I don’t even want to think about how hard it was to run this, you deserve an award yourself for devoting the time and effort you did.
Have a very Merry Christmas!
Excellent effort Kevin. i cant imagine taking on such a daunting task. Kudos.
Thanks for your hard work on this!
Bravo Mr. Aylward. Bravo. Fun, exciting, and a little drama thrown in for good measure.
The sound of loud applause could be heard.
Excellent work Kevin! This just rocks man! And congrats to all the winners.
Thanks for setting up the awards. I’m sure it was a tough job. I’m sure we all had fun with it. I know I did.
Thanks again
Methinks you need to audit how the nominees are vetted, because Michael Totten is a “liberal” the same way miniature golf is a “sport”. Hell, even he admits to being the blog equivalent of Alan Colmes:
(Here’s one of his statements from Dec. 14th.)
“Hey, T-bogg. I know you hate me because I left the left. But you’re part of the reason I left the left. I used to miss it, but comments like yours make me feel a whole lot better about my decision.
Posted by Michael at 01:18 PM”
Don’t let the “Little Green F*ckballs” hijack your polls.
Maybe BushSux.org would like to run its own weblog awards?
An interesting and – dare I say it – even eclectic selection of blogs. Thanks for running the awards, and thanks for bringing these blogs to my attention!!