SPECIAL SECTIONS 30,000-75,000

Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Beaver County (Pa.) Times, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.), The National (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star, The Post-Tribune (Merrillville, Ind.), The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.), The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.), The State (Columbia, S.C.), The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle

Honorable mention

Altoona (Pa.) Mirror, The Desert Sun (Palm Spring, Calif.), The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.), Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, Idaho Statesman, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal, The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.), Savannah (Ga.) Morning News, Spartanburg (S.C). Herald-Journal, The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.)

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SPECIAL SECTIONS Under 30,000

Bellingham (Wash.) Herald, Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.), Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle, Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald, The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.), Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World, Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal, Sauk Valley (Ill.) Media, Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News, Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Honorable mention

Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.), Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio), The Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), Columbia Missourian, Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), Lewiston (Maine) Sun Journal, Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News, The Standard Times (New Bedford, Mass.), Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic

SPECIAL SECTIONS Under 15,000

Columbia Missourian, News & Messenger (Manasass, Va.), Laramie (Wy.) Boomerang, Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News, Yankton (S.D.) Press & Dakotan

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WEBSITES

WEBSITE CONTEST: OVER 2 MILLION MONTHLY USERS

Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, New York Daily News, New York Times, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), USA TODAY, The Washington Post

Honorable mention

Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, The Dallas Morning News, Indianapolis Star, Houston Chronicle, Orlando Sentinel, Newsday, Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, Pittsburgh Tribune Review

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WEB CONTEST 500,000-1.9 MILLION MONTHLY USERS

The Buffalo News, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, Des Moines (Iowa) Register, The Daily Herald (Arlington Htsg, Ill.), The Globe and Mail (Toronto), (Green Bay (Wis.) Press-Gazette, Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star, Omaha (Neb.) World Herald, Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal, Wisconsin State Journal

Honorable mention

Columbus Dispatch, Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) , Eugene (Ore.) Register Guard, Florida Times-Union, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.). The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), The Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune, Tennessean (Nashville), Tulsa (Okla.) World

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WEBSITE CONTEST: UNDER 500,000 MONTHLY USERS

DeKalb Daily (Ill.) Chronicle, Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, Glens Falls (N.Y.) Post Star, Lawrence (Kan.) Journal World, Marin (Calif.) Independent Journal, Medford (Ore.) Mail Tribune, Northwest Herald, Crystal Lake, Ill., Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News, Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News, Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic

Honorable mention

The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.), Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal, Florida Today, Melbourne, Fla., The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Ill., Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Cheyenne, Wyo.

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WRITING DIVISIONS

INVESTIGATIVE, All Divisions UPDATE

Ronald J. Hansen, Anne Ryman, Paola Boivin, Arizona Republic; Jack Dolan, Ruben Vives and Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times; Dan Kane, Andrew Carter, J. Andrew Curliss, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.); Teri Thompson, Bill Madden, Michael O'Keeffe, Nathaniel Vinton and Christian Red, New York Daily News; Walt Bogdanich, Joe Drape, Dara L. Miles and Griffin Palmer, The New York Times; Jim Owczarski, OnMilwaukee.com; Keith Sharon and Frank Mickadeit, Orange County Register; Craig Wolff and Mike Vorkunov, The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.); Rachel George, USA TODAY; Adrian Wojnarowski, Rand Getlin, Yahoo! Sports

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COLUMNS over 175,000

Gregg Doyel, CBSSports.com; Scott Miller, CBSSports.com; Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press; Jen Floyd Engel, FoxSports.com; Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times; Harvey Araton, The New York Times; Marcia C. Smith, Orange County Register; Mark Whicker, Orange County Register; Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.); Gary Shelton, Tampa Bay Times

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COLUMNS 75,001-175,000