The 2015 Best of Blog Awards: Nominate Your Favorite Bloggers/Blogs/Posts!

Yay!  It's finally time, in fact it's a little past time, to get the second annual Best of Blog Awards here on My So-Called Chaos!  Remember when I did it for the first time on this blog last year?  We had such a blast!  Check out last year's winners HERE.

Step 1: Nominations
Nominations will be open for exactly 1 week, starting at 7AM MST on Thursday, February19th and ending at NOON/12PM MST on Thursday, Feburary 26th.  Make sure you fill out the form below to nominate your favorite bloggers and blogs before the deadline!

Step 2: Voting
Voting will last exactly 1 week, starting at 7AM MST on Tuesday, March 3rd and ending at NOON/12PM MST on Tuesday, March 10th.  At this time there will be a new post with a form for voting for the people who were nominated.

Step 3: Final Voting
Final voting will last exactly 1 week, starting at 7AM on Thursday, March 12th and ending at NOON/12PM MST on Thursday, March 19th.  There will be a new post with the top three contestants in each category listed for final voting during this time.

Step 4: Awards
The Awards post will go up on Wednesday, March 25th listing the final winners in each category! Winners will all get a special badge to put on their blog if they wish, and a special extra prize which is outlined as follows:

• Niche Blog Awards: 1 month 450x100 ad space (scheduled in advance throughout the year)
• Non-Niche Blog Awards: 1 month 450x200 ad space  (scheduled in advance throughout the year)
• Best Overall Blog: 1 month 450x300 ad space  (scheduled in advance throughout the year)
• Post Awards: Option to re-post their winning post here as a guest post (with a feature introduction about them in the post and links back to their blog and social media)
• Social Media Awards: Twitter & Facebook features on the My So-Called Chaos pages.
• Small Business Awards: 1 month 450x100 ad space  (scheduled in advance throughout the year)

Please make your nominations in the form below, and make sure you post a link with your nomination.  If it's a blog I'm not familiar with I will need the link to follow.  A few titles have changed this year to make them more open to both female and male bloggers. :)

If someone fits more than one category feel free to nominate them for both, but a person may only be put up for voting in 3 categories.  I'll pick the top three they were nominated for if they are nominated for more than 3.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS ALL IN GOOD FUN.  There were some concerns shared last year about people inflating numbers, etc. But guys, this is just a fun little thing... Please don't stress about it in anyway.  Here are some simple do's and don'ts.

• DO feel free to nominate yourself.  DON'T nominate yourself for more than TWO categories.
• DO nominate your friends.  DON'T nominate your friends for more than THREE categories.
• DO fill out as many of these sections as you possibly can.
• DO feel free to tell people you nominated them and suggest they make some nominations. 
• DON'T ask people to nominate you.
• DON'T just fill out one or two sections with one person.  Fill out as many as you can.
• DO share this blog post.  DON'T share the form on it's own-we don't want people to miss the info.
• DO have a ton of fun and enter the giveaway after nominating! 

Enter to win a $25 Etsy Gift Card.  Giveaway runs from 7AM MST 2/19/15 and ends at 11:59PM MST on the last day of voting, 3/19/15.  Giveaway is open worldwide, and entering the giveaway below agrees to all terms and conditions within the Rafflecopter.

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