Email Author Alan Prendergast

Awards

• 2011 - Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, published February 11, 2010

  "You're in Bad Hands"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published September 30, 2010

  "Black Out"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published November 4, 2010

  "Like an Open Book"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 11, 2010

  "You're in Bad Hands"

• 2011 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, published February 11, 2010

  "You're in Bad Hands"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published October 22, 2009

  "The Quality of Mercy"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 14, 2009

  "The Giveaway"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published February 11, 2010

  "You're in Bad Hands"

• 2009 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, published April 10, 2008

  "Miles and Miles"

• 2008 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published August 16, 2007

  "The Caged Life"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 8, 2007

  "The Punisher"

• 2006 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published December 8, 2005

  "Catch-16"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 12, 2005

  "If the Shoe Fits"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 23, 2005

  "Welcome to America"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 8, 2005

  "Duke of Oil"

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1997 Stories by Alan Prendergast

• The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pen

  published March 20, 1997

  What's prison life without Prison Life? Imagine a full-service broker without his Wall Street Journal, a Park Avenue publishing executive... More >>

• It's the Rail Thing

  published March 13, 1997

  Saving already broken ground on an expansion of Denver's light-rail line south to Littleton, the Regional Transportation District now has its... More >>

• Nightmare on the Net

  published March 6, 1997

  Strange things happen around Lawrence Wollersheim. His businesses collapse. His Boulder apartment gets raided by federal marshals, his... More >>

• Thanks a Lot, PAL

  published February 13, 1997

  For 28 years, Denver's Police Athletic League has honed the athletic skills of inner-city youth and taught them the value of competition and fair... More >>

• How to Impress the Ladies: A Prison Guard's Guide

  published February 6, 1997

  According to former corrections officer Sandra Haberman, the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility at Ordway was a hotbed of innuendo, threats and... More >>

• Caught Off Guard

  published February 6, 1997

  From the look of things, everybody had a grand time at the farewell party held last March at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility for... More >>

• Moving Violation

  published January 30, 1997

  When civil rights activist Judith Lee Berg had an opportunity to work in Atlanta three years ago, she didn't think twice about renting out her... More >>

• Party Crasher

  published January 16, 1997

  Sam Zakhem casts a hungry eye on the milling bodies in the halls of the State Capitol. The press conference room is filling up nicely, but the... More >>

• Please Release Me

  published January 9, 1997

  Three days a week, the blue bus from Canon City pulls up at the corner of Smith Road and Peoria and discharges a stream of men dressed in cheap... More >>