AltWeeklies Awards

3rd Place: The Day the Music Died, Katy Perry Unpeeled, and Bon Iver at Hollywood Forever Cemetery by Randall Roberts , L.A. Weekly

1st Place: Backtrack, Past Lives and The Revivalist by Leah Sottile , The Inlander

2nd Place: Bush Music: A Mix, Dream's Life, and Two Testaments by Chris Herrington , The Memphis Flyer

3rd Place: El Moz, Die Reggaeton Die, and The Incredible Shrinking Grammy by Enrique Lopetegui , San Antonio Current

1st Place: Lethally Blonde by Rick Anderson , Seattle Weekly

2nd Place: Sarah Palin, Inc. by David S. Bernstein , Boston Phoenix

3rd Place: Getting Off by Mike Giglio , Houston Press

Honorable Mention: Exit Strategy by Carolyn Szczepanski , The Pitch

1st Place: Show Stoppers, Curdled Culture and Mayor Vows to Protect First Fridays by Chris Dovi , Style Weekly

2nd Place: A History of Violence by Sarah Kelley , LEO Weekly

3rd Place: Until Proven Guilty by Pamela White , Boulder Weekly

Honorable Mention: The House Thornburg Lost, Try, Try Again and Thornburglars by Corey Pein , Santa Fe Reporter

1st Place: The Barry Archives, Harriette Walters, and Fire Brass by Mike DeBonis , Washington City Paper

2nd Place: Local Activists Crusade to Cut Circumcisions, Hacking Pact, and Tapped Out by Chris Faraone , Boston Phoenix

3rd Place: The Valley's Galaxy of Goo, Wrinkles at Runkle Canyon, and Brentwood's Toxic Grave by Michael Collins , L.A. Weekly

1st Place: Regime Change, Fighting Fire, and The Association by Nicholas Deshais , The Inlander

2nd Place: The Wrong Man, Cleaning the Big House, and Late Aid by David Winkler-Schmit , Gambit

3rd Place: Watching Over Witnesses, Kentucky History X, and The Corn That Grew From Concrete by Phillip Bailey , LEO Weekly

Honorable Mention: Kennel No. 1, Ordinance Ignored, and Greyhound Runaround by Tim Vanderpool , Tucson Weekly

1st Place: Photos by Joeff Davis , Creative Loafing (Atlanta)

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