2017 Public Interest (Finalist) for “A Family Matter” (Jessica Weisberg)

2015 Feature Writing (Winner) for “Love and Ruin” (James Verini)

2015 Reporting (Finalist) for “The Trials of White Boy Rick” (Evan Hughes)

2015 Multimedia (Finalist) for “Love for My Enemies” (Lukas Augustin and Niklas Schenck)

2014 Reporting (Finalist) for “The Sinking of the Bounty” (Matthew Shaer)

2014 Multimedia (Finalist) for “Coronado High” (Joshua Bearman)

2014 Video (Finalist) for “The Last Clinic” (Maisie Crow and Alissa Quart)

2012 Reporting, Digital (Finalist) for “The Instigators” (David Wolman)

2012 Multimedia (Finalist) for “Lifted” (Evan Ratliff)

2015 News & Documentary New Approaches (Finalist) for “Love for My Enemies”

2014 News & Documentary New Approaches (Finalist) for “The Last Clinic”

2019 Chris Outcalt (Winner) for “Murder at the Alcatraz of the Rockies”

2018 Kenneth R. Rosen (Finalist) for “The Devil’s Henchmen”

2017 Zach Dorfman (Finalist) for “Codename: Chilbom” 

2014 Matthew Shaer (Finalist) for “The Sinking of the Bounty”

2013 Mary Cuddehe (Finalist) for “Agent Zapata”

2011 Jordan Conn (Finalist) for “The Defender”

2016 Feature Story (Finalist) for James Verini’s “The Doctor”

2016 Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award (Finalist) for Evan Ratliff’s “The Mastermind“

2017 Best Digital Reporting on International Affairs (Citation) for “The Mastermind” 

2016 James Verini (Finalist) “The Doctor”

2017 Second Place in Features (Small Circulation) for Amitha Kalaichandran’s “Losing Conner’s Mind”

2019 Best Feature Article in Online Media for Hallie Lieberman’s “The Trigger Effect”

2018 Best Feature Article in Online Media for “The Devil’s Henchmen”

2018 Written Press Prize for “The Devil’s Henchmen”

2019 Hallie Lieberman (Finalist) for “The Trigger Effect”

2019 Popular Features (Longlist) for Allyn Gaestel’s “Things Fall Apart”

2020 Lowell Thomas Award for Adventure Travel Writing for Melissa Sevigny’s “The Wild Ones”

2020 Travel Writing: Barrett Swanson’s “Lost in Summerland”

2019 Nonrequired Reading: Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling’s “Barbearians at the Gate”