New Times Inc. / Village Voice Media Holdings Awards

New Times Inc./Village Voice Media Holdings
Privately held company
Industry Publishing
Genre Holding Company
Founded as New Times Inc. 1970 (1970)
Headquarters Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Products Formerly published alternative newspapers and websites. As of December, 2014, it had divested itself of all of these properties

Award Summary 1982-2013

YEAR(S) WINNERS FINALISTS, NOMINEES TOTAL AWARDS
Pulitzer Prize 1994–2011 1 5 6
H.L. Mencken Writing Award/The Baltimore Sun 1995 1 0 1
Sigma Delta Chi Award/Society of Professional Journalists 1995–2012 10 0 10
New America Awards/Society of Professional Journalists 2010 1 0 1
Julie Aronson Awards for Social Justice Journalism 2011 1 0 1
The Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism 2008 1 0 1
Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards (formerly JC Penny-University of Missouri Newspaper Awards) 1983–2007 22 97 119
Gavel Awards/American bar Association 1987–1995 2 3 5
Paul Tobekin Memorial Awards/Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism 1994 1 0 1
Investigative Reporters and Editors 1996–2011 5 34 39
James Beard-Journalism Awards-The James Beard Foundation 1995–2013 21 46 67
National Association of Black Journalists Awards 1994–2013 48 59 107
Mencken Awards/Free Press Association 1987–1996 2 5 7
Benjamin Fine Awards for Outstanding Education Reporting/National Association of Secondary School Principals 1994–1999 11 10 21
ASCAP - Dennis Taylor 1999–2007 3 0 3
Music Journalism Awards 1995–1997 7 12 19
National Headliner Awards 1991 1 2 3
Best Sports Stories Competition/The Sporting News 1988 2 0 2
Wuxtry! Headline Awards/International Society for General Semantics 1989–1990 1 1 2
Heywood Broun Award/The Newspaper Guild 1989–1991 2 0 2
SAIS-Novartis Prize for Excellence in International Journalism/John Hopkins University 1996 0 1 1
Golden Quill Award/International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors 1988–2011 3 10 13
Unity Awards in Media/Lincoln University of Missouri 1992–2007 28 0 28
Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award (formerly Nixon Newspapers National Journalism Writing Award) 1991–2003 0 36 36
The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists 1992–2012 4 35 39
John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism/Medill School of Journalism 1993–2008 4 48 52
Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards 1989–2007 0 3 3
Excellence in Journalism Awards (formerly Crossroads Market Award)/National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association 1994–2005 1 6 7
DART Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence (Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma) 1996–2009 0 8 8
National Society of Newspaper Columnists 1996–2012 6 15 21
PEN Center USA West Literary Awards 1996–2013 1 14 15
Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award 1995 1 0 1
Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism/Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families 1997–2011 6 15 21
Morton Margolin Award for Distinguished Business Writing (University of Denver) 1997 1 0 1
National Mental Health Association 1998–2011 9 1 10
Association of Alternative Weeklies Alt Weekly Awards 1998–2013 122 442 564
Association of Food Journalist Awards 1997–2013 24 41 65
John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism Natural Resources Defense Council) 1999 0 1 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1999 1 0 1
Utne Independent Press Awards 1998–2007 2 4 6
Education Reporting Awards/Education Writers Association 1999–2011 13 10 23
Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism 2000–2011 2 7 9
Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications 2000–2013 26 2 28
National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for Safer Society Award 2000–2013 39 2 41
Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award (National Press Foundation) 2000–2012 2 1 3
St. Joseph's Day Award/Faith and Politics Institute 2001 1 0 1
National Institute for Health Care Management/Annual Health Care Print Journalism Awards 2001–2010 1 2 3
The following six contests were for stories included in that year's anthology. Classified as winners:
Best American Sports Writing Anthology/Houghton and Miflin (Inclusion in Annual Anthology. Categorized as winners for their Inclusion) 1998–2012 13 0 13
Da Capo Best Music Writing/Da Capo Press 2001–2006 3 0 3
Best American Essays/Houghton and Miflin 2012 2 0 2
Best American Crime Writing/Harper Perennial 2006–2009 5 0 5
Best Non-required Reading/Houghton and Miflin 2009 1 0 1
Best Food Writing/Avalon Books 2001–2013 32 0 32
GLAAD Media Awards 2001–2012 0 5 5
George Polk Awards/Long Island University 2001 1 0 1
Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism/The Pennsylvania State University of College of Education 2001–2006 1 3 4
Harry Chapin Media Awards/World Hunger Year 2003 0 1 1
Best in Business Awards/Society of American Business Writers and Editors 2003 0 1 1
Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals 2005–2012 5 10 15
Templeton Story of the Year/Religion News Writers Association 2005 0 1 1
Thurgood Marshall Award/Death penalty Information Center 2006 1 0 1
Edgar A. Poe Awards/White House Correspondents' Association 2007 0 2 2
Molly National Journalism Prize/The Texas Observer 2009–2011 0 4 4
National Entertainment Journalism Awards/Los Angeles Press Club 2008–2012 10 13 23
Michael E. Debakey Journalism Award/The Foundation for Biomedical Research 2009 1 0 1
Anna Quindlen Award for Excellence in Journalism on Behalf of Children and Families/Child Welfare League of America 2009 1 0 1
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Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc. 1987–2012 24 56 80
Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing 1992–2012 49 102 151
Southern Journalism Award/Institute for Souther Studies 1996 1 1 2
The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ 1996–2012 70 98 168
Katie Awards 1992–2008 56 73 129
First Amendment Awards/American Society of Professional Journalists - Ft. Worth Professional Chapter 2005–2010 6 10 16
Professional Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10 2006–2011 34 46 80
Colorado SPJ Pro/Top of the Rockies Awards 2008–2011 2 4 6
Arizona Press Club Awards 1984–2010 47 31 78
Colorado Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists 1993–2005 41 94 135
Florida Bar media Awards 1992 1 0 1
Excellence in Journalism/Florida Press Club 2006 7 7 14
Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association 1996–2011 99 77 176
Southern State Awards/South Florida SPJ 1997–2013 38 63 101
South Florida Black Journalists Association Awards for Excellence 2005–2006 2 6 8
Awards of Excellence/North Central Florida Society of Professional Journalists 2006 2 3 5
Griot Awards/Dallas-Fort Worth NABJ Chapter 1996 2 0 2
Texas School Bell Awards/Texas State Teachers Association 1996–2011 4 0 4
The Press Club of Houston 1996–2000 25 17 42
Lone Star Awards (formerly The Press Club of Houston) 2002–2013 40 115 155
American Planning Association, Houston Section 1999 1 0 1
Emily Bissell Award for Excellence in Journalism/American Lung Association of Texas 2000 1 0 1
Mental Health Association in Texas Media Award 1997 1 0 1
Dallas Bar Association Stephen W. Philbin Awards 1999–2003 3 0 3
State Bar of Texas' Gavel Awards 1999–2009 5 0 5
Anson Jones Award/Texas Medical Association 2001–2002 2 1 3
Citizen's Environmental Coalition of Houston/Synergy Award for Environmental Excellence in the Media 2000–2005 2 0 2
Francis C. Moore Medical Journalism Awards/Harris County Medical Society 2000–2009 4 0 4
Texas Mental Health Association Media Awards 2002 2 0 2
First Amendment Award/Houston Trial Lawyer's Association 2002–2003 2 0 2
Charles E. Green Journalism Awards/Headliners Foundation of Texas 2002 1 0 1
Region 6 Council on Child Welfare/Outstanding Printed Media of the Year 2002 0 1 1
The Texas Institute of Letters 2004–2006 0 2 2
Environmental Reporting Award/Houston Regional Group of the Sierra Club 2002–2004 1 0 1
Better Newspapers Award/California Newspaper Publisher Association 1996–2003 22 18 40
Peninsula Press Club Awards 1998–2012 34 27 61
State Bar of California 1997 1 0 1
Southern California Journalism Awards/The Greater Los Angeles Press Club 1998–2013 74 138 212
Engineering and Land Surveying Communications Awards/Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California 1999 1 0 1
SPJ/Northern California Chapter 2002–2007 9 0 9
East Bay Press Club 2003–2005 9 11 20
Better Newspaper Contest/Missouri Press Foundation 2007 2 2 4
The Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists 1999–2003 12 0 12
Better Newspaper Contest/Missouri Press Association 1999–2006 26 60 86
Terry Hughes Award/St. Louis Newspaper Guild 2003 1 0 1
Excellence in Legal Journalism Awards/Missouri Bar Association 2003 2 0 2
Gateway Gavel Award/Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis 2003–2004 2 0 2
Awards of Excellence/Kansas Press Association 2001–2002 8 9 17
Kansas City Association of Black Journalists 2001 4 0 4
Heart of America Awards/Kansas City Press Club 2001–2009 19 50 69
Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards/The Press Club of Cleveland 2000–2008 83 74 157
Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Awards 2000–2006 36 21 57
Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists 2006–2013 78 51 129
Frank Premack Memorial Award/Minnesota Journalism Center at the University of Minnesota 2006 1 0 1
Front Page Awards/The Newswomen's Club of New York 2006 1 0 1
Deadline Club Awards/New York City Society of Professional Journalists 2008 0 3 3
New York Press Club Awards 2008–2011 2 0 2
Media/Communication Award/The Mayor's Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities 2005–2006 2 0 2
TOTALS 1982-2013 1520 2,289 3809

List of All Awards

National Awards

Complete list of awards won by New Times Inc. / Village Voice Media writers from 1982 - 2015.

The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University
2011 Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Finalist Criticism
2010 Michael Feingold The Village Voice Finalist Criticism
2007 Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Winner Criticism
2006 Jerry Saltz The Village Voice Finalist Criticism
1998 Peter Rainer New Times Los Angeles Finalist Criticism
1994 Matt Zoller Seitz Dallas Observer Finalist Criticism
H.L Mencken Writing Award/The Baltimore Sun
1995 Laura Miller Dallas Observer Winner/Newspaper commentary
Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists
2012 Michael Miller Miami New Times Winner, Deadline Reporting (Non-Daily Publication) “Death Trap”
Terrence McCoy Houston Press Winner, Feature Reporting (Non-Daily Publication) “The Battle of Remington Lane”
2011 Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times Winner, Public Service (Non-Daily Publication) “Rotten to the Core”
Stefan Kamph New Times Broward/Palm Beach Winner, Feature Reporting (Non-Daily Publication) “My Father’s Bones”
2010 Patricia Calhoun Westword Winner, Feature Reporting (Non-Daily Publication) “Spreading Her Wings”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times Winner, General Column Writing (Non-Daily Publication) “Terrorists with Friends”
“School of Hard Knocks”
“Forgotten War Hero, Parts 1 – 3”
2009 Nadia Pflaum The Pitch Winner, Feature Reporting (Non-Daily Publication) “Aftermath”
2008 Alan Prendergast Westword Winner/Feature Writing “The Caged Life”
2005 Sam Eifling New Times Broward/Palm Beach Winner/Feature Writing “Hot Dog, Ho!”
1995 Steve Almond Miami New Times Winner/Feature Writing “The Canyon”
New America Award/Society of Professional Journalists
2010 Michael Lacey, Stephen Lemons, Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Winner “Are Your Papers in Order?”
James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism
2011 Village Voice Media Village Voice Media Winner “Amongst Us”
The Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism
2008 Staff Phoenix New Times Winners “Target Practice”
Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards
(formerly JC Penney-University of Missouri Newspaper Awards)
Reporting Awards
2007 Judith Lewis LA Weekly Finalist, Consumer Affairs “Green to the Core”
Judith Lewis LA Weekly Finalist, Consumer Affairs “Who’s Resurrecting the Electric Car?”
Chris Thompson East Bay Express Finalist, Paul L. Myhre, Series/Special Sections “Dirty Deeds”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “They Could Be Citizens and They Might Be Deported”
2006 Will Harper East Bay Express Winner, Food & Nutrition “The O Word”
Kara Platoni East Bay Express Winner, Fashion & Design “What a Steal!”
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Finalist, Health & Fitness “Up the Down Staircase”
Josh Harkinson Houston Press Finalist, Consumer Affairs “Wretched Excess”
Cristi Hegranes SF Weekly Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “The Identity Makers”
Lynh Bui Phoenix New Times Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “Foot in the Door”
Glenna Whitley Dallas Observer Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Generation RX”
2005 Sarah Hepola Dallas Observer Winner, Fashion & Design “Think Pink”
Lauren Gard East Bay Express Finalist, Food & Nutrition “Good Kids, Bad Blood”
Margaret Downing & Bob Burtman Houston Press Finalist, Consumer Affairs “A Closer Look at Dillard’s”
Mike Seely Riverfront Times Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “Breakfast of Champions”
Aina Hunter Cleveland Scene Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Series “Blue Mob”
2004 Joe Miller The Pitch Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “War of Words” & “Word War 2”
Martin Kuz Cleveland Scene Finalist, Consumer “The Wal-Mart Menace”
Joe Miller The Pitch Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Series “War of Words” & “Word War 2”
Mark Stuertz Dallas Observer Finalist, Food & Nutrition “Green Giant”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Food & Nutrition “Barbecue in Black & White”
Douglas Grant Mine Miami New Times Finalist, Health & Nutrition “One For the Heart”
Susy Buchanan Phoenix New Times Finalist, Arts & Entertainment “’A’ is for Artist”
Jennifer Mathieu Houston Press Finalist, Arts & Entertainment “Reality TV Bites”
2003 Charles Siderius Dallas Observer Winner, Consumer “Garbage In, Garbage Out”
Susy Buchanan Phoenix New Times Winner, Multicultural “A Path Divided”
Mark Stuertz Dallas Observer Winner, Food & Nutrition “Tropic of Groceries”
Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Series “Legacy of Shame”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “The Orphan Chronicles”
Deb Hipp The Pitch Finalist, Health & Fitness “Sudden Death”
Eddie Silva Riverfront Times Finalist, Fashion & Design “Field of Schemes”
Tim Fleck & Brian Wallstin Houston Press Finalists, Consumer “Up in Smoke”
Laura Putre Cleveland Scene Finalist, Multicultural “Hell to Pay”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Food & Nutrition “Fish Fraud”
Jen Karetnick New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Food & Nutrition “Alleluia, Armadillo”
Kara Platoni East Bay Express Finalist, Arts & Entertainment “’It was a dark and stormy month…’”
2002 Dewey Webb Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Best Short Feature “Prayberry RFD”
Lisa Davis SF Weekly Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Fallout”
Laura Laughlin Phoenix New Times Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Snake Killer”
Mark Donald Dallas Observer Finalist, Health & Fitness “Fat Like Me”
Rose Farley Dallas Observer Finalist, Health & Fitness “Attack of the Black Mold”
Harrison Fletcher Westword Finalist, Fashion & Design “Death Takes a Holiday”
Emily Bliss New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Multicultural “A Scout for Life”
John MacCormack Dallas Observer Finalist, Food & Nutrition “High Spoons”
2001 Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Lessons From the Third Grade”
Jeannette Batz Riverfront Times 1st Place, Food & Nutrition “Fertile Imagination”
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Danger to Children”
Peter Byrne SF Weekly Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “SF International Airpork”
Jacqueline Marino Cleveland Scene Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Bound to Die”
Michael Roberts Westword Finalist, Consumer Affairs “A Sporting Chance”
Judy Cantor Miami New Times Finalist, Fashion & Design “Ssacred Gowns”
2000 Joel Engardio SF Weekly Finalist, Fashion & Design “Vintage People”
Jack Boulware SF Weekly Finalist, Food & Nutrition “Wine Brats”
Stuart Steers Westword Finalist, Consumer Affairs “Dying for Dollars”
Joel Engardio SF Weekly Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “Trophy Boys”
Jeannette Batz Riverfront Times Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “Children of Allah”
1999 New Times, Inc. New Times, Inc. Special Award of Recognition
John Dougherty & David Holthouse Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Paul L. Myhre Series “Bordering on Exploitation”
Matt Smith SF Weekly 1st Place, Fashion & Design “Art on Two Wheels”
Lisa Davis SF Weekly Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “The Fairfield Wives”
Lisa Davis SF Weekly Finalist, Health & Fitness “Giving Away the Hospital”
Miriam Rozen Dallas Observer Finalist, Fashion & Design “Will the Clothes Make the Man?”
Sean Rowe New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “Big Chief Moneybags”
1998 Chuck Finnie SF Weekly Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Falling for the Gap”
Jack Cheevers New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Break Down”
Terry Greene Strerling Phoenix New Times Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Scottsdale’s Drinking Problem”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Less Than a Stranger”
Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Consumer Affairs “Tales From the Crypt”
Eric Dexheimer Westword Finalist, Consumer Affairs “Growing Pains”
Ron Russell & Victor Mejia New Times Los Angeles Finalists, Arts & Entertainment “The Last Picture Show”
Holly Mullen Dallas Observer Finalist, Arts & Entertainment “Static Quo”
Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Arts & Entertainment “Buddy, Can You Spare $150 Million?”
Elise Ackerman Miami New Times Finalist, Arts & Entertainment “His Music Rules in Haiti”
Steve McVicker Houston Press Finalist, Health & Fitness “The Real Boy in the Bubble”
Dewey Webb Phoenix New Times Finalist, Fashion & Design “Xmas Excess”
Amy Silverman & Jeremy Voas Phoenix New Times Finalists, Best Short Feature “Playing Softball”
1997 Ann Zimmerman Dallas Observer 1st Place, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Games Grown-ups Play”
Alan Prendergast Westword Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Fear and Groping in Boulder”
Brian Wallstin Houston Press Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Lenwood Johnson’s Last Stand”
Mary Brown Malouf Dallas Observer Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Soul Power”
Matt Zoller Seitz Dallas Observer Finalist, Arts and Entertainment “Slouching Toward Hollywood”
Mark Donald Dallas Observer Finalist, Arts and Entertainment “Suspense! Intrigue! Betrayal!”
Gordon Young SF Weekly Finalist, Consumer Affairs “System Crashing”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times Finalist, Consumer Affairs “Cadillac Combat
Dewey Webb Phoenix New Times Finalist, Consumer Affairs “Drugstore Caballero”
Steve Jackson Westword Finalist, Consumer Affairs “Growing, Growing, Gone”
Kaylois Henry Dallas Observer Finalist, Food and Nutrition “Clara’s Last Supper”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times Finalist, Food and Nutrition “Eat Early, Eat Cheap”
1996 Lisa Davis Phoenix New Times Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Sins of the Temple”
Tom McNichol SF Weekly Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Single Story “Cyberpornocopia”
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Series “Mental Health Masquerade”
Todd Anthony Miami New Times Finalist, Arts & Entertainment “Between Rock and a Hard Place”
Dewey Webb Phoenix New Times Finalist, Short Feature “The Gull of His Dreams”
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Finalist, Consumer Affairs “Freon Easy”
Ann Zimmerman Dallas Observer Finalist, Fashion & Design “Second Chance”
Steve Jackson Westword Finalist, Health & Nutrition “Hep-C Generation”
Tim Fleck Houston Press Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “The Struggles of Beneva Williams”
Steve Almond Miami New Times Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “The Canyon”
Marc Ramirez Phoenix New Times Finalist, Multicultural Journalism “The Game Remains the Same”
1993 Ellise Pierce Dallas Observer 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment “Bum Steers”
1992 Robin Chotzinoff Westword 1st Place, Paul L. Myrhe Single Story “A Real Jewel”
1992 Julie Lyons Dallas Observer 1st Place, Multicultural Journalism “Journey to Hope”
1991 Robin Chotzinoff Westword Special Award/Consumer “Nick and the Fat Man”
1991 Kathleen Stanton Phoenix New Times Merit Certificate, Health & Fitness “Bad Blood”
1990 Terry Greene Phoenix New Times Merit Certificate, Women's News “Oedipus Wreck”
1983 Deborah Laake Phoenix New Times Special Award, Single Story “Wormboys”
Overall Excellence Awards
2007 OC Weekly OC Weekly 2nd Place, General Excellence Class III
2006 LA Weekly LA Weekly 3rd Place, General Excellence, Class IV
2004 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene 1st Place, General Excellence, Class III
The Pitch The Pitch 2nd Place, General Excellence, Class III
Miami New Times Miami New Times 2nd Place, General Excellence, Class IV
2003 East Bay Express East Bay Express 2nd Place, General Excellence, Class III
2002 Riverfront Times Riverfront Times 3rd Place, General Excellence, Class III
2001 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene 1st Place, General Excellence, Class III
2000 Riverfront Times Riverfront Times 1st Place, General Excellence, Class III
1997 SF Weekly SF Weekly 2nd Place, General Excellence, Class III
1996 Dallas Observer Dallas Observer 1st Place, General Excellence, Class III
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Class IV
1988 Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Lifestyle section, Class V
1987 Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Lifestyle section, Class V
1986 Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Lifestyle section, Class V
Gavel Awards/American Bar Association
1995 Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Silver Gavel “Zero-Down Bankruptcy” Series
1995 Dallas Observer Dallas Observer Certificate of Merit “The Tragedy of Marcus Denby”
1993 Westword Westword Silver Gavel “The Secret Story of the Rocky Flats Grand Jury”
1991 Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Certificate of Merit “Bush's Crack War: The Arizona Illusion”
1987 Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Silver Gavel “Have a Seat and Listen”
Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award/Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
1994 Julie Lyons Dallas Observer Winner “Ineligible for Justice”
Investigative Reporters and Editors
2011 Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times Finalist/Print/Online – Small “Rotten to the Core”
2010 Graham Rayman The Village Voice Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “The NYPD Tapes”
Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Mr. Big Stuff”
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Watching the Protesters”
Beth Barrett LA Weekly Finalist/Tom Renner Award “Barry Minkow 2.0”
2009 Chris Vogel Houston Press Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “For Their Own Good”
Chris Vogel Houston Press Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “A Quiet Hell”
Paul Knight Houston Press Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Wild Rides”
2008 John Dickerson Phoenix New Times Finalist/Local circulation weeklies Prescription for Disaster series
John Dickerson Phoenix New Times Finalist/Local circulation weeklies Arpaio Jails series
Chris Vogel Houston Press Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Prison Cover-up”
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly Finalist/Tom Renner Award “Grim Sleeper”
2007 Isaiah Thompson Miami New Times Winner/Local circulation weeklies “Swept Under the Bridge” & “The People Under the Bridge”
2007 Wayne Barrett The Village Voice Finalist/Local circulation weeklies Rudy Guiliani coverage
2006 Todd Spivak Houston Press Winner/Local circulation weeklies “Run Over By Metro”
2006 Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Cracked Houses”
2006 Matthew Fleischer LA Weekly Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Navahoax”
2005 Jeffrey Anderson LA Weekly Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “The DWP Files”
2005 Paul Demko & G.R. Anderson City Pages Finalists/Local circulation weeklies “The Hit Parade Revisited”
2005 J. David McSwane Westword Winner/Student Work “An Army of Anyone”
2005 SMU Investigative Dallas Observer Finalists/Student Work Reporting Class “The Dorm From Hell”
2004 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Sick District”
2003 Julie Jargon Westword Winner/Local circulation weeklies “The War Within”
2003 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Don’t Drink the Water”
2003 Peter Byrne SF Weekly Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Death, Maiming, Money and Muni”
2002 Thomas Korosec & Rose Farley Dallas Observer Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Sweetheart Deal”
2001 Lisa Davis SF Weekly Winner/Local circulation weeklies “Fallout”
2001 Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Slammed” series
2001 Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Unholy Alliance”
2000 Michael Gougis New Times Los Angeles Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Hunting Down a Slumlord”
2000 Laura Laughlin Phoenix New Times Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Snake Killer”
2000 Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Cruel & Usual”
2000 Michael Gougis New Times Los Angeles Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Plumb Jobs”
1999 Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Kaiser’s Dirty Secret”
1999 Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Anatomy of a Smear”
1999 Mike Tobin Cleveland Scene Finalist/Local circulation weeklies “Comrades in Crime”
1997 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Finalist/The Renner Award “Mel’s Angels”
1997 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Finalist/The Renner Award “Going for Broke”
1996 Bob Burtman Houston Press Finalist/Small Newspapers “Fire Next Time?” & “The Fire This Time”
James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation
2013 Tejal Rao The Village Voice Winner, Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review “Bangkok Pop, No Fetishes”
“The Sweet Taste of Success”
“Enter the Comfort Zone”
Alice Laussade Dallas Observer Winner, Humor “The Cheap Bastard’s Ultimate
Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard”
2012 Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Finalist, Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviews “Red Medicine”
“Yoon Moves Beyond Burgers”
“Back to Yu”
2011 Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Finalist, Food-Related Feature “99 Things to Eat in L.A.
Before You Die”
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Finalist, MFK Fischer Distinguished Writing Award “A Movable Beast”
Hanna Raskin Dallas Observer Finalist, Group Food Blog City of Ate
Katherine Shilcutt Houston Press Finalist, Multimedia Food Feature “Designer Meats”
Alice Laussade Dallas Observer Finalist, Humor “OK, Who Put Food in My Beer?”
2010 Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Winner, Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviews “Sauced”
“Hot Birria, Cold Cerveza”
“Hare Today”
Jason Sheehan Westword Finalist, Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviews “White on White”
“Wonderland”
“Mourning”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Multimedia Food Feature “Not So Clear Cut”
Jared Maher Westword Winner, Newspaper Feature Writing about Restaurants &/or Chefs “A Hunger to Help”
Sarah DiGregorio The Village Voice Finalist, Newspaper Feature Writing “Live and Let Liver”
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Finalist, Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer “The New Cocktailians”
2009 Kristen Hinman RiverfrontTimes Winner, Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes “The Pope of Pork”
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Finalist, Restaurant Reviews “A Proper Brasserie”
“A Fine Palate”
“Pho Town”
2008 Eliza Strickland SF Weekly Finalist, Newspaper Feature Writing about Restaurants &/or Chefs “Burnt Chefs”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Newspaper Feature Writing about Restaurants &/or Chefs “Guess Who’s Making Your Dinner?”
Jason Sheehan Westword Finalist, Restaurant Reviews “Lost and Found”
“Holiday”
“After Dark”
2007 Elaine Cicora Cleveland Scene Winner, Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes “Soul Kitchen”
Gail Shepherd New Times BPB Finalist, Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes “Eat My Meat”
Dara Moskowitz City Pages Finalist, Newspaper, Newsletter, or Magazine Columns “Take the Cannoli”
“The Importance of Burgers”
“Weirded Out By Wine”
A. Cayton-Holland Westword Finalist, Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer “Life of the Party”
Dara Moskowitz City Pages Finalist, Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer “Asked and Answered”
2006 Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times Winner, Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes “Something Fishy”
Joel Warner Westword Finalist, Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes “Mr. Big”
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Winner, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique “Great Balls o’ Rice”
“Raw Power”
“The Revolutionary”
Jason Sheehan Westword Finalist, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique “Girl Trouble”
“Z Whiz”
“Kokoro Bebop”
J. Kauffman East Bay Express Winner, Newspaper or Magazine Reporting on Nutrition or Food-Related Consumer Issues “Endangered Species”
Dara Moskowitz City Pages Finalist, Newspaper or Magazine Columns “Rustica Rising”
“The Great Steak Hunt”
“Sweet, Sweet Liberty”
Stephen Lemons Phoenix New Times Finalist, Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer “Behind the Green Door”
Dara Moskowitz City Pages Winner, Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer “Wine & Dine 2005”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer “Mixing it Up”
2005 Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Newspaper Feature Writing about Restaurants &/or Chefs with/without Recipes “Grande Plans”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Newspaper Feature Writing with Recipes “Sex, Death, and Oysters”
Mark Stuertz Dallas Observer Finalist, Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes “How Now Mad Cow?”
Charles Ferruzza The Pitch Finalist, Newspaper Review or Critique “Honky-Tonkin’”
“Mimi’s Playhouse”
“French Impressions”
Malcolm Gay Riverfront Times Winner, Newspaper or Magazine Reporting on Nutrition or Food-Related Consumer Issues “Eat Me”
Lauren Gard East Bay Express Finalist, Newspaper or Magazine Reporting on Nutrition or Food-Related Consumer Issues “Good Kids, Bad Blood”
Stephen Lemons Phoenix New Times Finalist, Newspaper Column “Lush Luau”
“RenFest Retch”
“Billy Goat Gruff”
Allie Johnson The Pitch Winner, Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer “Wine Makes Us Wet”
Randall Roberts Riverfront Times Finalist, Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer “Raising the Bar”
2003 Mark Stuertz Dallas Observer Winner, Newspaper, Magazine or Internet Reporting On Consumer Issues, Nutrition and/or Health “Green Giant”
Jason Sheehan Westword Winner, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique “Man with a Plan”
“Deli Dally”
“Life on the Line”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique “Home of the Squealer”
“There’s Something About Larry”
“The Barbecue Ward”
Jill Posey-Smith Riverfront Times Finalist, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique “Paradise Regained”
“Pepper Rally”
“Perfection is Possible”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Newspaper Series “The Future of Fusion”
2002 Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine & Beer “Getting Stomped”
2001 Jeannette Batz Riverfront Times Winner, Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes “Fertile Imagination”
Lisa Gray Houston Press Finalist, Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes “The Goode Son”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes “The Art of Smoke”
Joe Bonwich Riverfront Times Finalist, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique “Little Things Mean a Lot”
“Smoking Gunn”
“The Story of Eau”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Newspaper or Magazine Series “History of Tex-Mex”
1999 Meredith Brody New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique
1998 Meredith Brody New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique
1997 Tom Finkel Miami New Times Finalist, Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine and Beer “Uncorked”
1997 Robert Powell Miami New Times Winner, Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes “Eat Early, Eat Cheap”
1995 Alison Cook Houston Press Winner, M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award “Church of the Immaculate Barbecue”
Alison Cook Houston Press Winner, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique
National Association of Black Journalists Awards
2013 Christopher Tritto Riverfront Times Finalist, News—Single Story “Code Dead”
Chris Curry Houston Press Finalist, News—Single Story “Long Riders”
Michael Miller Miami New Times Finalist, News—Series “Sucker Punch”
Nicholas Phillips Riverfront Times Winner, Feature—Single Story “Daddy Do-Over”
Chris Sweeney New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Feature—Single Story “Buju Behind Bars”
Tom Finkel & Tony D’Souza Riverfront Times Winner, Investigative “Plenty of Guilt to Go Around”
John Tucker Riverfront Times Finalist, Sports “He Ain’t Heavy”
Suzy Rust Riverfront Times Winner, Business “Farewell to Red Bones Den”
Stefan Kamph New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Business “African Dust”
Chris Curry Houston Press Finalist, Photography—Multiple Images “Long Riders”
2012 Joel Warner Westword Winner, News – Single Story "Black and Blue”
Eric Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, News – Single Story "Almost Innocent”
Keegan Hamilton Seattle Weekly Finalist, News – Single Story "The Wrong Man?”
John Tucker Riverfront Times Winner, News – Feature: Single Story "Knockout King”
Steve Jansen Houston Press Finalist, News – Feature: Single Story “Sons of Blood and Thunder”
Melanie Asmar Westword Finalist, News – Feature: Single Story "Say What?”
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly Winner, News – Investigative “Dial M for Martyr”
Nicholas Philips Riverfront Times Finalist, News – Investigative “Left for Dead”
G. Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times Finalist, News – Investigative "Rotten to the Core”
Michael Miller Miami New Times Winner, News – International "Haiti's Wounds”
G. Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times Winner, News – Sports “Hard Hit”
Albert Samaha Riverfront Times Finalist, News – Sports “Intentional Grounding”
2011 Joel Warner Westword Winner, News – Single Story “Trial by Fire”
Nicholas Phillips Riverfront Times Finalist, News – Single Story “Tears of a Town”
Aimee Levitt Riverfront Times Finalist, News – Feature: Single Story "Kevin Jackson wrote the Book…”
Emily Kaiser City Pages Winner, News – Feature: Single Story “Mystery Record”
Joel Warner Westword Finalist, News – Feature: Single Story “LAX and the City”
Joel Warner Westword Winner, News – Investigative “Taken for a Ride”
Aimee Levitt Riverfront Times Winner, News – International “Dr. Peanut”
Lisa Rab New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, News – Specialty “On the Down Low”
Chasen Marshall Houston Press Winner, News – Sports “Fifth Ward Saints”
2010 Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times Winner, News – Feature: Single Story “Curse of the Class of 2006”
Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Winner, News – Commentary “Justice, Maricopa County-Style”
“Oh, the Insanity”
“The Gal That Got Away”
2009 Todd Spivak Houston Press Winner/Feature “Obama and Me”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch Finalist/Feature “Old Street, New Dance”
Randall Patterson Houston Press Finalist/Feature “Don’t Nobody Cry”
Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Winner/Commentary “The Wrong Driver” & “Free Bryant Wilkerson”
Randall Patterson Houston Press Finalist/Commentary “To Catch a Rapist”
2008 Brian Miller Seattle Weekly Winner/Business “Fantasy Island”
Mike Seely Seattle Weekly Winner/Sports “The Salvage Artist”
Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times Finalist/Sports “Hoop Raiders”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist/Feature “Dead End”
Chris Vogel Houston Press Finalist/Feature “The TSU Three”
Keegan Hamilton Riverfront Times Finalist/Feature “2 Hot in Here”
Chad Garrison Riverfront Times Finalist/Feature “The Mystery of Lloyd Gaines”
2007 Ben Westhoff Riverfront Times Winner/Business Reporting “Ace of Spaides”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Winner/Feature “Schooling the District”
Thomas Francis New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist/Feature Mr. Snyder's Opus
C.J. Janovy The Pitch Finalist/Feature “Justice at Last?”
Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times Winner/Investigative Reporting “Basketball by the Book”
2006 Randall Roberts Riverfront Times Winner/Enterprise “’It Was Just Like Beverly Hills’”
Mike Seely Riverfront Times Winner(tie)/Sports “Alley Cat”
Paul Kix Dallas Observer Winner(tie)/Sports “Alone No More”
Keven McAlester Dallas Observer Finalist/Sports “Balls Out”
Ben Westhoff Riverfront Times Winner/Features “Rap vs. Rapture”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times Finalist/Commentary “Free This Priest”
2005 Lauren Gard East Bay Express 1st Place/Environmental Reporting “Good Kids, Bad Blood”
Bruce Rushton Phoenix New Times Finalist/Environmental Reporting “Garbage Time”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 1st Place/International Reporting “Guns and Haiti”
John Gonzalez Dallas Observer 1st Place/Sports “Dynamite Dave”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist/Sports “Kings Tarnished Crown”
Tommy Craggs SF Weekly Finalist/Sports “Return of the Legend”
Sarah Fenske Houston Press 1st Place/Enterprise “Black and White”
Niki D’Andrea Phoenix New Times 1st Place/Features “Everybody Loves Chico”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place/Business “Minority Report”
2004 Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 3rd Place/Commentary “”Nigger’ Dave”
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer 2nd Place/Features “The Girl Who Played Dead”
Aina Hunter Cleveland Scene 3rd Place/Features “From Capetown to Cleveland”
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 1st PlaceSports “Devil’s Advocate” & “Winning Season”
Matthew Everett Riverfront Times 2nd Place/Sports “Offside!”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place/Daily News “Too Dumb to Die”
Mike Seely Riverfront Times 2nd Place/Daily News “Happy Kwanzaa Earl!”
Mike Seely Riverfront Times 1st Place/Business “Black Velvet Rope”
Randall Roberts Riverfront Times 2nd Place/Business “Dawg Eat Dawg”
2003 Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 1st Place/Commentary “Crossing Division Street”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place/Commentary “Down on the Plantation I, II, III”
Jeanette Batz Riverfront Times 1st Place/Features “Judgment at Hookyville”
Susan Eastman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place/Features “Not Kid Stuff”
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer 3rd Place/Features “12-Year-Old Killer” & “Boy in the Big House”
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer 2nd Place/Sports “Back in Bounds”
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene 1st Place/Business “Hip-Hopcrisy”
2002 Charles Siderius Dallas Observer 1st Place/Enterprise “Forget Me Not”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times 2nd Place/Enterprise “Who’s Next?”
Laura Putre Cleveland Scene 1st Place/Feature “Hell to Pay”
2001 Todd Witcher Westword 2nd Place/Feature “Lady Sang the Blues”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 3rd Place/Feature “Death of a Maiden”
Jesse Washington Houston Press 1st Place/Sports Writing “A Dying Race”
Todd Witcher Westword 2nd Place/Sports Writing “I’ll Fly Away”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place/Enterprise “The Miseducation of Wesley Armstrong”
Jim DeFede Miami New Times 3rd Place/ Commentary “The Untold Story”
Deb Hipp PitchWeekly 3rd Place/Enterprise “Amber Waves of Pain”
2000 Margaret Downing Houston Press 3rd Place/Commentary “Race Cars”
Randall Patterson Houston Press 3rd Place/Feature Writing “No More Miss Congeniality”
Harris Meyer New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place/Enterprise “The Redemption of Crime Boy”
1999 Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 2nd Place/Enterprise “Saint Al”
Harrison Fletcher Westword 2nd Place/Feature Writing “The Show Must Go On”
Harrison Fletcher Westword 3rd Place/Feature Writing “The Buddy System”
1998 Bob Burtman Houston Press 1st Place/Enterprise “Shadow Over Texas City”
Shaila Dewan Houston Press 1st Place/Feature Writing “The Art of Darkness”
Jacob Bernstein Miami New Times 2nd Place/Feature Writing “Black in Blue”
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 3rd Place/Feature Writing “The Prodigious Son”
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer 1st Place/Sports Writing “The Saint”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 2nd Place/Sports Writing “Coming of Age at the 50-yard Line”
1997 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 1st Place/Sports Writing “Waiting to Inhale”
Terry Greene Sterling Phoenix New Times 1st Place/Feature Writing “Joe Parham Stands Up”
Kaylois Henry Dallas Observer 2nd Place/Feature Writing “Bishop Jakes is Ready. Are You?”
1996 Steve Jackson Westword 1st Place/Feature Writing “The Other Side of the Tracks”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 2nd Place/Feature Writing “Fade to Black”
1995 Denise McVea Dallas Observer 1st Place/Feature Writing “Muhammad’s Message”
Steve Jackson Westword 2nd Place/Feature Writing “The Farm Team”
Kirk Semple Miami New Times 3rd Place/Feature Writing “Black in the Red”
1994 Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times 2nd Place/Feature Writing “Where the Girls Are”
Mencken Awards/Free Press Association
1996 Jim DeFede Miami New Times Winner/Best Feature “This Is Not the USA”
Michelle Dally Johnston Westword Finalist/Best Feature “Do You See What I See?”
Alan Prendergast Westword Finalist/Best Investigative Report “End of the Line”
1994 David Chandler Westword Finalist/Best Investigative Report Denver International Airport Series
1994 Stan Yarbro Miami New Times Finalist/Best Feature “Prisoner of Conscience”
1991 Michael Lacey, David Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention/Best Investigative Report “Bush's Crack War: The Arizona Illusion”
Bodney, Ward Harkavy,
Paul Rubin, Darrin
Hostetler, Ann Sieber
1987 Deborah Block, Ruben Phoenix New Times Winner/Best Investigative Report “Braving the Border”
Hernandez, Jeff Smith,
Michael Lacey
Benjamin Fine Awards for Outstanding Education Reporting/National Association of Secondary School Principals
1999 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Winner, Single Article, (Non-daily Newspaper) “Little Soldiers in a Culture War”
1999 Margaret Downing Houston Press Winner, Editorial or Column, (Non-daily Newspaper) “Cutting Class”
1999 Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles Winner, Editorial or Column, (Non-daily Newspaper) “LA Mummified”
1999 Michael Kiefer Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention, Single Article, (Non-daily Newspaper) “Bilingual Blues”
1999 Tim Fleck Houston Press Honorable Mention, Single Article, (Non-daily Newspaper) “Winning in the Worst Way”
1999 Shaila Dewan Houston Press Honorable Mention, Series, (Non-daily Newspaper) TAAS series
1999 Tim Fleck Houston Press Honorable Mention, Editorial or Column, (Non-daily Newspaper) “Children, Prepare Your Desk Manuals!”
1998 Julie Lyons Dallas Observer Winner, Editorial or Column, (Non-daily Newspaper) “Bad Boys”
1998 Shaila Dewan Houston Press Winner, Single Article, (Non-daily Newspaper) “Why Johnny Might Someday Be Able to Read”
1998 Michael Kiefer Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention, Single Article, (Non-daily Newspaper) “Sun City Disease”
1997 Miriam Rozen Dallas Observer Winner/Single Article “See Yvonne. See Yvonne Run. See Yvonne Run From the Truth.”
1997 Michael Kiefer Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention/Single Article “Hayden High School Had a Farm”
1997 Alan Prendergast Westword Honorable Mention/Single Article “Story Times”
1996 Lisa Davis SF Weekly Winner/Single Article, Magazine “Cleaning Slates”
1996 Kaylois Henry Dallas Observer Winner/Single Article, (Non-daily Newspaper) “Academy of Dreams”
1996 Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Winner/Single Article, (Non-daily Newspaper) “Last in the Class”
1995 Michael Berryhill Houston Press Winner/Single Article, Magazine “Gayle Force”
1995 Lisa Davis Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention/ Single Article, Newspaper “You, Too, Can Open a School”
1995 Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention/ Single Article, Newspaper “Education Interruptus”
1995 Michael Kiefer Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention/ Single Article, Newspaper “Obstruction in the Mainstream”
1994 Lisa Davis Phoenix New Times Winner/Single Article, Weekly “Separate But Más Que Igual”
ASCAP—Deems Taylor
2007 Nadia Pflaum The Pitch Winner, Pop Articles “Horn Dog”
2004 Jimmy Magahern Phoenix New Times Winner, Pop Articles “Ghost Radio”
1999 Michael Roberts Westword Special Award of Recognition “Spice of Life”
Music Journalism Awards
1997 Michael Roberts Westword Honorable Mention—General Excellence in Writing
1997 Michael Roberts Westword Finalist/Weekly Feature Story “Some Like It Hot”
1997 Michael Corcoran Dallas Observer Winner/Weekly Interview “Dead Man Rapping”
1997 Sarah Vowell SF Weekly Finalist/Weekly Interview “Bad Girl: Jo Carol Pierce”
1997 Michael Roberts Westword Winner/Weekly Criticism or Review “Viva Las Vegas”
1997 Ted Simons Phoenix New Times Finalist/Weekly Criticism or Review “Highbrow Lonesome”
1997 Sarah Vowell SF Weekly Winner/Weekly Columnist/Commentary “Suspicious Minds”
1996 New Times newspapers Special Honorable Mention for excellence in weekly journalism
1996 Brad Tyer Houston Press Winner/Weekly Feature Writing “Punk Parents”
1996 Johnny Ray Huston SF Weekly Winner/Weekly Criticism or Review “Food Sexy”
1996 Serene Dominic Phoenix New Times Finalist/Weekly Feature Writing “Disco Meets Its Macho”
1996 Michael Roberts Westword Finalist/Weekly Feature Writing “Ohio or Bust”
1996 Michael Roberts Westword Finalist/Weekly Interview “The Last Angry Monkee”
1996 Brad Tyer Houston Press Finalist/Weekly Interview “Chairman of Cheese”
1996 Michael Roberts Westword Finalist/Weekly Columnist/Commentary “Stick a Fork in It”
1996 Jim Sherman Houston Press Finalist/Weekly Criticism or Review “Glory Be”
1996 Sia Michel/staff SF Weekly Finalist/Weekly Wammies coverage
1995 Judy Cantor Miami New Times Winner/Weekly Feature Story “¡Viva Albita!”
1995 Michael Roberts Westword Winner/Weekly Columnist/Commentary “Suicide Is Brainless”
National Headliner Awards
1991 Deborah Laake Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Outstanding Feature Writing
1991 Darrin Hostetler Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Outstanding Coverage of a Major News Event
1991 Tom Fitzpatrick Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Outstanding Feature Column
Best Sports Stories Competition/The Sporting News
1988 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times “Tyrant on the Field, Populist in the Classroom”
1988 Tom Fitzpatrick Phoenix New Times “Champion of the Counting House”
Wuxtry! Headline Awards/International Society for General Semantics
1990 Dewey Webb Phoenix New Times Finalist, Special Recognition Category
1989 Dewey Webb Phoenix New Times 1st Place Special Recognition Category
Heywood Broun Award/The Newspaper Guild
1991 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention
1989 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention
SAIS-Novartis Prize for Excellence in International Journalism/Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies
1996 Elise Ackerman Miami New Times Certificate of Recognition “Notes From the Underground”
Golden Quill Award/International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors
2011 Patricia Calhoun Westword Golden Dozen Award
2009 David Martin The Pitch Golden Quill Winner
2008 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Golden Dozen Award
Scott Moxley OC Weekly Golden Dozen Award
2005 Chris Thompson East Bay Express Golden Dozen Award
1999 Julie Lyons Dallas Observer Golden Dozen Award
1998 John Mecklin SF Weekly Golden Dozen Award
1997 John Mecklin Phoenix New Times Golden Dozen Award
1996 Patricia Calhoun Westword Golden Quill Winner
1996 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Golden Dozen Award
1992 Tom Fitzpatrick Phoenix New Times Golden Dozen Award
1989 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Golden Dozen Award
1988 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Golden Quill Winner
Unity Awards in Media/Lincoln University of Missouri
2007 Matthew Fleischer LA Weekly Winner Investigative Reporting, Single Entry
Josh Kun LA Weekly Winner Politics, Single Entry
2006 Patricia Calhoun Westword Winner Editorial Writing, Single Entry
Mike Seely Riverfront Times Winner Reporing of Politics, Single Entry
2005 Margaret Downing Houston Press Winner Reporting of Economics, Single Entry
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Winner Public Affairs/Social Issues Reporting, Single Entry
2004 Kevin Hoffman Cleveland Scene Winner Reporting of Politics, Single Entry
Rebecca Wakefield Miami New Times Winner Reporting of Economics, Single Entry
2003 David Martin Cleveland Scene Winner Reporting of Politics, Single Entry
Laura Laughlin Phoenix New Times Winner Reporting of Education, Series
2002 Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Winner Editorial Writing, Single Entry
Tony Ortega New Times Los Angeles Winner Investigative Reporting, Single Entry
2001 Jim DeFede Miami New Times Winner Reporting of Politics, Single Entry
Edward Lebow Phoenix New Times Winner Reporting of Politics, Series
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Winner Editorial Writing, Single Entry
2000 Jacob Bernstein & Steve Satterwhite Miami New Times Winners Reporting of Economics, Single Entry
Jim Mullin Miami New Times Winner Editorial Writing, Single Entry
Melinda Roth Riverfront Times Winner Investigative Reporting, Single Entry
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Winner Reporting of Politics, Single Entry
1999 John Dougherty & David Holthouse Phoenix New Times Winners Reporting of Economics, Single Entry
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Winner Reporting of Politics, Single Entry
1998 George Cothran SF Weekly Winner Reporting of Politics, Single Entry
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer Winner Editorial Writing, Series
1997 Miriam Rozen Dallas Observer Winner Investigative Reporting, Single Entry
1997 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Winner Investigative Reporting, Series
1996 Kirk Semple Miami New Times Winner Reporting of Politics
1993 Tom Fitzpatrick Phoenix New Times Winner Editorial Writing
1992 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Winner Reporting of Politics
Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award (formerly Nixon Newspapers National Journalism Writing Award)
2003 Julie Lyons Dallas Observer Finalist “Back in Bounds”
2003 Michael Roberts Westword Finalist “Trading Places”
2003 Glenna Whitley Dallas Observer Finalist “Crazy White Mother”
2002 Mark Donald Dallas Observer Finalist “Tortured Souls”
2002 Jonathan Shikes Westword Finalist “Forward into the Past”
2002 Scott Nowell Houston Press Finalist “Face to Face”
2002 Tony Ortega New Times Los Angeles Finalist “OJ Confidential”
2001 David Holthouse Phoenix New Times Finalist “Remains of the Day”
2001 Carlton Stowers Dallas Observer Finalist “Death Angel”
2001 Jeannette Batz Riverfront Times Finalist “Plight of the Gypsies”
2000 Joel Engardio SF Weekly Finalist “The Vintage People”
2000 Juliana Barbassa Dallas Observer Finalist “Children of the Storm”
2000 Harrison Fletcher Westword Finalist “Silent Night”
2000 CD Stelzer Riverfront Times Finalist “The Tragic Christian”
2000 David Holthouse Phoenix New Times Finalist “City of Coke”
1999 Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times Finalist “La Vida Dura”
1999 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Finalist “The Eternal Flame”
1999 Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Finalist “The Garden of Life”
1999 Brian Wallstin Houston Press Finalist “A Question of Life”
1998 Ward Harkavy Westword Finalist “Pipeline to Palestine”
1997 Karen Bowers Westword Finalist “Terrible Two”
1997 Bonnie Gangelhoff Houston Press Finalist “In the Child’s Best Interest”
1997 Michael Kiefer Phoenix New Times Finalist “Epi-cured”
1997 Randall Patterson Houston Press Finalist “The New Jesus”
1997 Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles Finalist “Officer Down”
1997 Matt Weitz Dallas Observer Finalist “Thank Heaven for Little Country Girls”
1996 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Finalist “Cinéma Vérité”
1996 Denise McVea Dallas Observer Finalist “Tales From the Crypt”
1996 Dewey Webb Phoenix New Times Finalist “Thar She Froze”
1994 Karen Bowers Westword Finalist “Wild at Heart”
1993 Michael Roberts Westword Finalist “A Cut Above: Denver's Only Mohel”
1993 Jeremy Voas Phoenix New Times Finalist “Reborn to Buck”
1992 Deborah Laake Phoenix New Times Finalist “Seeing the Light”
1992 Andy Van De Voorde Westword Finalist “Storm Chasers”
1991 Anna Dooling Phoenix New Times Finalist “Diamonds Are Forever”
1991 Ward Harkavy Phoenix New Times Finalist “A Day in the Life of Carl A. Bimson”
The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists
2012 Karina Longworth LA Weekly Finalist “Video Paradiso”
2012 Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times Finalist “Rotten to the Core”
2011 Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Winner “Mr. Big Stuff”
Peter Jamison SF Weekly Finalist “Head Case”
Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times Finalist “Down on the Farm”
2010 Elizabeth Dwoskin The Village Voice Finalist Landlord/tenant series
Chris Vogel Houston Press Finalist “A Quiet Hell”
2008 John Dickerson Phoenix New Times Winner Prescription for Disaster series
Elizabeth Dwoskin The Village Voice Finalist “The Fall of the House of Rubashkin”
2007 John Dickerson Phoenix New Times Finalist “Inhumanity Has a Price”
Jesse Hyde Dallas Observer Finalist “House of Death”
Megan Feldman Dallas Observer Finalist “El Tren de la Muerte”
2006 Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Finalist “Cracked Houses”
Emily Witt Miami New Times Finalist “Band of Outsiders”
Jared Jacang-Maher Westword Finalist “The Impersonator”
Todd Spivak Houston Press Finalist “Run Over by Metro”
2005 Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist “Policing Hollywood”
2004 Michael Serazio Houston Press Finalist “Gambling on Iraq”
Aina Hunter Cleveland Scene Finalist “Blue Mob”
Keven McAlester Dallas Observer Finalist “Boxed In”
2003 Julie Jargon Westword Winner “The War Within”
Laura Bond Westword Finalist “Poem on the Range”
2002 Jason Sheehan Westword Finalist
2001 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Winner “Admitting Terror” series
Jeremy Mullam SF Weekly Finalist “Rural Cleansing”
John Gonzalez Dallas Observer Finalist “Fantasy League”
2000 Justin Berton Westword Finalist “Mr. Money Machine”
Jimmy Fowler Dallas Observer Finalist “Firestarter”
James Hibberd Phoenix New Times Finalist “Who Mutilated Dominic Marion?”
1999 Jacob Bernstein Miami New Times Finalist “Home on the Glades”
1997 Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times Finalist “Coming of Age at the 50-yard Line”
1996 Elise Ackerman Miami New Times Finalist “Notes From the Underground”
Rose Farley Dallas Observer Finalist “Down on Sherman Street”
Tony Ortega Phoenix New Times Finalist Sheriff Joe Arpaio coverage
1995 Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times Finalist “So Long, Mila!”
1994 Eric Dexheimer Westword Finalist “Heads Up!”
Matt Zoller Seitz Dallas Observer Finalist “The Mythic Journey of Stephan Grundy”
1993 Eric Dexheimer Westword Finalist “A Cure for the Common Code”
1992 Michael Roberts Westword Finalist “The Evil That Men Do”
John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism/Medill School of Journalism
2008 Peter Landesman LA Weekly Winner “Nine Miles and Spreading”
Todd Spivak Houston Press Finalist “Toxic Town”
David Zahniser LA Weekly Finalist “The End of Murder”
Tom Robbins The Village Voice Finalist “Tall Tales of a Mafia Mistress”
“Tale of the Tape”
“Blood Brothers”
2007 Jesse Hyde Dallas Observer Finalist “Masters of Cymbal Drive”
Kara Platoni East Bay Express Finalist “Dealing in Death”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Finalist “They Could Be Citizens and
They Might Be Deported”
2006 Alan Prendergast Westword Winner, 3rd Place “Bringing Down the Brotherhood”
2006 Josh Harkinson Houston Press Finalist “Wretched Excess”
2006 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist “Cash Cow”
2004 Julie Jargon Westword Winner, 2nd Place “The War Within”
2004 Bernice Yeung SF Weekly Finalist “Innocence Arrested”
2004 Alan Prendergast & David Holthouse Westword Finalists “72-Hour Party People” & “Toxic Shock”
2003 staff Miami New Times Winners, 1st Place “We’re Number 1!”
2003 Julie Jargon Westword Finalist “Arrested Development”
2003 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist “Down on the Plantation”
2003 Julie Jargon Westword Finalist “Playtime is Over”
2003 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist “Enemies of Pompano”
2003 Ted Kissell New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist “Felon Follies”
2003 Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist “Barred for Life”
2003 Joe Miller The Pitch Finalist “The Long Walk Home”
2002 Lisa Davis and John Mecklin SF Weekly Winner, 1st Place “Fallout”
2002 Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Winner, 3rd Place “Slammed”
2002 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist “Admitting Terror”
2002 Joe Miller Pitch Weekly Finalist “Oh, Give Me Your Home”
2001 Bob Burtman Houston Press Winner, 3rd Place “Paying the Price” and “Pumped Dry”
2001 Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times Finalist “Don’t Look for the Union Label”
2001 Harris Meyer New Times Broward-Palm Beach Finalist “Publix: Where Working Can Be Lethal”
2001 Tony Ortega New Times Los Angeles Finalist “Code Buster”
2001 Alan Prendergast Westword Finalist “Unlawful Entry”
2001 Bernice Yeung SF Weekly Finalist “Girl Problems”
2000 Michael Gougis New Times Los Angeles Finalist “Troubled Water”
2000 Bernice Yeung SF Weekly Finalist “Opening Pandora’s Box”
2000 Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times Finalist “Down & Out in Miami-Dade County”
1999 David Pasztor SF Weekly Winner, 3rd Place “Building a Better Bomb”
1999 Alan Prendergast, Westword Finalists "Hitting Them Where They Live”
Steve Jackson, Christine
Brennan, Patricia Calhoun,
Andy Van De Voorde
1999 Ann Zimmerman Dallas Observer Finalist "The War Over Gulf War Syndrome”
1998 Bob Burtman Houston Press Winner, 1st Place “Shadow Over Texas City”
1998 Paul Rubin & David Holthouse Phoenix New Times Finalists “Methology”
1998 Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles Finalist “Blacks Only”
1998 Alan Prendergast Westword Finalist “Please Release Me”
1997 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Winner, 2nd Place “A System Gone Mad”
1997 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Finalist “Family Affairs”
1997 Judy Cantor Miami New Times Finalist “Home Truths”
1997 Chuck Finnie SF Weekly Finalist “Where Crime Pays”
1996 Ellen McGarrahan SF Weekly Finalist “Ship Happens”
1996 Alan Prendergast Westword Finalist “End of the Line”
1996 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Finalist “Mental Health Masquerade”
1994 Lisa Davis Phoenix New Times Finalist “Sins of the Temple”
1994 Miriam Rozen Dallas Observer Finalist “This Boy’s Life”
1993 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Finalist “Sex Education”
1993 Dick Reavis Dallas Observer Finalist “The Apparel Underground”
Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards
2007 Staff Phoenix New Times Finalist Edward Willis Scripps Award/Distinguished Service to the 1st Amendment
1992 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Finalist Roy W. Howard Award/Public Service Reporting
1989 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Finalist Walker Stone Award/Editorial Writing
Excellence in Journalism Awards (formerly Crossroads Market Award)/National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association
2005 Jeff Stratton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Feature Writing “Gay in Jamaica”
2001 Lisa Gray Houston Press Honorable Mention, News/Feature Writing “XX Marks the Spot”
2000 Jack Cheevers New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Written opinion/Editorial “Missing in Action”
“Outing Marty”
“Still Not a Bride”
“Bagging Fags”
1999 Benoit Denizet-Lewis SF Weekly 1st Place “Panic or Attack”
1995 Steve Jackson Westword Finalist “Buying Time” Parts I and II
1995 Mark Donald Dallas Observer Finalist “Road Trip From Hell”
1994 Steve Jackson Westword Finalist “The Long Goodbye”
DART Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence/ Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
2009 Joel Warner Westword Finalist “The Good Soldier”
Megan Feldman Westword Finalist “Terrain of Grief”
2008 Lauren Smiley SF Weekly Finalist “Escape from San Francisco”
Joel Warner Westword Finalist “You Do the Meth”
2005 David Holthouse Westword Finalist “Stalking the Bogeyman”
2001 Wendy Grossman Houston Press Finalist “Left for Dead”
1998 Steve Jackson Westword Finalist “Loved to Death”
1996 Randall Patterson Houston Press Finalist “Throwaway People”
National Society of Newspaper Columnists
2012 Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 1st Place, General Interest/50,000 circulation or more “Parents, Be Very Nervous”
“Coming (Back) to America”
“Interview with a Corpse”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Honorable Mention, General Interest/50,000 circulation or more
Alice Laussade Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Humor/50,000 circulation or more Cheap Bastard columns
2010 Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times 1st Place, General Interest/100,000 circulation or less “Sal DiCiccio’s Loop 202 Problem”
“Mean Girls (and Boys)”
“Outfoxed”
Patricia Calhoun Westword 2nd Place, General Interest/100,000 circulation or less “Double Trouble”
“School Daze”
“Boxed In”
2009 Katy St. Clair SF Weekly 1st Place, Humor/100,000 circulation or more “Depth of a Salesman”
“The North Beach Drinking Olympics”
“Psychos & Sour Grapes”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 3rd Place, General Interest/100,000 circulation or less “Bambi Bump-Off”
“Che Who?”
“Wacko Like Winton”
Elyse Wanshel Miami New Times 2nd Place, Humor/100,000 circulation or less “A Pregnant Pause”
“Giant Chicken Clucks at Wynwood Gallery Walk”
“Strippers’ XXXmas”
Stephen Lemons Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Blog Column Feathered Bastard
Roy Edroso The Village Voice Honorable Mention, Blog Column Runnin’ Scared
2008 Lynn Yaeger The Village Voice Finalist, Humor/100,000 circulation or more “Water Torture”
“Purse Snatching”
“Off the Road”
2007 Richard Connelly Houston Press 1st Place, Humor/100,000 circulation or less Hairballs
Will Harper East Bay Express 3rd Place, Items Bottom Feeder
2005 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, General Interest/100,000 circulation or less “Deliver Us”
“Deliver Us II”
“Hospital Index”
C. Hambright New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention, Humor/100,000 circulation or less “Drunk Side of the Moon”
“Rear Entry”
“Fling the Bling”
2004 Paul Rubin & Patti Epler Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, The Herb Caen Memorial Notes/Items Contest “The Street” column
2002 Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, General Interest/100,000 circulation or more “We’re All Number One!”
“Sausage Grinding”
“Crushing a Contrarian”
2001 Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles 1st Place, General Interest/100,000 circulation or more “Get Off Your Knees!”
“Sour Premonitions”
“Words to the Wise”
2000 Laura Putre Cleveland Scene 3rd Place, General Interest/100,000 circulation or less “Livin’ La Vida Polka”
“The Frankenstein Factor”
“Cream of the Sclock”
1999 Laurel Wellman SF Weekly 2nd Place, The Herb Caen Memorial Items Award “Dog Bites” column
1996 Silke Tudor SF Weekly Honorable Mention “Night Crawler” column
PEN Center USA West Literary Awards
2013 Alan Prendergast Westword Finalist “The Happiest Man on Death Row”
2012 Alan Prendergast Westword Finalist “Beyond Belief”
2010 Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times Finalist “Vanishing Act”
Megan Feldman Dallas Observer Finalist “Gimme Shelter”
2009 Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times Finalist “The Pope of Pork”
2003 Harrison Fletcher Westword Finalist “Cruz Control”
2002 David Holthouse Phoenix New Times Finalist “Survival”
2001 Alan Prendergast Westword Finalist “Marked for Death”
Randall Patterson Houston Press Finalist “Chicken Man”
2000 Melinda Roth Riverfront Times Finalist “Dead Dogs Walking”
1999 David Holthouse Phoenix New Times Finalist “Meet the Crusties”
1996 George Cothran SF Weekly Winner “Shut Up, Little Man!”
1996 Robin Chotzinoff Westword Finalist “Globeville Warming”
1996 Sia Michel SF Weekly Finalist “Runaway Train”
1996 Brian Wallstin Houston Press Finalist “Lenwood Johnson’s Last Stand”
Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award
1995 Jim DeFede Miami New Times Special Commendation “Secrets & Sunshine”
Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism/Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families
2011 Patrick McDonald LA Weekly Runner-Up, Non-daily Newspapers “Black Lung Lofts”
“Educating Maria”
“City of Airheads”
“The Parent Trigger”
Patricia Calhoun Westword Honorable Mention, Non-daily Newspapers “Spreading Her Wings”
2010 Chris Vogel Houston Press Winner, Non-daily Newspapers “For Their Own Good”
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention, Non-daily Newspapers “The Lost Kids”
2009 Megan Feldman Dallas Observer Runner-Up, Non-daily Newspapers “Who’s Your Daddy?”
Deirdra Funcheon New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention, Non-daily Newspapers “To Hug a Porcupine”
2008 Huan Hsu Seattle Weekly Runner-Up, Non-daily Newspapers “Blame It on Becca”
Luke Turf Westword Honorable Mention, Non-daily Newspapers “Faith, Hope...and Charity”
Joel Warner Westword Honorable Mention, Non-daily Newspapers “You Do the Meth”
2007 Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Runner-up, Non-daily Newspapers “They Could be Citizens and They Might be Deported”
Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention, Non-daily Newspapers “Flunk’d”
2006 John Dougherty Phoenix New Times Finalist, Non-daily Newspapers “Polygamy in Arizona”
J. Kaminsky East Bay Express Finalist, Non-daily Newspapers “Wounded Warriors”
2005 Lauren Gard East Bay Express Winner, Non-daily Newspapers “Good Kids, Bad Blood”
Helen Thorpe Westword Honorable Mention, Non-daily newspaper “Head of the Class”
2004 Laura Bond Westword Winner, Non-daily Newspapers “Nowhere Boy”
2000 Laura Higgins Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Non-daily newspapers “Shortchanged”
1999 Tony Perez-Giese Westword Winner, Non-daily newspapers “Waiting to Exile”
1998 Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles Winner, Non-daily newspapers “The Color of Love”
Steve Jackson Westword Honorable Mention, Non-daily newspapers “Live Fast, Die Young”
1997 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Winner, Non-daily Newspapers “Family Affairs”
Karen Bowers Westword Honorable Mention, Non-daily Newspapers “Terrible Two”
Morton Margolin Award for Distinguished Business Writing (University of Denver)
1997 Alan Prendergast Westword Winner “Out for Blood”
National Mental Health Association
2011 Joel Warner Westword Winner, Excellence in Coverage, Portrayals of Mental Health Issues “Martial Law”
2010 Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Winner, Local/Regional Magazines “The Lost Kids”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch Winner, Newspapers with a circulation below 100,000 “Exit Strategy”
2005 Philip Dawdy Seattle Weekly Winner, Best Coverage of a Mental Health Issue "Good Cop, Sad Cop"
Todd Spivak Houston Press Winner, Newspapers with a Circulation Above 100,000 “Against All Odds”
2002 Julie Jargon Westword 1st runner up, Newspapers with a circulation above 100,000 “Teach Your Children Well”
2001 Margaret Downing & Brian Wallstin Houston Press Winners, Newspapers with circulation above 100,000 “Catch Us if You Can”
1999 Jeanette Batz Riverfront Times Winner, Newspapers with circulation below 100,000 “Dangerous Minds”
“Strung Out on Sex”
“Too Much of a Good Thing?”
1998 David Holthouse & Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Winners, Best Coverage of a Mental Health Issue “Methology”
1998 Kevin Heldman Dallas Observer Winner, Best Coverage of a Mental Illness “What Makes Sammy Run?”
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies AltWeekly Awards
Except for Nashville Scene, all Village Voice Media papers compete in the large paper circulation class of each category.
2013 Betsy Lewis Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Arts Criticism “Breaking Down Monstrous Coupling”
“Dallas’ Homeless’ Are Showing Art”
“On the Hunt for Dallas’
Best Street Art”
DL Groover Houston Press 3rd Place, Arts Criticism “Punk-Goth Magnificence”
“The Nacirema Society”
“Mamet's November Lacks Bite”
Karina Longworth LA Weekly 2nd Place, Arts Feature “Video Paradiso”
Chris Sweeney New Times BPB 3rd Place, Beat Reporting Environmental Reporting
Staff Miami New Times 1st Place, Breaking News “The Miami Zombie”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 1st Place, Column “A Little Respect”
“Protecting the State”
“Wrong Time, Wrong Place”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 2nd Place, Column “Snitch and Suffer”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Column—Political
Stephen Lemons Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Column—Political “Ready to Kill”
“Days of Rage”
“General Horne Dog”
Monica Alonzo Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Election Coverage “Brown Wave”
“Law of Attraction”
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 1st Place, Feature Story “The Man Who Smelled Too Much”
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place, Feature Story “The Girl Who Fell to Earth”
Michael Miller Miami New Times Honorable Mention, Feature Story “From Porky’s to Hell”
Michelle Woo OC Weekly 1st Place, Food Writing “Jason Quinn Will Meet You at the Playground”
Laine Doss Miami New Times 3rd Place, Food Writing “You Got Served”
Graham Rayman The Village Voice 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Rikers Violence”
Chris Sweeney New Times BPB 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting “Coral Capers”
Michelle Woo OC Weekly 3rd Place, Long-Form News Story “Out of Care”
Sean Pajot Miami New Times 3rd Place, Music Criticism Miami Rapper SpcaseGhostPurrp Releases Debut
"Thurston Moore and KURT During Art Basel Miami Beach”
"Madonna Strips for Dirty Dollar Bills"
Chris Joseph New Times BPB 2nd Place, Individual Blog Pulp
Stephen Lemons Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Individual Blog Feathered Bastard
Staff City Pages 3rd Place, Multimedia “Reinventing the Wheel”
Staff Miami New Times 1st Place, Music Blog Crossfade
Staff City Pages 3rd Place, Music Blog Gimme Noise
Alez Izaguirre New Times BPB 1st Place, Cover Design
Mike Kooiman City Pages 2nd Place, Cover Design
Tracie Louck Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Editorial Layout “The Year of Eating Fabulously”
Tim Lane Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Illustration “Code Dead”
Tracie Louck & Mark Graham Dallas Observer 1st Place, Photography Dallas People 2012
Staff Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Innovation/Format Buster Best of Phoenix 2012
Staff LA Weekly 1st Place, Special Section “How to Succeed on YouTube”
2012 Robrt L. Pela Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, Arts Criticism “Weird-Looking Churches”
“Leave It to the Kids”
“Refugee Community
Training Garden”
Joe Eskenazi SF Weekly 3rd Place, Arts Feature “The Art of the Steal”
Michael Musto The Village Voice 3rd Place, Column “Why I Hate Being Gay!”
“Blandness Has Taken Over”
“Fame Is Better Than Drugs”
Stephen Lemons Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Column (Political) “Recalling Russell Pearce”
“His Own Worst Enemy”
"Kissing His Political Career Goodbye”
Caleb Hannan Seattle Weekly 1st Place, Feature Story “No Romeo”
Camille Dodero The Village Voice 3rd Place, Feature Story “Guys Who Like Fat Chicks”
J. Kauffman SF Weekly 1st Place, Food Writing “Where the Shark Fin Bites”
“Ahoy Gringos!”
“Veterans’ Benefit”
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly 2nd Place, Food Writing “Red Medicine”
“Noodle Boy”
“Cochon 555’s Traveling Pork & Wine Bacchanalia”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Rotten to the Core”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Media Criticism/Reporting “Jaime Bayly is Dying”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Media Criticism/Reporting “DMN Tippy-Toes Away”
“How Not to Humiliate Yourself as a Journalist”
“Picking Apart the Dallas Morning News’ Smug Sense”
Kevin Hoffman City Pages 3rd Place, Media Reporting/Criticism “WCCO Duck Dog Story”
“WCCO Airs Video of Woman’s Suicide”
“New York Times Quotes Commenter”
Anonymous City Pages Blog
James Moreland LA Weekly 1st Place, Music Reporting/Criticism “Buffalo Springfield at the Wiltern”
“The Go-Go’s & Girl in a Coma”
“Morrissey & Kristeen Young”
Jason Woodbury Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, Music Reporting/Criticism “Ryche ‘n’ Roll Over”
“Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, & The Walkmen”
“Country Boi”
Chris Vogel LA Weekly 1st Place, News Story (Long Form) “Wheelchair Hell”
“Senseless Violence”
Stefan Kamph New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, News Story (Long Form) “The Case of the Missing Pen”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 3rd Place, News Story (Long Form) “Rick Perry’s Manufactured Miracle”
Nicholas Phillips Riverfront Times HM, News Story (Long Form) “Left for Dead”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, News Story (Short Form) “Santeria Stalker”
“Guns Online:No Permit Needed”
“The Fight for CAP”
Rosie Gray The Village Voice 2nd Place, News Story (Short Form) “Life Under Occupation”
“Occupational Hazards”
“To the Barricades, Variously”
Andy Mannix & Mike Mullen City Pages 3rd Place, Public Service “RNC Piggy Bank”
Katharine Shilcutt Houston Press 3rd Place, Multimedia “The Fish That Got Away”
Staff SF Weekly 1st Place, Music Blog All Shook Down
Staff City Pages 2nd Place, Music Blog Gimme Noise
Staff Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Staff Blog Chow Bella
Andrew Nilsen SF Weekly 1st Place, Cover Design “My Funny, Chewy Valentine”
“Your Rags to Their Riches”
“Live and Let Kill”
John Dixon The Village Voice HM, Cover Design “10 Worst Tenants”
“The Comics Issue”
“The Suckadelic Era”
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly 1st Place, Editorial Layout “There Goes the Neighborhood”
Andrew Nilsen SF Weekly 2nd Place, Editorial Layout “Enter: A Superhero”
Andrew Nilsen SF Weekly 3rd Place, Editorial Layout “Free Based”
Edel Rodriguez SF Weekly 1st Place, Illustration “Explosive Issue”
Dale Stephanos SF Weekly 2nd Place, Illustration “Live and Let Kill”
Kyle T. Webster Phoenix New Times HM, Illustration “Hindsight”
Ward Sutton The Village Voice HM, Illustration The Comics Issue
Danny Fulgencio Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Photography “Taco Suave”
Hart Van Denburg City Pages 1st Place, Innovation/Format Buster “Michelle Bachmann Quote Generator”
Staff Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, Innovation/Format Buster Best of Phoenix Map
2011 Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 1st Place, Cover Design “Down on the Farm”
“The Gay Divorcees”
“2010: The Year in Movies”
Andrew Nilsen SF Weekly 2nd Place, Cover Design “Terminal People”
“Head Case”
“Worlds Apart”
Nick Vlcek, Mike Kooiman City Pages 3rd Place, Cover Design “Thinkers”
“Commix Issue”
“Winter Guide”
Alexander Flores Dallas Observer Honorable Mention, Cover Design “Fatal Flaw”
“Forked Up”
“Return to Sender”
Peter Storch Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, Editorial Layout “Picking Up Steam Punk”
Scott Bakal SF Weekly 1st Place, Illustration “Wounded Pride”
Jesse Lenz Houston Press 2nd Place, Illustration “Turkeys of the Year”
Chris Koehler, Reuben Rude, Brian Barneclo SF Weekly 3rd Place, Illustration Best of San Francisco
Jennifer Silverberg Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Photography “Dr. Peanut”
Joel Beers OC Weekly 2nd Place, Arts Criticism “Family Not-So-Friendly”
“Man Loves Goat”
“Teen Cheerleader Orgy Porn”
Camille Dodero The Village Voice 2nd Place, Arts Feature “Revenge of the Losers”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 3rd Place, Arts Feature “Marked for Death”
Michael Musto The Village Voice 2nd Place, Column "Kicked in the Groin at Every Glittery Turn"
"Where's My Book?"
"Year in Review"
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 3rd Place, Column "The Man Who Wants Another 'Life'"
"Maggots and Aliens and Clowns, Oh My"
"Giddyup"
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 1st Place, Column/Political Terrorists with Friends
"School of Hard Knocks”
Forgotten War Hero, Part 1
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Column/Political “Hammer Time”
“Mr. Unknown”
“Low Riders”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature Story “Blow Hard”
Steven Thrasher The Village Voice 2nd Place, Feature Story “Bad Lieutenant”
Chris Vogel, Patrick Michels Houston Press 2nd Place, Food Writing "99 Things to Eat in
"L.A. Before You Die"
"Beware the Dangerous Cemita "Stomp, the Restaurant"
Hanna Raskin Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Food Writing (tie) “Artless”
“Work Release”
“Forked Up”
Robert Sietsema The Village Voice 3rd Place, Food Writing (tie) “An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky”
“May We Interest You in
Some Egg Fetus”
“Siam I Am”
Graham Rayman The Village Voice 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “The NYPD Tapes”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting “Disorderly Conduct”
Nick Schou OC Weekly 2nd Place, Music Reporting/Criticism “Don’t Start a Riot”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place, News Story/Long Form “You’re in Bad Hands”
Joel Warner Westword 2nd Place, News Story/Long Form “Martial Law”
Chris Vogel Houston Press 3rd Place, News Story/Long Form “Victims’ Wrongs”
Keegan Hamilton Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, News Story/Long “Dog Beat Dog”
Penn Bullock & Brandon Thorp Miami New Times 1st Place, News Story/Short Form “The Last Temptation”
"George Rekers is a Homosexual"
"Thinks Rekers Said..."
Jessica Lussenhop City Pages 2nd Place, News Story/Short Form “Bed Hopping”
“Monster at the Tea Party”
“Cop Killer”
Nick Schou OC Weekly 3rd Place, News Story/Short Form “Will This Pot Case
Get Weeded Out?”
“Crash First…”
“Murder? Are You Crazy?”
Patrick McDonald LA Weekly 1st Place, Public Service “City of Airheads”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 2nd Place, Public Service “Prison Pays”
Lisa Rab New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Public Service “Crash Course”
Staff Village Voice Media Honorable Mention, Public Service “Amongst Us”
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly 2nd Place, Special Topic: Drugs Reporting “The Killer of His Daughter’s Mother”
John Tucker The Village Voice 3rd Place, Special Topic: Drugs Reporting “The Nitrous Mafia”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Honorable Mention, Special Topic: Drugs Reporting “Toke Stoking”
Staff The Village Voice 1st Place, Blog (group or staff) Runnin’ Scared
Staff SF Weekly 2nd Place, Blog (group or staff) The Snitch
Staff Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, Blog (group or staff) Chow Bella
Stephen Lemons Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Blog (individual) Feathered Bastard
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Blog (individual) The Daily Pulp
Kenny Be Westword 3rd Place, Cartoon Worst Case Scenario
Aimee Levitt Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Innovation/Format Buster “Literary St. Louis”
Emily Kaiser & Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Multimedia “Hip-Hop High”
Staff The Village Voice 1st Place, Music Blog Sound of the City
Staff New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Music Blog County Grind
Staff Dallas Observer Honorable Mention, Music Blog DC9 at Night
Staff LA Weekly 2nd Place, Special Section LA People 2010
Staff Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Special Section Best of St. Louis 2010
2010 Jay Vollmar Westword 1st Place, Cover Design “Dead Wrong”
“Bad Dog?”
“Dude, Where’s My Car?”
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 2nd Pace, Cover Design “The State of Street Art in St. Louis”
“Munchausen, She Wrote”
“Cardinals”
Pam Shavalier Miami New Times 3rd Place, Cover Design “Pork Pirates”
“He Buried Che”
“In the Name of the King”
Miche Ratto New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention, Cover Design “The Agent from Iran”
“The Juice and Serve”
“Hackintosh”
Pam Shavalier Miami New Times 1st Place, Editorial Layout “Pint-Size Preacher”
Brian Stauffer Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Illustration “Good Cop, Bad Cop”
Jason Edmiston LA Weekly 2nd Place, Illustration “Between Iraq and a Hard Place”
Dan Picasso City Pages 3rd Place, Illustration “Fairmongering”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 3rd Place, Photography
J. Hoberman The Village Voice 1st Place, Arts Criticism “Why Hard Times Won't Mean Good Times”
“Robert Frank’s Real America”
“Let the Mild Rumpus Start!”
Randall Roberts LA Weekly 1st Place, Arts Feature “On the Road to Burma”
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 2nd Place, Arts Feature “Man on Man”
Robrt L. Pela Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, Arts Feature “Chasing Pablo”
Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Column “The MCSO & the Rape Victim”
“City Raids Pastor's Home”
“I Won’t Be Home for Christmas”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Column “The Fall Guy”
“Whitewashing Reality”
“Irony City”
Katy St. Clair SF Weekly 3rd Place, Column “Tea Party Politics”
“Don’t Try the Pineapple Truffles”
“Jay Bennett Breaks a Heart”
Tom Robbins The Village Voice 2nd Place, Column – Political “The Mayor’s Press Pass”
“Senate Coup Plotters’ Hidden Agenda”
“Gillibrand Learned How to
Defend Tobacco”
Matt Smith SF Weekly 3rd Place, Column – Political “Bumping Frights”
“Domestic Spouse”
“On Thin Ice”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place, Feature Story “The Giveaway”
Lauren Smiley SF Weekly 3rd Place, Feature Story “Exporting the Dead”
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly 1st Place, Food Writing “Floria del Rio Will Get Your Goat”
“Bistro LQ”
“So Sorry, So Good”
Jonathan Kauffman Seattle Weekly 2nd Place, Food Writing “... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of German Butterballs”
“Drawing Room Comedy”
“Healing from a Hot Pot”
Rachel Hutton City Pages 3rd Place, Food Writing “Superhero Me”
“The Urban Survivalist”
“Slaughterhouse Live”
Chris Vogel Houston Press 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “A Quiet Hell”
Lisa Rab New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Media Reporting “Newspapers Are Dead”
Rob Harvilla The Village Voice 1st Place, Music Criticism “Go See Phish at Least Once”
“On Michael Jackson's ‘This Is It’”
“On 50 Cent's Self-Help Book”
Jennifer Maerz SF Weekly 2nd Place, Music Criticism “A Long Strange Trip”
“Just Tweet It”
“DJ Beto”
Randall Roberts LA Weekly 3rd Place, Music Criticism “The Day the Music Died”
"Katy Perry Unpeeled”
“Bon Iver at Hollywood Forever Cemetery”
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly 1st Place, News Story (Long Form) “Lethally Blonde”
Mike Giglio Houston Press 3rd Place, News Story (Long Form) “Getting Off”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch Honorable Mention, News Story (Long Form) “Exit Strategy”
Michael Collins LA Weekly 3rd Place, News Story (Short Form) “The Valley’s Galaxy of Goo”
“Wrinkles at Runkle Canyon”
“Brentwood’s Toxic Grave”
Paul Knight Houston Press 1st Place, Pubic Service “Wild Rides”
Patrick McDonald, LA Weekly 3rd Pace, Public Service “Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year”
Jill Stewart, Tibby Rothman,
Daniel Heimpl
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Special Topic: Health Reporting “The Lost Kids”
Natalie O’Neill Miami New Times 2nd Place, Special Topic: Health Reporting “Piece of Mind”
Erin Carlyle City Pages 3rd Place, Special Topic: Health Reporting “Saving Juju”
Staff The Village Voice 1st Place, Blog “Runnin’ Scared”
Staff OC Weekly 2nd Place, Blog “Navel Gazing”
Amy Scattergood (editor) LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Blog “Squid Ink”
Robb Walsh Houston Press 2nd Place, Multimedia “Not So Clear Cut”
Staff The Village Voice 1st Place, Music Blog “Sound of the City”
Staff Houston Press 2nd Place, Music Blog “Rocks Off”
Staff Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Music Blog “A to Z”
Staff LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Music Blog “West Coast Sound”
Staff The Village Voice 3rd Place, Special Section Best of NYC 2009
Staff OC Weekly Honorable Mention, Special Section Best of OC 2009
2009 Pam Shavalier Miami New Times 1st Place, Cover Design “Share the F*&%ing Road”
“I’m HIV Positive”
“Drop Dead Sexy”
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Cover Design “Cougar Heaven”
“The Veep Fair”
“Lip Service”
Rob Williams Nashville Scene 3rd Place, Cover Design “Getting’ Jacked”
"Best of Nashville"
“Reckless Love”
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly 1st Place, Editorial Layout “Death of a Hollywood Beauty”
Ivylise Simones & Howard Huang The Village Voice 3rd Place, Editorial Layout “The Ultimate Re-Vamping”
Peter Storch & Jasmine Hobeheidar Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention, Editorial Layout “Green Fatigue”
Ivylise Simones The Village Voice Honorable Mention, Editorial Layout “Prodigy’s 25th Hour”
Brian Stauffer Riverfront Times 1st Place, Illustration “7-Up vs. Coke”
Christian Northeast The Village Voice 2nd Place, Illustration “A Wing and a Prayer”
Jennifer Silverberg Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Photography “Fighter”
“It Girls”
“Life is Short”
“Lip Service”
“Thousand Dollar Baby”
“Fist City”
“Mistress”
“D.I.Y”
“Princess”
Jim Hoberman The Village Voice 2nd Place, Arts Criticism “Kill One for the Gipper”
“What We Learned About the Election in this
Summer’s Movies”
“Deep Freeze”
Scott Foundas LA Weekly 3rd Place, Arts Criticism “Benjamin Button”
“Diary of the Dead”
“The Visitor”
Ella Taylor LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Arts Criticism “From Reverence to Rape”
“Waugh and Remembrance”
“Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile”
Nancy Rommelman LA Weekly 1st Place, Arts Feature “No Exit Plan”
Jason Harper The Pitch 3rd Place, Arts Feature “A Picture of Hope”
Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Column “Globe High School”
“Peter Singer to Talk”
“Sarah Fenske in Dogged Pursuit”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Column “No Nature for Old Men”
“What’s in a Nombre”
“Eat My Dirt”
Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly Honorable Mention, Column “¡Ask a Mexican!”
Tom Robbins The Village Voice 1st Place, Column – Political “Bloomberg’s Velvet Coup”
“Bloomberg’s Term-Limits Coup”
“Eliot Spitzer Goes Down”
Joel Warner Westword 1st Place, Feature Story “The Good Soldier”
Joel Warner Westword 3rd Place, Feature Story “Father of Invention”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Honorable Mention, Feature Story “Mental Anguish”
Barry Isaacson LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Feature Story “From Silver Lake to Suicide”
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly 1st Place, Food Writing “Breaking Free”
“Keep on Trucking”
“A Proper Brasserie”
Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Food Writing “The Pope of Pork”
Rachel Hutton City Pages 3rd Place, Food Writing “Spam: It’s Not Just for Inboxes”
“Honeycrisp’s Patent”
“Manny’s Attempts to Raise the Steaks”
John Dickerson Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Prescription for Disaster” series
Jared Jacang Maher Westword 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “State of Emergency”
Deirdra Funcheon New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention, Investigative Reporting “To Hug a Porcupine”
Michael Roberts Westword 2nd Place, Media Reporting Rocky Mountain News coverage
Ashley Harrell SF Weekly 1st Place, News Story – Long Form “Snitch”
Sean Gardiner The Village Voice 2nd Place, News Story – Long Form “Missing in Action”
Beth Walton City Pages 1st Place, News Story – Short Form “Midwest Oil Mining a Crude Idea”
“Local Couples Fight for Gay Rights”
“Holly Collins Retruns”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 2nd Place, News Story – Short Form “Killers in the Can”
“Burn, Baby, Burn”
“Voter Fraud Ahead”
Matt Snyders City Pages 1st Place, Election Coverage “Moles Wanted”
“Police Raid Anarchist Homes”
“Dozens of Journalists Arrested at RNC”
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Election Coverage “Love the War, Neglect the Warrior”
Wayne Barrett The Village Voice 3rd Place, Election Coverage “The Book of Sarah (Palin)”
Roy Edroso www.villagevoice.com 3rd Place, Innovation/Format Buster “Blogosphere Guide”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 2nd Place, Public Service “Selling You”
Rob Harvilla The Village Voice 1st Place, Music Criticism Down in Front
Pete Freedman Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Music Criticism “Swagger Like Us”
Kenny Be Westword 3rd Place, Cartoon Worst Case Scenario/Hip Tip
Dwayne Booth LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Cartoon Mr. Fish
Staff LA Weekly 1st Place, Special Section LA People 2008
Staff Seattle Weekly 2nd Place, Special Section 2008 Fall Arts Guide
Freelance contributors City Pages 3rd Place, Special Section Comix Issue
Staff The Village Voice Honorable Mention, Special Section Best of NYC
Staff Houston Press 1st Place, Blog Hair Balls
2008 Staff Phoenix New Times Finalists, Public Service “Target Practice”
R. Scott Moxley OC Weekly Finalist, Public Service “They Got the Sheriff”
Liz Garrigan & Jeff Woods Nashville Scene Finalists, Public Service “Mayor Bubba Smackdown”
Scott Foundas LA Weekly Finalist, Arts Criticism “Badlands”
“Born Identities”
“Iron Butterfly”
Troy Schulze Houston Press Finalist, Arts Feature “Black Box Office”
Rob Jordan Miami New Times Finalist, Arts Feature “Artist as Prisoner’
Malcolm Gay Riverfront Times Finalist, Arts Feature “The Case of the Shanghai Shamus”
Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly Finalist, Column “Ask A Mexican!”
Malcolm Gay Riverfront Times Finalist, Column “Keep It Down!”
Patricia Calhoun Westword Finalist, Column “Ladies Plight”
“Exhibitionists”
“The Nigerian Scam Strikes Again”
Tom Robbins The Village Voice Finalist, Column – Political “Mike Bloomberg, Free At Last”
“Benchwarmers”
“Rudy’s Brain”
Megan Feldman Dallas Observer Finalist, Feature Story “El Tren de la Muerta”
Dara Moskowitz City Pages Finalist, Food Writing “Then There Was None”
“Port is the Answer?”
“Colonel Mustard”
Lee Klein Miami New Times Finalist, Food Writing “Eat Shit and Die”
“Chew the Right Thing”
“Flapjack Flip-Off VII”
Gail Shepherd New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Food Writing “Dancing the Lobster Quadrille”
“Split Decision?”
“The Undersea World of Toby Joseph”
Carrington Fox Nashville Scene Finalist, Food Writing “The Sign of Paradise”
“Heckuva Job, Chappy”
“Get Your Goat”
Jeffrey Anderson LA Weekly Finalist, Investigative Reporting “The Town the Law Forgot”
Isaiah Thompson Miami New Times Finalist, Investigative Reporting “Swept Under the Bridge” and
“The People Under the Bridge”
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly Finalist, Investigative Reporting “The Lavendar Lie”
Nikki Finke LA Weekly Finalist, Media Reporting “Deadline Hollywood”
Liz Garrigan Nashville Scene Finalist, The Connye Miller Award for Media Reporting “Identity Crisis”
“Who Really Gored Gore?”
“Afflict the Afflicted”
Jonathan Cunningham New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Music Criticism “Freaks Come Out at Night”
Jennifer Maerz SF Weekly Finalist, Music Criticism “Forgiving the Past through Elliott Smith”
“It’s So Easy Being Green”
“Let’s Get Killed”
Rob Harvilla The Village Voice Finalist, Music Criticism “Hot Hot Heat”
“The Disorientation of Lauryn Hill”
“The Fey Highwayman”
David Zahniser LA Weekly Finalist, News Story – Long Form “The End of Murder”
David Martin The Pitch Finalist, News Story – Long Form “Not Hiring”
Jeffrey Anderson LA Weekly Finalist, News Story – Short Form “Name Game in Huntington Park”
“Slammed for Secret Asbestos Removal”
“Hector Marroquin’s Revenge”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Cleveland Scene Finalist, News Story – Short Form “Banking on D’s”
“Hunting the White Buffalo”
“The Wild, Wild West Bank”
Alexander Flores Dallas Observer Finalist, Cover Design “Dark Horse”
“Best of Dallas”
“Delivering Death”
Darrick Rainey SF Weekly Finalist, Cover Design “Future Games”
“Just Say No”
“Wheelchairs of Fortune”
Brian Stauffer Miami New Times Finalist, Illustration “The Suitcase Murders”
Brian Stauffer Miami New Times Finalist, Illustration “Guarimba!”
Nick Vlcek City Pages Finalist, Photography “Boy, Interrupted”
Eric England Nashville Scene Finalist, Photography “How to Grow a Rock Band”
“Lap Dances”
“Next Big Nashville”
“Hit Man”
“Man in the Middle”
Dwayne Booth LA Weekly Finalist, Cartoon "Mr. Fish"
Peter Scholtes, Jeff Shaw & Kevin Cannon City Pages Finalist, Innovation “Twin Cities Rock Atlas”
Eric Barton The Pitch Finalist, Innovation “Smoke & Mirrors”
Amy Haimerl & Kenny Be Westword Finalists, Innovation “Paint the Town Read”
Staff LA Weekly Finalist, Special Section LA People 2007
Nikki Finke LA Weekly Finalist, Blog “Deadline Hollywood Daily”
Staff Nashville Scene Finalists, Blog “Nashville Cream”
Staff Finalists, Website www.laweekly.com
2007 J. Hoberman The Village Voice 3rd Place, Arts Criticism “Anarchy in the UK”
“The New Disaster Movie”
“Mel Gibson is Responsible for All the Wars in the World”
Lee Klein Miami New Times 1st Place, Arts Feature “Foie Wars”
John Nova Lomax Houston Press 2nd Place, Arts Feature “Stealing the Show”
John Albert LA Weekly 3rd Place, Arts Feature “Death, Drugs, Rap and Redemption”
Staff Dallas Observer 1st Place, Blog Unfair Park
Nikki Finke LA Weekly 2nd Place, Blog Deadline Hollywood
J.T. Steiny LA Weekly 1st Place, Cartoon (3 or less publications) “Native’s Notebook”
Dwayne Booth LA Weekly 2nd Place, Cartoon (3 or less publications) “Mr. Fish”
Seven McDonald LA Weekly 1st Place, Column “Remember to Smile”
“After the Rapture”
“Onward American Soldier”
Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly 2nd Place, Column ¡Ask a Mexican!
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Column – Political “Who Crowned Michael Brown?”
“A Politician Weeps”
“Mayor Al Has to Go, Bad”
Liz Garrigan Nashville Scene 2nd Place, Column – Political “Be Very Afraid”
“A Valentine to Bill Covington”
“Van Hilleary for Senate”
Nick Vleck City Pages 1st Place (tie), Cover Design “The Man Who Thought He
Knew Too Much”
“I Am a Camera”
“Pitchfork Conquers the World”
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 1st Place (tie), Cover Design “One Swill Game”
“Brave New Town”
“St. Louis Chop Suey”
Michael Shavalier Miami New Times 2nd Place, Cover Design “Bad Seed Awards”
“Foie Wars”
“These Could Be Yours”
Michael Shavalier Miami New Times 3rd Place, Editorial Layout “Death by the Pound”
Todd Spivak Houston Press 1st Place, Feature Story “Hog Wild”
Matthew Fleischer LA Weekly 2nd Place, Feature Story “Navahoax”
Ashley Harrell New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Feature Story “Rebreathe Deep the Gathering Doom”
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly 1st Place, Food Writing “Out of the Flames”
“Flesh and Bone”
“Bring the Funk”
Dara Moskowitz City Pages 3rd Place, Food Writing “Have It All, Eat It Too”
“Urban Fishing”
“Carrot Invitational”
Jason Sheehan Westword Honorable Mention, Food Writing “Mama's House”
“Sum More, Please”
“Wedded Bliss”
Rick Sealock Riverfront Times 1st Place, Illustration “The Split From Hell”
Emily Witt Miami New Times 2nd Place, Immigration “Mock Trial”
Kristen Lombardi The Village Voice 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Death by Dust”
Todd Spivak Houston Press 3rd Place Investigative Reporting “Run Over By Metro”
Daniel Hernandez LA Weekly 2nd Place, Media Reporting/Criticism “Stirring the Other LA”
“Can't We All Calm Down”
“Shades of Brown”
Liz Garrigan Nashville Scene 3rd Place, Media Reporting/Criticism “Sad Brad Made Glad”
“Quitting and Firing”
“Fake News”
John Nova Lomax Houston Press 1st Place, Music Criticism “Just Say No Mas”
“Screw October”
“The Hype of March”
Rob Harvilla The Village Voice 3rd Place, Music Criticism “Crazy For You, But Not That Crazy”
“Get Busy Living”
“Spankmaster and Servant”
Sarah Kelley Nashville Scene 2nd Place, News Story/Long Form “Denied”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 2nd Place, News Story/Long Form “The Plane Truth”
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly 3rd Place, News Story/Long Form “Scourge of Skid Row”
Jeffrey Anderson LA Weekly 1st Place, News Story/Short Form “Heap of Trouble”
“Sex, Justice and the DA’s Office”
“The Steve and Bob Show”
Sarah Kelley Nashville Scene 2nd Place, News Story/Short Form “To Serve and Skedaddle”
“Justice Denied”
“To Answer Perry March”
Kevin Scanlon LA Weekly 1st Place, Photography People Issue 2006
Jennifer Silverberg Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Photography “Going Down Slow”
Eric England Nashville Scene Honorable Mention, Photography “Songs from the Workbench”
Staff LA Weekly 1st Place, Special Section Best of L.A.
Staff Nashville Scene 3rd Place, Special Section Best of Nashville
Staff LA Weekly 1st Place, Website Design www.laweekly.com
Staff City Pages 3rd Place, Website Design www.citypages.com
2006 Jim Ridley Nashville Scene 1st Place, Arts Criticism “Blown Opportunity”
“Lost in the Stars”
“Pulling Punch Lines”
David Downs East Bay Express 1st Place, Arts Feature “Roboscalper”
Jimmy Magahern Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Arts Feature “Big Cheese”
Malcolm Gay Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Arts Feature “Unfinished Symphony”
Roger Downey Seattle Weekly 3rd Place, Arts Feature “Tough Love for the Arts”
Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly 1st Place, Column “¡Ask a Mexican!”
Patricia Calhoun Westword Honorable Mention, Column “A Piece of the Action”
“Screwed for Life”
“A Peace of the Action”
Rebecca Schoenkopf OC Weekly 1st Place, Political Column “Commie Girl”
CJ Janovy The Pitch 3rd Place, Political Column “Dr. Phill”
“Blunt Trauma”
“Good Night and Good God”
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Cover Design “Mike Seely's Guide to the Final Four”
“Behold the Forty”
“Horse & Scissors”
Darrick Rainey SF Weekly 3rd Place, Cover Design “San Francisco Dog Court”
“My Dinner with White Supremacists”
“Rise of the Podcasting People”
Sarah Fenske, Robert Nelson, Jimmy Magahern Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Drugs Reporting “The Perfect Drug”
Paul Rubin, Joe Watson
Luke Turf Westword 3rd Place, Drugs Reporting “Lost & Found”
Beth Hawkins City Pages Honorable Mention, Drugs Reporting “Little Court of Horrors”
Karen Steichen Seattle Weekly 2nd Place, Editorial Layout “Rising and Shining”
Michael Shavalier Miami New Times 3rd Place, Editorial Layout “Extra Innings”
Michael Shavalier Miami New Times Honorable Mention, Editorial Layout “Cool and Collected”
Joe Watson Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Feature Story “Baby Man”
Judith Lewis L.A. Weekly 3rd Place, Feature Story “Green to the Core”
Will Harper East Bay Express Honorable Mention, Feature Story “A Man Named Sue”
Jonathan Gold L.A. Weekly 2nd Place, Food Writing “The Revolutionary”
“Raw Power”
“Sex and the Steak House”
Dara Moskowitz City Pages 3rd Place, Food Writing “Sweet, Sweet Liberty”
“Chef Driven”
“Rustica Rising”
Charles Ferruzza The Pitch Honorable Mention, Food Writing “Big Mac Attack”
“Whiz Kid”
“High Steaks”
Staff Riverfront Times 1st Place, Format Buster “Unreal Presents Soulard
Mardi Gras Bingo”
Kenny Be Westword 2nd Place, Format Buster “Worst Case Scenario”
Tommy Craggs SF Weekly 3rd Place, Format Buster “Remembering Our Camelot”
James Yamasaki Nashville Scene 2nd Place, Illustration “Confessions of a Substitute Teacher”
Tra Selhtrow Seattle Weekly 3rd Place, Illustration “Bill Gates”
Nikki Finke L.A. Weekly 1st Place, Media Reporting “Deadline Hollywood”
Sydney Schanberg The Village Voice 2nd Place, Media Reporting “Press Clips”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Media Reporting “Knight Riddance”
“Westside's Stories”
“Spreading the Plame”
Chad Garrison & Malcolm Gay Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Media Reporting “Pulitzer's Pain” & “Pulitzer's Gain”
Rob Harvilla East Bay Express 3rd Place, Music Criticism “The Titmaster Tommy Lee”
“Race Against Rockism”
“Powerpop for Now People”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place News Story/Long Form “Attack of the Killer Weed”
Robert Nelson Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, News Story/Long Form “Cross to Bare”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place News Story/Short Form “If the Shoe Fits”
“Welcome to America”
“Duke of Oil”
Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times 2nd Place News Story/Short Form “The Case of the Stained Glass Bandit”
“Current Event”
“Irons in the Fire”
Bootsy Hollery Seattle Weekly Honorable Mention, Photography “Naked Ambition”
Staff L.A. Weekly 2nd Place, Special Section “Best of L.A.”
Staff City Pages 3rd Place, Special Section “Minnesota's Greatest Hits”
www.seattleweekly.com Seattle Weekly 1st Place, Web Site
www.villagevoice.com Village Voice 2nd Place, Web Site
2005 Casey Logan The Pitch 2nd Place, Arts Feature “The Lighter Side of Torture”
Andrea Grimes Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Arts Feature “Paint by Numbers”
Tony Ortega The Pitch 3rd Place, Column “Jail Baited”
“Star Stuck”
“Dream On, Chiquita”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Honorable Mention, “Watching You”
Column “A Dog’s Life”
“Up in the Air”
Matt Smith SF Weekly 2nd Place, Political Column “Tower Inferno”
“Partners in Slime”
“Development Pressure”
Patricia Calhoun Westword Honorable Mention, Political Column “The Joke’s on Us”
“Where’s the Rest of Him?”
“True Lies”
Michael Shavalier Miami New Times 1st Place, Editorial Layout “Coffin Classics”
Jay Vollmar Westword 3rd Place, Editorial Layout “The Chiva Game”
Kendrick Blackwood The Pitch 2nd Place, Education “The Girl in the Bathroom”
Josh Harkinson Houston Press 3rd Place, Education “HCCS’s Gift Basket Bonanza”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Feature Story “Too Dumb to Die”
Justin Berton East Bay Express Honorable Mention, Feature Story “Lizard is a Rat”
Eric Alan Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention, Feature Story “The Deadliest Day”
Robb Walsh Houston Press 2nd Place, Food Writing “The Cow Says Oink”
“Sex, Death and Oysters”
“Osso Buco Me? Osso Buco You!”
Mark Stuertz Dallas Observer Honorable Mention, Food Writing “How Now Mad Cow?"
Marking Time
"Daddy, Help! "
Sheppard Fairey Miami New Times Honorable Mention, Illustration “The Cuba Factor”
David Hollenbach Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention, Illustration “Blood on Their Hands”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Sick District”
Aina Hunter Cleveland Scene 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting “Blue Mob, Parts 1 & 2”
Eric Celeste Dallas Observer 1st Place, Media Reporting “At the Ripping Point”
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, News Story/Long Form “Catch Him If You Can” &
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention, News Story/Long Form “Molecular Damage” &
“Civil Outcome”
David Holthouse Westword 2nd Place, News Story/Short Form “Call Me”
“File Not Found”
“Pepper Jacked”
Josh Harkinson Houston Press 3rd Place, News Story/Short Form “Firing Line”
“Carrying the Torch”
“Cooked Book”
2004 Christine Biederman Dallas Observer 1st Place, Arts Criticism “The Man and the Monument”
“Renoir the Pinhead”
“Gnarly”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Column “Guerilla Games”
“Freedom to Die”
“War Crime”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 2nd Place, Column “The Dull and Dreary Nightlife”
“Street Takes a Detour”
“Now Entering Fort Miami”
Tim Fleck Houston Press 2nd Place, Column/Political Commentary “Slipping Into Darkness”
“Return of the Boogie Man”
“Joe Nixon’s Two Faces”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place (tie), Column/Political Commentary “Incentivize This”
“Forgotten 9/11”
“Corruption and Nothingness”
Mark Gartland East Bay Express Honorable Mention, Editorial Layout “Gary Coleman for Governor!”
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer 1st Place, Feature Story “The Girl Who Played Dead”
Joe Miller The Pitch 2nd Place, Feature Story “War of Words”
Celeste Fraser Delgado Miami New Times 3rd Place, Feature Story “How Sweet It Was”
Tommy Craggs SF Weekly Honorable Mention, Feature Story “Fishing the Mainstream”
Matt Palmquist SF Weekly Honorable Mention, Feature Story “A Duty to Hack”
Robb Walsh Houston Press 1st Place, Food Writing “Barbecue in Black and White”
“Shooting Bambi's Mom”
“NYBBQ”
Jonathan Kaufman East Bay Express Honorable Mention, Food Writing “Postino's New Guard”
“Land of 1000 Specialties”
“Where Chintz is Still Hip”
Staff East Bay Express 1st Place, Format Busting “2003 Illustrated”
Chris Sickels Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Illustration “Clan of the Cave Geek”
Ismael Roldan SF Weekly 2nd Place, Illustration “The Great Left Hope”
Peter Byrne SF Weekly 1st Place (tie), Investigative Reporting “Death, Maiming, Money & Muni”
Julie Jargon Westword 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “The War Within”
Lisa Davis SF Weekly 1st Place, News Story “Glowing Review”
“Hot Story”
“Hot News”
Forrest Norman Miami New Times 3rd Place, News Story “High Noon in Homestead”
“Dangerous Medicine”
“Tiara Squirm-a”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention, News Story “Death Road”
“Spam Sandwich”
“Analyze This”
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 1st Place, News Story/In-depth “Rent-a-Patient”
J.D. Sparks Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Religion Reporting “Fallen Angel”
Scott Nowell Houston Press 3rd Place, Religion Reporting “Doing Time”
2003 Bernice Yeung SF Weekly Honorable Mention “Dancing with the Butoh Masters”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Honorable Mention, Business Reporting “Enough to Make You Sick”
Chuck Strouse New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Column “I, the Jury”
“Security Collars”
“Happy Tax Day”
Robert Nelson Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Column/Political Commentary “Sins of A Father”
“Sniper”
“Jail Bait”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Column/Political Commentary “Mr. No Apology” “
“Those Poor, Starvin' Cops”
“The Case of the Virgin Couriers”
Glenna Whitley Dallas Observer Honorable Mention, Feature Story “Crazy White Mother”
Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Legacy of Shame”
Chris Thompson East Bay Express 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting “Blood and Money”
Jennifer Mathieu Houston Press 1st Place, Media Reporting “Reality TV Bites”
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Media Reporting “Hip-Hopcrisy”
Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times Honorable Mention, Media Reporting “Incessant Static”
Mark Donald Dallas Observer 2nd Place, News Feature “Dirty or Duped”
Justin Berton East Bay Express 3rd Place, News Feature “Drugstore Cowboy”
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene 1st Place, News Story “Attack of the Puritans”
“Bullies with Badges”
“Mean Street”
Joe Miller The Pitch 2nd Place, News Story “Clever Cleaver”
“Highly Debatable”
“Legal Tender”
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, News Story “Dying Young”
“A Deadly Game?”
“Drinking Problem”
Jay Vollmar Westword 2nd Place, Cover Design Issue of 1.24.02
Issue of 3.14.02
Issue of 9.5.02
David Terrill The Pitch 2nd Place, Illustration “To Dive For”
Doug Kubert & Jay Thorton The Pitch 2nd Place, Editorial Layout “Oh, My Goth”
Frank Goodenough Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Editorial Layout “Hope in Hell”
Steve Satterwhite Miami New Times 2nd Place, Photography “We’re #1!”
2002 Matt Palmquist SF Weekly 3rd Place, Arts Feature “Sounds of Success”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 1st Place, Column/Political Commentary “The Real Cheaters”
“Brave New City”
“The Salazar Doctrine”
Ray Hartmann Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Column/Political Commentary “Look Who Didn't Trust the Feds”
“Really Strange Bedfellows”
“Exploit-the-Flag Day”
Charles Siderius Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Feature “Forget Me Not”
Lisa Davis & John Mecklin SF Weekly 1st Place, Investigative “Fallout”
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Investigative “Slammed” series
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Media Reporting “Satan or Savior?”
Bob Whitby New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Media Reporting “Bad News”
Chris Baty SF Weekly 3rd Place, Music Criticism “A Frustrating Mess”
“Party On”
“A Matter of Degrees”
New Times Staff NT Media 3rd Place, News Feature “Shades of Gray”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, News Story “A Sorry Excuse”
Amanda Scioscia Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention, News Story “Cop Out”
Dean Sebring Miami New Times 1st Place, Editorial Layout
Craig La Rotunda New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Illustration
2001 Rick Barrs New Times Los Angeles 1st Place, Column “It's a Gas, Gas, Gas”
“Theater of the Absurd”
“Nail in the Coffin”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 1st Place, Column/Political Commentary “The Shallow End”
“They Walk by Night”
“Tribal Vengeance”
Laura Bond Westword 2nd Place, Music Criticism “Turkish Delight”
“Prove It All Night”
“Border Crossing”
Denise Hamilton New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, News “This Boy’s Life”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times 3rd Place, News “Cruel & Ususal”
Christine Biederman Dallas Observer 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Good Cop, Bad Cop”
Bob Burtman Houston Press 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Paying the Price” & “Pumped Dry”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 1st Place, Sports “Super Bowl Champion”
Adam Pitluk Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Sports “Knockdown”
2000 Margaret Downing Houston Press 1st Place, Column “Texas Lottery”
“American Dream”
“School Outings”
Ed Lebow Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Arts Feature “This Old Crater”
Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Column/Political Commentary “Dick Turns a Deaf Ear”
“Pants Down in Broad Daylight”
“Finally, a Sense of Hope”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Column/ Political Commentary “Da Thug”
“The Legal Commode”
Steve McVicker Houston Press 1st Place, Corrections Reporting “Trouble in Mind”
Jim DeFede Miami New Times 2nd Place, Corrections Reporting “Inside Job”
Melinda Roth Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Feature Story “Dead Dogs Walking”
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Honorable Mention, Feature Story “The Terminator
Mike Tobin Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Comrades in Crime”
Jim Mullin Miami New Times 3rd Place, Media Reporting “Nice Guy, Wrong Job”
Randall Roberts Riverfront Times 1st Place, Music Criticism “Smells Like a Spirit”
“Original Gangsta”
“Space Invader”
Mark Athitakis SF Weekly 3rd Place, Music Criticism “Air Canada”
“Punks at War”
“Booty Call”
1999 Melissa Levine Riverfront Times 1st Place, Column/Political Commentary “Sordid Relationships”
George Cothran SF Weekly 2nd Place, Column/Political Commentary
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 1st Place, Feature Story “The Freak Who Stopped the Subway”
Peter Gilstrap New Times Los Angeles Honorable Mention, Feature Story “Snatching Sinatra”
Christine Biederman, Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Toxic Justice”
Patrick Williams, Julie Lyons
Terry Greene Sterling Phoenix New Times 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “The Money Changers”
Marc Cooper New Times Los Angeles Honorable Mention, News Story “Wired”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times Honorable Mention, News Story “Dream Team”
1998 Peter Byrne SF Weekly 1st Place, Business Reporting “The Great Bank Thievery”
David Cogan New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Business Reporting “Sell or Be Hanged”
John Dougherty Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Environmental Reporting “Dark Days on Black Mesa”
Kirk Semple Miami New Times 2nd Place, Environmental Reporting “How Green is Too Green?”
Michael Sragow SF Weekly 2nd Place, Film Writing/Criticism “City of Angels”
Bob Burtman Houston Press 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Easy Street”
Marc Cooper New Times Los Angeles 1st Place, Political Reporting “The Godfather of South Central”
Dave Wielenga New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place (tie), Media Reporting “Money Talks”
Association of Food Journalists Awards
2013 Katharine Shilcutt Houston Press 3rd Place, Best Newspaper Food Feature
Tejal Rao The Village Voice 2nd Place, Best Restaurant Criticism
Ian Froeb Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Restaurant Criticism
Andy Mannix & Mike Mullen City Pages 1st Place, Best Story on Food Policy
2012 Lauren Shockey The Village Voice 3rd Place, Best Newspaper Food Feature
Beth Barrett LA Weekly 1st Place, Best Newspaper Food News Story
Katharine Shilcutt Houston Press 1st Place, Best Internet Food News or Feature Story
Staff 1st Place, Best Food Blog Fork in the Road
Staff 2nd Place, Best Food Blog Squid Ink
Laura Hahnefeld Phoenix New Times 3rd Place, Best Food Essay
2011 Jonathan Gold LA Weekly 1st Place, Best Newspaper Criticism
Ian Froeb Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Newspaper Criticism
Brooke Foster Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Newspaper Food Feature
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly 2nd Place, Best Newspaper Food Feature
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly 3rd Place, Best Newspaper Food Feature
Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Newspaper Food News Story
Staff dallasobserver.com 2nd Place, Best Food Blog
Robert Sietsema The Village Voice 2nd Place, Best Food Essay
Katharine Shilcutt Houston Press 1st Place, Best Food Multimedia Presentation
2010 Staff The Village Voice 3rd Place, Best Newspaper Food Coverage
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Best Newspaper Food Feature
Jackie Sayet Miami New Times 3rd Place, Best Newspaper Food News Story
Lee Klein Miami New Times 2nd Place, Best Newspaper Restaurant Criticism
Staff (A. Scattergood/editor) LA Weekly 2nd Place, Best Food Blog
2009 Jonathan Kauffman Seattle Weekly 1st Place, Best Newspaper Restaurant Criticism
Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Newspaper Food Feature
2008 Lee Klein Miami New Times 1st Place, Best Newspaper Restaurant Criticism
Robb Walsh Houston Press 2nd Place, Best Newspaper Food Feature
Randall Roberts Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Newspaper Food Feature
Maggie Dutton Seattle Weekly 2nd Place, Best Newspaper Food Column
2007 Gail Shepherd New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Best Newspaper Restaurant Criticism
Malcolm Gay Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Newspaper Food Column
2006 Dara Moskowitz City Pages 2nd Place, Food Column Writing
Jonathan Kauffman East Bay Express 1st Place, Restaurant Reviews
Gail Shepherd New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Restaurant Reviews
2005 Mark Stuertz Dallas Observer 1st Place, Food News Reporting
Robb Walsh Houston Press 1st Place, Food Feature Writing
Rose Martelli Riverfront Times 1st Place, Restaurant Criticism
Robb Walsh Houston Press 2nd Place, Restaurant Criticism
Bonnie Wach SF Weekly 1st Place, Food Columns
2004 Robb Walsh Houston Press 3rd Place, Food Feature Writing
Robb Walsh Houston Press 2nd Place, Restaurant Criticism
Elaine Cicora Cleveland Scene 3rd Place, Restaurant Criticism
2003 Greg Hugunin SF Weekly 1st Place, Restaurant Criticism
Jonathan Kauffmann East Bay Express 2nd Place, Restaurant Criticism
Robb Walsh Houston Press 3rd Place, Restaurant Criticism
2002 Marty Jones Westword 1st Place, Column writing
Robb Walsh Houston Press 1st Place, Food news reporting
2001 Mark Stuertz Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Food News Reporting
Jack Boulware SF Weekly 2nd Place, Food Feature Writing
Carey Sweet Phoenix New Times 1st Place, Restaurant Criticism
Charles Ferruzza Pitch Weekly 2nd Place, Restaurant Criticism
2000 Meredith Brody New Times Los Angeles 3rd Place, Restaurant Criticism
Barry Levine SF Weekly 3rd Place, Columns
1999 Jen Karetnick, Miami New Times 1st Place, Columns
Harrison Fletcher Westword 2nd Place, Food Feature Writing
Kyle Wagner Westword 3rd Place, Food Feature Writing
1998 Andy Van De Voorde Westword 1st Place, Food News Reporting
Stuart Steers Westword 2nd Place, Food News Reporting
Kyle Wagner Westword 2nd Place, Columns
1997 Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place, Food Feature Writing
Mary Malouf Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Food Feature Writing
Jen Karetnick Miami New Times 2nd Place, Columns
Kyle Wagner Westword Honorable Mention, Columns
Mary Malouf Dallas Observer Honorable Mention, Food News Reporting
John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism
(Natural Resources Defense Council)
1999 Michael Gougis New Times Los Angeles Finalist “Troubled Waters”
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1999 Gayle Worland Westword Winner, small newspaper “A Bird in the Hand”
Utne Independent Press Awards
2007 Westword Westword Finalist, Local/Regional Coverage
The Village Voice The Village Voice Finalist, In-Depth/Investigative Coverage
L.A. Weekly L.A. Weekly Finalist, Best Writing
2004 Westword Westword Winner, Local/Regional Coverage
1999 SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, General Excellence/Newsweeklies
1998 Dallas Observer Dallas Observer Winner, Best Reporting/Newsweeklies
Education Reporting Awards/Education Writers Association
2011 Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 1st Place, Single-Day News Coverage or Feature (Large Market) “Bad Lunch”
Albert Samaha Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Single-Day News Coverage or Feature (Small Market) “Intentional Grounding”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting (Small Market) “Deaf Jam”
Stephen Lemons Phoenix New Times Special Citation, Opinion (Small Market) “White Lies”
2010 Lauren Smiley SF Weekly 1st Place, Single-Day News Coverage or Feature “The ABC’s of Ditching School”
Joel Warner Westword 2nd Place, Single-Day News Coverage or Feature “Lax and the City”
Melanie Asmar Westword 3rd Place, Single-Day News Coverage or Feature “Teacher’s Fret”
2009 Patricia Calhoun Westword 1st Place, Opinion (Small Media) “School Daze”
2008 Frank Alvarado Miami New Times 2nd Place, Feature (Circulation under 100,000) F-School Bomb
Elizabeth Green The Village Voice Special Citation, Feature (Circulation over 100,000) No More Pencils
Margaret Downing Houston Press 2nd Place, Opinion (Circulation under 100,000) Exit Exams
2007 Rob Jordan Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature (Circulation under 100,000) “The Missionary”
Luke Turf Westword Special Citation, Feature (Circulation under 100,000) “Last Chance High”
2006 Todd Spivak Houston Press 1st Place, Feature (Circulation under 100,000) “Cut Short”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Special Citation, Feature (Circulation under 100,000) “Opt In, Opt Out”
Kelly Cramer New Times Broward/Palm Beach Special Citation, Feature (Circulation under 100,000) “FCAT Scratch Fever”
Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times 1st Place, Investigative Reporting (Circulation under 100,000) Vashon High School series
2003 Eric Alan Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Feature (Circulation under 100,000) “Jeb’s Boy”
Chuck Strouse New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Opinion (Circulation under 100,000) “Steal From the Kiddies, Spoil the Rich”
2002 Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene Special Citation, Opinion Circulation over (100,000) “Welcome to Cheaptown”
2001 Margaret Downing Houston Press 1st Place, Opinion Circulation over (100,000) “But Who’s Counting”
Emily Bliss New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Feature (Circulation under 100,000) “A Scout for Life”
1999 Jeanette Batz Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Feature (Circulation over 100,000) “Guess Who’s Coming to Math Class?”
Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism
2000 was the first year New Times entered this contest, sponsored by the Anderson School at UCLA.
2011 Alan Prendergast Westword Finalist, Explanatory “You’re in Bad Hands”
2008 Todd Spivak Houston Press Finalist, Small Newspapers “Heads You Lose… Tails You Lose”
2005 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Small Newspapers “Our Mayor, the Lobbyist”
Bruce Rushton Phoenix New Times Finalist, Small Newspapers “In God We Trust”
2002 Matt Smith SF Weekly Finalist, Small Newspapers “Flying Blind” and “Flight Capital”
2001 Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times Winner, Small Newspapers “Porn in the USA”
Bob Burtman Houston Press Finalist, Small Newspapers “Paying the Price” and “Pumped Dry”
Jonathan Shikes Westword Finalist, Small Newspapers “Where the Buffalo Moan”
2000 Harris Meyer New Times Broward/Palm Beach Winner, Small Newspapers “The Doctor Will Sell You Now”
Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications
2013 John Nova Lomax Houston Press Winner, Newspaper Feature Story “Breaking It Down”
Gene Maddaus LA Weekly Winner, Newspaper Hard News “The Artful Dodger”
2012 Melanie Asmar Westword Winner, Newspaper Hard News Story “Passing on Education”
Staff Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspaper Special Section or Edition Best of Phoenix
2011 Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspaper Feature Story “What’s Mom Worth?”
2010 John Nova Lomax Houston Press Winner, Newspaper Feature Story “Love in the Time of Leprosy”
Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspaper Regular Opinion/Editorial Column “An Icy Wing and a Prayer”
“Who’s the Boss”
“The Kaites Connection”
“Sal DiCiccio’s Loop 202 Problem”
“I Won’t Be Home for Christmas”
2009 Patricia Calhoun Westword Winner, Newspaper Regular “Reminders”
Nonopinion/Informative Column “True West”
“Join the Club”
Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspaper Regular Opinion/Editorial Column “The Wrong Driver”
“Racketeering for Jesus”
“Fraud Squad”
2008 Eliza Strickland SF Weekly Winner, Newspaper Hard News Story “Burnt Chefs”
Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspaper Regular Opinion/Editorial Column “Taken for a (Bus) Ride”
“Daddy's Little Girl”
“Immigrant Song”
2007 Todd Spivak Houston Press Winner, Newspaper Feature Story “Run Over By Metro”
2006 Todd Spivak Houston Press Winner, Newspaper Feature Story (Circulation under 100,000) “Against All Odds”
Cristi Hegranes SF Weekly Winner, Newspaper Feature Story (Circulation of more than 100,000) “The Identity Makers”
Patricia Calhoun Westword Winner, Newspaper Regular Opinion/Editorial (Circulation under 100,000) “A Piece of the Action”
“Screwed for Life”
“A Peace of the Action”
2005 Kara Platoni East Bay Express Winner, Newspaper Feature Story (Circulation under 100,000) “The Ten Million Dollar Woman”
2004 Allie Johnson The Pitch Winner, Newspaper Hard News Story (Circulation under 100,000) “Heaven is Hell”
Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Newspaper Hard News Story (Circulation under 100,000) “The Godfather in the Closet”
Kara Platoni East Bay Express Winner, Newspaper Feature Story (Circulation under 100,000) “The Making of a Martyr”
CJ Janovy The Pitch Honorable Mention, Newspaper Feature Story (Circulation under 100,000) “Strictly Basement”
2003 Martin Kuz Cleveland Scene Winner, Newspaper Hard News Story (Circulation under 100,000) “The Wal-Mart Menace”
Geri Dreiling Riverfront Times Winner, Newspaper Feature Story (Circulation under 100,000) “Nasty Boys”
2002 Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene Winner, Newspaper Feature Story (Circulation under 100,000) “When Duty Didn’t Call”
David Holthouse Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspaper Feature Story (Circulation over 100,000) “Survival”
Staff New Times Media Winner, Newspaper Feature Series (Circulation of more than 100,000) “Shades of Gray”
2001 Allie Johnson PitchWeekly Winner, Newspaper Hard News Story (Circulation under 100,000) “The Hallmark Hall of Shame”
Andrew Putz Cleveland Scene Winner, Newspaper Feature Story (Circulation under 100,000) “Avenging Elaine”
2000 Jacqueline Marino Cleveland Scene Winner, Newspaper Feature Story (Circulation under 100,000) “The Million-Dollar Challenge”
National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award
2013 Alan Prendergast Westword Winner, Newspapers “Will Juvenile Lifers Get a Second Chance?”
Michael Miller Miami New Times Finalist, Newspapers “Death Trap”
Melanie Asmar Westword Finalist, Newspapers “Bad Company”
2012 Patricia Calhoun Westword Winner, Newspapers “Pen Pal”
Juliet Wittman Westword Winner, Newspapers “Redemption”
Lisa Rab New Times Broward/Palm Beach Winner, Newspapers “School of Hard Knocks”
Keegan Hamilton Seattle Weekly Winner, Newspapers “Meet Mr. Buzzard”
Johnathan Walczak Seattle Weekly Winner, Newspapers “The Day the Music Died”
Paul Rubin & Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspapers “Unbalanced”
2010 Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Winner, Newspapers “Streetwise He Wasn’t”
Graham Rayman Village Voice Winner, Newspapers “The NYPD Tapes”
Joel Warner Westword Winner, Newspapers “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Tell”
Sam Merten Dallas Observer Winner, Newspapers “A Few Troubled Men”
Megan Feldman Dallas Observer Winner, Newspapers “Unhooked”
2009 Chris Vogel Houston Press Winner, Newspapers “For Their Own Good”
Dainel Heimpel LA Weekly Winner, Newspapers “Rootop Kids” and “Left to Themselves”
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspapers “The Lost Kids”
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspapers “Judging Juvies”
Alan Prendergast Westword Winner, Newspapers “The Quality of Mercy”
2008 Laura Onstot Seattle Weekly Winner, Newspapers “Neverminded”
Graham Rayman The Village Voice Winner, Newspapers Teen Murders at Rikers Island series
Adam Cayton-Holland Westword Winner, Newspapers “Stand and Deliver”
2007 Mary Spicuzza SF Weekly Winner, Newspapers “Enter the Dragon Head”
Luke Turf Westword Winner, Newspapers “The Transformers”
2006 Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspapers “Teenage Wasteland”
A.C. Thompson SF Weekly Winner, Newspapers “Get Out of Jail Free”
Jessica Centers Westword Winner, Newspapers “All Grown Up”
2005 Nate Cavalieri SF Weekly Winner, Newspapers “The Lifesaver”
Alan Prendergast Westword Winner, Newspapers “Catch 16”
Jessica Centers Westword Winner, Newspapers “Focus on the Family”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach Winner, Newspapers “The Littlest Felons”
2004 Nadia Pflaum The Pitch Winner, Newspapers “A Boy’s Life”
Laura Bond Westword Winner, Newspapers “Street Wise”
2003 Alan Prendergast Westword Winner, Newspapers “Prisoners of Sex” & “Female Trouble”
Geri Dreiling Riverfront Times Winner, Newspapers “When Girls Go Wild”
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspapers “Slammed: A Continuing Report on Kids in Corrections”
Melissa Hung East Bay Express Winner, Newspapers “Lost Generation”
2002 Andrew Putz Cleveland Scene Winner, Newspapers “Unfortunate Son”
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer Winner, Newspapers “12-Year-Old Killer”
Amy Silverman Phoenix New Times Winner, Newspapers “Slammed” series
2000 Bernice Yeung SF Weekly Winner, Newspapers “Girl Problems”
Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award (National Press Foundation)
2012 Chris Sweeny New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention “Coral Capers”
2004 Kara Platoni East Bay Express Winner “The Making of a Martyr”
“I, Robot”
“It’s a Boy! We Make Sure of It”
2000 Joel P. Engardio SF Weekly Winner “Genes Without Frontiers”
St. Joseph’s Day Award/Faith and Politics Institute
2001 John Suval Houston Press Winner “Awakening Giant”
National Institute for Health Care Management/Annual Health Care Print Journalism Awards
2010 Mike Giglio Houston Press Finalist, General Circulation Publication “You Want a Piece of Me?”
2005 Sarah Fenske Houston Press Finalist, General Circulation Publication “Ground Zero”
2001 Melinda Roth Riverfront Times Winner, General Circulation Publication “State of Pain”
Best American Sports Writing Anthology/Houghton & Miflin
This is not a traditional contest; New Times submits stories to be considered for inclusion in this yearly anthology.
2012 Albert Samaha Riverfront Times “Intentional Grounding” (Included in the Notable Sports Writing of 2012)
2010 Mike Mooney New Times Broward/Palm Beach “Friday Night Tights” (Included in the “Notable Sports Writing of 2011”)
2009 Mike Mooney New Times Broward/Palm Beach “Royal Flushed”
2005 Ben Paynter The Pitch “So, You Wanna Be a Cowboy?”
2004 Andrew Miller The Pitch “Field of Broken Dreams”
2003 Tommy Craggs SF Weekly “Fishing the Mainstream”
Carlton Stowers Dallas Observer “Friday Night Lite”
2002 Susy Buchanan Phoenix New Times “Appetite for Destruction”
2001 Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene “Tough Guy”
2000 James Hibberd Phoenix New Times “Hello, Mr. Chips”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer “Bucking Crazy” (Included in the “Notable Sports Writing of 1999 List”)
1999 Randall Patterson Houston Press “The Trophy Son”
1998 Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times “Coming of Age at the 50-yard Line”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer “Goofy Golf”
Da Capo Best Music Writing/Da Capo Press
Like the Best American Sportswriting Anthology, this is not a traditional contest. 2001 was the first year that a New Times music writer was chosen for inclusion in this yearly anthology.
2006 Katy St. Clair SF Weekly “A Very Special Concert”
2004 Roy Kasten Riverfront Times “Wild is the Wind”
2001 Gilbert Garcia Phoenix New Times “The Tao of Esteban”
Best American Essays/ Houghton & Miflin
2012 Aimee Levitt Riverfront Times “Little House in the Present”
Michael Stusser Seattle Weekly “Speak No Evil, Tweet No Evil”
Best American Crimewriting/Harper Perennial
2009 Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly “Smooth Jailing”
2007 Alan Prendergast Westword “The Caged Life”
Nick Schou OC Weekly “Just a Random Female”
2006 Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene “Sex Thief”
Robert Nelson Phoenix New Times “Altar Ego”
Best Non-required Reading/Houghton MifflinHouHough
2009 Aimee Curl-Riordan Seattle Weekly “I’m Not with Busey”
Best Food Writing/Avalon Books
Like The Best American Sportswriting Anthology, this is not a traditional contest. 2001 was the first year that a New Times restaurant critic was chosen for inclusion in this yearly anthology
2013 Katharine Shilcutt Houston Press “I Ate My First McRib, and I Regret It”
Laura Hahnefeld Phoenix New Times “Chasing Amy”
2012 Katharine Shilcutt Houston Press “They Don’t Have Tacos in the Suck”
2011 Jonathan Kauffman SF Weekly “Shark’s Fin”
Laura Hahnefeld Phoenix New Times “My Year of Eating Dangerously”
2010 Jonathan Kauffman Seattle Weekly ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of German Butterballs
Rachel Hutton City Pages Anonymous Online Reviews Affecting Twin Cities Eateries
Sarah DiGregorio The Village Voice Gino Cammarata, Gelato King
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly “Fried in East LA”
2009 Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times “The Pope of Pork”
Rachel Hutton City Pages “Spam: It’s Not Just for Inboxes Anymore”
Peter Jamison SF Weekly “Out of the Wild”
John Linn New Times Broward/Palm Beach “Highway to Hog Heaven”
Jason Sheehan Westword “The Last of the Great $10 Steaks”
2008 Robb Walsh Houston Press “Guess Who’s Making Your Dinner?”
Jason Sheehan Westword “Mr. Wizard”
2007 Robb Walsh Houston Press “Las Fabulosas Taco Trucks”
Jason Sheehan Westword “Wedded Bliss”
Gail Shepherd New Times Broward/Palm Beach “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
Michael Stusser Seattle Weekly “Organicize Me”
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly “Porno Burrito”
Dara Moskowitz City Pages “Then There Were None”
Charles Ferruzza The Pitch “A Sugar Binge”
2006 Robb Walsh Houston Press “Spy v. Spy”
Jason Sheehan Westword “Mama’s House”
Charles Ferruzza The Pitch “Reality Bites”
2005 Robb Walsh Houston Press “Osso Buco Me? Osso Buco You!”
Jason Sheehan Westword “See Food”
2004 Robb Walsh Houston Press “Sex, Death and Oysters”
Jason Sheehan Westword “Way to Go”
2002 Robb Walsh Houston Press “Say Cheez”
2001 Robb Walsh Houston Press “The Inkblot Test”
GLAAD Media Awards
2012 Andy Mannix City Pages Finalist, Outstanding Newspaper Article “Game Changer”
2011 Melanie Asmar Westword Finalist, Outstanding Newspaper Article “Coming Out in America”
2007 Lauren Smiley SF Weekly Finalist, Outstanding Newspaper Article “Girl/Boy Interrupted”
2004 Laura Bond Westword Finalist, Outstanding Newspaper Article “A Grim Prognosis”
2001 Jennifer Mathieu Houston Press Finalist, Outstanding Newspaper Article “Positive Love”
George Polk Awards/Long Island University
2001 Lisa Davis SF Weekly Winner, Environmental Journalism “Fallout”
Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism/The Pennsylvania State University College of Communication
2006 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist Norman (2.23.06, 3.2.06, 4.27.06, 12.28.06)
2005 Sydney Schanberg The Village Voice Winner Press Clips
2003 Michael Roberts Westword Finalist The Message (5.22.03, 7.24.03, 8.14.03, 11.6.03, 12.11.03)
2001 Michael Roberts Westword Finalist The Message (4.12.01, 5.10.01, 5.31.01, 8.30.01, 9.27.01, 12.20.01)
Harry Chapin Media Awards/World Hunger Year
2003 staff Miami New Times Finalist, Journalism “We’re Number One!”
Best in Business Awards/Society of American Business Editors and Writers
2003 Geri Dreiling Riverfront Times Certificate of Merit, Spot Enterprise News, Circulation up to 125,000 “Nasty Boys”
Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals
2012 Juliet Wittman Westword Finalist/ Culinary Travel Writing, “Czech, Please”
Memoirs and Personal Essays
2010 John Birdsall sfweekly.com Finalist/Blog SFoodie
Robb Walsh houstonpress.com Finalist/Blog Eating our Words
Sarah DiGregorio The Village Voice Finalist/Culinary Writing w/o Recipes “Live and Let Liver”
2009 Jonathan Kauffman Seattle Weekly Winner/Internet story "What I Saw, and Ate, at the Pig 'Sacrifice'"
Lee Klein Miami New Times Winner/Newspapers Kick the Bottle
2008 Lee Klein Miami New Times Winner/Newspapers “Eat Shit and Die”
Eliza Strickland SF Weekly Finalist/Newspapers “Burnt Chefs”
2007 Jason Sheehan Westword Winner/Newspapers “Mama’s House”
2006 Adam Cayton-Holland Westword Winner/Newspapers “Word of Mouth”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist/Newspapers “Texas Burger Binge”
Joel Warner Westword Finalist/Newspapers “Mr. Big”
2005 Sam Eifling New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist/Newspapers “Hot Dog, Ho!”
Malcolm Gay Riverfront Times Finalist/Newspapers “Eat Me”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist/Newspapers “Sex, Death and Oysters”
Templeton Story of the Year/Religion Newswriters Association
2005 Ben Westhoff Riverfront Times Finalist “Jesus for Juniors”
Thurgood Marshall Award/Death Penalty Information Center
2006 Robert Nelson Phoenix New Times Winner, Print Journalism “About Face”
Edgar A. Poe Awards/White House Correspondents’ Association
2007 Emily Witt Miami New Times Honorable Mention “The Few, The Proud…”
“Pearl of the Antilles”
“Mock Trial”
Rob Jordan Miami New Times Honorable Mention “Terminal Incarceration”
“Deconstruction”
MOLLY National Journalism Prize/The Texas Observer
2011 Chris Vogel & Patrick Michels Houston Press/Dallas Observer Finalists “Asylum Denied”
Patricia Calhoun Westword Finalist “Spreading Her Wings”
2010 Chris Vogel Houston Press Honorable Mention “For Their Own Good”
2009 Sarah Fenske Phoenix New Times Finalist “The Wrong Driver”
“One-Drink Wonder”
“Deaf Justice”
“A Real Dog of a Case”
National Entertainment Journalism Awards/Los Angeles Press Club
2012 Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 2nd Place, Entertainment Journalist of the Year/All Platforms
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 2nd Place, Business/All Platforms “The Death of Film”
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 2nd Place, Personality Profile/Print “Never Grow Up”
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 2nd Place, Feature, Under 1,000 Words/Print “Interview with a Corpse”
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 2nd Place, Columnist of the Year Candyland columns
2011 Steven Leigh Morris LA Weekly Print Critic of the Year
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 2nd Place, Columnis of the Year
Staff LA Weekly 2nd Place, Entertainment Publications 2010 Hollywood Film Guide
Staff LA Weekly 2nd Place, Online Feature Coachella coverage
Keith Plocek LA Weekly Winner, Best Tweet
Ben Westhoff & Rebecca Haitcoat LA Weekly Winner, Facebook Presence laweekly.com Facebook page
Gustavo Turner LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Feature Over 1,000 Words “Insane Clown Posse”
Karina Longworth LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Feature Under 1,000 Words “Wanda Restoration”
2010 Scott Foundas LA Weekly Winner, Print Critic of the Year
Scott Foundas LA Weekly Winner, Print Feature/Personality Profile Over 1,000 words “Boxing, Sex and Madness”
Scott Foundas, Tom Christie & Drex Heikes LA Weekly 2nd Place, Best Entertainment Publication 2009 Film Issue
2009 Ella Taylor LA Weekly Winner, Print Critic of the Year
Nancy Rommelman LA Weekly 2nd Place, Feature/Print
2008 Nikki Finke LA Weekly 2nd Place, Best News Story/Print
Nikki Finke LA Weekly 1st Place, Best News Story/Online
Nikki Finke LA Weekly 1st Place, Best Feature Story/Online
Ella Taylor LA Weekly 1st Place, Best Critic/Print
Nikki Finke LA Weekly 1st Place, Best Critic/Online
Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award/ The Foundation for Biomedical Research
2009 Max Taves LA Weekly Winner “A Small Win Against Extremism”
Anna Quindlen Award for Excellence in Journalism on Behalf of Children and Families/Child Welfare League of America
2009 Daniel Heimpel LA Weekly Winner “Left to Themselves”

Regional Awards

Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.
2012 Chris Gray, Craig Hlavaty & Shea Serrano Houston Press 1st Place Arts & Entertainment Writing
Ian S. Port SF Weekly 3rd Place Arts & Entertainment Writing
2011 Chris Vogel Houston Press 1st Place Growth & Environment Reporting
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place Growth & Environment Reporting
Monica Alonzo Phoenix New Times 1st Place Immigration & Border Reporting
Craig Malisow Houston Press 1st Place Feature Writing, Long Form
Jim Schutze Houston Press 2nd Place Feature Writing, Long Form
Charlotte Hsu LA Weekly 3rd Place Feature Writing, Long Form
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place Arts & Entertainment Writing
Daniel Rodrigue Dallas Observer 3rd Place Arts & Entertainment Writing
Beth Barrett LA Weekly 3rd Place Business & Financial Reporting
Peter Jamison SF Weekly 1st Place Sports Reporting
Joel Warner Westword 3rd Place Sports Reporting
Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly 2nd Place Special Topic Column Writing
Alex Flores Dallas Observer 2nd Place Page Design
2010 Michael Lacey, Paul Rubin & Stephen Lemons Phoenix New Times 1st Place Immigration & Minority Affairs Reporting
Joe Eskenazi SF Weekly 1st Place Growth & Environment Reporting
Amy Scattergood LA Weekly 3rd Place Blog Writing
2009 Adam Cayton-Holland Westword 1st Place Arts & Entertainment Writing
Staff Phoenix New Times 2nd Place Environmental & Natural Resources Reporting
Staff OC Weekly 2nd Place Blog Writing
John Dickerson Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Growth & Development Reporting
Jared Jacang Maher Westword 3rd Place Arts & Entertainment Writing
2008 Nikki Finke LA Weekly 1st Place Special Topic Column Writing
Tim Foley LA Weekly 1st Place Illustration
David Zahniser LA Weekly 2nd Place Growth & Development Reporting
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly 2nd Place Immigration & Minority Affairs
Matthew Fleischer LA Weekly 3rd Place Immigration & Minority Affairs
2007 Kara Platoni East Bay Express 3rd Place (tie) General Reporting
John Dougherty Phoenix New Times 2nd Place General Interest Column Writing
Nikki Finke LA Weekly 3rd Place General Interest Column Writing
2006 Joe Watson Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Immigration and Minority Affairs Reporting
2005 David Holthouse Westword 1st Place Feature Writing, Long Form
Robert Nelson Phoenix New Times 3rd Place (tie) Feature Writing, Long Form
2001 Tony Ortega New Times Los Angeles 3rd Place Sports Reporting
David Holthouse Westword 3rd Place General Reporting
2000 Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place Feature Writing, Long Form
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place General Reporting
Eric Dexheimer Westword 3rd Place Special Topic Column Writing
1999 Stuart Steers Westword 1st Place Business & Financial Reporting
Justin Berton Westword 2nd Place Sports Reporting
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Sports Reporting
1998 Jack Boulware SF Weekly 1st Place Sports Reporting
Ron Russell & Victor Mejia New Times Los Angeles 3rd Place Immigration & Minority Affairs Reporting
1997 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 2nd Place Business & Financial Reporting
1996 Stuart Steers Westword 2nd Place Growth & Development
1995 Karen Bowers Westword 3rd Place General Reporting
John Dougherty Phoenix New Times 2nd Place Business and Financial Reporting
Terry Greene Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Immigration and Minority Affairs Reporting
Ellen McGarrahan SF Weekly 2nd Place Growth and Development Reporting
Sia Michel SF Weekly 2nd Place Feature Writing, Long Form
1994 Kim Klein Phoenix New Times 1st Place Words, Editing & Design
Jeremy Voas Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Headline Writing
1993 Andy Van de Voorde Westword 1st Place Feature Writing, Long Form
John Dougherty Phoenix New Times 1st Place Environmental Reporting
Darrin Hostetler Phoenix New Times 3rd Place General Reporting
1992 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 3rd Place General Reporting
1991 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 1st Place Sports Reporting
Robin Chotzinoff Westword 3rd Place Feature Writing (Long Form)
Terry Greene Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Environment/Natural Resources Reporting
1990 Michael Lacey, David Phoenix New Times 1st Place Project Reporting
Bodney, Ward Harkavy,
Paul Rubin, Darrin
Hostetler, Ann Sieber
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 2nd Place General Reporting
Jana Bommersbach Phoenix New Times 2nd Place Feature Writing (Long Form)
Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Feature Writing (Long Form)
Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Column Writing
Jana Bommersbach Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Investigative Reporting
Kathleen Stanton, Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Environment/Natural Resources Reporting
1989 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 1st Place Sports Reporting
Dewey Webb Phoenix New Times 2nd Place Headline Writing
Jana Bommersbach Phoenix New Times 3rd Place General Reporting
Andy Van de Voorde Westword 3rd Place Growth & Development Reporting
1988 Ruben Hernandez Phoenix New Times 1st Place General Reporting
Terry Greene Phoenix New Times 1st Place Immigration Reporting
Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 1st Place Sports Reporting
Michael Lacey Phoenix New Times 2nd Place Feature Writing (Short Form)
Richard Fleming Phoenix New Times 2nd Place Environment/Natural Resources Reporting
1987 Paul Rubin Phoenix New Times 2nd Place Feature Writing
Dave Walker Phoenix New Times 2nd Place Sports Reporting
Terry Greene, Kathleen Phoenix New Times 3rd Place Project Reporting
Stanton, Michael Lacey,
Christine Tschopp
Terry Greene Phoenix New Times 3rd Place General Reporting
Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing
2012 City Pages City Pages Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer April 20, 2011 issue
LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer April 15, 2011 issue
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer September 30, 2011 issue
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer March 9, 2011 issue
Westword Westword Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer November 24, 2011 issue
Craig Malisow/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer Down the Hatch
Staff/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalists, Best News Story/Consumer Day of the Dead
Peter Jamison/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer Let Him Prey
Steve Jansen & Gus Garcia-Roberts/Houston Press Houston Press Finalists, Best Public Service Series or Article/Consumer & Trade “Knocked Out”
Amy Silverman & Paul Rubin/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalists, Best Public Service Series or Article/Consumer & Trade “Shadow Dwellers”
Joe Eskenazi & Benjamin Wachs/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalists, Best Series of Articles/Consumer & Trade “The Worst Run Big City in the U.S.”
Margaret Downing/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer “Mistaken Identities”
Stephen Lemons/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer “Sourpuss”
2011 OC Weekly OC Weekly Winner, Tabloids/Consumer April 30, 2010 issue
Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer August 26, 2010 issue
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer October 20, 2010 issue
Westword Westword Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer October 7, 2010 issue
Gendy Alimurung/LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “The Fight of his Life"
Paul Rubin/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Winner, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “Pinalcchio” & “Whitewash”
Joe Eskenazi, Greg Dewar, Benjamin Wachs/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalists, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “Muni Death Spiral” & “Let It Bleed”
Margaret Downing/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer “Children of God”
Beth Barrett/LA Weekly LA Weekly Winner, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Dance of the Lemons”
Chris Vogel/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Steamrolled”
Sarah Fenske/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Mr. Big Stuff”
Peter Jamison/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Dead Sea”
Alan Prendergast/Westword Westword Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “You’re In Bad Hands”
2010 Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer April 23, 2009 issue
LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer February 27, 2009 issue
OC Weekly OC Weekly Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer September 25, 2009 issue
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer June 17, 2009 issue
Westword Westword Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer May 14, 2009 issue
houstonpress.com Houston Press Best Web or Digital Edition Magazine Blog/Trade & Consumer
ocweekly.com OC Weekly Best Web or Digital Edition Magazine Blog/Trade & Consumer
Joe Eskenzi/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “Service with a Snarl”
Erin Carlyle/City Pages City Pages Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “Lisa Knows Best” & “The Perks of Office”
Amy Silverman/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “The Lost Kids”
Amy Silverman/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “The Lost Kids”
Joel Warner/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “Growth Industry” & “Cash Crop”
Sarah Fenske/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer “The Kaites Connection”
Chris Vogel/Houston Press Houston Press Winner, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “A Quiet Hell”
Michael Lacey, Stephen Lemons, Phoenix New Times Finalists, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Are Your Papers in Order?”
Paul Rubin/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times
Benjamin Wachs & Joe Eskenazi/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Public Service Series or “The Worst-Run Big City”
Tibby Rothman & Jill Stewart/LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalists, Best News Story/Consumer “It’s War: The Prop. 8 Ruling”
Sarah Fenske/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalists, Best News Story/Consumer “Good Cop, Bad Cop”
Peter Jamison/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Time Bomb”
2009 Tabloids/Consumer Houston Press Finalist July 17, 2008 issue
LA Weekly LA Weekly Winner, Tabloids/Consumer June 27, 2008 issue
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer April 17, 2008 issue
Westword Westword Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer August 21, 2008 issue
Kenny Be/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Regularly Featured Web or Digital Edition Column/Consumer Delegating Denver
Chris Vogel/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “Prison Cover-Up”
John Dickerson/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer Prescription for Disaster series
Amy Silverman/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer “Mommy Dearest”
Craig Malisow/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Selling You”
Chris Vogel/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Crime Doesn’t Pay (Back)”
Max Taves/LA Weekly LA Weekly Winner, Best News Story/Consumer “Rathouse of Palisades”
Johnny Dwyer/LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Warrior on Trial”
Amy Silverman/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Postmodern McCain”
Jared Jacang Maher/Westword Westword Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Hotel Martino”
Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Single Editorial Photograph/Consumer
2008 Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer December 6, 2007 issue
LA Weekly LA Weekly Winner, Tabloids/Consumer September 7, 2007 issue
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer October 18, 2007 issue
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer June 6, 2007 issue
Etgar Keret/LA Weekly LA Weekly Winner, Best Fiction/ Trade & Consumer “One Hundred Percent”
Katherine Karlin/LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Best Fiction/ Trade & Consumer “The Good Word”
Stephen Clark/LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Best Fiction/ Trade & Consumer “Topsy the Elephant”
Sandi Tan/LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Best Fiction/ Trade & Consumer “Thwack!”
Christine Buckley/LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “From Hunter to Hunted”
Rick Anderson/Seattle Weekly Seattle Weekly Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “Cracking the Lavender Code”
Adam Cayton-Holland/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “An Uphill Battle”
Jeffrey Anderson/LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “The Town the Law Forgot”
Ray Stern/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “What Happens in Vegas…” & “Money for Nothing”
John Nova Lomax/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer “Doug Superman”
Todd Spivak/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Toxic Town”
Margaret Downing/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Killing Fences”
Staff/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Winners, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Target Practice”
David Zahniser/LA Weekly LA Weekly Winner, Best News Story/Consumer “The End of Murder”
Staff/LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalists, Special Theme Issue/Consumer The 2007 People Issue
Kelly Lewis/OC Weekly OC Weekly Finalist, Best B/W or Two-Color Editorial Layout/Trade & Consumer “Gabbamania!”
2007 SF Weekly SF Weekly Winner, Tabloids/Consumer July 26, 2006 issue
LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer January 27, 2006 issue
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer October 26, 2006 issue
Seattle Weekly Seattle Weekly Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer June 14, 2006 issue
Westword Westword Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer January 5, 2006 issue
Monica Fuentes/Houston Press Houston Press Winner, Best Cover/Consumer September 21, 2006 issue
Todd Spivak/Houston Press Houston Press Winner, Best Feature Article/Consumer “Hog Wild”
Steve Buel/East Bay Express East Bay Express Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “The Quick & the Dead”
Todd Spivak/Houston Press Houston Press Winner, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Run Over By Metro”
Sarah Fenske/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer “Cracked Houses”
Paul Rubin/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Winner, Best Series of Articles/Consumer Murder City
Sam Slovick/LA Weekly LA Weekly Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer Skid Row Series
Matt Smith/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer “Bank of Indifference”
2006 Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer December 8, 2005 issue
Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer August 11, 2005 issue
East Bay Express East Bay Express Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer May 11, 2005 issue
Gillian Anderson/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Cover/Consumer April 14, 2005 issue
Craig Malisow/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Exposed Nerve”
Josh Harkinson/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Wretched Excess”
Sarah Fenske/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Winner, Best News Story/Consumer “Ambulance Chasers”
Craig Malisow/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Dr. Nice”
Todd Spivak/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Overstimulated”
John Dougherty/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Polygamy in Arizona”
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/Consumer Music section (2/9/05, 3/30/05, 8/3/05)
Phoenix New Times staff Phoenix New Times staff Winners, Best Series of Articles/Consumer The Perfect Drug
Daniel Kramer/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Single Editorial Photograph/Consumer “Who Cares?”
2005 East Bay Express East Bay Express Winner, Tabloids/Consumer March 24, 2004 issue
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer October 7, 2004 issue
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer October13,2004issue
The Pitch The Pitch Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer December 9, 2004 issue
Westword Westword Finalist, Tabloids/Consumer September 25, 2004 issue
The Pitch The Pitch Finalist, Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/Consumer Café section (1/1/04, 11/14/04, 12/2/04)
Justin Berton/East Bay Express East Bay Express Winner (tie), Best Interview or Profile/Consumer “Lizard is a Rat”
Ben Paynter/The Pitch The Pitch Winner (tie), Best Interview or Profile/Consumer “Beating the Rap”
Mike Seely/Riverfront Times Riverfront Times Finalist, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer “Tallboys”
Bernice Yeung/SF Weekly SF Weekly Winner, Best News Story/Consumer “Enslaved in Palo Alto”
Susan Goldsmith/East Bay Express East Bay Express Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum”
Robert Gammon/East Bay Express East Bay Express Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Fire and Ice Cream”
Paul Rubin/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Molecular Damage”
Chad Garrison/Riverfront Times Riverfront Times Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “The Case That Haunts”
Josh Harkinson/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Ship Wrecked”
Amy Silverman/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Winner (tie), Best Feature Article/Consumer “Up the Down Staircase”
David Holthouse/Westword Westword Winner (tie), Best Feature Article/Consumer “Stalking the Bogeyman”
Michael Serazio/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “Gambling on Iraq”
Josh Harkinson/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Thrilled to Death”
Michael Lacey/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Winner, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/ Consumer “What Was He Thinking?”
Margaret Downing/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/ Consumer “Up in the Air”
John Dougherty/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer “Please, It’s About Time”
John Dougherty/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer Sheriff Joe Arpaio Coverage
Alan Prendergast/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “Places Worth Saving”
Tom Carlson/Riverfront Times Riverfront Times Finalist, Best Cover/Consumer March 10, 2004 issue
Mike Seely/Riverfront Times Riverfront Times Finalist, Best Fiction/Trade & Consumer “Tony La Russa’s Manhattan Project”
2004 East Bay Express East Bay Express Winner, Best Consumer Tabloid April 30, 2003 issue
Riverfront Times Riverfront Times Finalist, Best City and Metropolitan paper November 26, 2003 issue
Westword Westword Finalist, Best City and Metropolitan paper December 4, 2003 issue
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid December 4, 2003 issue
Riverfront Times Riverfront Times Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid October 22, 2003 issue
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid August 6, 2003 issue
The Pitch The Pitch Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid July 3, 2003 issue
Albert Orta/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best B/W or 2-color Editorial Layout/Consumer “Road Show”
Craig Malisow/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “A Figure to Die For”
Eric Dexheimer/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “A Model Prisoner”
Craig Malisow/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Deal of a Lifetime”
Paul Rubin/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Rent-a-Patient”
Geri L. Dreiling/Riverfront Times Riverfront Times Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Best Evidence”
Wendy Grossman/Houston Press Houston Press Winner, Best Public Service Series “Catching Elevators”
John Dougherty/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Public Service Series “Polygamy in Arizona”
John Mecklin/SF Weekly Phoenix New Times SF Weekly/Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best City and Metropolitan paper September 11, 2002 issue
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid May 9, 2002 issue
Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid February 7, 2002 issue
East Bay Express East Bay Express Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid September 11, 2002 issue
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid May 8, 2002 issue
Lisa Davis/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “The New Defenders”
Wendy Grossman/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Buyers’ Remorse”
Chris Thompson/East Bay Express East Bay Express Winner, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “Blood & Money”
Lessley Anderson/SF Weekly SF Weekly Winner, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer “Osama bin laden dislikes Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats”
Amy Silverman/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer “Old Glory”
Kara Platoni/East Bay Express East Bay Express Finalist, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer “2C-T-7’s Bad Trip”
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/Consumer “Night Crawler”
The Pitch The Pitch Finalist, Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/Consumer Music section
The Pitch The Pitch Finalist, Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/Consumer Café section
Wendy Grossman/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “In the Doghouse”
Geri Dreiling/Riverfront Times Riverfront Times Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Nasty Boys”
Lisa Davis/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Fallout: The Past is Present”
2002 Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid November 1, 2001 issue
Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid April 12, 2001 issue
East Bay Express East Bay Express Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid November 21, 2001 issue
James Hibberd/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “Hook, Line and Sinner”
Laura Laughlin/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Arizona's Worst Neighbor”
Bob Burtman/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Nature of the Beast”
Alan Prendergast/Westword Westword Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “The Siege”
Alan Prendergast/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer Columbine series
Lisa Davis & John Mecklin/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “Fallout”
Margaret Downing & Wendy Grossman/Houston Press Houston Press Finalists, Best Series of Articles/Consumer CEP series
Lisa Davis & John Mecklin/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Fallout”
Brian Wallstin/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Damage Control” & “Out of Control
Patricia Calhoun/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Signed Editorial/Consumer “Blowing Boeing”
2001 Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Winner, Best Consumer Tabloid December 14, 2000 issue
New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles Finalist, City & Metropolitan
Westword Westword Finalist, City & Metropolitan February 24, 2000 issue
Pitch Weekly Pitch Weekly Finalist, City & Metropolitan
Westword Westword Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid October 12, 2000 issue
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid
Alan Prendergast/Westword Westword Winner, Best Feature Article/Consumer “Can’t Buy a Thrill”
Paul Rubin/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Winner, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “’Til Death Do Us Part”
Jack Cheevers/New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “Ray’s World”
Jeremy Mullman/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer “The Closer”
Michael Lacey/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer “Bad Dog”
Susan Goldsmith/New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “A Terrible Thing to Waste”
Michael Gougis/New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Hunting Down a Slumlord”
Alan Prendergast/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Stonewalled” & “The Lost Command”
Bernice Yeung/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Hard Lessons”
Bernice Yeung/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Girl Problems”
Margaret Downing & Brian Wallstin/Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Catch Us If You Can”
Susan Goldsmith/New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “A Terrible Thing to Waste”
Bernice Yeung/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “The Land of Blood & Money”
2000 Michael Gougis/New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles Winner, Best News Story/Consumer “Troubled Water”
Benoit Denizet-Lewis/SF Weekly SF Weekly Winner, Best News Story/Consumer “Panic or Attack”
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid
Westword Westword Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid August 5, 1999 issue
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid December 30, 1999 issue
Alan Prendergast/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “Doom Rules”
Matt Smith/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer “Welcome Home”
Steve Jackson/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Series/Consumer “Dealing with the Devil”
Staff/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalists, Best Series/Consumer “Hard Core”
John Mecklin/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Signed Editorial or Profile/Consumer “No Joke
Michael Gougis/New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “Troubled Water”
Joel Engardio/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Public Service Series or Article “East Side Story”
1999 SF Weekly SF Weekly Winner, Best Consumer Tabloid December 2, 1998 issue
Peter Byrne/SF Weekly SF Weekly Winner, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “Rewarding Failure”
Westword Westword Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid November 26, 1998 issue
Westword Westword Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid December 10, 1998 issue
Steve Jackson/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer “Trial and Tribulations”
Jack Boulware/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer “Up a Tree. Still?”
Patricia Calhoun/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer “Sealed with a Kiss”
John Mecklin and George Cothran/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalists, Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer “The Grid,” April 22, 1998
Juliet Wittman/Westword Westword Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “He Aims to Plea”
Lisa Davis/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “The Fairfield Wives”
David Pasztor/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer “Building a Better Bomb”
1998 Karen Bowers/Westword Westword Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer
Michael Keifer/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer
John Dougherty/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer
Alan Prendergast/Westword Westword Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer
John Dougherty/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer
George Cothran/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer
Peter Byrne/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer
Lisa Davis/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer
Chuck Finnie/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer
David Cogan/New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer
Matt Smith/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer
Jack Boulware/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid
David Holthouse and Paul Rubin/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalists, Best Feature Story/Consumer
1997 Karen Bowers & Alan Prendergast/Westword Westword Winners, Best Series of Articles/Consumer
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best City & Metropolitan/Consumer
Westword Westword Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid
New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid
Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid
Lisa Davis/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Feature Article/Consumer
Michael Lacey/Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times Finalist, Best Series of Articles/Consumer
Jack Boulware/SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Best Interview/Profile
SF Weekly Film section SF Weekly Finalist, Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column
Karen Bowers/Westword Westword Finalist, Best News Story/Consumer
1996 George Cothran/SF Weekly SF Weekly Winner, Best Interview/Profile
SF Weekly SF Weekly Finalist, Most Improved Publication (circ. over 50,000)
Michelle Dally Johnston/Westword Westword Finalist, Best News Story
Eric Dexheimer & Patricia Calhoun/Westword Westword Finalists, Best Series of Articles
Westword Westword Finalist, Best Consumer Tabloid
1995 Steve Jackson/Westword Westword Winner, Best Series of Articles/Consumer
Westword Westword Award for Excellence, Consumer Tabloid
1994 Westword Westword Award for Excellence, Consumer Tabloid
Eric Dexheimer/Westword Westword Award for Excellence, Best News Story/Consumer
David Chandler/Westword Westword Award for Excellence, Best Public Service Series
Ann Walton Sieber/Houston Press Houston Press Award for Excellence, Best Interview or Profile/Consumer
1993 David Chandler/Westword Westword Award for Excellence, Best Public Service Series
Westword Westword Award for Excellence, Consumer Tabloid
1992 Westword Westword Award for Excellence, Consumer Tabloid
Southern Journalism Award/Institute for Southern Studies
1996 Elise Ackerman/Michelle Mayer/Miami New Times Miami New Times Winner, Investigative Reporting/Weekly Newspapers “Policing the Police”
Bob Burtman/Houston Press Houston Press 2nd Prize, Investigative Reporting/Weekly Newspapers "The Fire Next Time?"
The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ
Village Voice Media papers compete in the Non-daily categories of this regional competition.
2012 Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, General News Reporting “Sucker Punch”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 2nd Place, General News Reporting “Death Trap”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 2nd Place, Feature Writing “The Gun and the Scalpel”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 2nd Place, Sports Reporting “Dark Horse”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 2nd Place, Business Reporting “Boob Tube”
Chris Sweeney New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Technology Reporting “Buzzkill”
Tim Elfrink & David Minsky Miami New Times 2nd Place, Technology Reporting “Calling Big Brother”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Public Affairs Reporting “Mayor for Life”
Chris Sweeney New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Courts & the Law Reporting “Buju Behind Bars”
Chris Sweeney New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Consumer Reporting “Burnt Science”
John Thomason New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Criticism “Heaven is the Roller Disco”
“From Deerfield to Baghdad”
“Happiness Runs”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 2nd Place, Serious Criticism “Snitch and Suffer”
Frank Alvarado Miami New Times 2nd Place, Public Service “Unjust Bust”
2011 Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times Winner, Best of Division (Non-daily Newspaper) “Rotten to the Core”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, General News Reporting “Hugo’s Hostage”
Stefan Kamph New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, General News Reporting “Food Fight”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Rotten to the Core”
Lisa Rab New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Sink or Swim”
Eric Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting “Almost Innocent”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 3rd Place, Feature Writing “Bad Boy Bayly”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Sports Reporting “Hard Hit”
Michael Mooney New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Sports Reporting “The Last Gladiators”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Technology Reporting “Paper Planes”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Public Affairs Reporting “Stealing Home”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 3rd Place, Politics Reporting “We Got the Wrong Guy”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Courts & the Law Reporting “Torn Between Two Countries”
Lisa Rab New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Courts & the Law Reporting “School of Hard Knocks”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Disaster Reporting “Haiti’s Wounds”
Jean Friedman Miami New Times 1st Place, Consumer Reporting “Cheated”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 2nd Place, Serious Commentary “Death by Deportation”
“Pill Mill Patsy”
“Jailed for Truth”
“Death Came Early”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 1st Place, Humorous Column “Uncle Luke Wants You”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 3rd Place, Public Service “Rotten to the Core”
2010 Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting “Disorderly Conduct”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature Writing “Blow Hard”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Sports Reporting “Ghetto to Gridiron”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Business Reporting “Hurricane Nevin”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Technology Reporting “Hack Pack”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Public Affairs Reporting “Disorderly Conduct”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Politics Reporting “Tea Party Pretty Boy”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 2nd Place, Courts & The Law Reporting “Disorderly Conduct”
Lee Klein Miami New Times 2nd Place, Criticism “Style Over Steak”
“Flapjack Flip-Off X”
“Gigi Ingenuity”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 2nd Place, Serious Commentary “Terrorist with Friends”
“School of Hard Knocks”
“Forgotten War Hero”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 2nd Place, Public Service “Death Row”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Politics Reporting - Online “The Daily Pulp”
2009 Natalie O’Neill Miami New Times 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Piece of Mind”
Lisa Rab New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting “Hello, My Name is Amigo”
Michael Mooney New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Sports Commentary “Heartbreak at 45 MPH”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Business Reporting “The Fall of a Titan”
Tim Elfrink/Jesse Hyde Miami New Times 1st Place, Coverage of Politics “Guantanamo’s Final Days”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 2nd Place, Public Affairs Reporting “In the Name of the King”
Arielle Castillo Miami New Times 2nd Place, Criticism “Iggy Pop: King of the Dogs”
“Taking Back Screamo”
”Black Metal Titan Satyricon Plays Club Cinema”
Staff New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Best Blog The Juice
2008 Deirdra Funcheon New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Non-Deadline Reporting “To Hug a Porcupine”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Sports Commentary “The Lost Season”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 2nd Place, Courts & the Law Reporting “Black October”
Francisco Alvarado, Russell Cobb, Paul Knight Miami New Times 1st Place, Public Affairs Reporting “Wet Foot, Dusty Foot”
Thomas Francis New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Public Affairs Reporting “With a Bullet”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 1st Place, Coverage of Politics “Dead Weight”
Lee Klein Miami New Times 1st Place, Criticism Café reviews
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times Finalist, Serious Commentary “Bambi Bump-Off”
“Che Who?”
“Wacko Like Winton”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 1st Place, Public Service “The F-School Bomb”
2007 Isaiah Thompson Miami New Times Finalist, Non-Deadline Reporting “Swept Under the Bridge” &
“The People Under the Bridge”
Thomas Francis New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Sports Reporting “The Bad News Bulldogs”
Isaiah Thompson Miami New Times Finalist, Enterprise Reporting “Hecho in Miami”
Tamara Lush Miami New Times Finalist, Courts & Law Reporting “America’s Worst Cop”
Lee Klein Miami New Times Finalist, Consumer Reporting “Eat Shit & Die”
Carlos Suarez de Jesus Miami New Times Finalist, Criticism “Goya Storms the Freedom Tower”
“Mexican Master”
“Fevered Fantasia”
Brandon K. Thorp New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Criticism “Scared Little Animals”
“A Marvelous Pity”
“Booze & Theatre”
2006 Kelly Cramer New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Non-Deadline Reporting “Daddy’s Girl”
Mariah Blake Miami New Times 2nd Place, Non-Deadline Reporting “Jesus Redux”
Emily Witt Miami New Times 1st Place, Features “Band of Outsiders”
John Spragens Nashville Scene 2nd Place, Features “Righting History”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Business Reporting “Buy My Rock”
2005 Jeff Stratton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Non-Deadline Reporting “Mr. Big Shot”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature Reporting “Crack Kills”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Business Reporting “The Bad-Hands People”
Brett Sokol Miami New Times 2nd Place, Business Reporting “Ocean Thrive”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Business Reporting “Vested Interests”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “The Bad-Hands People”
Gail Shepherd New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Criticism “Came Sail Away”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 1st Place, Serious Commentary “Free This Priest”
“Crash Dummy”
“Steal This Prose”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Serious Commentary “A Tragedy of Errors”
2004 Bill Jensen Miami New Times Best of Print “Hardcore & Bleeding”
Bill Jensen Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature “Hardcore & Bleeding”
Jeff Stratton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Feature “Crashing Glass”
Jeff Stratton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Feature “D.O.A. Delivery”
Kirk Nielsen Miami New Times 3rd Place, Business Reporting “Cows to Cuba”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 1st Place, Investigative “Devil or Angel?”
Brett Sokol Miami New Times 1st Place, Criticism “Myth Makers”
“Culture Snob Alert”
“The Art of Investing in Art”
Michael Mills New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Criticism “Degrees of Separation”
“Finders Keepers”
“Artful Ornithology”
Brett Sokol Miami New Times 2nd Place, Serious commentary “Ego Without End”
“Count All Votes – Except
Those for Nader”
“Carlos Alvarez’s Sexual Problem”
Chuck Strouse New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Serious commentary “Half Baked”
Eric Alan Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Non-Deadline Reporting “The Deadliest Day”
Sam Eifling New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Sports reporting “Shadow Box”
Eric Alan Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Sports reporting “The Comeback Kid”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Sports reporting “King's Tarnished Crown”
2003 Eric Alan Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Non-deadline news “Shipped Off”
Kathy Glasgow & Lissette Corsa Miami New Times 1st Place, Features “Murdered in Havana”
Susan Eastman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Features “Death and Doubts”
Edmund Newton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Sports reporting “They Shoot Up Horses, Don't They?”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 1st Place, Sports commentary “The Last Deep Dive”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Sports commentary “Scalpers Blues”
Kirk Nielsen Miami New Times 1st Place, Business reporting “It's a Mad, Mad,
Mad Loft World”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Business reporting “The Grand Slammer”
Michael Mills New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Criticism “Powerful Pulp”
“Keeping Up with the Smiths”
“Roman Dress-Up”
Chuck Strouse New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Serious commentary “Steal from the Kiddies,
Spoil the Rich”
“Muslim McCarthyism”
“Sunk”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Serious commentary “Incentivize This”
“Forgotten 9/11”
“Corruption and Nothingness”
John Backderf Miami New Times 1st Place, Editorial cartoon FTAA Map
2002 Susan Eastman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Deadline reporting “Girlhood, Interrupted”
Staff Miami New Times 1st Place, Non-deadline reporting “We’re Number One!”
Eric Alan Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Sports reporting “F-A-Who?”
Mike Clary Miami New Times 3rd Place, Sports reporting “Hooked on Death”
Ted Kissell New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Sports commentary “Dear Marlins Fans”
Eric Alan Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Business reporting “Blood Trade”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Investigative reporting “The Wrong Kieth”
Celeste Fraser Delgado Miami New Times 3rd Place, Criticism “Rev. Sharpton Scolds
Urban Marketers”
“What Curve!”
“Yo Quiero Mi MTV”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Serious commentary “Swimming in Trouble”
“Hawking for Israel”
“Lapsed Ethics”
Brett Sokol Miami New Times Finalist, Serious commentary “As Nasty As He
Wants to Be”
“Can’t Knock the Hustle”
“Kafka in a Guayabera”
2001 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st place, Non-deadline reporting “Admitting Terror”
Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times 2nd place, Non-deadline reporting “Used, Abused & Forgotten”
Rebecca Wakefield Miami New Times 3rd place, Non-deadline reporting “Something Rotten”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st place, Feature “Backyard Bloodbath”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 2nd place, Feature “They Got Sammy”
Gaspar Gonzalez Miami New Times 2nd place, Sports Reporting “The Last Pony Show”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st place, Business Reporting “Peebles Power”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd place, Business Reporting “Crash Landing”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 2nd place, Investigative Reporting “Under Suspicion”
Chuck Strouse New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st place, Serious Commentary “Elian Plus One”
Jim DeFede Miami New Times 3rd place, Serious Commentary “True Colors”
“Strike Three”
“A Public Servant Goes Public”
2000 Celeste Delgado, Tristram Korten, Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place, Deadline reporting “Elian Nation”
Roger Williams, Afefe Tyehimba, Emily Bliss, Amy Roe New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Deadline reporting “Down for the Recount”
Jacob Bernstein Miami New Times 1st Place, Non-deadline Reporting “Fine Young Cannibals”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Non-deadline Reporting “The Miseducation of Wesley Armstrong”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place, Sports Reporting “Never Too Small to Break the Rules”
Ted Kissell Miami New Times 2nd Place, Sports Reporting “A Shakey Machine”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Love & Violation”
Harris Meyer New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Publix: Where Working Can Be Lethal”
Mia Leonin Miami New Times 2nd Place, Criticism Theater reviews
Jim DeFede Miami New Times 2nd Place, Serious Commentary “Leave the Driving to CANF”
“Elian’s Legacy”
“Angel’s with Ice Picks”
Chuck Strouse New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd, Serious Commentary “Hypocrisy Ahead”
1999 Jim DeFede Miami New Times 1st Place, Serious Commentary “Life in the Echo Chamber”
“Good Cops, Bad Cops”
“Used, Abused, And Alone”
Michael Mills New Times Broward-Palm Beach 1st Place, Criticism “Dali Drama”
Jen Karetnick New Times Broward-Palm Beach 2nd Place, Criticism “The Burgermeisters”
Lissette Corsa Miami New Times 2nd Place, Sports Reporting “Striking Out on His Own”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 3rd Place, Sports Reporting “Winning is Everything”
Lissette Corsa Miami New Times 2nd Place, Feature Reporting “Her So-called Life”
Bob Norman New Times Broward-Palm Beach 3rd Place, Feature Reporting “Swept Out to Sea”
Kirk Nielsen Miami New Times 1st Place, Business Reporting “Less for Moore”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 3rd Place, Business Reporting “2 Live Screwed”
1998 Ted B. Kissell Miami New Times 1st Place,Non-deadline News “Parking & Politics”
Paul Belden New Times Broward-Palm Beach 1st Place, Business Reporting “United They Fall”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Dream Team”
Michael Mills New Times Broward-Palm Beach 1st Place, Criticism “Grand Illusions”
Jim DeFede Miami New Times Finalist, Serious Criticism “Press Relations Suarez Way”
Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times Finalist, Sports Reporting “Lord of the Ring”
Jim DeFede Miami New Times Finalist, Investigative Reporting “Flying High”
Bob Norman New Times Broward-Palm Beach Finalist, Feature Reporting “The Hunger Artist”
1997 Jen Karetnick Miami New Times 1st Place, Criticism
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature reporting “Mr. Basketball”
Jim Defede Miami New Times Finalist, Serious Commentary
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times Finalist, Sports Reporting “Coming of Age at the 50-yard Line”
Kirk Semple Miami New Times Finalist, Sports Reporting “How Green is Too Green?”
Paula Park Miami New Times Finalist, Investigative Reporting “Flunk Out”
Judy Cantor Miami New Times Finalist, Feature Reporting “Bring on the Cubans!”
1996 Judy Cantor Miami New Times 1st Place, Criticism “Visual Arts”
Sean Rowe Miami New Times Finalist, Feature Reporting “Our Garbage, Ourselves”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times Finalist, Investigative Reporting “City of Miami”
Jen Karetnick Miami New Times Finalist, Criticism Restaurant reviews
Katie Awards
The Katie Awards are sponsored annually by the Press Club of Dallas. In 1998, the contest was changed from a Texas State competition to a regional one. Dallas Observer and Houston Press compete against major-market dailies, wire services and other non-daily newspapers in Texas as well as Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and New Mexico.
2008 Chris Vogel Houston Press 2nd Place, Best Business Reporting “The Getaway”
Randall Patterson Houston Press 1st Place, Best Column “To Catch a Rapist”
Todd Spivak Houston Press 3rd Place, Best Investigative Story/Series “Toxic Town”
Sam Merten Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Best Specialty Reporting “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
2005 Dallas Observer Dallas Observer Winner, Best Major Market Special Interest Newspaper March 31, 2005 issue
April 7, 2005 issue
April 14, 2005 issue
Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Major Market Special Interest Newspaper March 31, 2005 issue
April 7, 2005 issue
April 14, 2005 issue
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Winner, Best Reporter Writing Portfolio “Mayorzilla”
“Garbage to You”
“Stuff It”
“Bozo Rules”
“Call 911”
Craig Malisow Houston Press Winner, Business Feature Story “Exposed Nerve”
Josh Harkinson Houston Press Finalist, Government/Political Story “HCCS’ Gift Basket”
Clay Smith Dallas Observer Finalist, Specialty Feature “Gay Caballeros”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Finalist, Editorial/Commentary “Call 911”
Keven McAlester Dallas Observer Finalist, Sports Feature Story “Balls Out”
Elaine Liner Dallas Observer Finalist, Headline Portfolio “Something to Sneeze At”
“Grain Man”
“With a Vanya on My Knee”
“Madame Ovary”
“First, Noel”
2004 Houston Press Houston Press Winner, Best Major Market Special Interest Newspaper May 20, 2004 issue
May 27, 2004 issue
June 3, 2004 issue
Dallas Observer Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Major Market Special Interest Newspaper July 10, 2003 issue
July 17, 2003 issue
July 24, 2003 issue
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Winner, General Column “Bubbaland”
“Lysol Miller”
“Abusurd”
Josh Harkinson Houston Press Finalist, Best Reporter Writing Portfolio “Thrilled to Death”
“Ship Wrecked”
“Houston, Once Removed”
“All Aboard”
“Flight of Angels”
Monica Fuentes, Houston Press Finalists, Best Newspaper “Strings Attached”
Joseph Wilper, Illustration Portfolio “Doing Time with JC in the TDCJ”
David Hollenbach “The Icebox Revisited”
Wendy Grossman Houston Press Finalist, General News Story “Catching Elevators”
Glenna Whitley Dallas Observer Finalist, Government/Political Story “Sex Toy Story”
Elaine Liner Dallas Observer Finalist, Arts Criticism “Ghoul Crazy”
2003 Dallas Observer Dallas Observer Winner, Best Major Market Special Interest Newspaper
Glenna Whitley Dallas Observer Finalist, General News Story “Knocked Out”
Jennifer Mathieu Houston Press Finalist, Feature Story “Reality TV Bites”
Charles Siderius Dallas Observer Finalist, Feature Story “Race with a Killer”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Finalist, Business News Story “Enough to Make You Sick”
Cheryl Smith Dallas Observer Winner, Arts Feature Story “Blue Collar Nights”
Zac Crain Dallas Observer Finalist, Arts Feature Story “The Force Is With Them”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Finalist, Specialty Reporting “Dallas’ Chief Problem”
Scott Nowell Houston Press Finalist, Specialty Reporting “Penned In”
“Justice for Some”
“On the Defense”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Winner, Specialty Feature “Barbecue in Black and White”
Carlton Stowers Dallas Observer Finalist, Specialty Feature “Shot in the Dark”
Mark Stuertz Dallas Observer Finalist, Specialty Feature “Tropic of Groceries”
2002 Mark Donald Dallas Observer Finalist, Feature Story “Tortured Souls”
Carlton Stowers Dallas Observer Finalist, Feature Story “Today, A Generation Died”
Wendy Grossman Houston Press Finalist, Government/Political Story “Rock-A-Baby Bye-Bye”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Finalist, Business News Story “The Things That Ate Downtown”
Tim Fleck & Brian Wallstin Houston Press Finalists, Business Feature Story “Up In Smoke”
Mark Donald Dallas Observer Winner, Arts Feature Story “Rich Man, Poor Man”
Richard Connelly Houston Press Finalist, Arts Feature Story “Les Passe”
Mark Donald Dallas Observer Finalist, Specialty Reporting “Deadbeating the System”
“Dirty or Duped”
Mark Donald Dallas Observer Winner, Specialty Feature “Deadbeating the System”
Jennifer Mathieu Houston Press Finalist, Specialty Feature “Powerhouse”
Robb Walsh Houston Press Finalist, Specialty Feature “Fish Fraud”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Winner, Editorial/Comments “Down the River”
Eric Celeste Dallas Observer Winner, Specialty Column “Bill Due”
“Bad Blow”
2001 Dallas Observer Dallas Observer Winner, Best Non-daily Newspaper
Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Non-daily Newspaper
Bob Burtman Houston Press Winner, Business Feature “Paying the Price” & “Pumped Dry”
Charles Siderius Dallas Observer Finalist, Business Feature “Road Rage”
Charles Siderius Dallas Observer Finalist, Business Feature “Slaughterhouse Jive”
Jennifer Mathieu Houston Press Winner, Arts Feature “Hitting the Highs & Lows with Little Joe Washington”
Dylan Otto Krider Houston Press Finalist, Arts Feature “What’s In a Name?”
Jimmy Fowler Dallas Observer Winner, Arts Criticism “Acts of Passion”
Christine Biederman Dallas Observer Finalist, Arts Criticism “How the Grinch Stole Feminism”
Carlton Stowers Dallas Observer Finalist, Specialty Feature “Death in the Desert”
Jesse Washington Houston Press Finalist, Sports Feature “Ring Dings”
John Gonzalez Dallas Observer Finalist, Sports Feature “Fantasy League”
Eric Celeste Dallas Observer Finalist, Specialty Column “Jilted”
Lisa Gray Houston Press Finalist, General Column “Rough Cut”
“Playing Hardball”
“XX Marks the Spot”
Lauren Kern Houston Press Finalist, Best Reporter Portfolio “In God’s Country”
“Breaking Ranks”
“Job Insecurity”
Charles Siderius Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Reporter Portfolio “Forget Me Not”
“Slaughterhouse Jive”
“Road Rage”
2000 Houston Press Houston Press Winner, Best Non-daily Newspaper
Dallas Observer Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Non-daily Newspaper
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Winner, Best General Column/Non-daily newspapers “The Shallow End”
Mark Donald Dallas Observer Winner, Best Series/Non-daily newspaper “Innocence Lost”
Brian Wallstin Houston Press Winner, Government/Political Story “Placed on the Discard Pile”
Lauren Kern Houston Press Winner, Best Arts Criticism “Who Art Thou Juliet”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Winner, Best Business Feature “Hide and Seek”
Bob Burtman Houston Press Winner, Best Specialty Reporting “Raw Deal” & “Reeling”
Robert Wilonsky Dallas Observer Winner, Best Sports Column “Balls”
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer Winner, Best Feature Story/Non-daily newspapers “Anarchy in Amarillo”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Winner, Best General Column/Non-daily newspapers “The Shallow End”
Mark Donald Dallas Observer Winner, Best Series/Non-daily newspaper
Stuart Eskenazi Houston Press & Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Government/Political Story “Flunking Out”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Government/Political Story “The Plantation Burns”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Government/ “Anatomy of a Smear”
Miriam Rozen Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Business News Story “Penney Pinched”
Mark Steurtz Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Business News Story “Fallen Star”
Brad Tyer Houston Press Finalist, Best Business Feature “The Dream House”
Randall Patterson Houston Press Finalist, Best Business Feature “Pain in the Ass”
Christina Rees Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Arts Feature “Biting Back”
Jonathan Fox Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Specialty Reporting “No Class” & “Planting SEEDS of Hope”
Joe Pappalardo Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Specialty Feature “From Russia, With Bugs”
Lisa Gray Houston Press Finalist, Best Specialty Feature “Carlos Chavez, Mall Surgeon”
Adam Pitluk Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Sports Feature “Knockdown”
Eric Celeste Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Specialty Column “Filler”
Stuart Eskenazi Houston Press & Dallas Observer Finalist, Best General News Story/Non-daily newspapers “Vanity of the Bonfire”
Steve McVicker Houston Press Winner, Best General News Story/Non-daily newspapers “Billy Bob’s Misfortune’
Jimmy Fowler Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Feature Story/Non-daily newspapers “Firestarter”
John Suval Houston Press Finalist, Best Feature Story/Non-daily newspapers “Deliverance from China”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Finalist, Best General Column/Non-daily newspapers “American Dreams”
“Texas Lottery”
“Tongue-Tied”
Lisa Gray Houston Press Finalist, Best General Column/Non-daily newspaper “Swordplay? No way”
1999 Houston Press Houston Press Finalist, Best Non-daily Newspaper
Dallas Observer Dallas Observer Winner, Best Non-daily Newspaper
Bob Burtman Houston Press Finalist, Best Business Feature “Disconnected”
Lauren Kern Houston Press Finalist, Best Arts Feature “B-Boys to Men”
Robert Wilonsky Dallas Observer Winner, Best Arts Feature “Odd Man Out”
Bob Burtman Houston Press Finalist, Best General News Story “Troubled Waters”
Christine Biederman, Dallas Observer Finalists, Best Investigative Reporting “Toxic Justice”
Thomas Korosec, Julie
Lyons, Patrick Williams
Jimmy Fowler Dallas Observer Winner, Best Arts Criticism “Slick Willie”
Christina Rees Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Arts Criticism “Paintball”
Robert Wilonsky Dallas Observer Winner, Best Sports Feature “The Spring of our Discontent”
Robert Wilonsky Dallas Observer Winner, Best Sports Column “Balls”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Government/Political Story “Holy Handouts”
Rose Farley Dallas Observer Winner, Best General News Story/Non-daily newspapers “Whine Capital of Texas”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Finalist, Best General News Story/Non-daily newspapers “How the Slumlord Beats the City Every Time”
Juliana Barbassa Dallas Observer Winner, Best Feature Story/Non-daily newspapers “Children of the Storm”
Jimmy Fowler Dallas Observer Finalist, Best Feature Story/Non-daily newspapers “Edifice Complex”
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer Winner, Best General Column/Non-daily newspapers Lyons columns
Tim Fleck Houston Press Finalist, Best General Column “The Insider”
1998 Houston Press Houston Press Best Non-daily Newspaper
Randall Patterson Houston Press Best Sports Story “The Legend of Dwayne Rogers”
Brian Wallstin Houston Press Best General News Story “A Question of Life”
1997 Houston Press Houston Press Best Non-daily Newspaper
Holly Mullen Dallas Observer Best Business Feature “Grateful Dead”
Shaila Dewan Houston Press Best Arts Feature Story “The Art of Darkness”
Randall Patterson Houston Press Best Feature Story / Non-daily newspaper “Sherwood’s Rules”
1996 Bob Burtman Houston Press Best Investigative Reporting “The Fire Next Time?”
Laura Miller Dallas Observer Best Government/Political Story “The Truth About Townview”
Miriam Rozen Dallas Observer Best Business News Story “Project X”
Robert Wilonsky Dallas Observer Best Arts Criticism “Bobby Patterson”
1995 Laura Miller Dallas Observer Best Investigative Reporting “Arena Wars” series
Miriam Rozen Dallas Observer Best Business News Story “The Crow-Qadhafi Connection”
Brad Tyer Houston Press Best Arts Feature “Life of a Poet”
1994 Ann Zimmerman Dallas Observer Best Sports Feature Story “Lost Boy”
Miriam Rozen Dallas Observer Best Government/Political Story “The Case Against Kay”
John MacCormack Dallas Observer Best Business News Story “Tilting the Scales”
Michael Berryhill Houston Press Best Specialty Reporting “Why Katy Prairie Matters”
1993 Ann Zimmerman Dallas Observer Best Specialty Feature “Saving the Jewish Soul”
1992 Dusty Rhodes Dallas Observer Best Feature Story “The Many Deaths of Dr. Robert Huse”
First Amendment Awards/Society of Professional Journalists – Ft. Worth Professional Chapter
This contest accepts entries from Texas and Oklahoma media outlets.
2010 Craig Malisow Houston Press Winner, Opening the Books “Credit Repair”
Craig Malisow Houston Press Finalist, Opening the Books “Cover Me”
Craig Malisow Houston Press Finalist, General News “BARC Sucks”
Chris Vogel Houston Press Winner, Defending the Disadvantaged “For Their Own Good”
Mike Giglio Houston Press Finalist, Defending the Disadvantaged “You Want a Piece of Me?”
Chris Vogel Houston Press Winner, Green News “A Quiet Hell”
2009 Craig Malisow Houston Press Winner, Opening the Books “Selling You”
Chris Vogel Houston Press Finalist, Investigative “Crime Doesn’t Pay(back)”
2008 Todd Spivak Houston Press Finalist, Use of Public Records: Investigative “Toxic Town”
Chris Vogel Houston Press Finalist, Opening the Books “Weekend Warriors”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Finalist, Defending the Disadvantaged “Death in a Box”
2007 Keith Plocek Houston Press 2nd Place, Reporting on Open Government “Needling the Haystack”
Keith Plocek Houston Press 3rd Place, Defending the Disadvantaged “Shortchanged”
Todd Spivak Houston Press 3rd Place, Use of Public Records: Investigative “Run Over by Metro”
2005 Sarah Fenske Houston Press Winner, Use of Public Records: General News “Black and White”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Winner, Opening the Books “A Closer at Dillard’s”
Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10
2011 Staff Seattle Weekly First Place, General Excellence
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly Second Place, Investigative Reporting “Watching the Protestors”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Second Place, Crime & Justice “Streetwise He Wasn’t”
Laura Onstot Seattle Weekly Second Place, Environment & Science “Atom’s Eve”
Vernal Coleman Seattle Weekly First Place, Health Reporting “Load Warriors”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Third Place, Social Issues Reporting “Downed by Law”
Vernal Coleman Seattle Weekly Third Place, Arts Reporting “Thread Man Walking”
Caleb Hannan Seattle Weekly First Place, Personalities Reporting “Big-Shot Bob”
Laura Onstot Seattle Weekly Second Place, Business Reporting “Lush Lie”
Mike Seely Seattle Weekly Second Place, Sports Reporting “Free in the Key”
Boo Davis Seattle Weekly First Place, Page Design
Boo Davis Seattle Weekly Second Place, Photography “Free At Last”
John Keatley Seattle Weekly First Place, Portrait Photography “The John Report”
Boo Davis Seattle Weekly First Place, Graphics & Illustrations “Spring Arts Guide”
Hannah K. Lee Seattle Weekly Second Place, Graphics & Illustrations “Casanova Con”
2010 Jonathan Kauffman Seattle Weekly Second Place, Lifestyle Reporting “... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of German Butterballs”
Mike Seely Seattle Weekly Third Place, Personalities Reporting “The Leon Hendrix Experience”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly First Place, Business Reporting “Intelius and the Dubious Art of ‘Post-Transaction Marketing’”
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly Third Place, Business Reporting “Post Post-Intelligencier”
Rafe Bartholomew Seattle Weekly Second Place, Sports Reporting “Nate Robinson, Little King”
Damon Agnos Seattle Weekly Third Place, Sports Reporting “Spoiling for a Fight”
Laura Onstot Seattle Weekly First Place, Investigative Reporting “Pipe Schemes”
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly Second Place, Investigative Reporting “Death’s Door”
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly Second Place, Crime & Justice Reporting “Smooth Jailing” Second Place, Crime & Justice Reporting “Smooth Jailing”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Third Place, Government & Politics “Judge Betty’s Revenge”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly First Place, Health Reporting “Terminal Uncertainty”
Vernal Coleman Seattle Weekly SecondPlace, Social Issues Reporting “A Child Left Behind”
www.seattleweekly.com Seattle Weekly Second Place, Best Parent Site
2009 Jesse Froehling Seattle Weekly Second Place, Social Issues “Deport of Call”
Mike Seely Seattle Weekly Second Place, Arts “The Lunatic is on the Drums”
Jonathan Kauffman Seattle Weekly Second Place, Lifestyle “Slices of Life”
Aimee Curl Seattle Weekly First Place, Personalities “Separated at Busey”
Laura Onstot Seattle Weekly First Place, Business “The King of Filet-o-Fish”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Third Place, Business “The Closer”
Jesse Froehling Seattle Weekly Second Place, Sports “Tailpipe Dream”
Staff Seattle Weekly First Place, Special Section “Fall Arts Instruction Manual 2008”
Jane Sherman Seattle Weekly First Place, Page Design
2008 Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly First Place, Investigative “The Lavendar Lie”
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly Second Place, Investigative “Smoke on the Mountain”
Aimee Curl Seattle Weekly First Place, Government “Knight Moves”
Karla Starr Seattle Weekly First Place, Science and Health “Leveled”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Second Place, Social Issues “Begging for Pardon”
Huan Hsu Seattle Weekly First Place, Education “Blame it on Becca”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Second Place, Education “The Color of Money”
Michael Stusser Seattle Weekly First Place, Lifestyle “Organicize Me”
Jonathan Kauffman Seattle Weekly Third Place, Lifestyle “Teriyaki’s Boss”
Mike Seely Seattle Weekly Second Place, Personalities “The Salvage Artist”
Huan Hsu Seattle Weekly First Place, Sports “Designing Women”
Rafe Bartholomew Seattle Weekly Second Place, Sports “Crossover to Bear”
Alex Stonehill & Sarah Stuteville Seattle Weekly First Place, Business “Bitter Harvest”
Brian Miller Seattle Weekly Third Place, Humor “The SW Treatment”
Staff Seattle Weekly First Place, Special Section “2007 Dining Guide: Functional Feeding”
2007 Tony Hopfinger Seattle Weekly Second Place, Consumer/Environmental “One Crude Dude”
Philip Dawdy Seattle Weekly First Place, Science and Health “Club Pot Med”
Roger Downey Seattle Weekly Second Place, Science and Health “Discovery’s Creation”
Mike Seely Seattle Weekly Second Place, Minorities “Bright Man’s Burden”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Second Place, Education “Schooling the District”
Mike Seely Seattle Weekly First Place, Sports “The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea”
Knute Berger Seattle Weekly First Place, Opinion
Mike Seely Seattle Weekly First Place, Humor “Greg Nickels’ Quiet Storm”
Laura Cassidy Seattle Weekly Third Place, Special Section 2006 Dining Guide
Karen Steichen Seattle Weekly Second Place, Page Design
Harley Soltes Seattle Weekly First Place, Feature Photography “Bright Man’s Burden”
Harley Soltes Seattle Weekly Second Place, Feature Photography “Big Game Hunters”
2006 George Howland Seattle Weekly First Place, Consumer/Environmental Affairs Reporting “Clean-Energy Frenzy”
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly First Place, Social Issues Reporting “Black and White in Grays Harbor County”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly First Place, Education “The Stress Test”
Bob Geballe Seattle Weekly Third Place, Education “Bill Gates’ Guinea Pigs”
Knute Berger Seattle Weekly First Place, Columns “Mossback”
“A Back-to-School Column”
Frank Parchman Seattle Weekly First Place, Science & Health “The Super Flood”
Karen Steichen, Rick Dahms & Ismael Roldan Seattle Weekly First Place, Page Design “Rising & Shining”
Karen Steichen & Kevin P. Casey Seattle Weekly First Place, Feature Photography “The God Life”
Rick Anderson Seattle Weekly Second Place, Investigative “Dead-End Jail”
Philip Dawdy Seattle Weekly Honorable Mention, Investigative “The God Life”
Nina Shapiro Seattle Weekly Second Place, Personalities “A Good Cop Wasted”
Laura Cassidy Seattle Weekly Second Place, Leisure & Lifestyle “Rising & Shining”
Brian Miller Seattle Weekly Third Place, Leisure & Lifestyle “Down From the Mountain”
Philip Dawdy Seattle Weekly Third Place, Government “Time to Grow Up”
Staff Seattle Weekly Third Place, Special Sections “A Day in the Life”
Bruce Rushton Seattle Weekly Third Place, Business News/Criticism “98.8 Percent Overhead”
Colorado SPJ Pro/Top of the Rockies Awards
2011 Patricia Calhoun Westword 2nd Place, News Feature “Spreading Her Wings”
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place, Legal Feature Writing “You’re in Bad Hands”
2008 Adam Cayton-Holland Westword 1st Place, Educational Reporting/News or Feature “Stand and Deliver”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place, Sports/Feature Writing “Miles and Miles”
Joel Warner Westword Honorable Mention, General Reporting/Series or Package “The Good Soldier”
Kenny Be Westword Honorable Mention, Cartoons Worst Case Scenario

State and Local Awards

Phoenix New Times
To list all the prizes awarded to Phoenix New Times by the Arizona Press Club over the years would be impractical. Competing against the state's daily newspapers, New Times has consistently won more writing awards than any of them, sometimes sweeping entire categories. The paper has garnered more than its share of the Press Club's top honors, too: the Virg Hill Newsperson of the Year Award, the Don Schellie Award for Feature Column Writing and the Don Bolles Award for Investigative Reporting.
Arizona Press Club Awards
Distinguished Service Award
2007 Michael Lacey
Virg Hill Newsperson of the Year
2010 Sarah Fenske (tie/1st runner-up)
2007 Sarah Fenske (1st runner-up)
2005 Paul Rubin
Sarah Fenske (1st runner-up)
2004 Paul Rubin (1st runner-up)
Robert Nelson (2nd runner-up)
2001 Amy Silverman
2000 Laura Laughlin
1999 Amy Silverman
1998 Terry Greene Sterling
1997 Paul Rubin
1996 Tony Ortega
1995 John Dougherty
1994 John Dougherty
1989 Terry Green
1988 Deborah Laake
1987 Terry Greene
1986 Paul Rubin
1982 Jana Bommersbach
Don Schelle Award for Feature Column Writing
2010 Sarah Fenske
2009 Sarah Fenske
2008 Sarah Fenske
2007 Sarah Fenske
2002 Robert Nelson
1999 Brian Smith
1998 Terry Greene Sterling
1995 Peter Gilstrap
1992 Michael Lacey
1988 Michael Lacey
1987 Deborah Laake
1986 Michael Lacey
1985 Michael Lacey
1984 Bart Bull
Don Bolles Award for Investigative Reporting
2010 Sarah Fenske 3rd Place (tie)
2009 Sarah Fenske & Ray Stern 3rd Place
2008 John Dickerson 2nd Place
2007 Ray Stern 1st Place
2006 Sarah Fenske 3rd Place
2005 John Dougherty 3rd Place
2004 Bruce Rushton 3rd Place
2003 John Dougherty 1st Place
2001 Amy Silverman 1st Place
1999 Staff, Phoenix New Times 2nd Place
1998 Terry Greene Sterling 1st Place
1996 Paul Rubin 1st Place
John Dougherty 2nd Place
1995 Paul Rubin 1st Place
John Dougherty 2nd Place
1994 Paul Rubin 1st Place
Michael Kiefer 2nd Place
David Pasztor 3rd Place
1993 Paul Rubin 1st Place
1992 Paul Rubin 1st Place
Michael Lacey 2nd Place
1991 Jana Bommersbach 1st Place
Michael Lacey 2nd Place
1989 Jana Bommersbach 1st Place (tied)
1987 Jana Bommersbach, Paul Rubin, Michael Lacey, Deborah Block 2nd Place
1985 Andy Zipser 2nd Place
1984 Andy Zipser 3rd Place
Spotlight Award on Death
1998 Gilbert Garcia 1st Place “End of a Record Run”
John Kolbe Politics and Government Reporting Award
2009 Sarah Fenske 1st Place “Mr. Clean Elections”
Sarah Fenske 3rd Place “Odd Woman Out”
2008 Amy Silverman 3rd Place “Postmodern McCain”
2007 Michael Lacey & Jim Larkin 1st Place “Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution”
2006 Sarah Fenske 3rd Place “Meth Madness”
2005 Sarah Fenske 2nd Place “Ambulance Chasers”
2003 Robert Nelson 1st Place “Big House Inc.”
2002 John Dougherty 1st Place “Exalted Ruler”
2001 Edward Lebow 1st Place “Primary Colors”
2000 Robert Nelson 1st Place (tie) “Posse Galore”
Amy Silverman 3rd Place “Autograph Hound”
Designer of the Year
2010 Peter Storch 1st Runner-Up
2009 Peter Storch Winner
Westword
Since 1993 Westword has competed against the state’s major dailies in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Colorado Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists
2005 Jason Sheehan Westword 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment Reporting: Criticism
David Holthouse Westword 2nd Place, A Reader “Stalking the Bogeyman”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 3rd Place, Education Reporting/News or Feature “Terminal Solution”
Alan Prendergast Westword 3rd Place, Political Reporting/News or Feature “Outfaxed”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 2nd Place, Legal Affairs Reporting/News or Feature “Age Inappropriate”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 2nd Place, Sports Column
2004 David Holthouse Westword 2nd Place, News Feature “Motel Hell”
Robin Chotzinoff Westword 2nd Place, A Reader “Bare Necessities”
Kenny Be Westword 2nd Place, Cartoons
Eric Dexheimer Westword 1st Place, Sports Reporting/General Reporting “Slide Rules”
2000 Eric Dexheimer Westword 3rd Place (tie), General Reporting/Single Story “The Mother Country”
Alan Prendergast Westword 3rd Place (tie), General Reporting/Series “Stonewalled”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place, A Reader “Marked for Death”
Patricia Calhoun Westword 2nd Place, Personal Columns
Stuart Steers Westword 3rd Place, Business Reporting—General “Where the Sidewalk Ends”
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place, Education Reporting—General “Lessons from the Third Grade”
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place, Legal Affairs Reporting—General “Unlawful Entry”
T.R. Witcher Westword 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment Reporting “All the World’s an Empty Stage”
Robin Chotzinoff Westword 2nd Place, Arts & Entertainment Reporting “Curtain!”
Laura Bond Westword 2nd Place, Arts & Entertainment Feature “Shine On”
Michael Roberts Westword 2nd Place, Arts & Entertainment Criticism
Laura Bond Westword 3rd Place, Arts & Entertainment Criticism
Harrison Fletcher Westword 1st Place, Food & Beverage Features “The Heat is On”
Robin Chotzinoff Westword 2nd Place, Food & Beverage Features “The White Stuff”
Steve Jackson Westword 2nd Place, Science/Environment/Agriculture/Medical—Features “The River”
1999 Eric Dexheimer Westword 3rd Place, Investigative/Enterprise Reporting “Home Is Where the Hurt Is”
Harrison Fletcher Westword 2nd Place, Feature Writing “Cross Purposes”
Patricia Calhoun Westword 2nd Place, Personal Columns
Harrison Fletcher Westword 3rd Place, Personal Columns
Kenny Be Westword 2nd Place, Editorial Cartoons
Justin Berton Westword 3rd Place, Sports Feature “4th and Wrong”
Stuart Steers Westword 2nd Place, Business—General Reporting “Delivering the Message”
Justin Berton Westword 2nd Place, Business Feature “The Other Coors Spokesman”
Julie Jargon Westword 2nd Place, Education Feature “Atencion Por Favor”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place, Political Reporting—General “Road Warriors”
Stuart Steers Westword 3rd Place, Political Reporting—Feature “Big Boss Lady”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place, Legal Affairs Reporting—General “McPrison”
Juliet Wittman Westword 3rd Place, Legal Affairs Reporting—Feature “Zero to Life”
Juliet Wittman Westword 2nd Place, Legal Affairs Reporting—Feature “Dead Reckoning”
Michael Roberts Westword 2nd Place, Arts & Entertainment Reporting “Show and Sell”
Marty Jones Westword 3rd Place, Arts & Entertainment Feature “End Transmission”
Laura Bond Westword 2nd Place, Arts & Entertainment Criticism “Backbeat”
Marty Jones Westword 3rd Place, Arts & Entertainment— “Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder”
Food and Beverage Reporting
1998 Christine Brennan, Patricia Calhoun, Westword 1st Place, Legal Affairs Reporting “Hitting Them Where They Live”
Steve Jackson, Alan Prendergast,
Andy Van De Voorde
Juliet Wittman Westword 3rd Place, Legal Affairs Reporting “He Aims to Plea”
Stuart Steers Westword 1st Place, General Reporting—Single Story “Dying for Dollars”
Christine Brennan, Patricia Calhoun, Westword 2nd Place, General Reporting—Series “Hitting Them Where They Live”
Steve Jackson, Alan Prendergast,
Andy Van De Voorde
Steve Jackson Westword 3rd Place, General Reporting—Series “Trial & Tribulations”
Stuart Steers Westword 1st Place, Science/Environment/Agriculture/Medical Reporting—Single Story “Look Out Below”
Harrison Fletcher Westword 1st Place, Science/Environment/Agriculture/Medical—Features “Genital Hospital”
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place, Science/Environment/Agriculture/Medical—Features “The Final Frontier”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 3rd Place, Science/Environment/Agriculture/Medical—Features “Turning Water into Whine”
Tony Perez-Giese Westword 1st Place, News Feature “Buddha Behind Bars”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 1st Place, Features “A Drunkard's Dream”
Harrison Fletcher Westword 2nd Place, Features “The Buddy System”
Harrison Fletcher Westword 3rd Place, Features “Virgin Rebirth”
C.J. Janovy Westword 1st Place, Sports—General Reporting “Court and Spark”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place, Education Feature “Zero for Conduct”
T.R. Witcher Westword 2nd Place, Education Feature “Peace Pipeline”
Alan Prendergast Westword 3rd Place, Education Feature “A Matter of Principal”
T.R. Witcher Westword 1st Place, Legal Affairs—Feature writing “Say It Loud”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 2nd Place, Legal Affairs—Feature writing “A Drunkard's Dream”
Kyle Wagner Westword 1st Place, Food & Beverage Features “On Solid Grounds”
Kyle Wagner Westword 3rd Place, Food & Beverage Features “Food Fight”
Bill Gallo Westword 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment Criticism “Wild Man Blues”
“The Truman Show”
“Saving Private Ryan”
Michael Roberts Westword 3rd Place, Arts & Entertainment Criticism “The Spice of Life”
“Frankly Speaking”
“Are You Sure Hank Done It That Way”
Harrison Fletcher Westword 2nd Place, Reader “Virgin Rebirth"
Steve Jackson Westword 3rd Place, Reader “Trial & Tribulations”
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place, Business Feature “The Final Frontier”
Stuart Steers Westword 2nd Place, Political—General “Helping Handout”
Michael Roberts Westword 2nd Place, Arts & Entertainment Feature “Double Trouble”
Kenny Be Westword 2nd Place, Editorial Cartoons “Year of the Neighborhood Nazi”
“The Problem with Prairie Dogs”
“EPA-Influenced Curriculum”
“Romerman Shows Owens the Office”
“Romerman Shows Owens the Mansion”
Bill Gallo Westword 2nd Place, Sports Column “Run Barry Run”
“Dog Days”
“Still Buffaloed”
Patricia Calhoun Westword 3rd Place, Personal Column “You Can’t Get There From Here”
“Crazy for You”
“Suicide Mission”
1997 Alan Prendergast Westword 3rd Place, Investigative/Enterprise Reporting “Liar, Liar”
Andy Van De Voorde Westword 2nd Place, News Feature “Blonde Ambition”
Steve Jackson Westword 1st Place, A Reader “Live Fast, Die Young”
Kenny Be Westword 2nd Place, Cartoon “Vacation Season Brings Out the 5 Types of Campers”
Tony Perez-Giese Westword 3rd Place, General Reporting, Sports “Down for the Count”
Stuart Steers Westword 3rd Place, Business Feature Writing “A Dry Hole”
Kyle Wagner Westword 2nd Place, Business Feature Writing “Aisle Be Seeing You”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 2nd Place, General Education Reporting “Class Warfare”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place, Education Feature Writing “Story Time”
Ward Harkvy Westword 1st Place, General Political Reporting “God’s Own Party”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place, Political Feature Writing “Party Crasher”
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place, General Legal Affairs Reporting “Please Release Me”
Alan Prendergast Westword 1st Place (tie), Arts & Entertainment Reporting “Carving a Niche”
Michael Roberts Westword 1st Place (tie), Arts & Entertainment Reporting “The Long Good-bye”
Stuart Steers Westword 1st Place, Features on Food & Beverage “The Big Queasy”
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place,Science/Environment/Agricultural/Medical Feature
1996 Karen Bowers & Alan Prendergast Westword 3rd Place, General Reporting, Series “The Insiders”
Robin Chotzinoff Westword 1st Place, Features on Food/Beverage “Slice of Life”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 3rd Place, Reporting: Science/Environmental/Medical “Seeds of Discontent”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 3rd Place, Feature: Science/Environmental/Medical “Loaded for Bear”
Steve Jackson Westword 1st Place, Business Feature Writing “Growing, Growing, Gone”
Marty Jones Westword 3rd Place, Arts & Entertainment Reporting “Ralph’s Top Service”
Michael Paglia Westword 2nd Place, Arts & Entertainment Criticism “Death of a Salesroom”
Michael Roberts Westword 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment Feature “Rock’s Roles”
Michael Roberts Westword 3rd Place, Arts & Entertainment Feature “Kiss and Sell”
Michael Roberts Westword 3rd Place, Arts & Entertainment Criticism “The Odd Couple”
Stuart Steers Westword 3rd Place, Business Feature Writing “Death of a Salesman”
Stuart Steers Westword 3rd Place, General Business Reporting “Conventional Wisdom”
Andy Van De Voorde Westword 2nd Place, General Reporting, Single Story “The Out of Towners”
Kyle Wagner Westword 3rd Place, Features on Food/Beverage “Brooks Steakhouse”
1995 Patricia Calhoun Westword 2nd Place, Personal Columns
Robin Chotzinoff Westword 2nd Place, Feature Writing “Love Among the Ruins”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 1st Place, Feature Writing/Science “Corporate Swine”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 2nd Place, General Business “Taking Stock--Synergen Inc.”
Steve Jackson Westword 1st Place, Sports Feature “Life’s a Pitch”
Steve Jackson Westword 2nd Place, Feature Writing/Science “The Hep-C Generation”
Kim Leydig Westword 1st Place, Business Feature “Clear Thinking”
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place, Reporting/Arts & Entertainment “The Brice Requiem”
Stuart Steers Westword 2nd Place, General Sports “Bowlen for Dollars”
Stuart Steers Westword 2nd Place, Business Feature “I’m Ed... Fly Me!”
1994 Karen Bowers Westword 1st Place, General Reporting/Single Story “Wild at Heart”
Eric Dexheimer Westword 1st Place, Business Feature Writing “Prints Charming”
Arthur Hodges Westword 1st Place, Investigative/Enterprise Denver International Airport
Michael Roberts Westword 1st Place, Feature in Arts/Entertainment “Onward Christian Singers”
Steve Jackson Westword 1st Place, Feature in Science/Environment “Buying Time”
Bill Gallo Westword 1st Place, Sports Commentary
Bill Gallo Westword 1st Place, Commentary/Criticism in Arts
Patricia Calhoun Westword 2nd Place, Commentary
Eric Dexheimer Westword 2nd Place, Feature in Science/Environment “Unhealthy Competition”
Kyle Wagner Westword 2nd Place, Features on Food/Beverage “Rice of Passage”
Andy Van De Voorde Westword 3rd Place, Investigative/Enterprise MarkAir
Michael Roberts Westword 3rd Place, Commentary/Criticism in Arts
1993 Christine Fleming Westword 1st Place, General Reporting/Magazine “The Trouble With Tom”
Alan Prendergast Westword 2nd Place, General Reporting/Magazine “Beyond the Pale”
Karen Bowers Westword 3rd Place, General Reporting/Magazine “A Death in the Family”
Andy Van De Voorde Westword 1st Place, Feature Writing/Magazine “Hollywood R.F.D.”
Andy Van De Voorde Westword 3rd Place, Feature Writing/Magazine “A Barrel of Trouble”
Karen Bowers Westword 2nd Place, General Reporting/Newspaper “Away With the Ladies”
Michael Roberts Westword 3rd Place, Feature Writing/Newspaper “A Cut Above: Denver's Only Mohel”
David Chandler Westword 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting/Print
Bill Gallo Westword 1st Place, Sports Commentary/Newspaper
Florida papers
Miami New Times and New Times Broward/Palm Beach
Florida Bar Media Awards
Awarded to newspapers with circulation over 50,000 for outstanding journalism aimed at increasing public understanding of the system of law and justice in America, particularly in Florida.
1992 Sean Rowe Miami New Times “The Accident, the Investigation, the Questions”
William Labbee Miami New Times “Case Disclosed”
William Labbee Miami New Times “Forbidden Fruit”
David Villano Miami New Times “Get Out of Jail Free”
Steven Almond Miami New Times “The Case From Hell”
Kirk Semple Miami New Times “Bon Voyage”
Excellence in Journalism/Florida Press Club
2006 Mariah Blake Miami New Times 1st Place, Religion Writing “Jesus Redux”
Julia Reischel New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Religion Writing
Emily Witt Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature Writing “Band of Outsiders”
Josh Schonwald Miami New Times 1st Place, Sports Feature Writing “Grandmasters in Guayaberas”
Sam Eifling New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Sports Feature Writing
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Government News
Jeff Stratton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Public Safety Reporting
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Education News
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Minority Writing
Julia Reischel New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, General News
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Commentary Writing
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Health Writing
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Sports Column
Pam Shavalier New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Feature Page Design
Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association
2011 Staff Miami New Times 1st Place, Website Excellence www.miaminewtimes.com
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Outdoor & Recreational “Snuffed”
Jean Friedman-Rudovsky Miami New Times 1st Place, Agriculture & Environmental “Cheated”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, TaxWatch Award “Stealing Home”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Business Reporting “Russian Roulette”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Faith & Family Reporting “Stepford U”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Health, Medical & Science Reporting “Haiti’s Wounds”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Education Reporting “Stepford U”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature Story: Non-Profile “Haiti’s Wounds”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 3rd Place, Feature Story: Profile “Below the Belt”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, In-Depth Reporting “Hit Hard”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Rotten to the Core”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 2nd Place, Serious Column “Death Came Early”
Luther Campbell Miami New Times 3rd Place, Humorous Column “Next Husband for Kim Kardashian”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Community Service “Rotten to the Core”
2009 Pam Shavalier Miami New Times 2nd Place, Overall Graphic Design
Elyse Wanshel Miami New Times 1st Place, Humorous Column Loon Over Miami
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Crime 101”
Natalie O’Neill Miami New Times 1st Place, In-Depth News Reporting “Piece of Mind”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 1st Place, Sports Feature Story “On the Level”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 2nd Place, Outdoor Writing “Swamped”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Agricultural Writing “Pork Pirates”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Business Writing “The Fall of a Titan”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 3rd Place, Community History “Work It, Jerry!”
Natalie O’Neill Miami New Times 1st Place, Religion Writing “Pint-size Preacher”
Natalie O’Neill Miami New Times 2nd Place, Health “If Looks Could Kill”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 3rd Place, City &/or County Government “Dog Fight”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 1st Place, TaxWatch Award “Baby Got Fatback!”
2008 Pam Shavalier Miami New Times 2nd Place, Overall Graphic Design
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Serious Column “Stop Charlie”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, News Story “Redemption Run”
Deirdra Funcheon New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “To Hug a Porcupine”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “The F-School Bomb”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 2nd Place, In-Depth News Reporting “Black October”
Natalie O’Neill Miami New Times Honorable Mention, Feature Story “Drop Dead Sexy”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 2nd Place, Sports Column “Bambi Bump-Off”
Natalie O’Neill Miami New Times 1st Place, Outdoor Writing “Hog Huntin’”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 3rd Place, Business Writing “Budget Ballin’”
Janine Zeitlin Miami New Times 1st Place, Community History “Frogmen”
www.miaminewtimes.com Miami New Times 1st Place, Website Development
Carlos Suarez de Jesus Miami New Times 1st Place, Criticism “Mexican Marvels”
“Unhinged at the Hinge”
“His Satanic Majesty’s Bequest”
2007 Miami New Times Miami New Times 3rd Place, General Excellence
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Serious Column “Witness for the Defense”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 3rd Place, Serious Column “The Doctor, Part I”
Rob Jordan Miami New Times 2nd Place, First Amendment Defense “Artist as Prisoner”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Bad Apple”
Isaiah Thompson Miami New Times 1st Place, In-Depth News Reporting “Swept Under the Bridge”
“The People Under the Bridge”
Deirdra Funcheon New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Feature Story “Kill My Wife. Please!”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Sports Feature Story “Gang Tackled”
Calvin Godfrey Miami New Times 1st Place, Outdoor Writing “Swamp Man”
Lee Klein Miami New Times 2nd Place, Agricultural Writing “Eat Shit and Die”
Thomas Francis New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Business Writing “Heartbreak Hotel”
Tamara Lush Miami New Times 1st Place, Religion Writing “Vodou Child”
2006 Miami New Times Miami New Times 1st Place, General Excellence
Michael Shavalier Miami New Times 2nd Place, Overall Graphic Design
Emily Witt Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature Story “Band of Outsiders”
Emily Witt Miami New Times 2nd Place, Business Reporting “Never Forget You”
Emily Witt Miami New Times 3rd Place, In-depth News “Mock Trial”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 1st Place, Serious Column “Listen Up, McClatchy”
“No Garden Party”
Josh Schonwald Miami New Times 1st Place, Agricultural Writing “A Fish Farmer’s Tale”
Josh Schonwald Miami New Times 2nd Place, Outdoors Writing “Koi Crazy”
Joanne Greene Miami New Times 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Rough Love”
Lee Klein Miami New Times 3rd Place, Criticism “Last Chance Bistro”
“Pure and Demure”
“The Wonder Boys”
Mariah Blake Miami New Times 3rd Place, Religion Writing “Jesus Redux”
2005 Miami New Times Miami New Times 1st Place, General Excellence
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 1st Place, Sports Column “What's That Cop Doing In Our Huddle?”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 1st Place, Outdoor Writing “Dead Meat”
Brett Sokol Miami New Times 1st Place, Business Writing “Payola on the Cheap”
Rebecca Wakefield Miami New Times 1st Place, Community History “In the Shadow of New Towers”
Mariah Blake Miami New Times 1st Place, Religion Writing “Starry Fight, Bah, Humbug, and Darwin This”
Lee Klein Miami New Times 1st Place, Criticism “Flapjack Flip-Off Five”
Staff Miami New Times 2nd Place, Hurricane Season Coverage “Hurricane Voyeurism”
Michael Shavalier Miami New Times 2nd Place, Overall Graphic Design
Michael Shavalier Miami New Times 2nd Place, Front Page Makeup
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 2nd Place, Serious Column “Free this Priest”
Rebecca Wakefield and Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 2nd Place, News Story “Caught on Tape”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 3rd Place, Feature Story “Crack Kills”
2004 New Times Broward/Palm Beach New Times Broward/Palm Beach Sweepstakes Award, Division A
Miami New Times Miami New Times 1st Place, Website development
New Times Broward/Palm Beach New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Website development
Michael Shavalier Miami New Times 2nd Place, Overall graphic design
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, First Amendment defense
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 1st Place, Investigative reporting “Devil or Angel”
Forrest Norman Miami New Times 1st Place, In-depth news reporting “Eye on the Everglades”
John Backderf New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Original local cartoon “Dirty Dozen”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Serious column “Deliver Us”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Feature story “Too Dumb to Die”
Bill Jensen Miami New Times 2nd Place, Feature story “Hardcore and Bleeding”
Jonathan Postal Miami New Times 3rd Place, Photo series in one issue “Cuts You Up”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Sports story “Kings Tarnished Crown”
Jeff Stratton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Outdoor writing “Granny’s Roughnecks”
Kirk Nielsen Miami New Times 1st Place, Agricultural writing “Cows to Cuba”
Eric Alan Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Agricultural writing “Bitter Sugar”
Forrest Norman Miami New Times 1st Place, Environmental or conservation writing “Eye on the Everglades”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Environmental or conservation writing “Enviro-Hassles”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Business writing “Finished Line”
Forrest Norman Miami New Times 2nd Place, Business writing “House of Horrors”
Rebecca Wakefield Miami New Times 3rd Place, Community history “Sociology of Suds”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Religion writing “Bombs for Babies”
Mosi Reeves Miami New Times 1st Place, Criticism “Don’t Speak”
Michael Mills New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Criticism “Finders Keepers”
2003 Miami New Times Miami New Times 3rd Place, General Excellence
Miami New Times Miami New Times 2nd Place, Overall Graphic Design
New Times Broward/Palm Beach New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention, Overall Graphic Design
Staff Miami New Times 3rd Place, Community service “Free Trade Miami”
John Backderf Miami New Times 1st Place, Original editorial cartoon “FTAA Map”
Steven Dudley Miami New Times Honorable Mention, News story “A-Huntin’ They Will Go”
Steven Dudley Miami New Times 3rd Place, In-depth news reporting “Heavy Traffic”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Feature story “Georgia in the Pines”
Kathy Galsgow & Lissette Corsa Miami New Times 3rd Place, Feature story “Murdered in Havana”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 1st Place, Sports story “The Last Deep Dive”
Edmund Newton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Sports story “They Shoot Up Horses, Don’t They?
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Sports column “Guerrilla Games”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Outdoor writing “Marlin Madness”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Business writing “Troubled Endings”
Kirk Nielsen Miami New Times 2nd Place, Business writing “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Loft World!”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Religion writing “The United States of Jesus”
Ronald Mangravite Miami New Times 1st Place, Criticism “Right Show, Wrong Crowd”
Michael Mills New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention, Criticism
2002 Miami New Times Miami New Times 1st Place, General Excellence
New Times Broward/Palm Beach New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention, Overall Graphic Design
New Times Broward/Palm Beach New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Special issue, section or supplement
www.newtimesbpb.com New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Web site development
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Humorous column “Tom Terrific”
Chuck Strouse New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Serious column “I, the Jury”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Investigative reporting “Big Cypress Buyout”
Humberto Guida Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature story “The Preppie Pot Papers”
Susan Eastman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Feature story “Baby Doll”
Chuck Strouse New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention, Sports column “Pinged”
Eric Alan Barton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Business writing “Blood Trade”
Mike Clary Miami New Times 2nd Place, Business writing “Puppy Dog Tales”
1999 Miami New Times Miami New Times 3rd place, General Excellence, Division A (circulation over 15,000)
Miami New Times Miami New Times 2nd place, Overall graphic design, Division A
www.miaminewtimes.com Miami New Times 1st place, Website, Division A
Jacob Bernstein & Steve Satterwhite Miami New Times 3rd place, Investigative reporting “The Bitterness of Sugar Hill”
Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times 1st place, In-depth news reporting “Down and Out in Dade County”
Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times 1st place, Feature story “The Last Temptation of George Petrie”
Steve Satterwhite Miami New Times 3rd place, Photo series in one issue “The View From Buddy’s”
Kirk Nielsen Miami New Times 1st place, Outdoor writing “Close Encounters of the Swamp Kind”
Kirk Nielsen Miami New Times 1st place, Environmental or conservation writing “Conched Out”
1998 Miami New Times Miami New Times 1st Place, Division A
Miami New Times Miami New Times 2nd Place, Special Issue, Section or Supplements “Best of Miami 1998”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times Claudia Ross Memorial Award for Investigative Reporting “Dream Team”
Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times 1st Place, Sports Story “Lord of the Ring”
Dean Sebring Miami New Times 1st Place, Overall Graphic Design “The Doctor is Out”
Dean Sebring Miami New Times 1st Place, Front Page Makeup “Iron John”
Jacob Bernstein Miami New Times 1st Place, Agricultural Writing “The Final Harvest”
Kirk Nielsen Miami New Times 1st Place, Outdoor Writing “Going Under”
Jim DeFede Miami New Times 1st Place, In-Depth News Reporting “How to Save the Neighborhood”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 2nd Place, News Story “Behind the Badge”
Jim DeFede Miami New Times 3rd Place, Serious Column “Principles vs. Politics”
1997 Miami New Times Miami New Times Finalist, Overall Graphic Design
Jim DeFede Miami New Times Finalist, Serious Column “Bounty Manager”
Elise Ackerman Miami New Times Finalist, News Story “Lawsuit? What Lawsuit?”
Paula Park Miami New Times Finalist, Investigative Reporting “Flunk Out”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times Finalist, In-depth News Reporting “They Owe It All To Odio”
Lynda Edwards Miami New Times Finalist, Feature Story “Once and Future Kings”
Kirk Semple & Jim DeFede Miami New Times Finalists, Environmental or Conservation (single story or series) Sustained coverage of Homestead Air Force Base conservation
1996 Miami New Times Miami New Times 2nd Place, General Excellence, Circulation over 12,000
Miami New Times Miami New Times 3rd Place, Overall Graphic Design, Circulation over 12,000
Jim DeFede Miami New Times 2nd Place, Serious Column—Sally Latham Memorial Award
Kirk Semple, Miami New Times Honorable Mention, News Story
Michelle Mayer Miami New Times 1st Place, Investigative Reporting—Claudia Ross Memorial Award
Jim DeFede Miami New Times 2nd Place, In-depth News Reporting
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature Story
Ray Martinez Miami New Times 1st Place, Outdoor Story
Judy Cantor Miami New Times 1st Place, Agricultural Writing
Kirk Semple Miami New Times 1st Place, Environmental or Conservation Writing
Staff Miami New Times 1st Place, Special Issue, Section or Supplement
Sunshine State Awards/South Florida SPJ
2013 Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Journalist of the Year “Death Trap”
Kyle Munzenreider, Miami New Times 3rd Place, Breaking News Reporting “Miami Zombie”
Tim Elfrink, Frank Alvarado,
Gus Garcia-Roberts
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature Reporting “The Gun and The Scalpel”
Deirdra Funcheon New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Feature Reporting “Balloon Boy 2012”
Chris Sweeney New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Best Reporting/Environmental/Health/Science “Coral Capers”
2012 Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 3rd Place, James Batten Award for Public Service “Rotten to the Core”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 3rd Place, Gene Miller Award for Investigative Reporting “Rotten to the Core”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Feature Reporting “Snuffed”
Michael Miller Miami New Times 1st Place, Beat Reporting/Religion “Stepford U”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 2nd Place, Beat Reporting/Sports “Below the Belt”
2010 Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Light Feature Reporting Park or Die Tryin'
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 1st Place, Serious Feature Reporting Curse of the Class of 2006
Natalie O’Neill Miami New Times 1st Place, Medical/Health Care/Science “Piece of Mind”
Tim Elfrink & Jesse Hyde Miami New Times 1st Place, International Reporting “Guantanamo's Final Days”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 3rd Place, Sports Reporting “On the Level”
Natalie O’Neill Miami New Times 1st Place, Religion Reporting “Pint-Size Preacher”
Jackie Sayet Miami New Times 1st Place, Food/Beverage Writing “Bogus Beef”
2009 Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 2nd Place, Light Feature Reporting “Faux-Bama!”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 3rd Place, Serious Feature Reporting “Missing Peace”
Amy Guthrie New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting “Drink Up”
Tim Elfrink Miami New Times 1st Place, Civil Law Reporting “Black October”
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times 3rd Place, Election Reporting “Redemption Run”
Amy Guthrie New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Consumer Reporting “Drink Up”
Deirdra Funcheon New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Education Reporting “Simmer Down, Kids!”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times 2nd Place, Non-Deadline Sports Reporting “No Fear”
Amy Guthrie New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Non-Deadline Sports Reporting “Switch Hitter”
Deirdra Funcheon New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Environmental Reporting “Mud in Your Eye”
Carlos Suarez de Jesus Miami New Times 3rd Place, Arts Reporting “Basel Invasion!”
Elyse Wanshel Miami New Times 3rd Place, Humorous Column Writing “A Pregnant Pause”
Staff New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Blog – Affiliated The Juice Blog
2008 Emily Witt Miami New Times 1st Place, Non-Deadline Business Reporting “Never Forget You”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Non-Deadline Business Reporting “Buy My Rock!”
Jeff Stratton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Light Feature Reporting “Rim Job”
Emily Witt Miami New Times 2nd Place, Serious Feature Reporting “Band of Outsiders”
Julia Reischel New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Election Reporting “Charlie Crist is NOT Gay”
Kelly Cramer New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Consumer Reporting “The Art of Piracy”
Julia Reischel New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Education Reporting “See Dick Be Jane”
Julia Reischel New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Religion Reporting “The God Fossil”
Mariah Blake Miami New Times 2nd Place, Religion Reporting “Jesus Redux”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Environmental Reporting “Reef Madness”
Kelly Cramer New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, Arts Reporting “The Art of Piracy”
Pam Shavalier New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Feature Front Design
2007 Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Criminal Law Reporting “Cybercreep”
Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Politcal/Government Reporting “Cash Cow”
Wyatt Olson New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Education Reporting “The Littlest Felons”
Kirk Nielsen Miami New Times Finalist, Arts Reporting “Fake Art, Real Money”
Pam Shavalier New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Art/photo Illustration “Learning Curves”
2003 Michael Mills New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place, Criticism
Edmund Newton New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place, National Security Reporting “Ammo Blues”
Pam Shavalier New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place, Graphic Design
Michael Shavalier Miami New Times 3rd Place, Front Page Design
2002 Susan Eastman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place: Foreign reporting “Migrant Justice”
Chuck Strouse New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention: Commentary
Lee Klein Miami New Times Honorable Mention: Critical writing/review
Michael Mills New Times Broward/Palm Beach Honorable Mention: Critical writing/review
Susan Eastman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place: Magazine writing “Baby Doll”
Steve Satterwhite Miami New Times 2nd Placet: Feature photography “Shrink Wrapped”
Dean Sebring Miami New Times 3rd Place: Front page design
Dean Sebring Miami New Times 1st Place (Tie): Special page design
Dean Sebring Miami New Times 2nd Place: Special page design
Dean Sebring Miami New Times 3rd Place: Special page design
2000 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place: Non-deadline Reporting “Why the Kid Killed”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 2nd Place: Non-deadline Reporting “Love & Violation”
Emily Bliss New Times Broward/Palm Beach 3rd Place: Non-deadline Reporting “A Scout for Life”
Staff Miami New Times 1st Place: Deadline Reporting “Elian Nation”
Bob Whitby New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place: Feature Reporting “Swamp Wars”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 3rd Place: Feature Reporting “Death of a Maiden”
Celeste Delgado Miami New Times 1st Place (tie): Foreign Reporting “The Salsa Doctor is Out”
Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times 1st Place (tie)t: Foreign Reporting “Beyond Havana”
Brett Sokol Miami New Times 1st Place (tie): Foreign Reporting “Los Raperos de la Habana”
“Hip-Hop & Socialism”
“e-Cuba”
Kirk Nielsen, Ted Kissell, Tristram Korten Miami New Times 1st Place: Business, Non-deadline Reporting “The Perfect Scam”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place: Sports, Non-deadline Reporting “Never too Small to Break the Rules”
1999 Bob Norman New Times Broward/Palm Beach 1st Place: Feature Reporting “Swept Out to Sea”
Jacob Bernstein Miami New Times 3rd Place: Feature Reporting “Last of a Dialing Breed”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times Honorable Mention: Feature Reporting “Ghetto Glorious”
Judy Cantor Miami New Times 3rd Place: Foreign Reporting “A Portrait of the Artist as a Communist Bureacrat”
Jim DeFede Miami New Times 1st Place: Commentary
Robin Dougherty New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place: Critical writing/reviews
Michael Mills New Times Broward/Palm Beach 2nd Place: Business Non-deadline Reporting “The Doctor Will Sell You Now”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 3rd Place: Business Non-deadline Reporting “Club Coke”
Tristram Korten Miami New Times 1st Place: Breaking Sports Reporting “Caught Sure-Handed”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place: Sports Non-deadline Reporting “Winning is Everything’
Lissette Corsa Miami New Times 2nd Place: Sports Non-deadline Reporting “Striking Out on His Own”
1998 Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times 1st Place: Feature Reporting “La Vida Dura”
Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times 2nd Place: Foreign Reporting “La Vida Dura”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place: Sports Non-deadline Reporting “Dream Team”
Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times 2nd Place: Sports Non-deadline Reporting “Lord of the Ring”
Dean Sebring Miami New Times 1st Place: Excellence in Front Page Design “Iron John”
1997 Dean Sebring Miami New Times 1st Place: Front page design
Dean Sebring Miami New Times 1st Place: Feature front design
Sean Rowe Miami New Times 1st Place: Feature reporting “The Bell Tolls For Him”
Jim Mullin Miami New Times 1st Place: Commentary “The Man Who Caught Carmen”
Kirk Semple Miami New Times 1st Place: Business Non-deadline Reporting “Barroom Brawl”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times 1st Place: Sports Non-deadline Reporting “Coming of Age at the 50-yard Line”
Jim DeFede Miami New Times 2nd Place: Commentary “Miami’s Undertaker”
Jen Karetnick Miami New Times 2nd Place: Critical writing/review “You Can Go Home Again”
Kathy Glasgow Miami New Times 2nd Place: Business Non-deadline Reporting “Loads of Dirty Laundry”
Judy Cantor Miami New Times 3rd Place: Foreign reporting “Bring On the Cubans!”
Ted Kissell Miami New Times 3rd Place: Business Non-deadline Reporting “The Jockey Club’s Wild Ride”
Elise Ackerman Miami New Times Honorable Mention: Non-deadline Reporting “A Prisoner of Circumstance”
Robert Andrew Powell Miami New Times Honorable Mention: Non-deadline Reporting “Dumb Luck”
Paula Park Miami New Times Honorable Mention: Feature reporting “Flunk Out”
Staff Miami New Times Finalists: Sports non-deadline reporting “Go Marlins!”
South Florida Black Journalists Association Awards for Excellence
2006 Rebecca Wakefield Miami New Times Winner, Enterprise “In the Shadow of New Towers”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times Winner, Profile “Santa: A Man on the Street”
2005 Bob Norman New Times Broward Palm/Beach Finalist, Commentary “Minority Report”
Sam Eifling New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Community Impact “Who Killed Junior?”
Rebecca Wakefield Miami New Times Finalist, Features “The Sociology of Suds”
Trevor Aaronson New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Sports “King’s Tarnished Crown”
Sam Eifling New Times Broward/Palm Beach Finalist, Sports “Shadow Box”
Francisco Alvarado Miami New Times Finalist, Sports “True Glove
Awards of Excellence/North Central Florida Society of Professional Journalists
2006 Emily Witt Miami New Times 1st Place, General Reporting-Single Story “Band of Outsiders”
Joanne Greene Miami New Times 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Rough Love”
Rob Jordan Miami New Times 2nd Place, Business Reporting “Deconstruction”
Chuck Strouse Miami New Times 1st Place, Serious Column Writing “Free This Priest”
“Bad Seed Awards”
“Listen Up, McClatchy”
Mariah Blake Miami New Times 2nd Place, Religion Reporting “Jesus Redux”
TEXAS PAPERS
DALLAS OBSERVER AND HOUSTON PRESS
Griot Awards/Dallas-Ft. Worth NABJ Chapter
1996 Kaylois Henry Dallas Observer General news “Academy of Dreams”
Kaylois Henry Dallas Observer Feature writing “Clara’s Last Supper”
Texas School Bell Awards/Texas State Teachers Association
2001 Jonathan Fox Dallas Observer Winner, Outstanding News/Feature Story “Not So Special”
1996 Kaylois Henry Dallas Observer Winner, Outstanding News/Feature Story “Academy of Dreams”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Winner, Outstanding News/Feature Story “Last in the Class”
Miriam Rozen Dallas Observer Winner, Outstanding News/Feature Story “The Learning Curve”
The Press Club of Houston
2000 Bob Burtman Houston Press Print Journalist of the Year
Steve McVicker Houston Press 1st runner-up, Print Journalist of the Year
Shaila Dewan Houston Press 2nd runner-up, Print Journalist of the Year
Bob Burtman Houston Press 1st place, Investigative Reporting “Down the Drain”
Brian Wallstin Houston Press 2nd place, Investigative Reporting “Looking for Answers Down Below”
Brad Tyer Houston Press 3rd place, Investigative Reporting “Bungle in the Jungle”
Richard Connelly Houston Press 1st place, Sports Story “A Call to Arms”
Brad Tyer Houston Press 2nd place, Sports Story “Full Contact Paddling”
Randall Patterson Houston Press 3rd place, Sports Story “You Gotta Want It”
Bob Burtman Houston Press 1st place, Business Story “Disconnected”
Stuart Eskenazi Houston Press 3rd place, Business Story “Calling the Shots”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 1st place, Editorial “School Outings”
Randall Patterson Houston Press 3rd place, Feature Story “The Grass Wars”
Phillippe Diederich Houston Press 1st place, Feature Photography “Trouble in Mind” photos
Richard Connelly Houston Press 1st place, On-line Feature Story “Feds Cracking Down on Texas-based Doomsday Cult"
1999 Steve McVicker Houston Press 1st runner-up, Print Journalist of the Year
Bob Burtman Houston Press 1st Place, Best Investigative Reporting “Hard Times”
Shaila Dewan Houston Press 1st Place, Best Commentary or Criticism “The Last Eccentric”
Randall Patterson Houston Press 1st Place, Best Sports Story “Taking the Waves”
Steve McVicker Houston Press 2nd Place, Best Feature Story “The Further Adventures of King Con”
Brian Wallstin Houston Press 2nd Place, Best Business Story “Biological Disaster”
Bob Burtman Houston Press 3rd Place, Best Sports Story “Bad Sports”
Shaila Dewan Houston Press 3rd Place, Best Commentary or Criticism “Art is Dead—Let’s Have a Drink”
1998 Steve McVicker Houston Press 1st runner-up, Print Journalist of the Year
Randall Patterson Houston Press 2nd runner-up, Print Journalist of the Year
Lisa Gray Houston Press 1st Place, Best Feature Story “School of Hard Knocks”
Randall Patterson Houston Press 3rd Place, Best Feature Story “Momma’s Girl”
Michael Berryhill Houston Press 3rd Place, Best Investigative Reporting “What Really Happened to Rodney Hulin?”
Jim Simon Houston Press 1st Place, Best Commentary or Criticsm “Show ‘Em Your Money”
Randall Patterson Houston Press 1st Place, Best Sports Story “The Legend”
1997 Michael Berryhill Houston Press Print Journalist of the Year
Steve McVicker Houston Press 1st runner-up, Print Journalist of the Year
Randall Patterson Houston Press 2nd runner-up, Print Journalist of the Year
Randall Patterson Houston Press 1st Place, Best Feature Story “The New Jesus”
Randall Patterson Houston Press 1st Place, Best Sports Story “Fourth and Long”
Jim Simmon Houston Press 1st Place, Best Commentary/Criticism “Man Overboard”
Bob Burtman Houston Press 2nd place, Best Investigative Reporting “The Fire Next Time?”
Bob Burtman Houston Press 3rd place, Best Investigative Reporting “It’s A Gimme!”
1996 Steve McVicker Houston Press Print Journalist of the Year
Randall Patterson Houston Press 1st Place, Best Feature Story “It’s Only Money”
Tim Fleck Houston Press 1st Place, Best Investigative Reporting “Captives of Research”
Jim Simmon Houston Press 1st Place, Best Commentary/Criticism “Beat It Bud... And Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out"
Lone Star Awards
In 2001, the Houston Press Club changed their yearly competition to allow entries from all Texas media, rather than exclusively Houston. They renamed the contest the Lone Star Awards.
2013 Terrence McCoy Houston Press 1st Place, Print Journalist of the Year
Steve Jansen Houston Press 1st Place, Print News or Feature Story “Dam It!”
John Nova Lomax Houston Press 2nd Place, Print News or Feature Story “Breaking It Down”
Terrence McCoy Houston Press 2nd Place, Print Investigative Reporting “Strings Attached”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 3rd Place, Print Investigative Reporting “No Saving Grace”
Terrence McCoy Houston Press 1st Place, Print Politics/Government “The Tea Party Democrat”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 2nd Place, Print Business Story “Fantasy Land”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 2nd Place, Print General Commentary/Criticism “A Little Respect”
2012 John Nova Lomax Houston Press 2nd Place, Print Journalist of the Year
John Nova Lomax Houston Press 3rd Place, News or Feature Story “Texas Tweakers”
John Nova Lomax Houston Press 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting “The Peddler”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 2nd Place, Public Service “Down the Hatch”
Mandy Oaklander Houston Press 1st Place, Politics/Government “The Red-Light Camera Circus”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 1st Place, Business Story “Betting Their Lives”
John Nova Lomax Houston Press 2nd Place, Business Story “The Great Heights Art Heist”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 1st Place, General Commentary/Criticism “Mistaken Identities”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 2nd Place, General Commentary/Criticism “Casualties of War”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 3rd Place, General Commentary/Criticism “Efficiencies”
Daniel Kramer Houston Press 1st Place, Photo Package “Prized Possessions”
Katharine Shilcutt Houston Press 1st Place, Blog Eating Our Words
2011 Craig Malisow Houston Press 1st Place, Print Journalist of the Year
Chris Vogel Houston Press 2nd Place, Print Journalist of the Year
Patrick Michels Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Print Journalist of the Year
Alice Laussade Dallas Observer 1st Place, News or Feature Story “Moms Gone Wired”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 2nd Place, News or Feature Story “Into the Wild”
Patrick Michels Dallas Observer 3rd Place, News or Feature Story “Dandy Rotten Scoundrel”
Chris Vogel & Patrick Michels Houston Press/Dallas Observer 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Asylum Denied”
John Nova Lomax Houston Press 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Crash Reports”
Chris Vogel Houston Press 2nd Place, Public Service “Steamrolled”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Public Service “Return to Sender”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 1st Place, Politics/Government “Going to Extremes”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 2nd Place, Politics/Government “Prison Pays”
Sam Merten Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Politics/Government “Outlawed”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 2nd Place, Business Story “Net Gains and Losses”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 1st Place, General Commentary “Children of God”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 2nd Place, General Commentary “The Whipping Boy”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 3rd Place, General Commentary “Homeless High”
Chasen Marshall Houston Press 1st Place, Sports Story “Fifth Ward Saints”
Paul Knight Houston Press 3rd Place, Sports Story “Third Ward High”
Katharine Shilcutt Houston Press 1st Place, Photo Package “Chef Tats”
Chasen Marshall Houston Press 2nd Place. Photo Package “Fifth Ward Saints”
2010 Chris Vogel Houston Press 1st Place, Print Journalist of the Year “For Their Own Good”
“A Quiet Hell”
“Wind Power”
Paul Knight Houston Press 2nd Place, Print Journalist of the Year “Wild Rides”
“The Recruit”
“Superthief”
Chris Vogel Houston Press 1st Place, Politics/Government “For Their Own Good”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 2nd Place, Politics/Government “BARC Sucks”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Politics/Government “Guilty”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 1st Place, News or Feature Story “Off Course”
Mike Giglio Houston Press 2nd Place, News or Feature Story “The Burmese Come to Houston”
John Nova Lomax Houston Press 3rd Place, News or Feature Story “Love in the Time of Leprosy”
Matt Pulle Dallas Observer 1st Place, Business Story “Empty Victory”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 2nd Place, Business Story “Cover Me”
Chris Curry Houston Press 1st Place, Photo Package “The Burmese Come to Houston”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 1st Place, General Commentary/Criticism “Whitewashing Reality”
Richie Whitt Dallas Observer 2nd Place, General Commentary/Criticism “Josh vs. Josh”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 3rd Place, General Commentary/Criticism “Let the Record Reflect”
Richie Whitt Dallas Observer 1st Place, Sports Story “Jumbo Jerry”
Sam Merten Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Sports Story “The Young and the Restless”
2009 Craig Malisow Houston Press 1st Place, Print Journalist of the Year “Selling You”
“Language Barrier”
“Man on Fire”
Chris Vogel Houston Press 2nd Place, Print Journalist of the Year “Crime Doesn’t Pay(back)”
“Prison Cover-Up”
“Dead End”
Megan Feldman Dallas Observer 1st Place, Feature Story “Terrain of Grief”
Richie Whitt Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Feature Story “The Hard Lie”
Paul Knight Houston Press 3rd Place, Feature Story “Gone to Hell”
Chris Vogel Houston Press 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting “Crime Doesn’t Pay(back)”
Paul Knight Houston Press 3rd Place, Public Service “Home Bound”
Chris Vogel Houston Press 2nd Place, Politics & Government “Prison Cover-Up”
Margaret Downing Houston Press 1st Place, Business Story “Bad Faith”
Randall Patterson Houston Press 1st Place, General Commentary/Criticism “To Catch a Rapist”
Randall Patterson Houston Press 2nd Place, General Commentary/Criticism “Quality Assurance”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 3rd Place, General Commentary/Criticism “What Chutzpah!”
Richie Whitt Dallas Observer 1st Place, Sports Story “The Pitch Man Cometh”
Paul Knight Houston Press 2nd Place, Sports Story “No Pressure”
Daniel Kramer Houston Press 2nd Place, Photojournalist of the Year “Guy in Glass”
“Dickens Kid”
“X Guitarist”
Daniel Kramer Houston Press 1st Place, Sports Photo “Boxers”
Daniel Kramer Houston Press 1st Place, Photo Package “Ike”
John Nova Lomax Houston Press 1st Place, Internet Based News-Original, Feature “San Leon After Ike”
Craig Hlavaty Houston Press 2nd Place, Internet Based News-Original, Opinion “Metallica at Toyota”
Chris Vogel & Paul Knight Houston Press 1st Place, Internet Based News-Collaborative, Hard News Reporting “KBR & Rape Victim” series
2008 Todd Spivak Houston Press Finalist, Print Journalist of the Year “Toxic Town”
“Whose Best Interests?”
“Heads You Lose...
Tails You Lose”
Chris Vogel Houston Press Finalist, Print Journalist of the Year Weekend Warriors
“The TSU Three”
"The Getaway"
Megan Feldman Dallas Observer Finalist, Print Journalist of the Year “Teenage and Transgendered”
“El Tren de la Muerte”
“Ground Meat”
Daniel Kramer Houston Press Finalist, Photojournalist of the Year
Margaret Downing Houston Press Finalist, Feature Story “Death in a Box”
Glenna Whitley Dallas Observer Finalist, Investigative Reporting “Fashion Foul”
Jesse Hyde Dallas Observer Finalist, Investigative Reporting “House of Death”
Megan Feldman Dallas Observer Finalist, Public Service “Teenage and Transgendered”
Todd Spivak Houston Press Finalist, Public Service “Toxic Town”
Chris Vogel Houston Press Finalist, Politics/Government “The TSU Three”
Todd Spivak Houston Press Finalist, Business Story “Heads You Lose… Tails You Lose”
Chris Vogel Houston Press Finalist, Business Story “The Getaway”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Finalist, General Commentary/Criticism “Judging Books & Their Covers”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer Finalist, General Commentary/Criticism “City Hall’s Same Sick Story”
Jason Friedman Houston Press Finalist, Sports Story “Rocket Science”
Daniel Kramer Houston Press Finalist, Feature Photo “Quinciniera”
Daniel Kramer Houston Press Finalist, Sports Photo “Rugby”
Daniel Kramer Houston Press Finalist, Photo Package “Greyhound Racing”
John Nova Lomax Houston Press Finalist, Internet Based News Original “The Walking Series”
Jason Friedman Houston Press Finalist, Internet Opinion “Rocket Series”
2007 Josh Harkinson Houston Press Finalist, Print Journalist of the Year “Tale of Two Cities”
“Wretched Excess”
“A Gap in Coverage”
Josh Harkinson Houston Press Finalist, Feature Story “Tale of Two Cities”
Brian McManus Houston Press Finalist, Feature Story “Road Trip”
Josh Harkinson Houston Press Finalist, Public Service “A Gap in Coverage”
Todd Spivak Houston Press Finalist, Public Service “Overstimulated”
Greg Harman Houston Press Finalist, Politics/Government “System Failure”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Finalist, Business Story “Who Cares?”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Finalist, General Commentary/Criticism “Mind Reading”
Richard Connelly Houston Press Finalist, General Commentary/Criticism “What a Devil”
D.L. Groover Houston Press Finalist, Arts and Entertainment Commentary/Criticism “Imperfect Score”
Mosi Secret Houston Press Finalist, Sports “Out of the Park”
Daniel Kramer Houston Press Finalist, Photo Package “Who Cares?”
2006 Josh Harkinson Houston Press Finalist, Print Journalist of the Year “Thrilled to Death”
“Ship Wrecked”
“HCCS’ Gift Basket Bonanza”
Sarah Fenske Houston Press Finalist, Print Journalist of the Year “The Killer Next Door”
“Ground Zero”
“Black & White”
Michael Serazio Houston Press Finalist, Feature Story “Gambling on Iraq”
Josh Harkinson Houston Press Finalist, Business Story “Ship Wrecked”
Margaret Downing & Bob Burtman Houston Press Finalist, Business Story “A Closer Look at Dillard’s”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Finalist, Editorials “Beggars Can’t Be Choosers”
Margaret Downing Houston Press Finalist, Arts & Entertainment Column “One Screwy Family”
2005 Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer 2nd runner-up, Print Journalist of the Year
Scott Nowell Houston Press 1st Place, Investigative Reporting “Penned In”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer 1st Place, Business Story “Grave Robbers”
Josh Harkinson Houston Press 3rd Place, Business Story “Houston Once Removed”
Wendy Grossman Houston Press 1st Place, Public Service “Catching Elevators”
Kelly Klaasmeyer Houston Press 1st Place, Arts Commentary/Criticism “Incest is Wrong”
John Nova Lomax Houston Press 2nd Place, Arts Commentary/Criticism “I'm Not Dreaming of a White Christmas”
Michael Serazio Houston Press 1st Place, Student News Story “Godspell”
Michael Serazio Houston Press 2nd Place, Student News Story “Go, Baby, Go”
Glenna Whitley Dallas Observer 1st Place, Feature Story “Evil Eyes”
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Feature Story “The Girl Who Played Dead”
John Gonzales Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Sports Commentary/Criticism “Ready to Rumble”
Carlton Stowers Dallas Observer 3rd Place, Sports Story “Friday Night Lite”
2004 Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer 2nd place, Print Journalist of the Year
Carlton Stowers Dallas Observer 2nd place, Feature Story “Today, a Generation Died”
Thomas Korosec & Rose Farley Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Sweetheart Deal”
Wendy Grossman Houston Press 2nd Place, Public Service “Rock a Baby Bye-Bye”
Wendy Grossman Houston Press 3rd Place, Public Service “In the Doghouse”
Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer 1st Place, Business Story “Enough to Make You Sick”
George Flynn Houston Press 3rd Place, Business Story “Dumped On”
Jim Schutze Dallas Observer 2nd Place, General Commentary “Mr. No-Apology”
John Gonzalez Dallas Observer 2nd Place, Sports Commentary “Jerry-Rigged”
Julie Lyons Dallas Observer 1st Place, Sports Story “Back In Bounds”
Craig Malisow Houston Press 3rd Place, Sports Story “Hell on Wheels”
2003 Charles Siderius Dallas Observer Winner, Print Journalist of the Year
Wendy Grossman Houston Press 2nd place—tie, Print Journalist of the Year
Margaret Downing Houston Press 2nd place—tie, Print Journalist of the Year
Lauren Kern Houston Press 2nd place, Business Story “Great Expectations”
Charles Siderius Dallas Observer 2nd place, Feature Story “Forget Me Not”
Lauren Kern Houston Press 2nd place, Arts & Entertainment Commentary “This Bird Has Flown”
Richard Connelly Houston Press 3rd place, Sports Story “Playmaker”
Deron Neblett Houston Press 3rd place, Feature Photography “Hitting the Highs & Lows With Little Joe Washington”
2002 Bob Burtman Houston Press 2nd Place, Print Journalist of the Year
Bob Burtman Houston Press 2nd Place, Investigative Reporting “Paying the Price”
“Pumped Dry”
Margaret Downing HoustonPress 2nd Place, General Commentary/Criticism “Breaking Bigotry”
Richard Connelly Houston Press 3rd Place, General Commentary/Criticism “Winner in OT”
Lauren Kern Houston Press 3rd Place, Arts & Entertainment Commentary/Criticism “Where Art Thou, Juliet?”
Brad Tyer Houston Press 3rd Place, Feature Story “Mommy’s Little Angel”
John Suval Houston Press 3rd Place, Business Story “Awakening Giant”
American Planning Association, Houston Section
1999 Brian Wallstin Houston Press Merit Award for Journalism "Placed on the Discard Pile"
Emily Bissell Award for Excellence in Journalism/American Lung Association of Texas
2000 Wendy Grossman Houston Press Winner “Drowning on Dry Land”
Mental Health Association in Texas Media Award
1997 Jim Simmon Houston Press First Place, Print Division “Dead on the Street”
Dallas Bar Association Stephen W. Philbin Awards
2003 Julie Lyons Dallas Observer Winner, Newspaper Feature Story “The Girl Who Played Dead”
2000 Mark Donald Dallas Observer Winner, Newspaper Feature Story “Innocence Lost”
1999 Christine Biederman Dallas Observer Winner, Newspaper Feature Story "Lost in Translation"
State Bar of Texas' Gavel Awards
2009 Chris Vogel Houston Press Winner “Crime Doesn’t Pay(back)”
2002 Bob Burtman Houston Press Winner, Individual Article, Newspapers – Weeklies/Bi-Weeklies “Rejected”
Mark Donald Dallas Observer Winner, Individual Article, Newspapers – Weeklies/Bi-Weeklies “Deadbeating the System”
2001 Rose Farley Dallas Observer Winner, Newspaper Series, Newspapers – Weeklies/Bi-Weeklies “Victims in the Shadows”
1999 Thomas Korosec Dallas Observer Winner, Individual Article, Newspapers – Weeklies/Bi-Weeklies “How the Slumlord Beats the City Every Time”
Anson Jones Award/Texas Medical Association
2002 Wendy Grossman Houston Press 1st Place “Sick Kids”
2001 Brian Wallstin Houston Press 1st place “No Secrets”
Lisa Gray Houston Press Certificate of Merit “Carlos Chavez, Mall Surgeon”
Citizen’s Environmental Coalition of Houston/Synergy Award for Environmental Excellence in the Media
2005 Josh Harkinson Houston Press Winner
2000 Bob Burtman Houston Press Winner
Francis C. Moore Medical Journalism Awards/Harris County Medical Society
2009 Paul Knight Houston Press Winner, Medical Economics “Home Bound”
2001 Wendy Grossman Houston Press Winner, Medical Economics “Sick Kids”
2000 Margaret Downing & Brian Wallstin Houston Press Winners, Medical Economics “Catch Us if You Can”
Wendy Grossman Houston Press Winner, Periodicals—Medical/Health News “Drowning on Dry Land”
Texas Mental Health Association Media Awards
2002 Wendy Grossman Houston Press Winner “Sick Kids”
Rose Farley Dallas Observer Winner “Resistance is Futile”
First Amendement Award /Houston Trial Lawyer’s Association
2003 Margaret Downing Houston Press Winner “A Closer Look at Dillard’s”
2002 Scott Nowell Houston Press Winner “Justice for Some”
Charles E. Green Journalism Awards/Headliners Foundation of Texas
2002 Glenna Whitley Dallas Observer Winner, Magazine & Specialty Publication Achievement Award “Crazy White Mother”
Region 6 Council on Child Welfare Board/Outstanding Printed Media of the Year
2002 Wendy Grossman Houston Press Certificate of Appreciation
The Texas Institute of Letters
2006 Todd Spivak Houston Press Finalist, Best Work of Newspaper Journalism “Hog Wild”
2004 Josh Harkinson Houston Press Runner-up, Best Work of Newspaper Journalism “Thrilled to Death”
Environmental Reporting Award/Houston Regional Group of the Sierra Club
2004 Josh Harkinson Houston Press Winner Body of Work
CALIFORNIA PAPERS
SF WEEKLY, LA WEEKLY, NEW TIMES LOS ANGELES, OC WEEKLY AND EAST BAY EXPRESS
Better Newspapers Award/California Newspaper Publisher Association
2003 SF Weekly SF Weekly 1st Place, Lifestyle coverage 11/5/03 & 11/26/03 issues
SF Weekly SF Weekly 1st Place, Page Layout & Design 9/8/03 & 9/13/03 issues
www.sfweekly.com SF Weekly 1st Place, Best Web Site
Matt Smith SF Weekly 1st Place, Investigative or Enterprise Reporting “Son of a Swindler”
Tommy Craggs SF Weekly 2nd Place, Sports Story “Rush of Victory”
Ismael Roldan SF Weekly 2nd Place, Illustration or Info Graphic “The Great Left Hope”
2002 SF Weekly 1st Place, Arts and entertainment coverage
SF Weekly 1st Place, Lifestyle coverage
SF Weekly 2nd Place, General excellence
Matt Palmquist SF Weekly 2nd Place, Sports Story “This is NOT a story about LA Lakers Star Kobe Bryant…”
2001 Lisa Davis SF Weekly 1st Place, Public Service “Fallout”
Silke Tudor SF Weekly 1st Place, Writing “Railroaded”
Staff SF Weekly 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment Coverage
Staff SF Weekly 2nd Place, Lifestyle Coverage
Peter Byrne SF Weekly 1st Place, Investigative or Enterprise Reporting “Dirty Pool”
Darrick Rainey SF Weekly 1st Place, Page Layout & Design 6/13/01 & 6/20/01 issues
2000 Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 1st Place, Investigative or Enterprise Reporting “Rampart Rampage”
Peter Byrne SF Weekly 1st Place, Business/Financial “Bitter Medicine”
New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Special Issue “Best of L.A.”
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Public Service “A Terrible Thing to Waste”
Michael Gougis New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Environmental Reporting “Liquid Waste”
Bernice Yeung SF Weekly 2nd Place, Sports Reporting “Magnificent Obsession”
1999 SF Weekly SF Weekly 1st Place, General Excellence
SF Weekly SF Weekly 1st Place, Lifestyle Coverage
New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles 1st Place, Front Page
New Times Los Angeles New Times Los Angeles 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment Coverage
SF Weekly SF Weekly 2nd Place, Arts & Entertainment Coverage
Matt Smith SF Weekly 1st Place, Sports Story “Road to Redemption”
Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles 1st Place, Public Service
Rick Barrs New Times Los Angeles 1st Place, Columns, Commentary, Criticism Staples Center scandal
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 1st Place, Investigative or Enterprise Reporting “Kaiser’s Dirty Secret”
Jack Cheevers New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Writing “Holy Homophobia!”
Matt Smith SF Weekly 2nd Place, Business/Financial Story “Telling Fortunes”
Michael Gougis New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Environmental/Ag Resource Reporting “Troubled Water”
1998 Lisa Davis SF Weekly 2nd Place, Feature Story “The Fairfield Wives”
Peter Byrne SF Weekly 1st Place, Investigative or Enterprise Reporting “Rewarding Failure”
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place, Investigative or Enterprise Reporting
1996 Lisa Davis SF Weekly Finalist, Feature Story “The Quick Fix”
Chuck Finnie SF Weekly Finalist, Public Service “Where Crime Pays”
Chuck Finnie SF Weekly Finalist, Investigative or Enterprise Reporting “The D.A.’s Svengali”
Peninsula Press Club Awards
2012 Katy St. Clair SF Weekly 1st Place, Columns/Feature Bouncer columns
Peter Jamison SF Weekly 1st Place, News Story “Crime Lab Confidential”
Joe Eskenazi SF Weekly 1st Place, Feature Story of a Light Nature “The Art of the Steal”
Peter Jamison SF Weekly 1st Place, Feature Story of a Serious Nature “Let Him Prey”
Joe Eskenazi SF Weekly 2nd Place, Analysis “Progressively Worse”
Ian S. Port SF Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment Story “Pomplamoose Calls the Tune”
Joe Eskenazi SF Weekly 1st Place, Specialty Story “In Tansit”
Joe Eskenazi SF Weekly 2nd Place, Sports Story “Fighting Chance”
2011 Matt Smith SF Weekly 2nd Place, Columns-News
Katy St. Clair SF Weekly 2nd Place, Columns-Feature
Joe Eskenazi, Benjamin Wachs SF Weekly 2nd Place, Analysis “Let It Bleed”
Joe Eskenazi, Greg Dewar SF Weekly 3rd Place, Specialty Story “The Muni Death Spiral”
Peter Jamison SF Weekly 3rd Place, Sports Story “Head Case”
2010 Joe Eskenazi SF Weekly 1st Place, Feature Story of Light Nature “Service with a Snarl”
Peter Jamison SF Weekly 1st Place, Feature Story of Serious Nature “Time Bomb”
2009 Matt Smith SF Weekly 3rd Place, Columns News/Political
Katy St. Clair SF Weekly 1st Place, Columns/Feature Bouncer
Karina Ioffee SF Weekly 1st Place, News Story “He’s No Angel”
John Geluardi SF Weekly 1st Place, Feature Story/Light Nature “Drama Mia”
Lauren Smiley SF Weekly 2nd Place, Feature Story/Light Nature “Score!!!”
John Geluardi SF Weekly 1st Place, Feature/Serious Nature “Stiffed”
Ashley Harrell SF Weekly 3rd Place, Feature/Serious Nature “Snitch”
John Geluardi SF Weekly 1st Place, Analysis “Party Crashers 08”
Chloe Veltman SF Weekly 2nd Place, Entertainment Review “Taking It Personally”
Joe Eskenazi SF Weekly 1st Place, Specialty Story “Voodoo on the Vine”
Ron Russell SF Weekly 1st Place, Sports Story “Benched”
2008 SF Weekly SF Weekly 2nd Place (tie), General Excellence
Matt Smith SF Weekly 2nd Place, Columns-News/Political Matt Smith columns
David Downs SF Weekly 1st Place (tie), Technology Story “The Day the Music Dies”
Martin Kuz SF Weekly 1st Place, Sports Story “Full Nelson”
2007 Matt Smith SF Weekly 1st Place, Columns-News/Political Matt Smith columns
Ron Russell SF Weekly 1st Place, Feature Story of Light Nature “Inside the Savage Nation”
A.C. Thompson SF Weekly 1st Place, Feature Story of Serious Nature “Cops Who Spy”
Martin Kuz SF Weekly 1st Place, Sports Story “Most Valuable Teammate”
2005 Matt Smith SF Weekly 1st Place, Columns-News/Political Matt Smith columns
Nate Cavalieri SF Weekly 2nd Place, Feature Story of Serious Nature “The Lifesaver”
Tommy Craggs SF Weekly 1st Place, Sports Story “Here Comes the Fog”
2002 Matt Palmquist SF Weekly 1st Place, Feature Story “Sound of Success”
Bernice Yeung SF Weekly 2nd Place, Feature Story “Sweat, Steel, and Stealth”
Peter Byrne SF Weekly 3rd Place, Feature Story “Who is Clint Reilly, Really?”
Matt Palmquist SF Weekly 2nd Place, Technology Story “Cell Therapy”
Joel Engardio SF Weekly 2nd Place, Specialty Story “Smoking Gun”
Jeremy Mullman SF Weekly 2nd Place, Sports Story “Daydream Believers”
Lisa Davis SF Weekly Honorable Mention, News Story “Law and Borders”
2001 Jeremy Mullman SF Weekly 1st Place, Technical Story “The PeopleSoft Touch”
Benoit Denizet-Lewis SF Weekly 1st Place, Sports Feature Writing “Bow to the King”
Jeremy Mullman SF Weekly 2nd Place, Sports Feature Writing “The Closer”
Silke Tudor SF Weekly 1st Place, Column writing “Nightcrawler” column
1999 George Cothran SF Weekly 1st Place, Column Writing
George Cothran SF Weekly 1st Place, Sports Feature Writing “’A-1’ Wright, R.I.P.
George Cothran & SF Weekly Honorable Mention, Team Reporting “Project Employment”
David Pasztor “Crime and Patronage”
Lisa Davis SF Weekly 1st Place, Serious Feature Writing “The Fairfield Wives”
Michael Sragow SF Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment Reviewing “Making a Mountain out of an Ant Hill”
Jack Boulware SF Weekly 2nd Place, Specialty Writing “How to Stalk, Kill, and Cook a California Pig”
Peter Byrne SF Weekly Honorable Mention, Business Reporting “Downtown’s Fairy Godmother”
1998 David Pasztor SF Weekly 1st Place, Business Story “Checci’s Checkered Past”
Chuck Finnie SF Weekly 2nd Place, Business Story “Falling for the Gap”
Matt Smith SF Weekly 1st Place, Technology Story “Death of a Multimedia Phenomenon”
Bill Wyman SF Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment Review “Through the Past (Lightly)”
Matt Smith SF Weekly 2nd Place, Sports Feature “Recycling America”
Lisa Davis SF Weekly Honorable Mention, General News “Giving Away the Hospital”
State Bar of California
1997 Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles Silver Gavel Award “La Eme”
Southern California Journalism Awards/The Greater Los Angeles Press Club
2013 Gene Maddaus LA Weekly Winner, Print Journalist of the Year
Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly Finalist, Print Journalist of the Year
Gene Maddaus LA Weekly 1st Place, Hard News “The Artful Dodger”
Scott Moxley OC Weekly 3rd Place, Hard News “Prince Edward Maryland is Sorry”
Dennis Romero, Simone Wilson & Hillel Aron LA Weekly Finalists, Hard News “Los Angeles' War on Street Artists”
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 2nd Place, News Feature “The Man Who Smelled Too Much”
Michael Goldstein OC Weekly Finalist, News Feature “Lisa Becker Has Patience for Patients”
Michelle Woo OC Weekly 1st Place, Personality Profile “Jason Quinn Will Meet You at the Playground”
Tibby Rothman LA Weekly 3rd Place, Personality Profile “Bobby Martinez’s Rebel Cry”
Dennis Romero LA Weekly Finalist, Personality Profile “Shelley Lubben, Pom Reformer or Self-Promoter?”
Simone Wilson LA Weekly 3rd Place, Investigative Series “Hit & Run Epidemic”
Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly 1st Place, Business “Is Aaron Kushner the Pied Piper of Print?”
Tessa Stuart LA Weekly 2nd Place, Business “The Break-Up”
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 3rd Place, Business “The Death of Film”
Scott Moxley OC Weekly Finalist, Business “Prince Edward Maryland is Sorry”
Catherine Wagley LA Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment Reviews/ Criticism/Columns “Disney Demo”
Nick Schou OC Weekly 3rd Place, Entertainment Reviews/ Criticism/Columns “The King of Cool, Don Winslow”
Catherine Wagley LA Weekly Finalist, Entertainment Reviews/ Criticism/Columns “The Art of Nascar”
Zach Pincus-Roth LA Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment News or Feature “Nothing to Hide”
Nate Jackson OC Weekly 2nd Place, Entertainment News or Feature “The Ballad of Wade Michael Page”
Matt Coker OC Weekly 1st Place, Sports “Dick Baney & the Other Lost Boys of Summer”
Joel Beers OC Weekly 2nd Place, Sports “Muffin Spencer-Devlin Is the Best Lesbian…”
Libby Molyneaux LA Weekly 1st Place, Headline “The Oyster is His World”
Steven Morris LA Weekly 3rd Place, Headline “The Race-Time Continuum”
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly 1st Place, Design “2012 Theater Issue”
L. Derakshanian OC Weekly 2nd Place, Design “Anaheim Calling”
Staff LA Weekly 3rd Place, Blog/Group Public Spectacle
Staff LA Weekly 2nd Place, Website/News Organization People Issue Microsite
Jake Swearingen LA Weekly Finalist, Best Use of Social Media to Enhance &/or Promote a Story (Organization) “Air Pollution Causes… Brain Damage”
2012 Chris Vogel LA Weekly 2nd Place, Print Journalist of the Year
Karina Longworth LA Weekly Finalist, Entertainment Journalist of the Year
Mars Melnicoff LA Weekly 1st Place, Hard News “L.A. County’s War on Desert Rats”
Michelle Woo OC Weekly 1st Place, Personality Profile “Dave Gibbons is a Church Misfit”
Ben Westhoff LA Weekly 2nd Place, Personality Profile “Bud Bundy, Original Gangsta”
Chris Vogel LA Weekly 2nd Place, Investigative Series “Senseless Violence” and “Wheelchair Hell”
Nick Schou OC Weekly 3rd Place, Investigative Series “Orange County Jail Deaths”
Scott Moxley OC Weekly 1st Place, Business “Pyramid Scheme”
Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly 2nd Place, Business “El Torito Founder is Still the Big Enchilada”
Dennis Romero OC Weekly Finalist, Business “POM Defends the Money Shot”
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 3rd Place, Columnist
Karina Longworth LA Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Columns
Lilledeshan Bose OC Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment News or Feature “The Yost Theatre is Ready for Its Close-up”
Karina Longworth LA Weekly Finalist, Entertainment News or Feature “This Is Awkward”
Hillel Aron LA Weekly 1st Place, Sports “The Bikeroots”
Libby Molyneaux LA Weekly Finalist, Headline “How to Raise Hell and Influence People”
L. Derakhshanian & Jesse Lenz OC Weekly 2nd Place, Design “What We Learned”
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly 3rd Place, Design “Skrillex”
L. Derakhshanian OC Weekly Finalist, Design “Swell Guys”
L.Derakhshanian & Jim Rugg OC Weekly Finalists, Design “The Chamberlain Files”
Amanda Lewis LA Weekly 3rd Place, Feature (Online) “Secret Stairs”
Chris Vogel & Simone Wilson LA Weekly 1st Place, Multimedia Package “LAPD Detective Says Combs & Knight Ordered Killings”
Mars Melnicoff LA Weekly 2nd Place, Multimedia Package “Desert Rats: L.A. County’s Private Property War”
Taylor Hamby OC Weekly 3rd Place, Entertainment News/Feature (Online) “Where the Hell is Monster Massive Going to be Held”
Rebecca Haithcoat LA Weekly Finalist, Entertainment News/Feature (Online) “Meet Speak”
Amy Scattergood LA Weekly Finalists, Weblog, Group Squid Ink
Keith Plocek, Liz Ohanesian & Jake Swearingen LA Weekly 1st Place, Best Facebook Presence by a News Organization
2011 Patrick McDonald LA Weekly Winner, Print Journalist of the Year
Patrick McDonald LA Weekly 1st Place, News Feature “The Parent Trigger”
Steve Friess LA Weekly 1st Place, Personality Profile “A Tragic Love Story”
Charlotte Hsu LA Weekly 2nd Place, Personality Profile “Forever Scared”
Spencer Kornhaber OC Weekly Finalist, Personality Profile “Toil & Trouble”
Beth Barrett LA Weekly 2nd Place, Investigative/Series “The Dance of the Lemons”
Monica Alonzo & Simone Wilson LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Investigative/Series “Culture of Cruelty”
Gene Maddaus LA Weekly Finalist, Investigative/Series “LA’s Light Rail Fiasco”
Beth Barrett LA Weekly 2nd Place, Business “Barry Minkow 2.0”
Patrick McDonald LA Weekly Finalist, Commentary “City of Airheads”
Gustavo Turner LA Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column “Roger & Me”
“Listening to Yoko”
“The Cool Maestro”
Steven Leigh Morris LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Entertainment Reviews/Crticism/Column Theater reviews
Karina Longworth LA Weekly Finalist, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column Film reviews
Matt Coker OC Weekly 2nd Place, Entertainment News or Feature “Douchebag Does Sundance”
Karina Longworth LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Entertainment News or Feature “Sundance’s Rebel Yell”
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 1st Place (tie), Sports “Manny Pacquiao”
Kelly Lewis OC Weekly 1st Place, Design “Hot Licks”
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly 2nd Place, Design “Educating Maria”
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Design “Manny Pacquiao”
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly Finalist, Design “Elvira’s World”
Star Foreman LA Weekly Finalist, Feature Photo “Flying Lotus”
Patrick O’Connor LA Weekly 2nd Place, Editorial Cartoon
Erin Broadley & Dennis Romero LA Weekly Finalists, Multimedia Package “Death, Money and Megaraves”
Amy Scattergood LA Weekly 1st Place, Weblog (Group) Squid Ink
Staff LA Weekly Finalists, Weblog (Group) The Informer
Staff LA Weekly 2nd Place, Website (News Organization) laweekly.com
Staff LA Weekly 1st Place, Facebook Presence by a News Organization laweekly.com facebook page
2010 Christine Pelisek LA Weekly 2nd Place, Journalist of the Year
Patrick McDonald LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Journalist of the Year
Scott Moxley OC Weekly Finalist, Journalist of the Year
Scott Foundas LA Weekly 2nd Place, Entertainment Journalist of the Year
Kelly Lewis OC Weekly 1st Place, Designer of the Year
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly 2nd Place, Designer of the Year
Dennis Romero LA Weekly Finalist, Finalist, Online Journalist of the Year
Courtney Moreno LA Weekly Finalist, News Feature "Help is on the Way”
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly Finalist, News Feature “Bad Little Suburban Boys”
Vickie Change OC Weekly 1st Place, Personality Profile “Skitch in Time”
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Personality Profile “Grim Sleeper’s Sole Survivor”
Scott Foundas LA Weekly Finalist, Personality Profile “Eastwood on the Pitch”
Patrick McDonald, Jill Stewart & Daniel Heimpl LA Weekly Finalists, Investigative/Series Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly Finalist, Investigative/Series “The Closers
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 1st Place, Business “Man on Man”
Patrick McDonald LA Weekly Finalist, Business “The Secret Lives of Queer Leading Men”
Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly 1st Place, Columnist
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly Finalist, Columnist
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Columns
Scott Foundas LA Weekly Finalist, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Columns
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly 1st Place, Design “Bad Little Suburban Boys”
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly 2nd Place, Design “Left to Themselves”
Kelly Lewis OC Weekly Honorable Mention, Design Best of OC 2009
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly Finalist, Design “Help is on the Way”
Vickie Chang OC Weekly Honorable Mention, Entertainment News/Feature “Pay for Play”
Kevin Scanlon LA Weekly 2nd Place, Photo Essay LA Portraits/People 2009
2009 Christine Pelisek LA Weekly 2nd Place, Print Journalist of the Year
Daniel Heimpel LA Weekly 1st Place, Political Coverage Los Angeles political coverage
Steven L. Morris LA Weekly 2nd Place, Business and Financial Coverage “City Hall’s ‘Density Hawks’ Are Changing LA’s DNA”
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly 1st Place, Hard News “Billboards Gone Wild”
Patrick McDonald LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Hard News Proposition 8 coverage
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly 1st Place, Feature “Death of a Hollywood Beauty”
Patrick McDonald LA Weekly 2nd Place, Feature “The All-About-Me Mayor”
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly 1st Place, Investigative/Series “Grim Sleeper”
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Investigative/Series “Billboards Gone Wild”
Gendy Alimurung LA Weekly 1st Place, Columnist of the Year “La Vida”
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Honorable, Columnist of the Year Counter Intelligence
Nancy Rommelmann LA Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment News or Feature “No Exit Plan”
Ella Taylor LA Weekly 2nd Place, Entertainment News or Feature “Bill Maher’s Cross to Bear”
Darrick Rainey LA Weekly 2nd Place, Design “Death of a Hollywood Beauty”
Joel Beers OC Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column “Bloodless Passion”
“Float On”
“Hare Raising”
“Wacky Iraqi”
Matt Coker OC Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment News or Feature “Rock Angel”
Kelly Lewis OC Weekly 1st Place, Design Best of OC
2008 Marc Cooper LA Weekly 2nd Place, Columnist of the Year
Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly 2nd Place, Columnist of the Year Ask a Mexican!
Scott Moxley OC Weekly Finalist, Reporter, Columnist or Editor of the Year
Nikki Finke LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Entertainment Journalist of the Year
Christine Pelisek LA Weekly Honorable Mention, News Feature “Flying High with the Vicious Ladies”
Christine Buckley LA Weekly Finalist, News Feature “From Hunter to Hunted”
Matthew Fleischer LA Weekly Finalist, News Feature “Watani’s Legacy”
Peter Landesman LA Weekly Finalist, News Feature “Nine Miles and Spreading”
Nick Schou OC Weekly Finalist, News Feature “Just a Random Female”
Jeffrey Anderson LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Investigative/Series “The Town the Law Forgot”
Ross Johnson LA Weekly Finalist, Business “Wendy’s Posse”
Jervey Tervalon LA Weekly 1st Place, Signed Commentary “The Slow Death of Chocolate City”
Marc Cooper LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Signed Commentary “East Versus West”
Luke Thompson OC Weekly Finalist, Signed Commentary “Fight Club”
Scott Foundas LA Weekly 2nd Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column Film reviews
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column/Restaurant reviews
Nikki Finke LA Weekly Finalist, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column “Deadline Hollywood”
Luke Thompson OC Weekly Finalist, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column “Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em”
Nikki Finke LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Entertainment Hard News “Deals, Lies and Back Channels”
Judith Lewis LA Weekly 1st Place, Entertainment Feature “The Way He Lives Now”
Judith Lewis LA Weekly Honorable Mention, Entertainment Feature “Chaos Control”
Derek Olson OC Weekly Honorable Mention, Entertainment Feature “Chicken Babies, Bondage Nights and Severed Monkey Heads”
Daniel Hernandez LA Weekly Finalist, Entertainment Feature “The Art Outlaws of East L.A.”
Daffodil Altan OC Weekly 1st Place, Sports “Ronny”
Jeffrey Anderson LA Weekly 2nd Place, Sports “The Boras Factor”
Staff LA Weekly 2nd Place, Special Section People 2007
Staff LA Weekly Finalist, Special Section Best of LA
Libby Molyneaux LA Weekly Finalist, Headlines “A Scary Home Companion”
Ryan Ward LA Weekly 2nd Place, Design “99 Essential LA Restaurants”
Dwayne Booth LA Weekly 1st Place, Editorial Cartoon Mr. Fish
2003 Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles Nominee Print Journalist of the Year
Jack Cheevers New Times Los Angeles Nominee News Feature
Tony Ortega New Times Los Angeles Nominee News Feature
Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles Nominee Investigative Series
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles Nominee Business Story
Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles Nominee Signed Commentary
Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles Nominee Columnist
Jack Cheevers New Times Los Angeles Nominee Headlines
2002 Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles Nominee Print Journalist of the Year
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles Winner Hard News
Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles Honorable Mention Hard News
Jack Cheevers & Mark Ebner New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place News Feature
Tony Ortega New Times Los Angeles Honorable Mention News Feature
Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles Nominee News Feature
Staff New Times Los Angeles Nominee Investigative Series
Denise Hamilton New Times Los Angeles Honorable Mention Business Story
Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles Winner Editorials
Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place Signed Commentary or Column
Jack Cheevers New Times Los Angeles Honorable Mention Entertainment Reviews/Criticism
Tony Ortega New Times Los Angeles Honorable Mention Sports News or Feature
Tony Ortega New Times Los Angeles Nominee Sports News or Feature
2001 Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles Winner Print Journalist of the Year
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 1st Runner-up Print Journalist of the Year
Tony Ortega New Times Los Angeles 1st Place News Reporting
Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place News Reporting
Denise Hamilton New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Feature Reporting
Jack Cheevers New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place Feature Reporting
Michael Gougis New Times Los Angeles Honorable Mention Investigative Reporting
Denise Hamilton New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Business Story
Jack Cheevers New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Signed Commentary or Criticism
Luke Thompson New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Headlines
Glenn Gaslin New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place Headlines
2000 Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles 1st Runner-up Print Journalist of the Year
Gregory Weinkauf New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Entertainment criticism
Mark Brooks New Times Los Angeles 2nd Place Editorial cartoon
Rick Barrs New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Signed Commentary or Criticism
Rick Barrs New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Editorial writing
1999 Marc Cooper New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Continuing story or series, non-daily periodicals
Peter Gilstrap New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Feature reporting/Body of Work, non-daily periodicals
Scott Timberg New Times Los Angeles Entertainment reporting, non-daily periodicals Certificate of Excellence
Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles Columns/Body of Work, non-daily periodicals Certificate of Excellence
1998 Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Continuing story or series, non-daily periodicals
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Investigative reporting, non-daily periodicals
David Pasztor New Times Los Angeles Investigative reporting, non-daily periodicals Award of Excellence
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Investigative reporting: Body of work, non-daily periodicals
Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles Award of Excellence Investigative reporting: Body of work, non-daily periodicals
Ron Russell New Times Los Angeles 1st Place News writing—General news, non-daily periodicals
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles Award of Excellence News writing—General news, non-daily periodicals
Susan Goldsmith New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Feature reporting, non-daily periodicals
Dave Wielenga New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Entertainment reporting, non-daily periodicals
David Cogan New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Business news reporting, non-daily periodicals
Marc Cooper New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Columns/single: Government & elections, non-daily periodicals
Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles Award of Excellence Columns/single: Government & elections, non-daily periodicals
Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Columns/single: Society/local events, non-daily periodicals
Jill Stewart New Times Los Angeles 1st Place Columns/body of work: Government & elections, non-daily periodicals
Rick Barrs New Times Los Angeles Award of Excellence Columns/body of work: Society/local events, non-daily periodicals
Engineering and Land Surveying Communications Awards/Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
1999 Michael Gougis New Times Los Angeles 1st Place “Faulty Towers”
SPJ/Northern California Chapter
2007 Eliza Strickland SF Weekly Winner, Investigative Journalism/non-daily print “Burnt Chefs”
Kara Platoni East Bay Express Winner, Feature Writing/non-daily print “Dealing in Death”
2004 Malcolm Gay East Bay Express Winner, Outstanding emerging journalist/non-daily print
Chris Thompson East Bay Express Winner, Depth reporting/non-daily print “AXT’s Poison Pill”
Mike Mechanic& Jesse Reklaw East Bay Express Winners, Graphic Journalism/non-daily print “2003 Illustrated”
Susan Goldsmith East Bay Express Winner, Feature writing/non-daily print “Frank’s War”
2002 Kara Platoni East Bay Express Winner, Outstanding young journalist/non-daily print
Will Harper East Bay Express Winner, Depth reporting/non-daily print “Someone to Watch Over Me”
Justin Berton East Bay Express Winner, Feature writing/non-daily print “Skateboard Rules (For the New Economy)”
East Bay Press Club
2005 Chris Thompson East Bay Express 1st Place, Lifestyle Feature Writing “The Revolution Comes to Rossmoor”
Chris Thompson East Bay Express 2nd Place, Weekly Column City of Warts
Robert Gammon East Bay Express 1st Place, General News Writing “Welcome to Pombo Country”
Jon Langford East Bay Express 2nd Place, Illustration “Welcome to Pombo Country”
Robert Gammon East Bay Express 3rd Place, Investigative/In-depth News Writing “At Large”
Justin Page East Bay Express 2nd Place, Page Design “At Large”
Kara Platoni East Bay Express 1st Place, Profile Writing “Remote Control”
Justin Berton East Bay Express 3rd Place, Profile Writing “David Dondero's Opening Act”
Jonathan Kaminsky East Bay Express 1st Place, Sports Feature Writing “Wounded Warriors”
Alex Handy East Bay Express 1st Place, Business Feature Writing “The Buzzmakers”
Laila Weir East Bay Express 2nd Place, Business Feature Writing “Games Without Frontiers”
Jonathan Kaufmann East Bay Express 3rd Place, Criticism & Reviewing
2004 Will Harper East Bay Express 1st Place, Business Feature “Publisher for the People”
Kara Platoni East Bay Express 1st Place, Technology Story “I, Robot”
Kara Platoni East Bay Express 2nd Place, Business News Story “Latinos Warn of ‘False’ Credit Card”
Chris Togneri East Bay Express 1st Place, Sports Feature “Eve of Destruction”
Susan Goldsmith East Bay Express 3rd Place, Sports Feature “Mortal Combat”
Will Harper East Bay Express 1st Place, Columnist “Top of the Bottom”
“Bush Executed”
“Mills v. Larry Flynt”
Robert Gammon East Bay Express 2nd Place, In-depth or Investigative Reporting “Fire and Ice Cream”
Chris Thompson East Bay Express 3rd Place, In-depth or Investigative Reporting “The AXT Way”
Lauren Gard East Bay Express 1st Place, Long Feature “Good Kids, Bad Blood”
Kara Platoni East Bay Express 1st Place, Lifestyle Feature “What a Steal!”
Justin Berton East Bay Express 1st Place, Profile “Lizard is a Rat”
Rob Harvilla East Bay Express 2nd Place, Criticism or Reviewing “Mourning the Prince Deficit”
“Bingo with Bowie”
“Best Seat Outside the House”
2003 Kara Platoni East Bay Express 1st Place, Profile-writing “2C-T-7’s Bad Trip”
Justin Berton East Bay Express 2nd Place, Profile-writing “Confessions of the Beruit Bandit”
Will Harper East Bay Express 3rd Place, Profile-writing “The Unreal David Brock”
Chris Thompson East Bay Express 1st Place, Best Series “Blood and Money”
Chris Thompson East Bay Express 1st Place, Best In-Depth Feature “Preaching Prosperity”
Lisa Drostova East Bay Express 2nd Place, Criticism Theater reviews
Kelly Vance East Bay Express 3rd Place, Criticism Film reviews
Mark Gartland East Bay Express 1st Place, Best Page Design 9.11.02 cover
David Hollenbach East Bay Express 1st Place, Best Illustration 6.26.02 cover
William Mercer McLeod East Bay Express 3rd Place, Best Portrait (tie) 7.31.02 cover
Chris Duffey East Bay Express 3rd Place, Best Portrait (tie) 11.6.02 cover
MISSOURI PAPERS
RIVERFRONT TIMES AND THE PITCH
Better Newspaper Contest/Missouri Press Foundation
2007 Carolyn Szczepanski & Nadia Pflaum The Pitch First Place, Best Business Story “Ethanol Pushers”
C.J. Janovy The Pitch First Place, Best Story about History “Justice at Last?”
Ben Paynter The Pitch Second Place, Best Feature Story “A Tale of Two Soldiers”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch Third Place, Beat Story about Education “Jay’s Anatomy”
The Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists
2003 Geri L. Dreiling Riverfront Times Winner, General News “Left Behind”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times Winner, Spot News “Hell No, They Won’t Go”
2000 DJ Wilson Riverfront Times 1st place, Print news analysis “The End of Deseg as We Know It”
DJ Wilson Riverfront Times 1st place, Spot news “The Rainmaker”
Melinda Roth Riverfront Times 1st Place, General news “Burned”
Melinda Roth Riverfront Times 1st Place, Sports feature “A Team of Their Own”
Jeannette Batz Riverfront Times 1st Place, Feature story “Sympathy for the Devil”
Jennifer Silverberg Riverfront Times 1st place, Print photo Photos for “Burned”
1999 Ray Hartmann Riverfront Times 1st Place, Print Editorial “Integration Forever”
DJ Wilson Riverfront Times 1st Place, Print News Analysis “Meachum Park Blues”
Melinda Roth & Safir Ahmed Riverfront Times 1st Place, Print Political Coverage “Blacklash”
DJ Wilson Riverfront Times 1st Place, Print Sports Story “Goal Line Stand”
Better Newspaper Contest/Missouri Press Association
Beginning in 2004, Riverfront Times and The Pitch competed against daily newspapers in their circulation class.
2006 Nadia Pflaum The Pitch 3rd Place, Best News Story “Speak No Evil”
Bryan Noonan The Pitch 3rd Place, Best Feature Story “Well Hung”
Ben Paynter The Pitch Honorable Mention, Best Sports Feature Story “So You Wanna Be a Cowboy?”
Ben Paynter The Pitch Honorable Mention, Best Business Story-News or Feature “Party Pooper”
2005 Nadia Pflaum The Pitch 2nd Place, Best Feature Story “Too Young and Too Pretty”
Kendrick Blackwood The Pitch Honorable Mention, Best Sports News Story or Package “Stealing Home”
Ben Paynter The Pitch Honorable Mention, Best Sports Feature Story “March Sadness”
Kendrick Blackwood The Pitch 1st Place, Best Story about Religion “Ministers Hate Fags Too”
CJ Janovy The Pitch 2nd Place, Best Story about Religion “Open Wide”
Allie Johnson The Pitch 3rd Place, Best Story about Religion “Trouble in Shangri-La”
Kendrick Blackwood The Pitch 1st Place, Best Story about History “Badda Bam!”
2004 Riverfront Times Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, General Excellence, Class 4
www.riverfronttimes.com Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best On-Line Newspaper, Dailies
Ben Westhoff Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Story about History “They Lost It At the Movies”
Shelley Smithson Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Business Story/News or Feature “The Kings of Kings Highway”
Ben Paynter The Pitch Honorable Mention, Best Business Story/News or Feature “Burn and Crash”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best News Story “World of Hurt”
Allie Johnson The Pitch Honorable Mention, Best News Story “The Deepest Cut”
Andrew Miller The Pitch Honorable Mention, Best Sports Story “Numbers Game”
Allie Johnson The Pitch 3rd Place, Best Sports News Story “Hardball”
Joe Miller The Pitch 3rd Place, Best Story about Education “War of Words” and “Word War 2”
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Front Page
Jennifer Silverberg & Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Photo Illustration “Knockin’ ‘Em Dead”
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Photo Illustration “Foul Ball”
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Newspaper Design, Class 2
2003 Riverfront Times Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best News Content, Class 2
www.riverfronttimes.com Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best On-line Newspaper
Doug Kubert The Pitch 1st Place, Best Newspaper Design, Class 2
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Newspaper Design, Class 2
Riverfront Times Riverfront Times 3rd Place, General Excellence, Class 4 Issues of 6/12/02, 9/18/02 and 1/8/03
Doug Kubert The Pitch 2nd Place, Best Front Page Design, Class 2
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Front Page
Joe Miller The Pitch 1st Place, Best Young People’s Coverage “La Familia”
Mike Seely Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Sports Story, News or Feature “Feed the Beast”
Jeannette Batz Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Sports Story, News or Feature “Speed Isn’t Enough”
D.J. Wilson Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Sports Story, News or Feature “Redbird’s Burden”
Eddie Silva Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Sports Story, News or Feature “Hard Ride”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Investigative Reporting “Squeal Like a Pig”
Allie Johnson The Pitch Honorable Mention, Best Investigative Reporting “Hell on Wheels”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Investigative Reporting “Serial Tiller”
Roland Klose Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Columnist/Humorous The Worm (8/14/02; 12/11/02; 12/18/02)
Deb Hipp The Pitch 1st Place, Best Feature Story “Feminine High Jinks”
Deb Hipp The Pitch 2nd Place, Best Feature Story “Adventures in Tight Lacing”
Geri L. Dreiling Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Feature Story “Still Lips Still Whisper”
Jeannette Batz Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Feature Story “Who’s Afraid of Anthony Shahid?”
Joe Miller The Pitch 1st Place, Best Coverage of Government “Money Changes Everything”
“The Eternal Question No. 1”
“Smell of Success”
Geri L. Dreiling Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Coverage of Government “Slaphappy”
D.J. Wilson Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Coverage of Government “Joyce Abusive”
Joe Miller The Pitch Honorable Mention, Best Coverage of Government “Nace Baiting”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best News Story “Dumb & Dumber”
Casey Logan The Pitch 2nd Place, Best Business Story “Little Blight Lies”
2002 www.riverfronttimes.com Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best On-line Newspaper
Jeannette Batz Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Sports Story, News or Feature “The Loss Within”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Investigative Reporting “Who’s Next?”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Investigative Reporting “Unlucky Seven”
Geri Dreiling Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Investigative Reporting “What Lies Beneath”
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Front Page
Jennifer Silverberg Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Feature Photography “Bowling Alone”
Jennifer Silverberg Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Use of Local Photographs
Eddie Silva Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Coverage of Government “A Mayor Runs Through It”
2001 Riverfront Times Riverfront Times 1st Place, General Excellence
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Front Page
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Newspaper Design
Sue Trunell Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best On-line Newspaper
Jennifer Silverberg Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Photo Package
Jennifer Silverberg Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Local Photographs, Feature
Jennifer Silverberg Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Local Photographs, News
Cliff Froelich Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Special Section “Best of St. Louis 1999”
Roland Klose Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Business Story “Seeing Red”
Melinda Roth Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Investigative Reporting “Burned”
Jeannette Batz Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Investigative Reporting “Peter and the Wolf”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Investigative Reporting “Cruel and Unusual”
CD Stelzer Riverfront Times Honorable Mention, Best Investigative Reporting “Easy Money”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best News Story “What About Bob?”
Melinda Roth Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Sports Story “A Team of Their Own”
Cliff Froelich Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Sports Story or Feature “Foul Ball”
DJ Wilson Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Sports Story or Feature “Gotta Go Back to Work”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best Coverage of Government “Snap Call”
Jeannette Batz Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Feature Story “Boys from Boonville”
1999 Riverfront Times Riverfront Times 1st Place, General Excellence/Weeklies
Riverfront Times Riverfront Times 3rd Place, Best News Content
Tom Carlson Riverfront Times General Excellence, Great Graphics and Design
DJ Wilson Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Sports Story or Feature “Goal Line Stand”
Thomas Crone Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Sports Story or Feature “Nothin' But Net”
Melinda Roth Riverfront Times 1st Place, Best Investigative Reporting “Of Wetlands and WalMarts”
Melinda Roth Riverfront Times 2nd Place, Best Investigative Reporting “Sludge Funds”
Terry Hughes Award/St. Louis Newspaper Guild
2003 Geri L. Dreiling Riverfront Times Winner “Fallen Angel”
“Nasty Boys”
“Still Lips Still Whisper”
“New City Trick”
“Remember Paris”
“Slaphappy”
Excellence in Legal Journalism Awards/Missouri Bar Association
2003 Geri L. Dreiling Riverfront Times Winner “New City Trick”
Bruce Rushton Riverfront Times Winner “Serial Tiller”
Gateway Gavel Award/Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
2004 Geri L. Dreiling Riverfront Times Winner “Best Evidence”
2003 Geri L. Dreiling Riverfront Times Winner “New City Trick”
Awards of Excellence/Kansas Press Association
PitchWeekly competes against other weeklies with a circulation above 4,000.
2002 Deb Hipp PitchWeekly 1st Place, Feature writing “Tough Love”
Kendrick Blackwood PitchWeekly 3rd Place, Feature writing “A Woman Scorned”
Deb Hipp PitchWeekly 1st Place, News writing “House of Horrors”
Deb Hipp PitchWeekly 1st Place, Government coverage “Circuit Court”
Deb Hipp PitchWeekly 2nd Place, Government coverage “Sex Cells”
Allie Johnson PitchWeekly 3rd Place, Government coverage “Compelling Testimony”
Joe Miller PitchWeekly 1st Place, Investigative writing “Dishonorable Discharge”
Joe Miller PitchWeekly 3rd Place, Investigative writing “Oh Give Me Your Home”
Doug Kubert & Jay Thornton PitchWeekly 1st Place, photo illustration “Gays and Dolls”
Doug Kubert PitchWeekly Honorable Mention, Best front page
2001 Deb Hipp PitchWeekly 3rd place, Feature writing “Even Cowgirls Win It Nude”
Deb Hipp PitchWeekly 1st place, In-depth writing “Amber Waves of Pain”
Staff PitchWeekly 3rd place, Newswriting September 21, 2000 issue
October 5, 2000 issue
December 7, 2000 issue
Staff PitchWeekly 2nd place, Feature package September 21, 2000 issue
September 28, 2000 issue
November 16, 2000 issue
Doug Kubert PitchWeekly 1st place, Design & layout November 16, 2000 issue
November 23, 2000 issue
November 30, 2000 issue
Doug Kubert PitchWeekly 3rd place, Front page May 11, 2000 issue
June 15, 2000 issue
December 14, 2000 issue
www.pitch.com PitchWeekly 1st place, Website
Kansas City Association of Black Journalists
2001 Joe Miller PitchWeekly Winner, Features award/Weekly “The Scholars of Central High”
Greg Hall PitchWeekly Winner, Sports award/Weekly “White Tide”
Allie Johnson PitchWeekly Winner, Enterprise Reporting award/Weekly “Not in the Cards”
CJ Janovy PitchWeekly Winner, Commentary award/Weekly “Time and Again”
Heart of America Awards/Kansas City Press Club
2009 Peter Rugg The Pitch Honorable Mention, General Reporting “Children Left Behind”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch 2nd Place, Business Reporting “Your Tax Dollars Not at Work”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch 3rd Place, Feature “Old School, New Dance”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch 3rd Place, Profile “The Teacher”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch 2nd Place, Sports Writing “Up Show-me Creek”
David Martin The Pitch 2nd Place, News Column “Deutsche Bags”
“White Sale”
“Suitezilla”
Alan Scherstuhl The Pitch 1st Place, Entertainment “The Best Story of the Year”
Alan Scherstuhl The Pitch 2nd Place, Entertainment “What’s at Stake”
“Water Logged”
“Desert Storm”
Jason Harper The Pitch 3rd Place, Entertainment “A Picture of Hope”
Jason Harper The Pitch 1st Place, Blog Wayward Blog
Staff The Pitch 2nd Place, Blog Fat City
2008 Eric Barton The Pitch Honorable Mention, Deadline Reporting “Cauthen’s Travels”
Nadia Pflaum The Pitch 1st Place, General Reporting “Buried Truth”
Justin Kendall The Pitch Honorable Mention, General Reporting “Dead Man’s Camp”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch 1st Place, Feature “The Power of Half a Brain”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch 1st Place, Profile “Back to School”
Eric Barton The Pitch 3rd Place, Profile “In Herm’s Head”
Peter Rugg The Pitch 2nd Place, Sports Writing “Underdogs of Southeast”
Justin Kendall The Pitch 3rd Place, Sports Writing “End Zone”
C.J. Janovy The Pitch 2nd Place, News Column
Crystal Wiebe The Pitch 3rd Place, Non-news Column
Justin Kendall The Pitch Honorable Mention, Entertainment “Girl on Film”
Peter Rugg The Pitch 1st Place, Magazine Story “My Secret Life in the Klan”
Justin Kendall The Pitch 3rd Place, Magazine Story “Miracle on the Mountain”
Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch Honorable Mention, Magazine Story “The Real Mrs. Semler”
Staff The Pitch 1st Place, Blog “Plog”
www.pitch.com The Pitch 1st Place, News Web Site
2007 Ben Paynter The Pitch Honorable Mention, General Reporting “A Tale of Two Soldiers”
Nadia Pflaum & Carolyn Szczepanski The Pitch 3rd Place, Business Reporting “Ethanol Pushers”
Ben Paynter The Pitch Honorable Mention, Feature “A Holiday Catalog of Bumming”
CJ Janovy The Pitch 1st Place, Profile “Justice at Last?”
Justin Kendall The Pitch 3rd Place, Profile “The Lonely Guy”
Eric Barton The Pitch Honorable Mention, Profile “High Above the Law”
CJ Janovy The Pitch 2nd Place, Best News Column “Uncle Sam”
“She’s No Martin”
“Funk Star”
Nadia Pflaum The Pitch 1st Place, Entertainment “Horn Dog”
Jason Harper The Pitch Honorable Mention, Entertainment “Road Hard”
2006 Nadia Pflaum The Pitch Honorable Mention, General Reporting “Blood Simple”
David Martin The Pitch Honorable Mention, Business “KC Disasterpiece”
Nadia Pflaum The Pitch Honorable Mention, Business “Air for Sale”
Bryan Noonan The Pitch Honorable Mention, Investigative Reporting “When Moody Ruled”
Nadia Pflaum The Pitch 1st Place, Feature “Johnson County Bling”
Ben Paynter The Pitch 1st Place, Sports Writing “March Sadness”
C.J. Janovy The Pitch Honorable Mention, News column “Blunt Trauma”
Justin Kendall The Pitch 1st Place, Entertainment “Ball Busters”
Jason Harper The Pitch Third Place, Entertainment “Lethal Attraction”
Nadia Pflaum The Pitch 2nd Place, Best Magazine Story “Meaner Girls”
C.J. Janovy The Pitch 3rd Place, Best Magazine Story “Open Wide”
2005 Luke Echterling The Pitch 1st Place, Photojournalism Feature “Upper Cut, Down Low”
Luke Echterling The Pitch 1st Place, Sports Photography “Upper Cut, Down Low”
David Martin The Pitch 2nd Place, Business Reporting “Drunk on Optimism”
Andrew Miller The Pitch 3rd Place, Sports Writing “Field of Broken Dreams”
David Martin The Pitch Honorable Mention, Sports Writing “The Goat”
CJ Janovy The Pitch Honorable Mention, News Column “Pin the Tails”
Nathan Dinsdale The Pitch 2nd Place, Entertainment “Voter Rapathy”
Gina Kaufmann The Pitch Honorable Mention, Entertainment “Fly Girl”
Tony Ortega The Pitch 3rd Place, Magazine Story “Oh Come All Ye Gullible”
2003 Joe Miller The Pitch 1st Place, General Reporting “Legal Tender”
Allie Johnson The Pitch 1st Place, Business Reporting “Hell on Wheels”
Allie Johnson The Pitch Honorable Mention, Investigative Reporting “Jacking Around”
Kendrick Blackwood The Pitch 3rd Place, Best Feature “Christmas Eve at Adam’s House”
Scott Wilson The Pitch 3rd Place, Best Entertainment “Suburban Renewal”
Allie Johnson The Pitch 2nd Place, Best Magazine Writing “Cemetery Plot”
2001 Allie Johnson PitchWeekly 1st Place, Investigative or In-Depth Reporting, Non-daily Newspapers "Not in the Cards"
Tony Moton PitchWeekly 2nd Place (tie), Investigative or In-Depth Reporting “Let the Chips Fall”
Patrick Dobson PitchWeekly 2nd Place (tie), Investigative or In-Depth Reporting, Non-dailyNewspapers “War of the Words: A Monumental Failure”
JoeMiller PitchWeekly 3rd Place, Investigative or In-Depth Reporting, Non-daily Newspapers “Army of Lies”
Patrick Dobson PitchWeekly 1st Place, Features, Non-daily Newspapers "Defenders of Last Resort"
Joe Miller Pitch Weekly 2nd Place, Features, Non-daily Newspapers “To Her, with Glove”
www.pitch.com Pitch Weekly 2nd Place, Best News Web site
CLEVELAND SCENE
Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards/The Press Club of Cleveland
2008 Jared Klaus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Personality Profile, Non-daily Newspaper “The Ghost of Lester Russaw”
Jared Klaus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Features, Non-daily Newspaper “The Babysitter Killer”
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Features, Non-daily Newspaper “Amish Girls Gone Wild”
Jared Klaus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Public Service, Non-daily Newspaper “Tomb with a View”
Lisa Rab Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Sports Non-daily, Newspaper “Contract Killing”
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Sports Non-daily, Newspaper “The Tomato-Can Man”
Rebecca Meiser Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment, Non-daily Newspaper “Sour Notes”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Column/General News, Open Print “Animal Kingdom”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Column/Business, Open Print “Who Killed Cleveland?”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best in Ohio: Column Writing, Open Print
Elaine Cicora Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Reviews/Criticism – Single Article, Open Print “Unusual Suspect”
Rebecca Meiser Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Politics/Government Writing , Open Print “Racism Reversed”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, General Feature Photography, Non-daily Newspapers “Chicken Wars”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 1st Place (tie), Studio Photography, Non-daily Newspapers “Sour Notes”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Studio Photography, Non-daily Newspapers “Wine Bar at Solaire”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Photo Journalism, Non-daily Newspapers “Battling the Steel Baron”
2007 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Best Non-Daily Newspaper in Ohio: Alternatives
Meredith Pangrace Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Single Illustration, Non-daily Newspapers “Monsters of Misery Court”
Meredith Pangrace Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Cover Design: General Circulation, Sunday Magazines “Love & Hate”
Jared Klaus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Local Community Coverage, Non-daily Newspapers “Boyz in the Hood”
Jared Klaus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Personality Profile, Non-daily Newspapers “Cheating Death”
Lisa Rab Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Personality Profile, Non-daily Newspapers “Fall of the Fourth Reich”
Rebecca Meiser Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Investigative Story, Non-daily Newspapers “Hush”
Lisa Rab Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Investigative Story, Non-daily Newspapers “Screams in the Dark”
Erich Burnett Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Headline Writing, Open Print “Tortilla Flat”
Christine Howey Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Reviews/Criticism-Single Article, Open Print “What Women Want”
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment, Non-daily newspaper “The Great Pretenders”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Columns-Sports, Open Print “Call the Ringmaster”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Columns-Business, Open Print “Be Afraid”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Columns-Lifestyle, Open Print “Spam for Nigeria”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best in Ohio: Column Writing, Open Print
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Sports Feature Photography, Non-daily newspaper “Man on Fire”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Studio Photography, Non-daily newspaper “Guinea Pig Gang”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Studio Photography, Non-daily newspaper “Up in Smoke”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 3rd Place, Studio Photography, Non-daily newspaper “Power Thai”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Portrait Photography, Non-daily newspaper “The Poison Kids”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Photo Journalism, Non-daily newspaper “The Battle for Lake Erie”
2006 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Best Non-Daily Newspaper in Ohio: Alternatives
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Columns-General News, Open Print “City for Sale”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Columns-Business, Open Print “Leeches at the Gate”
Christine Howey Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Reviews/Criticism-Single Article, Open Print “Death Warmed Over”
Elaine Cicora Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Reviews/Criticism-Single Article, Open Print “In the Night Market”
Rebecca Meiser Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Food Writing, Open Print “Hail to the Chef”
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Technology Writing, Open Print “Kill Bill”
Joe Tone Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Medical/Health Writing, Open Print “Cancer in Paradise”
Jared Klaus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Politics/Government Writing, Open Print “Return of the Boogeyman”
Joe Bluhm Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Single Illustration, Non-daily Newspaper “All the President’s Men”
Thom Zahler Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Multiple Illustrations/One Story “Welcome to the Jungle”
Meredith Pangrace Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Covers, General Circulation Magazines/Sunday Magazines “Ghost in the House”
Jared Klaus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Features-Personality Profile, Non-daily Newspaper “Platinum Tony”
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Public Service, Non-daily Newspaper “All the President's Men”
Chris Maag Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Public Service, Non-daily Newspaper “Shark Tales”
Chris Maag Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Investigative, Non-daily Newspaper “Dream Killer”
Joe Tone Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Sports, Non-daily Newspaper “Thrill in the ‘Ville”
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Community/Local Coverage, Non-daily Newspaper “Suicide Bridge”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Studio Photography, Non-daily Newspaper “Coffee Clash”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Portrait Photography, Non-daily Newspaper “Sugar & Daughter”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Portrait Photography, Non-daily Newspaper "Bad Karma”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Photo Journalism, Non-daily Newspaper “Payday Hunting”
2005 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Best Non-Daily Newspaper inOhio: Alternatives Staff
Rebecca Meiser Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Personality Profile, Non-daily Newspaper “Flim-Flam Man”
Kevin Hoffman Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Public Service, Non-daily Newspaper “Loose Cannon”
Aina Hunter Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Investigative, Non-daily Newspaper “Blue Mob”
Chris Maag Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Sports, Non-daily Newspaper “The Old Man and the Dirt”
Jason Bracelin Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment, Non-daily Newspaper “Little Gangster”
Jason Bracelin Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Arts & Entertainment, Non-daily Newspaper “Hello, Antwerp!”
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Community/Local Coverage, Non-daily Newspaper “Stoll Survivors”
Jason Bracelin Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Section, Non-daily Newspaper Music
Kevin Hoffman Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Election 2004 Coverage, Open Print “Dead Wrong”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Sports Column, Open Print “Butch Whacked”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Business Column, Open Print “The Men of Wal-Mart”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Lifestyle Column, Open Print “Magic Bus”
Erich Burnett Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Headline Writing, Open Print “Pitt and the Pabulum”
Michael D. Roberts Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Single Essay, Open Print “A Century of Bumbling”
Kevin Hoffman Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Politics/Government Writing, Open Print “Pretender to the Throne”
Bill Morrison Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Single Illustration, Non-daily Newspapers “Roxie the Riveter”
Daniel May Cleveland Scene 3rd Place, Single Illustration, Non-daily Newspaper “Art Modell Awards”
2004 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Best Non-Daily Newspaper in Ohio
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Personality Profile, Non-daily Newspapers “Rat”
Thomas Francis & Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Features/General, Non-daily Newspapers “Midnight at the Velvet Tango Room”
Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Investigative, Non-daily Newspapers “Silencing Dr. Kirby”
Jimi Izrael Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Investigative, Non-daily Newspapers “The Hustle”
Martin Kuz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Sports, Non-daily Newspapers “Hardcase”
James Renner Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment, Non-daily Newspapers “Missing!”
Jason Bracelin Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Arts & Entertainment, Non-daily Newspapers “The Producer”
Aina Hunter Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Community/Local Coverage, Non-daily Newspapers “House of Horrors”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Photography/General Feature, Non-daily Newspapers “The Unlikely Triggerman”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Portrait Photography, Non-Daily Newspapers “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Columns/General News, Open Print “Missing Amanda”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Columns/Business, Open Print “Ohio Means Business”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best in Ohio: Column Writing, Open Print “Missing Amanda”
“’Nigger’ Dave”
“Stealing Home”
“Ohio Means Business”
“Fox 8 Goes to War”
Christine Howey Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Reviews/Criticism – Single Article, Open Print “Hate is Enough”
Christine Howey Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best in Ohio: Reviews/Criticism, Open Print “Hate Is Enough”
“Flat Pop”
“Oy, Such a Show!”
“Ol' Black Eye”
“Worth the Wait”
Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Medical/Health Writing Open Print “Stonewall”
Chris Sickels Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Single Illustration Non-Daily Newspapers “Clan of the Cave Geek”
Meredith Pangrace Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Spread or Multiple Page Design Tabloids “Soul of the Brute”
Young Min Yoon Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Covers: General Circulation Sunday Magazines “Honey, I Shrunk the City”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Covers: General Circulation Sunday Magazines “Best of Cleveland”
2003 Kevin Hoffman Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Personality Profile Non-daily Newspapers “Supercop”
Andrew Putz Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Personality Profile Non-daily Newspapers “After the Knockdown”
Martin Kuz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, General Feature Non-daily Newspapers “The Lepers of Chester Township”
Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, General Feature Non-daily Newspapers “Christian Soldiers”
David Martin Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Investigative Non-daily Newspapers “White Power Outage”
Martin Kuz Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Investigative Non-daily Newspapers “The Wal-Mart Menace”
Martin Kuz Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Sports Non-daily Newspapers “Semi-Tough”
David Martin Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Sports Non-daily Newspapers “Tour of Duty”
Jason Bracelin Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment Non-daily Newspapers “Out of Sync”
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Arts & Entertainment Non-daily Newspapers “Hip-Hopcrisy”
Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Community/Local Coverage Non-daily Newspapers “Unpleasant Meadows”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Sports Feature Photography, Non-daily Newspapers “After the Knockdown”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Portrait Photography Non-daily Newspapers “The Making of a Pro Violinist”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Photojournalism Non-daily Newspapers “Supercop”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Pictorial Photography Non-daily Newspapers “Fountain of External Life”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Sports Column Open Print “Soul on Ice”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Business Open Print “Calling All Queers”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Business “Cowtown Rocks”
Laura Putre Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Lifestyle Column Open Print “Wall of Voodoo”
Elaine Cicora Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Reviews/Criticism: Single Article “Russo’s on the Rise”
2002 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Winner/Best Non-daily Newspaper in Ohio
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene 1st Place (tie), Personality Profile Non-daily Newspapers “Con Man of the Year”
Laura Putre Cleveland Scene 1st Place (tie), Personality Profile Non-daily Newspapers “Hangin’ with Mother Hough”
Andrew Putz Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Personality Profile Non-daily Newspapers “Skins Game”
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Features, Non-daily Newspapers “A Few Good Men”
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Features, Non-daily Newspapers “Her One Mistake”
Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Public Service, Non-daily Newspapers “The Mayor Who Thought He Was King”
Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Investigative Non-daily Newspapers “While the EPA Slept”
David Martin Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Sports Non-daily Newspapers “Radar Love”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Photography, Portrait/Personality “Alter Ego”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Photojournalism, Non-daily Newspapers “The Long Goodbye”
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Pictorial, Non-daily Newspapers “Table Setting’
Walter Novak Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Pictorial, Non-daily Newspapers “Sly Fox”
Laura Putre Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, General News, Open Print “Meals on Turtles”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Business, Open Print “The Velvet Hand of Justice”
Erich Burnett Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Newspaper Headline, Open Print “Kosher Pickle”
Laura Putre Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Columns, Best in Ohio
Erich Burnett Cleveland Scene Winner/1st Place, Headline writing, Best in Ohio
2001 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Best Non-daily Newspaper in Ohio
Ginger Burnett Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Personality Profile, Non-daily Newspapers “The Thrill of the Haunt”
Jacqueline Marino Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Personality Profile, Non-daily Newspapers “Dealer’s Choice”
Andrew Putz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Features, Non-daily Newspapers “Fear and Bowling”
Laura Putre Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Features, Non-daily Newspapers “Trail of Broken Dreams”
David Martin Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Public Service, Non-daily Newspapers “The Average Inmate”
Jacqueline Marino Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Investigative, Non-daily Newspapers “Bound to Die”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Sports, Non-daily Newspapers “Tough Guy”
Andrew Putz Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Sports, Non-daily Newspapers “The Ream Team”
Audrey Chapman Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment, Non-daily Newspapers “Danced to Death”
Jeff Niesel Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Arts & Entertainment, Non-daily Newspapers “The Americana Way”
Erick Trickey Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Community/Local Coverage, Non-daily Newspapers “Crossing the Line”
Erich Burnett Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Headlines, Non-daily Newspapers “Ream Team”
Charles Yannopoulos Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Reviews/Criticism, Non-daily Newspapers “Girl on Film”
2000 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Winner/Best Non-daily Newspaper in Ohio
Mike Tobin Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Investigative Reporting, Non-daily Newspapers “Comrades in Crime”
Erich Burnett Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Headline Writing, Non-daily Newspapers “Payback is a Hitch”
Kathryn DeLong Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Headline Writing, Non-daily Newspapers “Beyond the Pail”
Mike Tobin Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Breaking News, Non-daily Newspapers “Date with Disaster”
Mark Naymik Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Business Writing, Non-daily Newspapers “Brother ‘Hood”
Charles Yannopoulos Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Arts/Entertainment, Non-daily Newspapers “Bella Bugatti”
Jacqueline Marino Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Features, Non-daily Newspapers “The Million-Dollar Challenge”
Laura Putre Cleveland Scene Honorable Mention, Arts & Entertainment, Non-daily Newspapers “Honey, I Shrunk the Roller Coaster”
Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Awards
In 2003, Cleveland Scene began competing in the 100,000 and over circulation category.
2006 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Winner, Best Weekly in Ohio
Joe Tone Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Coverage of the Environment “Cancer in Paradise”
Chris Maag Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Medical/Science Reporting “Who You Callin’ a Quack?”
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Consumer Reporting “All the President’s Men”
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Coverage of Minority Issues “Concrete Walls”
Kevin Hoffman Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Media Criticism “Pay Up, Honky”
Rebecca Meiser Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Religion Coverage “The Divine Mystery”
Jared Klaus Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Business Coverage “Platinum Tony”
D.X. Ferris Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Arts Reporting “The Godfather of Cleveland Hardcore”
Erich Burnett Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Headline Writing “Sleek with the Fishes”
2005 Christine Howey Cleveland Scene Best Critic in Ohio (tie)
Frank Lewis Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Business Profile “The Wreck of Oglebay Norton”
Chris Maag Cleveland Scene 1st Place (tie), Best Sports Profile “The Old Man & the Dirt”
Jason Bracelin Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Arts Profile “Little Gangster”
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Arts Profile “Lord of the Strings”
Erich Burnett Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Headline Writing “Pitt and the Pabulum”
Aina Hunter Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Investigative Reporting “Blue Mob”
Aina Hunter Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Consumer Reporting “The Lemon Merchant”
Kevin Hoffman Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Criminal Justice Reporting “Badge of Dishonor”
Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Social Justice Reporting “Stoll Survivors”
Jason Bracelin Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Arts Reporting “Hello, Antwerp!”
2004 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Winner, Best Weekly Newspaper
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene Best Columnist in Ohio
Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Coverage of the Environment “Stonewall”
Erich Burnett Cleveland Scene 2nd Place (tie), Best Consumer Reporting “Runway to Nowhere”
Jimi Izrael Cleveland Scene 2nd Place (tie), Best Consumer Reporting “The Hustle”
Aina Hunter Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Social Justice Reporting “House of Horrors”
Pete Kotz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Media Criticism “White Man’s Burden”
2003 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Winner, Best Weekly Newspaper
David Martin Cleveland Scene Winner (tie), Best Reporter in Ohio “Pitchman”
“How to Succeed in Business”
“Squeeze Play”
“Tour of Duty”
“White Power Outage”
“Drug Overdose”
David Martin Cleveland Scene 1st Place (tie), Best Consumer Reporting “Pitchman”
Andrew Putz Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Media Criticism “Battle of the Blowhards”
Kevin Hoffman Cleveland Scene 1st Place (tie), Best Personality Profile “The Pornographer Next Door”
www.clevescene.com Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Web Site
2002 Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene Winner, Best Weekly Newspaper
Elaine T. Cicora Cleveland Scene Best Critic in Ohio Restaurant Reviews
Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Coverage of the Environment “While the EPA Slept”
Sarah Fenske Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Investigative Reporting “The Bank of Jim Crow”
Laura Putre Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Coverage of Minority Issues “Hell to Pay”
Laura Putre Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Personality Profile “Hangin’ With Mother Hough”
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Human Interest Writing “Con Man of the Year”
Thomas Francis Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Religion Coverage “A Few Good Men”
David Martin Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Sports Coverage “Radar Love”
Martin Kuz Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Sports Coverage “Next-to-Last Man Standing”
Erich Burnett Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Headline Writing “Kosher Pickle”
2001 Andrew Putz Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Reporter in Ohio
Jacqueline Marino Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Coverage of Minority Issues “Tangled Up in Blue”
Erick Trickey Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Human Interest Writing “Unforgiven”
Ginger Burnett Cleveland Scene 1st Place, Best Personality Profile “The Thrill of the Haunt”
2000 Jacqueline Marino Cleveland Scene Winner, Best Reporter in Ohio (tie)
Charles Yannopoulos Cleveland Scene Winner, Best Critic in Ohio (tie)
Mike Tobin Cleveland Scene 1st place, Best Criminal Justice Reporting “End of the Line”
Jacqueline Marino Cleveland Scene 1st place, Best Coverage of Minority Issues “The Glass Sky”
Mike Tobin Cleveland Scene 2nd Place, Best Coverage of Minority Issues “On the Ropes”
Mike Tobin Cleveland Scene 2nd place, Best Coverage of Children’s Issues “Brain Lock”
Jacqueline Marino Cleveland Scene 2nd place, Best Science/Medical Reporting “Death of Innocents”
Mike Tobin Cleveland Scene 2nd place, Best Consumer Reporting “Comrades in Crime”
Mark Naymik Cleveland Scene 2nd place, Best Media Criticism (tie) “Shadow of a Doubt”
City Pages (Minneapolis)
Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists
2013 Gregory Pratt City Pages 1st Place, Enterprise Story “The Lothario Notario”
Gregory Pratt City Pages 2nd Place, Business Spot News “The Wedge Co-op Labor Disputes”
Erika Wolf City Pages 2nd Place, Business Feature “Zubaz Unleashed!”
Andy Mannix City Pages 3rd Place, Sports Feature “Game Changer”
Gregory Pratt City Pages 1st Place, Business Column “The Wedge Co-op”
Olivia LaVecchia City Pages 2nd Place, Business Column “How Family Business FirstTech Got to Be the Longest-Running Apple Dealer”
Ken Avidor City Pages 1st Place, Art & Illustration “The Fall of Michele Bachmann”
Mike Kooiman & Tony Nelson City Pages 1st Place, Page Design “The Madness in Vincent Kartheiser”
Erika Wolf City Pages 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment “Dave Ryan Grows Up”
Bre McGee City Pages 3rd Place, Best Single News Video “Rollerblade Pioneer Shows Off New Inventions”
2012 Jessica Lussenhop City Pages 1st Runner-up, Young Journalist of the Year
Jessica Lussenhop City Pages 2nd Runner-up, Story of the Year “The Suicide Files”
Jessica Lussenhop City Pages 1st Place, Long Feature “Forging the Oregon Trail”
Jessica Lussenhop City Pages 1st Place, Enterprise Story “The Suicide Files”
Jessica Lussenhop City Pages 2nd Place, In-Depth “My Life in the Test Trade”
Gregory Pratt City Pages 2nd Place, Business Feature “Diners, Drive-Ins and Disaster”
Andy Mannix City Pages 2nd Place, Sports News “Guard Scolded Lesbian Twins Fans”
Andy Mannix City Pages 1st Place, Sports Feature “Dough Boy Rises”
Andrea Swensson City Pages 1st Place, General Column “Here’s Why We Didn’t Sign”
Staff City Pages 2nd Place, General Column “50 Reason MN is Best”
Andy Mannix & Mike Mullen City Pages 1st Place, Sports Column “All-Arrested Team”
Kevin Cannon City Pages 1st Place, Art & Illustration “Pride Map”
Mike Kooiman City Pages 1st Place, Page Design “Rarified Air”
Mike Kooiman City Pages 1st Place, Front Page Design “My Life in the Test Trade”
Kevin Hoffman City Pages 3rd Place, Headline “Duck, Duck, Dog: WCCO Screws the Pooch on Sweeps Story”
Staff City Pages 2nd Place, Best Issue Mad About the Twin Cities
Staff City Pages 1st Place, Best Website www.citypages.com
Mark Kartarik City Pages 1st Place, Best Hard News Photo “The Forgotten Neighborhood”
Emily Utne City Pages 1st Place, Best Feature Photo “Doomtree”
Tony Nelson City Pages 1st Place, Best News Portrait “Untrue Blood”
Ryan Brennan City Pages 1st Place, Best Sports Photo “Minnesota Parkour”
Emily Utne City Pages 1st Place, Best Commissioned Magazine Photo Best of the Twin Cities
Andy Mannix & Mike Mullen City Pages Winners, Best Use of Public Records “RNC Piggy Bank”
2011 Nick Pinto City Pages 1st Place, Best Use of Public Records “Pawlenty Pardon”
Erin Carlyle City Pages 3rd Place, Story of the Year “Fallen Angel”
Andy Mannix City Pages 1st Place, Business Feature “Plagiarism, Inc.”
Kevin Hoffman City Pages 1st Place, Sports News “Metrodome Collapse Survivor”
Erin Carlyle City Pages 1st Place, Sports Feature “The Opposite of Wild”
TD Mischke City Pages 1st Place, General Column “Remembering Michae “Eyedea” Larsen”
Judd Spicer City Pages 1st Place, Sports Column “Paper Pioneer”
Michael Kooiman City Pages 1st Place, Page Design “The Opposite of Wild”
Nick Vlcek, Melinda Beck City Pages 1st Place, Front Page Design “Twin Cities Thinkers”
Nick Vlcek, Kevin Cannon City Pages 2nd Place, Front Page Design “Declaration of Independents”
Michael Kooiman, Craig Lassig City Pages 3rd Place, Front Page Design “The Winter Issue”
Kate Sommers City Pages 1st Place, Best Feature Photo “Kitchen Ink”
Tony Nelson City Pages 2nd Place, Best News Portrait “Whitesands/Badlands”
Tony Nelson City Pages 2nd Place, Best Sports Photo “Shiancoe Time”
Staff City Pages 1st Place, Best Issue Best of the Twin Cities 2010
Jen Boyles (editor) City Pages 1st Place, Best Website citypages.com
Nick Pinto City Pages 2nd Place, Best Continuing Coverge “Pawlenty Pardon”
Emily Kaiser City Pages 3rd Place, Best Use of Multimedia “Hip-Hop High”
Hart Van Denburg City Pages 2nd Place, Best Newsroom Blog The Blotter
Kevin Hoffman City Pages 2nd Place, Spot News “The Facebook Photos Tom Emmer Doesn’t Want You to See”
Andy Mannix City Pages 2nd Place, Long Feature “Plagiarism, Inc.”
Erin Carlyle City Pages 2nd Place, Investigative “Fallen Angel”
Nick Pinto City Pages 2nd Place, Business Spot News “So Unionized You’ll Freak”
2010 Matt Snyders City Pages 1st Place, Long Feature “Fletcher’s Gang”
Matt Snyders & Bradley Campbell City Pages 1st Place, Business News “Craigslist Declassified”
Erin Carlyle City Pages 1st Place, Sports News “Favre at Forty”
Lou Fancher City Pages 1st Place, Art & Illustration “The Doctor Will Shock You Now”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Layout—Newspaper “Famous Enough”
Staff City Pages 1st Place, Best Issue Best of the Twin Cities
Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Best Feature Photo “Treasure Hunt”
TD Mischke City Pages 2nd Place, Best Spot News Photo “Death Bed Radio”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 2nd Place, Best News Portrait "The Baddest Man on the Planet"
Darin Back City Pages 2nd Place, Best Sports Photo “Skatepark of the Gods”
Ana Bagayan City Pages 1st Place, Best Cover—Magazine “Age of Consent”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Best Page Design “Catcher in the Raw”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Best Feature Design—Magazine “The Sound and the Fury”
Dan Picasso City Pages 1st Place, Best Commissioned Illustration “Fairmongering”
Staff City Pages 1st Place, Best Commissioned Magazine Photo Year in Music
Staff City Pages 1st Place, Best Newsroom Blog The Blotter
Ken Avidor City Pages 2nd Place, Best Use of Multimedia "Tom Petters Sentenced"
2009 Matt Snyders City Pages 2nd Place, News and Feature: Spot News “Moles Wanted”
Ward Rubrecht City Pages 1st Place, News and Feature: Short Feature “Settled Dust Reveals Concealed Carry Stalemate”
Matt Snyders City Pages 2nd Place, News and Feature: Long Feature “Gimme Shelter”
Jonathan Kaminsky City Pages 1st Place, News and Feature: Investigative “The Slumlord of South Minneapolis”
Kevin Hoffman City Pages 1st Place, Sports: Spot News “UFC 87”
Bradley Campbell City Pages 3rd Place, Sports: Feature “The Endless Winter”
Kevin Cannon City Pages 1st Place, Editorial & Opinion: Editorial Page Cartoon “Xcape from Xcel”
Matt Snyders City Pages 1st Place, Editorial & Opinion: General Column “The Drug Test”
Mike Kooiman City Pages 1st Place, Graphics & Illustration: Spot News “Skate or Die”
Jon Krause City Pages 1st Place, Graphics & Illustration: In-depth “A Long Way Down”
Dan Picasso & Nick Vlcek City Pages 2nd Place, Graphics & Illustration: Art & Illustration “Strike Anywhere”
Cameron Witting City Pages 1st Place, Photojournalism: General News “Dosh’s World”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Photojournalism: Sports “Franchise 2.0”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Photojournalism: Feature “Gimme Shelter”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 2nd Place, Photojournalism: Portrait “Summer Girl”
Alec Soth City Pages 1st Place, Photojournalism: Photo Essay “Freeze Frame”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Photojournalism: Pictorial “Hairball”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 2nd Place, Page Design/Layout: Page 1 Layout “Superheroes in Real Life”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 2nd Place, Page Design/Layout: Section Front Layout “Sex ‘n Drugs ‘n Awesome Hair”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Page Design/Layout: Feature Page Layout “Tron Guy”
Will Staehle City Pages 1st Place, Page Design/Layout: Feature Headline “Slumlord of South Minneapolis”
Staff City Pages 2nd Place, Package: Best Overall Package “Field Guide to the RNC”
Staff City Pages 1st Place, Package: Best Special Section “Best of Minnepolis”
Staff citypages.com 2nd Place, Online – News Web Sites: Best Web Site (affiliated)
Matt Snyders citypages.com 2nd Place, Online – News Web Sites: Best Single News Story “RNC Arrests: Police State of Mind”
Staff citypages.com 2nd Place, Online – News Web Sites: Best Continuing Coverage (affiliated) “Elephants in the Room”
Staff citypages.com 2nd Place, Online – News Web Sites: Best Newsroom Blog “The Blotter”
2008 Matt Snyders City Pages 1st Place, Business: Feature “The Full MOA”
Paul Demko & G.R. Anderson City Pages 3rd Place, Business: In-depth “Trials & Stribulations”
Paul Demko City Pages 3rd Place, Business: Spot News “Newspaper War”
Rob Nelson City Pages 2nd Place, Editorial & Opinion: Arts & Entertainment “L.A. Plays Itself”
Staff City Pages 1st Place, Graphics & Illustrations: Art & Illustrations “Who’s to Blame?”
Staff City Pages 2nd Place, Graphics & Illustrations: In-depth “Twin Cities Rock Atlas”
Matt Snyders City Pages 2nd Place, News & Feature: Spot News “Banning Desmond Tutu”
Staff City Pages 3rd Place, Best Overall Package “Artists of the Year”
Staff City Pages 1st Place, Best Special Section Best of the Twin Cities
Nick Vlcek City Pages 3rd Place, Photojournalism: Sports “The Boogeyman Drops the Gloves”
Kevin Hoffman City Pages 1st Place, Sports: Feature “The Boogeyman Drops the Gloves”
Kevin Hoffman City Pages 1st Place, Sports: Spot News “The Strongest Men in the World”
Jeff Shaw & Kevin Hoffman City Pages 1st Place, Web Site: Best Use of Multimedia “Boy, Interrupted: One Man’s Struggle with an Eating Disorder”
Jeff Guntzel City Pages 1st Place, News and Feature: Short Feature “The Wedding Crashers”
Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Photojournalism: Pictoral “The Best of Diablo Cody”
www.citypages.com City Pages 1st Place, Best Web Site (affiliated)
2007 Beth Hawkins City Pages 1st Place, Investigative “The Heart of the Matter”
Britt Robson City Pages 1st Place, Feature “A Wolf at the Door”
Britt Robson City Pages 3rd Place, Column “The Yeoman”
Jane Sherman & Steve Perry City Pages 1st Place, Graphics & Illustrations “The Year of Driving Dangerously”
Richard Fleischman City Pages 1st Place, Portrait “Dirty Sandez”
2006 Staff City Pages 1st Place, Best Website Special Report “New Orleans: Survivor Stories”
Beth Hawkins City Pages 1st Place, Newspaper – Long Feature “Safe Child Syndrome”
Paul Demko & G.R. Anderson City Pages 1st Place, Newspaper – Investigative “Hit Parade Revisited”
Britt Robson City Pages 1st place, Newspaper – Sports Feature “King of the Hill”
Dan Picasso & Nick Vlcek City Pages 1st Place, Newspaper Graphics – Art & Illustration “Everything You Know About Texas is Wrong”
citypages.com City Pages 2nd Place, Best Website
David Fick City Pages 2nd Place, Newspaper Photojournalism – Feature “Safe Child Syndrome”
Britt Robson City Pages 3rd Place, Newspaper – Sports Column “What Happened?”
Frank Premack Memorial Award/Minnesota Journalism Center at the University of Minnesota
2006 Paul Demko & G.R. Anderson City Pages Winners “Hit Parade Revisited”
The Village Voice (New York)
Front Page Awards/The Newswomen's Club of New York
2006 Tricia Romano The Village Voice 1st Place, Feature Writing “The Sober Bunch”
Deadline Club Awards/New York City Society of Professional Journalists
2008 Tom Robbins The Village Voice Finalist, Beat Reporting “The Judge and the G-Man”
“Tall Tales of a Mafia Mistress”
“Tale of the Tape”
“Blood Brothers”
Rob Harvilla The Village Voice Finalist, Arts Reporting “Hot Hot Heat”
Chloe Hilliard The Village Voice Finalist, Minority Focus “Girls to Men”
New York Press Club Awards
2011 Graham Rayman The Village Voice Gold Keyboard Award “The NYPD Tapes”
2008 Tom Robbins The Village Voice Winner, Continuing Coverage (Newspaper) Tall Tales of a Mafia Mistress
Nashville Scene
Media/Communication Award/The Mayor's Advisory Committee for People With Disabilities (2005 & 2006)
2005 Bernie Sheahan Nashville Scene Winner “A Beautiful Mind's Uncertain Future”
2006 Sarah Kelley Nashville Scene Winner “Denied”
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