It’s time to choose the Hot Bloggers who will represent March in the 2011 Hot Blogger Calendar! Nominations are now open HERE.

As a reminder: there will be 2 bloggers representing March of 2011, one Female and one Male.

The nomination period will end Saturday, March 20, and then the voting period will be Sunday, March 21 – Wednesday, March 31 (at which time the 2 winners will be announced).

For complete details on how the nominations and voting works, click here.

But for now, get your nominations in for MARCH!

The votes are tallied and the results are in. The bloggers representing January and February 2011 in the Hot Blogger Calendar are…

Ladies first:

And for the Men:

Congratulations to A Daily Dose of Toni, Aunt Becky, Busy Dad Blog and Telling Dad! Be on the lookout for an email with more info.

And remember, even if you didn’t win this time around, the bloggers representing September, October, November and December 2011 will appointed by the number of votes accumulated over the months of January – August, so there’s hope for you yet, even if you don’t win a particular month before September! (Complete voting details here.)

Be on the lookout for the March nominations post soon…!

Just counting down to the end of the first voting period and I thought it would be fun to post the leaders.

Remember, in this voting period we’re looking for the TOP TWO vote-getters for each gender. Those 4 will represent the months of January 2011 and February 2011 in the respective Female and Male Hot Blogger Calendars.

So, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, here are the Top 5 females and males:

Females:

Aunt Becky – Mommy Wants Vodka
Poppy Cedes
Caryn – Rockin’ Mama
Sondra Santos LaBrie – Happy Healthy Hip Parenting
A Daily Dose of Toni

Males:
Busy Dad Blog
Phil Bundy – A Quest to Play on the PGA Tour
Simon Salt – IncSlingers
Telling Dad
David Simmer II – Blogography

Make sure the check everyone out because some of the bloggers are putting up really good cases for why they should be in the calendar.

And, of course, REMEMBER TO VOTE VOTE VOTE! until 10 PM EST tonight!

Does anyone happen to know what happened to January and February? Yep, it’s already almost March and we still have to choose the bloggers who will represent the months of January and February, respectively, in the 2011 Hot Blogger Calendar.

In case you have any questions about how the voting works, direct your bad self over here. Don’t forget to come back, though, OK?

But juuuust in case you are too lazy to click over there then come back just want to know how this here January and February votin’ is gonna work, here’s a little cheat sheet for ya:

For January and February of 2011, the top 2 Female and the top 2 Male vote-getters will represent the months of January and February in the respective Female and Male Hot Blogger Calendars (yes, we’re playing a little game of catch-up here and yes, we are taking care of two months with one voting period). These bloggers will be determined by the votes they receive from the voting period of Monday, March 1 - Friday, March 5 (at which time the 4 winners will be announced).

Please get acquainted with the nominees for January and February:

Females:
Amy Bennett – Permission To Peruse
Aunt Becky – Mommy Wants Vodka
Caryn – Rockin’ Mama
Danielle Ice – Home Ever After
Deb on the Rocks
Why Mommy Drinks Rum
Jennifer – Savor the Thyme
Julie Cole – The Mablehood
Kristen Chase – Motherhood Uncensored
Maria – Immoral Matriarch
I Don’t Wanna Hear It
Mr. Lady – Whiskey In My Sippy Cup
The Footnotes of Mad Men.
Piper of Love
Poppy Cedes
Love Cook Create Knit
Sondra Santos LaBrie – Happy Healthy Hip Parenting
Sybil Law
A Daily Dose of Toni

Males:
Busy Dad Blog
Phil Bundy – A Quest to Play on the PGA Tour
Simon Salt – IncSlingers
Greg – Sippity Sup
Bill Balderaz – The Buzz Saw
Gary Vaynerchuk
Telling Dad
Dennis Kwan – The Fury of the Egg
Jeremy Pepper – POP! PR Jots
David Simmer II – Blogography

AND NOW? VOTE VOTE VOTE!

There have been some questions about how the nominating/voting is going to work, so listen up.

January and February:

For January and February of 2011, the top 2 Female and the top 2 Male vote-getters will represent the months of January and February in the respective Female and Male Hot Blogger Calendars (yes, we’re playing a little game of catch-up here and yes, we are taking care of two months with one voting period). These bloggers will be determined by the votes they receive from the voting period of Monday, March 1 - Friday, March 5 (at which time the 4 winners will be announced).

March:

For the 2 bloggers representing March of 2011 in the respective Female and Male Calendars: the nomination period will begin Saturday, March 6 and end Saturday, March 20. The voting period will be Sunday, March 21 – Wednesday, March 31 (at which time the 2 winners will be announced).

April:

For the 2 bloggers representing April of 2011 in the respective Female and Male Calendars: the nomination period will begin Thursday, April 1 and end Thursday, April 15. The voting period will be Friday, April 16 – Friday, April 30 (at which time the 2 winners will be announced).

May:

For the 2 bloggers representing May of 2011 in the respective Female and Male Calendars: the nomination period will begin Saturday, May 1 and end Saturday, May 215. The voting period will be Sunday, May 16 – Monday, May 31 (at which time the 2 winners will be announced).

June:

For the 2 bloggers representing June of 2011 in the respective Female and Male Calendars: the nomination period will begin Tuesday, June 1 and end Tuesday, June 15. The voting period will be Wednesday, June 16 – Wednesday, June 30 (at which time the 2 winners will be announced).

July:

For the 2 bloggers representing July of 2011 in the respective Female and Male Calendars: the nomination period will begin Thursday, July 1 and end Thursday, July 15. The voting period will be Friday, July 16 – Saturday, July 31 (at which time the 2 winners will be announced).

August:

For the 2 bloggers representing August of 2011 in the respective Female and Male Calendars: the nomination period will begin Sunday, August 1 and end Sunday, August 15. The voting period will be Monday, August 16 – Tuesday, August 31 (at which time the 2 winners will be announced).

September, October, November and December:

The photo shoot will take place in NYC in September 2011 in order for the calendars to go to print and be ready for shipment by the first week of November 2011, so the bloggers representing September, October, November and December will appointed as follows (this is why it’s important to get nominated and accumulate votes each month, even if you don’t win a particular month before September):

The 2 bloggers representing September of 2011 will be the bloggers with the highest cumulative votes from January-August.

The 2 bloggers representing October of 2011 will be the bloggers with the second highest cumulative votes from January-August.

The 2 bloggers representing November of 2011 will be the bloggers with the third highest cumulative votes from January-August.

The 2 bloggers representing December of 2011 will be the bloggers with the fourth highest cumulative votes from January-August.

See? There’s hope for you yet. After all, just because you don’t win doesn’t mean you’re a loser. Necessarily.

*Each voting cycle, you can only vote for one male blogger and one female blogger per computer. If you try to vote again, it will tell you your vote has already been counted.*

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Yes, winter is here and it is hard to think about anything hot, but for the sake of the 2011 calendar, won’t you nominate someone for the distinction of January’s Hottest Blogger?

Get your nominations in by Friday, February 19. There will be TWO January winners gracing the pages of next year’s calendar: one male and one female.

Get your nominations in now! Where? Here:

http://www.hotbloggercalendar.com/nominate-someone/ *Nominations page currently disabled. Will reopen for March’s nominations. No really, if you click on this link it won’t bring you where you want to go. Consider yourself warned!* *Nominations for March are open!*

(Scratching your head? Yes, this whole Hot Blogger Calendar thing has really been around for almost 2 years… read about its beginnings here. Or the About page may strike your fancy.

Now, if you’re wondering what qualifies a blogger as “hot,” here’s the deal: Obviously there is a physical element to deciding if someone is hot – or not. But we’re talking about writers here – people using their brains, their wit, their intelligence, their savviness – to make you want go back to their blogs again and again. That, in and of itself, is pretty hot. Or think about the reason that the month of January was hot for a particular blogger – a book deal, a magazine spread, a new gig – and nominate the blogger for that. Use your imagination. ‘Cause you’re good like that.

Or yes, the blogger you have in mind could just be totally, unabashedly, freakishly hot. And in that case, please do share!)