AltWeeklies Awards | News Writing

1st Place: Courtside by Steve Bogira , Chicago Reader

2nd Place: Sentences by Anonymous , Pittsburgh City Paper

3rd Place: KC Strip by Tony Ortega , The Pitch

Honorable Mention: Downing by Margaret Downing , Houston Press

1st Place: The XX Files by Jennifer Loviglio , City Newspaper

2nd Place: Citizen's Journal (PDF) by Mark Kelly , Birmingham Weekly

3rd Place: by Melinda Ruley , INDY Week

Honorable Mention: Danehy by Tom Danehy , Tucson Weekly

1st Place (tie): Freedom Watch by Harvey A. Silverglate , Boston Phoenix

1st Place (tie): The Works by Ben Joravsky , Chicago Reader

2nd Place: by Matt Smith , SF Weekly

3rd Place: Nation (PDF) by Nat Hentoff , The Village Voice

Honorable Mention: Calhoun (PDF) by Patricia Calhoun , Westword

1st Place: Andrew Wheat by Andrew Wheat , The Texas Observer

2nd Place: Hit & Run (PDF) by Paul Bass , New Haven Advocate

3rd Place: Spin Cycle (PDF) by Kyle Whitmire , Birmingham Weekly

Honorable Mention: Frank Talk (PDF) by Frank Cagle , Metro Pulse

1st Place: Flawed Priorities , Creative Loafing (Charlotte)

2nd Place: The Girl in the Bathroom by Kendrick Blackwood , The Pitch

3rd Place: HCCS's Gift Basket Bonanza by Josh Harkinson , Houston Press

AAN Association of Alternative Newsmedia