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Top 10 Blogs for Writers - The 2009/2010 Winners

By Michael Stelzner

There’s some serious gold here folks! With literally hundreds of nominations pouring in, this year’s 4th annual competition was intense.

The 27 finalists have been carefully examined, with the greatest weight on the quality of their content.  What follows are the top 10 blogs for writers for 2009/2010.

If you’re a writer, you’ll find daily doses of inspiration and discovery at these excellent blogs:

  1. Copyblogger: This site is the heavyweight champion of the world four years running (and one of the top blogs on the planet)!  The brain-child of Brian Clark, his blog keeps winning because of its insightful articles.
  2. Men With Pens: James Chartrand and Harry McLeod maintain the number two slot with their inspiring content and rich community discussion.
  3. Write to Done: This blog nearly always delivers a home run with its excellent articles for all writers and is the product of top blogger Leo Babauta.
  4. Editor Unleashed: Inspired by the former Editor-in-Chief of Writer’s Digest, Maria Schneider explores writing, social media and community on her excellent blog.
  5. Freelance Writing Jobs: This site is the first stop for freelance writers seeking new work and great articles (and it remains a top winner since this contest began).  Congrats Deb Ng!
  6. Confident Writing: Joanna Young delivers rich and useful articles that will help you take your writing to the next level.
  7. Urban Muse: Susan Johnston covers a wide range of excellent topics that all writers will enjoy.
  8. WordCount: Journalist Michelle Vranizan Rafter explores the challenges freelance writers face on her excellent blog.
  9. Quips & Tips for Successful Writers: A true cornucopia of ideas for writers, Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen provides endless content and freelancing tips.
  10. Fuel Your Writing: This site will certainly fuel you! Michelle Krasniak Oxman and her huge team of contributors provide great content for writers.

Congratulations to the winners. Be sure to check out these awesome blogs!

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The badge of distinction: If you are a winner, feel free to post the image you see here on your blog and please link back to this page.

Thanks to our sponsor, Copywriting Success Summit 2009.  Be sure to check out this event if you want to discover how to best market and sell yourself as a writer.

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  • dennisslattery
    Excellent list, thanks for sharing it with us.
  • Fabulous list! Thanks to you and to Lea Curtes-Swenson for emailing it to me.
  • Very cool list. I'm a big fan of some of these already. Thanks!
  • Congrats to all!!
  • TheCreativePenn
    Thanks for this - it gives me some new blogs to subscribe to!
  • Great list. I'll have to add a few people to the list I follow.

    I highly recommend adding Jane Friedman's There Are No Rules blog at Writer's Digest. She comes from the traditional book publishing world, but there is nothing old-school or staid about her perspective and advice. http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/
  • Thank you Mike. Not sure what to say, except I think everyone else on this list kicks ass and I thank you even more for recognizing them. The world needs all the sources of passion about writing it can get.
  • Many many cograts to all the bloggers who bagged the badge... I have been following most of them ans can safely say it was a fair ranking. :)
  • Thanks for including Quips & Tips -- and thank you Susan of the Urban Muse blog for nominating me!

    Lovely :-) now I have something to live up to.....I WILL be worthy....
  • Congrats to the Fuel crew (and the rest of those listed here), it is awesome to see the hard work and passion for what you do paying off!
  • This is such an honor, Mike! Thank you for not only organizing a contest like this, but also for recognizing Fuel Your Writing as one of the Top 10! Congratulations to all!
  • Wow, that's brilliant - can't wait to put the new badge up :-) Thanks Michael once again for organising this contest and congratulations to all the other winners.

  • Wordbloom
    You misspelled organizing.
  • No, no she didn't. She simply spelled it the British way.
  • I don't think I'll ever lose the thrill of seeing my name in the top 10. Thanks, Mike and congrats all. This is stills such an honor.
  • Wow, that's awesome. Considering that time has leveled the playing field and that this can be anyone's win, I'm honored to be on that list. It's a fair fight with stiff competition.

    Congrats to everyone, and thanks go to Michael and his team for their hard work!
  • susanjohnston
    Thanks so much, Michael! It's an honor to included along with so many fantastic other writer/bloggers! Congrats to all the other winners and nominees.
  • Thanks so much Michael. This is certainly an honor to be recognized by peers in the writing blogosphere. You've put together a stellar list! Thanks for your hard work.
  • Thanks so much for including WordCount: Freelancing in the Digital Age in your top 10 for 2009. I've been at it less than two years so making it into this group is incredibly rewarding. Congratulations to all the other winners, and to a fantastic collection of nominees.

    Michelle Rafter
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