Scott P. Richert writes…

I’m pleased to announce the 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards on About.com. The Readers’ Choice Awards showcase the best products, people, organizations, and services in hundreds of categories across all of About.com.

This is the second year that the About.com Catholicism GuideSite will be participating in the Readers’ Choice Awards. Last year, the About.com Catholicism Readers’ Choice Awards received thousands of nominations across ten categories and tens of thousands of votes.  (You can see last year’s finalists here, and the winners here.)

Starting at 12:00 A.M. EST on January 18, I will be accepting nominations in the following categories:

• Best Catholic Book of 2011
• Best Catholic Blog
• Best Catholic Website
• Best Catholic Podcast
• Best Catholic Magazine
• Best Catholic Newspaper
• Best Catholic iOS App
• Best Catholic Radio Show
• Best Catholic to Follow on Twitter
• Best Catholic Facebook Page

Nominations will be accepted from 12:00 A.M. EST on January 18, 2012, until 11:59 P.M. EST on February 15, 2012. You are free to nominate your own product or site, as well as to promote the Readers’ Choice Awards to your community. (Sign up for the About.com Catholicism Newsletter to be notified automatically when nominations open.)  Please note that offering any kind of reward in exchange for nominations or votes is strictly forbidden; violators will be disqualified without warning.

Finalists will be announced on February 22, and voting will run from February 22 through March 21. The winners will be announced on March 30. There’s no prize—just the bragging rights that come with getting recognized by the readers of a leading website owned by The New York Times Co.—though finalists and winners will receive a badge that they can place on their website and use in other promotional material.

To learn more about the awards program on the About.com Catholicism GuideSite, visit the About.com Catholicism Readers’ Choice Awards page. To learn more about the Readers’ Choice Awards in general, visit awards.about.com.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and have a great day!