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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2001 Stories by Amy Silverman

• The Kids Are Still Not Alright

  published December 20, 2001

  Editor's note: The names of juveniles have been changed to protect their privacy. Last January, Gail Edwards got a message on her... More >>

• Learning Disorder

  published December 13, 2001

  When Kirsten turned 16, a counselor at Black Canyon -- the state's detention school for girls -- asked her to make a list of all the things that... More >>

• For the Love of Jamie

  published December 6, 2001

  Spaghetti-Os slide down Jamie Moore's chin and onto his paper-towel bib as he strains away from mom and spoon to get a better look at the... More >>

• Lock Up, Rub Down

  published November 15, 2001

  State Senator Tom Smith spent time recently in a Mexican prison. And loved it. Now, Smith (who was just visiting the jail, not locked up in it)... More >>

• Youth Decay

  published September 20, 2001

  More than two months have passed since more than 30 community leaders wrote to Governor Jane Dee Hull asking her to create an independent task... More >>

• Is Justice Coming?

  published August 16, 2001

  The U.S. Department of Justice is making inquiries regarding conditions at the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, New Times has... More >>

• Gov: Correct Corrections

  published July 26, 2001

  More than 30 community leaders, including academics, clergy, public defenders and a former state senator, are calling on Governor Jane Dee Hull to... More >>

• Welcome to the Hotel Arizona

  published July 5, 2001

  Fifteen-year-old Sun Lynn Henage threatened another girl with a butter knife after the girl cut ahead of her in line for the shower at the group... More >>

• Kid Row

  published July 5, 2001

  On a warm day in mid-May, the Black Canyon School campus is quiet and clean, the rose and hibiscus bushes as well-groomed as the girls in their... More >>

• The Kids Are Not Alright

  published July 5, 2001

  Editor's note: The names of juveniles throughout these stories have been changed to protect their privacy. Although their criminal case files... More >>

• A Touch of Grass

  published May 17, 2001

  Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in all her life; it was all ridges and furrows; the balls were five hedgehogs,... More >>

• Skirting the Issue

  published April 12, 2001

  The citizens' committee to recall Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano collected almost 5,000 signatures to put Giuliano's name on a September recall ballot.... More >>

• Custom Fit

  published March 29, 2001

  Arizona's highest-ranking U.S. Customs Service official is on leave, pending the outcome of an internal investigation into allegations she... More >>

• Land Sakes!

  published March 22, 2001

  When it comes to the outdoors, Bruce Babbitt and Bill Clinton couldn't be more different. The former Secretary of the Interior is a connoisseur of... More >>

• Janet Clams Up

  published March 15, 2001

  One of the hottest topics in Arizona these days involves the case of Claude Maturana. He's the man who was convicted of murder and sentenced to... More >>

• Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Man?

  published February 15, 2001

  On a sunny winter morning not long ago, Don Sorchych -- editor and publisher of the weekly Sonoran News -- doused his lox, eggs and onions... More >>

• Die Hard

  published January 25, 2001

  Celia "CeCe" Margaret Doane is best known for her 1971 Miss Arizona title and the Rolls-Royce she drives around Paradise Valley, but the town's... More >>

• Paper Machete

  published January 18, 2001

  Most people who feel they've been wronged by the cops file a lawsuit or a complaint, or ignore the incident. Joe Soldwedel created a... More >>