Like most serious bloggers, I work very hard on my site. It would feel good to earn an award from respected peers. People don’t disparage the Pulitzers… what’s wrong with a blog award?

I agree that the today’s marketplace is a bit saturated with blog awards. My hope is that soon one will rise above the rest and honor people who have contributed to the blogging.

Case in point: I am one of the founders of the “Carnival of the Liberals.” (CotL) Unlike other blog carnivals, hosts must select their 10 favorite entries. Getting listed in CotL is an honor, not a formality.

While I don’t get a say in what the host selects, I have noticed an increase in the level of quality of the submissions after a few short months.

CotL is not an award by any stretch of the imagination… but it does show that with a little deserved recognition, you can bring out the best in writers.

In case you don’t know, a “Blog Carnival” is when bloggers who share similar interests on a topic submit their best posts, or nominate other peoples posts, to a central host-blogger who then collates and promotes them as a carnival. The carnival happens on a regular schedule, and the host of the carnival alternates with each issue.

The CotL website is: http://carnivaloftheliberals.com/

I like the Best of Blogs Awards, because it awards popular little bloggers blogs that are not so famous, or political. Just wish they had a Bigfoot category since I’m a big foot fan, with big feet, just like my Moms, so it would be perfect. Maybe next year!

If “Best of Blogs” was called “Bob’s Grocery Store’s Best of Blogs” then I would have voted for that award, despite it being endorsed by a grocery store.