AltWeekly Awards

2000 News Feature Above 54,000

3rd Place: Up Against the Oil by Monte Paulsen , Metro Times
Honorable Mention: Raising McCain by Amanda Ripley , Washington City Paper

2000 News Feature Below 54,000

1st Place: Twice the Pain by Mara Leveritt , Arkansas Times
2nd Place: Buying Baca Ranch by Anne Constable , Santa Fe Reporter
3rd Place: Safety First? by Steven T. Jones , San Luis Obispo New Times

1999 Column Above 54,000

1st Place: by Jack Lessenberry , Metro Times
2nd Place: by Abe Opincar , San Diego Reader
3rd Place: by Tom Scocca , Baltimore City Paper
Honorable Mention: by Colleen Van Tassel , New Haven Advocate

1999 Column Below 54,000

1st Place: by Dennis Jarrett , Santa Fe Reporter
2nd Place: by Liz Langley , Orlando Weekly

1999 Column-Political Above 54,000

1st Place: by Wayne Barrett , The Village Voice
2nd Place: by George Cothran , SF Weekly

1999 Column-Political Below 54,000

1st Place: by Phil Ashford , Nashville Scene
2nd Place: by Jesse Mayshark , Metro Pulse

1999 Feature Story Above 54,000

1st Place: The Freak Who Stopped The Subway by Susan Goldsmith , New Times Los Angeles
Honorable Mention: Snatching Sinatra by Peter Gilstrap , New Times Los Angeles
Honorable Mention: The Fate of the Books by Dashka Slater , East Bay Express

1999 Feature Story Below 54,000

1st Place: Class Dismissed by Eric Bates , INDY Week
2nd Place: A Blackened Rainbow by Jesse Mayshark , Metro Pulse