In the lead up to National Science Week 2010, a competition was run to find Australia’s best science blogger.
You, the public, were asked to nominate your favorite science blogger from which ten finalists were chosen by a panel of expert judges. You then voted on your favourite finalist to determine the winner.
Following feedback from the blogging community, we also created a new category especially for microbloggers (the most common tool being Twitter).
The overall winner of The Big Blog Theory was Bec Crew whose blog Save Your Breath for Running Ponies received the most votes. As part of her prize, Bec attended events in Sydney and Melbourne and blogged about some of her favourites:
15 August – Science Week Begins with Melboune Museum Stealing my Heart
23 August – "The Oscars of Australian Science" – Eureka Awards Dinner 2010
25 August – Pokémon Vs The Royal Botanic Gardens
The winner of the microblogging category was Corri Baker for her tweetstream @cbsquared_.
The Big Blog Theory attracted nominations for 29 eligible blogs and 737 votes on the finalists. The full list of nominated blogs and their vote can be found below, so why not check them out!
Nominated blogs:
http://runningponies.com/ WINNER 73 votes
www.mrscienceshow.com FINALIST 63 votes
http://www.aschoonerofscience.com/ FINALIST 63 votes
http://bravenewclimate.com/ FINALIST 59 votes
http://naontiotami.com/ FINALIST 50 votes
http://www.podblack.com FINALIST 45 votes
http://conservationbytes.com/ FINALIST 31 votes
http://blogs.abc.net.au/allinthemind FINALIST 19 votes
http://www.abc.net.au/environment/blogs/ FINALIST 13 votes
http://www.skepticsbook.com FINALIST 7 votes
http://bravenewclimate.com/
www.beerdrinkingscientists.com
http://www.tokenskeptic.org
http://www.brainsmatter.com
http://www.skepticalscience.com/
http://www.hereswhy.tk
http://gmopundit.blogspot.com/
http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/
http://www.stubbornmule.net/
http://watchingthedeniers.wordpress.com/
http://mothincarnate.wordpress.com/
http://seantheblogonaut.com/
http://evolvingthoughts.net/
http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/
http://diseaseoftheweek.wordpress.com/
http://labcoatman.com.au/blog/
http://thebernoullitrial.wordpress.com/
http://www.skepticzone.tv/
Nominated microblogs:
http://twitter.com/cbsquared_ WINNER 120 votes
http://www.twitter.com/brainsmatter FINALIST 97 votes
http://www.twitter.com/lesliecannold FINALIST 58 votes
http://twitter.com/allinthemind FINALIST 20 votes
http://twitter.com/biochemnews FINALIST 19 votes
http://www.twitter.com/tribalscientist
Special thanks to our judges Wilson da Silva, Kristin Alford, Jesse Shore and Daniel Keogh, to Huawai Australia for supplying prizes for our winners, and everyone who nominated and voted.
Want to know more about science blogging?
Watch judge Daniel Keogh’s video on Hot to Spot a Good Science Blogger.
Learn some tips and tricks on blogging from the Australian Science Communicators.