Pittsburgh’s Best Magazine

Enterprise/Investigative
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Reset Button”
FINALIST: Bill O’Toole, “Pittsburgh Today Coronavirus Coverage” (includes “When the Spanish Flu Swept In, Pittsburgh Failed the Test,” “The City of Pittsburgh Faces Crisis but Its ‘Rainy-Day Fund’ Leaves It Better Prepared Than Most,” “An Eroding Anomaly,” “Empty and Ailing, Pittsburgh Stadiums Seek Money,” and “COVID Decks Pittsburgh’s Pro Sports Teams”)
FINALIST: Bill O’Toole, Jeffery Fraser, Douglas Heuck, “Pittsburgh Tomorrow” (includes “Pittsburgh Tomorrow: Facing Facts and Seizing Opportunity” and “Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow 2020”)

Spot/Breaking News
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Historic Low Levels of Pollution”
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “‘It’s Been Crazy’: Gun Sales Break Records”
FINALIST: Julia Fraser, “Pittsburgh’s April Job Loss Is Worst Ever” 

Public Affairs/Politics/Government
WINNER: Bill O’Toole, Jeffery Fraser, Douglas Heuck, “Pittsburgh Tomorrow” (includes “Pittsburgh Tomorrow: Facing Facts and Seizing Opportunity” and “Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow 2020”)
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Reset Button”
FINALIST: Evan Pattak, “The Day Pohla Smith Voted”

Business/Technology/Consumer
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Stayin’ Alive”
FINALIST: Ben Wecht, “Where the Dead Go”

Medical/Health
FINALIST: Julia Fraser, “Gone Before Their Time”

Science/Environment
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Historic Low Levels of Pollution”
FINALIST: Deborah Weisberg, “Saving Injured Animals”  

History/Culture
WINNER: Eliza Smith Brown, “The Day Women Took Over”
WINNER: David S. Rotenstein, “Finding Jakie Lerner”
WINNER: Ben Wecht, “Where the Dead Go”

Arts/Entertainment
FINALIST: Julia Fraser, “The Curtain Rises on a New Reality”
FINALIST: Stuart Sheppard, “Stuart Sheppard Portfolio” (includes “PICT’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’” and “City Theatre’s ‘Downstairs’ Showcases Pittsburgh’s Dazzling Acting Talent”)

Lifestyle
WINNER: Greg Curtis, “Gilbert de Botton and the Warhol” (includes “Gilbert,” “The Mysterious Party” and “Trying to Launch the Warhol Museum”)
FINALIST: Daryln Brewer Hoffstot, “A Farm Life” (includes “Ramps,“ “The Invincible Elder,” “Counting Your Chickens During COVID” and “Mysteries of the Porcupine”)

Education
WINNER: Julia Fraser, “Back to School?”
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Gauging K-12 Education Quality”

Sports
WINNER: Bill O‘Toole, “Sports Virus Portfolio” (includes “Empty and Ailing, Pittsburgh Stadiums Seek Money,” “COVID Decks Pittsburgh’s Pro Sports Teams” and “People Are Finding New Pandemic Diversions—Both Outdoors and In”)
FINALIST: Jeff Sewald, “Cameron Heyward, Gridiron Philanthropist”

Profile
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “Building the Cabin” (includes “My Summer Vacation” and “Finishing the Cabin”)
FINALIST: David S. Rotenstein, “Finding Jakie Lerner”

Columns/Blogs
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “From the Editor” (includes “Pittsburgh Tomorrow: Facing Facts and Seizing Opportunity,” “Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste,” “My Summer Vacation” and “Finishing the Cabin”)
FINALIST: Daryln Brewer Hoffstot, “A Farm Life” (includes “Ramps,“ “The Invincible Elder,” “Counting Your Chickens During COVID” and “Mysteries of the Porcupine”)

Editorials
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “Pittsburgh Quarterly Editorials” (includes “Pittsburgh Tomorrow: Facing Facts and Seizing Opportunity,” “Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste” and “Vision and Action: A Remembrance of Paul O’Neill”)

Sports Photo
FINALIST: Chris Gooden, “Harness Racing”

Personality Profile Photo
WINNER: John Beale, “Faith Through It All”

Photo Essay
FINALIST: George Lange, “Through a Joyful Lens”
FINALIST: Joshua Troup, “Nature’s Bounty”

Editorial Cartoon
FINALIST: John Kichi, “Anti-Virus Handsoap”

Cover Design – Print
FINALIST: Anita DuFalla, “Summer 2020”

Multi-Platform Project
FINALIST: Donald Bonk, Bill O’Toole, Julia Fraser, “Pittsburgh Today & Tomorrow” (includes ““Pittsburgh Tomorrow: Facing Facts and Seizing Opportunity,” “Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow 2020”, “Pittsburgh Tomorrow Podcast: Richard Florida, Author, ‘The Rise of the Creative Class’ (Part 1)” and “Pittsburgh Tomorrow Podcast: Michael McQuade, VP for Research at CMU”
 

Spot/Breaking News
WINNER: Julia Fraser, “The Pittsburgh Flip”

News Feature
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “High Times for Cannabis”
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, Population Series (includes “A Slow But Continuing Decline,” “The Economics of Population,” “An Answer from Abroad” and “More People Are Leaving the Region”)

Traditional Feature
WINNER: Marino Parascenzo, “The Lost Pulitzer”
FINALIST: Daryln Brewer Hoffstot, “Trying to Save a Horse”
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “The Migrations of Hunting”
FINALIST: Evan Pattak, “Chin Music”

Public Affairs/Politics/Government
FINALIST: Jennifer Rignani, “To Bail or Not to Bail”

Business/Technology/Consumer
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Survival of the Fittest”
FINALIST: Jennifer Rignani, “To Bail or Not to Bail”

Medical/Health
FINALIST: Kelly Casey, “Lyme: Pittsburgh’s Growing Epidemic”

Science/Environment
FINALIST: Kelly Casey, “Lyme: Pittsburgh’s Growing Epidemic”

Arts/Entertainment
WINNER: Gordon Nelson, “Andy Warhol Returns to Pittsburgh”

Lifestyle
WINNER: Daryln Brewer Hoffstot, “Trying to Save a Horse”
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “The Migrations of Hunting”
FINALIST: Ben Moyer, “Memoirs of a Quehanna Chief”

Sports
FINALIST: Mark Kramer, “The Urban Deerhunter”
FINALIST: Marino Parascenzo, “The Lost Pulitzer”

Columns/Blogs
WINNER: Daryln Brewer Hoffstot, “A Farm Life” (includes “Cigars with Wings,” “Beavers Don’t Get Headaches,” “Hunting Ginseng” and “Trying the Save a Horse”)
FINALIST: Stuart Sheppard, “The Hamlet Machine” (includes “Soft-Core Pathos: A Review of Pittsburgh Public Theater’s ‘The Tempest,’” “Barebones Brings Sam Shepard’s ‘True West’ to Life in a Stunning Production,” “Lear in the Furnace” and “Tragedy in a Box: A Review of ‘The Gun Show (Can We Talk About This?)’”

Editorials
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “From the Editor” (includes “Fairy Tale or Future,” “The Seeming Vastness of Summer,” “Lost and Found” and “The Migrations of Hunting”)

Personality Profile Photo
FINALIST: John Beale, “Preserving His Dream”
FINALIST: Renee Rosensteel, “Irrespressible Spirit”

Photo Essay
FINALIST: Scott Goldsmith, “Best Stadium in Baseball”
FINALIST: Teake Zuidema, “The Flavors of Pittsburgh”

Editorial Cartoon
FINALIST: Tim Menees, “Express Lane”

Illustration: News or Feature
FINALIST: Maura Losch, “Blue Skies, Yellow Bridges”
FINALIST: George Schill, “Steak Night”

Cover Design – Print
FINALIST: Anita DuFalla, “Fall 2019”

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for magazines (best in show)
WINNER: Nick Keppler, Opioid Series (includes “A New Way to Fight Overdose” and “The Powder of Death”)

Enterprise/​Investigative
FINALIST: Nick Keppler, Opioid Series (includes “A New Way to Fight Overdose” and “The Powder of Death”)

Spot/​Breaking News
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “The Quality of Life Survey Results Are In”

Public Affairs/​Politics/​Government
WINNER: Nick Keppler, Opioid Series (includes “A New Way to Fight Overdose” and “The Powder of Death”)
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Airport Overhaul”
FINALIST: Cody McDevitt, “The Great Banishment of 1923”

Business/​Technology/​Consumer
WINNER: Nick Keppler, “The Powder of Death”

Medical/​Health
WINNER: Evan Pattak, “Pittsburgh’s Hardest Working Angel”
FINALIST: Kelly Casey, “Hard to Swallow”

Science/​Environment
FINALIST: Daryln Brewer Hoffstot, “A Farm Life”
FINALIST: Rebecca Lessner and Ashley Murray, Water Series

Arts/​Entertainment
WINNER: Stuart Sheppard, “The Hamlet Machine” (includes “An Exterminating Angel” and “Barebones’ ‘Lobby Hero’ Combines Comedy with Tragedy to Stunning Effect”)
FINALIST: Vicky A. Clark, Portfolio by Vicky A. Clark

Lifestyle
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “From the Editor” (includes “Man’s Best Friend,” “Lessons from the Farm,” “The Last At-​Bat” and “A Turning Point for Troubled Times”)
FINALIST: Don Feigert, “Getaway to the Pennsylvania Wilds”
FINALIST: Teake Zuidema, “Hits and Hugs: The Evolution of Roller Derby”

Education
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser and Julia Fraser, “Work Disrupted”

Sports
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “The Last At-​Bat”

Profile
WINNER: John Beale, “Saying Goodbye: Lessons from an Ordinary Mother”
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “The Last At-​Bat”

Columns/​Blogs
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “From the Editor” (includes “Man’s Best Friend,” “Lessons from the Farm,” “The Last At-​Bat” and “A Turning Point for Troubled Times”)

Editorials
WINNER: Douglas Heuck and Jeffery Fraser, “On a Pedestal” (includes “An Open Letter to Amazon,” “National Flag Foundation, Clarion Quartet,” “Magee-​Womens Research Institute” and “Pittsburgh Playhouse, Literacy Pittsburgh”)
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “From the Editor” (includes “Man’s Best Friend,” “Lessons from the Farm,” “The Last At-​Bat” and “A Turning Point for Troubled Times”)

Feature Photo
FINALIST: Teake Zuidema, “Just a Tiny Bit More Pianissimo”

Sports Photo
FINALIST: Teake Zuidema, “The Hit”

Personality Profile Photo
FINALIST: John Beale, “Betty Lane”
FINALIST: Teake Zuidema, “Maestro Manfred Honeck”

Photo Essay
FINALIST: Emmanuel Panagiotakis, “Leading Lines”

Editorial Cartoon
FINALIST: Tim Menees, “Brumfly Account”

Illustration: News or Feature
FINALIST: Gregg Valley, “Work Disrupted”

Cover Design: Print
WINNER: Anita DuFalla, “Winter 2019: Snow Angel”

Digital Presentation
WINNER: Corin Green, “Pittsburgh’s Famed Stairways To…”
FINALIST: Corin Green, “An Ear for Music and Life”

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for magazines (best in show)
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, Mike Wereschagin, Julia Fraser, “Up in the Air”

News Illustration
FINALIST: Daniel Marsula, “Developing Young Minds”

Feature Illustration
FINALIST: Mark Bender, Winter 2018 cover

Cover Design
WINNER: Anita Dufalla, Fall 2017 cover
FINALIST: Jennifer McNulty, Spring 2017 cover

General feature
WINNER: Evan Pattak, Silver Tsunami Series
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “The Lure of Fishing”
FINALIST: Lori Jakiela, “The Union Project”

Fashion/​Style
WINNER: Matthew Milligan, “What Lies Beneath”
FINALIST: Vicky A. Clark, “Serious Threads”

Homes
FINALIST: Marylynn Uricchio, “Homefront”

Education
FINALIST: Nick Keppler, “A Creepy Mill Town”

Business/​Technology/​Consumer
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, Mike Wereschagin, Julia Fraser, “Up in the Air”
FINALIST: Nick Keppler, “A Creepy Mill Town”

Health/​Science
FINALIST: Kelly Casey, Health Series

Environment
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, Mike Wereschagin, Julia Fraser, “Up in the Air”
FINALIST: Ben Moyer, “High, Wild and Here”

History
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “Taming Air Pollution: The Region’s Century-​old Challenge”

Arts & Entertainment
WINNER: Lori Jakiela, “The Union Project”
FINALIST: John Allison, “Reading Room”

Lifestyle
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “From the Editor”
FINALIST: Evan Pattak, Silver Tsunami Series

Sports
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “The Lure of Fishing”
FINALIST: Marino Parascenzo, “Hard Hitter”

Columns
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “From the Editor”
FINALIST: John Allison, “Reading Room”
FINALIST: Daryln Brewer Hoffstot, “A Farm Life”

Continuing Blog
FINALIST: Greg Curtis, “Creative Capital”

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for magazines (best in show)
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “The Death of a Homeless Man”

Feature Illustration
WINNER: Daniel Marsula, “The Internet of Things”

Editorial Cartoon
FINALIST: Tim Menees

Best Cover Design
FINALIST: Mark Bender and Jennifer McNulty, “Pittsburgh Showers, Warhol Flowers”

Feature
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “The Death of a Homeless Man”
FINALIST: Tom Imerito, “Christmas in Utopia”

Personality Portrait Photo
FINALIST: Renee Rosensteel, “Jim Withers”

Profile
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “The Death of a Homeless Man”
FINALIST: Betsy Deiseroth, “South Side Visions”

Fashion/​Style
FINALIST: Matthew Milligan, “Strutting Its Stuff”

Homes
FINALIST: Richard Snodgrass, “Tunnels of Love”

Education
WINNER: Julia Fraser and Gregg Behr, Education Series
FINALIST: Julia Fraser and Gregg Behr, “Keeping International Graduates”

Business/​Technology/​Consumer
WINNER: Jennifer Rignani, “Whistleblower”
FINALIST: Julia Fraser, Jeffery Fraser and Stuart Hoffman, “Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow”
FINALIST: Tom Imerito, “The Internet of Things”

Health/Science
FINALIST: Kelly Casey and Nick Keppler, Health Insight Series

Environment
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser and Evan Pattak, Sustainability Series

History
WINNER: Jennifer Rignani, “Whistleblower”
FINALIST: Tom Imerito, “Once Upon a Tunnel”

Arts & Entertainment
WINNER: Charles Rosenblum, “Local Angles”
FINALIST: Margaret Krauss, “A Long Romance”
FINALIST: Vicky Clark, “Hidden from History”

Lifestyle
WINNER: Tom Imerito, “Christmas in Utopia”
FINALIST: Deborah Weisberg, “The Old Ways May Be Best”

Sports
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “Troutward Bound”
FINALIST: Marino Parascenzo, “Golf’s Gold Standard”

Columns
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, Columns
FINALIST: Charles Rosenblum, “Local Angles”

Public Affairs/Community Service
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser and Douglas Heuck, Diversity Series
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser and Julia Fraser, Pittsburgh Today & Tomorrow

History Feature
WINNER: Nick Keppler, “Heroin Hits Home”

Business/Technology/Consumer Feature
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser and Douglas Heuck, Diversity Series
FINALIST: Seamus McGraw, Marcellus Shale Coverage

Health/Science/Environment Feature
WINNER: Tom Imerito, “Transhumanism”
FINALIST: Nick Keppler, “Heroin Hits Home”

Columns
WINNER: Joe Mistick, “Neighborhood Joints”
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck
FINALIST: Graham Shearing, “Art Thoughts”

Editorials
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “From the Editor”

Sports Feature
WINNER: Marino Parascenzo, “In a Class of Her Own”

Feature Illustration
FINALIST: Dan Marsula, STEM illustration

Feature
WINNER: Nick Keppler, “Clouds Gathering Over Pittsburgh”
FINALIST: Katie Booth, “Beyond Difference”

Magazine Photo
FINALIST: John Beale, “Life on the Monongahela"
FINALIST: Roy Engelbrecht, “The Other Frank Lloyd Wright”

Profile Feature
WINNER: Matt Stroud, “Living With Amnesia”

Photo Essay/​Special Photo
WINNER: John Beale, “Life on the Monongahela”

Fashion/​Style/​Home Feature
FINALIST: Marilynn Uricchio, “Homefront”

Food Feature
FINALIST: Quelcy Kogel, “The Greening of Hazelwood”
FINALIST: Sherrie Flick, “Still Life”

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for Magazines
WINNER: Seamus McGraw, Marcellus Shale Series

Best Cover Design
WINNER: Mark Bender and Jennifer McNulty, “Pittsburgh Feast”
FINALIST: Jim Starr and Jennifer McNulty, “Allegheny, Ahoy”

Magazine Photography
WINNER: David Aschkenas, “Chronicling the Courthouse”

History/​Culture Feature
WINNER: Barry Paris, “Too Strong for Fantasy”

Arts & Entertainment Feature
WINNER: Graham Shearing, Art Thoughts
FINALIST: Charles Rosenblum, Architecture Series

Health/​Science/​Technology Feature
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “Is Better Good Enough?”

Business/​Technology/​Consumer Feature
WINNER: Seamus McGraw, Marcellus Shale Series
FINALIST: Tom Imerito, “Kissing my Privacy Goodbye”
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Is Better Good Enough?”

Community Service
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Pittsburgh Today & Tomorrow”

Sports Feature
FINALIST: Mike McGarrity, “Opening Day, Minus One”

Feature
FINALIST: Terry Miller, “Sticks & Bones”

Education Feature
FINALIST: Julia Fraser, “Attendance Matters”

Fashion/​Style/​Home Feature
FINALIST: Marylynn Uricchio, “Homefront”

Food Feature
FINALIST: Sherrie Flick, “What’s Cooking?”

Editorial Cartoon
FINALIST: Tim Menees

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for Best of Show
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “Pittsburgh Today & Tomorrow”

Feature Illustration
WINNER: Mark Bender, “Splashdown”

Profile Feature
WINNER: Christine O’Toole, “Who is Bill Peduto?”

Editorial Cartoon
FINALIST: Tim Menees

Feature
WINNER: Tim Menees, “Rainy Nights in Paris”
FINALIST: Aaron Skirboll, “Louis vs. Lewis”

Photography
WINNER: Roy Engelbrecht
FINALIST: John Beale, “The Lincoln Highway at 100”
FINALIST: Darlyn Brewer Hoffstot, “The Motel Era”

Photo Essay/​Special Photo
WINNER: John Beale, “The Lincoln Highway at 100”

Community Service
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “Pittsburgh Today & Tomorrow”
FINALIST: Christine O’Toole, “The Arts Engine”

Business/​Technology/​Consumer Feature
WINNER: Evan Pattak, “The STEM Gap”
FINALIST: Seamus McGraw, “Red Flags Rising”

Education Feature
WINNER: Matt Stroud, “Grading the Scorecard”
FINALIST: Evan Pattak, “The STEM Gap”

Health/​Science/​Environment Article or Series
WINNER: Ben Wecht, “A Natural Playground”

History/​Culture Article or Series
WINNER: Adam Eisenstat, “Voyaging Through the Hollow”
FINALIST: Tim McNulty, “Raising a Glass (and a Local Industry)”

Arts & Entertainment Feature
WINNER: Christine O’Toole, “In Jeopardy”

Food Feature
WINNER: Sherrie Flick, “What’s Cooking?”

Sports Feature
WINNER: Marino Parascenzo, “Remember the Tartans”

Columns
WINNER: Marino Parascenzo, “Far Afield”

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for Best of Show
WINNER: Seamus McGraw, “The Marcellus Shale”

Feature Illustration
WINNER: Daniel Marsula, “African Americans in Pittsburgh”
FINALIST: Stacy Innerst, “A Clearer Reflection”

Editorial Cartoon
FINALIST: Tim Menees

Feature
WINNER: Christine O’Toole, “Pittsburgh’s Newest Immigrants”
FINALIST: Jay Stevens, “The Watery Part of the World”
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “The Young People Myth”

Photography
FINALIST: John Beale, “Dogs of Our Lives”

Fashion/​Style/​Home Feature
FINALIST: Marylynn Uricchio, “Homefront”

Community Service
WINNER: Seamus McGraw, “The Marcellus Shale”
FINALIST: Ben Schmitt and Jeffery Fraser, “African Americans in Pittsburgh”
FINALIST: Christine O’Toole, “Pittsburgh’s Newest Immigrants”

Education Feature
WINNER: Ben Schmitt, “A Clearer Reflection”
FINALIST: Tom Imerito, “Discovering Man in America”

Health/​Science/​Environment Article or Series
FINALIST: Tom Imerito, “Quantum Couple”

History/​Culture Article or Series
FINALIST: Christine O’Toole, “Pittsburgh’s Newest Immigrants”

Arts & Entertainment Feature
WINNER: Sandra Levis, “Reading Room”
FINALIST: Marianne Davis, “The Arts Equation”
FINALIST: Melanie Linn Gutowski, “Steel City Spectacle”

Food Feature
FINALIST: Joseph Sabino Mistick, “Neighborhood Joints”

Sports Reporting, Online
FINALIST: Marino Parascenzo, “The Seniors Come to Pittsburgh”

Columns
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “From the Publisher”

Ed Romano Memorial Award: Photography
WINNER: John Beale, “Faces of the Marcellus Shale”

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “The Cost of Blight”

Feature Illustration (Livolsi-​Schriner Award)
FINALIST: Mark Bender, 2011 Spring Cover

Fashion/​Style/​Home Feature
WINNER: Marylynn Uricchio, “Homefront”

Community Service
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “The Cost of Blight”

Business/​Technology/​Consumer Article or Series
FINALIST: Sean D. Hamill, “Blockbuster!”

Photography, Magazines
WINNER: John Beale, “Faces of the Marcellus Shale”

History/​Cultural Article or Series
WINNER: Greg Nichols, “Forged in November”
FINALIST: Peter Rutkoff and Will Scott, “The Black Diamond”

Arts & Entertainment Feature
WINNER: Sandra Levis, “Reading Room”

Sports Feature
WINNER: Greg Nichols, “Forged in November”

Editorials
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “Stocks and Pedestal”
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “From the Publisher”

Columns
WINNER: Sandra Levis, “Reading Room”
FINALIST: Jeff Sewald, “What Do I Know”

Best Cover Design
FINALIST: Jennifer McNulty

Feature
FINALIST: Christine O’Toole, “A Touch of Gray”

Personality Profile Feature
FINALIST: William S. Dietrich II, “In the American Grain: The Amazing Story of Henry Ford”

Photo Essay/​Special Photo
FINALIST: John Beale, “Faces of the Marcellus Shale”

Health/​Science/​Environment Article or Series
FINALIST: Kelly Casey, “Health Insights”
FINALIST: Christine O’Toole, “High-​Tech Sylvania”

Food Feature
FINALIST: Joe Mistick, “Neighborhood Joints”

Best Website
FINALIST: Jennifer McNulty and Douglas Heuck, www​.pitts​burghquar​terly​.com

Ray Sprigle Memorial Award
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “Our Endangered River”

Livolsi-​Shriner Award for Best Feature Illustration
WINNER: Daniel Marsula, 2010 Spring Cover

Best Writing
WINNER: Margaret Whitford, “Fallow Ground”
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Masters of Their Fate”

Enterprise/​Investigative Series
WINNER: Seamus McGraw, Jennifer Bails and Reid Frazier, Energy Series
FINALIST: John G. Craig Jr. and Douglas Heuck, “Regional Indicators”
FINALIST: Seamus McGraw, Marcellus Shale Series

Enterprise/​Investigative Article
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “Our Endangered River”
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Masters of Their Fate”

Feature
WINNER: Matt Stroud, “Baby Byron Turns 18″

Business
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “Masters of Their Fate”
FINALIST: Reid Frazier, “Riding out the Storm”
FINALIST: Seamus McGraw, Marcellus Shale Series

Health/​Medical
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “A Gordian Knot: Haiti”

Cultural
WINNER: Graham Shearing, “Art Thoughts”

Criticism
WINNER: Sandra Levis, “The Reading Room”

Sports
WINNER: Chris Weber, “Along the River’s Edge”

Editorial
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “Stocks and Pedestal”

Column
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “From the Publisher”

Continuing Coverage
FINALIST: Seamus McGraw, Reid Frazier and Jennifer Bails, Energy Series
FINALIST: Seamus McGraw, Marcellus Shale Series

Feature
WINNER: Seamus McGraw, “The Story of the Marcellus Shale”
FINALIST: Bruce Keidan, “Bringing Light to a Dark Science”

Editorial
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “The Observer”
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “From the Publisher”

Business
WINNER: Seamus McGraw, “The Story of the Marcellus Shale”
FINALIST: William S. Dietrich II, “Pittsburgh Giants”

Criticism
WINNER: Sandra Levis, “The Prize and Price of a Literary Life”
FINALIST: Sandra Levis, “Steel City Jews”
FINALIST: Sandra Levis, “Of Untimely Corpses”

Enterprise/​Investigative Series
WINNER: John G. Craig Jr., “Regional Indicators”

Continuing Coverage
WINNER: William S. Dietrich II, Jeffery Fraser, Dennis Unkovik, Seamus McGraw and Douglas Heuck, “Energy and Pittsburgh”

Editorial Cartoon
FINALIST: Tim Menees, “Whom”

Science/​Technology
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Oxymoron or Opportunity?”

Cultural
FINALIST: Justin Hopper, “Full Circle for the Square”
FINALIST: Reid R. Frazier, “A Dance to Remember”

Sports
FINALIST: Chris Weber, “A Mountain from the Hill”
FINALIST: Walter Villa, “The Man Behind the Players”

Column
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “From the Publisher”
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “The Observer”
FINALIST: Chris Allison, “You’ll Manage”

Best Writing
FINALIST: Lori Jakiela, “Elevens”

Continuing Coverage
WINNER: Aradhna Dhanda, Jeffery Fraser and John Buckman, “Pittsburgh’s Leading Women”
FINALIST: Pittsburgh Quarterly Staff, “Pittsburgh 250″

Criticism
WINNER: Sandra Levis, “Reading Room”

Editorial
WINNER: Doug Heuck, “Stocks and Pedestal”

Column
WINNER: Jeff Sewald, “What Do I Know?”

Enterprise/​Investigative Series
WINNER: John G. Craig Jr., “Pittsburgh Regional Indicators”

Enterprise/​Investigative Article
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “The Truth About Pittsburgh’s Air”

Editorial Cartoon
FINALIST: Tim Menees, Portfolio

Photo Essay or Story
FINALIST: John Beale, “Pittsburgh’s Three Seasons”

Sports
FINALIST: Jody Diperna, “Queens of the Court”

Photo Essay or Story
WINNER: John Beale, “Portrait of the Allegheny”

Business
WINNER: Dan Fitzpatrick, “The China Syndrome”
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Campaign With a Capital P”

Cultural
WINNER: Graham Shearing, “A Frame to Conjure With”

Criticism
WINNER: Sandy Levis, “Reading Room”

Sports
WINNER: Adam Lynch, “For the Birds”

Editorial
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “Stocks and Pedestal”
FINALIST: Douglas Heuck, “The Gift”

Column
WINNER: Jeff Sewald, “What Do I Know?”

Enterprise/​Investigative Series
FINALIST: John G. Craig, Jr., “Report Card”

Editorial Cartoon
FINALIST: Tim Menees, “Colonoscopy DVD”

Enterprise/​Investigative Article
FINALIST: Mark DeSantis and Jim Roddey, “Hold That Thought—Now Its Time to Act”

Ed Romano Memorial Award
WINNER: John Beale, “Portrait of the Allegheny”

Health/​Medical
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “The Jet Set”

Science/​Technology
FINALIST: Jennifer Bails, “Proof of the Proof”

Science, Health & Technology
WINNER: Jeffery Fraser, “It’s Pay Dirt”
FINALIST: Jeffery Fraser, “Starzl: A Genius in Our Midst”

Criticism
WINNER: Sandy Levis, “Can You Dig It? Yes”

Editorial
WINNER: Douglas Heuck, “Reading Between the Lines”

Column
WINNER: James Morris, “Google Knows How to Flirt”
FINALIST: Chris Allison, “Life of an Ex-​CEO”

News Illustration
FINALIST: Ted Crow, “The Sword Over the City”

Livolsi-​Schriner Award for Feature Illustration
FINALIST: Lynne Cannoy, Winter 2006 cover

Cultural
FINALIST: Karen Lillis, “Full Court Press”