Bloggers globally await with baited breath for Chapeau Blog Awards to announce 2009 winners next Tuesday, May 5th.

Are you among the many on Chapeau Blog Awards Voting Panel that holds the fate of these bloggers in their hands?

If not, you have just two days left to ensure your voice is heard. The world’s most brilliant bloggers find their work front and center between today and 11:59pm this Thursday, April 30th.

Bloggers and blog readers like you have just over 48 hours left to review and cast your vote for our Awards Finalists, in categories ranging from Technology to Entertaining.

Voting has formally opened for the 2009 Chapeau Blog Awards!

Between today and 11:59pm on April 30th, the world’s most brilliant blogs and bloggers will find their work front and center as our voting panel agonizes over the deciding just which blog is 2009’s “Most Brilliant.”

Our voting panel, made up of bloggers and blog readers like you, will be spending the next two weeks reviewing our Awards Finalists, in categories ranging from Technology to Entertaining.  At stake, is recognition as 2009’s “Best in Industry” blog, and of course, 2009’s “Most Brilliant Blog” and $2,000 cash prize.

Next week, voting formally opens for 2009’s Chapeau Blog Awards. This means that you have just one final week to join our 2009 Voting Panel and review the strengths of our 2009 Awards Finalists!

This year’s list of finalists includes blogs in categories ranging from Arts & Design, to Health & Beauty.  One finalist from each category will be named “Best in Industry,” while the blog receiving the most votes overall will be named 2009’s “Most Brilliant Blog” and go on to win this year’s $2,000 grand prize.

Recently, Chapeau Blog Awards announced its list of 2009 awards finalists.  Soon, one finalist from each category will be named the best blog in its industry.  One blog will be named 2009’s “Most Brilliant Blog” and take home our grand prize of $2,000!

To properly award this title, we need your help.  We need you and your blogging-savvy friends to join the 2009 voting panel of Chapeau Blog Awards.

We’ve made the process of becoming a voter for Chapeau Blog Awards, and awarding blogger brilliance, simple:
• Visit our Voter Registration Page to join our 2009 voting panel
• Visit our Awards Finalists Page between April 14th-April 30th
• Place your vote for blogger brilliance!

Celebrating blogger brilliance is no easy task.  Our selection committee has worked tirelessly to select the blog awards industry finalists for the 2009 Chapeau Blog Awards.  Reviewing so many excellent entries, and reading so much brilliant blog content, was a week’s long, night and day effort.

In the end, it was all worth it.   Below, we’ve selected a final list of twenty blogs that truly illustrate what it means to be a brilliant blog, and brilliant blogger, in 2009.