Email Author Amy Silverman

Awards

• 2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 20, 2011

  "Unbalanced"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Shadow Dwellers"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - National Mental Health Association Media Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - National Mental Health Association Media Awards, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - National Mental Health Association Media Awards, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published September 11, 2008

  "Mommy Dearest"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 7, 2008

  "Postmodern McCain"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 16, 2008

  "Love the War, Neglect the Warrior"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 7, 2008

  "Postmodern McCain"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 14, 2008

  "The Daily Show"

• 2007 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published November 2, 2006

  "Teenage Wasteland"

• 2006 - Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, published November 25, 2004

  "Up the Down Staircase"

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2013 Stories by Amy Silverman

• Chow Bella Named Best Feature Blog by Arizona Press Club

  published May 20, 2013

  Chow Bella writers were honored at the Arizona Press Club's annual awards banquet, held Saturday night at the Duce in downtown Phoenix. Chow Bella was named Best Metro Feature Blog. In addition, New... More >>

• Meet Amy's Baking Company's New PR Guy: Big-Haired, Big-Mouthed Jason Rose

  published May 15, 2013

  It was inevitable that Jason Rose represent Amy's Baking Company. Who else but the guy who thought to nudge semi-senile, publicity-obsessed Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio into shilling for a res... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  The Simple Farm: 2013 Big Brain Awards Finalist, Culinary

  published Apr 19, 2013

  You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley's emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2013 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement a... More >>

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  Feast on the Street in Photos

  published Apr 15, 2013

  This weekend's first-ever Feast on the Street was a giant success -- and we mean that literally. Giant table, giant crowds, giant appetites. Before the food trucks ran out, we snapped some mouthwater... More >>

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  Artopia/Big Brain Awards 2013: Looking for Artisan Food Vendors

  published Apr 09, 2013

  By now you most likely know that New Times' Big Brain Awards season is upon us -- with Welcome Diner, The Simple Farm and Hayden Flour Mills making the finals in the culinary arts category. But have ... More >>

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  Caramelpalooza 2013: And the Winners Are....

  published Apr 08, 2013

  Twenty chefs, hundreds of people, and thousands of caramels -- Smeeks and Chow Bella's Caramelpalooza 2013, held Friday night at Biltmore Fashion Park, was (if we say so ourselves) the biggest and be... More >>

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  Caramelpalooza 2013: The Winner of Our Contest to Be a Judge Is . . .

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Who knew we had so many poets out therer You wowed us with your sweet words about caramel, Phoenix, but there can be only one winner in our contest to choose a judge for Friday's fourth annual Caramel... More >>

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  Caramelpalooza 2013: Wanna Be a Judger!

  published Mar 29, 2013

  With just a week to go before the fourth annual Caramelpalooza, the candy makers are busy boiling sugar and over here at Chow Bella, we're tightening up the dental work in anticipation. What about ... More >>

• Caramelpalooza 2013: Buy Tasting Tickets Now

  published Mar 27, 2013

  Polish off that sweet tooth, Phoenix, because Caramelpalooza 2013's just a little more than a week away. Smeeks and Chow Bella's fourth annual caramel tasting will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, ... More >>

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  Jennifer Longdon Wears Her Heart on Her Facebook Page

  published March 21, 2013

  "Now I remember why I don't like shooting," Jennifer Longdon says, holding out her fingers to examine the chips in her bright red nail... More >>

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  Big Brains 2013: Meet Past Winners, and Nominate Your Choice for This Year's Culinary Award

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Are you getting creative in the kitchenr Want $500r Keep reading. New Times is presenting our fourth annual Big Brain Awards this year -- which means a $500 cash prize for creatives in each of the... More >>

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  Announcing the Caramel Makers for Smeeks & Chow Bella's Caramelpalooza 2013!

  published Feb 20, 2013

  We are practically in a sugar coma, just thinking about the line-up for Caramelpalooza 2013 -- the biggest and best ever, if you ask us. See also: - Caramelpalooza 2012: The Winners!Participating ch... More >>

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  Caramelpalooza 2013: Just a Few More Spots Left for Candy Makers!

  published Feb 12, 2013

  Hey sugar slingers -- you have just a few more days left to enter the most fabulous caramel tasting event (well, okay, the only caramel tasting event) of the year. See also: - Caramelpalooza 2012: T... More >>

• What Do You Do With a Violent, Developmentally Disabled, Mentally Ill Kid?

  published February 7, 2013

  Brian Turner is pretty sure his son was planning to kill him. But he never meant for him to go to jail. One night last fall, Turner and... More >>

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  Caramelpalooza 2013: Call for Candy Makers!

  published Feb 04, 2013

  Sugar lovers, rejoice. We can't believe it's already time to announce the details for the sweetest event of the year, Chow Bella and Smeeks' fourth annual Caramelpalooza, coming Friday, April 5 at 7 ... More >>

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  Laurie Notaro and Others Tell Stories of Food and Love at Crescent Ballroom Feb. 12

  published Jan 29, 2013

  What does spaghetti have to do with lover Only Laurie Notaro knows, and she's not telling -- not til Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. when Chow Bella presents Candy Hearts, our second public reading at Cr... More >>

• Chow Bella's One-Stop Guide to Eating Healthy in 2013

  published Jan 01, 2013

  We feel your pain. No, really. Literally -- we feel pain. We drank so much egg nog during the month of December that we're not sure we're right in the nog anymore -- and don't get us started on all ... More >>