The second annual Liberal Democrats' Blog of the Year awards, being run in conjunction with Liberal Democrat Voice, will be announced at the party's autumn conference.

After last year's successful introduction of the award, this year several new categories are being added to the competition.

The categories are:

• Liberal Democrat blog of the year
• Best blog from a Liberal Democrat elected to public office
• Best new Liberal Democrat blog (started since 1st October 2006)
• Best posting on a Liberal Democrat blog (since 1st October 2006)
• Most humorous Liberal Democrat blog
• Best designed Liberal Democrat blog

Nominations are open until midnight on 31st August and can be emailed to ecampaignteam@libdems.org.uk

The judging panel will be:

• Ryan Cullen of www.libdemblogs.co.uk
• Lynne Featherstone MP, one of the party's Parliamentary bloggers
• Will Howells, from the party's Innovations Department and a blogger himself
• Stephen Tall, last year's winner and Commissioning Editor at www.libdemvoice.org

The judges will choose a shortlist in each category, to be published on Wednesday 5th September, from those nominated in each category. They will then pick the winner for each category, with the exception of the "best designed" category, which will be decided by an online readers poll hosted by Liberal Democrat Voice.

The results will be announced at the awards ceremony at the party's autumn conference: 21.00-23.00, in the Holiday Inn Restaurant on Sunday 16th September.

The decision of the judges will be final and the competition is not open to any blogs run by the judges or any postings written by them.