Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Festivities Begin Tomorrow!! Awards and Contests Galore!!

Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW), hosted by My Friend Amy, begins tomorrow! It'll take over the book blogging arena, I'm sure.

The BBAW 2008 Awards will be handed out by various bloggers on Wednesday and Thursday. Here's the schedule:


On Wednesday, Sept. 17:

Age 30+: A Lifetime of Books will present the awards for Best Meme/Carnival/Event and Best Commenter/Commentator

Booking Mama will present the awards for Best Design and Best Book Club Blog

Caribou's Mom will present the award for Most Humorous Blog

My Friend Amy will present the award for Best Publishing/Industry Blog

Stephanie's Confessions of a Book-a-holic will present the awards for Best Name for a Blog and Best Challenge Host

Literate Housewife will present the awards for Best Community Builder and Best Author Blog

APOOO Books will present the award for Best Book Published in 2008

Bookroom Reviews will present the awards for Best Book Community Site and Most Chatty

Book-a-rama will present the awards for Most Concise and Most Extravagant Giveaways

On Thursday, Sept. 18:

My Friend Amy will present the awards for Best General Book Blog and Most Altruistic Blog

Stephanie's Confessions of a Book-a-holic will present the awards for Best Romance Blog and Best Kidlit Blog

Literate Housewife will present the awards for Best Fantasy/Sci-fi/Horror/Spec-fic Blog and Best History/Historical Blog

APOOO Books will present the awards for Best Literary Fiction Blog and Best Cookbook Blog

Bookroom Reviews will present the award for Best YA Lit Blog

Book-a-rama will present the award for Best Thrillers/Mystery/Suspense Blog

Caribou's Mom will present the awards for Best Non-fiction Blog and Most Eclectic Taste

The Friendly Book Nook will present the award for Best Christian/Inspirational Blog

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Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit has a poetry week planned, with a giveaway every day. Read her BBAW schedule here.

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The Official BBAW Giveaway List can be found here!

Other BBAW giveaways are listed here!

More than 100 books and other goodies will be given away during BBAW, so it's in your best interest to check out those links!!

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Things won't be as hectic here at Diary of an Eccentric but stop by on Tuesday, Sept. 16 for my interview with Lourdes of Lost in Books!!

3 comments:

Anna said...

I know!! I just wish I had more time in my schedule to contribute a lot more. There's always next year...

Serena said...

I love how your dedication to posting my contests! I am so tickled I have a giveaway schedule and poetry/writing week planned for BBAW!

I cannot wait to read your interview! I think the interviews were so much fun!

Anna said...

They were a lot of fun. And thank you for posting my contests as well, Serena!