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
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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.
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