Carnival Buzz

Welcome to the third edition of New Carnival Showcase. Many stimulating new carnivals were launched in the past month and many of those carnivals submitted to New Carnival Showcase. In honor of tonight's Academy Awards, I'm calling this the gold statue edition. We'll inform today's featured carnivals at which fabu Oscar party they can pick up their statue as soon as we find out which party we're going to. And make the statues.

In no particular order, the envelopes, please.

Ars Gratia Artis

Two new carnivals are reporting on the creative world. First up, Carnival of the Creators organized by Derek Andrews at Seafoam Woodturning. Canadian Andrews writes:

I first came across blog carnivals over a year ago, but it was only recently that I saw the benefits (see post). As a craftsperson who likes to explore new ways to promote both my own work and that of others, I realised that a carnival aboot creative people would be a great idea.

Great idea, indeed. The first edition features, among other creative endeavors, the Storyblogging Carnival. Carnivals covering carnivals is a concept we understand! Andrews has linked to posts on many other creative activities including jewelry and clothing, as well as the business of art.

Speaking of Storyblogging, the other new carnival in the creative category is the Carnival of Children's Literature. Melissa Wiley, at Here in the Bonny Glen, presents the First Carnival of Children's Literature:

This is the first Carnival of Children's Literature, a collection of posts by authors, book reviewers, librarians, and parents about all sorts of children's books.

Of all the carnivals we review in this third edition of New Carnival Showcase, this carnival wins the award for most comprehensive. There really are links to almost anything you can think of, even a link to someone who (horrible dictu!) doesn't like Harry Potter.

Entres Nous

Kelby Carr, at About France for Visitors, has started the Carnival of France, Travel and Francophiles, a romantic carnival to be sure. The debut edition includes many links Français. With Oscars only hours away, the link Français that caught our eye was about the new Bond girl Français (okay, it wasn't just the Oscar thing that made this link such a stand out). The foodies in the audience will enjoy the food and wine links Français, too.

Blog On

The bloggers in the audience will appreciate Carnival of Blog Coverage. Organizer and writer Danny Glover explains:

I started writing the Carnival of Blog Coverage because I love blogs and want to read everything about them. I figured there are plenty of other folks like me, and my aim is to give them their blog fixes, too. I will periodically post carnival entries on the latest blog stories. Most of the time, I'll probably just link to the stories; other times, I'll summarize them or add my commentary on the substance of the stories.

We hope the first edition — The Fall Of Blogs? — has many future editions following. Besides links to a veritable who's who of the blogerati, you'll find this link about blargon.

Old Enough to Vote?

The youngest carnival organizer that we know if is Kevin W at The Liberal Wrong - Wing. We don't know whether Kevin is old enough to vote, but he's certainly old enough to have a political voice. Kevin has started Carnival of Liberal's Wrongs, which he explains to us:

This is a political blog, with an author who lives in liberal Massachusetts and seeks to undermine liberal arguments in almost anything political. The Carnival hosts the posts of other blogs which feel similarly as does The Liberal Wrong Wing - that liberals are almost always and consistently wrong.

The Carnival of Liberal's Wrongs #4 has a terse, straight-ahead style. 25% of the links in this edition are about Jimmy Carter. We don't know if that's significant.

What Kind of Genes Are Those?

We're hoping for a lot more blog carnivals like the Carnival of Biotechnology. Yali Friedman writes to us that:

I've been blogging on biotech for six years now. When I started, there was only one biotech blog - now there's a variety of sites doing a great job of covering a whole bunch of specialties. I started the Carnival of Biotechnology to collect all the insight that's being generated on all these sites.

While we like all the political, arts, food, history, and education carnivals, we think scientists and technologists may be somewhat carnival-challenged. The Inaugural Carnival of Biotechnology is short, but shows promise. Please, please keep new editions coming!

Coming to a Carnival Near You Soon

Thanks for checking out the third edition of New Carnival Showcase! Derek Andrews has graciously volunteered host the 4th edition of New Carnival Showcase at Creators Carnival next month. Submissions through Blog Carnival will be emailed to Derek.

If you've started a new carnival in the past three months, please submit the permalink to your best edition to date to the New Carnival Showcase submission page. Of course, what the New Carnival Showcase really wants is the behind-the-scenes dirt! So, include a few words about what inspired the carnival, who's involved, and the vision of the carnival.

We're looking for hosts for future editions, too. If you're interested, go to the New Carnival Showcase page, click on "Steven" (next to "Maintained by:"), and leave your contact information there.

Submission Guidelines

• The new blog carnival should be no older than three months.
• Submit a permalink to one edition of the new blog carnival.
• Give the name of the new blog carnival.
• Include information about what inspired the carnival, who's participating, and the vision of the carnival.