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Phew! Hundreds of emails and thousands of nominations later, nominations for the Urbs: 2005 Urban Blogging Awards are officially closed. Everything's been counted and sorted, and the voting will begin presently, after I chug a celebratory pitcher of mojitos. Check back repeatedly and obsessively — VERY SOON! — to find out who made the cut and to begin voting for your faves. In the public interest, the complete, final list of nominated sites follows after the jump.

Participants agree to our standard contest rules, as well as the Urbs contest guidelines. Check here for explanations of categories. Winners in the first 12 categories get free Gridskipper schwag; the winner of World's Best Urban Blog gets $500 in credit with the iTunes Music Store.

World�s Best Urban Architecture Blog
Archinect
arq507
BLDGBLOG
brownstoner
City Comforts
A Daily Dose of Architecture
Design Observer
fotofacade
gravestmor
Inhabitat
Land+Living
Miss Representation
no, 2 self
Oh Dog! You Sleuth!
Living with Legends: Hotel Chelsea Blog
Overshadowed
PreserveLA
Pruned
terra non firma
Tropolism
Urbanism
Veritas et Venustas

World�s Best Urban Food Blog
The Amateur Gourmet
The Assimilated Negro
badthings
Bruni Digest
chez pim
Chubby Hubby
culiblog
Deep End Dining
Delicious Days
Delicious! Delicious!
The Delicious Life
Dubrow's Cafeteria
Eating L.A.
The Food Section
Franklin Avenue
A Full Belly
Gastropoda
I Heart Bacon
Ideas in Food
Iron Stomach
Kuidore
la.foodblogging
noodlepie
Nordljus
Rate-a-Restaurant
Slice
Snack
Stickyrice
Waiter Rant

World�s Best Urban Nightlife Blog
After Hours City
The Apiary
The Assimilated Negro
Boudist
Caroline on Crack
Cheapskatin' LA
The Cobrasnake
Daily Candy
Diary of a London Cokehead
eatmydesign
LA.comfidential
LAist
MyOpenBar
Paris is well worth a Mass ... R.I.P.
style council
teendrama
vividblurry

World�s Best Urban Music Blog
arjanwrites
The Assimilated Negro
Boudist
brooklynvegan
Chromewaves
City of Sound
Crown Dozen
Diary of a London Cokehead
Digital Music Weblog
gorilla vs. bear
Joonr
Todd Kelley
lemon-red
manic mess
Music for Robots
My Old Kentucky Blog
The New Black
Okayplayer
The Other Page
The Rest Is Noise
stereogum
StereoLab
Untouched by Work or Duty
yentell
Zolius

World�s Best Urban Arts Blog
The Apiary
art.blogging.la
The Assimilated Negro
Core77
Crown Dozen
EmilyStyle
From the Floor
LAist
lauraholder
Living with Legends: Hotel Chelsea Blog
Lux Lotus
Modern Art Notes
Reading Montreal
Reading Toronto
Slavs of New York
things magazine
we make money not art
Wooster Collective

World�s Best Urban Sex Blog
The Assimilated Negro
the day, the night
GeekSlut
Girl with a one-track mind
girlgonemad
Girlspoke
Gram Ponante
The Great Cock Hunt
Jet Set Lara
Lucas Blog
Lusty Lady
Oh la la Paris
One Life, Take Two
Pucker Up
QueerClick
Queerty
Rollertrain
sexblo.gs
Waking Vixen

World�s Best Gay Urban Blog
Chafostheory
COACD
the day, the night
fourfour
The Great Cock Hunt
Hothouse
How to Marry an Investment Banker
Joe.My.God.
Jossip
LeftCoastBreakdown
Lucas Blog
Made in Brazil
Manhattan Offender
Moody's Gorgeous Life
Naked City Boys
Nathan Exposed
Notthatboy
Oh Dog! You Sleuth!
Oh la la Paris
Pink is the new blog
Proceed at your own risk
Queer Visions
Queerty
Rod 2.0
Shades of Gray
towleroad
vividblurry

World�s Hottest Urban Blogger
Alex [The Great Cock Hunt]
Rob Annable [no, 2 self]
Scott Anthony [scottanthony.org]
Javier Arbona [Archinect]
The Assimilated Negro [The Assimilated Negro]
Assistant Atlas [Assistant/Atlas]
Erin Bradley [girlgonemad]
Rachel Kramer Bussel [Lusty Lady]
Sam Chafos [Chafostheory]
COACD [COACD]
Caroline [Caroline on Crack]
Erik D'Amato [Pestiside]
Bill DeMarco [Losanjealous]
Amber Denver [Absolutely no exaggeration or sarcasm HERE!]
Diamond Geezer [diamond geezer]
Mai Dinh [LA.Comfidential]
Dragon [Notes from Underground]
Jennifer Dziura [Jen Is Famous]
Jill Fehrenbacher [Inhabitat]
Heather Fink [I Fink, Therfore I Am]
Anne Galloway [Purse Lip Square Jaw]
Lindsey Green [This Is 14th Street]
Greg Gutfeld [Huffington Post]
Ethan Gray [Shades of Gray]
Heather [Go Fug Yourself]
John Hill [A Daily Dose of Architecture]
Imaginary Socialite [Imaginary Socialite]
Hunter James [Notthatboy]
Jessica [Go Fug Yourself]
Justin [dude.man.phat]
Rich Juzwiak [fourfour]
Jason Kottke [kottke.org]
Lera [Fashion Addict Diary]
Alexandra Le Tellier [LA.Comfidential]
Lexie [Girlspoke]
the little minx [the day, the night]
Michael Malice [Overheard in New York]
Geoff Manaugh [BLDGBLOG]
Manhattan Offender [Manhattan Offender]
John Massengale [Veritas et Venustas]
Meme [Girlspoke]
Gustad Mody [Iron Stomach]
Annie Mole [London Underground Tube Diary]
Moxie [moxie.nu]
Andrea Neustein [shitparade]
Nosy Snoop [Nosy Snoop]
Peter [Rantings of Pe-tah]
Laurie Pike [LA.comfidential]
Reggie the Alligator [Monster at Machado Lake]
Dan Renzi [How was your day, Dan?]
Sarah Rich [Inhabitat]
Marlow Riley [Untouched by Work or Duty]
Brandon Rogers [One Child Left Behind]
Tiffany A. Stone [Breakfast at Tiffany�s]
Pim Techamuanvivit [chez pim]
TMFTML [The Minor Fall, The Major Lift]
Toby [VividBlurry]
Andy Towle [Towleroad]
Ultragrrrl [Ultragrrrl]
zoe_trope [Remarkably Convenient]

Best New York Blog
Andrea's Photo Blog
The Apiary
The Assimilated Negro
Chafostheory
cityrag
CitySpecific
COACD
Confessions of a Go-Go Dancer
eatmydesign
Embrace the Dull
Forksplit
girlgonemad
Gothamist
The Great Cock Hunt
Jossip
Lindsayism
Living with Legends: Hotel Chelsea Blog
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan User's Guide
Manhattan Offender
Jason Mulgrew
New York Hack
Notes from Underground
Overheard in New York
quarlo
rion.nu
Shades of Gray
Slavs of New York
Slice
Tale of Two Cities
teendrama
This Is What We Do Now
The Tomato Diaries

Best Los Angeles Blog
1947project
8763 Wonderland
All About E
amandarin
Assistant/Atlas
Breakfast at Tiffany's
busblog
Caroline on Crack
ClothesHoarse
Decadent West
dude.man.phat
The Funkyjenn Gazette
Franklin Avenue
Gram Ponante
Kung Fu Monkey
LA.comfidential
L.A. Observed
LAist
LeftCoastBreakdown
losanjealous
Marty Barrett
Overeducated and Underemployed
Popbytes
Nancy Rommelmann
Tale of Two Cities
Totally Unauthorized
Words for My Enjoyment

World�s Best Urban Photoblog
The Ambassador's Last Stand
The Beloved Universe
Jesse Chan-Norris
COACD
daily dose of imagery
eatmydesign
eskepe
Express Train
Ideas in Food
International Urban Glow
joe's nyc
Lightningfield
Londonrubbish
Moody's Gorgeous Life
thenewpolio
Nordljus
Oh Dog! You Sleuth!
PaLaKa
Youngna Park
Pic Patrol
Pixpopuli
quarlo
Satan's Laundromat
Secret Rome
Christoffer Jon Sinnbeck
slower.net
Spacing Photoblog
Streetsy
rion.nu
sixfive.net
Urbanfoto
you-are-here.com

World�s Most Inane Urban Blog Post
Wanna Get Nailed? [Queerty]
The Best Thing I've Read Today [You Can't Make It Up]
Lose The Frida Kahlo Unibrow [Queerty]
Swim Fan [Queerty]
Dogs 233-236 [Dogblog]
Mother, Fcuked [Gothamist]
Gemma Ward's Ass Makes Our Day [Fashion Addict Diary]
Recycle Comp Cards! [COACD]
the gangs of souplantation (a true story)... [dude.man.phat]
renaming and defaming [Overeducated and Underemployed]
The Tao of Dobkin [Gothamist]
Special Guest Commentary From The Gawker Media Cat [Gawker]
You Like Us! You Really, Really Like Us!! [The Gutter]
Top Ten Tips to Getting Laid - A Beginner�s Guide [Girlspoke]
A Period of Silence [Who Knows Where Thoughts Come From?]
Are You My Future Husband? [girlspoke]
Bill DeMarco Rates the Top 50 Starbucks in LA: This Week: #12 [losanjealous]
David Hart: L.A. Public Access TV Legend [losanjealous]
Know Your Local Asian Newscasters [losanjealous]
Hey, Can You Help Me Out? [Shades of Gray]
Why Cameras Are Ruining Everything: A Manifesto [Lindsayism]
Lindsayism to Photographers: F-U! [Gothamist]
The world would be a far better place if everyone would just fuck each other [This Is What We Do Now]
The Manhattan Offender Interview: Sam, the writer [Manhattan Offender]

World�s Best Urban Blog
8763 Wonderland
Apartment Therapy
Archinect
The Assimilated Negro
Assistant/Atlas
Besotted
BLDGBLOG
BlogTO
Caroline on Crack
Chafostheory
chez pim
cityrag
COACD
A Daily Dose of Architecture
Dead Slow
dude.man.phat
eatmydesign
Forksplit
Girlspoke
got detroit?
Gothamist
The Great Cock Hunt
Ideas in Food
Imaginary Socialite
Inhabitat
Jossip
kottke.org
LA.comfidential
London Underground Tube Diary
Manhattan Offender
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan User's Guide
Marty Barrett
MoCo Loco
Nathan Exposed
New (sub)Urbanism
thenewpolio
New York Hack
Pestiside
Nosy Snoop
Notthatboy
Overeducated and Underemployed
Reading Montreal
Reading Toronto
Shades of Gray
shitparade
Slavs of New York
slower.net
Spacing Wire
Tale of Two Cities
teendrama
This Is What We Do Now
Torntoist
towleroad
Urban Review St. Louis
Veritas et Venustas
vividblurry
whatevs
White Trash City
WOW Report
WorldChanging