Yes, winter is here and it is hard to think about anything hot, but for the sake of the 2011 calendar, won’t you nominate someone for the distinction of January’s Hottest Blogger?

Get your nominations in by Friday, February 19. There will be TWO January winners gracing the pages of next year’s calendar: one male and one female.

Get your nominations in now! Where? Here:

https://hotbloggercalendar.com/nominate-someone/ *Nominations page currently disabled. Will reopen for March’s nominations. No really, if you click on this link it won’t bring you where you want to go. Consider yourself warned!* *Nominations for March are open!*

(Scratching your head? Yes, this whole Hot Blogger Calendar thing has really been around for almost 2 years… read about its beginnings here. Or the About page may strike your fancy.

Now, if you’re wondering what qualifies a blogger as “hot,” here’s the deal: Obviously there is a physical element to deciding if someone is hot – or not. But we’re talking about writers here – people using their brains, their wit, their intelligence, their savviness – to make you want go back to their blogs again and again. That, in and of itself, is pretty hot. Or think about the reason that the month of January was hot for a particular blogger – a book deal, a magazine spread, a new gig – and nominate the blogger for that. Use your imagination. ‘Cause you’re good like that.

Or yes, the blogger you have in mind could just be totally, unabashedly, freakishly hot. And in that case, please do share!)