Last year, at a ceremony at party conference, Stephen Tall’s A Liberal Goes A Long Way was awarded the first Blog of the Year award for the best Liberal Democrat blog.

This year, the Blog of the Year award returns, flanked by five additional categories. The full line-up of the awards, run by the party in conjunction with Liberal Democrat Voice, is:

• Liberal Democrat blog of the year
• Best blog from a Liberal Democrat elected to public office
• Best new Liberal Democrat blog (started since 1st October 2006)
• Best posting on a Liberal Democrat blog (since 1st October 2006)
• Most humorous Liberal Democrat blog
• Best designed Liberal Democrat blog (as decided by readers of Liberal Democrat Voice)

Anyone can nominate an entry for any category, but the deadline is 31st August. There’s more information on the party website.

Excluded from nomination are blogs and posts from Ryan Cullen, Lynne Featherstone, Stephen Tall and me, as the four of us constitute the judging panel. We’ll draw up shortlists for each of the categories, and for all but the “Best designed Liberal Democrat blog” category, we’ll choose the winners.

You have just under two weeks to get your nominations in; shortlists will be published on September 5th.