Every year, the Austin Chronicle hosts two music polls--the Austin Music Poll and the Best of Austin Poll. The Best of Austin Poll features all the best mostly non-musical stuff in Austin.

In the past, the Brobdingnagian Bards won "Best Renaissance Men" (2002) and "Best Way to Fix Your Computer and Fight Dragons" (2000). This year, there are a variety of new categories that perhaps I could win with my podcasting and various websites.

You don't have to be from Austin to vote. Below are my suggestions for who I'd like to see win in 2006. If you like what I suggest then, please use them. Voting ends Monday, July 10th. You can copy and paste them into the entry form.

So please, please take a moment to vote.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Movie Theatre: Alamo Drafthouse
Live Music Venue: Cactus Cafe
Annual Festival: Austin Celtic Festival
Local Filmmaker: Eric Powers/Swordplay
Theatre Director: Lorella Loftus
Actor/Actress: Lorella Loftus
Improv Group: Parallelogramophonograph
Painter/Sculptor: Jennifer Gunn
Cultural Asset: Austin Celtic Association


MEDIA

Media Critic: Margaret Moser
Local Writer: Margaret Moser
Photographer: Nancy e. Pearsall
Radio Station - Music: KUT 90.5 FM
Radio DJ: Marc Gunn
Local Web Site - Information: Austin Celtic Association
Local Blogger: Marc Gunn
Local Author/Poet: Marc Gunn
Local Non-Chronicle Publication: Celtic MP3s Music Magazine
Local Comic/Zine: Adventures of the Brobdingnagian Bards


POLITICS AND PERSONALITIES

Nonprofit Group: Austin Celtic Association


SHOPPING

Antiques/Collectibles/Vintage: Things Celtic
Pet Store: Bark N Purr Pet Center
Comic Books: Dragon's Lair
Independent Bookstore: Things Celtic
Fashion Accessories: Merlin's Oddities and Morgana's Mysteries