AltWeekly Awards
2009 Arts Criticism Above 50,000
1st Place: Pine of the Times, Sheet Smart, and Pain by Numbers by Jeffry Cudlin , Washington City Paper
2nd Place: Kill One for the Gipper, What We Learned about the Election in This Summer's Movies, and Deep Freeze
by J. Hoberman
,
The Village Voice
3rd Place: Benjamin Button, Diary of the Dead, and The Visitor
by Scott Foundas
,
L.A. Weekly
Honorable Mention: From Reverence to Rape, Waugh and Remembrance, and Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile?
by Ella Taylor
,
L.A. Weekly
2009 Arts Criticism Below 50,000
1st Place: Not as They Seem, Branching Out and Everything Is Illuminated by Meisha Rosenberg , Metroland
2nd Place: Kipper Kids, El Greco and USPO
by Amy White
,
INDY Week
3rd Place: So This Is My Life . . .
by Charles Maldonado
,
Metro Pulse
2009 Arts Feature Above 50,000
1st Place: No Exit Plan and The Life and Death of JT Leroy by Nancy Rommelman , L.A. Weekly
2nd Place: Life Without A Script
by Anne Ford
,
Chicago Reader
3rd Place: A Picture of Hope
by Jason Harper
,
The Pitch
2009 Arts Feature Below 50,000
1st Place: Lowbrow Genius by Coury Turczyn , Metro Pulse
2nd Place: Magical Misery Tour
by Jeff Prince
,
Fort Worth Weekly
3rd Place: Unlock & Roll
by Curtis Cartier
,
Santa Cruz Weekly
2009 Blog Above 50,000
1st Place: "Hair Balls" by Houston Press Staff , Houston Press
2nd Place: "City Desk"
by Washington City Paper Staff
,
Washington City Paper
3rd Place: "Politics Blog"
by San Francisco Bay Guardian Staff
,
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Honorable Mention: "Newsdesk"
by Austin Chronicle News Staff
,
Austin Chronicle
2009 Blog Below 50,000
1st Place: "Swing State of Mind" by Dave Maass and Staff , Santa Fe Reporter
2nd Place: "Blog of New Orleans"
by The Gambit Weekly Staff
,
Gambit
3rd Place: "Arkansas Blog"
by Max Brantley
,
Arkansas Times
