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AltWeekly Awards

2009 Public Service Below 50,000

1st Place: The Jackie Walker Story, Local Hero and A Promise Kept by Betty Bean , Metro Pulse
2nd Place: Hot Wired, The Series by Greg Harman , San Antonio Current
3rd Place: The Fayetteville Shale Play by Gerard Matthews, David Koon and John Williams , Arkansas Times
Honorable Mention: Reportage of the Rochester, NY Public Defender Search by Christine Carrie Fien, Jeremy Moule and Mary Anna Towler , City Newspaper

2008 Column Above 55,000

1st Place: Ask a Mexican! Feb. 1, April 5 and Nov. 15 by Gustavo Arellano , OC Weekly
2nd Place: Ladies Plight, Exhibitionists and The Nigerian Scam Strikes Again by Patricia Calhoun , Westword
3rd Place: Top Ramen (Chicken Vegetable Flavor), Domino's Pizza New Oreo Dessert Pizza and Double Cheeseburger by Malcolm Gay , Riverfront Times

2008 Column Below 55,000

1st Place: Complainocracy (PDF), Illusion of Progress (PDF) and Neo Anti-Development? (PDF) by Zane Fischer , Santa Fe Reporter
2nd Place: Gone to Pot (PDF), Pop a Local Wheelie (PDF) and I'm All Ears (PDF) by The Shredder , San Luis Obispo New Times
3rd Place: Last One Standing, One Vote at a Time and Improvident Borrower by John Branston , The Memphis Flyer
Honorable Mention: Mike Jones Shares His 'Art', The Return of Charlie Duke (Sort of) and The Myth of a Killer in Love by Cara Degette , Colorado Springs Independent

2008 Column-Political Above 55,000

1st Place: No Home For You Here, Copycat Nation and Show Me the Ideas by Andrew Gumbel , Los Angeles CityBeat
2nd Place: by John F. Sugg , Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
3rd Place: This Election is Murder, Cop Out and Finally We Care by Kia Gregory , Philadelphia Weekly
Honorable Mention: Mike Bloomberg, Free at Last, Benchwarmers and Rudy's Brain by Tom Robbins , The Village Voice

2008 Column-Political Below 55,000

1st Place: Leapin' Larry Goes Back to the Future, Letter of Our Laws and The Sticky, Sticky Truth by Kyle Whitmire , Birmingham Weekly
2nd Place: A Burning Issue, Frailty in God's President and Mike's Humble Roots by Ernest Dumas , Arkansas Times
3rd Place: Why I'm Returning to Iraq (PDF), Kurdistan on the Brink (PDF) and Women in a Hostile Nation: Part 1 (PDF) by Daniel Smith , New Haven Advocate

2008 Feature Story Above 55,000

1st Place: El Tren de la Muerte by Megan Feldman , Dallas Observer
2nd Place: Letters From an Arsonist by Dave Jamieson , Washington City Paper
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