TORONTO – At the 15th Annual AltWeekly Awards Luncheon, Gustavo Arellano of ‘¡Ask A Mexican!’ announced the winners of AAN’s editorial contest and taught the audience a wide range of Spanish vulgarities and insults.
The top winners were Village Voice and Nashville Scene, which each took five first-place awards to lead their respective size divisions.
Here’s the full list of winners:
DESIGN CATEGORIES
COVER DESIGN
circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Westword, Dead Wrong, Bad Dog?, and Dude Where’s My Car? by Jay Vollmar
Second Place: Riverfront Times, The State of Street Art in St. Louis, Munchausen She Wrote, and Cardinals by Tom Carlson
Third Place: Miami New Times, Pork Pirates, He Buried Che, and In the Name of the King by Pam Shavalier
Honorable Mention: New Times Broward-Palm Beach, The Agent from Iran, To Juice and Serve, and Hackintosh by Miche Ratto
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Portland Mercury, Sex Issue, Queer Issue, and Enchanted Forest by Justin “Scrappers” Morrison
Second Place: Maui Time Weekly, Seven Scariest County & State Elected Officials, Sedaris & Me, and The Year That Got Old In a Hurry by Chris Skiles
Third Place: Santa Fe Reporter, Geronimo, If I was Trying to Kill You?, and Starstruck by Angela Moore
Honorable Mention: SEE Magazine, The Myth Is Dead, Christian Hansen and the Autistics, and Print In Peril by Byron Eggenschwiler, 3Ten Photography, and Ian Jackson
EDITORIAL LAYOUT
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Miami New Times, Pint-Size Preacher by Pam Shavalier
Second Place: NOW Magazine, Earth Day Issue by Troy Beyer and Stephen Chester
Third Place: Sacramento News & Review, Living Homeless by David Jayne
Honorable Mention: Philadelphia City Paper, The Style Issue by Reseca Peskin
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Tucson Weekly, The Strange Saga of Geronimo’s Skull by Adam Kurtz
Second Place: Pacific Northwest Inlander, Fall Arts Preview by Chris Bovey
Third Place: Nashville Scene, The Big Fest Club by Elizabeth Jones
ILLUSTRATION
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Phoenix New Times, Good Cop, Bad Cop by Brian Stauffer
Second Place: L.A. Weekly, Between Iraq and a Hard Place by Jason Edmiston
Third Place: City Pages (Twin Cities) , Fairmongering by Dan Picasso
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Orlando Weekly, Fringe Free-For-All by Jeff Drew
Second Place: Nashville Scene, Afghaniscrewed by Rob Williams and Robin Eley
Third Place: Nashville Scene, You Are So Nashville If by Rob Williams and John Gurney
PHOTOGRAPHY
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Creative Loafing (Atlanta), Photos by Joeff Davis
Second Place: Washington City Paper, Photos by Darrow Montgomery
Third Place: City Pages (Twin Cities) , Photos by Nick Vlcek
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Pacific Northwest Inlander, Photos by Young Kwak
Second Place: Style Weekly, Photos by Scott Elmquist
Third Place: Nashville Scene, Photos by Eric England
WRITING CATEGORIES
ARTS CRITICISM
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Village Voice, Why Hard Times Won’t Mean Good Times, Robert Frank’s Real America, and Let the Mild Rumpus Start! by Jim Hoberman
Second Place: Willamette Week, Exploding Hearts, Triumph Of The Reel, and Gone Nuts by Aaron Mesh
Third Place: Boston Phoenix, The Beast in Me, Vandal-in-Chief, and Fabulous Fakes by Greg Cook
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Nashville Scene, Madhouse, Once Upon a Time Forever, and Subpar Subway by Jim Ridley
Second Place: Independent Weekly (NC), Picasso at the Nasher, Christian Marclay’s Visions of Sound, and Digital Variations by Amy White
Third Place: Orlando Weekly, Ecstatic Transformations and Summer Studies by Jessica Bryce Young
ARTS FEATURE
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: L.A. Weekly, On the Road to Burma by Randall Roberts
Second Place: L.A. Weekly, Man on Man by Gendy Alimurung
Third Place: Phoenix New Times, Chasing Pablo by Robrt L. Pela
Honorable Mention: Chicago Reader, The Jackson Find by Jake Austen
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Style Weekly, Art on Trial by Edwin Slipek Jr.
Second Place: Fort Worth Weekly, Phases and Stages by Jeff Prince
COLUMN
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Phoenix New Times, The MCSO and the Rape Victim, City Raids Pastor’s Home, and I Won’t Be Home for Christmas by Sarah Fenske
Second Place: Dallas Observer, The Fall Guy, Whitewashing Reality, and Irony City by Jim Schutze
Third Place: SF Weekly, ‘Bouncer’: Tea Party Politics; Don’t Try the Pinapple Truffles; Jay Bennett Breaks a Heart by Katy St. Clair
Honorable Mention: Creative Loafing (Tampa), ‘Poet’s Notebook’: Pacifist Poets, The Voice of the Average Guy, The Spider Web Theory by Peter Meinke
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Folio Weekly, Meth Penalty, Apology Excepted, Exit Strategy by Anne Schindler
Second Place: Gambit, Commentary by David Winkler-Schmit
Third Place: Metro Pulse, Secret History by Jack Neely
Honorable Mention: Santa Fe Reporter, Unfriendly but Hot, Labor Daze, and Better Vice by Zane Fischer
COLUMN (POLITICAL)
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place (tie): Chicago Reader, October Surprise, Stimulus, Chicago-Style and Ready, Set, (Property Tax) Hike by Ben Joravsky
First Place (tie): Village Voice, The Mayor’s Press Pass, Senate Coup Plotters Hidden Agenda and Gillibrand Learned How to Defend Tobacco by Tom Robbins
Third Place: SF Weekly, Bumping Frights, Domestic Spouses and On Thin Ice by Matt Smith
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Nashville Scene, Chaos at the Capitol, Solo Ingles Derrotado and Bone of Convention by Jeff Woods
Second Place: Tucson Weekly, You Should Support Health-Care Reform, Price Tags and Arizonans Are Getting What We’re Paying For by Renee Downing
Third Place: Seven Days, Intern Nation, Discouraged Workers and Chronic Insanity by Judith Levine
FEATURE STORY
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Westword, The Giveaway by Alan Prendergast
Second Place: Boston Phoenix, A Weed Grows in Boston by Valerie Vande Panne
Third Place: SF Weekly, Exporting the Dead by Lauren Smiley
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Fort Worth Weekly, Renaissance on the Rails by Peter Gorman
Second Place: Santa Cruz Weekly, Life and Death on the Pajaro River Levee by Jessica Lussenhop
Third Place: Santa Fe Reporter, My Oh Mayan! by Corey Pein
FOOD WRITING
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: L.A. Weekly, Floria del Rio Will Get Your Goat, Hare Today, Wild-Boar Sopes Tomorrow and So Sorry, So Good by Jonathan Gold
Second Place: Seattle Weekly, You Will Know Us by the Trail of German Butterballs, Drawing Room Comedy, and Healing from a Hot Pot by Jonathan Kauffman
Third Place: City Pages (Twin Cities), Superhero Me, The Urban Survivalist, and Slaughterhouse Live by Rachel Hutton
Honorable Mention: Washington City Paper, Young & Hungry: How Not to Hire a Chef, Dear Zagat, and Banh Mi–in D.C.? by Tim Carman
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Nashville Scene, Back to the Table, The Cocktail’s Hour, Ch-Ch-Changing Appetites by Carrington Fox
Second Place: Creative Loafing (Sarasota), Hog Wild by Brian Ries
Third Place: Gambit, Clove at First Bite, Alligator Wrestling, and Dramatic Results by Ian McNulty
Honorable Mention: The Coast, A Fire in the Bear’s Den, Tears for Beers, and Offally Good by Andy Murdoch
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Austin Chronicle, Believing the Children by Jordan Smith
Second Place: Houston Press, A Quiet Hell by Chris Vogel
Third Place (Tie): Boston Phoenix, Soldiers Committing Suicide and Stress Test by Jason Notte
Third Place (Tie): Long Island Press, Messed Up by Christopher Twarowski
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Texas Observer, Burn Patterns by Dave Mann
Second Place: Nashville Scene, Unsafe in Their Beds and Tell No One by Brantley Hargrove
Third Place: Gambit, Jindal’s List by Jeremy Alford
Honorable Mention: Jackson Free Press, Jackson Public Schools by Ward Schaefer
MEDIA REPORTING / CRITICISM
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: New Times Broward-Palm Beach, The Rise and Fall of South Florida’s Daily Newspapers by Lisa Rab
Second Place: Washington City Paper, Happy World, Alliance for Progress and Dan Froomkin by Erik Wemple
Third Place: Boston Phoenix, Don’t Quote Me by Adam Reilly
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Style Weekly, Final Delivery by Scott Bass, Chris Dovi, Rich Griset, Laura Robertson and Greg Weatherford
Second Place: Seven Days, High Noon for the Burlington Free Press by Cathy Resmer
Third Place: Metro Pulse, Care to Comment? by Frank Carlson
MUSIC REPORTING / CRITICISM
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Village Voice, Go See Phish at Least Once, On Michael Jackson’s This Is It, and On 50 Cent’s Self-Help Book by Rob Harvilla
Second Place: SF Weekly, A Long Strange Trip, Just Tweet It, and DJ Beto by Jennifer Maerz
Third Place: L.A. Weekly, The Day the Music Died, Katy Perry Unpeeled, and Bon Iver at Hollywood Forever Cemetery by Randall Roberts
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Pacific Northwest Inlander, Backtrack, Past Lives, and The Revivalist by Leah Sottile
Second Place: Memphis Flyer, Bush Music: A Mix, Dream’s Life, and Two Testaments by Chris Herrington
Third Place: San Antonio Current, ‘Kamikaze’: El Moz, Die Reggaeton Die, and The incredible Shrinking Grammy by Enrique Lopetegui
NEWS STORY (LONG FORM)
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Seattle Weekly, Lethally Blonde by Rick Anderson
Second Place: Boston Phoenix, Sarah Palin, Inc. by David S. Bernstein
Third Place: Houston Press, Getting Off by Mike Giglio
Honorable Mention: The Pitch, Exit Strategy by Carolyn Szczepanski
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Style Weekly, Richmond’s War on Culture: Show Stoppers, Curdled Culture, and Mayor Vows to Protect First Fridays by Chris Dovi
Second Place: LEO Weekly, A History of Violence by Sarah Kelley
Third Place: Boulder Weekly, Until Proven Guilty by Pamela White
Honorable Mention: Santa Fe Reporter, The House Thornburg Lost, Try, Try Again, and Thornburglars by Corey Pein
NEWS STORY (SHORT FORM)
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Washington City Paper, The Barry Archives, Harriette Walters, and Fire Brass by Mike DeBonis
Second Place: Boston Phoenix, Local Activists Crusade to Cut Circumcisions, Hacking Pact, and Tapped Out by Chris Faraone
Third Place: L.A. Weekly, The Valley’s Galaxy of Goo, Wrinkles at Runkle Canyon, and Brentwood’s Toxic Grave by Michael Collins
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Pacific Northwest Inlander, Regime Change, Fighting Fire, and The Association by Nicholas Deshais
Second Place: Gambit, The Wrong Man, Cleaning the Big House, and Late Aid by David Winkler-Schmit
Third Place: LEO Weekly, Watching Over Witnesses, Kentucky History X, and The Corn That Grew From Concrete by Phillip M. Bailey
Honorable Mention: Tucson Weekly, Kennel No. 1, Ordinance Ignored, and Greyhound Runaround by Tim Vanderpool
PUBLIC SERVICE
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Houston Press, Wild Rides by Paul Knight
Second Place: Chicago Reader, Ten Pieces on Why it Would be a Disaster for Chicago to Host the 2016 Olympics by Ben Joravsky
Third Place: L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year by Patrick Range McDonald, Tibby Rothman, Daniel Heimpl and Jill Stewart
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Fort Worth Weekly, Smell Test by Dan McGraw, Peter Gorman and Jeff Prince
Second Place: Jackson Free Press, Two Lakes by Adam Lynch, Ward Schaefer, Todd Stauffer and Donna Ladd
Third Place: Metro Pulse, TVA Ash Spill by Charles Maldonado and Frank Carlson
SPECIAL TOPIC:
HEALTH REPORTING
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Phoenix New Times, The Lost Kids: Saving Alex, Losing Erica, and Suicidal Tendencies by Amy Silverman
Second Place: Miami New Times, Piece of Mind by Natalie O’Neill
Third Place: City Pages (Twin Cities), Saving Juju by Erin Carlyle
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Missoula Independent, Power Broker by Matthew Frank
Second Place: Pacific Northwest Inlander, Misdiagnosed by Nicholas Deshais
Third Place: Colorado Springs Independent, Still Screwed by Anthony Lane
WEB & MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORIES
BLOG (GROUP OR STAFF)
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Village Voice, Runnin’ Scared by Village Voice Staff
Second Place: OC Weekly, Navel Gazing by OC Weekly Staff
Third Place: Washington City Paper, City Desk by Washington City Paper Staff
Honorable Mention: L.A. Weekly, Squid Ink by Amy Scattergood
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Nashville Scene, Pith in the Wind by Nashville Scene Staff
Second Place: Portland Mercury, Blogtown, PDX by Portland Mercury Staff
Third Place: Santa Fe Reporter, SFReeper.com by Santa Fe Reporter Staff
BLOG (INDIVIDUAL)
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Cleveland Scene, ’64 and Counting by Vince Grzegorek
Second Place: Boston Phoenix, Talking Politics by David S. Bernstein
Third Place: Washington City Paper, The Sexist by Amanda Hess
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: North Bay Bohemian, City Sound Inertia by Gabe Meline
Second Place: Memphis Flyer, Intermission Impossible by Chris Davis
CARTOON
First Place: Failure by Karl Stevens (Boston Phoenix)
Second Place: Slowpoke by Jen Sorensen
Third Place: Idiot Box by Matt Bors (Boston Phoenix)
Honorable Mention: The Critical Line by Steve Greenberg (Ventura County Reporter)
INNOVATION / FORMAT BUSTER
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Las Vegas CityLife, Wasting Away in West Las Vegas by Amy Kingsley, Maureen Adamo, and Justin Yurkanin
Second Place: NOW Magazine, Black History Quiz by Enzo DiMatteo, Troy Beyer, and Stephen Chester
Third Place: Washington City Paper, How the District’s Children Die by Jason Cherkis
Honorable Mention: Willamette Week, Give Guide by Richard Meeker
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Santa Fe Reporter, Where’s the Money? by Corey Pein, Larry Kohr and Julia Goldberg
Second Place: Independent Weekly (NC) , Bowerbirds and Megafaun Tour America Together by Maria Bilinski Shain, Shayne O’Neill, Nathan Golub, Grayson Currin, and Bryan Reed
Third Place: San Antonio Current, Artist in Residence by Wendi Kimura, David Vega, Cruz Ortiz, and Kelly O’Connor
MULTIMEDIA
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Boston Phoenix, Independents Day by Daniel Brockman, Michael Brodeur, Lance Gould, Matt Parish, and Ryan Stewart
Second Place: Houston Press, Not So Clear Cut by Robb Walsh
Third Place: Washington City Paper, D.C.’s Biggest Party in Pictures by Darrow Montgomery, Ted Scheinman and Erik Wemple
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Mountain Xpress, We are Burton Street: The Neighborhood’s Stand Against D.O.T. by Mountain Xpress Staff & Contributors
Second Place: Santa Cruz Weekly, The Aztecas of South Santa Cruz County by Jessica Lussenhop
Third Place: Style Weekly, VirginiaTalks.com: Virginia Gubernatorial Debate by Jason Roop
Honorable Mention: Independent Weekly (NC) , Bones are Beautiful by D.L. Anderson
MUSIC BLOG
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Village Voice, Sound of the City by Village Voice Staff
Second Place: Houston Press, Rocks Off by Houston Press Staff
Third Place: Riverfront Times, A to Z by Riverfront Times Staff
Honorable Mention: L.A. Weekly, West Coast Sound by L.A. Weekly Staff
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Colorado Springs Independent, Indy Blog by Bill Forman
Second Place: Portland Mercury, End Hits by Ezra Ace Caraeff and Ned Lannanman
Third Place: Nashville Scene, NashvilleCream.com by Nashville Scene Staff
SPECIAL SECTION
Circulation 50,000 and over
First Place: Willamette Week, Restaurant Guide by Ben Waterhouse
Second Place: Philadelphia City Paper, City Paper Choice: The Big Vision Issue by Philadelphia City Paper Staff
Third Place: Village Voice: Best of NYC 2009 by Village Voice Staff
Honorable Mention: OC Weekly, Best of OC 2009 by OC Weekly Staff
Circulation under 50,000
First Place: Nashville Scene, Best of Nashville 2009 by Nashville Scene Staff
Second Place: North Bay Bohemian, Best of the North Bay 2009 by North Bay Bohemian Staff
Third Place: Gambit, CUE by Kara Nelson
