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 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

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

  "Losing Erica"

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

  "Saving Alex"

• 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"

• 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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2009 Stories by Amy Silverman

• Gross Out: "Dirty Drummer" Says It All

  published Feb 16, 2009

  Look, if you're going to name a business "Dirty Drummer" and serve food at it, better make sure it's clean, that's all we're sayin'. The DD on Beck Avenue in Chandler failed a recent county restauran... More >>

• Gross Out: Los Dos Molinos on Washington Reuses Chip Bowls

  published Feb 13, 2009

  "OOOOH!" a colleague said, after learning that a recent inspection at the Washington Street outpost of the famed Los Dos Molinos restaurant revealed reused chip bowls. "That's always my worst fear -- ... More >>

• Sprinkles Cupcakes Has Your Red Velvet Fix -- and Mix

  published Feb 11, 2009

  Please say you've had a Sprinkles cupcake. If you haven't -- and you live in metropolitan Phoenix -- by all means, get in your car and head to one of the cupcake boutique's few outposts, luckily... More >>

• Gross Out: Calabria Italian Grocery and Deli Employee Learns the "Elbow Cough"

  published Feb 09, 2009

  Calabria Italian Grocery and Deli at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Roosevelt in Phoenix sure looks cool -- but that was apparently not enough for county restaurant inspectors, who gave the deli a "No A... More >>

• Gross Out: Old Meat at Urban Campfire

  published Feb 05, 2009

  Please excuse our absence. Gross Out got food poisoning and was out of commission for a while. But we're back! And this time with news of the "No Award" given last month by county restaurant inspecto... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Diane Ribbon & Notion in its Final, Faded, 90-Percent-Off Days

  published Jan 27, 2009

  "Diane took it really hard today," the clerk said, bagging up the purchases of the last customer of the day, yesterday afternoon, at Diane Ribbon & Notion, a craft supply warehouse favored ... More >>

• Welcome to the Resolution Guide

  published January 22, 2009

  Promises, promises. It’s almost the end of January. How many resolutions have you broken so far in 2009? This year, we resolved to tell you... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Carb Loading at the Health & Fitness Expo for the PF Chang's Rock n Roll Marathon

  published Jan 16, 2009

  You may not be signed up to compete in this Sunday's PF Chang's Rock 'n Roll Marathon  -- billed by PF's PR people as the largest-ever marathon/half-marathon -- but that doesn't mean you can't p... More >>