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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1999 Stories by Amy Silverman

• Shafted Again

  published April 22, 1999

  When it comes to handouts for the mining industry, the Arizona Legislature is a bottomless pit. This year has been no exception. First... More >>

• Two-Cop Cop-Out?

  published April 8, 1999

  The tragic death of Phoenix Police Officer Marc Atkinson has our city leaders casting about for a way to better protect the men and women charged... More >>

• Grant's Doom

  published April 1, 1999

  After 20 years as a social worker, Debby Elliott doesn't usually weep over her clients. Louis was different. When Elliott met Louis last... More >>

• A Rift in the Ranks

  published March 25, 1999

  There's a quiet civil war brewing in Arizona's pro-choice community, and I'd bet my own right to an abortion that the pro-lifers are dancing a... More >>

• Is John McCain a War Hero?

  published March 25, 1999

  Craig Willbanks wants you to know that John McCain--former prisoner of war, current senator, White House aspirant--is a traitor, a liar and a... More >>

• Daft Drafts

  published March 4, 1999

  Arizona's legislators are acting like children again. That about sums up the caliber of the legislation our elected officials are proposing this... More >>

• Master of the House

  published February 25, 1999

  There's a rumor going around that Jeff Groscost is brilliant. Yes, that Jeff Groscost--Speaker of the House of Representatives, King of the... More >>

• Red Scarce

  published February 11, 1999

  Big Red is MIA. We last glimpsed our superheroine--Governor Jane Dee Hull's tough-talking, get-the-job-done alter ego--in early January,... More >>

• Pet Project

  published February 4, 1999

  Hear the snarling and snapping and growling coming from the normally tranquil town of Fountain Hills? Get ready. The great dog-park debate has hit... More >>

• Fab Five Fib

  published January 28, 1999

  Now that the confetti has settled, let's be honest about one thing. We haven't come such a long way, baby. Earlier this month, Arizona made... More >>

• Donkey Gong

  published January 21, 1999

  In Washington, D.C., the Democrats are bleating about the politics of personal destruction. But here in Arizona, some Democrats are doing a pretty... More >>

• McCain's Gravy

  published January 14, 1999

  Don't cry for John McCain. The senator would have you believe that he's too much the maverick. That his support of campaign-finance reform... More >>

• Tax Breaks Thicker Than Thieves ... when industry sidles over for a handout

  published January 7, 1999

  A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money. --Senator Everett Dirksen For $14 million, you could... More >>

• Industry Goes to the Well . . . to dilute clean-water regulations

  published January 7, 1999

  Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. --"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Arizona's got water. It's tucked away... More >>

• The Law of the Land

  published January 7, 1999

  How does a bill become a law? It's not the way you learned it in school. The 44th session of the Arizona Legislature won't officially... More >>

• Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch . . . lobbyists try to bushwhack buyers of faulty homes

  published January 7, 1999

  Myra Goldstein's house is falling down, falling down, falling down. The windows leak. Electrical outlets don't work. Outside, stucco is cracking.... More >>