The Summer of Buzz

Welcome to the The Summer of Buzz - Home to our ultimate creative challenge of the 2011 summer season!

UPDATE AS OF 9/1/2011: THE SUMMER OF BUZZ ENTRY PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. 

We spent 3 months searching for the best content creators in 4 categories: Pop Culture, Music, Fashion, and Art/Photography in a creative competition called The Summer of Buzz. 

Each category was judged by the Buzznet Editors, Seventeen Magazine Editors, and additional esteemed judges with expertise in each area of competition.  

The judges had their work cut out for them as thousands of entries from some of the most talented bloggers, aspiring writers, and photographers from across the globe shared their talents with us--but it is now time to announce the winners!

So without further ado, here are the winners for each category:

MUSIC WINNER: AMYJOEBLOGGS

Amy wowed us with her vast knowledge and appreciation of some of our favorite artists including My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Patrick Stump, and many more. Amy started blogging on Buzznet when Summer of Buzz launched, and we couldn't be happier to have her as an official music blogger from now on!  

FASHION WINNER: FAITHYFANTASTIC

Faith was chosen as the Fashion winner thanks to her consistent posts about all the things we love to read about!  Posting about everything from makeup to models,  braids to Balenciaga, FaithyFantastic definitely has what it takes to be our newest official Buzznet Fashion blogger!

POP CULTURE WINNER: NOELIA T

All it takes is just one glance at NoeliaT's blog to see that she is a complete Pop Culture fanatic.  Over the past few months she has become a frequent contributor to the Buzznet community, and she keeps her followers constantly up to date on Miley, Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, and so much more.  We're thrilled to have her as our new official Buzznet Pop Culture blogger! 

ART/PHOTOGRAPHY WINNER: TO LOVE AND BACK

Brittany, AKA ToLoveAndBack has been sharing her extradordinary art with Buzznet since 2010. She's passionate about photography, and it certainly shows in her photo posts. Brittany documents her life andtravels on Buzznet through her photos, and we're extremely grateful that we get to come along for the ride.  Brittany is sure to be the perfect Official Buzznet Art + Photography contributor!

Congratulations to our four winners!  Be sure to follow them all to keep up with their posts, and keep an eye out for their featured stories on the Buzznet Homepage.

If you didn't take home the gold this time around, fear not, for we here at Buzznet shall be giving you other opportunities to have your work featured as well as win other contests!

The full contest rules and instructions for Summer of Buzz can still be viewed HERE.