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2009 Lonely Planet Travel Blogger Awards

Matthew CashmoreLonely Planet author

The 2009 Lonely Planet Travel Bloggers Awards.

This year sees the very first Lonely Planet Travel Bloggers Awards. Lonely Planet has always had the very best travel information out there, and as more and more people blog about their experiences and travel all over the world, it made perfect sense for us to celebrate those brilliant authors.

The winners of the awards will be announced in March at a party in San Francisco, at the same time as the first ever Travel Blogger un-conference. Nominations are now open in 13 categories, and will close in mid feb at which point we’ll pick the five most nominated blogs in each category and open those for public voting. Public voting is going to count for 50% of the over-all score, the remaining score will come from a panel of selected experts – respected bloggers, Lonely Planet Authors and other industry celebrities.

So if you’ve got a favorite travel blogger in any of the categories below – head over to http://lplabs.com/2009/01/06/nominations/ and nominate now!

Categories:

# Best Destination Blog
# Best Expat Blog
# Best Travelogue
# Best Consumer Travel Blog
# Best non-English language Blog (not Spanish or Italian – see below)
# Best Spanish Language Blog
# Best Italian Language Blog
# Best Video Blog (including YouTube Channels)
# Best Micro-Blogging (twitter etc)
# Best Image Blog
# Best Themed Blog (trekking etc)
# Best Group Authored Blog
# Best Podcast