Last call to vote for the 2006 Medical blog awards!

By tsmith on January 13, 2007.

Go vote for your favorite! Voting ends Sunday at midnight (PST).

Additionally, the Koufax Awards nominations are open. For those unfamiliar, these are for:

The Koufax Awards are named for Sandy Koufax, one of the greatest left handed pitchers of all time. They are intended to honor the best blogs and bloggers of the left. At the core, the Koufax Awards are meant to be an opportunity to say nice things about your favorite bloggers and to provide a bit of recognition for the folks who provide us with daily information, insight, and entertainment. The awards are supposed to be fun for us and fun for you.

They don't have any specific science categories, but there are a number of different awards, including best expert blog (which PZ won last year), best group blog, best blog community, best series, etc. Drop some names of your favorite blogs in if you have a few free minutes.

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