It’s award season. I never watch awards shows. I figure I shouldn’t have to sit through 3 hours of over-the-top, scripted, rehearsed programming to learn who has been chosen by their peers to take home a statue. I know I sound jaded but I just can’t help thinking about the other things I could do with that time. I read the results after the shows are over, which takes about a whole 10 minutes.
On top of this, I’ve never understood the whole process behind each award. If only it could be this straightforward:
Francina at Seasons Poetry has nominated me for two blog awards, the ABC Blogger Award and the Genuine Blogger Award. She is a regular visitor to my site and she always leaves supportive comments. I appreciate every word of encouragement she has given to me.
Thank you for your support and for sharing my work with other bloggers in the WordPress community Francina!
I know they aren’t Oscars, Golden Globes or Grammys, but I feel more proud than any Hollywood star accepting these awards for my writing. I graciously accept both of these awards and now, unlike the Oscars, Golden Globes or Grammys, I get to pass them along to fellow bloggers.
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The Genuine Blogger Award has no rules, which means that I don’t have to list any facts about myself and I get to pass it to anyone I like.
I would like to give this award to one blogger
Mark Sugden/Letters to Alfie @ http://letterstoalfie.wordpress.com/
The first time I read a post by Mark Sugden at Letters to Alfie I cried, not because it was sad, but because it was full of so much love for his son. Mark writes every post in the form of a letter to his son Alfie. I think it’s a wonderful way to let him know he is loved.
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The ABC (Awesome Blog Content) Award is different. For this award, there is no limit to how many of your fellow bloggers you can honour. However, I must share some things about myself in alphabetical order, at least one word, or two starting with each letter of the alphabet. Here goes…
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I am passing the ABC Award on to the following bloggers because I find their work interesting and inspiring, each for different reasons. I hope you enjoy them too.
1. Bucket List Publications @ http://lesleycarter.wordpress.com/
2. Rubicorno @ http://rubicorno.wordpress.com/
3. Uprooted Magnolia @ http://leahyetter.wordpress.com/
4. MariAnne MacGregor @ http://mariannemacgregor.wordpress.com/
5. FBSIGN @ http://fbsign.wordpress.com/
6. The Right Mood @ http://therightmood.wordpress.com/
7. shpics/Stuart Hyde @ http://shpics.wordpress.com/
8. Helen’s Journal @ http://helensjournal.wordpress.com/
9. vera til @ http://veratil.wordpress.com/
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If you’re like me and don’t watch the awards shows I hope you’re still able to enjoy awards season.
Thanks again to Francina!
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Sorry, I enjoy the awards, mostly for the gowns. Usually something else is going on in the background at home, but we always stop for the Memoriam and often for the music. Once we even had an Oscar party and everyone placed bets on the categories. it made it more fun.
Congrats on your awards
Barb,
To each his own.
I’m just not into all of the hoopla.
Enjoy the show this weekend!
Congratulations!
Thanks Jessie Jeanine!
Ehi, thank you for nominating me! 🙂
It was my pleasure!
Congratulations! Francina is very wonderful in supporting many of us out here. So pleased you nominated Lesley Carter for an award. I have reblogged posts of hers more than once, as they totally supporting what I am doing at my own blog at http://granbee.wordpress.com. I also love poetry and reading and quiet and people say I am very friendly! Love these ABC lists in the blogs I follow!
Thank granbee!
Francina is awesome! She writes her own wonderful poetry and is always promoting others.
I may have to take a page out of Lesley’s book and start my own bucket list and actually follow through with similar enthusiasm.
Thank you so much for the nomination, I am extremely touched. I can only apologise for taking so long to respond. Work and other commitments have kept me away from both my camera and my computer, otherwise I would have picked this up earlier. Thank you again for your support. I cannot put a value on it.
Mark
Thank you Mark!
I appreciate you passing it back to me 🙂
I updated my Blog Award post to include your nomination: http://wp.me/pxjrA-lZ
Congratulations on your ABC Award!
As the originator of this award you may be interested to know that I have now set up a Facebook group for all bloggers who have been given the ABC Award – a place for you to meet new bloggers, and share and support each other. You can join the group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABCaward/?bookmark_t=group
Please also let any other bloggers, that you know have been given the award, know about this group too – then we can all ‘spread the word’
I have also set up a Facebook page – the ABC Award – where you can now add links to all of your blog posts and writing – share your work with a new audience, gain new readers, and find out what other ABC Award bloggers are writing about.
You can find the page here:
https://www.facebook.com/ABCaward?bookmark_t=page
Just ‘like’ the page and get started – and do let all your blog readers know about this page – I believe that all of our blogs can only be improved by letting our readers know about other blogs – that way you will also have new readers discover you too!
Happy blogging – and congratulations again on the ABC Award – you’re awesome!