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

[coffee with julie]

Thrilled, honoured, excited!!! I have my badges proudly displayed. Thank you so much.

[thordora]

crazy talk I tell ya....also, this just means I need to post something new to get rid of the lube post. :p

[dave hingsburger]

Once again ... terrific job. The work must have been overwhelming at times, the behaviour of the nominees not always stellar, it would have been easy to throw your hands up in frustration. But you were always classy and respectful. Thanks for bringing a real sense of dignity to these awards. Congrats to all entrants.

[Karen Sugarpants]

I can only imagine how hard you worked on all of this Schmutzie! Thank you for the great honour! xo

[Sagan]

I'm so excited to be a first-place winner! Thank you so much :)

And it's so nice to see all of these great Canadian blogs. I'm glad that you've put together these awards to recognize hard work!

[Jane]

Singing O Canada as I'm reading and feeling rather unfortunate to be an American. :-) I so love what you've done with these awards, Schmutzie. As you know I'm not big on most web awards because I think they tend to celebrate who has the most active and ambitious readers rather than who has the best content. I like that these selections were nominated and then juried, and even though my favorite Canadian blog (redneckmommy.com) didn't win, she was sure in some mighty fine company.

Bravo to you and everyone who worked so hard on this!