It’s that time of year again, my friends, as the cream of South Africa’s blogger crop goes head to head for the industry’s highest honour. As a previous winner of the blog awards, 2oceansvibe encourages all blogs, big and small, to get involved

*blog owners should click here to get a nomination badge.

The 2010 SA Blog Awards

With the very foundations of South Africa’s traditional press and free speech currently being put to the test, it is (now, possibly more than ever) of the greatest importance that blogs get the exposure they deserve and for people outside of this space to recognise them.

With that in mind, we ask you, the readers of the SA blogosphere, to have a good look around and nominate as many blogs as is permissible. There is some really good content out there and you will be blown away, if you could just take some time out and delve a little deeper 😉

Some notable items about this year’s awards:

– News24 is the headline sponsor and will be highlighting nominated blogs on their portal – giving exposure to two million strong audience! Excellent vibe there guys – thank you and well done!

– 3 phase nominations. The Top 10 nominated in each category go through to the next round. Then there will be final voting. The final part sees the guest judges lending a 30% swing to the final votes.

– Celebrity judges will come from inside and outside of the blogosphere.

Emphasis this year is to help grow the community and increase outside awareness and understanding of this space.

Nominations are from 2 August to 27 August

Public Voting is from 1 September to 17 September

Winners Announced on 25 September (we have received word from the organisers that this might be moved to one week later, due to a variety of logistics and venue issues).

2oceansvibe Readers are reminded, as they are every year, that 2oceansvibe cannot continue to grow and to entertain you, without awards. For example, we would never have been able to open and operate SA’s first mainstream internet radio station, if it wasn’t for your help.

And we want to keep on working at it – for you – breaking through all the other bullshit out there – giving you the content you have been craving – written and heard. There is a long road ahead and we have some exciting stuff in the pipeline. And who knows – maybe TV will be next. But we can’t get there without your help.

So please, we appeal to all the readers out there to CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE 2OCEANSVIBE. When that page opens, read it through, enter your email address and REMEMBER to click the link that they email you – which is the final confirmation of your vote.

*As we said earlier, we encourage your support of as many blogs as possible. So to help you on that path, I would like to suggest the website www.popyacollar.co.za – which is an up-and-coming fashion blog I think you might like. We have nominated it for Best New Blog, as well as Best Fashion Blog. Check it out and CLICK HERE to give it a nomination.