The 2008 Black Weblog Award Winners have been announced. Each category has a popular vote and a judges’ vote winner. The popular vote is determined by the people (the finalist with the most votes wins) and the judges’ vote is determined by the judges (who review all blogs nominated, including the finalists). The winners are:
Blog of the Year
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Blog of the Year
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges’ Vote: Jack & Jill Politics
Best Blog Community
Popular Vote: The Urban Blogger
Popular Vote: The Urban Blogger
Judges’ Vote: Blackfolk
Judges’ Vote: SoulBounce
Best Blog Post or Blog Post Series
Popular Vote: The Black Snob - “The Associated Press Totally Steals My Black Conservatives On Obama Story”
Judges’ Vote: We Are Respectable Negroes - “What if? White in America – The Never to be Made Television Documentary”
Judges’ Vote: Buzzology Surveys
Judges’ Vote: Shaun Robinson
Best Culture Blog
Popular Vote: Afrobella
Popular Vote: Afrobella
Judges’ Vote: The Liberator Magazine
Best Faith-Based Blog
Popular Vote: Gospel Fab
Popular Vote: Gospel Fab
Judges’ Vote: The Infidel Guy Show
Best Fictional Blog
Popular Vote: The Li’l Creole Pimp Chronicles
Popular Vote: The Li’l Creole Pimp Chronicles
Judges’ Vote: Welcome to Buena Beach
Best Food Blog
Popular Vote: Everyday Cooking
Popular Vote: Everyday Cooking
Judges’ Vote: NYAM
Best Gossip Blog
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges’ Vote: Bossip.com
Best Group Blog
Popular Vote: Concrete Loop
Popular Vote: Concrete Loop
Judges’ Vote: Jack & Jill Politics
Best Hip-Hop Blog
Popular Vote: SOHH.com
Popular Vote: SOHH.com
Judges’ Vote: Nah Right
Best Humor Blog
Popular Vote: Crunk + Disorderly
Popular Vote: Crunk + Disorderly
Judges’ Vote: Yeah…I Said It!
Best International Blog
Popular Vote: That Grape Juice
Popular Vote: That Grape Juice
Judges’ Vote: Scribbles from the Den
Best LGBT Blog
Popular Vote: Pam’s House Blend
Popular Vote: Pam’s House Blend
Judges’ Vote: Living Out Loud With Darian
Best Music Blog
Popular Vote: SoulBounce
Popular Vote: SoulBounce
Judges’ Vote: SoulBounce
Best New Blog
Popular Vote: Keeping Up With The Huxtables
Popular Vote: Keeping Up With The Huxtables
Judges’ Vote: Gureala
Best Personal Blog
Popular Vote: The Beautiful Struggler: Me, Myself An Eye
Popular Vote: The Beautiful Struggler: Me, Myself An Eye
Judges’ Vote: JNez@thirtydaes.com
Best Photo Blog
Popular Vote: Sandra Rose
Popular Vote: Sandra Rose
Judges’ Vote: Afro Sugar
Best Podcast
Popular Vote: The Insanity Report
Popular Vote: The Insanity Report
Judges’ Vote: Mixed Chicks Chat
Best Political/News Blog
Popular Vote: The Field Negro
Popular Vote: The Field Negro
Judges’ Vote: The Field Negro
Best Science/Technology Blog
Popular Vote: Nerd With Swag
Popular Vote: Nerd With Swag
Judges’ Vote: SheGeeks
Best Sports/Recreation Blog
Popular Vote: Sportaphile
Popular Vote: Sportaphile
Judges’ Vote: Ed the Sports Fan
Best Style and Fashion Blog
Popular Vote: Afrobella
Popular Vote: Afrobella
Judges’ Vote: Scandalous Beauty
Best Teen Blog
Popular Vote: My Teenage Years
Popular Vote: My Teenage Years
Judges’ Vote: Life, Society and Style
Best Video Blog
Popular Vote: Love B. Scott
Popular Vote: Love B. Scott
Judges’ Vote: Ill Doctrine
Best Writing in a Blog
Popular Vote: Afrobella
Popular Vote: Afrobella
Judges’ Vote: The Black Snob
Blog to Watch
Popular Vote: DC to BC
Popular Vote: DC to BC
Judges’ Vote: The Peoples News
Congratulations to each of these brothers and sisters ... especially my colleagues in The AfroSpear (Jack and Jill Politics, Pam's House Blend, The Black Snob, The Field Negro and Young Black Professional Guide)!