The City Dads Group blog has again been cited by peers in the parenting world for providing informative and entertaining information for moms and dads.

The City Dads blog is one of six nominated for “Group or News Blog of the Year” from the Iris Awards, a parenting and social media recognition program sponsored by the Mom 2.0 Summit parenting conference.

Several other City Dads members and blog contributors have also received nominations in other parenting award categories.

The Iris Awards program annually recognizes “individual achievements, collective creativity and impactful work to honor the art of modern parenthood,” according its website.

Attendees of recent Mom 2.0 or Dad 2.0 parenting conferences submit blogs, podcasts and social media influencers for the awards. A select committee then whittles down the submissions to a handful of nominees. Past attendees then vote for the winners.

The 2021 Iris Awards winners will be announced Oct. 14.

City Dads Group’s blog and its Modern Dads Podcast have been nominated multiple times for an Iris Award as best group/news blog and parenting podcast, respectively, since 2016. Neither has ever won.

However, several City Dads members and blog contributors have won for writing, photography, and philanthropic work over the years.

Individual City Dads nominees this year include:

• Brent Almond, a blog contributor, for “Best Sponsored Content” for his “Parenting During A Pandemic” series for the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility on his blog, Designer Daddy
• Johnathon Briggs, a Chicago Dads Group member and blog contributor, for “Dad Blog of the Year” for Fatherhood@Forty
• Mike Julianelle, a NYC Dads Group member and blog contributor, for “Dad Blog of the Year” for Dad and Buried
• Aaron Gouveia, a Boston Dads Group member, for “Dad Blog of the Year” for The Daddy Files, and for “Author/Book of the Year” for “Men and Miscarriage: A Dad’s Guide to Grief, Relationship, and Healing After Loss,” a book co-written with his wife, MJ.
• Andrew Knott, a blog contributor, nominated for “Dad Blog of the Year” for Explorations of Ambiguity

City Dads Group and several of its members recently received nominations for social media work in the past year from its online parenting peers.

The City Dads Group blog has been nominated for Group or News Blog of the Year for the second straight time in the annual Iris Awards. The Iris Awards honor “the art of parenthood,” according to its organizers.

The following City Dads members also received individual Iris Award nominations:

• Creed Anthony, Indianapolis City Dads – Dad Blog of the Year
• Mitch Chaitin, NYC – Dad Blog of the Year
• Jim Higley, Chicago – Dad Blog of the Year

Six City Dads members also received nods for participating in the #Dads4Kesem walk across England to raise money to start a camp for the children of cancer patients, an effort nominated for Philanthropic Work of the Year. Those members are: Jeff Bogle (Philadelphia), Jason Greene (NYC), Whit Honea (Los Angeles), Michael Moebes (Atlanta), Chris Routly (Portland) and Higley.

The Iris Awards recognize “the finest expressions in art, commentary, commerce, philanthropy, ideas and connections, all the while celebrating the emerging industry created by its pioneers and leaders,” according its website.

Nominations and award winners are determined by votes received from past attendees of the Mom 2.0 Summit and Dad 2.0 Summit parenting conferences. The awards ceremony is scheduled for May 12 in Orlando, Fla., at the 2017 Mom 2.0 conference.

Two City Dads Group members received high honors from their parent blogging peers at the third annual Iris Awards last week.

City Dads Group blog contributor Jeff Bogle, a member of our Philadelphia chapter, won an Iris Award for Best Photography. Bogle is a freelance writer and photographer who publishes the Out with the Kids blog among his many online ventures.

Chicago Dads Group member Jim Higley received Philanthropic Work of the Year for his efforts on behalf of Camp Kesem, an organization that provides free summer camps and other events for the 3 million children nationwide affected by a parent battling cancer. Higley, a cancer survivor and the chief development and marketing officer for Kesem, is a former parent blogger who remains highly active in the community.

The Iris Awards honors “the art of parenthood,” according to its organizers. The awards recognize “the finest expressions in art, commentary, commerce, philanthropy, ideas and connections, all the while celebrating the emerging industry created by its pioneers and leaders,” according its website.

Nominations and award winners were determined by attendees of past Mom 2.0 Summit and Dad 2.0 Summit parenting conferences. The award ceremony took place April 29 in southern California.

The City Dads Group blog had been nominated for two awards: Group or News Blog of the Year and The Modern Dads Podcast for Best Parenting Podcast. Both lost to Life of Dad and Cool Mom Picks’ Spawned, respectively.

Iris is the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology. She linked all humanity with the heavens. She travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other, and into the depths of the sea and the underworld. She is a parent and is associated with communication, messages and new endeavors.

City Dads Group will be recognized by its online parenting peers tonight with nominations for two awards for its social media work.

The City Dads Group blog has been nominated for Group or News Blog of the Year and The Modern Dads Podcast for Best Parenting Podcast at the third annual Iris Awards.

The Iris Awards honors “the art of parenthood,” according to its organizers. The awards recognize “the finest expressions in art, commentary, commerce, philanthropy, ideas and connections, all the while celebrating the emerging industry created by its pioneers and leaders,” according the Iris Awards website.

Nominations and award winners are determined by votes received from past attendees of the Mom 2.0 Summit and Dad 2.0 Summit parenting conferences. The awards are scheduled to be bestowed tonight in Dana Point, Calif., at the 2016 Mom 2.0 conference.

The competition in both categories is strong. In the blog category, for example, City Dads Group faces much bigger, more popular and better-financed entities such as Buzzfeed Parents and The New York Times “Motherlode” (recently renamed “Well Family”).

Three City Dads Group blog contributors have also been nominated for Iris Awards. The Modern Dads Podcast will go against the Poppin Bottles Dad-Cast by Philadelphia Dads Group members Benjamin Mullen and Nick Browne. Jeff Bogle, another Philly Dad, is nominated for Best Photography.

Chicago Dads Group member Jim Higley also received a nomination for Philanthropic Work of the Year for his work with Camp Kesem, an organization that supports the children of parents with cancer.

In Greek Mythology, Iris is the messenger of the gods who linked all humanity with the heavens. She travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other, and into the depths of the sea and the underworld. She is a parent and is associated with communication, messages, and new endeavors.