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2009 List of Winners!

Here are the winners of the 2009 Eastern Christian New Media Awards! The voting numbers were several fold over last year's. Thanks again to all for making this such a success. Please take the time to visit these sites as well as those of the nominees. Expect a bigger and better Awards next year with a more structured website and a revamped nomination and voting process.

To those that won, your banners will be available in email shortly. If your blog or podcast does not list contact information please email the awards (contact information on the sidebar to the right) so that it can be sent to you. In addition, as promised this year the winners will be given prizes. More will be said about that next week as gift options are being finalized.


Best Church News Blog

• OCA News

Best Individual Blog

• Glory to God for All Things

Best Group Blog

• OrthodoxNet Blog

Best Theology Blog

• Glory to God for All Things

Best Domestic Church Blog

• Close to Home

Most Visually Attractive Blog - (Tie!)

• Byzantine, TX
• Radiate His Light

Funniest Blog

• Orthodixie

Best Forum

• Monachos.net

Best Podcast or Internet Radio Show

• The Illumined Heart

Complete Nominees List

Best Church News Blog

• Directions to Orthodoxy
• SF Eastern Orthodoxy Examiner
• ROCOR Unity
• OCA News
• Radiate His Light
• American Orthodox Institute
• Orrologion
• Contemporary Orthodoxy
• Get Religion

Best Individual Blog

• Glory to God for All Things
• Fr. Peter-Michael Preble
• The Ochlophobist
• Again and Again
• Pithless Thoughts
• Ora et Labora
• Logismoi
• Radiate His Light
• Koinonia
• Bigger than a Breadbox
• Just another Jim
• Eastern Orthodox Librarian
• Orrologion
• OrthoCuban

Best Group Blog

• American Orthodox Institute
• ROCOR Refugees
• Orthodoxy Today
• Energetic Procession

Best Theology Blog

• Glory to God for All Things
• Ora et Labora
• Second Terrace
• Logismoi
• Koinonia
• Again and Again
• Radiate His Light
• The Ochlophobist/
• Energetic Procession
• Orthodox Way of Life
• Biblicalia
• OrthoCuban

Best Domestic Church Blog

• Saint James' Kids
• Elgreca's Road Where Determination is Everything
• Lost In-Elegant Cogitations
• Muttonings
• Bigger than a Breadbox
• Close to Home
• Adventures of an Orthodox Mom
• Scrumtious...
• Transposzing
• When we Fast... or Not...
• Pithless Thoughts
• Deb on the Run
• Kyrie, Eleison!
• Claytonopolis
• The One Thing Needful
• Little Shavings from my Ration of Light
• The Children of God
• Krasiva

Most Visually Attractive Blog

• Evlogia
• Christ in our midst!
• Ora et Labora
• Byzantine, TX
• Art and Faith
• Voices from Russia
• Meadowlark Days
• Radiate His Light
• An Iconographer's Bloh
• A Byzantine Christian in a Postmodern World

Funniest Blog

• The Onion Dome
• Orthodixie

Best Forum

• OrthodoxChristianity.net
• The Byzantine Forum
• Monachos.net
• Orthodox Convert Mailing List
• OrthodoXCircle

Best Podcast or Internet Radio Show

• Thy Word
• A Word from the Fathers
• Maronite Readins
• The Illumined Heart
• Search the Scriptures
• Our Life in Christ
• Healing
• Speaking the Truth in Love
• Glory to God
• Light of the East Radio

Voting is closed!

Today we will tabulate votes and confirm results. After they have been contacted, the winners will be announced. By popular demand the nominees will be posted shortly. Thanks to all the people who took the time to submit a nomination and the many hundreds of people who voted.

Also by popular demand the voting process will be changed to no longer rely solely on pure numbers. One idea being thrown about is a mix of popular input and a board of reviewers. If you have thoughts on how to better the awards please email us.

Thanks again for making this year's awards a success!

Voting update

Voting continues at a breakneck pace with hundreds of people having made their opinions known. We expect to close the voting phase June 8^th barring any unforeseen technical difficulties. After that some human oversight will verify the voting numbers, the winners will be contacted, and then announcements will be made. Thanks to all the nominators, the nominees, and the voters for making this year's awards wildly successful!

Voting is open!

Voting is now OPEN. Please take a few minutes to peruse the categories and give your opinion. Please email with any questions or concerns.

The Awards nominations are in!

The nominating phase has ended and the categories are ready. Voting will open up later today. As expected, the last week saw a drop-off in nominations, but with some fields already full to the brim the races should be quite competitive.