Congratulations to the L.A. Weekly writers who were honored at the ninth annual Alternative Newsweekly Awards, an event sponsored by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Kristine McKenna won 1st place in the Arts Feature category for “The Ace is Wild: The Doug Chrismas Story” (October 10–16, 2003); Brendan Bernhard won 2nd place in Arts Criticism for his Box Populi columns “A Head Above” (April 18–24, 2003) and “How AMERICAN Is It?” (May 2–8, 2003); John Curry won 2nd place in Editorial Layout for “A User’s Guide to Kicking” (August 22–28, 2003); Kate Sullivan won 3rd place in Music Criticism for “Against Small Odds” (October 31–November 6, 2003), “Boy Wonder” (April 11–17, 2003) and “Vinyl Fetish” (February 7–13, 2003); and Vince Beiser won 3rd place in the News Story (In-depth) category for “Harvest of Pain” (November 28–December 4, 2003).