Coffee Hour

Voting begins for the first annual UU Blog Awards

Let the voting begin! Between now and February 1, please cast your votes in the first annual UU Blog Awards. There are polls for each of the following categories:

• Best UU-Themed Blog
• Best Non-UU-Themed Blog by a UU
• Best UU-Themed Group Blog or Online Community
• Best Writing
• Best Links
• Best Design
• Best Anecdote or Narrative
• Best Review or Cultural Commentary
• Best Religious Writing or Theological Commentary

The polls won't appear on the front page of Coffee Hour, so be sure to click the "Continue Reading" link to load the poll. You may only vote once in each category, but you may certainly lobby your friends and readers to come vote for your site.

Sadly, there were not enough nominations in several of the proposed categories, so feel free to post honorable mentions here in the Best Commenter, Wayside Pulpit, Shout It from the Rooftops, and Best GA Workshop Idea. And a reminder: This whole process is for fun. It's intended to bring attention to the excellent work so many people did this past year. There are already even more exceptional UU blogs than last year, and next year's awards will undoubtedly highlight a few new areas and demonstrate even more diversity in the voices. I can't wait. I also want to acknowledge that several of the first-generation UU blogs deserved to be included in these awards, but because they have already been taken off-line, they were ineligible. We couldn't look back at 2004, however, without honoring Across, Beyond, Through and Gatheringwater. They featured passionate, powerful, insightful writing, and I miss them.