AltWeeklies Awards

2nd Place: The Road to Meadville series by Donna Ladd , Jackson Free Press

3rd Place: All Shook Up by Cara Degette , Colorado Springs Independent

Honorable Mention: Beat by the System by Susan Clark Armstrong , Folio Weekly

1st Place: Deadline Hollywood by Nikki Finke , L.A. Weekly

2nd Place: Press Clips by Sydney H. Schanberg , The Village Voice

3rd Place (tie): Knight Riddance by Bob Norman , New Times Broward-Palm Beach

3rd Place (tie): "Pulitzer's Pain" and "Pulitzer's Gain" by Chad Garrison and Malcolm Gay , Riverfront Times

Honorable Mention: We've Got Issues by Chris Potter , Pittsburgh City Paper

1st Place: "Dollars or Sense?" "What Next?" and "(Tele)Vision Quest" by Krestia DeGeorge , City Newspaper

2nd Place: "The 'Perception' of the Ledger," "Blowin' in the Wind," and "Sensational Suburban Legends" by Todd Stauffer , Jackson Free Press

3rd Place: "Paxton May Have Overpaid," "Rock Talk Is History at WRDU," and "Big Cable" by Fiona Morgan , INDY Week

Honorable Mention: Feeding Frenzy by Leigh de Armas , Orlando Weekly

1st Place: "Keeping Up With the Joneses," "Incorrect Change," and "Principle Playa" (PDF) by Sarah Godfrey , Washington City Paper

2nd Place: "The New Mythology," "The Real Y'Alternative," and "No Sympathy for the Devils" by Kandia Crazy Horse , Creative Loafing (Charlotte)

3rd Place: "The Titmaster Tommy Lee," "Race Against Rockism" and "Powerpop for Now People" by Rob Harvilla , East Bay Express

Honorable Mention: "Out of the Woods," "Country Sucks?" and "Informed Regret" by Chris Herrington , The Memphis Flyer

1st Place: J Spot by Jonanna Widner , Santa Fe Reporter

2nd Place: "Spring Forward," "Worth the Wait," and "All the Right Moves" by John Brodeur , Metroland

3rd Place: Boys, Express Yourselves by Stephen George , LEO Weekly

Honorable Mention: "It's Saturday Night," "Best of the Wurst," and "Classical for a Dummy" by Frank De Blase , City Newspaper

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