The world and his dog are blogging about this, so I thought I’d jump on it too. From The Manchizzle:

And… they’re off! The blog awards nomination period has now opened.

One set of nominations per person, please. And yes, you can nominate your own blog, or someone else’s. Only blogs written by someone who lives or works within reasonable commuting distance of Manchester are eligible.

A shortlist of finalists in each category will be chosen from the nominations, and announced in early October. A judging panel will select the winners from that shortlist.

Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony during the Manchester Literature Festival, at Urbis, on October 16 at 7pm. There will also be live literature, music and blog readings on the night.

I see no reason not to publicise my own nominations:

Best Arts and Culture Blog ( incl. music, photo, art, film, lit, fiction blogs, etc.)

Black Country Grammar

Best Political Blog

Skipper

Best Personal Blog

Sentimental Geek

Blog of the Year (Open to any kind of blog)

The 43

Of course, there are dozens of well worthy nominees out there but I’ve taken a speedy, no-nonsense approach to mine.

Send your own to mancblogawards@googlemail.com by October 1.