About Creative Loafing Atlanta
What is this thing called Creative Loafing?
Creative Loafing is a multimedia company founded in Atlanta in 1972. We're an award-winning alternative newsweekly nationally known for our coverage of news, culture, music, and the arts.
We weren't kidding about them awards...
Association of Alternative Newsmedia
2014: All circulations: Staff Blog
1st Place: CL Staff
2014: Above 50,000: Special Section
1st Place: The Future of Non-Violence, Guest Editor Congressman John Lewis and CL Staff
2014: Above 50,000: Editorial Layout
1st Place: Wes Duvall and Laura Zerlin, The Atlanta Craft Beer Crawl
2014: Above 50,000: Photography
2nd Place: Joeff Davis
2014: Above 50,000: Economic inequality Reporting
Honorable Mention: Rodney Carmichael
2013: Above 50,000: Photography
3rd Place: Joeff Davis, Dustin Chambers, and Brandon English
2013: Above 50,000: Columns
3rd Place: Rodney Carmichael
2012: Above 50,000: Photography
1st Place: Photography by Joeff Davis, Dustin Chambers, James Camp, and Evey Wilson
2012: Above 50,000: Arts Feature
1st Place: Life in the belle jar by Wyatt Williams
2011: Above 50,000: Arts Criticism
1st Place: I Miss My Weird, F*%ked Up Theater, Cult Following, and Beast of Burden by Curt Holman
2011: Above 50,000: Special Sections
Ist Place: Music Issue 2010 by Rodney Carmichael and Staff
2011: Above 50,000: Media Reporting/Criticism
3rd Place: Adios, AJC by Scott Henry
2011: Above 50,000: Innovations/Format Buster
3rd Place: The Dunwoody Journal-Constitution by Creative Loafing Staff
2011: Above 50,000: Photography
Honorable Mention: Photos by Joeff Davis by
2010: Above 55,000: Photography
1st Place: Photos by Joeff Davis
2009: Above 50,000: Feature Story
2nd Place: Sober by Thomas Wheatley
2008: Above 55,000: Column-Political
2nd Place: Water, water, everywhere – not! by John F. Sugg
2007: Above 60,000: Website Content Feature
1st Place: "BMF: Hip-hop's shadowy empire" by Mara Shalhoup, Alejandro Leal and Edward Adams
2007: Format Buster
3rd Place: "The book of Ralph" by Doug Monroe and Josh Latta
2007: Ad Design
2nd Place: "Georgia Music Directory" by Katie Kaiser and Jane Earle
2006: Food Writing: Above 50,000
1st Place: "Creature Feature""; "Globe-trotting to India"; "Dream team" by Bill Addison, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2006: Photography: Above 50,000
1st Place: "Losing Hanna, Part 2" by Jim Stawniak, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2005: Feature story: Above 50,000
1st Place: "Learning to Hit a Lick" by Mara Shalhoup, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2005: Arts Feature: Above 50,000
Honorable Mention: "The 60 Million Dollar Man" by Steve Fennessy, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2005: News Story - In-Depth: Above 50,000
2nd Place: "Insane Asylum" by Steve Fennessy, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2004: Arts Feature: Above 50,000
3rd Place (tie): "Girl" by Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2004: Illustration: Above 50,000
3rd Place: "Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid" by Schonie Hamilton, John Yardley, Jim Stawniak and David Chestnut, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2004: Music Criticism: Above 50,000
1st Place: Roni Sarig, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2002: Arts Feature: Above 54,000
Honorable Mention: "Mind the gap" by Scott Henry, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2002: Health Care: Above 54,000
3rd Place: "Dealing Drugs the Legal Way" by Mara Shalhoup, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2002: Investigative Reporting: Above 54,000
3rd Place: "The Bad Cops Club" by Mara Shalhoup, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2002: Music Criticism: Above 54,000
2nd Place: Roni Sarig, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2002: News Story (1500 words or less): Above 54,000
1st Place: "Mystery Money" by Kevin Griffis, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2000: Cartoon: Above 54,000
2nd Place: Alex Burns, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
1996: Local Political Story: Above 54,000
3rd Place: "Outside the Fences" by Caleb Hellerman, Jabari Simama, Greg Land and M. Rex Smith, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
The Association of Women in Communications Clarion Award
2005: Newspaper Feature Story: More than 100,000
"Learning to Hit a Lick" by Mara Shalhoup, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
Green Eyeshade Awards for Excellence in Journalism presented by the Society of Professional Journalists
2005: Criticism: Print, weekly/monthly
2nd Place: "Collection" by Curt Holman, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2005: Serious Commentary: Print, weekly/monthly
3rd Place: Doug Monroe, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2005: Feature Reporting: Print, weekly/monthly
3rd Place: "Losing Hanna" by Mara Shalhoup, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
Association of Food Journalists
2014: Best Food Multimedia Presentation
Third Place: 100 Dishes by CL staff
2012: Special Food Project
1st Place: The Food Issue by Besha Rodell
2011: Under 250,000: Best Food Essay
1st Place: Around the clock at Waffle House by Besha Rodell
2009: Under 250,000: Best Newspaper Food Feature
1st Place: My week on an all-Georgia diet by Besha Rodell
2007: Under 150,000: Best Newspaper Food Feature
Finalist: "Down to Earth" by Besha Rodell
2007: Best Newspaper Restaurant Criticism
3rd Place: Besha Rodell, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
2005: Under 150,000: 3rd Place:
Bill Addison, (former) food editor, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
James Beard Foundation
2007: Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs With or Without Recipes
Finalist, 2006 Food Issue, "From the farm to your table" by Besha Rodell
Atlanta Press Club
2014: Top 10 Favorite Stories of the last 50 years
"Straight Outta Stankonia" by Rodney Carmichael, Gavin Godfrey, Christina Lee, and Dustin Chambers (photography) (2014)
"Around the Clock at Waffle House" by Besha Rodell (2010)
2014: Award of Excellence, Photography, Nondaily
Joeff Davis
2014:Award of Excellence, Print, Nondaily
Max Blau
2008: Journalist of the Year in Photojournalism
Joeff Davis
2007: Journalist of the Year – overall
Mara Shalhoup