The Manchester Blog Awards steams into its 2009 competition.

See more about the Manchester Blog Awards and make your nomination.

Manchester seems to attract a fair few of the UK blogging community. Maybe it’s because we all stay inside because of the rain?

Without doubt there are some great writers out in the Mancunion Blogosphere and I’m looking forward to hearing more as the nominations start to pile up.

I notice they don’t have an award for Mancunion Twitter of 2009. Maybe they should institute that this year as a special award. Particularly as some bloggers have almost forsaken “real” blogging for life as a tweeter.

Anyway, the awards promise to be a bit of fun for those of us closeted in the attic in the stifling heat or catching the drips in the various cans, buckets and ears as the Manchester summer starts to dwindle and fade.

It was a pleasant surprise to find that The Manchester Blog was awarded “Blog of The Week” by Sarah Hartley over at the Manchester Evening News.

It’s always nice to be reviewed and even better to get a few compliments too.

The review appeared on the Manchester Evening News web site and was also printed in the Saturday edition of the MEN.

And there’s been a little spike in traffic as a result. Nothing amazing but it’s interesting to see where the traffic comes from. Some is from Sarah’s electronic review whilst other traffic comes from other Manchester blogs.

So thanks Sarah and thanks to Paul Robinson her colleague over at the Mancunion Way blog for picking Manchester Blog.

An interesting Manchester blog that I discovered through an email from David Slack who is the co-organiser of the 24:7 theatre festival is called What Would You Do?

The author, Elizabeth Baines, is writing a story week by week and at the end of each “chapter” we’re allowed to choose some of the future plot direction. She started on the 4th September and is the second week now. The story continues in Manchester’s Central Library and you get to vote on which inhabitant of the house from the first episode helps Cat on the trail of someone mysterious…

Ooh, sounds like a who-dunnit!

The final chapter is going to be performed at the Manchester Blog Awards which should be good fun.

So get on over and check the story out. Help out by voting for your preferred plot direction. Although I must admit I just chose a name at random because I don’t really identify with the characters yet.

Manchester Blog Awards 2007 has just been announced byManchizzle.

Bloggers can nominate their own blogs! This must give us a chance.

Entries (as a URL) to be sent in by the 7th Sept, in anticipation of the awards ceremony: Moho Live, Oldham Street, 7pm Wednesday October 10, free and there are cash prizes.