Aussiejourno's Weekly Blog Awards

Top Blogs For Week Ending 11 August

Aussiejourno's Weekly Blog Awards are meant to encourage bloggers from all round the world and they give new bloggers the chance to get their work noticed in an increasingly popular forum, alongside the world's most-visited blogs. There is no monetary reward, no live TV coverage, no red carpet interview, but the exposure comes with international bragging rights.

If you would like your blog (or someone else's) to be considered for next week's awards, please leave the url here, in the comment section. You can nominate as many blogs as you want. Entries close at midday Greenwich Mean Time each Friday.

1. Bob T Bear, 2. Deborah Gamble, 3. Rambling Traveller,
4. Bartraeke, 5. Chewy, 6. Grumpy'n'Farting,
7. Mushy, 8. Carol Cooper, 9. Cherished 79,
10. Victorya, 11. Dan Mega, 12. Jenera Healy,
13. Suz.50, 14. Phaseout Girl, 15. Blue Yak,
16. Blog Guelph, 17. Ak-Man, 18. Yes But Images,
19. McGlinch, 20. Ianqui, 21. Random Blethers,
22. Pasture Musings, 23. Querkey Turkey, 24. Invisible Studio,
25. Creek Journal, 26. Oz Lady, 27. Brian in Oxford,
28. Woman Wandering, 29. FHB, 30. Gerald the Goat,
31. Luke Dockery, 32. Lotus Reads, 33. Cariboo Ponderer,
34. Goddess, 35. Craver vii, 36. Diesel,
37. Laurent, 38. My Name Is Girl, 39. Chumma,
40. Scooter Guy, 41. Les Becker, 42. Mrs Nesbitt,
43. Lady T, 44. Rambling With Bellur, 45. Mur 38,
46. Broken Man, 47. Cuckoo, 48. Merisi,
49. Nobody's Friend, 50. Kitchen Fire, Joint 50. Pope Terry.
WILDCARDS: Confused Sam, Karoline, Shashikiran.

And honourable mentions go to:

Bruno's Blusterings, Allan Cook, Aquarius2626, David's Pics, Unforeseen Paths, Prof Bush, Copper Stiletto, Terry's Playpen, Kalyan's Dreams, Near Post, Colorado Bob, Chalkhills Collective, Chess World, Lensational, Ubertramp, I'm On My Weigh Down, Daub du Jour, Chele 76, Movies Sans Frontiers, Sandip Madan, Who Dat Dare Pokah, Sketch and Colour, Love's Ragpicker, Coffee Conversation, Peace With Guns, Hammer, Ms Creek, Roc Rebel Granny, Ruth's Gardening Blog, The Hippie Parade, Travellin' Mama, Magick River, Praveen Who Writes, Skinny Little Blonde, Plumpie Mousie, Auto Parts, Savannah, Dan's Blah Blah Blog, It's The Little Things.

In conclusion, I would just like to say I've been mentoring several bloggers for a while and it is important to know that the work of a blogger whose url has only 10 hits can be ranked alongside a blogger whose url has 10,000 hits or more. I would like other would-be writers and bloggers to benefit from the fact that I am a bestselling novelist (`Vegemite Vindaloo', published by Penguin) and career journalist with almost 30 years' experience in writing, editing, design, newspaper technology and production.