Aussiejourno's Weekly Blog Awards

Top Blogs For Week Ending 18 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. Carol Cooper,
4. Chewy, 5. Bartraeke, 6. Rambling Traveller,
7. Mushy, 8. Grumpy'n'Farting, 9. Victorya,
10. Dan Mega, 11. Cherished 79, 12. Jenera Healy,
13. Blue Yak, 14. Blog Guelph, 15. Hammer,
16. Phaseout Girl, 17. Ak-Man, 18. Yes But Images,
19. McGlinch, 20. Querkey Turkey, 21. Ianqui,
22. Random Blethers, 23. Pasture Musings, 24. Creek Journal,
25. Brian in Oxford, 26. FHB, 27. Oz Lady,
28. Woman Wandering, 29. Invisible Studio, 30. Ruth's Blog,
31. Cariboo Ponderer, 32. Goddess, 33. Craver vii,
34. Diesel, 35. Luke Dockery, 36. Lotus Reads,
37 Les Becker, 38. Mrs Nesbitt, 39. My Name Is Girl,
40. Mur 38, 41. Chumma Chumma, 42. Scooter Guy,
43. It's The Little Things. 44. Bellur, 45. Pope Terry,
46. Broken Man, 47. Merisi, 48. Cuckoo,
49. Nobody's Friend, 50. Kitchen Fire, Joint 50. Karoline.

WILDCARDS: I Gotta B, Danielle's Musings, Photoxification, Dan's Blah Blah Blog, Plumpie Mousie, Skinny Little Blonde, The Hippie Parade.

And honourable mentions go to:

Confused Sam, Shashikiran. Suz.50, Laurent, Gerald the Goat, Lady T, 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, Ms Creek, Roc Rebel Granny, Travellin' Mama, Magick River, Praveen Who Writes, Auto Parts, Savannah.

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.