One of our favorite days of the year is here and we couldn’t be more excited! We are thrilled to unveil the #BlogHer17 Voices of the Year honorees. For ten years, Voices of the Year (or #VOTY as we lovingly refer to it) has been the heart and soul of the #BlogHer conference. The brilliant work created by you – our community – overwhelms us with its beauty, laughter, and impact on the world outside the internet. You shared your stories, pictures, and videos about life in this rapidly changing world we live in, and we heard you. Loud and clear.
Every one of the pieces submitted was reviewed by at least two judges and up to six. Judges were recruited from former Voices of the Year recipients and SheKnows Media staff. We thank all our judges for their hard work!
We are so excited to honor these outstanding creators who have pushed us to think more, feel more, share more, laugh more, and do more at the #BlogHer17 Community Keynote on Friday, June 23rd, at 4:30 p.m. ET with Janet Mock as our fabulous emcee.
Get ready to click your heart out, and join us in congratulating this year’s Voices of the Year!
Video
- Deva Dalporto for Stressed Out Mom Parody
- Oneika Raymond for Dear Dutch People: Zwarte Piet Is RACIST
- Xenia Zayas for Moro de Guandules Dominicano, Chef Zee Cooks
In addition, the following honorees will present their honored work from the stage as part of the #BlogHer17 Voices of the Year community keynote:
Congratulations to all the honorees, whose videos will be on display throughout the Voices of the Year reception.
Eye Candy
- Erin Bender for her photo
- Samantha Broxton for her photo journal
- Kimberly Dickerson for her photo
- Xenia Galaviz for her photo
- Nanette Gomez for her photo
- Jessica Hall for her photo
- Alisha Nesbitt for her photo
- Khadijat Oseni for her Instagram feed
- Susan Pazera for her Instagram feed
- Lizz Porter for her photo
- Rosalynda Thorn for her photo
Congratulations to our Eye Candy category honorees! All Eye Candy will be on display during the #BlogHer17 VOTY Community Keynote and throughout the Voices of the Year reception.
Food Photography
- Andrew Bernard for his photo
- Nicole Dawson for her photo
- Sharon Lacendro for her photo
- Priya Lakshminarayan for her photo
- Thien-Kim Lam for her photo
- Vanessa Mota for her photo
- Lauren Pariseau for her photo
- Tash Shan for her photo
Congratulations to our Food Photography category honorees! All Food Photography will be on display during the #BlogHer17 VOTY Community Keynote and throughout the Voices of the Year reception.
Written Work (Long)
- Sara Baker for We Are All Shitty Parents
- Christina Berchini for We Don’t Have a ‘Diversity’ Problem in Education
- Amy Chesler for Expressing Motherhood
- Amy Freeman for A Lesson In Gender Pronouns For My Fellow Former English Majors
- Arnebya Herndon for How Many Minutes Will It Take
- Kristen Hewitt for The Power Of Yes
- Kelly Hoover Greenway for Finding Joy in the Face of Cancer
- Mike Julianelle for We Must Raise Our Boys to Defy Rape Culture
- Lisa Lucca for Two Roofs, One Home
- Kelly Macias for A Letter to My Young Self on the Eve of Hillary Clinton’s Nomination For President
- Kathryn Mayer for When Your College Baby Leaves Her Lovey Behind
- Jenn O’Connor for My Foster Child Is Gone, Am I Still A Mother?
- Liz Petrone for Raising the Revolution
- Samara Rose for Greetings From The Loony Bin
- Nancy Ruffin for Revolutionary Women: Breaking The Ties That Bind Us
- Lisa Sadikman for Reclaiming All My Pieces, Motherhood Included
- Alisa Schindler for The Difference Between a Father and a Dad
- Tina Shoulders for A Letter to the Fathers of My Children
- Theresa Sutton for The Day My Daughter Rejected My Blackness
- Linda Wolff for Colonoscopies Are Not For Sissies
- Kimberly Zapata for Thank You, Carrie Fisher, For Giving a Voice to All Of Us Battling Mental Illness
All long written work will be on display throughout the #BlogHer17 Voices of the Year reception. Congratulations to all our long written work honorees.
Impact
- Rowan Grigsby for How to Survive in Intersectional Feminist Spaces 101
- Taya Dunn Johnson for Please Read This Before Your Post Another RIP On Social Media
In addition, the following honorees will present their honored work from the stage as part of the #BlogHer17 Voices of the Year community keynote:
Congratulations to our Impact category honorees! All honorees’ submissions will be on display during the Voices of the Year reception.
Written Work (Short)
- Elaine Alguire for A Random Saturday
- Denise Nichole Andrews for Four Letter Words
- Lindsey Andrews for Blessings From Infertility
- Danielle Dayney for Just Below The Surface: My Relationship With Alcohol
- Lori Duron for He Just Needs to Find His People, Then He’ll Be Safe
- Meredith Ethington for Why I Take The Pill
- Paula Fitzgibbons for Talking Alton and Philando With My Newly Driving Black Teen
- Lea Grover for This is How I’ll Love You
- Danielle James for Bompa
- Diane Lang for Take My Hand
- Lana Nieves for Strong
- Cameron Reeves Poynter for This is the Me They Love
- Sarah Rudell Beach for Loving and Kind New Year Wishes
- Ellen Seidman for 20 Wishes for My Child With Special Needs
- Danielle Slaughter for For Colored Girls Who Are Never Enough
- Anusha Srinivasan for grief
- Alice Webb for The Beautiful Mess Our Children Leave Behind
- Melissa Camara Wilkins for When Listening is a Lament
- Aliza Worthington for The Hitler Paradox
In addition, the following honorees will present their honored work from the stage as part of the #BlogHer17 Voices of the Year community keynote:
Congratulations to all of our short written work honorees! All honorees’ written work will be on display during the Voices of the Year reception.
Jennifer Evers is the Sr. Logistics Manager for Events and the Chairwoman of the Voices of the Year Committee. You can find her on most social platforms at @AFewGoodJens
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Source: http://www.blogher.com/announcing-blogher17-voices-year-honorees
