East Bay Express: Arts Criticism by Sarah Burke

Memphis Flyer: Finding Vivian Maier; Jodorowski’s Dune; and Birdman, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
by Chris McCoy

The Pitch: Flatfile Is All About Touching; Text Over Texture; and Selfie and Trans Cultures by Liz Cook

ARTS CRITICISM
circulation 45,000 & over

Fort Worth Weekly: Frank’s Arrival; The Art of Preservation; and Urban Theater: Still/Here by Anthony Mariani

L.A. Weekly: American Sniper Is a Rah-Rah War-on-Terror Fantasy;
The Cutest Kiddie Cartoon Ever Made About Hitler;
and Brendan Gleeson Shows He’s One of the Best Actors Alive
by Amy Nicholson

Salt Lake City Weekly: Edge of Tomorrow; Magic in the Moonlight; and St. Vincent by Scott Renshaw

ARTS FEATURE
circulation under 45,000

Cincinnati CityBeat: Stranger Than Fiction by Jacqueline Kern and
Nick Swartsell

Coachella Valley Independent: Art Is Not a Crime; More Art to Come; and Where’s the Art? by Brian Blueskye

INDY Week: What Does a State Poet Laureate Do—and Why Does It
Matter? by Chris Vitiello

ARTS FEATURE
circulation 45,000 & over

Chicago Reader: Jason Molina’s Long Dark Blues by Max Blau

L.A. Weekly: Where Television Matters by Zachary
Pincus-Roth

Willamette Week: 80 Million Paige Views by Rebecca Jacobson

BEAT REPORTING
circulation under 45,000

Boulder Weekly: Immigration Reporting (I; II; III; IV) by Michael de Yoanna

Boulder Weekly: Outdoor Sports Reporting (I; II; III; IV; V) by Elizabeth Miller

INDY Week: Criminal Justice Reporting (I; II; III; IV; V) by John H. Tucker

Lagniappe: Police Reporting (I; II; III; IV; V) by Alyson Stokes

BEAT REPORTING circulation 45,000
& over

Phoenix New Times: Medical Marijuana Reporting (I; II; III; IV; V) by Ray Stern

Washington City Paper: Housing Affordability Reporting (I; II; III; IV) by Aaron Wiener

Willamette Week: Sharing Economy Reporting (I; II; III; IV; V) by Aaron Mesh

COLUMN circulation
under 45,000

Colorado Springs Independent: "Taxi Driver" (I; II; III) by Terry Gibson

Gambit: Columns (I; II; III) by Kevin Allman and Clancy Dubos

Lagniappe: Columns (I; II; III) by Ashley Trice

COLUMN circulation 45,000 & over

Baltimore City Paper: Conflicts of Interest (I; II; III) by Baynard Woods

Creative Loafing Atlanta: Columns (I; II; III) by Rodney Carmichael, Joeff Davis, Debbie
Michaud, Ezra Morris, Max Blau, Thomas Wheatley, Wyatt Williams

Nashville Scene: Advice King (I; II; III) by Chris Crofton

COLUMN (POLITICAL) circulation under 45,000

INDY Week: The Republican Approach; McCrory’s Sham Unemployment Claims; and Why Roy Cooper Should Follow His Conscience and the Law
by Bob Geary

Jackson Free Press: Politics of Corruption; ‘Religious Freedom’; and A Barbour’s Racism by Donna Ladd

Missoula Independent: Covert Oops; Morally Exposed; and What’s Walsh Good For? by Dan Brooks

COLUMN (POLITICAL) circulation 45,000 & over

Chicago Reader: How the city cut funds for mental health
patients—and spied on them instead; Rahm’s Balanced Budget Claims Don’t Add Up;
and How investment bankers are set to profit from Rahm’s
preschool plan by Ben Joravsky

Creative Loafing Atlanta: Georgia’s Execution Secrecy Law; Exiled to Liberty Plaza; and Big Ol’ Gun Bill a Big Ol’ Waste of Time by
Max Blau, Rodney Carmichael, Joeff Davis, Debbie Michaud, Ezra Morris, Thomas
Wheatley, and Wyatt Williams

Metro Times: Detroit Worshipping Mike Ilitch; Detroit City Council Doesn’t Deserve Transfer of Power;
and Our Broken System by Jack Lessenberry

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING circulation
under 45,000

Arkansas Times: The Mayflower Oil Spill Robbed Michelle Ward of Her
Middle-Class Dream by Benjamin Hardy

Creative Loafing Charlotte: Charlotte is Ground Zero for Coal Ash by
Rhiannon Fionn

East Bay Express: Zoo Gone Wild and What’s Poisoning the Bees by
Sam Levin

INDY Week: Bury the Truth by Billy Ball

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING circulation
45,000 & over

Dallas Observer: The Trampling of the Trinity Forest (I; II; and III) by Eric Nicholson

Georgia Straight: Vancouver Aquarium Bucks National Trend by Keeping Whales
and Dolphins by Travis Lupick

Miami New Times: Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Invades America
by Trevor Bach and Dianna Wray

The Village Voice: Addition by Filtration by Cari Romm

FEATURE STORY circulation under 45,000

Charleston City Paper: Second Life by Paul Bowers

Cleveland Scene: Forgotten Assault by Eric Sandy

Flagpole: Finding My Father’s Grave by Katherine
Thompson

FEATURE STORY circulation 45,000 & over

Houston Press: The Girl on the Torture Board by Craig Malisow

OC Weekly: The Very Merry Un-Gangs of Disneyland by
Charles Lam

Willamette Week: The Hole Story by Pete Cottell

FOOD WRITING circulation under 45,000

Cleveland Scene: Why I’ve Stolen Over 1,000 Menus and What They Can Teach
Us About Cleveland Cuisine by Douglas Trattner

Monterey County Weekly: Bounce, Baby by Mark C. Anderson

Riverfront Times: The Life, Death and Resurrection of the Craft Cocktail in
St. Louis by Patrick J. Hurley

FOOD WRITING circulation 45,000 & over

Chicago Reader: What Happens When All-Star Chefs Get In Bed With Big Food? by Mike Sula

Nashville Scene: Pure Pop for Now People by Steve Cavendish

Washington City Paper: Stall Tactics by Jessica Sidman

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING circulation under 45,000

Charleston City Paper: The View from Bridgeview by Paul Bowers

Folio Weekly: The Last Days of Daniel Linsinbigler by Susan
Cooper Eastman

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING circulation 45,000 & over

Dallas Observer: Deporter in the Court by Joe Tone

Miami New Times: The False 48 by Terrence McCoy

Westword: The Snitch Who Stole Christmas by Alan
Prendergast

LGBT / GENDER EQUALITY COVERAGE circulation under 45,000

East Bay Express: Moral Combat by Sarah Burke

INDY Week: Gay Is OK: Middle School Kids Fight to Form Gay-Straight Alliance;
After Four Meetings, Gay-Straight Alliance at Stanback
Middle School Eliminated; Principal Accused of Blocking Gay-Straight Alliance
Resigns by Billy Ball

Jackson Free Press: And LGBTQ Rights March On in Mississippi (I; II, III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X) by Anna Wolfe, Haley Ferretti, Kit
Williamson, R.L. Nave, Joce Pritchett, Eddie Outlaw, Zack Orsborn, Donna Ladd,
Trip Burns, and Dustin Cardon

LGBT / GENDER EQUALITY COVERAGE circulation 45,000 & over

Creative Loafing Atlanta: Body Politic by Rodney Carmichael

Isthmus: Same-Sex Marriage Ban Coverage (I; II, III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X) by Judith Davidoff, Kristian Knutsen,
Dean Robbins,and Joe Tarr

L.A. Weekly: Inside the Gay Wing of Men’s Central Jail by
Ani Ucar

LONG-FORM NEWS STORY circulation under 45,000

East Bay Express: When the Mind Splits by Sam Levin

Folio Weekly: Life in a Police State by Susan Cooper Eastman

San Antonio Current: SAPD Issues Thousands of Tickets for Homelessness
by Alexa Garcia-Ditta and Elaine Wolff

LONG-FORM NEWS STORY circulation 45,000 & over

Chicago Reader: In Chicago’s War Zones, the Tragedy Extends Beyond the
Kids Who Die by Steve Bogira

New Times Broward-Palm Beach: Photos of a Baby With Confederate Flags and Guns Couldn’t
Persuade a Court to Prevent a Kidnapping by Kyle Swenson

The Village Voice: Don’t Walk by Tessa Stuart

MUSIC WRITING circulation under 45,000

Arkansas Times: The Story of Jimmy Doyle’s Country Club; Where Were You on Pharoah Sanders Day? and Jim Mize Will Have Another by Will Stephenson

INDY Week: Sturgill Simpson Is Outlaw Country’s New Felon;
Merge 25 Ends Hot, Humid; and The Charitable Efficacy of Cats on the Internet
by Grayson Haver Currin

Orlando Weekly: Modest Mouse’s Isaac BrockÕs Lyrical Battle With Self-Doubt; On T-PainÕs Relationship With Auto-Tune; and Tori Amos Spends Her Career Lifetime in Search of Herself by Ashley Belanger

MUSIC WRITING circulation 45,000 & over

The Inlander: We Are Flying Spiders; A Love Supreme; and Baby Got Backstory by Laura Johnson

Nashville Scene: David Olney Is Still a Contender; Nashville Outlaw; and I Want to Be Sergio Webb by Skip Anderson

Willamette Week: In the City; Former Lives; Katy Perry Reality Tour of Santa Barbara by
Matthew Singer

PUBLIC SERVICE circulation under 45,000

C-Ville Weekly: Campus Safety, Sexual Assault and a Community
in Crisis (I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII) by Graelyn Brashear, Lisa Provence,
Courteney Stuart, and Nicolette Gendron

Jackson Free Press: Michelle Byrom: An Innocent Woman on Death
Row? (I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX) by Ronni Mott, R.L. Nave, Oliver E. Diaz
Jr., and Donna Ladd

Reno News & Review: Fatal Encounters Coverage and Website by D. Brian Burghart, Dennis Myers, Brad Bynum, Brian
Breneman, and Jonathan Buck

Style Weekly: Caving In (I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X) by Tom Nash

PUBLIC SERVICE circulation 45,000 & over

The Inlander: State of Mind (I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX) by Jacob Jones, Deanna Pan, Daniel
Walters, Heidi Groover, and Young Kwak

Miami New Times: Florida’s Guardians Often Exploit the Vulnerable
Residents They’re Supposed to Protect by Michael Miller

Nashville Scene: Why Nashville Schools Are Failing: Speaking in Tongues; Growing Pains; and The Right School by Andrea Zelinski

Willamette Week: First Lady Inc. and follow-ups I, II, III, IV; V; VI by Nigel Jaquiss

DESIGN CATEGORIES

COVER DESIGN circulation under 45,000

Boulder Weekly: Covers (I; II; III) by Dave Kirby, Susan France, and Mark
Goodman

Cincinnati CityBeat: Covers (I; II; III) by Rebecca Sylvester

Dig Boston: Covers by Jeremy Fraga, Paul Roustan, Ellen
Crenshaw, Scott Murry

Wisconsin Gazette: Covers (I; II; III) by Louis Weisberg, Eric Van Egeren, and
Maureen M. Kane

COVER DESIGN circulation 45,000 & over

Las Vegas Weekly: Covers (I; II; III) by Corlene Byrd, Marvin Lucas, Elizabeth
Brown, Serge Seidlitz, Adam Shane, and Gerad Taylor

Miami New Times: Covers (I; II; III) by Miche Ratto

Sacramento News & Review: Covers (I; II; III) by Brian Breneman and Hayley Doshay

EDITORIAL LAYOUT circulation under 45,000

City Newspaper: Fest for All by Matt DeTurck

C-Ville Weekly: 15 Under 40 by Bill LeSueur and Max Marc

Riverfront Times: In Search of William S. Burroughs by Tom
Carlson

EDITORIAL LAYOUT circulation 45,000 & over

The Inlander: So You’re Thinking About Getting High? by
Chris Bovey

Las Vegas Weekly: The Look of Love by Marvin Lucas and Erik
Stein

Nashville Scene: The Most Wonderful & Weirdest, Saddest and Craziest
Time of the Year by Elizabeth Jones

ILLUSTRATION circulation under 45,000

Charleston City Paper: Down with Tillman by Scott Suchy

Cleveland Scene: Johnny Manziel by Oliver Barrett

Folio Weekly: Against Amazon by Shan Stumpf and Ben Wallis

ILLUSTRATION circulation 45,000 & over

Creative Loafing Atlanta: Body Politic by Wes Duvall

The Inlander: Scholastic Fantastic by Jeff Drew

Nashville Scene: Boner Awards by Gary William Musgrave

PHOTOGRAPHY
circulation under 45,000

Monterey County Weekly: Photos by Nic Coury

San Antonio Current: Invisible Refugee; Transgender; and Gift Guide by Louie Preciado

Style Weekly: Photos (I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X) by Scott Elmquist

PHOTOGRAPHY circulation 45,000 &
over

The Inlander: Photos (I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X) by Young Kwak

Washington City Paper: Photos (I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X) by Darrow Montgomery

Willamette Week: Photos (I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X) by James Rexroad

ONLINE CATEGORIES

ARTS & CULTURE BLOG

Mountain Xpress: Moogfest
2014

Phoenix New Times: Up on the Sun (I; II; III; IV; V)

Seven Days: Live Culture (I; II; III; IV; V)

MULTIMEDIA

Chicago Reader: The People Issue by Staff

The Coast: Fort Mac to Halifax by Stephanie Johns,
Veronica Simmonds, Erica Butler, Elliot Magill, Meghan Tansey Whitton, and
Melissa Dubé

Washington City Paper: 24 Hours of Eating by Zach Rausnitz, Jessica
Sidman, Carey Jordan, and Jandos Rothstein

STAFF BLOG

Austin Chronicle: Chronolog (I; II; III; IV; V)

Cleveland Scene: Scene and Heard (I; II; III; IV; V)

Creative Loafing Atlanta: Fresh Loaf (I; II; III; IV; V)

OUTSIDE-THE-BOX CATEGORIES

CARTOON (listed
alphabetically by last name)

Steve Greenberg: The Critical Line

Tom Tomorrow: This Modern World (I; II; III; IV; V)

FREE SPEECH

Jackson Free Press: Fighting to Uncover Hidden PAC Money in
Mississippi (I, II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X) by R.L. Nave, Anna Wolfe, and Donna Ladd

Reno News & Review: Fatal Encounters Coverage and Website by D. Brian Burghart, Dennis Myers, Brad Bynum, Brian
Breneman, Jonathan Buck

Santa Fe Reporter: SFR vs. Governor of New Mexico (I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII) by Justin Horwath and Joey Peters

INNOVATION / FORMAT
BUSTER

Cincinnati CityBeat: Faces of Pride by Jesse Fox

INDY Week: Mean Streets by Lisa Sorg, Andrew Edmonds,
Candice Jansen, and JP Trostle

Style Weekly: McDonnell Trial Activity Book by Ed Harrington
and Ned Oliver

SPECIAL SECTION

Chicago Reader: The Reader’s Bar Issue 2014 by Staff

Cleveland Scene: The 2014 Comedy Issue by Staff

Willamette Week: Summer Guide 2014 by Martin Cizmar, Matthew
Korfhage, Rebecca Jacobson, and Matthew Singer