The UK Blog Award, Entries and Nominations: 1st October 2016
2014 was the first year in existence for the UK Blog Awards.
The Awards are an exciting and uplifting time for the digital industry of Blogging professionals.
For what may seem like a lifetime, company employees and private individuals have been found Blogging about opinions, facts and sharing good practice with viewers of the worldwide web since the early 1990s.
So, here at UKBA we thought it was about time that individual Bloggers and companies received recognition for all your well earned innovative opinions and content!
The UK Blog Awards has been created to recognise true viral style and creative excellence across a variety of 16 UK industries, as well as awarding 2 sub-categories: Best Storyteller and Most Innovative award.
Individuals and Companies can enter via the UKBA website. To view the full Terms and Conditions, please visit our Rules page here.
The UK Blog Awards are not just another Awards evening, but the chance to be acknowledged and recognised as a true knowledge provider within your industry and provide a unique opportunity to promote yourself and/or your comany to other Blogging professionals and organisations. The awards are more than an event, but a digital outreach platform that connects blogs with brands. We also work with brands to help them connect further with their online audience.
General Rules & Terms
The UK Blog Awards® was founded to recognise individuals and companies that develop content on their Blog and Vlog platform.
The awards ceremony is held annually in central London with a mix of Bloggers, Vloggers, PR's, Journalists and Brands.
Important Dates:
Entries and Nominations: 1st October 2016 (submitted via the UK Blog Awards website)
Public Vote: 5th December 2016
Finalists Announced: 2nd January 2017
Expert Judging Period: 1st February 2017
Awards Evening and Winners Announced: Friday 21st April 2017
Which Category Should I Enter?
# An individual Blog is defined as a single or duo Blogger/s. This can be for business or pleasure. You must be the main contributor for your Blog. If your Blog has a large amount of regular guest contributors (more than 5), you must enter as a Company/Organisation
# A company Blog is defined as a company. But if you are an individual Blogger with more than two authors and more than 5 guest authors, please enter your Blog into the company section. Any size of company can enter into this category, from SME, charities, enterprises to large branded companies and enterprises
The UK Blog Awards cannot accept responsibility for checking all entrants have subitted into the correct category and type. It is your responsible to enter your Blog into the appropriate category.
The Rules of Entry:
# The Awards are FREE to enter
# Individual Finalists will receive one FREE ticket to attend the awards evening on Friday 21st April 2017
# Company Finalists will receive one FREE ticket to attend the awards evening on Friday 21st April 2017 if they are a registered charity or a non Ltd registered company
# Company Finalists who enter as a registed Ltd, Plc or LLP will be required to purchase a ticket to attend the awards. As a finalist the tickets will be subsidised in price
# The blog/ vlog must be live at the time of entry
# The blog/vlog must have regular content for at least three months before the judging period (February 2017)
# The blogger/ vlogger must be over the age of 18 years of age
# The UK Blog Awards is a recognition and connection platform for industry professional influencers. We take your Blog recognition seriously
# The Awards are open to anyone that develops content on their Blog or Vlog – whether it is for enjoyment/personal development, as part of your job, to improve the visibility of your company or as a professional blogger
# In line with the criteria, the UK Blog Awards does not regard social media platforms such as Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook as Blogs. However, Instagram Bloggers may enter the Photography category
# Two entries can be made per Blog or Vlog choosing from two different categories. You may also nominate your favourite UK blogs owned by an individual author or on behalf of an company, as well as Blogs that you guest post on
# Please note, you do not need to nominate your own Blog or gain votes for nomination
# All entries made must be a UK resident or UK registered organisation (n.b. currently based in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland). International candidates will be disregarded
# Text blogs, picture blogs and video blogs can all enter the UK Blog Awards
# The UKBA Team reserve the right to publish excerpts and showcase screen shots of entered blogs in relation to the awards
# All entered Blogs will be shortlisted initially by a public vote
# After the Public Vote, the shortlisted blogs will be judged by a panel of respected experts in each industry category
# x8 Shortlisted Individual’s and x8 Shortlisted Companies will be Judged by the professional panel out of the 18 categories
# Each shortlisted candidate will receive one free ticket to attend the Awards
# Non entered and other industry bloggers may attend the Awards, tickets will be chargeable
# The judges reserve the right to disqualify entries that contain offensive material and reserve the right to modify entries that in their view are entered in an unfitting industry category
# To maintain the integrity of the awards, we would hope all shortlisted individuals and organisational bloggers would attend the Awards ceremony
# The UKBA team and judges’ decision is final
# All blog entries submitted must be legal
The Public Vote:
# You may vote for any individual blog and any company blog in each of the 18 categories
# Voters will be able to vote off any mobile device or desktop
# Voters will be able to vote from one email address for the same Blog once only
# Multiple voting will be discounted
The Prize:
# Recognised as the UK's best individual and/or company Blog
# Opportunity to write for your category sponsor or panel judge
# Prestigous award and badge image for you to display
# Marketing and PR activity to market your Blog
# Previous UK Blog Awards have gone on to secure jobs, become full time bloggers, gain national press and businesses have gained client wins
UK BLOG AWARDS JUDGING CRITERIA
# It will be down to you as an Individual and Company to promote your entry to your colleagues, friends, family and organisations
# Once the Public Vote closes the top 8 individual and company Blogs and Vlogs from each category will be put forward to our expert Industry Judges
# There will be two-three industry Judges per category and the UKBA organiser will also judge
# The criteria for the awards will be judged as follows:
Out of the above 5 criteria, will be further 5 sub criterias. To win a UK Blog Award is no easy task and takes our panel a considerable amount of time to assess the content that has been shortlisted
# The top 8 Blogs from each Industry Category (Individual and Companies) will be shortlisted and will be showcased on the UKBA website
# To be shortlisted for a UK Blog Award is a great achievement in itself
# We hope that all shortlisted candidates and companies can attend the UK Blog Awards evening to celebrate their fantastic content achievements and also be there to collect and celebrate their award in person
Good Luck!
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