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The entry period for the 2013 AAN Awards has closed.

All entries will be judged by the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Finalists will be announced in May 2013. The order of finish will be announced during a reception at the annual AAN Conference in Miami, July 11–13, 2013. All winners will receive certificates.

Previous Winners:
2012 AAN Awards Winners
2011 AAN Awards Winners
2010 AAN Awards Winners

History:
The AAN Awards honor superior journalism and graphic design among alternative publications across the United States and Canada. The contest promotes excellence by recognizing work that is well written, incisively reported and effectively challenges established orthodoxies.

The first contest was organized in 1996. Each year since, awards have been presented in more than a dozen categories, with two circulation divisions in each category. In 2011, size divisions were eliminated for the web categories.

Each year, AAN publishes its compilation of the winning entries, Best AltWeekly Writing and Design.

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Category Year
Ad Design 2007 
Arts Criticism 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1998  1997  1996 
Arts Feature 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1997 
Blog 2009  2008  2007 
Blog (Group or Staff) 2011  2010 
Business Reporting 2003  1998 
Cartoon 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000 
Column 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1998  1997  1996 
Column-Political 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999 
Corrections Reporting 2000 
Cover Design 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001 
Drugs Reporting 2011  2006 
Editorial Layout 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  1999  1998  1997 
Education 2005 
Election Coverage 2009 
Environmental Reporting 1998 
Feature Story 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1998  1997  1996 
Film Criticism 1999  1998  1997  1996 
Food Writing 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  1998  1997  1996 
Health Reporting 2010  2002 
Illustration 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1998  1997 
Immigration 2007 
Individual Blog 2011  2010 
Innovation 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004 
International Reporting 2003  2000 
Investigative Reporting 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1998  1997  1996 
Local Political Story 1996 
Media Reporting/Criticism 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1998  1997  1996 
Multimedia 2011  2010 
Music Blog 2011  2010 
Music Criticism 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1998  1997  1996 
News Feature 2003  2002  2001  2000  1999 
News Story 2004 
News Story-Long Form 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004 
News Story-Short Form 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2003  2002 
Photography 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1998  1997 
Political Column 1998 
Political Reporting 1998  1997 
Public Service 2011  2010  2009  2008 
Religion Reporting 2004 
Social Reporting 1998  1997 
Special Section 2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005 
Sports Reporting 2001 
Visual Feature 1996 
Web Site 2008  2006  1999  1998  1997 
Web Site Content Feature 2007 
Web Site Design 2007 

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