AltWeekly Awards
1996 Feature Story Below 54,000
2nd Place: The Girl Who Wouldn't Say No by Walter Crockett , Worcester Magazine
Honorable Mention: They Eat Horses, Don't They?
by Sally Crane
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Columbus Alive
1996 Film Criticism Above 54,000
1st Place: by Peter Keough , Boston Phoenix
2nd Place:
by Michael Sragow
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Seattle Weekly
3rd Place:
by Rob Nelson
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City Pages (Twin Cities)
1996 Film Criticism Below 54,000
1st Place: by Amy Bracken Sparks , Cleveland Free Times1996 Food Writing Above 54,000
1st Place: Waiting For Merlot by Christina Waters , Good Times Santa Cruz
2nd Place:
by Max Nash
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San Diego Reader
1996 Food Writing Below 54,000
1st Place: by "Bonnie Appetit" a.k.a. Hillari Dowdle , Metro Pulse
2nd Place:
by Lois Maclean
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Pacific Sun
1996 Investigative Reporting Above 54,000
1st Place: California's Secret Stash by Curt Guyette , Sacramento News & Review
2nd Place: Schwan's Song and Dance
by Rose Farley
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Twin Cities Reader
Honorable Mention: Bad Landlords
by Deirdre Shesgreen and Van Smith
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Baltimore City Paper
Honorable Mention: The Real Fat City
by Tim Redmond, Ron Curran and Martin Espinoza
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San Francisco Bay Guardian
Honorable Mention: When Family Reunification Means Death
by Jill Stewart
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L.A. Weekly
1996 Investigative Reporting Below 54,000
1st Place: High Stakes Bingo by Kate Campbell , Monterey County Weekly
Honorable Mention: In the Name of Progress
by Tricia Booker
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Folio Weekly
Honorable Mention: A Million Bucks Down the Creek: How the City Bungled the Bidwell Park Expansion
by Richard Ek
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Chico News & Review
1996 Local Political Story Above 54,000
1st Place: V.I.P. Vin by Lisa Prevost , Providence Phoenix
2nd Place: Lies, Damn Lies and the Cover-up at Deer Creek
by Nick Budnick
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Sacramento News & Review