Big Brain Awards Winners Announced

The final results are in, and we're proud to present the recipients of Phoenix New Times' first-ever Big Brain Awards. The winners in five categories -- plus a surprise sixth winner -- were announced Saturday, May 22 at New Times' 40th Anniversary Party at MADCAP Theaters in Tempe. Winners receive...

By Amy Silverman

May 24, 2010

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The final results are in, and we're proud to present the recipients of Phoenix New Times' first-ever Big Brain Awards.

The winners in five categories -- plus a surprise sixth winner -- were announced Saturday, May 22 at New Times' 40th Anniversary Party at MADCAP Theaters in Tempe. Winners receive $1000 (per category). We profiled the finalists last week -- read about them here.

The winners:

DESIGN
Seesaw Design

FILM
Saxon Richardson

ONLINE MEDIA
CenPho.TV

PERFORMING ARTS
Marcelino Quiñonez

VISUAL ARTS
Spencer Hibert

And we had a sixth winner in a wild card category:

CULINARY ARTS
Natalie Morris

You can learn about Morris -- a student of the Slow Food Movement currently studying at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy -- in the next issue of New Times.

Congratulations to the winners!

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Amy Silverman is the former managing editor of Phoenix New Times. She is a two-time winner of the Arizona Press Club’s Journalist of the Year award. Her work has appeared on the radio show This American Life and in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Lenny Letter, and Brain, Child.