Only a few days left to nominate local pols, etc. for Best of the Bay

We know there's some politician out there that you love, a writer you read religiously, a restaurant you visit frequently and a bartender whose concoctions are as original as it gets.

Our 25th annual Best of the Bay survey makes it possible for all of the people and places that make life in Tampa Bay interesting and fun to get the recognition they're due. 

This year, we've made nominating, then voting for, Tampa Bay's finest easy via our online nomination and voting process.

Right now, we're in the middle of the nomination process, which allows you to populate a blank online form with all of the restaurants, bars, politicians, nail salons, county parks, you-name-it you deem worthy.

And there are hundreds of categories.

You can find that form here.

The nomination phase takes place through Tuesday, July 21st, which is rapidly approaching.

Voting on the nominees in each category will take place between August 6 and September 8. 

Once everything's tallied and written up, you're invited to come party with us at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Pete on September 23, when we'll hand out the awards, plus fresh copies of our Best of the Bay 25 issue before you can find them anywhere else.