More announcements for the Philippine Blog Awards

By: Sophia Lucero | September 15, 2008 | No Comments Yet

Less than a week to go! The Philippine Blog Awards is happening on September 21st at One Esplanade, 5:00pm. Here are some reminders and announcements for those who are participating in various ways:

Bloggers Choice Award voting process modified. The voting process for the Bloggers Choice Award has been updated a bit so that it’s easier to participate. The sponsors link list is now optional, and you may use rel="nofollow".

Level Up! and Nokia sponsor awards extended. Deadlines for the Level Up! Gaming Blog Award and the Nokia Kaleidescope of Connections Award have been extended to September 19 at midnight. You can also email your entries to nokiapba08@gmail.com.

Register now! If you haven’t already, be sure to register for a slot immediately. There are only 200 available and they’re sure to run out soon.

PBA press conference held. The Philippine Blog Awards organizers (Noemi Dado, Juned Sonido, Gail Villanueva, Jayvee Fernandez) together with Blog Bank met with the press today to officially announce the event. See coverage from GMANews.TV and Yehey! Lifestyle.

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Philippine Blog Awards nominations closed, Nokia’s special award announced

By: Sophia Lucero | August 27, 2008 | No Comments Yet

The 2008 Philippine Blog Awards is inching closer and closer as the nominations have closed. The last day for nominations was actually August 10th, but the deadline for the Special Awards division was extended until the 22nd.

Nominees have been notified to submit 5 of their top posts to make the judging process easier. The deadline was noon today, August 27th.

Aside from the three major awards divisions, there are new awards from the co-presentors. One of these is the Nokia Kaleidoscope of Connections Award.

Challenge: Produce a video of how you connect with others using mobile technology

Your post will be judged on concept, style, and its popularity.

1st place - Nokia N95 8GB
2nd place - Nokia 6220 Classic
3rd place - Nokia N78

More details can be found here.

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