2011 AltWeekly Awards Winners Announced
july 22, 2011 05:30 pm
NEW ORLEANS – The winners of the 2011 AltWeekly Awards have been announced.
Miami New Times,
Nashville Scene, and
The Village Voice led the pack of winners with three awards each.
The full list of winners is below.
Design Categories
Writing Categories
Web and Miscellaneous Categories
DESIGN CATEGORIES
COVER DESIGN circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Riverfront Times, Down on the Farm, The Gay Divorcees, and 2010: The Year in Movies by Tom Carlson
Second Place: SF Weekly, Terminal People, Head Case, and Worlds Apart by Andrew Nilsen and Brian Stauffer
Third Place: City Pages (Twin Cities), Thinkers, Commix Issue, and Winter Guide by Nick Vlcek and Mike Kooiman
Honorable Mention: Dallas Observer, Fatal Flaw, Forked Up, and Return To Sender by Alex Flores
COVER DESIGN circulation under 50,000
First Place: Seven Days, The Animal Issue, The Money Issue, and New Years' Cootie Catcher by Diane Sullivan, Celia Hazard, Matthew Thorsen and Jeff Drew
Second Place: The Portland Mercury, Kitchen Kama Sutra, Betty White + John Ritter + Flaming Chainsaw, and In Defense of Sanity and Fear by Justin "Scrappers" Morrison
Third Place: Boston's Weekly Dig, Palin, Yummy Bears, and Initiation Rites by Tak Toyoshima and Scott Murry
Honorable Mention: San Antonio Current, Operation: CPS, The Music Issue, and 2010 Sucked by Chuck Kerr
EDITORIAL LAYOUT circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: NOW Magazine, BBQ Special by Troy Beyer
Second Place: Las Vegas Weekly, 2010 Vegas' Best by Ryan Olbrysh
Third Place: Phoenix New Times, Picking Up Steam Punk by Peter Storch
Honorable Mention: Boston Phoenix, Real Gifts for Real People by Kristen Goodfriend
EDITORIAL LAYOUT circulation under 50,000
First Place: Arkansas Times, Big Ideas by Kai Caddy
Second Place: Style Weekly, Power List by Jeff Bland
Third Place: Nashville Scene, We Are Nashvill(ians) by Elizabeth Jones
Honorable Mention: Gambit, Veganize Me by Lindsay Weiss
ILLUSTRATION circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: SF Weekly, Wounded Pride by Scott Bakal
Second Place: Houston Press, Turkeys of the Year by Jesse Lenz
Third Place: SF Weekly:, Best of San Francisco Cover 1, Cover 2, and Cover 3 by Chris Koehler, Reuben Rude and Brian Barneclo
Honorable Mention: Las Vegas Weekly, Escape the Fate by Chris Morris
ILLUSTRATION circulation under 50,000
First Place: Tucson Weekly, The 9 Types of Arizona Politicians by Lloyd Dangle and Jim Nintzel
Second Place: Independent Weekly (NC), Dad Rock by Nathan Golub
Third Place: Pacific Northwest Inlander, Five Lessons from Local Schools Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 by Jeff Drew
Honorable Mention: VUE Weekly, Sam Beckett by Pete Nguyen
PHOTOGRAPHY circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Las Vegas Weekly, Photography by Leila Navidi
Second Place: Riverfront Times, Dr. Peanut by Jennifer Silverberg
Third Place: Baltimore City Paper, Photography by Ryan "Rarah" Stevenson
Honorable Mention: Creative Loafing (Atlanta), Photography by Joeff Davis
PHOTOGRAPHY circulation under 50,000
First Place: Nashville Scene, Photography by Eric England
Second Place: New Times San Luis Obispo, Photography by Steve E. Miller
Third Place: Pacific Northwest Inlander, Photography by Young Kwak
Honorable Mention: Fast Forward Weekly, Photography by Ryan Creary
WRITING CATEGORIES
ARTS CRITICISM circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Creative Loafing (Atlanta), I Miss My Weird, F*%ked Up Theater, Cult Following, and Beast of Burden by Curt Holman
Second Place: OC Weekly, Family Not-So-Friendly, Man Loves Goat, and Teen Cheerleader Orgy Porn by Joel Beers
Third Place: Austin Chronicle, The Human Centipede, Winter's Bone, and Skyline by Marjorie Baumgarten
ARTS CRITICISM circulation under 50,000
First Place: Fort Worth Weekly, Wall Street, Greenberg, and Why Are You Shooting at Me? by Kristian Lin
Second Place: Tucson Weekly, The Whole Picture, Tile Roofs and Borrowed Styles, and Deposited by Angels by Margaret Regan
Third Place: Independent Weekly (NC), Chinese Artists and Three Gorges Dam, Vorticism at the Nasher, Portraiture at the Ackland by Chris Vitiello
ARTS FEATURE circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Philadelphia City Paper, The Island by Holly Otterbein
Second Place: The Village Voice, Revenge of the Losers by Camille Dodero
Third Place: Miami New Times, Marked for Death by Gus Garcia-Roberts
Honorable Mention: Willamette Week, I Think I Was There by Casey Jarman
ARTS FEATURE circulation under 50,000
First Place: Independent Weekly (NC), Little Brother Breaks Up by Grayson Currin
Second Place: Fort Worth Weekly, Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives by Jimmy Fowler
Third Place:San Diego CityBeat, For the Record by Kinsee Morlan
Honorable Mention: Seven Days, The Breakout by Dan Bolles
COLUMN circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Baltimore City Paper, Mr. Wrong: Make Money. Gamble Better., Booooooooooooooooooooooo, and Fall Preview Review by Joe MacLeod
Second Place: The Village Voice, Kicked in the Groin at Every Glittery Turn, Where's My Book, and Year in Review by Michael Musto
Third Place: L.A. Weekly, Candyland: The Man Who Wants Another 'Life', Maggots and Aliens and Clowns, Oh My, and Giddyup by Gendy Alimurung
COLUMN circulation under 50,000
First Place: LEO Weekly, Bar Belle: Drinks with Tyler Allen, Bar Belle Turns in Perfect Attendance, and Bourbon Soup for the Soul by Sara Havens
Second Place: Metro Pulse, Midpoint: Rest in Peace, J.D. Salinger, A Luddite Listens, and The Art of Waiting by Stephanie Piper
Third Place: Weekly Alibi, Miss Diagnosis: Seduction of a Nurse, Robbins Burns Rubbers, and Life and Death on the Night Shift by Whitny Doyle
Honorable Mention: Jackson Free Press, Ain't That Something, For the Kids, All God's Children by Donna Ladd
COLUMN (POLITICAL) circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Miami New Times Terrorist with Friends, School of Hard Knocks, and Forgotten War Hero, Part 1 by Chuck Strouse
Second Place: Dallas Observer, Hammer Time, Mr. Unknown, and Low Riders by Jim Schutze
Third Place: Metro Times, Sexy Detroit Men, Why to be Paranoid, and Bing's Open-Secret Plan by Larry Gabriel
Honorable Mention: Chicago Reader, Me and My Mayor, The Head Cheerleaders, and Go On, Smash It by Ben Joravsky
COLUMN (POLITICAL) circulation under 50,000
First Place: The Pitch, Transparently Awful, Missed Goals, and No-Shows by David Martin
Second Place: Nashville Scene, Center of Controversy, Southern Inhospitality, and Electoral 911 by Jeff Woods
Third Place: Creative Loafing (Charlotte), At the Crossroads, Fully Human, and 'We Can Make Him Disappear' by John Grooms
Honorable Mention: Cincinnati CityBeat, Porkopolis (PDF Files: May 19, Aug. 11 and Dec. 1) by Kevin Osborne
FEATURE STORY circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Miami New Times, Blow Hard by Gus Garcia-Roberts
Second Place: The Village Voice, Bad Lieutenant by Steven Thrasher
Third Place: Houston Press, Asylum Denied by Chris Vogel and Patrick Michels
Honorable Mention: Las Vegas Weekly, Citizen of Nowhere by April Corbin
Honorable Mention: Sacramento News & Review, Default! by Rachel Leibrock
FEATURE STORY circulation under 50,000
First Place: Nashville Scene, The High Cost of Hope by Brantley Hargrove
Second Place: Jackson Free Press, Rush to Judgement: Trying Kids As Adults by Valerie Wells and Donna Ladd
Third Place: The Texas Observer, Children of the Exodus by Melissa del Bosque
Honorable Mention: Missoula Independent, A Call For Help by Alex Sakariassen
Honorable Mention: Monterey County Weekly, Fable Enabled by Kera Abraham
FOOD WRITING circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Philadelphia City Paper, Minette Men, Here Come The Rooster, and Waiting For Good Dough by Drew Lazor
Second Place: L.A. Weekly, Stomp: The Restaurant, 99 Things to Eat Before You Die, and Beware the Dangerous Cemita by Jonathan Gold
Third Place (tie): Dallas Observer, Artless, Work Release, and Forked Up by Hanna Raskin
Third Place (tie): The Village Voice, An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky, May We Interest You in Some Egg Fetus?, and Siam I Am by Robert Sietsema
FOOD WRITING circulation under 50,000
First Place: Seven Days, Three-Bird Night, Fresh Fare, and Raising the Steaks by Alice Levitt
Second Place: North Bay Bohemian, Coldest Beer in Town, Black Diamonds, and Building a Better Berry by Alastair Bland
Third Place: Weekly Alibi, Le Fooding, An Offal Story, and Chewing the Fat by Ari LeVaux
Honorable Mention: Columbia Free Times, All's Fair in Food & War and Holiday Surprise by Tug Baker
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: The Village Voice, The NYPD Tapes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 by Graham Rayman
Second Place: Long Island Press, Toxic Time Bomb: Nassau County Sewage Plants Investigative Series Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 by Christopher Twarowski and Joel Cairo
Third Place: Miami New Times, Disorderly Conduct by Tim Elfrink
Honorable Mention: Boston Phoenix, Troubled Over Bridgewater Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 by Chris Faraone
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING circulation under 50,000
First Place: Nashville Scene, Dr. Asa Andrew's Medicine Show Part 1 and Part 2 by Brantley Hargrove
Second Place: The Texas Observer, Agency of Destruction by Forrest Wilder
Third Place: Fort Worth Weekly, Arlington Heights High School Investigation Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 by Betty Brink
Honorable Mention: New Times San Luis Obispo, Where Are They? by Robert McDonald
MEDIA REPORTING / CRITICISM circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Long Island Press, Destroying Newsday by Christopher Twarowski and Michael Patrick Nelson
Second Place: Las Vegas CityLife, A Tale of Two Newsrooms by Amy Kingsley
Third Place: Creative Loafing (Atlanta), Adios, AJC by Scott Henry
Honorable Mention: Chicago Reader, Opinionating Is Cheap, When Hyperlocal Journalism Does Its Job, and The Martyr and the Stool Pigeon by Michael Miner
MEDIA REPORTING / CRITICISM circulation under 50,000
First Place: Fort Worth Weekly, Aggie Secrets by Jeff Prince
Second Place: San Antonio Current, Remains of the Daily by Enrique Lopetegui
Third Place: Charleston City Paper, The Case Against Nikki Haley by Chris Haire
Honorable Mention: Illinois Times, Watchdogs Flee Springfield by Rachel Wells
MUSIC REPORTING / CRITICISM circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: The Memphis Flyer, Refuge in the Blues, Many Voices, Many Rooms, and Life and Death by Chris Herrington
Second Place: OC Weekly, Don't Start A Riot by Nick Schou
Third Place: Metro Times, Promises Fulfilled, Ballad of Mr. X, and Riff-A-Rama by Bill Holdship
Honorable Mention: Willamette Week, The Odd Couple, Sexy Back, and Agalloch by Michael Mannheimer
MUSIC REPORTING / CRITICISM circulation under 50,000
First Place: East Bay Express, Insane Clown Posse Drops the Hatchet, Ferocious Tornado Rider, and Thomas Pridgen's Rock-Soul Revival by Rachel Swan
Second Place: Seven Days, Lady Lioness, Durians, and the le duo by Dan Bolles
Third Place: Nashville Scene, Everything but the Burden by Steve Haruch
Honorable Mention: Orlando Weekly, Rhythm Nation 2814, The Sore Thumb, and Frame of Mind by Jason Ferguson
NEWS STORY (LONG FORM) circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Westword, You're in Bad Hands by Alan Prendergast
Second Place: Westword, Martial Law by Joel Warner
Third Place: Houston Press Victims' Wrongs by Chris Vogel
Honorable Mention: Riverfront Times Dog Beat Dog by Keegan Hamilton
NEWS STORY (LONG FORM) circulation under 50,000
First Place: The Texas Observer, A Bloody Injustice by Dave Mann
Second Place: Fort Worth Weekly, Private Prisons, Public Pain by Peter Gorman
Third Place: Independent Weekly (NC), The Ultimate Betrayal by Lara Torgesen
Honorable Mention: San Diego CityBeat, The Unintended Consequences by Kelly Davis
NEWS STORY (SHORT FORM) circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Miami New Times, The Last Temptation, George Rekers is a Homosexual, and Things Rekers Said... by Penn Bullock and Brandon Thorp
Second Place: City Pages (Twin Cities), Bed Hopping, Monster at the Tea Party, and Cop Killer by Jessica Lussenhop
Third Place: OC Weekly, Will This Pot Case Get Weeded Out?, Crash First..., and Murder? Are You Crazy? by Nick Schou
Honorable Mention: Philadelphia Weekly, Under Press-ure, Electile Dysfunction, and Not a Pretty Picture by Aaron Kase
NEWS STORY (SHORT FORM) circulation under 50,000
First Place: Monterey County Weekly, Grease Clogs Green Transit, Racism, In Deed, and Scenic Spraying by Kera Abraham
Second Place: San Diego CityBeat, Lab Rats, The Snitch is Back, and Zapf Dingbats by Dave Maass
Third Place: Pacific Northwest Inlander, Between Rocky and a Hard Place, Lost at Sea, and Budding Tax Bracket by Nicholas Deshais
Honorable Mention: Lagniappe, Nipples Catch ABC's Eye (pdf link), Katrina Cut Project Needs Revision, and Sand Search Progresses by Peter Teske
PUBLIC SERVICE circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: L.A. Weekly, City of Airheads by Patrick Range McDonald
Second Place: Houston Press, Prison Pays by Craig Malisow
Third Place: New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Crash Course by Lisa Rab
Honorable Mention: Phoenix New Times, Amongst Us Series: Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror, Badlands, Get Out!, Seized, Grinding Justice, Russell Pearce, and Cloaked Brutality by Staff Writers and Editors
PUBLIC SERVICE circulation under 50,000
First Place: The Texas Observer, DNA Tests Undermine Evidence in Texas Execution by Dave Mann
Second Place: Pacific Northwest Inlander, Injustice Project Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, and Video by Jacob Fries, Nicholas Deshais, Kevin Taylor, Leah Sottile, and Young Kwak
Third Place: Colorado Springs Independent, Community Centers by J. Adrian Stanley
Honorable Mention: Jackson Free Press, Domestic Violence Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, and Part 10 by Ronni Mott, Lacey McLaughlin, Donna Ladd, Kamikaze, Casey Purvis, and Sophie McNeil
SPECIAL TOPIC: DRUGS REPORTING circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Baltimore City Paper, Cleaning Up Series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Follow-Up by Edward Ericson Jr.
Second Place: L.A. Weekly, The Killer of His Daughter's Mother by Christine Pelisek
Third Place: The Village Voice, Widespread Panic Over the Nitrous Mafia by John Tucker
Honorable Mention: Seattle Weekly, Toke Stoking by Nina Shapiro
SPECIAL TOPIC: DRUGS REPORTING circulation under 50,000
First Place: The Pitch, Buzz Factory by Peter Rugg
Second Place: North Coast Journal, General Lee by Hank Sims
Third Place: The Texas Observer, Gone Rogue by Michael May
Honorable Mention: Pasadena Weekly, Blunting Inequity by Jake Armstrong
WEB & MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORIES
BLOG (GROUP OR STAFF) All Publications
First Place: The Village Voice, Runnin' Scared -- Posts by Foster Kamer, Tony Ortega, and Jen Doll
Second Place: SF Weekly, The Snitch -- Posts by Lauren Smiley, Joe Eskenazi, and Peter Jamison
Third Place: Phoenix New Times, Chow Bella -- Posts by Erica O'Neil, Wynter Holden, and Jonathan McNamara
Honorable Mention: Arkansas Times, Teaching Hate: Clint McCance by Max Brantley and David Koon
Honorable Mention: Nashville Scene, Pith in the Wind -- Posts by Liz Garrigan, Betsy Phillips, and Jeff Woods
BLOG (INDIVIDUAL) All Publications
First Place: Creative Loafing (Tampa), Life As We Blow It by Scott Harrell (Posts on Jan. 27, Feb. 15, and Jun. 21)
Second Place: Phoenix New Times, Feathered Bastard by Stephen Lemons (Posts on July 29, Sep. 22, and Nov. 29)
Third Place: New Times Broward-Palm Beach, The Daily Pulp by Bob Norman (Posts on Mar. 3, Sep. 15, and Sep. 26)
Honorable Mention: Washington City Paper, Housing Complex by Lydia DePillis (Posts on July 16, Aug. 18, and Aug. 31)
CARTOON All Publications
First Place: Search and Destroy - Cartoon Blog from Afghanistan by Ted Rall
Second Place: Failure by Karl Stevens (Boston Phoenix)
Third Place: Worst Case Scenario by Kenny Be (Westword)
Honorable Mention: Loon Star State by Ben Sargent (The Texas Observer)
INNOVATION / FORMAT BUSTER circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Washington City Paper, D.C. Elections 2010 by Alan Suderman, Dave McKenna, Lydia DePillis, Mike Madden, Jason Cherkis, Jonetta Rose Barras, Will Mitchell and Brooke Hatfield
Second Place: Metro Times, To Bobb or Not to Bobb by Sandra Svoboda
Third Place: Creative Loafing (Atlanta), The Dunwoody Journal-Constitution by Creative Loafing Staff
Honorable Mention: Riverfront Times, Literary St. Louis by Aimee Levitt
INNOVATION / FORMAT BUSTER circulation under 50,000
First Place: Santa Fe Reporter, Anatomy of a Downfall by Alexa Schirtzinger and Larry Kohr
Second Place: Style Weekly, Rock 'N' Roll Hotel (PDF) and Part 2 (PDF) by Staff
Third Place: Tucson Weekly, Beyond the Border (PDF) by Students of the University of Arizona School of Journalism
Honorable Mention: Seven Days, The Twitter Cover by Don Eggert, Cathy Resmer and Eva Sollberger
MULTIMEDIA All Publications
First Place: City Pages (Twin Cities), Hip Hop High: Article, Slideshow, and Video by Emily Kaiser and Nick Vlcek
Second Place: Boston Phoenix, 50 Bands, 50 States by Boston Phoenix Staff
Third Place: Santa Fe Reporter, Election 2010 by Alexa Schirtzinger and Julia Goldberg
Honorable Mention: Seven Days, Stuck in Vermont: East Charlotte Tractor Parade by Eva Sollberger
MUSIC BLOG All Publications
First Place: The Village Voice, Sound of the City by Rob Harvilla and Zach Baron (Posts on Mar. 11, Jun. 15, and Aug. 25)
Second Place: North Bay Bohemian, City Sound Inertia by Gabe Meline (Posts on Jul. 23 and Jul. 29)
Third Place: New Times Broward-Palm Beach, County Grind by Reed Fischer (Posts on Sep. 30, Oct. 21, and Nov. 10)
Honorable Mention: Dallas Observer, DC9 at Night by Pete Freedman, Cory Graves, and Nick Rallo
SPECIAL SECTION circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Creative Loafing (Atlanta), Music Issue by Rodney Carmichael and Staff
Second Place: L.A. Weekly, People 2010 by Staff
Third Place: Riverfront Times, Best of St. Louis by Staff
Honorable Mention: Boston Phoenix, Boston Survival Guide by Staff and Contributors
SPECIAL SECTION circulation under 50,000
First Place: Independent Weekly (NC), Hopscotch Guide by Staff
Second Place: C-VILLE Weekly, Food and Drink Annual by Coogan Brennan, Chiara Canzi, Andrew Cedermark, Brendan Fitzgerald, Cathy Harding, Caite White and Bill LeSueur
Third Place: Maui Time Weekly, Best Of Maui 2010 in 3D by Chris Skiles and Brad Parker
