Winners of the Ninjamatics 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards

The winners are here!

After more than a year of preparations, nominations, coding, writing, primping, preening, and two jury rounds, we have finally arrived at the final announcement of the inaugural 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards.

Congratulations to all the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. We are proud to show off your mad blogging achievements. Thank you for doing Canada proud.

Huge thanks also goes out to all the jurors who volunteered their time and effort to make this juried award a reality. We are honoured to have such dedicated individuals to realize this vision.

If you are one of the high-quality winners, take your award button(s) and display them on your website as proof positive of your high quality. We're not fooling around when we tell you that you do good work.

Congratulations again, and a happy New Year!

Art & Photography / Art et photographie

First: PixelatedImage Blog
Second: tonyfoto/drool
Third: Marc Johns

Arts & Culture / Arts et culture

First: The Ampersand
Second: Patti Friday
Third: tonyfoto/drool

Best Designed / Meilleur design

First: Wish Jar
Second: Everybody Likes Sandwiches
Third: Hi, I'm Sadie Shih Tzu

Best New Weblog (for weblogs created after July 31, 2009) / Meilleur nouveau blogue (blogues créés après le 31 juillet 2009)

First: Simple Bites
Second: Erica Glasier: Oversocialized!
Third: Life As A Human

Best Written / Meilleurs textes

First: sweet | salty
Second: Spin Me I Pulsate
Third: Cheaty Monkey

Business & Career / Affaires et carrières

First: Squawkfox
Second: Tanveer Naseer
Third: IttyBiz

Comics / Bande dessinée

First: Weregeek
Second: Everyday People
Third: Hark! A Vagrant

Crafting / Artisanat

First: Yarn Harlot
Second: Craftastrophe
Third: Imagination in Parenting

Ecology & Social Justice / Écologie et justice sociale

First: The Mindful Merchant
Second: My Green Conscience
Third: Facing Autism in New Brunswick

Ex-Pat / Expatriés

First: Muddy Boots
Second: MadameHeringer.com
Third: Sudobeer

Family & Parenting / Famille et enfants

First: sweet | salty
Second: Coffee with Julie
Third: Spin Me I Pulsate

Fashion & Style / Mode et style

First: Sogni e Sorrisi
Second: Fashionable People, Questionable Things
Third: Sometimes Icing

Feminist / Féminisme

First: PhD in Parenting
Second: Gender Focus
Third: Cleavage

Food & Drink / Cuisine et breuvages

First: Everybody Likes Sandwiches
Second: Gourmet Fury
Third: Simple Bites

French Language / En français

First: Banlieusardises
Second: 2Capricieux
Third: Prétextes.ca

Gardening / Jardinage

First: Balcony Gardener
Second: Bloomingwriter
Third: Greens & Berries

Group Weblog / Blogue collectif

First: Life As A Human
Second: Apartment613
Third: Fashionable People, Questionable Things

Health & Wellness (includes physical and mental health and disabilities) / Santé et bien-être (incluant santé physique, mentale et handicaps)

First: Facing Autism in New Brunswick
Second: Fickle Feline
Third: Rolling Around in My Head

Humour / Humour

First: @sween
Second: Sometimes Icing
Third: Postcards from the Mothership

LGBTQ / GLBTQ

First: Dead Robot
Second: Gender Focus
Third: Sticky Crows

Life / Mode de vie

First: Cheaty Monkey
Second: sweet | salty
Third: Coffee with Julie

Lifetime Achievement (for weblogs created before January 1, 2005) / Prix d'excellence pour l'ensemble de son œuvre (blogues créés avant le 1er janvier 2005)

First: Wish Jar
Second: A Peek Inside the Fishbowl
Third: JordonCooper.com

Media & Journalism / Médias et journalisme

First: Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs
Second: Canadian Animation Resources
Third: MadameHeringer.com

Microblog (Twitter, Tumblr, Identi.ca, Jaiku, Posterous, etc.) / Microblogue (Twitter, Tumblr, Identi.ca, Jaiku, Posterous, etc.)

First: @sween (Twitter)
Second: Cook Clean (Tumblr)
Third: @mathewi (Twitter)

Military / Armée

First: A Military Wife's Mayhem
Second: Celebrating Phil Tripe
Third: Cops and Donuts

Music / Musique

First: The Incubator
Second: i(heart)music
Third: I Was Young When I Left Home

People's Choice (open to public vote from December 1-31, 2010) / Prix du public (ouvert au public du 1er au 31 décembre 2010)

First: Raymi the Minx
Second: Alice in Paris Loves Art and Tea
Third: Peek Thru Our Window...

Placeblog (contains local political/social/arts/community articles about a place) / Placeblogue (contenant des articles sur la politique/vie sociale/arts/communauté dans une localité)

First: Hello Ottawa
Second: Apartment613
Third: Kitsilano.ca

Podcast & Vlog / Podcast et vlog

First: Eat Your Kimchi
Second: White Coat, Black Art
Third: Le Patrouilleur du Net

Political / Politique

First: Stephen Taylor
Second: We Move to Canada
Third: Christine Scott Cheng

Pop Culture & Entertainment / Pop culture et spectacles

First: Sound On Sight
Second: The Ampersand
Third: Fashionable People, Questionable Things

Religion, Spirituality, & Philosophy / Religion, spiritualité et philosophie

First: Expressive Art
Second: Full Contact Enlightenment
Third: JordonCooper.com

Science, Technology, & the Internet / Science, technologie et Internet

First: Erica Glasier: Oversocialized!
Second: Pars3c
Third: iPhone In Canada

Sports, Fitness, & Recreation / Sports, condition physique et loisirs

First: Living Healthy in the Real World
Second: Obesity Panacea
Third: HabsAddict.com

Travel / Voyage

First: Gourmet Fury
Second: Have Baby Will Travel
Third: What it's like to have kids, and raise them abroad

Writing & Literature / Écriture et littérature

First: THE Blog
Second: PhotoDiction
Third: Fortrel.net

Comments

[momomatic]

Great list! Don't forget www.littleanimation.com. She's a new entry to the Canadian world of animated blogging and really wonderful.

[schmutzie]

momomatic, make sure to nominate her when nominations open again in a day or two!

[momomatic]

I will, and I goofed! Her blog is www.theanimatedwoman.com. The first website is her company!

[Neil]

Congrats to all the nominees. And thanks for all your hard work.

[Mrs. Wilson]

WOO! Congrats to the winners!

Awesome job, Schmutzie!!

[René]

Yay everybody!

Now: a rousing chorus of "For She's a Jolly Good Fellow" for Schmutzie. Which I realize isn't as gender-neutral as one would hope for, but at least we'll all know the words.

Seriously, good job Schmutzie and all of you dazzling Canadian bloggers.

[Patti Friday]

Wow!!!!! Thank You so much!!!! What a way to start a new decade!!!! You make me want to be so much better at blogging!!!! I will do my best! Much Love and Such Happiness! PFXO

[Patti Friday]

Jolly Good X1000 !!!!!! Schmutzie - You dazzle me!!!!!

[daysgoby]

Yay! What a great thing to start the new year out reading!

Happy New Year, S! Now go nap or something! :)

[Elaine]

Congratulations to all the winners and a HUGE thank you to Schmutzie and the jurors. I'll echo Patti Friday's enthusiasm :-) & join Rene in the chorus but modify it to "For She's a Jolly Good Ninja".

My quiet New Year's Eve at home has suddenly turned very exciting. Greens & Berries placed 3rd -- I'm honoured -- and one of the blogs I nominated placed 1st! Yay.

Happy New Year, everyone.

[Canadian Short Screenplay Competition]

Wow! What an unbelieveable honour. We are humbled and grateful to find our blog (THE Blog) amongst the list of winners. Thank you. And keep up the great work with these awards. We will wear our winner's badge with pride!!

[Patti Friday]

Thanks Again! Jan. 1st and all is right with the blogging world!
http://pattifriday.com/2011/01/2010-canadian-weblog-awards/

[ed]

you like me you really really like me!

[Morgan @ Life After Bagels]

I love a list of Canadian content :)

Congrats to the winners!

[Anne]

Congrats to all of the winners and nominees - and a huge thanks to Schmutzie for pulling this all together!

[Angela West]

Wow! Thanks so much. I think everyone in the Media & Journalism category was a first-placer!

[Laura]

Thank you very much for the honour. I'm shocked and pleased as punch. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners. Thank you to everyone for organizing the awards. It's a brilliant way to shine a light on great Canadian blogs.

[Connie @ Sogni e Sorrisi]

Wow...what a way to start the new year. Thank you so much! Congrats to all the winners and the wonderful blogs included here from the start. Wishing everyone all the best in 2011!

[Tanya McGinnity]

Thank you so much for nominating, voting and for all of your hard work with these awards!

I appreciate you exposing more folks to great Canadian blogs, especially in those areas where there are so few people writing about their experiences.

Great work!

[spydergrrl]

What an exciting competition and all Canadian to boot!! Congratulations to all the winners and to the tireless folks behind the competition. I consider myself very lucky to have been a nominee -- the other blogs in my category are fantastic! I look forward to the next round.

[Headless Mom]

Congrats to the winners! Well done Schmutzie!

[magnolia]

i disagree with wmtc winning in the political category. first off she's an american and these awads should be for canadians. also she rarely writes your own stuff. its mostly just paste and links from the states. surely there are some real canadian progressive political blogs that could have been considered.

[schmutzie]

magnolia, nominees can be Canadian-born or Canadian citizens here or abroad, and wmtc falls within those parameters, and, as far content goes, there is no demand that it be Canada-centric in any way.

Nominations for the 2011 Canadian Weblog Awards will be open later today. Please nominate more political weblogs for the category!

[Gil Namur]

Hey Schmutzie!

I just wanted to echo what so many others are saying here (and elsewhere).

You have handled all of this with so much professionalism and class. I have a sense of how much work went into this. It would have been easy for you to compromise but you maintained a high level of excellence at every turn.

From all of us at Life As A Human, thank you for this and for setting an example of what can be achieved when one is focused and passionate about their vision!

May 2011 be a fantastic year for you. Please never hesitate to let us know how we can be of help to you!

Cheers,

Gil

[schmutzie]

Just a reminder: we do have a strict comment policy to which all commenters must adhere.

If you have negative comments to make about any of the weblogs here, do not make them on this website. This is a place of celebration, and there are many other places for you to register your criticism. If you believe that a weblog contravenes the rules for nomination in theses awards, please e-mail us privately, and we will look into it outside the public comments on this website.

Thank you.