AltWeekly Awards

2005 Education Above 50,000

Honorable Mention: School of Life by Lisa M. Collins , Metro Times

2005 Education Below 50,000

1st Place: Command Performance by Terje Langeland , Colorado Springs Independent
2nd Place: Why Luis Can Read by Carole Bass , New Haven Advocate
3rd Place: No Soldier Left Behind by Zachary Smith , Santa Fe Reporter

2005 Feature Story Above 50,000

1st Place: Learning to Hit a Lick by Mara Shalhoup , Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2nd Place: Too Dumb to Die by Trevor Aaronson , New Times Broward-Palm Beach
3rd Place: An American Family by Celeste Fremon , L.A. Weekly
Honorable Mention: Lizard is a Rat by Justin Berton , East Bay Express
2nd Place: Alien Odyssey by Brad Summerhill , Reno News & Review
3rd Place: Sight for Sore Eyes by Travis Durfee , Metroland
Honorable Mention: Tom Metzger Sings Karaoke by Didier Diels , San Diego CityBeat
Honorable Mention: The Visionary Blues by Stephanie Kinnear , Ventura County Reporter
2nd Place: Sick District by Bob Norman , New Times Broward-Palm Beach
3rd Place: Blue Mob by Aina Hunter , Cleveland Scene
Honorable Mention: Newsday Circulation Scandal Investigative Series by Christopher Twarowski and Long Island Press News Staff , Long Island Press

2005 Investigative Reporting Below 50,000

1st Place: Booty Call by Susan Clark Armstrong , Folio Weekly