Shelley Batts of Retrospectacle is a nominee for a $10,000 blogging scholarship (that is, a scholarship given to someone who blogs, not a scholarship for studying blogging). The winner will be determined by popular vote.
Of course, the responsible thing to do here would be to go read the blogs of all the nominees, and then vote for the one you like the best. Or you could mindlessly go punch the radio button for Shelley, just because she has the support of ScienceBlogs. Or, I suppose, some linear combination of those two. Up to you.
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