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Awards: 2008

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
2nd Place (tie): Hometown Heroes, Constant Crises and Men Behaving Badly by Lee Sandlin, Chicago Reader
2nd Place (tie): Waiting for the Barbarians, Afterplay and Take Me Out by Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle
3rd Place: Badlands, Margot at the Wedding: Born Identities and Iron Butterfly by Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly

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)
2nd Place: An Amnesiac to Remember (PDF), Film By Numbers (PDF) and The Big Picture (PDF) by Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff, Santa Fe Reporter
3rd Place: Women's Work (PDF), Flight of Fancy (PDF) and Shallow Waters (PDF) by Thomas Peyser, Style Weekly

2008: Arts Feature: Above 55,000

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

2008: Arts Feature: Below 55,000

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

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
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
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

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
2nd Place: 10 Best Media Objects of 2006 (Part 1), Beyond Beirut and Overheard at the State Fair by Weekly Alibi Staff, Weekly Alibi
3rd Place: Rosie's Girls, Black Fly Festival and Viva La Voce Puppet Opera by Eva Sollberger, Seven Days
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

2008: Cartoon:

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

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 by The Shredder, San Luis Obispo New Times

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