And the finalists for Avant Garde Bloggies Awards are:
1.1. Best Short Story Post
Author: Destination Infinity
Of Hands That Held and Promises Not Kept
Author: Chandni
Sometimes its love not crush but still
Author: Preposterous girl
A true story of love (A candle burnt on 26/11/09)
Author: Lemonytree
Author: Urmila Santosh
They Should Put in Jail for That
Author: Arshat Chaudhary
1.2 Best Off-Beat Post
Author: Smitha
5 Reasons Why You Should Not Shift from WordPress.com blog to wordpress.org
Author: Vikas Gupta
Yuva Dares to Bring Open Closet
Author: Sam
Author: Azad
Draupadi, Sita and Helen of Troy
Author: Indian Homemaker
Author: Hades
1.3 Best Book Review
Author: Smita
Review: Girl with Dragon Tattoo
Author: Couch Papaya
Constant Princess by Philipa Gregory
Author: SR/Shweta
Author : Ava Suri
Dispossessed-by-ursula-k-le-guin
Author: Tonya
Book Review: “Bitter Chocolate – Child Sexual Abuse in India” by Pinki Virani
Author: Kiran Rao
1.4. Best Movie Review Post
Wake Up Sid Movie Review
Author: Partha Pratim |
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Love of the Mango People Aaj Kal
Author: Amrita
Author: Sahil Rizwan
Wake up Sid : Serene Serendipity
Author : Udta Hathi
Author : Pulkit
Author: Sathish
1.5. Best Music Review Post
Share a Tune: Inspired Music in Indian Films
Author: Gauri
Author: Harry
Author : Arti Krishna Kumar
Author: Bhargav Saikia
Author Shruthi
1.6. Best How-to Post
Extracting Virgin Coconut Oil at Home
Author: Sangeeta Khanna
How to Add a Custom Header for Arras Theme
Author: Lekhni
Being Mom How To Deal with Toddler
Author Prerna
Author DesiNinja
How To Do Nothing at Work and Still Get Paid
Author : Jay Maniar
Taking control of your inbox: Inbox Zero
Author: Vaibhav Gadodia
1.7. Most Interesting Personal Rant Post
5 Reason Why I am more miserable than Dilbert
Author: Prateek Gupta
Author: Rads
A tweet on twitter that caused such a flutter
Author: Shalini Puthiyedam
Author: Indy
Author: Sourabh Biswas
Author: Minal
1.8. Most Humorous Post
Author: HyperMom
Daaru Pradesh – Gawd’s Own State
Author: Tantanoo/Shantanu
1 Socialite, 1 Entrepreneur and 1 Software Engineer
Author: Abhishek Iyengar
Gay Pride Takes Violent Turn in Pub
Author: Hades
Author: Salil
We are Indians and so is Our English
Author: Gauri
1.9 Best Satirical Post
The Undibloggies awards – the Indibloggies for the rest of us
Author: Neo Indian
Author: Partha Pratim
Author: Amreekandesi
Author: Sraboney Ghosh
Dear Foreigner: Here is Guide to India
Author: Jammy
Author: Hades
1.10 Best travel post
Author: Avada Kedavra
Coorg – A journey to Scotland of India
Author : Rahul / Santosh
Author : Ashwin Baindur
Author: TRNaren
Author: Radz/Radha
Author: Parul
1.11. Best Visual Post
Author: Sakshi
New Guests In Our Garden – A Bird Family
Author: Sandhya
Author: Patricia Torres
Author: Sandeep R
What I Have Been Upto This Summer
Author: Home cooked
Author: Swaram
1.12. Best Culinary Post
Gulab Jamun Recipe for Indian Cooking
Author: Srivalli
Author: Gunjaish
Author: Varunavi
Author: Anita
French Macarons with Chocolate
Author: Parita
Author: SJ
1.13 Best Consumer Rights Post
Mystery of Landline Connection
Author: Tarun Goel
Author: Madhurie Singh
Author: Charakan
Author: Sraboney Gosh
HSBC Credit Card and Unending Trauma
Author: HyperMom
Author: Indyeah
1.14. Best Poetic Post Award
Author: Suranga
Author: Mystic Margarita
Author: Aparna Karthik
Author: Usha Pisharody
Author Ekta Khetan
Author: Ritu
1.15. Best Tech Post
Analyzing Twitter Lists-Follower Ratio As An Indicator Of Influence
Author: Mahendra
Google Public DNS- a ploy to get handle on the real-time pulse of the internet?
Author: Sandeep Gautam
How to Do everything with your mobile phone
Author: Jay
8 Google Wave plugins you must try when you get an account
Author: Dinsan
Some blogging errors wordpress.com bloggers should avoid
Author: Vikas Gupta
Which Webhosting Should I Take
Author: Sanjay Goel
1.16. Best Public Interest Post
Sex Education Has Nothing to Do with Blue Films
Author: Indian Homemaker
Author: Snigdha SenHalf plus seven and all that jazz
Author: Usha Vaidyanathan
Is Homophobia an Alien Legacy of the Victorians?
Author : Man of Roma
Author: Smitha
In Silence I Suffer Hidden Hurt
Author: Tikuli
1.17. Best Personal Post
Author: Liana
All for Kiss: Crazy Confession from Sam
Author: Sam
Author: Minal
My Worst Lies Are The Ones I Tell Myself…
Author: Pinochina
Of Robbers, Inspirational Teachers and Folks who forced me to do this
Author: Dreamer
Slumdogs. White Tigers. Indians.
Author: Amit
1.18. Best 55er Post
Author: Shilpa Garg
Author: Shruti
Author: Shail
Author: Chandni
Author: The Solitary Writer
Author: Pal/Pallavi
1.19 Most Evocative Post on Parenting
Can We Hear Sobs of Tiny Voices
Author: Passionate Goof/Goofymama
Three Generations
Author: Mad Momma
You Know You are a Dad When
Author: Masood
I want I want I want
Author: Kiran/Karmic Kids
I Don’t Want my Child to be Obedient
Author: Smitha
2.1. Most beautiful header award :
2.2. Most Interesting SideBar
2.3. Best About Me Page :
2.4. Best blog design award:
2.5. Best Professional Blogger
2.6. Most Disciplined Blogger :
2.7. Most Networking Blogger :
2.8. Most responsive blogger
Note:
1. Posts in Best Musical Review and Best Consumer Rights Post category went directly for polling as nominations were few.
2. Best Disciplined Blogger and Best Networking Blogger will be decided only by voting. Therefore, more than 6 entries will be going for polls.
3. Polls, which is the final phase, start on Monday.They will be held for a week on Avant Garde Bloggies Blog.
4. Also, have decided to do away with the idea of party. Original intent was just to bestow appreciation, so that is what it will be. Also, not many souls seemed excited by the idea.
5. Two of my blogger-friends, Solilo and Indyeah had withdrawn their nominations from all categories. However, I managed to persuade Indyeah to retain her nomination in Best Consumer Rights post category since there were not many worthy contenders there.
Nice to see my post in the final list. Thanks a lot 🙂
Congrats and gud luck to everyone here 🙂
This is the first time any of my posts has made it to the final list. 🙂
All the best to fellow bloggers here!
Wow, I am there too. 🙂
Wow I made it too,cant believe…do read and if u like it vote for me for about me section. May da best men win.
Thx again!
-Vivek
Oh so I’m in there too.. 🙂 Thanks.. 🙂
Yay!! I made it to the finals! 🙂 Thank you 🙂
Congrats to the finalists !!! Its great !!!
Now, waiting for the polls !!! 🙂
Thank you, folks. Also THRILLED to see so many of my friends being finalists in various categories :-)))
there is marks written beside one post by neo Indian
I m not there!!! *swoon faint due to heart attack*
Reema, you were disqualified for trying to bribe me on twitter… 😉
Happy to see Sarson Patal in the travel section. All the best to everyone.
About me??
That was a surprise nomination for me.
Though I shamelessly, did propose it myself 😉
First time ever that any of my posts made it to any shortlist 🙂 Thanks!
An added note, many of the shortlisted posts are from not-so-well-known bloggers; but their quality is top-notch. Indian blogosphere, and Indian bloggers; are *good*. Proud to be one of ’em!
Finally 😉
i am surprised to see myself here…am elated!!
got a visit from this place n came searching…a happy surprise indeed.
will surely read most of the posts nominated..
Delighted and honored to see my name here 🙂
That a great news, to find that my blog and I are nominated under three categories.
I know it’s a humongous task to read and assess from a sea of blogs. Keep it up guys.
regards
Madhurie Singh
http://www.madhuriesingh.com/superindiankid
http://www.superindiankid.com
Phew! I made it to the finals!!!! Oh wow! Yeh toh awesome hai jee!
Thanks for the nomination, guys. 🙂
Thank you! feels good to be nominated.
Good luck to everyone 🙂
Nice 🙂
Am so happy to enter the finalists list… Wohooo!!
This is wonderful 🙂 🙂 congrats for finalists 🙂 🙂
It was tough task guys… But we did finish it and I along with other Judges hope we have done justice to the posts.
Glad to be in the final list. A lot of hard work behind the scenes I am sure.
Congrats to all the finalists.
It seems I am in the final list. I’m sending my best wished to all finalists! MoR
Hey even I am here!!!
So what now?
Poonam and everyone associated with the awards, Marvelous job!
Can’t wait till the voting starts. I have lots of favorites and it’s going to be a tough job. 😀
All the best!
This is a good collection – will need time to read all of them.But I guess it will be worth the effort.
Thank you!!! Its a lemony feeling.
All the very best to all the contenders! 🙂
I have my strong favorites in each category (who are going to win I know 😀 )
Great job Poonam and the entire team behind this initiative! You guys are great!
Thank you Poonam for giving us AGB Awards this year too! I’m super excited to see that I’m in the final list for four categories!
The Return Of The Craziness
Wonderful job, organizers 🙂 And thank you for the honour 🙂