It’s my pleasure to announce the First Annual b5media Lifestyles Channel Holiday Blogging Awards!

We’ve recruited some of our favorite bloggers from around the sphere to step up as judges for the following categories:

Best Holiday decoration of a Blog – Any blog or blogger who has decorated their blog for the holidays either entirely or in an subtle way. Prize: $20 USD via Paypal and links from channel blogs.

Best post about Christmas on a Blog – The best posting about Christmas or holiday activities on a blog. It can be religious or non-religious, but should celebrate the spirit of the season. Prize: $20 USD via Paypal and links from channel blogs.

Best Holiday image or video on a Blog – The best display of your own personal holiday decorations on a blog. It can be religious or non-religious, but again, should celebrate the spirit of the season. Prize: $20 USD via Paypal and links from channel blogs.

All you have to do to win is submit your entry to our Holiday Blogging Awards host post. Be sure to include the link to be judged or risk disqualification. It’s THAT Easy and what’s better than FREE Money!?!

Nominations will close at midnight December 13th and winners will be announced on Monday December 17th.

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Also, be sure to check out my contest over at The Food Bowl to enter to win a copy of Groovitude: A Get Fuzzy Treasury!

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Attendees of BlogWorld Expo can collect b5 poker chips throughout the conference in several ways:

Be seen wearing a b5media T-shirt – $1000 chip
Answer b5media trivia – $500 chip
Tell us our secret password – $500 chip (see below)
Awesome swag trade – (depends on how good the swag is!)
Drop business card in box – $250 chip
Use your chips to play poker and win (or lose) even more!
Beat b5media’s CEO – Jeremy Wright – DOUBLE your chances

Each day, b5 will have an auction in our booth (booth #309, at 2:30 Thursday and Friday) and attendees can use their chips to bid on the prizes. As noted, we will be doing a secret password. You can find these passwords in various b5media blogs (including this one!). Participants only need to approach someone in the b5media booth with the password and they will get a token.

So, if you’re going to the Expo – and you’d like to get a $500 chip to start with (so you can bid on the fabulous prizes) – the first secret password is: “b5alicious”.

Watch for more secret passwords scattered about b5media. And let me know if you win any of the b5 prizes, I won’t be able to attend this year! (Sad, I know, but the cost was prohibitive and the husband’s out of state for work during the whole thing so there’s no one to watch the kids in the evening. I’ll live!)

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