Defence IQ, a leading online resource for military and defence news and analysis, has announced the call for nominations of the Defence IQ Blogging Awards 2013, which recognises defence and military blogging excellence in the defence industry worldwide.

For this year’s awards, Defence IQ has opened up nominations to the public, allowing anyone to elect their favourite defence blog as a candidate. The organisation is looking to assess blogs that merit recognition for being "insightful and and notable sources for defence industry insight and military updates".

Previous winners have included The Freedom Fighter Blog and RAF Airman.

Defence IQ Blogging Awards 2013 – Nominations: http://www.defenceiq.com/air-land-and-sea-defence-service...

The closing date for all submissions is Wednesday 3rd July 2013. Once the nominations have been authorised and categorised the public voting to find the winners will commence on 8th July 2013.

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For further information on the Defence IQ Blogging Awards 2013, please email haveyoursay@defenceiq.com.

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