NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Allen Smith of SGN Scoops Magazine, home of the Diamond Awards, is proud to announce that online ballots are now available for the 2008 awards program through the Diamond Awards home on the web.

The online ballot is designed for fans to nominate their favorite artists for each award. Visit the Diamond Awards website at http://diamondawardsonline.com.

Allen Smith said, “Last year’s program was such a success that we are looking forward to many more great things about this year’s awards show.”

The 2008 awards program will once again be hosted by two of Southern Gospel’s most beloved faces – Karen Peck Gooch (of Karen Peck & New River) and Johnathan Bond (of Young Harmony).

The 2008 SGN Scoops’ Diamond Awards will take place on Friday, September 12, 2007 in the Mary Room of the Executive West Hotel at the entrance of the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky during the week of the National Quartet Convention. The program will begin at 1:00 p.m. and is free to the public.

The first confirmed performer for the 2008 SGN Scoops Diamond Awards is The Hoppers – one of Southern Gospel music’s most celebrated names.

The Hoppers were awarded five SGN Scoops Diamond Awards last year – including Album of the Year (The Ride), Group of the Year, and Male & Female Vocalists of the Year (Dean & Kim Hopper). Claude Hopper was also awarded the J.D. Sumner Living Legend Award.

For more information, please visit http://www.diamondawardsonline.com.