The fourth annual EPL Awards is now open for voting.

The annual competition is held at the end of each Premier League season to recognize the best EPL blogs, websites, books, podcasts, radio shows, commentators, footballers, managers and more. It’s one of the few competitions that is open to you, the public.

The nominees have been carefully chosen in each of the 26 categories. You’ll get a chance to vote on who you think should be player of the year, the best TV commentator of the season, best EPL writer, the number one website for EPL coverage online, and even the best tweeter (watch out Joey Barton!) — Plus much more.

The purpose of the awards is to recognize the best of the best from this past 2011-12 Premier League season. The Premier League touches our lives in so many ways that we wanted to reward those footballers, journalists, authors, podcasters, bloggers and more with praise and votes.

The voting for the 2012 EPL Awards will close at midnight ET on the final day of the Premier League season — Sunday, May 13. You can only vote in each of the 26 categories once, so make it count and spread the word among your fellow supporters to get them to vote for their favorites.

So, if you’re ready to make your voice heard regarding the best of the 11-12 season, head on over to the 2012 EPL Awards now!

Now in our fourth year of the EPL Awards, we’re pleased to announce that we have a sponsor for this year’s competition. The 2012 EPL Talk Awards are sponsored by Football Media. Football Media have helped more than 150 football sites like EPLTalk.com significantly increase their revenues, and help brands like adidas, Heineken, FedEx, Castrol, Ladbrokes, ESPN and Sky reach over 30 million online football fans each month. For more details, visit http:\/\/footballmedia.com.

Good luck to all of the nominees. May the best win!