Blogathon Award Winners Announced

Posted on November 20, 2005

The winners of the Blogathon Awards were announced last month. During Blogathon bloggers blogged every thirty minutes for twenty-four hours straight to raise money for a charity of their choice. Bloggers participating in a blogathon had to find people to sponsor them who agree to donate money if they completed the blogging all-nighter. Blogathon provided monitors to make sure people continued blogging every thirty minutes for twenty-four hours. If you are curious as to how the bloggers managed to stay awake the Blogathon Awards explain in their faq:

How can I stay awake?
Ah, the age-old question: how to stay awake 24 hours while posting clever entries in your blog every thirty minutes? Some tried-and-true ways include:

Quick, cold showers.
Chatting online with other Blogathon participants.
Dancing! Dancing, singing and general moving help keep you awake in the late hours of the event.
Watch movies, television, play computer games or board games or anything that will engage your attention. Plus, you'll have something to write about.
Have a themed blog! If you're busy writing about the history of the yam or making a collage for your sponsors, you'll have a goal to sustain you through the event.

Here is a list of this year's Blogathon winners:

Best Blog: Fembat.Org : Blog Template Challenge

Best Writing Project: (2-way tie) Goodbye.nu Charity Blogathon and Chemmonkey

Most Enthusiastic: Stale Betty

Best Webcam: The Metafictional Blues: Blogathon '05 The Need to Read

Best Visual Arts Project: Portraits for a Purpose

Best Themed Blog: Three Moms and a Single Lady

Best Undefineable Project: DisconnectedBlog

Most Tired (but still made it!): Five Point Restraints

Best Audio Project: DevinAndMarty.com: SwampLog

Monitor's Choice bSpies: azzafooky

Monitor's Choice The Yellow Darts: The Alaska Blog

Monitor's Choice They Might Be Monitors: Lone Prairie Blog