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"Death of a Hollywood Beauty"
June 19, 2008
First Place, Editorial Layout:
Darrick Rainey / LA Weekly

"Green Fatigue"
April 17, 2008
Honorable Mention, Editorial Layout:
Peter Storch, Jasmine Hobeheidar / Phoenix New Times

"Prodigy's 25th Hour"
February 6, 2008
Honorable Mention, Editorial Layout:
Ivylise Simones / Village Voice

"The Ultimate Re-Vamping"
March 5, 2008
Third Place, Editorial Layout:
Ivylise Simones, Howard Huang / Village Voice

"Share the F*&%ing Road"
January 31, 2008
"I'm HIV Positive"
February 14, 2008
"Drop Dead Sexy"
November 20, 2008
First Place, Cover Design:
Pam Shavalier / Miami New Times

"Cougar Heaven"
July 16, 2008
"The Veep Fair"
October 1, 2008
"Lip Service"
November 16, 2006
Third Place, Cover Design:
Tom Carlson / Riverfront Times

"Getting Jacked"
Best of Nashville
"Reckless Love"
Third Place, Cover Design/Less than 50,000 circulation:
Rob Williams / Nashville Scene

"7-Up vs. Coke"
February 6, 2008
First Place, Illustration:
Brian Stauffer / Riverfront Times

"A Wing and a Prayer"
July 24, 2008
Second Place, Illustration:
Christian Northeast / Village Voice

"Fighter"
"It Girls"
"Life is Short"
"Lip Service"
November 16, 2006
"Thousand Dollar Baby"
"Fist City"
"Mistress"
"D.I.Y."
"Princess"
Second Place, Photography:
Jennifer Silverberg / Riverfront Times

"Benjamin Button"
December 25, 2008
"Diary of the Dead"
February 14, 2008
"The Visitor"
April 10, 2008
Third Place, Arts Criticism:
Scott Foundas / LA Weekly

"From Reverence to Rape"
December 25, 2008
"Waugh adn Remembrance"
July 24, 2008
"Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile"
July 10, 2008
Honorable Mention, Arts Criticism:
Ella Taylor / LA Weekly

"Kill One for the Gipper"
January 24, 2008
"What We Learned About the Election in this Summer's Movies"
September 18, 2008
"Deep Freeze"
June 12, 2008
Second Place, Arts Criticism:
J. Hoberman / Village Voice

"No Exit Plan"
February 21, 2008
First Place, Arts Feature:
Nancy Rommelmann / LA Weekly

"A Picture of Hope"
November 6, 2008
Third Place, Arts Feature:
Jason Harper / The Pitch

"No Nature for Old Men"
April 17, 2008
"What's in a Nombre"
July 31, 2008
"Eat My Dirt"
August 21, 2008
Second Place, Column:
Jim Schutze / Dallas Observer

"Ask a Mexican!"
Honorable Mention, Column:
Gustavo Arellano / OC Weekly

"Globe High School"
February 7, 2008
"The Pete Singer Conundrum"
April 24, 2008
"Sarah Fenske in Dogged Pursuit"
May 8, 2008
First Place, Column:
Sarah Fenske / Phoenix New Times

"Bloomberg's Velvet Coup"
October 23, 2008
"Bloomberg's Term Limits Coup"
October 29, 2008
"Eliot Sptizer Goes Down"
March 13, 2008
First Place, Column-Politcial:
Tom Robbins / Village Voice

"Mental Anguish"
May 8, 2008
Honorable Mention, Feature Story:
Margaret Downing / Houston Press

"From Silver Lake to Suicide"
October 23, 2008
Honorable Mention, Feature Story:
Barry Isaacson / LA Weekly

"Father of Invention"
July 10, 2008
First Place, Feature Story:
Joel Warner / Westword

"The Good Soldier"
March 20, 2008
First Place, Feature Story:
Joel Warner / Westword

"Spam: It's Not Just for Inboxes"
December 4, 2008
"Honeycrisp's Patent"
October 2, 2008
"Manny's Attempts to Raise the Steaks"
October 30, 2008
Third Place, Food Writing:
Rachel Hutton / City Pages

"Breaking Free"
February 7, 2008
"Keep on Trucking"
January 24, 2008
"A Proper Brasserie"
September 19, 2008
First Place, Food Writing:
Jonathan Gold / LA Weekly

"The Pope of Pork"
November 26, 2008
Second Place, Food Writing:
Kristen Hinman / Riverfront Times

"To Hug a Porcupine"
June 26, 2008
Honorable Mention, Investigative Reporting:
Deirdra Funcheon / Broward-Palm Beach New Times

Prescription for Disaster series

First Place, Investigative Reporting:
John Dickerson / Phoenix New Times

"State of Emergency"
June 5, 2008
Second Place, Investigative Reporting:
Jared Jacang Maher / Westword

"The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"
December 11, 2008
Second Place, Media Reporting/Crticism:
Michael Roberts / Westword

"Snitch"
May 21, 2008
First Place, News Story/Long Form:
Ashley Harrell / SF Weekly

"Missing in Action"
May 8, 2008
Second Place, News Story/Long Form:
Sean Gardiner / Village Voice

"Midwest Oil Mining a Crude Idea"
December 4, 2008
"Local Couples Fight for Gay Rights"
November 27, 2008
"Holly Collins Returns"
September 25, 2008
First Place, News Story/Short Form:
Beth Walton / City Pages

"Killers in the Can"
May 8, 2008
"Burn, Baby, Burn"
May 22, 2008
"Voter Fraud Ahead"
October 30, 2008
Second Place, News Story/Short Form:
Francisco Alvarado / Miami New Times

"Moles Wanted"
May 22, 2008
"Police Raid Anarchist Homes"
September 4, 2008
"Dozens of Journalists Arrested at RNC"
September 11, 2008
First Place, Election Coverage:
Matt Snyders / City Pages

"Love the War, Neglect the Warrior"
October 16, 2008
Second Place, Election Coverage:
Amy Silverman / Phoenix New Times

"The Book of Sarah (Palin)"
October 9, 2008
Third Place, Election Coverage:
Wayne Barrett / Village Voice

"Blogosphere Guide"
April 15, 2008
Third Place, Innovation/Format Buster:
Roy Edroso / Village Voice

"Selling You"
July 17, 2008
Second Place, Public Service:
Craig Malisow / Houston Press

"Why Chinese Democracy's Fine Print is Way More Fun than the Record Itself"
November 26, 2008
"Ride the Plastic Lightening"
September 17, 2008
"A Running Diary of Hip-Hop Superfest Rock the Bells"
August 5, 2008
First Place, Music Criticism:
Rob Harvilla / Village Voice

"Swagger Like Us"
November 27, 2008
Third Place, Music Criticism:
Pete Freedman / Dallas Observer

Worst Case Scenario/Hip Tip
Third Place, Cartoon:
Kenny Be / Westword

Mr. Fish
Honorable Mention, Cartoon:
Dwayne Booth / LA Weekly

Comix Issue
Third Place, Special Section:
Staff / City Pages

LA People 2008
First Place, Special Section:
Staff / LA Weekly

Best of NYC
Honorable Mention, Special Section:
Staff / Village Voice

Hair Balls
First Place, Blog:
Staff / Houston Press

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