What an overwhelming response this year! With over 8,000 votes logged, the winners of the 2009 Black Weblog Awards have been selected by you, the blogging public, and our team of distinguished judges.

Without further ado, the winners are listed after the break.

Best Blog Design

Popular Vote: My Brown Baby
Judges’ Vote: Black Digerati

Best Blog Post Series

Popular Vote: “Starving Artists” Series on 25 Magazine
Judges’ Vote: “Wet Wednesdays Erotica” Series on Naked With Socks On

Best Business Blog

Popular Vote: BDPA Foundation
Judges’ Vote: BDPA Foundation

Best Culture Blog

Popular Vote: Afrobella
Judges’ Vote: FreshXpress .:. The PULSE of Young Black America

Best Faith-Based Blog

Popular Vote: Infinite Gen
Judges’ Vote: Reflections of a Jazz Theologian

Best Food Blog

Popular Vote: FlavorDiva.com
Judges’ Vote: FlavorDiva.com

Best Gossip Blog

Popular Vote: The Fury
Judges’ Vote: The Fury

Best Group Blog

Popular Vote: MESH.
Judges’ Vote: Very Smart Brothas

Best Health and Wellness Blog

Popular Vote: Mother Knows Best
Judges’ Vote: Mother Knows Best

Best Hip-Hop Blog

Popular Vote: GangStarr Girl
Judges’ Vote: The Rap Up

Best Humor Blog

Popular Vote: Awesomely Luvvie
Judges’ Vote: TWiB! | This Week in Blackness

Best International Blog

Popular Vote: Ebony Intuition
Judges’ Vote: black and (A)broad

Best LGBT Blog

Popular Vote: Xem VanAdams
Judges’ Vote: Xem VanAdams

Best Microblog

Popular Vote: @brotherjesse
Judges’ Vote: @elonjames

Best Music Blog

Popular Vote: GangStarr Girl
Judges’ Vote: Industry Plug

Best New Blog

Popular Vote: Three Ways to Take It
Judges’ Vote: FreshXpress .:. The PULSE of Young Black America

Best Parenting and Family Blog

Popular Vote: My Brown Baby
Judges’ Vote: spelhouseLove

Best Personal Blog

Popular Vote: Brother Jesse Blog
Judges’ Vote: Blog It Out, Bitch

Best Photo Blog

Popular Vote: Swagger: Paris, New York
Judges’ Vote: Street Etiquette

Best Podcast

Popular Vote: Man and Wife
Judges’ Vote: Man and Wife

Best Political/News Blog

Popular Vote: Postbourgie
Judges’ Vote: The Field Negro

Best Science/Technology Blog

Popular Vote: Urban Science Adventures! (c)
Judges’ Vote: The Koalition

Best Sex and Relationships Blog

Popular Vote: Single Black Male
Judges’ Vote: Single Black Male

Best Sports/Recreation Blog

Popular Vote: Ed The Sports Fan
Judges’ Vote: Ed The Sports Fan

Best Style and Fashion Blog

Popular Vote: Mane & Chic
Judges’ Vote: The Fashion Bomb

Best Teen Blog

Popular Vote: Houseofaura.com
Judges’ Vote: I (heart) That

Best Video Blog

Popular Vote: Xem VanAdams
Judges’ Vote: TWiB! | This Week in Blackness

Best Writing in a Blog

Popular Vote: Very Smart Brothas
Judges’ Vote: The Black Snob

Blog of the Year

Popular Vote: Brother Jesse Blog
Judges’ Vote: TWiB! | This Week in Blackness

Blog to Watch

Popular Vote: Mane & Chic
Judges’ Vote: FreshXpress .:. The PULSE of Young Black America

And the winner of the Aaron Hawkins Award is…

Bill Cammack!

Bill Cammack is an Emmy Award-Winning freelance video editor who has focused his attention on the New/Social Media space.

Since 1995, Bill’s broadcast client list has included Cline, Davis & Mann; Bloomberg Information Television; ABC / Discovery Channel; AETN International / History Channel; The Charlie Rose Show; Court TV; Kralyevich Productions; Metro TV; BSMG Worldwide; Sterling Digital & Treasure HD Channel.

Bill has recently partnered with Athina Krikeli’s Ellopia Media Group in their office space in New York City’s historic Kaufman Astoria Studios. He also edits TV-One’s “Living It Up with Patti LaBelle” for Powerhouse Productions at the RIOT Productions post facility.

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