Blog Award - Minor Awards

Minor Awards

Some blog awards are specific to a particular topic such as The Photobloggies, others to a specific region like the Search Maryland Top Blog Awards. The nominees are broken down into categories such as Environmental and Land Use Law Blogs, Criminal Law Blogs, Tax Law Blogs, and Divorce Law Blogs to name a few. They also choose the National Top 100 which is a compilation of the Top 100 blogs, regardless of category.

There are also blog awards targeted at people of various nationalities, races, and ethnicities. Indibloggies, started in 2003, is targeted at Indian Blogs. The Black Weblog Awards is targeted at Black bloggers and those in the African diaspora, and has been around since 2005. In 2007, the Greek Blog Awards were determined by public vote. Awards were given to 12 blogs in different categories. In Italy, the Macchianera Blog Awards have been awarded most years since 2003.

The Philippine Blog Awards which recognizes Filipino blogging talent around the world, started in 2007. Another Philippine award honoring the best and inspiring Filipino Expatriates and Overseas Filipinos' blogs and bloggers around the world is the Philippine (Pinoy) Expats/OFW Blog Awards started in 2007. The World Media Awards were launched in 2011 to celebrate the best in blogging and media.

CosmopolitanUK started the CosmoBlogAwards in 2010, celebrating the best of British fashion, beauty, lifestyle and other blogs. More than 15,000 blogs entered in 2010 and more are expected to in 2011.

Goodreads.com, in a joint sponsorship with the Association of American Publishers (AAP), started the Independent Book Blogger Award in April 2012, open to all independent bloggers who have an account with Goodreads and who blog on a regular basis about books or the book publishing industry.