Each year, the Classic Movie Blog Association asks its members to submit entries for the best blog writing and design of the year. CMBA members vote on submissions in seven categories and the top five in each category become the finalists for the Annual CMBA Awards (known as the CiMBA Awards from 2010 - 2014). Winners are selected annually by full membership vote in September. Below is a listing of winners from 2010 through the current awards year.
2018 CMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review/Drama
"On the Town," in Celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s Centenary - Lady
Eve’s Reel Life
Best Profile of a Performer
Best Profile of a Performer
Fascism, Nationalism and the Banned Films of Marlene Dietrich - Lady Eve’s
Reel Life
Best Classic Movie Blog Event
Best Classic Movie Blog Event
The Food in Film Blogathon - Silver Screenings and Speakeasy
Best Blog Design - Silver Scenes
Best Classic Movie Series
Olivia de Havilland vs. FX: Backlots at the Courthouse - Backlots
Best Classic Movie Series
Olivia de Havilland vs. FX: Backlots at the Courthouse - Backlots
2017 CMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review ( Drama )
Self-Plagiarism is Style: Hitchcock, Grant and North by Northwest (1959) - Once Upon a Screen
Best Film Review ( Musical/Comedy )
Me and My Pal (1933) - Caftan Woman
Best Classic Movie Article
A Government by Classic Movie Characters - Once Upon a Screen
Best Classic Movie Series
Crime Does Not Pay - Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer
Louise Fazenda, Comic Venus -Silentology
Best Classic Movie Event
What a Character! Blogathon - Once Upon a Screen
Best Blog Design
The Blonde at the Film
2016 CMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review (Drama)
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) - Caftan Woman
Best Film Review ( Musical )
The Gang's All Here (1943) - Second Sight Cinema
Best Classic Movie Article
Hal Roach and the "Lot" of Fun - Caftan Woman
Best Classic Movie Series
History Through Hollywood - The Blonde at the Film
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer or Filmmaker
Harry Carey and Harry Carey, Jr. - Caftan Woman
Best Blog Event
The 2016 TCM Summer Under the Stars Blogathon - Journeys in Classic Film
Best Classic Movie Blog Design
Cinema Crossroads
2015 CMBA AWARD WINNERS
BEST FILM REVIEW: DRAMA
BEST FILM REVIEW: DRAMA
Queen Christina - Pre-Code.com
BEST FILM REVIEW: MUSICAL/COMEDY
In Defense of Lina Lamont - The Vintage Cameo
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
Real Life Society Honor Slaying Inspires Two 1932 Films - Immortal Ephemera
MOVIE SERIES
History Through Hollywood - The Blonde at the Film
BEST PROFILE
Eddie Cantor - Once Upon a Screen
MOVIE EVENT
The Great Villain Blogathon - Speakeasy
BLOG DESIGN
BLOG DESIGN
Silver Scenes
2014 CiMBA AWARD Winners
BEST FILM REVIEW: DRAMA
Roman à Clef: All About Eve (1950) - LADY EVE'S REEL LIFE
BEST FILM REVIEW:
MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Meet Me in St. Louis - ONCE UPON A SCREEN
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
ClassicMovie History Project blogathon: 1945: CAFTAN WOMAN
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE
SERIES
The Year of Ann Blyth: ANOTHER OLD MOVIE BLOG
BEST PROFILE OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER
BEST PROFILE OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER
A Q&A with Joan Fontaine in Honor of Her 96th Birthday: BACKLOTS
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE BLOG EVENT
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE BLOG EVENT
The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon: co-hosted by MOVIES SILENTLY
BEST BLOG DESIGN
The Blonde at the Film BEST BLOG DESIGN
2013 CiMBA Awards
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: DRAMA
Scarface: The Shame of a Nation - Once Upon a Screen
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Search for Beauty (1934) - Pre-Code.Com
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
Top 10 Oscar-Less Dames and Their Oscar-Worthy Roles - Shadows and Satin
BEST PROFILE OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER
Cagney - Lady Eve’s Reel Life
BEST BLOG DESIGN
Pre-Code.com
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES
TCM Pre-Code Pick of the Month - Shadows and Satin
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE BLOG EVENT
James Cagney Blogathon - The Movie Projector
2012 CiMBA AWARD WINNERS
BEST FILM REVIEW (DRAMA)
Movie Review:
The Gunfighter - The Girl with the White Parasol,
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
Minority
Opinion: The Magnificent Ambersons - Jim
Lane’s Cinedrome
BEST BLOG EVENT
A Month of Vertigo - Lady Eve’s Reel Life
BEST FILM REVIEW, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Grift Tips
from the Lady Eve
(1941) - 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
BEST PROFILE
OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER
Thelma Todd
Profile -
My Love of Old Hollywood,
BEST CLASSIC
MOVIE BLOG DESIGN
Sittin' On a
Backyard Fence
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE DISCUSSION
Interview with
Stunt Double Martha Crawford Cantarini - Twenty Four Frames
2011 CiMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review (Drama)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex - Lady Eve's Reel Life
Best Classic Movie Article
Mobsters, Pals and Skirts - ClassicBecky’s Brain Food
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex - Lady Eve's Reel Life
Best Classic Movie Article
Mobsters, Pals and Skirts - ClassicBecky’s Brain Food
Best Classic Movie Blog Event
The Loving Lucy Blogathon - True Classics
The Loving Lucy Blogathon - True Classics
Best Film Review (Musical or Comedy)
The Women (1939) - My Love of Old Hollywood,
The Women (1939) - My Love of Old Hollywood,
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer or Filmmaker
Celebrating Women in Film: The Silent Directors - True Classics
Celebrating Women in Film: The Silent Directors - True Classics
Best Classic Movie Discussion (Tie)
The Final Scene of "The Heiress" - Backlots
3 on 3 Panel Discussions - Classic Film & TV Café
The Final Scene of "The Heiress" - Backlots
3 on 3 Panel Discussions - Classic Film & TV Café
Best Classic Movie Blog Design
Via Margutta 51
2010 CiMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review (Drama)
Boris Karloff Blogathon, Day 7: “You know what they call my films today? Camp! High camp!” (A review of Targets) - Ivan G. Shreve, Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Best Film Review (Drama)
Boris Karloff Blogathon, Day 7: “You know what they call my films today? Camp! High camp!” (A review of Targets) - Ivan G. Shreve, Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Best Film Review (Musical or Comedy)
Love Me Tonight (1932) - R.D. Finch, The Movie Projector
Best Classic Movie Article
The Best Fred Astaire Musicals Without Ginger Rogers - R.D. Finch, The Movie Projector
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer or Filmmaker
About John Gilbert: An Interview with Leatrice Gilbert Fountain - by The Lady Eve, Classic Film & TV Cafe
Best Classic Movie Blog Event
Trivia Time - Paul2, Classic Film & TV Cafe
Best Classic Movie Discussion
10 Questions with John Stangeland, author of Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood - Cliff Aliperti, Warren-William.com
Best Classic Movie Blog Design
Brian Kleeman, Classicfilmboy’s Movie Paradise
