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"Pork Pirates"
March 26, 2009
"He Buried Che"
August 6, 2009
"In the Name of the King"
August 13, 2009
Third Place, Cover Design:
Pam Shavalier / Miami New Times

"The Agent from Iran"
January 8, 2009
"To Juice and Serve"
"Hackintosh"
November 12, 2009
Honorable Mention, Cover Design:
Miche Ratto / Broward-Palm Beach New Times

"The State of Street Art in St. Louis"
January 21, 2009
"Munchausen, She Wrote"
August 5, 2009
"Cardinals"
October 15, 2009
Second Place, Cover Design:
Tom Carlson / Riverfront Times

"Dead Wrong"
July 2, 2009
"Bad Dog"
September 24, 2009
"Dude, Where's My Car?"
October 29, 2009
First Place, Cover Design:
Jay Vollmar / Westword

"Pint-Size Preacher"
April 30, 2009
First Place, Editorial Layout:
Pam Shavalier / Miami New Times

"Fairmongering"
September 2, 2009
Third Place, Illustration:
Dan Picasso / City Pages

"Between Iraq and a Hard Place"
May 21, 2009
Second Place, Illustration:
Jason Edmiston / LA Weekly

"Good Cop, Bad Cop"
June 11, 2009
First Place, Illustration:
Brian Stauffer / Phoenix New Times

"Why Hard Times Won't Mean Good Times"
February 4, 2009
"Robert Frank's Real America"
September 29, 2009
"Let the Mild Rumpus Start!"
October 13, 2009
First Place, Arts Criticism:
J. Hoberman / Village Voice

"Man on Man"
December 17, 2009
Second Place, Arts Feature:
Gendy Alimurung / LA Weekly

"On the Road to Burma"
June 25, 2009
First Place, Arts Feature:
Randall Roberts / LA Weekly

"Chasing Pablo"
December 3, 2009
Third Place, Arts Feature:
Robert L. Pela / Phoenix New Times

"The Fall Guy"
February 26, 2009
"Whitewashing Reality"
April 23, 2009
"Irony City"
December 24, 2009
Second Place, Column:
Jim Schutze / Dallas Observer

"The MCSO & the Rape Victim"
May 28, 2009
"City Raids Pastor's Home"
June 18, 2009
"I Won't Be Home for Christmas"
December 24, 2009
First Place, Column:
Sarah Fenske / Phoenix New Times

"Tea Party Politics"
December 30, 2009
"Don't Try the Pineapple Truffles"
November 4, 2009
"Jay Bennett Breaks a Heart"
June 3, 2009
Third Place, Column:
Katy St. Clair / SF Weekly

"Bumping Frights"
May 6, 2009
"Domestic Spouses"
June 3, 2009
"On Thin Ice"
June 17, 2009
Third Place, Column-Politcial:
Matt Smith / SF Weekly

"The Mayor's Press Pass"
October 27, 2009
"Senate Coup Plotters' Hidden Agenda"
July 1, 2009
"Gillibrand Learned How to Defend Tobacco's Dirtiest Secrets"
February 11, 2009
Second Place, Column-Politcial:
Tom Robbins / Village Voice

"Exporting the Dead"
January 21, 2009
Third Place, Feature Story:
Lauren Smiley / SF Weekly

"The Giveaway"
May 14, 2009
First Place, Feature Story:
Alan Prendergast / Westword

"Superhero Me"
October 21, 2009
"The Urban Survivalist"
July 29, 2009
"Slaughterhouse Live"
February 4, 2009
Third Place, Food Writing:
Rachel Hutton / City Pages

"Floria del Rio Will Get Your Goat"
July 16, 2009
"Bistro LQ"
"So Sorry, So Good"
November 13, 2009
First Place, Food Writing:
Jonathan Gold / LA Weekly

"... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of German Butterballs"
July 1, 2009
"Drawing Room Comedy"
September 9, 2009
"Healing from a Hot Pot"
March 18, 2009
Second Place, Food Writing:
Jonathan Kauffman / Seattle Weekly

"A Quiet Hell"
December 17, 2009
Second Place, Investigative Reporting:
Chris Vogel / Houston Press

"Newspapers Are Dead"
November 19, 2009
First Place, Media Reporting/Crticism:
Lisa Rab / Broward-Palm Beach New Times

"The Day the Music Died"
January 22, 2009
"Katy Perry Unpeeled"
February 12, 2009
"Bon Iver at Hollywood Forever Cemetery"

Third Place, Music Criticism:
Randall Roberts / LA Weekly

"A Long Strange Trip"
February 18, 2009
"Just Tweet It"
September 23, 2009
"DJ Beto"
July 1, 2009
Second Place, Music Criticism:
Jennifer Maerz / SF Weekly

"Go See Phish at Least Once"
December 8, 2009
""On Michael Jackson's 'This Is It'"
November 3, 2009
"On 50 Cent's Self-Help Book"
October 13, 2009
First Place, Music Criticism:
Rob Harvilla / Village Voice

"Getting Off"
November 5, 2009
Third Place, News Story/Long Form:
Mike Giglio / Houston Press

"Exit Strategy"
August 27, 2009
Honorable Mention, News Story/Long Form:
Carolyn Szczepanski / The Pitch

"Lethally Blonde"
July 15, 2009
First Place, News Story/Long Form:
Rick Anderson / Seattle Weekly

"The Valley's Galaxy of Goo"
March 5, 2009
"Wrinkles at Runkle Canyon"
July 23, 2009
"Brentwood's Toxic Grave"
December 10, 2009
Third Place, News Story/Short Form:
Michael Collins / LA Weekly

"Wild Rides"
April 23, 2009
First Place, Public Service:
Paul Knight / Houston Press

"Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year"
February 26, 2009
Third Place, Public Service:
Jill Stewart, Patrick Range McDonald, Daniel Heimpl / LA Weekly

"Saving Juju"
June 3, 2009
Third Place, Special Topic - Health Reporting:
Erin Carlyle / City Pages

"Piece of Mind"
June 18, 2009
Second Place, Special Topic - Health Reporting:
Natalie O'Neill / Miami New Times

"Saving Alex"
October 8, 2009
"Losing Erica"
November 5, 2009
"Suicidal Tendencies"
December 17, 2009
First Place, Special Topic - Health Reporting:
Amy Silverman / Phoenix New Times

Squid Ink

Honorable Mention, Blog (group or staff):
Amy Scattergood (editor) / LA Weekly

Navel Gazing

Second Place, Blog (group or staff):
Staff / OC Weekly

Runnin' Scared

First Place, Blog (group or staff):
Staff / Village Voice

Riptide 2.0

Finalist, Blog (individual):
Kyle Munzenrieder / Miami New Times

"Not So Clear Cut"
June 18, 2009
Second Place, Multimedia:
Robb Walsh / Houston Press

Rocks Off

Second Place, Music Blog:
Staff / Houston Press

West Coast Sound

Honorable Mention, Music Blog:
Staff / LA Weekly

A to Z

Third Place, Music Blog:
Staff / Riverfront Times

Sound of the City

First Place, Music Blog:
Staff / Village Voice

Best of OC 2009
Honorable Mention, Special Section:
Staff / OC Weekly

Best of NYC 2009
Third Place, Special Section:
Staff / Village Voice

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