AltWeeklies Awards | Arts Writing

1st Place: "Patience Is Sweet" by Ann M. Colford , The Inlander

2nd Place: "Five Points Restaurant," "Shangri La Cafe," "Twin Cousins Kitchen" by Mackensy Lunsford , Mountain Xpress

3rd Place: "Bistro Incognito," "As the Creek Dries," "Biodynamic Berries" by Ella Lawrence , North Bay Bohemian

Honorable Mention: "Grubshedding" by Ari LeVaux , Missoula Independent

1st Place: "Keeping Up With the Joneses," "Incorrect Change," and "Principle Playa" (PDF) by Sarah Godfrey , Washington City Paper

2nd Place: "The New Mythology," "The Real Y'Alternative," and "No Sympathy for the Devils" by Kandia Crazy Horse , Creative Loafing (Charlotte)

3rd Place: "The Titmaster Tommy Lee," "Race Against Rockism" and "Powerpop for Now People" by Rob Harvilla , East Bay Express

Honorable Mention: "Out of the Woods," "Country Sucks?" and "Informed Regret" by Chris Herrington , The Memphis Flyer

1st Place: J Spot by Jonanna Widner , Santa Fe Reporter

2nd Place: "Spring Forward," "Worth the Wait," and "All the Right Moves" by John Brodeur , Metroland

3rd Place: Boys, Express Yourselves by Stephen George , LEO Weekly

Honorable Mention: "It's Saturday Night," "Best of the Wurst," and "Classical for a Dummy" by Frank De Blase , City Newspaper

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