ARTS CRITICISM circulation under 50,000

Colorado Springs Independent: Pulling the Strings; King Lear; and Beautiful Disaster by Edie Adelstein

INDY Week: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; Shame isn’t as shaming as it thinks it is; and Disappointing Disney adaptation of pulp hero John Carter by Craig D. Lindsey

The Pitch: Lincoln; Skyfall; and Flight by Scott Wilson

ARTS CRITICISM circulation 50,000 and over

Austin Chronicle: The Bourne Legacy; Take This Waltz; and Anna Karenina by Kimberley Jones

Dallas Observer: Breaking Down Monstrous Coupling; Dallas Homeless’ Are Showing Art; and On the Hunt for Dallas’ Best Street Art by Betsy Lewis

Houston Press: Punk-Goth Magnificence; The Nacirema Society; and Mamet’s November Lacks Bite by D.L. Groover

ARTS FEATURE circulation under 50,000

East Bay Express:The Shrinking Stage by Rachel Swan

Memphis Flyer:Disappearing Ink by Chris Davis

Nashville Scene: Rebel Girls by Steve Haruch

Seven Days: Last Picture Show by Margot Harrison

ARTS FEATURE circulation 50,000 and over

L.A. Weekly:Video Paradiso by Karina Longworth

Philadelphia Weekly: Flash Forward by Tara Murtha

Philadelphia Weekly: Mad Recent by Brian McManus

BEAT REPORTING circulation under 50,000

Monterey County Weekly: Environmental Reporting by Kera Abraham (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5)

North Coast Journal: Environmental Reporting by Heidi Walters (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3)

The Pitch: Tech Reporting by Justin Kendall (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5)

BEAT REPORTING circulation 50,000 and over

Chicago Reader: Race Reporting by Steve Bogira (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6)

New Times Broward-Palm Beach: Environmental Reporting by Chris Sweeney (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5)

Philadelphia City Paper: Fiscal Policy Reporting by Daniel Denvir (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3)

Sacramento News & Review: Homelessness Reporting by Nick Miller (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3)

BREAKING NEWS circulation under 50,000

The Athens NEWS: Athens Power Outage (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3) by Jim Phillips

Colorado Springs Independent: The Waldo Canyon Fire (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5) by Pam Zubeck, Bill Forman, Chet Hardin, Kirk Woundy, Edie Adelstein, Bryce Crawford, Kirsten Akens, Jeff Koch, Matthew Schniper, J. Adrian Stanley and Claire Swinford

Orlando Weekly: Sick of It (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5) by Billy Manes

BREAKING NEWS circulation 50,000 and over

Austin Chronicle: Esme Barrera Murder Case (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5) by Jordan Smith and Monica Riese

Metro Times: Hell Breaks Loose by Curt Guyette

Miami New Times: The Miami Zombie (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5) by Kyle Munzenrieder, Francisco Alvarado, Tim Elfrink, and Gus Garcia-Roberts

COLUMN circulation under 50,000

Flagpole Magazine: Columns by Pete McCommons

Folio Weekly: Columns by Denise M. Reagan

Jackson Free Press: Columns by Donna Ladd

COLUMN circulation 50,000 and over

Creative Loafing Atlanta: Columns by Rodney Carmichael

Houston Press: Columns by Margaret Downing

Miami New Times: Columns by Chuck Strouse

COLUMN — POLITICAL circulation under 50,000

Creative Loafing Charlotte: How Obamacare saved my life; South Carolina campaigning has infected national races; and The Prairie Populist: George McGovern by John Grooms

Jackson Free Press: A Romney Runs Through Us; The Southern Strategy’s Last Stand?; Beware the GOP’s (Un)Scientific Sexism by Donna Ladd

The Source Weekly: Guns Don’t Kill People, The NRA Kills People; Don’t Buy The Bulletin’s Self Serving Sob Story; and Let’s Make Sandy Hook the Fulcrum for Change by Bruce Miller, Eric Flowers, Jim Stenson O’Neal

COLUMN — POLITICAL circulation 50,000 and over

Miami New Times: Columns by Tim Elfrink

Phoenix New Times: Columns by Stephen Lemons

NOW Magazine: Columns by Enzo Di Matteo

ELECTION COVERAGE circulation under 50,000

Boise Weekly: Grand Old Punch-Up by Zach Hagadone

Creative Loafing Tampa: RNC 2012 Coverage by Creative Loafing Staff

Pacific Northwest Inlander: One Word and Wedding Day by Heidi Groover

ELECTION COVERAGE circulation 50,000 and over

Philadelphia Weekly: Desperate Ballot Measures by Randy LoBasso

Phoenix New Times: How Undocumented Immigrants Helped Change Phoenix’s City Council Race and SB 1070 Fuels a Movement of New Voters by Monica Alonzo

Willamette Week: 2012 Portland Mayoral Race – The Evolution of Eileen Brady; Precinct Zero; Bus Boy; The Road to Hales; What Money Can’t Buy; Campaign Confidential; Jefferson Smith Cited for 1993 Misdemeanor Assault; Police Report And Victim Contradict Smith’s Version of 1993 Assault; and Knocking Himself Out by Corey Pein, Nigel Jaquiss, Aaron Mesh, Heidi Groover, and Laura Frazier

FEATURE STORY circulation under 50,000

Cleveland Scene: The Soul of Super Pimp by Kyle Swenson

Jackson Free Press: Rebel Land by R.L. Nave

Metro Pulse: Young and Sick by Cari Wade Gervin

Pacific Northwest Inlander: The Sick and the Damned by Luke Baumgarten

FEATURE STORY circulation 50,000 and over

Isthmus: Collaterally Damaged by Nathan Comp

L.A. Weekly: The Man Who Smelled Too Much by Gendy Alimurung

Miami New Times: From Porky’s to Hell by Michael E. Miller

Westword: The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Alan Prendergast

FOOD WRITING circulation under 50,000

Charleston City Paper: The Post-Husk Era; Rye Revival; and Guy Fieri and the Perils of Middlebrow Food by Robert Moss

INDY Week: Eating Invertebrates at the Museum of Life and Science; Growing Kiwis in North Carolina; and Is There a Future for North Carolina Hops Farming? by Lisa Sorg

Style Weekly: Into the Fire and The Girl From Ipanema by Melissa Scott Sinclair

FOOD WRITING circulation 50,000 and over

Miami New Times: Working at Miami Restaurants and Food Trucks: The Inside Scoop by Laine Doss

OC Weekly: Jason Quinn Will Meet You at the Playground by Michelle Woo

Seattle Weekly: The Artisan Food Movement Digs for Gold; The Seattle Dog: An Oral History; and Charitable Korean at Chan by Hanna Raskin

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING circulation under 50,000

Boulder Weekly: The Ghosts of Valmont Butte (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9; Part 10) by Joel Dyer, Jefferson Dodge, and Elizabeth Miller

Fort Worth Weekly: Death by Indifference by Betty Brink

The Texas Observer: The Deadliest Place in Mexico by Melissa del Bosque

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING circulation 50,000 and over

New Times Broward-Palm Beach: Coral Capers (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4) by Chris Sweeney

SF Weekly: San Francisco’s Transit Agency Has Neglected Maintenance for Years by Joe Eskenazi

Village Voice: Rikers Violence (Part 1 and Part 2) by Graham Rayman

LONG-FORM NEWS STORY circulation under 50,000

Charleston City Paper: Skip ReVille was Unstoppable Until a Mother Found Him Out by Paul Bowers

Cleveland Scene: Methbusters by Kyle Swenson

East Bay Express: How Much Garbage Does It Take to Treat a Patient? by Kathleen Richards

LONG-FORM NEWS STORY circulation 50,000 and over

Baltimore City Paper: Minding Her Own Business by Edward Ericson Jr.

Long Island Press: Identifying Princess Doe by Jaclyn Gallucci

OC Weekly: When a Mentally Ill Child Becomes a Mentally Ill Adult by Michelle Woo

MUSIC CRITICISM circulation under 50,000

Fast Forward Weekly: Canadian Music is Boring by Josiah Hughes and Mark Teo

Jackson Free Press: A Musical Family Affair; From the Ukulele to ‘60s Pop; For the Sheer Joy of It by Briana Robinson

Nashville Scene: Ain’t Talkin’ About Hate; Blunderbuss on the Tracks; and Who’s First by Adam Gold

MUSIC CRITICISM circulation 50,000 and over

Las Vegas Weekly: Coachella; Neon Reverb Report; and Peter Gabriel by Spencer Patterson

Miami New Times: Miami Rapper SpaceGhostPurrp Releases Debut; Thurston Moore and KURT During Art Basel Miami Beach; and Madonna Strips for Dirty Dollar Bills by Sean Pajot

Willamette Week: The Last of the Jewish Cowboys; Japandroids; and 24-Hour Party People by Martin Cizmar

PUBLIC SERVICE circulation under 50,000

Colorado Springs Independent: Fire and Failure: The Waldo Canyon Tragedy – Inside the Nightmare; Seeing Through the Haze; Misfire; and Fire Proof by Pam Zubeck

Fort Worth Weekly: The Keystone Pipeline Battle – Your Land is My Land; Drawing a Line in the (Tar) Sand; and Down But Not Out by Peter Gorman

Style Weekly: Voices Carry: Evolution of the Modern Fight for Women’s Rights – Culture Shock; Mission Aborted; Crimes of Expression; and Red Faced by Melissa Scott Sinclair, Jason Roop, Scott Bass, Vernal Coleman, Scott Elmquist, Thad Williamson, Adria Scharf, Dale Brumfield, and Zack Budryk

PUBLIC SERVICE circulation 50,000 and over

Austin Chronicle: The War on Women’s Health – Jumping the Shark on Women’s Health; The Destruction of Texas Health Care; Perry’s Magic Wand; The War on Women’s Health; Do No Harm; Perry’s Tantrum; and It’s About Community by Jordan Smith, Michael King, and Jason Stout

Long Island Press: Membership Has its Privileges – Is Nassau County Police Department Selling Preferential Treatment To Private Citizens?; D.A. Probe Ongoing; Nassau County Top Cops Surrender; and Nassau Cops Indicted by Shelly Feuer Domash and Christopher Twarowski

SF Weekly: Barred from Freedom: How Pretrial Detention Ruins Lives by Albert Samaha

ONLINE CATEGORIES

INDIVIDUAL BLOG All Publications

Charleston City Paper: Haire of the Dog by Chris Haire

New Times Broward-Palm Beach: Pulp by Chris Joseph

Phoenix New Times: Feathered Bastard by Stephen Lemons

MULTIMEDIA All Publications

City Pages (Twin Cities): Reinventing the Wheel by Mike Kooiman, Bre McGee, and Erika Wolf

INDY Week: Corrosion of Conformity: An Oral History of 30 Years by Bryan C. Reed, D.L. Anderson, and Grayson Currin

Long Island Press: Clam Wars by Christopher Twarowski, Rashed Mian, and Jon Sasala

Long Island Press: Ripple Effect by Rashed Mian, Christopher Twarowski, Michael Conforti, Scott Kearney, and Sal Calvi

MUSIC BLOG All Publications

City Pages (Twin Cities): Gimme Noise by Reed Fischer

Miami New Times: Crossfade by Jose Duran, Sean Pajot, Arielle Castillo, and Kyle Munzenrieder

Nashville Scene: Nashville Cream by Edd Hurt, Lance Conzett, D. Patrick Rodgers, Seth Graves, and Adam Gold

STAFF BLOG All Publications

Chicago Reader: The Bleader

Nashville Scene: Pith in the Wind

Philadelphia Weekly: PhillyNow

DESIGN CATEGORIES

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

COVER DESIGN circulation under 50,000

Boulder Weekly: Covers by Dave Kirby and Sue France

Folio Weekly: Covers by Chad Smith, Walter Coker, and Denise M. Reagan

Santa Fe Reporter: Covers by John Lang and Corey Johnson

COVER DESIGN circulation 50,000 and over

City Pages (Twin Cities): Covers by Mike Kooiman

New Times Broward-Palm Beach: Covers by Alex Izaguirre

Washington City Paper: Covers by Jandos Rothstein

EDITORIAL LAYOUT circulation under 50,000

Mountain Xpress: Fantastic Voyager by John Zara and Nathanael Roney

Nashville Scene: Food & Drink by Elizabeth Jones

YES! Weekly: The Silver Ball by Katie Thompson

EDITORIAL LAYOUT circulation 50,000 and over

Baltimore City Paper: Never Mind the Crab Cakes, Here’s the Cheese Fish by Ryan "Rarah" Stevenson, Frank Klein, Alex Fine, and Joe MacLeod

Dallas Observer: The Year of Eating Fabulously by Tracie Louck and Catherine Downes

Philadelphia City Paper: Big Vision Awards by Reseca Peskin and Brenna Adams

ILLUSTRATION circulation under 50,000

Boise Weekly: Mind Over the Apocalypse by Adam Rosenlund

Pacific Northwest Inlander: Scholastic Fantastic by Jeff Drew

Seven Days: Year of the Snake by Jeff Drew

ILLUSTRATION circulation 50,000 and over

Chicago Reader: Spring Books by Johnny Sampson

Metro Times: ‘Straight’ Talk by Desiree Kelly

Riverfront Times: Code Dead by Tim Lane

PHOTOGRAPHY circulation under 50,000

Creative Loafing Tampa: Republican National Convention Photos by Joeff Davis, Chip Weiner, Nick Cardello, and Robert Azmitia

North Bay Bohemian: Photos by Sara Sanger

Pacific Northwest Inlander: Photos by Young Kwak

PHOTOGRAPHY circulation 50,000 and over

Baltimore City Paper: Photos by Ryan “Rarah” Stevenson

Creative Loafing Atlanta: Photos by Joeff Davis, Dustin Chambers, and Brandon English

Dallas Observer: Dallas People 2012 by Tracie Louck and Mark Graham

OUTSIDE-THE-BOX CATEGORIES

CARTOON (listed alphabetically by last name)

Ed Harrington, Style Weekly

V.C. Rogers, INDY Week

Jen Sorensen, Slowpoke Comics

INNOVATION / FORMAT BUSTER

Isthmus: My Madison Day (Print Feature and Website) by Jason Joyce, Kristian Knutsen, Stu Levitan, Dean Robbins, Judith Davidoff
Michana Buchman, Joe Tarr, Jessica Steinhoff, Linda Falkenstein, Ellen Meany, Carolyn Fath, David Michael Miller, Todd Hubler, Tommy Washbush, Thom Jones, Bob Koch, Cameron Connors, Janell Palmer, Chris Majchrzak, and Lucas Graves

Phoenix New Times:Best of Phoenix 2012 by Staff

Willamette Week: The President of Beers (Print and Web Feature) by Martin Cizmar, John Locanthi, and Brian Yaeger

SPECIAL SECTION circulation under 50,000

The Athens NEWS: Athens County Annual Manual 2012 by Kristen Rogers

Pacific Northwest Inlander: Dining Out: The 10 Things to Eat Before You Die by Mike Bookey

San Diego CityBeat: The Walkers’ Guide to Comic-Con by Staff

SPECIAL SECTION circulation 50,000 and over

L.A. Weekly: How to Succeed on YouTube: A User’s Guide by Staff

Philadelphia Weekly: Philadelphia Weekly’s Binder Full of Women by Staff

Willamette Week: Artbreaker: A Ballerina, a Best-Seller and a Violinist Take High Culture Slumming by Brett Campbell, Heather Wisner, Ruth Brown, Richard Speer, Laurie Notaro, Martin Cizmar