The Blogger’s Choice Awards this year has been great and there were many good nominations.  But the end has come, which leaves me nothing more than to announce this year’s Blogger’s Choice Award Winners.

Don’t forget that your votes for the People’s Choice Awards ends this Sunday, so if you’re not happy with the results here, you still have a chance to change the People’s Choice Award winners.

Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks

Winner: Twitter
Runner-up: Facebook

Embeddable Widgets

Winner: Clearspring
Runner-up: Sprout

Blog Plugins

Winner: ShareThis
Runner-up: AddThis

Social News

Winner: Digg
Runner-up: Mixx

Social Networking Applications

Winner: Ping.fm
Runner-up: Twitterfeed

Social Bookmarking

Winner: Delicious
Runner-up: StumbleUpon

Search & Social Search

Winner: Google
Runner-up: Scour

Sports & Fitness

Winner: Gyminee
Runner-up: Oneseason

Photo Sharing

Winner: Flickr
Runner-up: Picasa

Video Sharing

Winner: YouTube
Runner-up: Vimeo

Start Pages

Winner: iGoogle
Runner-up: Netvibes

Places & Events

Winner: Doodle
Runner-up: Eventbrite

Travel

Winner: TripIt
Runner-up: GeckoGo

Music

Winner: Last.fm
Runner-up: Pandora

Social Shopping

Winner: Wishpot
Runner-up(s): Tigerbow/Pikaba

Fashion

Winner: Coolspotters
Runner-up: Gift Girl

Celebrity & Gossip

Winner: Perez Hilton
Runner-up: Popvine

Mobile Applications

Winner: Evernote
Runner-up: Qik

Dating & Romance

Winner: SpeedDate
Runner-up: OKCupid

Wiki

Winner: Wikipedia
Runner-up: PBWiki

Politics

Winner: Huffington Post
Runner-up: CreateDebate

How-to

Winner: eHow
Runner-up: Howcast

Environmental

Winner: ThinkGreen
Runner-up: SocialVibe

Non-Profit Causes

Winner: SocialVibe
Runner-up: Kiva

Online Games

Winner: Playfish
Runner-up: Kongregate

Niche Social Networks

Winner: Wadja
Runner-up: Lifeblob

What do you think about the winners?

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For those of you who have been following the Open Web Awards and this blog you already know that we’ve already had the nomination rounds and the first round of voting for those companies that you think should be finalists for the Open Web Awards.

Today marks the beginning of the Final Voting Round and while there are some great choices, I don’t agree with some of them.  But that’s neither here nor there.

Here is the voting widget for you to cast your votes.  You can only vote once per category.  Please choose wisely.

Voting ends Sunday, December 14th at 11:59pm PST. So get your vote on.

If you can’t see the voting widget in your feed-reader, please click here to vote.

Let me know if you voted in the comments!

For those of you who have been following the Open Web Awards, nominated someone, or have been nominated yourself, you’ll be happy to know that today starts the beginning of round 1 of the voting process.

This is your chance to let your voice be heard about your favorites.

Below is the voting widget with all of the nominations in each category. Voting is open from today until Sunday, November 30th at 11:59 pm.

For the nominations round, I had alot of you visiting my blog, but I wasn’t sure if you had actually made your nominations. So if you cast your vote, please let me know you voted by leaving a comment.

If you can’t see the widget in your feed reader, please visit steven-sanders.com to cast your vote.

Today is the first day of Mashable’s Open Web Awards, where companies and blogs from all walks of life compete for the “People’s Choice Award” and the “Blogger’s Choice Award“.

The nominations begin today and will run through Sunday, November 16th.  So nominate your favorites, before it’s too late, using the nomination widget below.

I am an Open Web Awards Blog Partner, so be sure to come back often for up-to-date news as the Open Web Awards progresses.

Rules For Voting

Here are the Open Web Award rules as laid out by Mashable:

Categories & Possible Nominees

I’ve listed some of the categories and possible nominees below, as an example for you to use when casting your nominations.  These are by no means the only possible nominees.

• Social Networking Applications - Twitter, MyBlogLog, BlogCatalog, FriendFeed, etc.
• Social Bookmarking - Digg, Del.icio.us, Sphinn, etc.
• Photo Sharing - Flickr, Snapfish, Shutterfly, Photrade, etc.

If you’d like to give other readers ideas on possible nominations, please leave a comment.