Announcement: 2nd Annual Blogisattva Awards Nominees

I am pleased to announce the nominees for the 2007 Blogisattva Awards, honoring excellence in English-language Buddhist blogging during calendar year 2006. This year, there are an aggregate 115 nominees in 21 categories.

The recipients of the awards will be anounced in a post in this blog on February 15. [UPDATE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS DELAYED UNTIL FEB 25.]

The nominees in 21 categories are ...

Blog of the year, Svaha!; 7 nominees; [Blog, Blogger]:

• Danny Fisher, Danny Fisher
• Integral Options Café, Bill Harryman
• Mystery of Existence, DotDotDot Putali
• One foot in front of the other, Michael
• Sentient Developments, George Dvorsky
• thinkBuddha.org, Will Buckingham
• This is This, Cliff Jones

Best Post of the Year; 9 nominees; ["Post" Blog, Blogger]:

• "A note on death" One Robe, One Bowl, Soen Joon Sunim
• "Meditation: A Rare Practice" Tricycle Blog - Jeff Wilson, Jeff Wilson
• "On the other hand" Via Negativa, Dave Bonta
• "On Knowing Nothing" Deep Surface, Sean
• "The Mind-Nature Sutra" One Robe, One Bowl, Soen Joon Sunim
• "The Mountain Road" thinkBuddha.org, Will Buckingham
• "The Red Rite" The Jayarava Rave, Jayarava
• "Thinking of Others" Clarity's blog, clarity
• "Vesak and the Art of Changing Tyres" This is This, Cliff Jones

Best Achievement in Skilled Writing (The Wordsmithing Award); 7 nominees; [Blogger, Blog(s)]:

• Dave Bonta, Via Negativa
• Will Buckingham, thinkBuddha.org
• George Dvorsky, Sentient Developments
• Bill Harryman, Integral Options Cafe
• Cliff Jones, This is This
• Paul Salamone, Paul's Blog, and The DENVER Anti-Apathy Cluster
• Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen

Best New Blog, 2006; 7 nominees; [Blog, blogger(s)]:

• Big Red Buddha, Miso [a pseudonym of Christopher Baskind]
• Buddhist Geeks, Ryan Oelke, Gwen Bell and Vince Horn
• For The Turnstiles, Daniel Gustav Anderson
• Kathmandu for You, Michael Smith
• Monkey Mind, James Ishmael Ford
• TMcG, TMcG
• Unknowing Mind, Mike

Best Achievement Blogging on Buddhist Practice or Dharma; 5 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• Anonymous Dharma, Dan
• Dharmavidya Web, David Brazier
• don't drop that atomic bomb on me!, me
• My Zen Life, John Soper
• tysonwilliams.com, Tyson Williams

Best Achievement Blogging in the First Person [as a diarist; writing of events in one's life; offering thoughts; or by venturing out into the world, gonzo style]; 9 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• A Blue Eyed Buddhist, Paul Cox
• American Buddhist Perspective, Justin Whitaker
• auspicious coincidence, “the girl”
• Clarity's blog, clarity
• Doe-Do, MikeDoe
• Dust, Bob
• Integral in Seattle, Gary Stamper
• Naked Reflections, Nagarjuna
• One foot in front of the other, Michael

Best Achievement Blogging on Matters Philosophical or Scientific ; 5 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• American Buddhist Perspective, Justin Whitaker
• Hyperaware Consciousness, Daniel Scott Poynter
• Inveterate Bystander, John
• Mystery of Existence, DotDotDot Putali
• Sentient Developments, George Dvorsky

Best Achievement in Kind and Compassionate Blogging ; 5 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• Clarity's blog, clarity
• Dharmasattva's Meditations, Dharmasattva
• One foot in front of the other, Michael
• peaceful turmoil, tinythinker
• The Buddhist Blog, James Ure

Best Achievement Blogging Opinion Pieces or about Political Issues ; 5 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• Bhikkhu's Blog, Ajahn Punnadhammo
• Genius of Insanity, James Ure
• Notes in Samsara, Mumon
• Republic of T, Terrance Heath
• thinkBuddha.org, Will Buckingham

Best Achievement Blogging on Integral Issues ; 5 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• ~C4Chaos, ~C4Chaos
• Dashh, Dashh
• Integral in Seattle, Gary Stamper
• Integral Options Cafe, Bill Harryman
• Mystery of Existence, DotDotDot Putali

Best Achievement in Creation or Use of Graphics in a Blog ; 3 nominees; [blog, blogger(s)]:

• Danny Fisher, Danny Fisher
• foot before foot: the photoblog, F. & X. Kwan
• One foot in front of the other, Michael

Best Achievement with Use of Quotations in a Blog ; 5 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• Anonymous Dharma, Dan
• lotusinthemud, Sujatin
• The Buddhist Blog, James Ure
• tysonwilliams.com, Tyson Williams
• whiskey river, whiskey

Best Achievement in Wide Range of Topic Interests Blogging ; 5 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• ~C4Chaos, ~C4Chaos
• Digital Dharma, Bill
• Integral Options Cafe, Bill Harryman
• Mudita Journal, Joshua Zader
• Naked Reflections, Nagarjuna

Best Achievement in Clean, Straightforward, Unaffected Design ; 5 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• A Blue Eyed Buddhist, Paul Cox
• Authentic Personality, beesucker
• Nine Out of Zen, ryan
• The DENVER Anti-Apathy Cluster, Paul Salamone
• TMcG, TMcG

Best Achievement in Wonderful, Remarkable, Elegant Design ; 5 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• Big Red Buddha, Miso [a pseudonym of Christopher Baskind]
• Green Clouds, Gareth
• Mudita Journal, Joshua Zader
• Sentient Developments, George Dvorsky
• zen-lunatic, anathea

Best Niche Blog, Unusual-Function Blog, Blog Service, or Serial within a Blog ; 5 nominees; [blog, blogger]:

• Big Red Buddha, Miso [a pseudonym of Christopher Baskind]
• gratitude, a series within a blog, Integral Options Cafe, Bill Harryman
• speedlinking, a series within a blog, Integral Options Cafe, Bill Harryman
• whiskey river, whiskey
• Zen Filter, Mark, et al

Blogger Best Demonstating a Multiplicity of Talents ; 5 nominees; [blogger, blog(s)]:

• ~C4Chaos, ~C4Chaos
• Dave Bonta, Via Negativa
• Will Buckingham, thinkBuddha.org
• Bill Harryman, Integral Options Cafe
• Paul Salamone, Paul's Blog, and The DENVER Anti-Apathy Cluster

Best Multi-Part Blog Post ; 5 nominees; [post series, blog, blogger]:

• "Conventional and Ultimate Truth", 1 to 5; Doe-Do, MikeDoe
• "India," Posts #1 to #20, Danny Fisher, Danny Fisher
• "Fear", 1 to 4, Doe-Do, Mike Doe
• "Who Owns God?", Part One - Three; Integral Options Cafe, Bill Harryman
• Suffering with a Cold, Part 1 - 3; This is This, Cliff Jones

Best Achievement in a Compassionate Blog Post ; 5 nominees; [post, blog, blogger]:

• "Vesak Day and the Art of Changing Tyres", This is This, Cliff Jones
• "Thinking of Others", Clarity's blog, clarity
• "There are no nouns", don't drop that atomic bomb on me!, me
• "A note on death", One Robe, One Bowl, Soen Joon Sunim
• "a question from a friend", Kathmandu for You, Michael Smith

Best Achievement with Humor in a Blog Post ; 5 nominees; [post, blog, blogger]:

• "Buddhist Covergirl Gets Own Magazine", Big Red Buddha, Christopher Baskind writting as Miso
• "Burrito"This is This, Cliff Jones
• "NASCAR Buddhists Race for Recognition ", Big Red Buddha, Christopher Baskind writting as Miso
• "Schuylkill, Var and Thames", This is This, Cliff Jones
• "Sightseers Flock to Buddha Wall", Paper Frog, Christopher Baskind

Best Conversation-Sparking Blog Post (not necessarily a good thing); 3 nominees; [post, blog, blogger]:

• "Integral Institute - CEO Drama?", Numinous Nonsense, Vince Horn
• "Meditation: A Rare Practice", Tricycle Blog - Jeff Wilson, Jeff Wilson
• "What We Are, That We See.", kenwilber.com - blog, Ken Wilber