WW, Merc Win AANs for Food Writing

Submitted by LynnS on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 2:14pm.

Speaking of our favorite dueling weeklies, they've both won awards for food writing this week. (Wonder which one will call copycat first?) I wasn't able to find it on AAN's website, but Cuisine Bonne Femme over at Portland Food & Drink Blog I consider reliable:

The Association of Alternative Weeklies announced their annual national awards last week. Portland snagged two awards, and both include food related writing. Matt Davis from the Mercury won 3rd place in the Best Blog category for three Blogtown posts; one of which is the excellent interview with “nose to tail eating

Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 2:38pm.

Here you go: http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=oid%3A187877

Blogtown as a whole took third; One of the three entries submitted was about food, the others news.

-Amy J. Ruiz

Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 2:52pm.

Well done all of us! Personally I hate the idea of winning "awards," anyway. It's such a competitive thing...and competition, as Oregon media insiders well know, is a terrible, terrible thing for the industry as a whole.

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