Four weeks ago (minus a few hours), I was mingling at BlogWorld Expo's opening night party. Amidst the conversation (and food), I didn't pay much attention to what happened on stage. One thing I missed: Daniel Kovach presented the $10,000 CollegeScholarships.org award check to Kimberley Klein for her blog The Merits of the Case, One mom's journey through life, law school and breast cancer.

Each runner up received $1,000:

• Shelley Batts Retrospectacle: A Neuroscience Blog
• Jess Kim MIT Admissions| Blog: Jess '10

7 additional finalists received $100 each:

• Grant Brisbee McCovey Chronicles :: A Giants Blog
• Matthew Burden BLACKFIVE
• Stephanie Collins Poorer Than You
• Karin Dalziel Musings of an LIS Student
• Shane Lavalette /JOURNAL
• Thomas Peters AmericanPapist: Not Your Average Catholic!
• Paul Stamatiou tech news/reviews/guides

10 more entrants were on the list of finalists:

• Travis Addington ?
• Samuel Arbesman The Biourbanist
• Randall Booth Over the Monster :: A Boston Red Sox Blog
• Chris Clark Wife Advice
• Sean Clark The Big Room (and the little things in it)
• Liz Funk The view from here
• Anders Ibsen Young People For Blog
• Kambiz Kamrani Anthropology.net
• Amanda Kern VCC Graphics Technology
• Kevin Lim theory.isthereason