COLUMNS
- Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star
- Rick Morrissey, Chicago Tribune
- Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press
- (tie) Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
(tie), Gary Shelton, St. Petersburg Times
Honorable mention:
- Filip Bondy, New York Daily News
- Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe
- T.J. Simers, Los Angeles Times
- David Whitley, Orlando Sentinel
- Jason Whitlock, Kansas City Star
FEATURES
- Amy Shipley, Washington Post
- Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star
- Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News
- (tie) Wayne Coffey, New York Daily News
(tie) David Haugh, Chicago Tribune
Honorable mention:
- Karen Crouse, New York Times
- Alan Goldenbach, Washington Post
- Joe Drape, New York Times
- Steve Hummer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- David Wharton, Los Angeles Times
BREAKING NEWS
- Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times
- Marc Topkin, St. Petersburg Times
- Dave Sheinin, Washington Post
- (tie) Jeff Duncan, New Orleans Times-Picayune
(tie) Jason Quick, Oregonian
Honorable mention:
- Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle
- Jackie MacMullan, Boston Globe
- Wright Thompson, Kansas City Star
- Tim Tucker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Jay Weiner, Minneapolis Star Tribune
GAME STORY
- Dave Sheinin, Washington Post
- Joe Drape, New York Times
- Linda Robertson, Miami Herald
- Philip Hersh, Chicago Tribune
- Mark Schlabach, Washington Post
Honorable mention:
- Les Bowen, Philadelphia Daily News
- Lynn DeBruin, Rocky Mountain News
- Mike Knobler, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Marc Topkin, St. Petersburg Times
- Larry Weisman, USA Today
EXPLANATORY
- Geoff Baker, Toronto Star
- Shira Springer, Boston Globe
- B.G. Brooks, Sara Burnett, Todd Hartman, David Milstead, David Montero and Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
- Thomas Stinson, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- (tie) Mike Knobler, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(tie) Bill Briggs, Denver Post
Honorable mention:
- Mark Armijo, Arizona Republic
- Mike Dodd, USA Today
- Rick Maese, Orlando Sentinel
- Jeff Passan, Kansas City Star
PROJECT REPORTING
- Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press
- Randy Covitz, Bob Dutton, Jeffrey Flanagan, Jeff Passan, Joe Posnanski, Wright Thompson, Kansas City Star
- Juliet Macur, New York Times
- Gary Kline and David Wharton, Los Angeles Times
- David Aldridge, Frank Fitzpatrick, Ashley Fox and Don Steinberg, Philadelphia Inquirer
Honorable mention:
- Furman Bisher and Glenn Sheeley, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Peter Corbett, John Davis, Josh Kelley, Marty Sauerzopf, Carol Sowers and John Sterns, Arizona Republic
- Damian Cristodero, Lou Haw, Gary Shelton and Marc Topkin, St. Petersburg Times
- Clay Latimer, Rocky Mountain News
- Mark Saxon, Orange County Register
