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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1998 Stories by Amy Silverman

• Take Me To Your Leader

  published December 31, 1998

  Mark Fleisher is an eternal optimist, which is amazing since the guy is also the chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party. He'll look you in... More >>

• Legacy or Sham?

  published December 24, 1998

  I've been through legislation creating a dozen national parks, and there's always the same pattern. When you first propose a park, and you visit... More >>

• Red Hot Chile Paperwork

  published December 17, 1998

  Former Chilean president Augusto Pinochet stands charged of murder, torture and kidnapping, but even he has access to the British court... More >>

• Trunk Murder?

  published December 10, 1998

  Ruby, the Phoenix Zoo's Asian elephant, died last month when her pregnancy went awry, and the city got the blues. Ruby had lived here almost 25... More >>

• Burns and ALEC

  published December 3, 1998

  For a one-party state, Arizona has a surprisingly split political personality. On one hand there's proposition politics. Place a... More >>

• Cracking the Code

  published November 26, 1998

  The Symington administration cleared out more than a year ago. Like a bad enchilada from yesterday's lunch, however, a favor the... More >>

• Forest Chump

  published November 12, 1998

  Spur Cross Ranch must've looked as good to John McCain as prickly-pear fruit does to a hungry javelina. Last year about this time,... More >>

• The Continuing Adventures of Big Red

  published November 5, 1998

  The long cookie bake-off is finally over for Granny Hull. Here is what she's been camera-mugging, sweet-talking and publicly patting small... More >>

• Rematch Game '98

  published October 29, 1998

  Two years ago, television sportscaster-turned-congressman J.D. Hayworth was just one more name on Arizona's list of political embarrassments. ... More >>

• Tom and Janet's Excellent AG Venture

  published October 22, 1998

  Janet Napolitano plays it straight. While her opponent, Republican Tom McGovern, is chasing down the soccer moms and dads with boomer-ready... More >>

• Johnson's Waterloo?

  published October 15, 1998

  Big Red is back. Governor Jane Hull shed her Granny Hull get-up and came out swinging last week after her Democratic challenger, Paul Johnson,... More >>

• Tax Rebels With a Cause

  published October 8, 1998

  At first glance, Proposition 202--the IRS Elimination Pledge Initiative--looks like the worst kind of amateur, copycat Contract With America... More >>

• Lotto Blotto?

  published October 1, 1998

  You may not know that you'll be deciding the fate of the Arizona State Lottery on November 3. You'll be asked to vote on Proposition... More >>

• Silent Running

  published September 24, 1998

  Every election year, dozens of special interest groups quiz candidates for public office. Questionnaires flow in from groups as diverse as... More >>

• 3-D Vision

  published September 17, 1998

  Bill Clinton won here in 1996, but two years later Arizona remains a one-party state--Republican. In this election year, the Arizona... More >>

• The Devilish Deeds of John Kaites

  published September 10, 1998

  By now, Arizona Republicans have chosen either Tom McGovern or John Kaites as their candidate for attorney general in November's election. ... More >>

• Princess of Darkness

  published September 3, 1998

  Once upon a time, in a land of citrus trees and money and neighborhoods with names like Paradise Valley, there lived a fairy princess and an... More >>

• The Clash of '98

  published August 27, 1998

  In an otherwise ho-hum political season, the GOP attorney general primary has emerged as the race to watch--as much for its pure entertainment... More >>

• Hull Monitor: Adventures of Big Red

  published August 20, 1998

  Let's get one thing straight. Barring the discovery that she had a tryst with Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky--and Linda Tripp got to... More >>

• Saving Private Interests

  published August 6, 1998

  Almost 200 people are gathered at Scottsdale City Hall on a mid-July afternoon for what Mayor Sam Campana blissfully has dubbed an "information... More >>

• What a Tangled Web Site They Weave

  published July 30, 1998

  Last week, state treasurer Tony West got caught in the Web when the dailies reported he was pimping his corporation commission campaign on his... More >>

• Missing Earl Jr.

  published July 16, 1998

  Retired Army Colonel Earl Hopper, Sr. is a godfather of the Vietnam War POW/MIA activist movement in America. The Glendale resident has... More >>

• Shield of Dreams

  published July 9, 1998

  The showdown started in high June. Facing off are the top guns of Maricopa County's two crime-fighting agencies. But instead of six-shooters,... More >>

• Museum Restoration

  published July 2, 1998

  Arizona State University has exonerated ASU Art Museum Director Marilyn Zeitlin of wrongdoing in connection with allegations of misuse of... More >>

• Dear John

  published July 2, 1998

  I'd like to point out that it's been a wonderful two weeks for me. I haven't had quite this much fun since I was interrogated in Hanoi. ... More >>