I've gotten swept up. I haven't seen the Oscars since 1999 and don't remember ever once seeing the Emmys, but I am keeping a close eye on The 2006 Black Weblog Awards. That's why Code Z has just donated a prize for the winner in the Best Video Blog category. The winner will choose either a copy of Conoa EasyFX (a set of plugins for Adobe After Effects or Final Cut Pro) or a copy of Ulead VideoStudio 10 Plus.
By the time you read this, nominations will most likely be closed (they close at 7am Eastern Time [US] on Tuesday, 15 August), but voting begins on Wednesday the 16th. Winners are announced on 3 September.
If you doubt the need for such a program, just throw an eye at the overall lack of brown skin in evidence over at the Bloggies, the major, mainstream vehicle for recognizing excellence in blogs on the amazingly self-organizing internet. The Bloggies sit somewhere between parody and sincere homage; the Black Weblog Awards, however, are serious bid'ness from beginning to end.
