Winners of the 4th Annual Plutus Awards

To start off the Financial Blogger Conference weekend, the Plutus Awards ceremony in St. Louis put all conference attendees in the mood for an exciting weekend. Kevin McKee, from Reward Boost and Thousandaire created two musical numbers for the event, and for the opening number, he was joined on stage by Ashley Jacobs of WiseBread.

After the opening numbers, Plutus Awards panelists and other volunteers took the stage to present awards to the winners of the blog categories. Thank you again to all the volunteers who helped make this year’s awards ceremony one of the highlights of the FinCon. Thanks also to the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch for providing the great space for the ceremony, and to Philip Taylor (PT Money) and his team for putting on a great conference and inviting the Plutus Awards back this year.

Thanks also to our main sponsors for the night: Scottrade, who sponsored the after-party; Fidelity Investments, who sponsored the entertainment; and State Farm, who sponsored the gift bags.

For my summary of the conference, which includes my thoughts on the Plutus Awards, the awards ceremony, and after-party, head over to LukeLandes.com.

Here is the official recording of the Fourth Annual Plutus Awards ceremony. It’s worth watching for the performance at the beginning (after I leave the stage).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3nrtlO9zUg

At the Financial Blogger Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, the Plutus Awards recognized excellence in the personal finance blogging community with an awards ceremony hosted by Kevin McKee. Special guests presented winners in attendance with trophies, certificates, and prize bags from sponsors. The entertainment for the night was made possible by Fourth Annual Plutus Awards sponsor, Fidelity Investments. The prize bags were made possible by sponsor State Farm, as well as by many other FinCon and Plutus Awards sponsors.

To determine the finalists in each categories, the Plutus Awards blogger panel accepted nominations from the public. The nominations were tallied by the panel and the finalists in each category were chosen from among the nominees. The panel then had the ultimate decision in choosing the winner from among the finalists in each category.

The finalists and winners

Best New Personal Finance Blog, sponsored by Confessions of a Professional Blogger

Winner: The Empowered Dollar
Finalists: Broke Millennial, Escaping Dodge, The Frugal Exerciser, Save Outside the Box

Best Blog Contributor or Freelance Writer, sponsored by Experian

Winner: Miranda Marquit
Finalists: Cat Alford, Kevin Mercadante, Michelle (Making Sense of Cents), Jason Steele

Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by FinCon

Winner: Consumerism Commentary
Finalists: Bargaineering, Free Money Finance, Million Dollar Journey, Retire Happy

People’s Choice, sponsored by Digital CoLab

Winner: I Pick Up Pennies

Blog of the Year, sponsored by Bank Affiliates

Winner: Good Financial Cents
Finalists: And Then We Saved, Budgets Are Sexy, Financial Samurai, Frugal Beautiful, Making Sense of Cents, Mr. Money Mustache, Planting Money Seeds, PT Money, WiseBread

The winners of these categories reflect the opinions of the personal finance blogging community. All personal finance bloggers were asked to share their opinions about the favorite banks and services, in order to determine the companies and products that most reflect the concepts that are important to this community of experts. Winning the Plutus Awards is an honor that is reserved for companies that offer the most community-friendly services and are working to make the world a better place from a financial perspective.