A carnival is a blogging event and "The Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival" takes place every two weeks and features recent posts from the cream of the mommy blogger community.
This is how it works: every two weeks a different mommy blogger “hosts” the carnival. The blogger community submits their best post from the past month -- this could be your most popular post, something that has done well on StumbleUpon or Digg, or one of which you are particularly proud.
The rules are one post per blogger and it must be something written in the past four weeks.
The host blogger then compiles the carnival. Check out the ones below for examples.
All of the submitters help publicize in some way -- Twitter, Facebook, a blog post, a link...
This is a great way to create traffic and link love to all sites involved.
I will organise and keep the schedule on A Modern Mother (below).
I am looking for hosts -- please email me at amodernmother (at) gmail (dot) com if you would like to host a carnival.
Carnival of Mommy Bloggers schedule:
The December 1 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
January 26 will be hosted at Mother's Hideaway. Please email entries to: admin (at) mothershideaway (dot) com
February 9 will be held at Violet Posy. Please email entries to violetposy (at) gmail.co.uk
February 23 will be held at Simply Living on a Budget. Please email entries to: simplybudgeted (at) gmail (dot) com
March 9 will be held at Moving On From The Drama. Please email entries to: amyeaton (at) sbcglobal (dot) net.
March 23 will be held at
April 6 will be held at
April 20 will be held at
And if you're bored, here are some past carnivals:
The November 4 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The November 18 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The December 2 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The December 16 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The January 13 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The January 27 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The February 10 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
February 24 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The March 10 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The March 24 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The April 7 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The April 21 Best of the "Expat" Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The May 5 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The May 19 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The June 2 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The June 30 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The July 14 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The July 28 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The August 11 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival.
The August 25 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The September 22 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The October 6 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The November 3 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The November 17 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
March 2
Photo credit: gbastini
Count me in. Just give me a date. And probably a reminder..tee hee.
Posted by: Treemama | 15 October 2008 at 06:55 PM
An easier way to organize a blog carnival is through BlogCarnival.com - I'm not affiliated with the site, but I've both participated in and created blog carnivals through the site and it keeps everything in the same format and organized really well. Instead of having folks e-mail their entries to each host, you might want to set it up through there.
Posted by: AmyV | 15 October 2008 at 08:24 PM
Thanks for putting this together! I dropped you a note, and I would love to be involved.
peace,
-LaSara
http://www.lasarafirefox.com
Posted by: LaSara | 16 October 2008 at 03:48 AM
I sent an email! I would love to take part:)
Posted by: Jennifer | 18 October 2008 at 05:56 AM
I want in! my best post ever would have to be todays! http://mybizzyworld.blogpost.com I hope I make it, can I do june maybe??? LOL
carole harris
Posted by: carole harris | 03 November 2008 at 08:06 PM
I submitted it to blog carnival when we did it and when we have our carnival, I submit all of our materials, so it's hosted at both places :)
Posted by: Julie@Cool Mom Guide | 23 November 2008 at 06:18 PM
Hey there, just letting you know that the call for entries is up at Yoga Mama Satsangha!: http://www.yogamamasatsangha.blogger.com.
peace,
-LaSara
http://www.lasarafirefox.com
Posted by: LaSara | 06 December 2008 at 05:14 PM
Of course, that url is wrong. It's http://www.yogamamasatsangha.blogspot.com!
Posted by: LaSara | 06 December 2008 at 05:16 PM
Scratch what I said about me putting it at blog carnival. I entered it and a ton of people signed up for it so I ended up having to put one on my site to be fair to them. I'm just now starting to understand how that site works!
Posted by: Julie@Cool Mom Guide | 09 December 2008 at 12:44 AM
I just sent you an email too. I'd love to host one:)
Posted by: Shreejana Hickman | 05 May 2009 at 03:18 PM
Hi,
I'd love to take part in the blog carnival. Cindy at themommaven dot com.
Posted by: Cindy | 18 May 2009 at 12:24 AM
Sent an email about hosting a couple of days ago x
Posted by: clareybabble | 28 May 2009 at 07:44 AM
Bonjour
I am the photographer of this picture from thr carnival of Venezia.
The minimum is that
1 You ask the authorisation to use it.
2 The give the copyright to the photographer.
Merci
Gaston Batistini
Posted by: Batistini | 28 January 2010 at 06:24 PM
Was wondering about the January 26th carnival - when I click on the blog url it says it is not found?
Posted by: Amy | 30 January 2010 at 11:19 PM