Become a Top Blogger By Mary Jaksch Who are the finalists?Three weeks ago we asked you to nominate your favorite blog for writers. We got over 2,100 comments and nominations! Thanks to everyone who put in a nomination.Here are the 20 finalists in alphabetical orderArtist’s Road Bookshelf Muse Courage2 Create Creative Penn Ghost Writer Dad Jane Friedman Jeff Goins Writer Men with Pens The Other Side Pen & Prosper Renegade Writer Romance University Story Fix Terrible minds Victoria Mixon Word Play Write Practice Writer’s Inner Journey Writing Happiness YoungPreProHow were the finalists selected?Initial qualification: A site must have been nominated more than once by multiple individuals. If someone nominated more than one blog, only the first nomination was counted. Valid nominations needed to include the URL and give a reason why the nominated blog should be considered.Contest criteria: In order to be considered, a blog needed to be a writing blog. In order to qualify, at least 5 out of the 10 posts written prior 22 November 2011 (when the call for nominations went out) needed to be about writing and not not about freelancing, business, publishing, etc.Blog-based analysis: Factors taken into account included: Frequency of posts: the blogging frequency accounted for 15% of the total score; Reader involvement: comment numbers per posts accounted for 15% of the total score. The number of nominations accounted for 15% of the total score. These three blog-based factors make up 45% of the final score.Quality of posts: Educational, useful, engaging, and discussion-creating posts were rated higher than self-promotional posts. The quality of posts accounts for 55% of the final score.Click here to see the Top 10 winners. Chief Editor WTD
