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Ree Drummond takes the top prize at the 2009 Weblog
AUSTIN,
Texas -- The blogosphere's brightest stars get to bask in the adulation of their peers online every day. But at geek conferences like South by Southwest Interactive, blogging's biggest names get the rare chance to feel the love in the flesh.
The web's best blogs are honored here every year at the Weblog Awards,
aka "The Bloggies," now in their ninth year. The top prize for 2009's edition were handed out to blogger and photographer Ree Drummond for her site, "Confessions of a Pioneer Woman".
"I'm shocked," she said after the awards were over. There were 30 categories in total, and Drummond actually won in three of them -- Best Photography, Best-Designed Weblog and Weblog of the Year. "I can't mathematically believe it's possible, it's so great," she said.
Drummond started the site in May 2006, and she uses it to chronicle her daily life as she cooks, gardens and raises livestock on the Oklahoma cattle ranch she shares with her husband and four kids. The site is filled with her expert photography, down-home recipes, gardening tips and DIY how-tos.
She's no stranger to the attention -- she won the Bloggy award for Best Kept Secret in 2007, then the Best Writing and Best Food Blog awards in 2008.
Winners in each category received a shot glass as their prize, but not all the honorees showed up to accept them.
Fat Cyclist blogger "Fatty" won in the Sports category, but couldn't be in Austin Monday, so he posted his acceptance speech on his blog. His friend Jeff Hadfield, wearing a Fat Cyclist bike jersey, read it aloud for the crowd as he scrolled through the text on his mobile phone.
Lifehacker editors Adam Pash and Gina Trapani were also on hand to accept their award in the Best Computer or Technology category. Like most winners, the duo kept their speech short and sweet, thanking everyone who voted.
At the end of the ceremony, nominees and winners were invited back on stage to take a shot (with their prize shot glasses) from the bottle of Tito's vodka Drummond was given as her top prize. Most indulged, but Drummond herself abstained.
"I gave up booze for lent," she said.
Here's
a list of the winners in each of the categories for the 2009 Weblog
Awards. The full list of nominees can be found at the Bloggies website.
Weblog of the Year: Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
Lifetime Achievement Award: Fark
Best Web Application for Weblogs: Google Reader
Best Australian or New Zealand Weblog: Girl With a Satchel
Best Asian Weblog: Suzy's Big Adventure
Best African Weblog: Glad to Be a Girl
Best European Weblog: Chocolate and Zucchini
Best Latin American Weblog: A Canuck in Cancun
Best Canadian Weblog: Everybody Likes Sandwiches
Best Photography of a Weblog: Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
Best Art, Craft or Design Weblog: PostSecret
Best Food Weblog: Cake Wrecks
Best Fashion Weblog: Go Fug Yourself
Best Travel Weblog: Camels & Chocolate
Best Music Weblog: Stereogum
Best Gossip Weblog: Dlisted
Best Entertainment Weblog: Television Without Pity
Best Sports Weblog: Fat Cyclist
Best Politics Weblog: Five ThirtyEight
Best Computer or Technology Weblog: Lifehacker
Best Topical Weblog: Cute Overload
Best Teen Weblog: Foodie at Fifteen
Best Humorous Weblog: I Can Has Cheezburger?
Best Writing on a Weblog: Cake Wrecks
Best Microblog: One Sentence
Best Group Weblog: Gawker
Best Community Weblog: I Can Has Cheezburger?
Best-Designed Weblog: Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
Best-Kept Secret Weblog: Pistols and Popcorn
Best New Weblog: Cake Wrecks
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Confessions of aPioneer Woman, which she describes as"a chronicle of my
transition from city life to country life." Drummond started the site after moving
to rural Oklahoma from Los Angeles. />Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
AUSTIN,
Texas -- The blogosphere's brightest stars get to bask in the adulation of their peers online every day. But at geek conferences like South by Southwest Interactive, blogging's biggest names get the rare chance to feel the love in the flesh.
The web's best blogs are honored here every year at the Weblog Awards,
aka "The Bloggies," now in their ninth year. The top prize for 2009's edition were handed out to blogger and photographer Ree Drummond for her site, "Confessions of a Pioneer Woman".
"I'm shocked," she said after the awards were over. There were 30 categories in total, and Drummond actually won in three of them -- Best Photography, Best-Designed Weblog and Weblog of the Year. "I can't mathematically believe it's possible, it's so great," she said.Drummond started the site in May 2006, and she uses it to chronicle her daily life as she cooks, gardens and raises livestock on the Oklahoma cattle ranch she shares with her husband and four kids. The site is filled with her expert photography, down-home recipes, gardening tips and DIY how-tos.
She's no stranger to the attention -- she won the Bloggy award for Best Kept Secret in 2007, then the Best Writing and Best Food Blog awards in 2008.
Winners in each category received a shot glass as their prize, but not all the honorees showed up to accept them.
Fat Cyclist blogger "Fatty" won in the Sports category, but couldn't be in Austin Monday, so he posted his acceptance speech on his blog. His friend Jeff Hadfield, wearing a Fat Cyclist bike jersey, read it aloud for the crowd as he scrolled through the text on his mobile phone.
Lifehacker editors Adam Pash and Gina Trapani were also on hand to accept their award in the Best Computer or Technology category. Like most winners, the duo kept their speech short and sweet, thanking everyone who voted.
At the end of the ceremony, nominees and winners were invited back on stage to take a shot (with their prize shot glasses) from the bottle of Tito's vodka Drummond was given as her top prize. Most indulged, but Drummond herself abstained.
"I gave up booze for lent," she said.
Here's
a list of the winners in each of the categories for the 2009 Weblog
Awards. The full list of nominees can be found at the Bloggies website.
Weblog of the Year: Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
Lifetime Achievement Award: Fark
Best Web Application for Weblogs: Google Reader
Best Australian or New Zealand Weblog: Girl With a Satchel
Best Asian Weblog: Suzy's Big Adventure
Best African Weblog: Glad to Be a Girl
Best European Weblog: Chocolate and Zucchini
Best Latin American Weblog: A Canuck in Cancun
Best Canadian Weblog: Everybody Likes Sandwiches
Best Photography of a Weblog: Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
Best Art, Craft or Design Weblog: PostSecret
Best Food Weblog: Cake Wrecks
Best Fashion Weblog: Go Fug Yourself
Best Travel Weblog: Camels & Chocolate
Best Music Weblog: Stereogum
Best Gossip Weblog: Dlisted
Best Entertainment Weblog: Television Without Pity
Best Sports Weblog: Fat Cyclist
Best Politics Weblog: Five ThirtyEight
Best Computer or Technology Weblog: Lifehacker
Best Topical Weblog: Cute Overload
Best Teen Weblog: Foodie at Fifteen
Best Humorous Weblog: I Can Has Cheezburger?
Best Writing on a Weblog: Cake Wrecks
Best Microblog: One Sentence
Best Group Weblog: Gawker
Best Community Weblog: I Can Has Cheezburger?
Best-Designed Weblog: Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
Best-Kept Secret Weblog: Pistols and Popcorn
Best New Weblog: Cake Wrecks
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