AltWeekly Awards
2009 Column Below 50,000
2nd Place: “Ranger Rich” by Rich Tosches , Colorado Springs Independent
3rd Place: "In the Shadows"
by Matt Davis
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The Portland Mercury
Honorable Mention: "Police Beat"
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Orlando Weekly
2008 Column Above 55,000
1st Place: Ask a Mexican! Feb. 1, April 5 and Nov. 15 by Gustavo Arellano , OC Weekly
2nd Place: Ladies Plight, Exhibitionists and The Nigerian Scam Strikes Again
by Patricia Calhoun
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Westword
3rd Place: Top Ramen (Chicken Vegetable Flavor), Domino's Pizza New Oreo Dessert Pizza and Double Cheeseburger
by Malcolm Gay
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Riverfront Times
2008 Column Below 55,000
1st Place: Complainocracy (PDF), Illusion of Progress (PDF) and Neo Anti-Development? (PDF) by Zane Fischer , Santa Fe Reporter
2nd Place: Gone to Pot (PDF), Pop a Local Wheelie (PDF) and I'm All Ears (PDF)
by The Shredder
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San Luis Obispo New Times
3rd Place: Last One Standing, One Vote at a Time and Improvident Borrower
by John Branston
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The Memphis Flyer
Honorable Mention: Mike Jones Shares His 'Art', The Return of Charlie Duke (Sort of) and The Myth of a Killer in Love
by Cara Degette
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Colorado Springs Independent
2007 Column Above 55,000
1st Place: "24/7": "Remember to Smile," "After the Rapture," "Onward American Soldier" by Seven McDonald , L.A. Weekly
2nd Place: "¡Ask a Mexican!": 1, 2, 3
by Gustavo Arellano
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OC Weekly
3rd Place: "'Round About": "Faheem, We're Sorry," "Ghetto Fiction," "Blown Hopes"
by Kia Gregory
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Philadelphia Weekly
2007 Column Below 55,000
1st Place: "Danehy": 1, 2, 3 by Tom Danehy , Tucson Weekly
2nd Place: "A Stitch in Time," "In Memory of Memories," "Kelsey's Bell"
by Mark Jamison
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Mountain Xpress
3rd Place (tie): "Pity Would Be No More," "Mississippi: America's Africa," "There Is No Other"
by Casey Parks
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Jackson Free Press
3rd Place (tie): "Dog Playing Poker": "Sketching For Fun and For Prophet," "Rush to Judgement," "Atomic Prom"
by Steve Schneider
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Orlando Weekly
2006 Column Above 50,000
1st Place: ¡Ask a Mexican! by Gustavo Arellano , OC Weekly
2nd Place: Social Studies: "Mike in Five," "Story Time," "The N-Word"
by Vincent Williams
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Baltimore City Paper
3rd Place: The Dubliner: "Are Ye About?," "Twilight's Slow Burn," "Defacing Castles"
by Katie Haegele
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Philadelphia Weekly
