Black Web Awards

Press Release Excerpted From: www.BlackWebAwards.com

BLACKWEBAWARDS.COM^m NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR EXCELLENT WEBSITES

The BWA's Celebrate African, African American and Caribbean Excellence Online in 100 Categories

Baltimore, MD - The Nomination period for the First Annual BlackWebAwards (BWA)'s is now open! Established to highlight the vast and exceptional online achievements of Black people, the BWA's are the first and only organized effort to recognize and celebrate African, African American and Caribbean excellence online. This "friendly competition" allows website customers, fans and designers to nominate their favorite websites in over 100 categories, for FREE. With categories such as Best House of Worship Site, Best Wealth Building Site, Best Author Site and the Site We Miss Most, it will be clear to all that the Black Web Awards have a category for everyone!

The nomination period lasts until August 14, 2006. Nominations are FREE, open to the public and must be submitted online at www.BlackWebAwards.com. Five Hundred finalists will be announced on August 28 online via free streaming video and podcast. After the finalists are announced, the open voting period will begin. Site visitors will be invited to visit BlackWebAwards.com and cast their votes for their favorite finalists in each category. The BWA's reach their conclusion in November 2006, when the final winners are announced at an exclusive Invitation Only Awards Gala.

"We are pleased to organize and launch this important milestone event for the Black web" Says Odogwu Obi Linton, President of Linton Publishing, LLC, a Baltimore, Maryland USA based, 100% Black owned and operated company. "It's long overdue, and will help promote hundreds of creative, original online efforts to the world. It's FREE to nominate a site - so let the competition begin!"

Site visitors can catch up on the latest updates and announcements on the BWA's by tuning into the free weekly online webcast Countdown to the BWA's, hosted by National XM Radio Talk Show Host Blanche Williams, or by signing up for the BWA free weekly e-newsletter.