Utne Independent Press Awards Nominees

UPDATE: Visit the nominees and winners of the <a href=”https://www.utne.com/media/utne-independent-press-awards-2009-hold.aspx”>2009 Utne Independent Press Awards</a>.

As we have done every fall for the past 15 years, Utne editors recently sat down to discuss, argue, and ruminate over the periodicals that most moved us in the past year. It’s not a job for the faint of heart, considering we’re choosing the best from the more than 1,600 publications that line our library’s shelves. Far from a scientific undertaking, this annual exercise in journalistic judgment relies more on instinct, experience, and fond recollection than quantifiable evidence, but the nominees that emerged this year — as they do every year — speak eloquently for the quality of the independent media.




General Excellence: Magazines




<a href=”http://www.prospect.org/”>The American Prospect</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.laweekly.com/”>LA Weekly</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.mojones.com/”>Mother Jones</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.thenation.com/”>The Nation</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.oriononline.org/”>Orion</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/”>Prospect</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.punkplanet.com/”>Punk Planet</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/”>The Washington Monthly</a>




General Excellence: Newsletters




<a href=”http://www.americas.org/”>Connection to the Americas</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.copyeditor.com/”>Copy Editor</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.counterpunch.org/”>Counterpunch</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.greenmoney.com/”>GreenMoney Journal</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.jimhightower.com/”>The Hightower Lowdown</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.newurbannews.com/”>New Urban News</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.anarchist-studies.org/”>Perspectives on Anarchist Theory</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.prwatch.org/”>PR Watch</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.religionwatch.com/”>Religion Watch</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.walden.org/society/default.asp?MFRAME=/society/Publications/tsb/”>Thoreau Society Bulletin</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.wedge.coop/newsletter/index.php”>Wedge Co-op Newsletter</a>




General Excellence: Zines




<a href=”http://cainzine.tripod.com/”>Cain</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.home.earthlink.net/~depesto/index.htm”>The Constant Rider</a>
 
Cryptozoa 
<a href=”http://www.ayunhalliday.com/inky/”>The East Village Inky</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.foundmagazine.com/”>Found</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.king-cat.net/”>King-Cat Comics</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.geocities.com/fwthematch/”>The Match!</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.moonlight-chronicles.com/”>Moonlight Chronicles</a>
 
Secret Mystery Love Shoes 
<a href=”http://www.angelfire.com/folk/isgreat/scs.html”>September Coming Soon</a>


Best New Title




<a href=”http://www.arthurmag.com/”>Arthur</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.believermag.com/”>The Believer</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.fiercemag.com/”>Fierce</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.green-horizon.org/”>Green Horizon Quarterly</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.guavamag.com/”>Guava</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/”>Herbivore</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.kitchensinkmag.com/index.php”>Kitchen Sink</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.land-grantcollegereview.com/”>Land Grant College Review</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.maisonneuve.org/”>Maisonneuve</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.moderndog.ca/”>Modern Dog</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.odemagazine.com/”>Ode</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.topicmag.com/”>Topic</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.waxpoetics.com/”>Wax Poetics</a>




Best Essays




<a href=”http://www.pbk.org/american.htm”>The American Scholar</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.brickmag.com/”>Brick</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.msupress.msu.edu/journals/fourthgenre/index.html”>Fourth Genre</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.geist.com/”>Geist</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.granta.com/”>Granta</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.kampo.co.jp/kyoto-journal/”>Kyoto Journal</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.thesunmagazine.org/”>The Sun</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.threepennyreview.com/”>The Threepenny Review</a>




Arts/Literary Coverage




<a href=”http://www.artpapers.org/”>Art Papers</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.tcj.com/”>The Comics Journal</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.thecommonreview.org/”>The Common Review</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.lenswork.com/”>LensWork</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.moviemaker.com/”>MovieMaker</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.musicworks.web.net/~sound/”>Musicworks</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.nodepression.net/”>No Depression</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.performingsongwriter.com/”>Performing Songwriter</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.pw.org/”>Poets & Writers</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.raintaxi.com/”>Rain Taxi</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.ruminator.com/”>Ruminator Review</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/”>Sight & Sound</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.speakeasymagazine.org/”>Speakeasy</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.takeonemagazine.ca/”>Take One</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.tenbyten.net/”>Ten By Ten</a>


Cultural/Social Coverage




<a href=”http://www.adbusters.org/”>Adbusters</a>
 
<a href=”http://albertaviews.ab.ca/”>AlbertaViews</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.thebaffler.com/”>The Baffler</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.bitchmagazine.com/”>Bitch</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.clamormagazine.org/”>Clamor</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.gastronomica.org/”>Gastronomica</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.kitchensinkmag.com/index.php”>Kitchen Sink</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.theonion.com/”>The Onion</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.punkplanet.com/”>Punk Planet</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/”>Washington Monthly</a>
 
<a href=”http://wwic.si.edu/WQ/”>Wilson Quarterly</a>




Design




<a href=”http://www.bust.com/”>Bust</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.colorsmagazine.com/”>Colors</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.kitchensinkmag.com/index.php”>Kitchen Sink</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.mentalflossmag.com/factory.html”>Mental Floss</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.pastemagazine.com/”>Paste</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.readymademag.com/”>ReadyMade</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.worldwatch.org/”>World Watch</a>




International Coverage




<a href=”http://www.colorsmagazine.com/”>Colors</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.ecologist.org/”>The Ecologist</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.goethe.de/in/d/pub/kc/e/kulturchronik.html”>Kulturkronik</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.nacla.org/”>NACLA Report on the Americas</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.newint.org/”>New Internationalist</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.newstatesman.co.uk/”>New Statesman</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.wrmea.org/”>Washington Report on Middle East Affairs</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.worldpress.org/”>World Press Review</a>




Local/Regional Coverage




<a href=”http://www.brooklynrail.org/”>The Brooklyn Rail</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/”>The Canyon Country Zephyr</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.citylimits.org/”>City Limits (New York)</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.csindy.com/csindy/current/”>Colorado Springs Independent</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.hcn.org/”>High Country News</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.metrotimes.com/”>Metro Times (Detroit)</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.offbeat.com/”>OffBeat (New Orleans)</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.teleport.com/~alliance/”>Portland Alliance</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.southernstudies.org/southernexposure.asp”>Southern Exposure</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.thestranger.com/”>The Stranger (Seattle)</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.texasobserver.org/”>The Texas Observer</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.transalt.org/”>Transportation Alternatives New York)</a>


Personal Life Coverage




<a href=”http://www.brainchildmag.com/”>Brain, Child</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.consciouschoice.com/”>Conscious Choice</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.guavamag.com/”>Guava</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.mountaingazette.com/”>Mountain Gazette</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.motherearthliving.com/”>Natural Home</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/”>Psychotherapy Networker</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.readymademag.com/”>ReadyMade</a>




Political Coverage




<a href=”http://www.prospect.org/”>The American Prospect</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.ecologist.org/”>The Ecologist</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.funnytimes.com/”>Funny Times</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.governing.com/”>Governing</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.jimhightower.com/”>The Hightower Lowdown</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.inthesetimes.com/”>In These Times</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/”>Journal of Cognitive Liberties</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.mojones.com/”>Mother Jones</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.thenation.com/”>The Nation</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.progressive.org/”>The Progressive</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.populist.com/”>The Progressive Populist</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.yesmagazine.org/”>Yes!</a>




Science and Environmental Coverage




<a href=”http://www.bullatomsci.org/”>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.emagazine.com/”>E Magazine</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.earthfirstjournal.org/”>EarthFirst Journal</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.mojones.com/”>Mother Jones</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.newscientist.com/”>New Scientist</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.oriononline.org/”>Orion</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/”>Prospect</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.science-spirit.org/”>Science & Spirit</a>




Spiritual Coverage




<a href=”http://www.ascentmagazine.com/”>Ascent</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.chesterton.org/”>Gilbert!</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.imagejournal.org/”>Image</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.lilithmag.com/”>Lilith</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.resurgence.org/”>Resurgence</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.shambhalasun.com/”>Shambhala Sun</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.bpf.org/”>Turning Wheel</a>




Online Political Coverage




<a href=”http://www.alternet.org/”>Alternet</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.back-to-iraq.com/”>Back in Iraq</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.commondreams.org/”>Common Dreams</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.gristmagazine.com/”>Grist</a>
 
<a href=”http://sf.indymedia.org/”>San Francisco Indy Media Center</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.ips.org/”>Interpress Service</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.occupationwatch.org/”>Occupation Watch</a>
 
<a href=”http://news.pacificnews.org/news/”>Pacific news Service</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.riverrevival.org/”>River Revival Bulletin</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.smirkingchimp.com/”>Smirking Chimp</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.prwatch.org/spin/”>Spin of the Day</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.thismodernworld.com/”>Tom Tomorrow</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.truthout.com/”>Truthout</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.workingforchange.com/”>WorkingForChange</a>




Online Cultural Coverage




<a href=”http://www.filmthreat.com/”>Film Threat</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.nthposition.com/”>Nth Position</a>
 
<a href=”http://tv.oneworld.net/”>One World TV</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.smartmobs.com/”>Smart Mobs</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.3ammagazine.com/”>3am Magazine</a>
 
<a href=”http://www.whitehouse.org/”>WhiteHouse.org</a>




. . . And Late Lamented



Animals’ Agenda 
New Art Examiner 
Northern Lights 
Partisan Review 
Persimmon 
Realm 
Re:Generation Quarterly 
Salt Journal



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Utne Independent Press Awards Nominees — 2003