AmP wins 2008 "Best Political/Social Commentary" Catholic Blog!

The results are in!

With all of the votes counted, AmP won "Best Political/Social Commentary Blog" in the 2008 Catholic Blog Awards.

Other top finishes:

• Funniest Catholic Blog - 2nd (tied)
• Best Individual Catholic Blog - 2nd
• Smartest Catholic Blog - 2nd
• Best Designed Catholic Blog - 2nd
• Best Insider News Catholic Blog - 3rd (even with my votes being split into two options)
• Best Written Catholic Blog - 3rd
• Most Informative & Insightful Blog - 4th
• Best Overall Catholic Blog - 4th (again, my vote split in two, but it doesn't change the rank)

Wow, four second-place finishes, and four more top-5 finishes. Considering the winners in these categories outstrip my daily readership, I'm happy that proportionally AmP readers more than carried their weight!

Truly, a great big THANK YOU to everyone who voted for me, and congrats to the other winners!

Since moving to Washington, DC in August of 2007, I've been trying to include more regular political and social commentary into my coverage. Recently, I have been publishing more freelance pieces in online publications such as Catholic Exchange and Inside Catholic, as well as increasing the number of interviews I grant.

Considering how recently I've been doing this seriously, I think it's safe to say "you ain't seen nothing yet."

So stick around! There's plenty to come.

update: Special congratulations to Fr. Z. who ran away with practically every award his impressive blog was eligible for. Congrats also to The New Liturgical Movement that worthily won the "Best Designed" award, and best group blog. Fine contributors there. CreativeMinorityReport is the new kid on the block, look for good things from him in the future. And I have to say he's very inventive with his blogger template. CurtJester, it's no surprise, won "Funniest Catholic Blog." Hey, I voted for him, negative campaign and all. :-P

Allright, back to doing what I've been self-referentially talking about the past couple weeks!