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The Koufax Awards are progressive blogosphere awards which have been awarded annually by Dwight Meredith since 2002. [1]

The awards were initiated in 2002 on Meredith's then-blog P.L.A.. The awards were named in honor of lefty baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax, since they were intended for the best left of center blogs.[2] Meredith brought the Awards to Wampum, a progressive political blog, in 2003, and has run the awards with co-bloggers Mary Beth Williams and Eric Brunner-Williams since then.

The awards fall into several categories, such as "Best Blog", "Best Commenter" and "Best Series", with some annual variation. Nominations are open to all, and winners are determined through two rounds of voting (Semi-finals and Finals.)

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[edit] Winners

[edit] 2005

The 2005 awards were announced April 3, 2006.[3]

  • Best Blog -- Non Professional: Crooks & Liars
  • Best Blog -- Professional or Sponsored: Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo
  • Best Blog Community: Daily Kos
  • Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Echidne of the Snakes
  • Best New Blog: Glenn Greenwald of Unclaimed Territory
  • Best Writing: Digby of Hullabaloo
  • Best Single Issue Blog: Jordan Barab of Confined Space
  • Best Expert Blog: Pharyngula by PZ Myers
  • Best Group Blog: Shakespeare's Sister
  • Best Post: Bag News Notes for Katrina Aftermath: And Then I Saw These
  • Best Series: firedoglake for Plame coverage
  • Most Humorous Blog: Jesus' General by J.C. Christian
  • Most Humorous Post: Dood Abides for The Wizard of Oil
  • Best State or Local Blog: Bluegrass Report and Tennessee Guerilla Women
  • Best Commenter: Georgia10

[edit] 2004

The 2004 awards were announced February 23, 2005.[4]

[edit] 2003

The 2003 awards were announced February 17, 2004.[5]

[edit] 2002

The 2002 awards were announced January 2, 2003.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2005 Koufax Awards, Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly blog, February 23, 2005.
  2. ^ Dwight Meredith (December 12, 2002). Announcing The Koufax Awards. P.L.A. - A Journal of Politics, Law and Autism. Retrieved on 2006-10-04.
  3. ^ Meredith, Dwight (2006-04-03). 2005 Koufax Awards --The Winners. Wampum. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
  4. ^ {{cite web| url=http://wampum.wabanaki.net/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi?__mode=view&entry_id=1748|title=2004 Koufax Awards --The Winners|accessdate=2006-07-23|first=Dwight|last=Meredith|date=February 23, [[2005| publisher=Wampum}}
  5. ^ Meredith, Dwight (2004-02-17). 2003 Koufax Awards --And The Winners Are.... Wampum. Retrieved on 2006-10-24.
  6. ^ At this point Duncan Black was known only by his pseudonym Atrios.
  7. ^ TBogg remains pseudonymous
  8. ^ Blog closed October 16, 2006
  9. ^ Meredith, Dwight (2002-01-02). The 2002 Koufax Award Winners Are….. P.L.A.. Retrieved on 2006-10-04.
  10. ^ At this point Duncan Black was known only by his pseudonym Atrios.
  11. ^ Pandagon lost major portions of its archives during an upgrade, and the post is no longer online.
  12. ^ Digby is founder of Hullabaloo

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