AltWeekly Awards
2008 Column-Political Below 55,000
1st Place: Leapin' Larry Goes Back to the Future, Letter of Our Laws and The Sticky, Sticky Truth by Kyle Whitmire , Birmingham Weekly
2nd Place: A Burning Issue, Frailty in God's President and Mike's Humble Roots
by Ernest Dumas
,
Arkansas Times
3rd Place: Why I'm Returning to Iraq (PDF), Kurdistan on the Brink (PDF) and Women in a Hostile Nation: Part 1 (PDF)
by Daniel Smith
,
New Haven Advocate
2007 Column-Political Above 55,000
1st Place: "Who Crowned Michael Brown," "A Politician Weeps," "Mayor Al Has to Go, Bad" by Bob Norman , New Times Broward-Palm Beach
2nd Place: "Kennedy Loathing," "Romney's Greatest Gaffes," "Citizen Arrest"
by Adam Reilly
,
Boston Phoenix
3rd Place: "American Babylon": 1, 2, 3
by Andrew Gumbel
,
Los Angeles CityBeat
2007 Column-Political Below 55,000
1st Place: "Editior's Note": "Eyes Wide Shut," "Hard Truths," "The Perfect Storm" (PDF) by Anne Schindler , Folio Weekly
2nd Place: "Be Very Afraid," "A Valentine to Bill Covington," "Van Hilleary for Senate"
by Liz Garrigan
,
Nashville Scene
3rd Place: "The Popsicle Prophecy," "The Belly of the Beast," "Staying the Course is Not a Strategy"
by Jim Scarantino
,
Weekly Alibi
Honorable Mention: Happytown: 1, 2, 3
by Happytown staff
,
Orlando Weekly
2006 Column-Political Above 50,000
1st Place: Commie Girl: "A Mob of One," "Bring 'Em On," "We Must Have Syph" by Rebecca Schoenkopf , OC Weekly
2nd Place: Citizen Servatius: "Bob's Boys in Blue," "Misdemeanor Homicide," "Dr. Feelbad"
by Tara Servatius
,
Creative Loafing (Charlotte)
3rd Place (tie): "Dr. Phill," "Blunt Trauma," "Good Night and Good God"
by C.J. Janovy
,
The Pitch
3rd Place (tie): "Justice Perverted," "Attention-Starved," "Magical Thinking"
by Chris Potter
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Pittsburgh City Paper
Honorable Mention: "The Irony of a 'Christian' Inauguration," "Which Commandments Should Hang on the Wall?," "Flag Desecration"
by Robin Meyers
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Oklahoma Gazette
2006 Column-Political Below 50,000
1st Place: Poli Psy: "Uncivil Disobedience," "Drowned Out," "Body Politic" by Judith Levine , Seven Days
2nd Place: "Take the Time To Do It Right," "The Hope Sleeps Tonight," "We Need a Mayor, Not a Daddy"
by Donna Ladd
,
Jackson Free Press
3rd Place: "A Homeowner Nails Bob Perry," "Muckracker Katrina," "DeLay's Beautiful Laundrette"
by Andrew Wheat
,
The Texas Observer
Honorable Mention: Politics and Other Mistakes: "I'm Afraid of Me," "Unskinny Bop," "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down"
by Al Diamon
,
Portland Phoenix
