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Our voting closes tonight, so if you haven't had a chance to select your favorites, now is the time...

HOME DESIGN
• Best Home Design & Inspiration Blog
• Best Home Projects & DIY Blog
• Best Family & Kids Blog

HOME COOKING
• Best Healthy Cooking Blog
• Best Recipe Blog
• Best Food Photography on a Blog

THE HOMIES

Since 2004, when Apartment Therapy started, the blogosphere has changed, but one thing has remained the same, the remarkable number of people with their richness, talent and passion for home life that's out there. They are just often harder to find. The Homies isn't a competition as much as its about celebration and discovery.

Join us now as we survey the blogosphere together in the fifth annual Homies. We're looking for the most notable home design & home cooking blogs that we can find. It's all about sharing your favorites, checking out the ones you don't know and being inspired.

THE 2013 SCHEDULE

Week 1:
Add your favorite home design & cooking blogs in six categories
     Friday, February 1 - Friday, February 8 (until midnight EST)



Week 2:
Vote on the top nominees
     Saturday, February 9 - Wednesday, Feb. 13 (until midnight EST)



Collating of vote
     Thursday, Feb. 14



Winner's Day:
Winners announced!
     Friday, February 15 afternoon with follow up email announcement on Monday, February 18

THE PRIZES

The technical prize is $50 to the winner of each category, but the real prize is lots of traffic as we publish the six winners in big congratulatory posts across our network on Friday, February 15.

FAQ's

How does it work?

Nominations for the best blogs in these categories are collected all week and you can vote or nominate as many as you like (but only one nomination per blog per person), we then choose the top six favorites, and then you all get one powerful vote starting next week.

Who is eligible?

Any blog, amateur and professional in the homespace in the six categories listed above. 
 Past winners and Apartment Therapy blogs are not eligible.

What is the homespace?

It's the media space dedicated to folks who love their homes, and it concerns decor, cooking, entertaining, raising kids, renovating, crafting, working at home and a whole host of homey issues. We're willing to think broadly, but, remember, we're not concerned with things like cars, restaurants, the stock market, fashion and Hollywood gossip.

How many blogs can I nominate?

As many as you wish.

How many new favorite blogs can I discover?

As many as your brain can handle before bursting.

When do we vote?

After a week of nominations, we'll collect up all your input and sort them down to the top six contenders. On Saturday, February 9 we'll post these top six for five days so that you have plenty of time to see them and vote.

Can we vote in every category?

Not in any one category, but you certainly can vote in all six categories.

Can we encourage our friends to vote (for us, even)?

Yes. Not only can't we stop it, we know that the web is a community and word of mouth is how it works.

What about cheating?

One vote per person per blog, please! Votes we have reason to suspect have been submitted by the same person will be removed, at our discretion.

PAST WINNERS

Home Design

Best Home Design Blog
    2012 Bower Power
    2010-11 Young House Love
    2009 Remodelista
    2008 design*sponge

Best Family Blog
    2012 Rockstar Diaries
    2010-11 Under the Sycamore
    2009 Whatever
    2008 Inhabitots

Best DIY Blog
    2012 A Beautiful Mess

Home Tech (Retired Category)
    2010-11 Technology Your Way
    2009 Ikea Hacker
    2008 tie: Engadget & Gizmodo

Green Home (Retired Category)
    2010-11 A Way to Garden
    2009 Maya*Made
    2008 Green (Goody)

Home Cooking

Best Recipe Blog
    2012 Munchin with Munchkin

Best Healthy Cooking Blog
    2012 The Clothes Make The Girl

Best Food Photography on a Blog
    2012 Nom Nom Paleo

Home Cooking (Retired Category)
    2010-11 Gina's Skinny Recipes
    2009 Smitten Kitchen
    2008 Vegan Explosion

(Image: Thomas Porostocky)

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