Dallas Arts Blogger Up for Award

Local theater critic and arts advocate Alexandra Bonifield, who created the blog CriticalRant, has been entered into the 2012 Great Arts Blogger Challenge, created by the classical music site Spring for Music. From the initial entries, she has made it past the first round of voting and into the top 16.

We encourage you to vote for her, and vote often. She's the only Texas entry, in a field that is refreshingly spread out across the country. You can vote for her blog once a day. Next the field will be pared down to eight blogs, and then four. The winner will receive $2,500.

Bonifield is one of North Texas' most vital writers on the arts. And yes, we admit a bias: she contributes to TheaterJones, too.

You can see her blog here, and read the essay that got her into the competition here.

And here's more on how to vote.