Bloggers from across Wales take top awards at prestigious event
The Wales Blog Awards has celebrated the best amateur bloggers in Wales at the fourth annual event in Cardiff.
Thirty two finalists gathered at Chapter Arts Centre, Canton on Thursday 15th May to see who had scooped the top prizes.
Alice Roythorne from Cardiff took the most coveted award of the evening – winning the People’s Choice ‘Best Blog’ Award for her moving blog aliceroythorne.wordpress.com, which tracks her personal journey through cancer.
Alice also wins the opportunity to feature as a guest writer on Wales Online, and will have four columns published on the lifestyle opinion section of the website.
She said: “I’m absolutely over the moon to win the People’s Choice award – it means so much to me knowing that those who read my blog care enough to vote for me. I started writing this blog as a way to help me get to grips with my illness and it became a real crutch for me. It’s overwhelming to think that my journey has touched other people and I’m so grateful for their support.”
The Wales Blog Awards aim to highlight creative and interesting writing on a range of subjects, including food and drink, sport and entrants’ local communities.
The Wales Blog Awards 2014 received over 300 entries from across the country, which the judges whittled down to a final shortlist of 32.
The Wales Blog Awards 2014 winners were:
‘Onion Custard Publishing’ Best Writing on a Blog
Alice Morgan
‘Warwick Emanuel PR’ Best Political Blog
Blog Menai
’60 Second Films’ Best Community Blog
Roath Cardiff
‘Natural Health Clinic’ Best Lifestyle Blog
The Lady is a Revamp
‘Stills Branding’ Best Technology Blog
Social Bull
‘Sporting Wales’ Best Sports Blog
The Swansea Way
‘Rockadove’ Best Multimedia Blog
Drowning Dogs
‘Carrick Creative’ Best Music and Entertainment Blog
Cat on the Wall
‘Mercure Holland House Hotel and Spa’ Best Food & Drink Blog
Hungry City Hippy
‘Chapter Arts Centre’ Best New Blog
Hungry City Hippy
‘Media Wales’ People’s Choice Best Blog
Alice Roythorne
Judging the awards were past winner Ruth Davies, Lorna Doran and Chris Pike from Wales Online, PR and Media Manager at St John Cymru Wales Katie Chappelle, Account Director at Stand Agency Lara Hallett and Abi Williams from Warwick Emanuel PR.
Warwick Emanuel PR set up the Wales Blog Awards in 2010 and organises them in conjunction with Media Wales. The company sees the event as a way to support and encourage everyone who wants to write and publish online the things about which they feel passionate.
Cardiff-based Warwick Emanuel PR was set up in 2001 by business partners Elizabeth Warwick and Wynford Emanuel. The company specialises in the energy, utility, social housing and business to business sectors.
