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

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2007 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• Lowdown on the LoDo Shooting

  published Nov 05, 2007

  Like so many others, my friends and I wanted to take advantage of the extra hour of drinking Saturday night (and into Sunday morning) after the clocks turned back. A close friend was moving out of t... More >>

• Lowdown on the LoDo Shooting

  published Nov 05, 2007

  Like so many others, my friends and I wanted to take advantage of the extra hour of drinking Saturday night (and into Sunday morning) after the clocks turned back. A close friend was moving out of t... More >>

• Top to Rock Bottom 10

  published Oct 30, 2007

  The night after the Colorado Rockies were swept out of the World Series, the late-night comics started hitting the team out of the park. First Stephen Colbert took aim at the Rockies' attempts to co... More >>

• Top to Rock Bottom 10

  published Oct 30, 2007

  The night after the Colorado Rockies were swept out of the World Series, the late-night comics started hitting the team out of the park. First Stephen Colbert took aim at the Rockies' attempts to co... More >>

• Top to Rock Bottom 10

  published Oct 30, 2007

  The night after the Colorado Rockies were swept out of the World Series, the late-night comics started hitting the team out of the park. First Stephen Colbert took aim at the Rockies' attempts to co... More >>

• Pie Hole in the Wall

  published Oct 30, 2007

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• Conspiracy Theories

  published Oct 23, 2007

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• A Glass Act

  published Oct 17, 2007

  Suddenly, Denver's looking good. The most sedate businessmen have taken to sporting hip glasses that echo those angular peepers sported by Daniel Libeskind, the architect who's already done so much... More >>

• Ballot Up!

  published Oct 17, 2007

  Timing is everything. Imagine that you're the mayor of a big city with some big, expensive ballot issues coming up -- an alphabet soup of nine proposals that would fund assorted infrastructure repair... More >>

• Ballot Up!

  published Oct 17, 2007

  Timing is everything. Imagine that you're the mayor of a big city with some big, expensive ballot issues coming up -- an alphabet soup of nine proposals that would fund assorted infrastructure repair... More >>

• Ballot Up!

  published Oct 17, 2007

  Timing is everything. Imagine that you're the mayor of a big city with some big, expensive ballot issues coming up -- an alphabet soup of nine proposals that would fund assorted infrastructure repair... More >>

• Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow

  published October 18, 2007

  At Sunday's game, I sat next to two fellows who said they were with the brewers. In town for the Great American Beer Festival? No, with the... More >>

• Dinger Bell

  published October 18, 2007

  "The Rockies mascot is named Dinger," comedian Jay Mohr wrote in "It Sucks to Be Them," a piece on SI.com. "He is... More >>

• Energy Crisis: Day One

  published Oct 14, 2007

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• Energy Crisis: Day One

  published Oct 14, 2007

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• Energy Crisis: Day One

  published Oct 14, 2007

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• On a Scroll

  published October 11, 2007

  The Denver Public Library is on a scroll this week, with three free events inspired by Jack Kerouac. Today from 2 to 4 p.m. in the B2... More >>

• Breaking a Few Eggs

  published Oct 10, 2007

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• Fire and Ice

  published October 11, 2007

  Westword was going to challenge our partner paper, Phoenix New Times, to a bet on the outcome of the Rockies/Diamondback series... More >>

• Rock Bottom

  published October 11, 2007

  Dinger must go. The most embarrassing mascot in the major leagues is a fossil on the field. Dinger should be as dead as a... More >>

• His Name Was Mud

  published Oct 05, 2007

  David McSwane was back in the pages of the Denver dailies today, with a page-five article in the Rocky Mountain News detailing how the editor-in-chief of the Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado Sta... More >>

• His Name Was Mud

  published Oct 05, 2007

  David McSwane was back in the pages of the Denver dailies today, with a page-five article in the Rocky Mountain News detailing how the editor-in-chief of the Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado Sta... More >>

• His Name Was Mud

  published Oct 05, 2007

  David McSwane was back in the pages of the Denver dailies today, with a page-five article in the Rocky Mountain News detailing how the editor-in-chief of the Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado Sta... More >>

• The Hush-Hush World of Attorney-Attorney Privilege

  published Oct 05, 2007

  News that the state's Attorney Regulation Counsel won't be filing a formal complaint against Carol Chambers, the big-stick district attorney for the 18th Judicial District, dribbled out in the backha... More >>

• The Hush-Hush World of Attorney-Attorney Privilege

  published Oct 05, 2007

  News that the state's Attorney Regulation Counsel won't be filing a formal complaint against Carol Chambers, the big-stick district attorney for the 18th Judicial District, dribbled out in the backha... More >>