Here are the 2009 winners:
Best Blog Design
Popular Vote: My Brown Baby
Judges’ Vote: Black Digerati
Best Blog Post Series
Popular Vote: “Starving Artists” Series on 25 Magazine
Judges’ Vote: “Wet Wednesdays Erotica” Series on Naked With Socks On
Best Business Blog
Popular Vote: BDPA Foundation
Popular Vote: BDPA Foundation
Judges’ Vote: BDPA Foundation
Popular Vote: Afrobella
Judges’ Vote: FreshXpress .:. The PULSE of Young Black America
Best Faith-Based Blog
Popular Vote: Infinite Gen
Judges’ Vote: Reflections of a Jazz Theologian
Best Food Blog
Popular Vote: FlavorDiva.com
Judges’ Vote: FlavorDiva.com
Best Gossip Blog
Popular Vote: The Fury
Judges’ Vote: The Fury
Best Group Blog
Popular Vote: MESH.
Judges’ Vote: Very Smart Brothas
Best Health and Wellness Blog
Popular Vote: Mother Knows Best
Judges’ Vote: Mother Knows Best
Best Hip-Hop Blog
Popular Vote: GangStarr Girl
Judges’ Vote: The Rap Up
Best Humor Blog
Popular Vote: Awesomely Luvvie
Judges’ Vote: TWiB! This Week in Blackness
Best International Blog
Popular Vote: Ebony Intuition
Judges’ Vote: black and (A)broad
Best LGBT Blog
Popular Vote: Xem VanAdams
Judges’ Vote: Xem VanAdams
Best Microblog
Popular Vote: @brotherjesse
Judges’ Vote: @elonjames
Best Music Blog
Popular Vote: GangStarr Girl
Judges’ Vote: Industry Plug
Best New Blog
Popular Vote: Three Ways to Take It
Judges’ Vote: FreshXpress .:. The PULSE of Young Black America
Best Parenting and Family Blog
Popular Vote: My Brown Baby
Judges’ Vote: spelhouseLove
Best Personal Blog
Popular Vote: Brother Jesse Blog
Judges’ Vote: Blog It Out, Bitch
Best Photo Blog
Popular Vote: Swagger: Paris, New York
Judges’ Vote: Street Etiquette
Best Podcast
Popular Vote: Man and Wife
Judges’ Vote: Man and Wife
Best Political/News Blog
Popular Vote: Postbourgie
Judges’ Vote: The Field Negro
Best Science/Technology Blog
Popular Vote: Urban Science Adventures! (c)
Judges’ Vote: The Koalition
Best Sex and Relationships Blog
Popular Vote: Single Black Male
Judges’ Vote: Single Black Male
Best Sports/Recreation Blog
Popular Vote: Ed The Sports Fan
Judges’ Vote: Ed The Sports Fan
Best Style and Fashion Blog
Popular Vote: Mane & Chic
Judges’ Vote: The Fashion Bomb
Best Teen Blog
Popular Vote: Houseofaura.com
Judges’ Vote: I (heart) That
Best Video Blog
Popular Vote: Xem VanAdams
Judges’ Vote: TWiB! This Week in Blackness
Best Writing in a Blog
Popular Vote: Very Smart Brothas
Judges’ Vote: The Black Snob
Blog of the Year
Popular Vote: Brother Jesse Blog
Judges’ Vote: TWiB! This Week in Blackness
Blog to Watch
Popular Vote: Mane & Chic
Judges’ Vote: FreshXpress .:. The PULSE of Young Black America
And the winner of the Aaron Hawkins Award is…
Bill Cammack! - Bill Cammack is an Emmy Award-Winning freelance video editor who has focused his attention on the New/Social Media space.
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