Wales Celebrates the Explosion of the Blogosphere

Wales is celebrating their bloggers. In the first-ever Wales Blog Awards, Media Wales, in conjunction with Warwick Emanuel PR, will be celebrating and recognising Welsh bloggers – with awards categories including best Welsh language blog, best fashion blog, and best writer.

According to an article in WalesOnline, the reason for the acknowledgement is simple; Wales recognises how much blogs contribute to Welsh life, politics, and business. According to Wynford Emanuel, one of the competition judges and director of Warwick Emanuel PR, “I have seen an absolute explosion of blogs in the UK and in Wales, which I think is an extremely positive development.

“Never before has there been such opportunity for people to make their views known to a relatively large audience. The medium is great for individuals, it is good for democratic expression and it gives a voice to people who previously may not have been heard.”

Ed Walker, another judge and editor of WalesOnline Communities adds, ““The Blog Awards are a way to showcase all the great blogging that’s going on throughout Wales. There are plenty of people putting out great blogs about a whole range of subjects and we wanted to highlight those people who give a lot of time to their passions and hobbies. We hope to see people entering from all over Wales and nominating their favourite reads on the web.”

Nominations for the Wales Blog Awards will run through 1 September 2010. Winners will be revealed during an Awards Night Ceremony held on 14 October. To find out more or enter, please visit: Wales Blog Awards.