Starting early next month, the start of the blogging awards season in the Philippines is about to begin with the announcement of the much-awaited Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009 and is scheduled to end by December with the Pinoy Expats Blog Awards 2009. Video bloggers has a lot of things to look forward to including new awards that are tailored especially for Pinoy vloggers out there. Here’s a list of the upcoming events from August to December:
1. Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009
The top 10 blogs will be announced on August 8, 2009 Saturday, 6 pm to 11 pm at the Forum Hall, Casino Filipino, PIRC Bldg. Ninoy Aquino Avenue, Parañaque City. Shuttle to the venue is available. Pick up time will be at 5:30 pm at Starbucks 6750. The program will be as follows:
- Dinner
- Observations and Lessons learned – Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs writing project (Janette Toral)
- Eyeball sponsor talk – PAGCOR
- Raffle Draw – 10 winners who will get US$100 each. Of course, those who can’t make it are still part of the draw and can win.
- Recognition – The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs 2009 – as chosen by writing project participants.
- Raffle (we will welcome all raffle contributions), games, networking
The writing project is still on-going so don’t forget to vote for your favorite blogs at Ms. Janette Toral’s blog.
2. Saranggola Blog Awards
“Paliparin ang isip, abutin ang langit; bigkisin ang mga salita’t pakawalan sa hangin gaya ng Saranggola!” – In preparation for next month’s Buwan ng Wika (Philippines’ Language Month), The Saranggola Blog Awards are showcasing special blog posts that are written / made in Filipino. Pinoy bloggers around the world can join with their short stories, poems and of course, vlogs. Here is part of the guidelines:
- Bukas ito sa lahat ng bloggers; nasa Pilipinas man o nasa labas ng bansa.
- Bloggers : kung nagsusulat ka ng blog. Ikaw yun ano pa man ang trabaho mo, kurso o estado sa buhay!
- Kung sakaling ang mananalo ay nasa ibang bansa, ipapadala sa inyo ang mga premyo.
- Filipino lang ang midyum na gagamitin sa mga kategorya bilang pakikiisa sa pagdiriwang ng buwan ng wika. Kung Ingles ang iyong blog, siguraduhing ang isusulat o iba-vlog mo ay nasa Filipino.
- Maaaring sumali sa apat na kategorya. Siguraduhin lang na isang entry lang sa bawat kategorya.
Paglikha ng Maikling Kwento, Maikling Kwentong Pambata, Tula at Vlog
- Vlog (video blogging)
i. 3 – 5 minutong vlog na nagpapakita o nagtuturo ng paggawa ng saranggola
ii. Kinakailangang Filipino ang midyum sa pagbibigay direksyon sa paglikha
iii. Huwag masyadong seryoso, dapat ay nakakatuwa, at maging malikhain.
iv. Ipakita sa vlog ang aktwal na paglikha ng saranggola; hindi pwedeng direksyon lang. Dapat ay ipapakita ang nabuong saranggola sa vlog.
Deadline is on August 31, 2009 and winners will be announced on September 15, 2009. For the complete guidelines, visit Mr. Bernard Umali’s blog.
3. Pinoy Expats Blog Awards 2009
Now on their 2nd year, the Pinoy Expats Blog Awards recognize blogs made by OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) and Expats around the globe:
The top 10 Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog AWARD or PEBA is a search contest aimed to recognize and honor the exemplary work of blogging Pinoy Expats/OFW. PEBA wishes to present their blog work and bring their creative talents to light. We want to highlight the inspiring blogs of expatriates and learn from their lessons, their stories, and their work normally contained in their blogs. Considered as “Bagong Bayani” (new heroes), we believe we ought to hear their voices and amplify it for the world to hear.
A blog to be nominated should write an original blog entry (Filipino, English, Taglish) about the theme: “Filipinos Abroad – Hope of the Nation, Gift to the World.” or “Pinoy Expats/OFW – Pag-asa ng Bayan, Handog sa Mundo.” Various ways of expression is allowed: Photo/s, poem, song lyrics, music, video, cartoons, drawing, with written post relevant to the theme.
PEBA’s initial rule is very simple. We asked the blogging community to nominate their favorite blogs; we select the top 10 from various locations around the world and honor the winners with award badges and widgets.
If you want to join or nominate your favorite Expat blogs, just go to the Pinoy Expats Blog Awards site.
4. The Philippine Blog Awards 2009
Nominations are now open for the 3rd installment of the Philippine Blog Awards! It will be a great and exciting year for PBA as they introduce new awards and categories for the ever-growing and diverse community of the Philippine Blogosphere. One good, new upgrade is the inclusion of a new major category – Best Videocast (which was merged with Best Podcast last year)! Here is the guidelines from the official Philippine Blog Awards site:
I. It must be Filipino owned
II. It should not be a blog that belongs to a publishing or media groups.
III. Blogs that focuses on the Filipino and the Philippines (ie Filipiniana) can join the Foreign Blog/Pinoy at Heart Blog
III. Philippine Blog Awards Founders, officers and members of the Philippine Blog Awards Board of Directors, their blogs, blog projects, posts, videocasts, photos and podcats they worked on are automatically disqualified from being nominated.
IV. For the Best Blog Division: The blog must have been established before June 1, 2009.
V. For the Top Ten Post for 2009: The post/videocast/podcast must have been been published before June 1, 2009. Only one post per blog can be submitted.
VI. For the Special Awards Division: The nominee and blog for the award must at least have been established, introduced, and blogging before June 1, 2009.
VII. Submitted blogs and post should contain the necessary authorization to use the images, audio, text and other content.
VIII. Only the owner/blogger of the blog can fill up and submit the nomination form.*
NOTE: If you know any blog that should be a nominee, you can refer them to the page or by filling out this form.
The coming months will be an awesome season of recognition and celebration. May these events produce not only more quality blogs but also more friendships and new acquaintances among Filipino bloggers as well.