2008: Arts Criticism: Above 55,000

1st Place: Squaresville, U.S.A., Reality Checks and The Mod That Failed
by Jeffry Cudlin, Washington City Paper
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2nd Place (tie): Hometown Heroes, Constant Crises and Men Behaving Badly
by Lee Sandlin, Chicago Reader
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2nd Place (tie): Waiting for the Barbarians, Afterplay and Take Me Out
by Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle
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3rd Place: Badlands, Margot at the Wedding: Born Identities and Iron Butterfly
by Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly
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2008: Arts Criticism: Below 55,000

1st Place: Durham Author David Guy Distills a Lifetime of Work, The Final, Unfinished Novel of the Late, Great Larry Brown and New Stories From the South: More Than Confederates and Kudzu
by Adam Sobsey, Independent Weekly (NC)
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2nd Place: An Amnesiac to Remember (PDF), Film By Numbers (PDF) and The Big Picture (PDF)
by Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff, Santa Fe Reporter
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3rd Place: Women's Work (PDF), Flight of Fancy (PDF) and Shallow Waters (PDF)
by Thomas Peyser, Style Weekly
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2008: Arts Feature: Above 55,000

1st Place: The Case of the Shanghai Shamus
by Malcolm Gay, Riverfront Times
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2nd Place: Black Box Office
by Troy Schulze, Houston Press
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3rd Place: Artist as Prisoner
by Rob Jordan, Miami New Times
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2008: Arts Feature: Below 55,000

1st Place: The Amazing Mohja (PDF)
by David Koon, Arkansas Times
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2nd Place: Art of the Living Dead (PDF)
by Betsy Yagla, New Haven Advocate
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3rd Place (tie): Faire Play (PDF)
by Ryan Miller, San Luis Obispo New Times
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3rd Place (tie): And Now, Wearing the Geeksta Crown (PDF)
by Jimmy Fowler, Fort Worth Weekly
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2008: Blog: Above 55,000

1st Place: NBC Shake-UP: My Final Wrap & Analysis, WGA Talks Collapse: East Strike On! and Worst Talent Deal Ever?
by Nikki Finke, L.A. Weekly
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2nd Place: On Scene at the Eastern Market, Yuppies, Goths and Other Groups I Don't Identify With and Tax-Scam Hearing Liveblog
by Washington City Paper Staff, Washington City Paper
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3rd Place: Harassment, A $500 Appearance Fee and Queena Bass, Milton Street's 'American Idol' Audition and Alycia Lane Arrested!
by Daniel McQuade, Philadelphia Weekly
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2008: Blog: Below 55,000

1st Place: What's in a Name?, I Saw You Doing Something Somewhere Around Here and You are Kinda Famous and How I Became the (Cherry) Bomb
by Matt Sullivan, Chris Slack and Tracy Moore, Nashville Scene
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2nd Place: 10 Best Media Objects of 2006 (Part 1), Beyond Beirut and Overheard at the State Fair
by Weekly Alibi Staff, Weekly Alibi
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3rd Place: Rosie's Girls, Black Fly Festival and Viva La Voce Puppet Opera
by Eva Sollberger, Seven Days
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Honorable Mention: There's Something About Bill, The BIG Issue and Richardson's NM Supreme Court Nominees are Big Contributors
by Santa Fe Reporter Staff, Santa Fe Reporter
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2008: Cartoon:

1st Place: Tom the Dancing Bug
by Ruben Bolling
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2nd Place: Los Angelopolis
by Max Kornell
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3rd Place: Slowpoke
by Jen Sorensen
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Honorable Mention: Mr. Fish
by Dwayne Booth
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2008: Column: Above 55,000

1st Place: Ask a Mexican! Feb. 1, April 5 and Nov. 15
by Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly
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2nd Place: Ladies Plight, Exhibitionists and The Nigerian Scam Strikes Again
by Patricia Calhoun, Westword
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3rd Place: Top Ramen (Chicken Vegetable Flavor), Domino's Pizza New Oreo Dessert Pizza and Double Cheeseburger
by Malcolm Gay, Riverfront Times
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2008: Column: Below 55,000

1st Place: Complainocracy (PDF), Illusion of Progress (PDF) and Neo Anti-Development? (PDF)
by Zane Fischer, Santa Fe Reporter
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2nd Place: Gone to Pot (PDF), Pop a Local Wheelie (PDF) and I'm All Ears
by The Shredder, San Luis Obispo New Times
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