The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) announced The BAKE Blog Awards. In a bid to reward exceptional bloggers and to also promote content creation in Kenya, BAKE will be organizing bloggers awards this year under the moniker âBAKE Blog Awardsâ.
The idea is to recognize bloggers that post consistently, have great and useful content, and are creative and innovative. The nomination is open to all Kenyan bloggers. There will be a submission phase starting March 15th, today, where blogs will be nominated in 14 categories as below:
1. Best Technology Blog
Blogs that cover tech matters like social media, internet usage, consumer electronics, mobile phones, tech startups etc.
2. Best Photography Blog
Blogs that showcase original photos or have photography related content.
3. Best Creative Writing Blog
Blogs that feature original creative writing in the form of poetry, fiction and essays.
4. Best Business Blog
Blogs that feature business content like business development, entrepreneurship, startups, stocks, investments, banking etc
5. Best Food Blog
Blogs that focus on food, cooking tips, restaurants, wines and recipes
6. Best Agriculture Blog
Blogs that focus on Farming, marketing of agricultural produce, and environmental impact of climate change
7. Best Fashion Blog
Blogs that highlight current trends in Fashion as well as personal grooming, fashion shows
8. Best Politics Blog
Blogs that cover political issues in Kenya.
9. Best New Blog
Outstanding Blogs that were set up from March 24th 2011 onwards.
10. Best Corporate Blog
Blogs run by companies.
11. Best General Blog
Blogs that feature content that is exceptional but doesnât donât fit into any of the other 13 categories.
12. Best Sports Blog
Blogs that feature sports content.
13. Tweep of the Year â Individual
The best individual twitter user in Kenya.
14. Tweep of the Year â Corporate
The best corporate twitter user in Kenya.
The submission phase will run until March 29th and then judges will choose their best 5 in each category. The judges will be drawn from the media and the blogging community.
After the judges pick their best 5 in each category, they will then be voted for by the public from April 10th. The winners in each category will be announced at a gala event on April 28th.
To submit visit http://bloggers.or.ke/submit-blogs/, or email [email protected].
Hi, interesting move …Â how do you intend to factor the issue of analytics within the dynamics of popularity, i.e. apart from blog content there is the issue of page views, traffic, link ins e.t.c currently its a challenge getting information on top blogs for example, depending on Alexa, Compete, Comscore is also problematic since their parameters are too broad and will give you global as opposed to specific locations … i have been looking at a few ideas which i think can be applied and would add value to the awards while also creating some commercial dynamics …
There should have a category on the “Best Upcoming Blog” or something to cater for newbies or guys who are new to the blogging scene. Otherwise a great initiative and I hope and pray this inaugural event is a great success.