Thanks to all who nominated and voted. The tallies are in and both Jack & Jill Politics (where I blog as "Jack Turner") and goodCRIMETHINK (what you're reading right now) won the judges vote for the categories of Best Political/News Blog and Black Blogger Achievement, respectively. I'm a black blogger achiever!From the site:

After 7,000+ nominations and 1800+ votes for our 91 finalists, here are the winners of the 2007 Black Weblog Awards.Unique to this year was the addition of our panel of ten judges, authorities in the fields of blogging, design, the Internet and good writing. Each category has two winners: a popular vote (the ones which you, the users, casted your ballots for) and the judges’ vote (the top ranked picks from our judges).Best Political/News BlogPopular Vote: The Field NegroJudges’ Vote: Jack and Jill PoliticsBlack Blogger Achievement AwardPopular Vote: Keith BoykinJudges’ Vote: Baratunde Thurston

It's an honor to be in such great company. Check out all of the winners if you get a chance. Special shout to Racialicious, What About Our Daughters, TIffany B. Brown, Crunk & Disorderly and Blackprof.com

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