Email Author Patricia Calhoun

Awards

• 2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 27, 2011

  "Pen Pals"

• 2011 - Golden Quill Award/International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors, published September 23, 2010

  "Crying Shame"

• 2011 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published September 9, 2010

  "Spreading Her Wings"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published September 9, 2010

  "Spreading Her Wings"

• 2011 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, published September 9, 2010

  "Spreading Her Wings"

• 2010 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 14, 2009

  "School Daze"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published August 13, 2009

  "Boxed In"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 14, 2009

  "School Daze"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published March 5, 2009

  "Double Trouble"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published December 11, 2008

  "Join the Club"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 21, 2008

  "True West"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published January 3, 2008

  "Reminders"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 31, 2007

  "The Nigerian Scam Strikes Again"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 3, 2007

  "Exhibitionists"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 15, 2007

  "Ladies Plight"

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

  "A Piece of the Action"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2005

  "Screwed for Life"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 10, 2005

  "A Peace of the Action"

• 2006 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications

  Calhoun's Columns

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1997 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• Trial by Ire

  published March 20, 1997

  The town is lousy with lawyers and journalists--the two professions have a sick, symbiotic relationship--and no matter how peeved the public gets,... More >>

• I Confess

  published March 13, 1997

  So I was talking with Peter Schmitz the other night after he left the courthouse, and we traded some hair-styling tips. Has anyone else noticed... More >>

• Collision Course

  published March 6, 1997

  They were going nowhere fast. After almost two full days of jury selection--sifting through questionnaires, quizzing prospective jurors... More >>

• Sealed Fates

  published February 27, 1997

  Not so very long ago, a Colorado kindergartner was murdered, her body violated in the most awful, intimate way before it was discarded. Her... More >>

• Better Shred Than Read

  published February 20, 1997

  What did Boulder do to deserve this? That's a stupid question. Next question. Okay. So why did Boulder call a rare news conference... More >>

• Soar Winner

  published February 6, 1997

  Four years ago this month, Richard Boulware flew into heavy turbulence. His life has yet to straighten out. On February 22, 1993,... More >>

• The Worst-Laid Plans

  published January 30, 1997

  The natives--and even the ex-Californians--were getting restless. Four weeks after the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, the case was still the talk of... More >>

• Where the Bodies Are Buried in Boulder

  published January 23, 1997

  The body was found at the bottom of a six-foot-deep pit at a construction site near a Boulder public-housing project. The hole was covered with... More >>

• Global Warning

  published January 16, 1997

  What's wrong with this picture? Compared with the beauty-pageant clips of JonBenet Ramsey that keep popping up on television, the... More >>

• A Yarn About the Broncos

  published January 9, 1997

  Deep in a corner of my conscience is a wad of unfinished sweaters--one for every Bronco Super Bowl bust. Somehow, in the agony of defeat--or,... More >>

• Happy Newt Year

  published January 2, 1997

  Newt Gingrich is still hunting that giraffe. Three hours each week, the smug Speaker of the House pops up on Knowledge TV--the former Mind... More >>