Influencers must be content creators who have a blog, website, podcast, social media platform or YouTube. There are sixteen categories, across a range of genres. They do not have to be based in the UK, our awards are open worldwide. We also have ten brand categories, you can nominate brands based on their work with influencers and how successful their campaigns have been. Please note, in order to for a brand to be nominated for an award, they must provide evidence of the impact of the campaign. This can be in the form of sales figures, engagement on social media (likes, comments, tweets) etc.

The Influencer categories include Fashion, Beauty, Lifestyle, Parenting, Fitness, Book, Photography, Food, Travel, Instagrammer, TikTok, Vlogger, Blogger, Podcast, Blogosphere Network Member and Blogosphere Influencer.

The Brand categories include Fashion Influencer Brand Campaign, Beauty Influencer Brand Campaign, Lifestyle Influencer Brand Campaign, Parenting Influencer Brand Campaign, Fitness Influencer Brand Campaign, Food Influencer Brand Campaign, Travel Influencer Brand Campaign, Talent Management Company, Influencer Marketing/Outreach Company and Influencer Brand Campaign.

You can nominate influencers and brands for each award right here on our website from 8am on February 1st. It is not necessary to nominate influencers and brands for every category, just nominate for the ones you have favourites in. You can nominate yourself for an award. There is no minimum follower requirement to be nominated. Nominations will close on March 1st, so make sure you let us know your favourites before then!

Our editorial team will go through all of the nominations, and put together a shortlist of five nominees for each award. Finalists will be chosen for each award based on a variety of categories (writing style, photography, design and online presence for influencers, diversity, creativity, quality and ROI for brands). Influencers and brands will not be shortlisted based on the number of nominations they have, it will be based on the overall quality of their content.

The shortlist will be announced on April 2nd and will be open to public vote until May 1st. The shortlist will also be voted upon by a panel. For influencers the panel’s decisions will make up 60% of the vote while the public vote will make up 40%. For brands the panel’s decisions will make up 40% of the vote while the public vote will make up 60%.

The winners of each award will be announced during an awards ceremony in London on May 28th. Finalists will be invited to attend and winners will be given their awards during the ceremony. Winners will also be announced on our Twitter profile and later on our website, for anyone unable to attend the ceremony.

The winners of each award will be interviewed by the Blogosphere editorial team. Each winner will feature in issue 24 of the magazine, with the Blogosphere Influencer of the year winner taking the FRONT COVER. Good luck!