ARTS CRITICISM circulation under 50,000

Nashville Scene: Invocation of My Salem, Sisters; Heaven Can Wait; and More Than Zero by Jason Shawhan

Orlando Weekly: Malick Sidibé; I Believe in You; and And Every Day Was Overcast by Jessica Bryce Young

ARTS CRITICISM circulation 50,000 and over

Chicago Reader: Second-Act Troubles; The Misanthrope; and The Jungle Book Wars by Tony Adler

Dallas Observer: Wunder-Block; He Comes in Color Everywhere; and Tiles by Jamie Laughlin

L.A. Weekly: Lovelace; Saving Mr. Banks; and Lone Survivor by Amy Nicholson

ARTS FEATURE circulation under 50,000

Cincinnati CityBeat: Legally Banned by Danny Cross

Colorado Springs Independent: Tower of Low Power by Bill Forman

East Bay Express: The Bacon-Wrapped Economy by Ellen Cushing

Orlando Weekly: Blackfish Gives SeaWorld a Black Eye (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; and Part 4) by Erin Sullivan

ARTS FEATURE circulation 50,000 and over

City Pages (Twin Cities):The Nu Nudes by Olivia LaVecchia

Houston Press: Real Horror by Jef Rouner

Las Vegas Weekly: The Art of Handling Art by Kristen Peterson

Willamette Week: The Last of the Sad Bastards by Matthew Singer

BEAT REPORTING circulation under 50,000

Cincinnati CityBeat: Streetcar Coverage by German Lopez (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5)

East Bay Express: Oakland Police Coverage (PDF) by Darwin BondGraham and Ali Winston

INDY Week: Criminal Justice Reporting by John H. Tucker (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4)

INDY Week: Education Reporting by Will Huntsberry (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5)

BEAT REPORTING circulation 50,000 and over

Miami New Times: Crime Reporting (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3) by Michael Miller

Salt Lake City Weekly: Homelessness Reporting (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3) by Eric Peterson

SF Weekly: Taxi and Rideshare Reporting by Rachel Swan (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4)

COLUMN circulation under 50,000

Creative Loafing Tampa: “Dark & Sinful” (1; 2; 3) by Erica Dawson

Nashville Scene: “Vodka Yonic” (1; 2; 3) by Abby White, Ashley Spurgeon, and Kim Green

COLUMN circulation 50,000 and over

L.A. Weekly: “Candyland” (1; 2; 3) by Gendy Alimurung

Philadelphia Weekly: “The Uncomfortable Whole” (1; 2; 3) by Josh Kruger

Willamette Week: “Vanifest Destiny” (1; 2; 3) by Pete Cottell

POLITICAL COLUMN circulation under 50,000

Colorado Springs Independent: “City Sage” by John Hazlehurst

Nashville Scene: Columns by Jeff Woods

Seven Days: “Fair Game” by Paul Heintz

Tucson Weekly: “The Skinny” by Jim Nintzel

POLITICAL COLUMN circulation 50,000 and over

Chicago Reader: Columns by Ben Joravsky

Sacramento News & Review: “Bites” by Cosmo Garvin

SF Weekly: Columns by Joe Eskenazi

Westword: Columns by Patricia Calhoun

DIVERSITY REPORTING circulation under 50,000

Folio Weekly: The General, in Black and White by Susan Cooper Eastman

INDY Week: Immigration Coverage (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3) by Billy Ball

The Memphis Flyer: Nice Day for a Gay Wedding by Bianca Phillips

DIVERSITY REPORTING circulation 50,000 and over

City Pages (Twin Cities): Split the Baby by Olivia LaVecchia

Miami New Times: Bloody Tide by Michael Miller

Salt Lake City Weekly: Homeland Insecurity by Stephen Dark

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY REPORTING circulation under 50,000

East Bay Express: Debtor’s Purgatory by Rachel Swan

Fort Worth Weekly: No Place to Grow Up by Edward Brown

The Inlander: Down to the Dollar; Waiting; and Where Are All the Children? by Deanna Pan

Missoula Independent: Beckoning the Bakken by Matthew Frank

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY REPORTING circulation 50,000 and over

City Pages (Twin Cities): The Perfect Victim by Olivia LaVecchia

Creative Loafing Atlanta: Harm’s Way by Rodney Carmichael

Miami New Times: Dead in the Water by Michael Miller

Salt Lake City Weekly: Who Deserves Health Care? by Stephen Dark

FEATURE STORY circulation under 50,000

Fort Worth Weekly: From the Land of the Lost by Sarah Angle

Jackson Free Press: Killing Quardious Thomas by R.L. Nave

San Antonio Current: Portrait of a Shattered Family by Michael Barajas

Style Weekly: The Village Son by Tina Griego

FEATURE STORY circulation 50,000 and over

Dallas Observer: The Last Ride of Legendary Storm Chaser Tim Samaras by Brantley Hargrove

SF Weekly: Public Influence: The Immortalization of an Anonymous Death by Albert Samaha

Westword: Sticks and Stones by Melanie Asmar

FOOD WRITING circulation under 50,000

San Antonio Current: On the Line: Finding Female Chefs in San Antonio by Jessica Elizarraras

FOOD WRITING circulation 50,000 and over

Chicago Reader: Bean Pie, My Brother?; The Great Tamale Migration; and Albany Park’s Hidden Refugee Farm by Mike Sula

Miami New Times: How He Rolls by Emily Codik

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING circulation under 50,000

Cleveland Scene: Turmoil at the Museum by Sam Allard, Doug Brown, and Vince Grzegorek

San Diego CityBeat: 60 Dead Inmates (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8) by Kelly Davis and Dave Maass

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING circulation 50,000 and over

Miami New Times: Biogenesis: The MLB Steroid Scandal by Tim Elfrink

Phoenix New Times: Injustice for All (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3) by Monica Alonzo and Stephen Lemons

Westword: The Meaning of Life by Melanie Asmar

LONG-FORM NEWS STORY circulation under 50,000

East Bay Express: Warning: Quake in 60 Seconds by Azeen Ghorayshi

East Bay Express: Waste: The Dark Side of the New Coffee Craze by Vanessa Rancaño

Folio Weekly: Stadium Statistics by Ron Word

The Inlander: It Gets Worse by Daniel Walters

LONG-FORM NEWS STORY circulation 50,000 and over

Chicago Reader: Anatomy of a Heroin Ring and Heroin, LLC by Mick Dumke

City Pages (Twin Cities): Here Comes a Regular by Andy Mannix and Olivia LaVecchia

Willamette Week: No Good Deed by Nigel Jaquiss

Willamette Week: The Woman Behind the Bridge by Andrea Damewood

MUSIC CRITICISM circulation under 50,000

East Bay Express: A Man Without a Country; The Two Sides of Tony Molina; and Ava Mendoza’s Natural Way (PDF) by Sam Lefebvre

INDY Week: Justin Timberlake Is Very Popular; The Revamped Image and Resuscitated Brand of Trent Reznor; and MGMT by Jeff Klingman

Orlando Weekly: Beautifully Weird New Video from Hundred Waters; Discarding the notion of traditional influences in music; and John Vanderslice connects with his Florida roots by Ashley Belanger

Seven Days: Vultures of Cult; Humpasaur Jones; and Nuda Veritas by Dan Bolles

Worcester Magazine: Death Metal Takes the Stage; Down ‘The Middle’ of a Country Road; and GWAR Returns by Cade Overton

MUSIC CRITICISM circulation 50,000 and over

No award.

PUBLIC SERVICE circulation under 50,000

Arkansas Times: Mayflower Oil Spill Coverage (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9) by Sam Eifling, Elizabeth McGowan, Lindsey Millar, Susan White, Elizabeth Douglass, David Koon, and Benjamin Hardy

Boise Weekly: Away with the Whey by Carissa Wolf

Charleston City Paper: South Carolina School Deregulation (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5) by Paul Bowers

Nashville Scene: The Amp (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9; Part 10) by Steven Hale

PUBLIC SERVICE circulation 50,000 and over

Austin Chronicle: The War on Reproductive Rights by Jordan Smith, Kimberley Jones, Michael King, Amy Smith, and Jason Stout

New Times Broward-Palm Beach: Queen of Scams by Kyle Swenson

Philadelphia City Paper: Two Lifers Battle the Code of the Street by Daniel Denvir

Phoenix New Times: Yarnell Hill Fire by John Dougherty

ONLINE CATEGORIES

INDIVIDUAL BLOG All Publications

INDY Week: Editor’s Blog by Lisa Sorg

Washington City Paper: Housing Complex by Aaron Wiener

MULTIMEDIA All Publications

Chicago Reader: People Issue 2013 by Staff

C-Ville Weekly: The Road by Giles Morris, Graelyn Brashear, and Max March

L.A. Weekly: Mumblegore by Darrick Rainey, Amy Nicholson, Kyle Munk, and Rashmi Kumar

MUSIC BLOG All Publications

No award.

STAFF BLOG All Publications

City Pages (Twin Cities): The Blotter

Creative Loafing Atlanta: Fresh Loaf

Nashville Scene: Pith in the Wind

DESIGN CATEGORIES

Links to the winning cover design, illustration, and photography work will be added soon.

COVER DESIGN circulation under 50,000

INDY Week: Covers by D.L. Anderson, Jeremy M. Lange, Maxine Mills, and J.P. Trostle

The Inlander: Covers by Chris Bovey

YES! Weekly: Covers by Alex Eldridge and Mallory Southern

COVER DESIGN circulation 50,000 and over

Chicago Reader: Covers by Paul John Higgins and Mike McQuade

Philadelphia Weekly: Covers by Stephen H. Segal

Sacramento News & Review: Covers by Hayley Doshay and Brian Breneman

San Francisco Bay Guardian: Covers by Brooke Ginnard

EDITORIAL LAYOUT circulation under 50,000

Dig Boston: Terror: Then and Now (PDF) by Chris Faraone, Derek Kouyoumjian, and Gustav Hoiland

The Inlander: Music Festival (PDF) by Chris Bovey

Worcester Magazine: Whiskered Wonderland (PDF) by Kim Vasseur

EDITORIAL LAYOUT circulation 50,000 and over

City Pages (Twin Cities): Picked to Click (PDF) by Emily Utne

Creative Loafing Atlanta: The Atlanta Craft Beer Crawl (PDF) by Wes Duvall and Laura Zerlin

Las Vegas Weekly: The 20 Most Important Restaurants in Las Vegas (PDF) by Wesley Gatbonton, Elizabeth Brown, and Corlene Byrd

ILLUSTRATION circulation under 50,000

Dig Boston: Wheels for All Wills by Chris O’Neill and Scott Murry

INDY Week: The Sweltering Farmer’s Almanac by J.P. Trostle

Seven Days: Comedy by Kym Balthazar

ILLUSTRATION circulation 50,000 and over

City Pages (Twin Cities): Twin Cities People You’ve Probably Dated by Ken Avidor

Chicago Reader: Pitchfork Music Festival by Jason Wyatt Frederick

Phoenix New Times: Patriot Games by Peter Storch and Brian Stauffer

PHOTOGRAPHY circulation under 50,000

Cincinnati CityBeat: Photos by Jesse Fox

Santa Barbara Independent: Photos by Paul Wellman

Style Weekly: Photos by Scott Elmquist

PHOTOGRAPHY circulation 50,000 and over

Creative Loafing Atlanta: Photos by Joeff Davis

OC Weekly: Photos by Riley Kern and Dustin Ames

Washington City Paper: Photos by Darrow Montgomery

OUTSIDE-THE-BOX CATEGORIES

CARTOON (listed alphabetically by last name)

Cullum Rogers, INDY Week

Jen Sorensen, Slowpoke Comics

Tom Tomorrow, This Modern World

INNOVATION / FORMAT BUSTER

Chicago Reader: How to Survive a Shooting by Darryl Holliday and E.N. Rodriguez

Seven Days: Bina the Robot by Don Eggert, Eva Sollberger, Megan James, and Aaron Shrewsbur

Willamette Week: 24-Hour Arty People by Rebecca Jacobson

SPECIAL SECTION circulation under 50,000

Cleveland Scene: The Cleveland Comedy Issue by Staff

Nashville Scene: Best of Nashville by Staff

Santa Barbara Independent: Best of Santa Barbara in 3D by Staff

SPECIAL SECTION circulation 50,000 and over

Creative Loafing Atlanta: John Lewis Issue (PDF) by Andrew Aydin, William J. Barber II, Shabnam Bashiri, Dustin Chambers, Joeff Davis, Wes Duvall, Amy Goodman, Alice Johnson, John Lewis, Debbie Michaud, Denis Moynihan, Nan Orrock, Alyssa Pointer, Nate Powell, Thomas Wheatley, Wyatt Williams, and Rolando Zenteno

Washington City Paper: The Pot Issue (PDF) by Martin Austermuhle, Dean Essner, Jonathan L. Fischer, Dominic Holden, Carey Jordan, Mike Madden, Darrow Montgomery, Jenny Rogers, Michael Roberts, Jandos Rothstein, Jessica Sidman, Will Sommer, and Perry Stein