Congratulations to the winners of the Fourth Annual Plutus Awards!
Last night at the Financial Blogger Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, the Plutus Awards recognized excellence in the personal finance blogging community with an awards ceremony hosted by Kevin McKee of Reward Boost. Special guests presented winners in attendance with trophies, certificates, and prize bags from sponsors. The entertainment for the night was made possible by Fourth Annual Plutus Awards sponsor, Fidelity Investments. The prize bags were made possible by sponsor State Farm, as well as by many other FinCon and Plutus Awards sponsors.
To determine the finalists in each categories, the Plutus Awards blogger panel accepted nominations from the public. The nominations were tallied by the panel and the finalists in each category were chosen from among the nominees. The panel then had the ultimate decision in choosing the winner from among the finalists in each category.
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For press and media inquiries regarding the Third Annual Plutus Awards, contact Luke Landes, founder of Consumerism Commentary, at luke@lukelandes.com.
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners! Continue reading to see the results.
The finalists and winners
Best New Personal Finance Blog, sponsored by Confessions of a Professional Blogger
Winner: The Empowered Dollar
Finalists: Broke Millennial, Escaping Dodge, The Frugal Exerciser, Save Outside the Box
Best Personal Finance Blog for Young Adults, sponsored by USAA
Winner: Broke Millennial
Finalists: The College Investor, Making Sense of Cents, Young Adult Money, A Young Pro
Best Personal Finance Blog for Retirement, sponsored by JemStep
Winner: Financial Mentor
Finalists: Mr. Money Mustache, Retire By 40, Retire Happy, Retirement Savvy
Best Designed Personal Finance Blog
Winner: Christian Personal Finance
Finalists: Canadian Finance Blog, Escaping Dodge, FrugalPortland, Thousandaire
Best Green / Sustainability Personal Finance Blog
Winner: SustainableLifeBlog
Finalists: diynatural, My Zero Waste, Prairie Eco-Thrifter, Sustainable Personal Finance
Best Canadian Personal Finance Blog
Winner: Blonde On A Budget
Finalists: Boomer & Echo, Canadian Budget Binder, Canadian Finance Blog, Modest Money
Best International Personal Finance Blog
Winner: Kylie Ofiu
Finalists: Budget Blonde, Monevator, The Money Principle, Reach Financial Independence
Best Religious Personal Finance Blog
Winner: Faithful With a Few (KNS Financial)
Finalists: Bible Money Matters, Christian Personal Finance, Faith and Finance, Out of Your Rut
Best Investing-Focused Personal Finance Blog, sponsored by JemStep
Winner: The College Investor
Finalists: The Finance Buff, Financial Mentor, Investor Junkie, Personal Dividends
Best Debt-Focused Personal Finance Blog, sponsored by eCredable
Winner: And Then We Saved
Finalists: Debt RoundUp, Girl Meets Debt, MoneyPlan SOS, Yes, I Am Cheap
Best Frugality-Focused Personal Finance Blog, sponsored by BeFrugal.com
Winner: Surviving and Thriving
Finalists: FrugalBeautiful, Frugal Portland, Frugal Rules, Penny Pinchin’ Mom
Best Tax-Focused Personal Finance Blog
Winner: Don’t Mess With Taxes
Finalists: The Blunt Bean Counter, JoeTaxpayer, Kelly Phillips Erb (TaxGirl), The Wandering Tax Pro
Best-Kept Secret Personal Finance Blog, sponsored by Savings.com
Winner: Wealth Informatics
Finalists: Balance Junkie, Caviar and Quarters, I Pick Up Pennies, The Money Principle
Best Multimedia for a Personal Finance Blog, sponsored by USAA
Winner: Good Financial Cents
Finalists: Money Plan SOS, PT Money, Stacking Benjamins, Your Finances Simplified
Best Personal Finance Micro-Blog
Winner: @wisebread
Finalists: @freefrombroke, Fwisp, @michaelkitces, @mmarquit
Best Researched Personal Finance Blog, sponsored by Experian
Winner: Oblivious Investor
Finalists: Consumerism Commentary, Don’t Quit Your Day Job, The Finance Buff, Wealth Informatics
Best Collaborative Blogger Project
Winner: Financial Blogger Conference 2012
Finalists: The Debt Movement, Economag, MoneyIndex, Yakezie
Most Humorous Personal Finance Blog, sponsored by PT Money
Winner: Len Penzo
Finalists: ClubThrifty, Financial Uproar, Red Debted Stepchild, Stacking Benjamins
Best Blog Contributor or Freelance Writer, sponsored by Experian
Winner: Miranda Marquit
Finalists: Cat Alford, Kevin Mercadante, Michelle (Making Sense of Cents), Jason Steele
Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by FinCon
Winner: Consumerism Commentary
Finalists: Bargaineering, Free Money Finance, Million Dollar Journey, Retire Happy
People’s Choice, sponsored by Digital CoLab
Winner: I Pick Up Pennies
Blog of the Year, sponsored by Bank Affiliates
Winner: Good Financial Cents
Finalists: And Then We Saved, Budgets Are Sexy, Financial Samurai, Frugal Beautiful, Making Sense of Cents, Mr. Money Mustache, Planting Money Seeds, PT Money, WiseBread