The staff of the Provincetown Independent celebrated the completion of Volume 1 of the newspaper on Friday, Sept. 25 with a series of surprise awards, announced by the editor, Ed Miller, at a late afternoon ceremony on the beach behind Whaler’s Wharf in Provincetown.
“We don’t pay them nearly enough for the amount of work they do,” said Miller, “and, unfortunately, the prizes don’t come with any cash. But perhaps, in time, they will have cachet.”
The awards were as follows:
The Comeback Kid Award (for most welcome returnee to the contributors’ list): Susannah Elisabeth Fulcher
The Bookest Prize (for outstanding book reviews): Cathy Corman
The Golden Crock: Adam Graham
Most Valuable Proofreader: Susan Abbott
The Tiny Prix Award for Subtlety in Lifestyle Reporting: Molly Newman
Viva Libra Prize (for outstanding achievement in astrological science): Stefan Piscitelli
Il Premio per i Più Espressivi (for expressiveness in writing about music): Saskia Maxwell Keller
The Silver Shutter (for news and feature photography): Nancy Bloom
The Poetry in Prose Prize: Dennis Minsky
The Glass Golf Ball (for best sports writing under trying conditions): Ryan Fitzgerald
The Artistry in Bookkeeping Award: Sian Robertson
The Platinum Espresso Pot (for late-night design work): Chris Kelly
The Unemployment Cup (for economics reporting): Paul Benson
Le Vignette Premier Cru (for creativity in cartooning): Daniel Dejean
Best Crime Writing Award: Josephine de La Bruyère
The Outstanding Sketchiness Prize: Mark Adams
The Rae Ann Palmer Good Government Reporting Award: K.C. Myers
The Comma Queen Crown: Howard Karren
