New Times is a finalist for awards in two categories of the 2008 AltWeekly awards, the contest for members of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. 

The Shredder is a finalist for column writing for a series of three columns on items ranging from medical marijuana to the eavesdropping allegations about Sheriff Pat Hedges to the SLO Police Department’s purchase of new motorcycles from an out-of-town dealer. 

Executive Editor Ryan Miller is a finalist for feature writing for a story called “Faire play” about the annual Renaissance fair in San Luis Obispo. 

Both are in the category of weeklies with circulations of less than 55,000.