Blog Winners 2011
Contest details available here.December
- 1st: Notes on American Freedom (Beyond SD)
- 2nd: Geezerville (Encinitas)
- 3rd: The Christmas Tool (La Mesa)
November
- 1st: From Life in Ohio to Life on Ohio (North Park)
- 2nd: Doggy Doo On a Village Woods Balcony (Linda Vista)
- 3rd: The Japatul Fire Station: For Jerry Schad (Alpine)
October
- 1st: Roaming Solitary in the Sands (Imperial Beach)
- 2nd: Crimes against Americans in Baja (Baja, San Diego)
- 3rd: Tiny Headstones (Carlsbad)
September
- 1st: A Grant Writer's Story (Mission Valley)
- 2nd: When the power goes out (Normal Heights)
- 3rd: San Diego, Unplugged (Beyond SD, Spring Valley)
August
- 1st: "Where Hummingbirds Land" (Dulzura)
- 2nd: Over there by the bowling alley (North Park)
- 3rd: Consider the Snake (Valley Center)
July
- 1st: The Watching Birds (Beyond SD, Golden Hill, San Diego)
- 2nd: An Absolutely True Story of Being Deported at Age 14 (Old Town)
- 3rd: John Wayne is on my plate. (Midway District)
June
- 1st: Coasting (San Diego)
- 2nd: The Conundrum of Desert Farming (Rainbow)
- 3rd: Royal Highland Island (Kearny Mesa)
May
- 1st: Then and Now (Beyond SD)
- 2nd: The Walls are Closing In (Chula Vista, Eastlake)
- 3rd: Weed Wednesday (North Park)
April
- 1st: Interloper (Sherman Heights)
- 2nd: Other People's Children (Kearny Mesa, Mission Valley)
- 3rd: Faith Cougar (Spring Valley)
March
- 1st: " Carol, call me ! " my thursday travelogue (North Park)
- 2nd: Painted Lady (Golden Hill)
- 3rd: Waxing Nostalgic (Point Loma)
February
- 1st: Massage Theraphist (San Diego)
- 2nd: Sidewalks and Barn Animals (Valley Center)
- 3rd: Doña Quixote (Downtown, Golden Hill)
January
- 1st: Dueling Ideologies In Pacific Beach (Pacific Beach)
- 2nd: Why Was Toni Atkins Consulting for Developers Vying for Redevelopment Dollars After She Was Elected to State Assembly? ()
- 3rd: Shell Game (Baja)
Blog Winners 2010
December
- 1st: I Live in Linda Vista (Clairemont, Kearny Mesa, Linda Vista, Mesa College)
- 2nd: Friday Night Rant (Escondido)
- 3rd: Beggars in the University Heights Library (University Heights)
November
- 1st: Midnight Poopers (Tierrasanta)
- 2nd: Freeway Side Revelations (Spring Valley)
October
- 1st: Packing heat and granola (Beyond SD)
- 2nd: Book Nerd Nirvana (Chula Vista)
- 3rd: Redefining my Birthday (North Park)
September
- 1st: Wild Birds of Lakeside (Lakeside)
- 2nd: The Point of Why I Ride a Bicycle (Point Loma)
- 3rd: Cowles Mountain Night Hike (San Carlos)
August
- 1st: Voyage with mother on piggyback (Hillcrest)
- 2nd: Flicker of Recognition (North Park)
- 3rd: MY FAREWELL SPEECH (San Diego)
July
- 1st: Raccoon Wars (South Park)
- 2nd: Pardon the Interruption (Scripps Ranch)
- 3rd: The Ghost Of Ma Joad (Baja)
June
- 1st: Eat Fruit.... (Beyond SD, Lakeside, San Diego)
- 2nd: Oddball Friendships are Forever (College Area)
- 3rd: Padres Baseball (Downtown, San Diego)
May
- 1st: Confessions of a One-Time PB Bum (Pacific Beach)
- 2nd: THE PROJECT (Coronado)
- 3rd: Your Tax Dollars are Being Used to Destroy Irreplaceable Historic Structures for More Housing. Help Save These Buildings!!! (San Diego)
April
- 1st: Old Men in Chula Vista are Different Now (Chula Vista)
- 2nd: Shift's End (Downtown)
- 3rd: I don't know where I live. (City Heights, North Park)
March
- 1st: My Friday Night Adventure in La Mesa (La Mesa, San Diego, SDSU)
- 2nd: Harvey (Tierrasanta)
- 3rd: Found a Peanut (Ocean Beach)
February
- 1st: Sometimes, You Can Go Home (Clairemont)
- 2nd: Quinn in the Middle (Escondido, Rancho Bernardo)
- 3rd: Tijuana bars new hours (Baja)
January
- 1st: Road Rage on Horseback (Valley Center)
- 2nd: Why jogging on El Cajon Boulevard keeps me centered (College Area)
- 3rd: Automotive Karma (Escondido)
Blog Winners 2009
December
- 1st: April in Winter (Ocean Beach)
- 2nd: 2009: A Wasted Year (North Park)
- 3rd: The Quest for Tequila & Dented Fenders (Lemon Grove)
November
- 1st: In memory of (Mission Beach)
- 2nd: Jamul and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (Jamul)
- 3rd: Shattered Glass (Downtown, San Diego)
October
- 1st: The Scenes of the Crimes (University City)
- 2nd: Does God Live in Old Men? (College Area)
- 3rd: SDSU Men's Soccer vs. UCSB (SDSU)
September
- 1st: Tamales, Tacos, Flies (Logan Heights)
- 2nd: Independence Day (Baja)
- 3rd: Occasionally, when having Difficutlties at my Lackluster but otherwise Uninteresting job I may (on occasion) become Grouchy (Normal Heights)
August
- 1st: The Appointment (Golden Hill)
- 2nd: Confessions of a Cutter (Escondido)
- 3rd: Hell to the No (Ocean Beach)
July
- 1st: Tijuana, My Kind of Town (Baja)
- 2nd: Tip Your Waitress (Downtown)
- 3rd: The search (Lemon Grove)
June
- 1st: You Can't Drink The Early Bird Special (Bonita, Chula Vista)
- 2nd: At Home At Vista Ranch... (Vista)
- 3rd: NEIGHBORLY NOISES (Mission Valley)
May
- 1st: Lesbians Without Tacos (Baja)
- 2nd: The Burbs (Tierrasanta)
- 3rd: Realism is Overrated (City Heights)
April
- 1st: A Neighborhood Affair to Remember (Escondido)
- 2nd: Around the Circle (Encinitas)
- 3rd: PB Underground (Pacific Beach)
March
- 1st: An Execution in the Hills (Mission Hills)
- 2nd: GETTING WET: Cars, Critters and a Con man (University City)
- 3rd: Bob the Hermit Crab (Clairemont)
February
- 1st: San Diego is Second Worst (Downtown)
- 2nd: Claiming City Heights (City Heights)
- 3rd: I Should Call Him Bas (Paradise Hills)
January
- 1st: OB Vacation = Damnation Station? (Ocean Beach)
- 2nd: Yolanda (Carlsbad, Oceanside)
- 3rd: The Promised Land (Imperial Beach)
Blog Winners 2008
December
- 1st: The Perils of Paradise (La Jolla)
- 2nd: Down in the Valley (Mission Valley)
- 3rd: Merry Christmas, Ted (Baja)
November
- 1st: Crazy Dog People (Valley Center)
- 2nd: Gotta Keep Movin' in OB (Ocean Beach)
- 3rd: MY LIFE AQUATIC (Downtown, Mission Beach, Point Loma)
October
- 1st: Life Cycle (University Heights)
- 2nd: Mccain or Obama (Golden Hill)
- 3rd: To Tell You Something Beautiful Like Asphalt (El Cajon)
September
- 1st: Off Broadway (Downtown)
- 2nd: In Defense of the Suburbs (Carmel Valley)
- 3rd: Homeless San Diego (Downtown, San Ysidro)
August
- 1st: "Ghetto" is Not an Adjective (Barrio Logan)
- 2nd: Reaching Nirvana at the Wonderland Coin Laundry (Ocean Beach)
- 3rd: Last Call (Valley Center)
July
- 1st: The Job Pitch (University Heights)
- 2nd: Giselle, Guatay, the Airstream and the Chief (Guatay)
- 3rd: There she goes.... (North Park)
June
- 1st: MAN WITHOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD (College Area)
- 2nd: Junior Personnel Nearly Arrested for Demanding Customer Service (Coronado)
- 3rd: Ornery OB Ornithology (Ocean Beach)
