AltWeekly Awards
2006 Column Above 50,000
1st Place: ¡Ask a Mexican! by Gustavo Arellano , OC Weekly
2nd Place: Social Studies: "Mike in Five," "Story Time," "The N-Word"
by Vincent Williams
,
Baltimore City Paper
3rd Place: The Dubliner: "Are Ye About?," "Twilight's Slow Burn," "Defacing Castles"
by Katie Haegele
,
Philadelphia Weekly
Honorable Mention: "A Piece of the Action," "Screwed for Life," "A Peace of the Action"
by Patricia Calhoun
,
Westword
2006 Column Below 50,000
1st Place: Looking Up: "Crimes of Passion," "Many Shades of Bi," "The Price of Fear" by Miriam Axel-Lute , Metroland
2nd Place: "Fog Burger King," "Requiem for a Dive Bar," "_appy Birthda_ T_ Yo_!"
by Bruce George Wingate
,
Fairfield County Weekly
3rd Place: "Cold Cocked," "Pray Canst Thou Hear Me Now?," "More Letters from Harriet Miers"
by Steve Schneider
,
Orlando Weekly
Honorable Mention {tie}: "Bad Boys," "One for the Books," "The Natural"
by Dusty Rhodes
,
Illinois Times
Honorable Mention {tie}: "Snow Job," "Hoes for Healthcare," "Welcome to the Terrordome"
by Derek Jennings
,
INDY Week
2006 Column-Political Above 50,000
1st Place: Commie Girl: "A Mob of One," "Bring 'Em On," "We Must Have Syph" by Rebecca Schoenkopf , OC Weekly
2nd Place: Citizen Servatius: "Bob's Boys in Blue," "Misdemeanor Homicide," "Dr. Feelbad"
by Tara Servatius
,
Creative Loafing (Charlotte)
3rd Place (tie): "Dr. Phill," "Blunt Trauma," "Good Night and Good God"
by C.J. Janovy
,
The Pitch
3rd Place (tie): "Justice Perverted," "Attention-Starved," "Magical Thinking"
by Chris Potter
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Pittsburgh City Paper
Honorable Mention: "The Irony of a 'Christian' Inauguration," "Which Commandments Should Hang on the Wall?," "Flag Desecration"
by Robin Meyers
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Oklahoma Gazette
2006 Column-Political Below 50,000
1st Place: Poli Psy: "Uncivil Disobedience," "Drowned Out," "Body Politic" by Judith Levine , Seven Days
2nd Place: "Take the Time To Do It Right," "The Hope Sleeps Tonight," "We Need a Mayor, Not a Daddy"
by Donna Ladd
,
Jackson Free Press
3rd Place: "A Homeowner Nails Bob Perry," "Muckracker Katrina," "DeLay's Beautiful Laundrette"
by Andrew Wheat
,
The Texas Observer
Honorable Mention: Politics and Other Mistakes: "I'm Afraid of Me," "Unskinny Bop," "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down"
by Al Diamon
,
Portland Phoenix
