Our little blogging carnival is now one! How quickly we have grown. The past 25 carnivals have featured more than 750 posts from over a hundred bloggers. Wow. That's a lot of whinging.
The official info is below. I've moved the carnival to A Modern Mother. Please note we're always looking for new hosts, email me at amodernmother (at) gmail (dot) com to sign up. Being inundated with 50 emails 24 hours before a carnival is quite an exhilerating experience one should do miss!
A carnival is a blogging event and "The Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival" takes place every two weeks and highlights the best posts from the British mummy blogging community.
This is how it works: every two weeks a different mummy blogger “hosts” the carnival. Bloggers submit their best post from the past month -- this could be your most popular post, one that has struck a chord and attracted lots of comments, or just one that they feel is their personal best. NO COMMERCIAL POSTS PLEASE. And please do not allow a company to sponsor a carnival.
The rules are one post per blogger and it must be something written in the past four weeks. Oh, and you must be British (by birth or passport or just lived here so bloody long you feel British!)
The host blogger picks the best 25 (more if they have enough energy!) and writes the carnival and the submitters publicise with a post, link, tweet, etc. It's up to the host to decide if they want to have a theme.
Clear as mud?
Trust me, this is a great way to create traffic and link love for all sites involved.
I will organise and keep the schedule on A Modern Mother.
I am always looking for new hosts -- please email me at amodernmother (at) gmail (dot) com if you would like to host a carnival.
Don't have a mummy blog, but would like one? Check out The complete guide to starting a mummy blog.
The Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival schedule:
17 August will be hosted at Crunchie Mummy. Please email entries to ificouldescape (at) hotmail (dot) com
31 August will be hosted at Playing By The Book. The theme for this carnval is books and/or play. Please email entries to: zoe.toft (at) kuvik (dot) net
14 September will be hosted at Little Stuff. Please email entries to: info (at) littlestuff (dot) co (dot) uk
28 September will be hosted at A Tired Mummy's Blog. Please email entries to ellenheaney (at) yahoo (dot) com
12 October will be hosted at Diary of a Single Mum. Please email entries to: kathryn (dot) freeman3 (at) btinternet.com
26 October will be hosted at Are We Nearly There Yet Mummy?
9 November will be hosted at Babies Who Brunch. Please email entries to susiemesure (at) mac (dot) com
23 November will be hosted at Mommy Has A Headache. Please email posts to emmakcontact (at) yahoo (dot) com.
7 December will be held at The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Please email posts to omg.preggers (at) googlemail (dot) com.
21 December will be held at A Modern Mother. Please email posts to: amodernmother (at) gmail (dot) com.
2011:
4 January will be held at The Diary of A Frugal Family. Please email posts to: www (dot) frugalfamily (dot) co (dot) uk
18 January will be held at Brits in Bonia.
1 February will be held at New Mummy. Please ema posts to newmummy (at) live (dot) co (dot) uk.
15 February will be held at Bringing Up Charlie. Please email posts to: thedotterel (at) googlemail (dot (com)
1 March will be held at The Good Life Blog. Please mail entries to info@redtedart.com.
15 March will be held at Very Bored in Catalunya. Please email entries to veryboredhousewife@gmail.com
29 March will be hosted at Family Friendly Working. Please email entries to: antonia (at) acpr (dot) co (dot) uk
12 April will be hosted at Babes About Town. Please email entries to: uju@inbox.com.
26 April will be hosted at Playing by the Book. Please email entries to: zoe.toft@kuvik.net
10 May will be hosted at Me, the man and the baby. Please email entries to: emmasheppard@live.com
24 May will be hosted at Mummy from the heart. Please email entries to: michelle.pannell@ntlworld.com
7 June will be hosted at All Baby Advice. Please email entries to: allbabyadvice@yahoo.co.uk
21 June will be hosted at Saffa so good. Please email entries to: tamsinator@gmail.com
5 July will be hosted at Muddling Along Mummy. Please emal entries to: muddlingalong@gmail.com
19 July will be hosted at
Bored? Check out these previous carnivals...
The 27 October Best of the British Mummy Blogger "Halloween" Carnival
The 11 November Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 25 November Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 9 December Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 23 December Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 6 January Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 20 January Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 3 February Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 17 February Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 3 March Best of the British Mummy Blogger Carnival
The 17 March Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 31 March Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 14 April Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 28 April Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 12 May Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 26 May Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 9 June Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 23 June Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 7 July Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 21 July Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 4 August Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 18 August Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 1 September Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 15 September Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 29 September Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 13 October Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 10 November Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 24 November Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 8 December Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 22 December Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 5 January Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 19 January Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival.
The 2 February Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival.
The 16 February Best of the Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 2 March Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival.
The 16 March Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival.
The 30 March Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 13 April Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 27 April Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
The 11 May Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival
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