Born Digital Awards 2011 – time running out – only a few hours left!

Horniman Museum clock: London SE23

Last ticks of the clock for 2011 Born Digital Award entries 

Strike action in the UK has extended the deadline for submitting tax returns on line by two days until midnight on 2nd February but there is no such extension for those wanting to enter the 2011 edition of the Born Digital Awards.  The deadline is midnight tonight (31st January) GMT. 

The organisers are particularly keen to have entries in languages other than English. Click here for the entry forms and details. 

The Born Digital Wine Awards: 5 Days Left to Submit!!!

The Born Digital Wine Awards submission process is coming into the final stretch, with less than 5 days left to submit your work! Entries close on 31st January at midnight GMT (Gabriella Mean Time) and any work first published on the net is elligible.

http://www.borndigitalwineawards.com

Skim through your best 2011 content, in any language, and submit up to 3 pieces across any of the following categories:

Best Wine Themed Video

Best Editorial Wine Writing

Best Investigative Wine Story

Best Wine Tourism Feature

Best Winery Self Produced Content

Best Wine Photo Essay

The submission process is free and winners will be awarded 1,000 euros!!

SUBMIT HERE: http://www.borndigitalwineawards.com

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The Circle of Wine Writers is one of the partners of the Born Digital Awards. The Circle has just under 300 members worldwide and welcomes membership applications from regular bloggers. For further information, please contact the Circle's administrator, Andrea Warren, at administrator@winewriters.org.

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Born Digital Awards 2011

Ryan Opaz would like to hear from you!

The 2011 Born Digital Awards are now open for entries. There was some criticism of the first edition that some of the winners were well established writers. However, if emerging writers etc. are good they should be prepared to compete against the best. I hope that this second edition will attract lots of entries. Remember that this is not an Anglophone competition as entries in all languages are welcomed. Entries close at midnight (GMT) 31st January 2012.

The awards are organised by Vrazon (Gabriella and Ryan Opaz plus Robert McIntosh). I'm delighted that the Circle of Wine Writers is now a partner of these awards, showing our determination to value the contribution made by writers, video-makers etc who have blogs. Winners of all categories, except for Best Winery Content, will be invited to become a member of the Circle of Wine Writers free of charge for a year. This applies only to non-members and continued membership thereafter will be on the same basis as the rest of our members – that they continue to communicate about wine. 

Gabriella Opaz  in Brescia (4th European Wine Bloggers' Conference)

Details from the BDA site:

'Now in their second year the Born Digital Wine Awards are an attempt to give value to the new wave of online wine journalism. Each year, the best examples of electronic publishing, including videos and photography, from across the world will be reviewed by a panel of top industry professionals, with prizes awarded in a range of categories. The CWW is now a partner with these awards.

The inaugural year of the awards, received several hundred entries from 16 different countries around the world, culminating in an awards presentation at the London International Wine Fair, in May.  The judging panel were extremely impressed by the quality and breadth of content.  As the digital world advances rapidly, Born Digital will attempt to mirror this progress. Results being the addition of a new award category and an evolving panel of proficient and innovative judges.

All nominated content must first be published in an electronic format, online.  

These awards will be judged in English but the content can be submitted in any language. Each author submitting a story in a language other than English will be encouraged to submit a translation at the same time. For those who cannot afford to, or choose not to, the Born Digital Wine Awards will pay for a professional translation of the article to be submitted with the original.

A prize of 1,000 euros will be awarded to the first place winners, as well as a free pass to the 2012 European Wine Bloggers Conference and a one-year membership to Jancis Robinson’s Purple Pages.  In addition, winners of all of the award categories* will be invited to become members of the Circle of Wine Writers with the initial year being without charge (assuming they are not already members).

2011 categories

Best Investigative Wine Story

Best Editorial Wine Writing

Best Wine Tourism Feature

Best Wine Themed Video

Best Winery Self Produced Content

Best Wine Photo Essay *** new category ***

Submissions for the 2011 Born Digital Wine Awards are now OPEN!

The 2nd Annual Born Digital Wine Awards is accepting submissions until midnight GMT on January 31st, 2012.

Judging Panel

Michel Bettane, Elin McCoy, Patrick Schmitt, Hervé Lalau, Fongyee Walker, Ulf Sjodin, Tim Atkin MW, Wink Lorch, Richard Ross and Jay Selman

Details of the judges here (http://borndigitalwineawards.com/judges/)

Robert McIntosh@Brescia

Welcome to a new era of wine communication...

Born Digital Awards: Circle of Wine of Wine Writers now a partner

 

The Circle of Wine Writers (CWW) is delighted to announce that it is now a partner of the Born Digital Awards. From the 2011 edition the Circle will be offering the winners in each category (with the exception of the Winery category) free membership of the CWW for the year following the award*. The CWW will also assist in finding judges for the awards, which are open to entries in all languages.

The CWW is also involved in the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers Awards and the Young Wine Writer of the Year Award.

The CWW was founded in 1960 by the late Cyril Ray and now has some 280 members from around the world. The current president is Steven Spurrier and Janis Robinson MW and Rosemary George MW are the vice-presidents with Stuart Walton the chairman.

The CWW welcomes membership applications from bloggers, who make regular blog posts. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters, photographers and lecturers.  

* Continued membership thereafter would be on the same basis as for all other members, who are required to show each year that they are still communicating about wine. 

2011 Born Digital Awards: new categories and panel of judges announced

The categories for the 2011 version of the Born Digital Awards have just been announced as well as the panel of judges.

The categories for the 2011 awards are:

Best Investigative Wine Writing: for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single wine article or series (video, written text)

Best Editorial Wine Writing: for outstanding examples of wine writing, giving prime consideration to literary quality and originality

Best Wine Tourism Feature: Speaking about a particular region as a tourist destination with a focus on wine (written text, video)

Best Wine Themed Video: Video content that either educates, demonstrates or builds awareness for wine

Best Winery Self Produced Content: for outstanding examples of content created by wineries to promote their brand and reach out to key audiences (video, written text)

Best Wine Photo Essay **NEW CATEGORY**: A set of 2 to 10 photos, published in one online location, that focus on a wine theme or story. (photo)


Submissions open on 1st December 2011.

Members of the new 2011 Born Digital Wine Awards judging panel will be:

Michel Bettane (France) – Author of Grand Guide des Vins du France and  writer, Bettane et Desseauve, blogger
Hervé Lalau (Belgium) – Deputy-Chief Editor at In Vino Veritas and writer, Chroniques Vineuse, blogger
Fongyee Walker (MW candidate) (China) – Co-founder, Dragon Phoenix Fine Wine Consulting, author, blogger
Patrick Schmitt (UK) – Editor, Drinks Business
Elin McCoy (USA) – Writer Bloomberg and author, blogger
Ulf Sjodin MW (Sweden) – Head of Category Management, Systembolaget and writer
Tim Atkin MW (UK) – Wine Writer www.timatkin.com, blogger
Wink Lorch (France) – Wine Writer,  Wine Travel Guides, blogger
Richard Ross (UK) – Wine App Developer and writer, www,wine-lines.com, blogger
Jay Selman (USA) – Co-founder, Grape Radio and founder, Grape Visions, blogger

Further information here.