COLUMNS
- Sally Jenkins, Washington Post
- Dave Hyde, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- (tie) Dan Le Batard, Miami Herald
(tie) Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star
(tie) Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Honorable Mention:
- Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press
- Christine Brennan, USA Today
- Selena Roberts, New York Times
- Gary Shelton, St. Petersburg Times
- David Whitley, Orlando Sentinel
FEATURE STORY
- Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star
- Juliet Macur, Dallas Morning News
- Clay Latimer, Rocky Mountain News
- Amy Ellis Nutt, Newark Star-Ledger
- (tie) Henry Schulman, San Francisco Chronicle
(tie) Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News
Honorable Mention:
- John Eisenberg, Baltimore Sun
- Sam Mellinger, Kansas City Star
- Carroll Rogers, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Wright Thompson, Kansas City Star
BREAKING NEWS
- Bill Pennington, New York Times
- Heather Lourie and Marcia Smith, Orange County Register
- Bill Briggs, Denver Post
- Shira Springer, Boston Globe
- Elliott Almond, San Jose Mercury News
Honorable Mention:
- Jeff Caplan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Jason King, Kansas City Star
- Drew Olson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Jason Reid, Los Angeles Times
- Rick Stroud, St. Petersburg Times
GAME STORY
- Steve Campbell, Houston Chronicle
- Brian Murphy, San Francisco Chronicle
- Frank Clines, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- (tie) Richard Justice, Houston Chronicle
(tie) Amy Shipley, Washington Post
Honorable Mention:
- Brad Parks, Newark Star-Ledger
- Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star
- Clark Spencer, Miami Herald
- Lynn Zinser, New York Times
- Todd Zolecki, Philadelphia Inquirer
EXPLANATORY
- Jo-Ann Barnas, Detroit Free Press
- Mark Kram, Philadelphia Daily News
- Gordon Edes, Boston Globe
- Rod Beaton, Scott Boeck, Cesar Brioso and Mike Dodd, USA Today
- Dan Steinberg, Washington Post
Honorable Mention:
- Alan Abrahamson, Los Angeles Times
- Nancy Gay and Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle
- Ed Graney and Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune
- Jackie MacMullan, Boston Globe
- T.J. Quinn, New York Daily News
PROJECT
- Randy Covits, Bob Dutton, Jeffrey Flanagan, Dick Kaegel, Joe Posnanski and Wright Thompson, Kansas City Star
- Curtis Bunn, Carlos Frias, Michelle Hiskey, Al Levine, John Manasso and David Markiewicz, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- George Diaz and Rick Maese, Orlando Sentinel
- John Barry and Antonya English, St. Petersburg Times
- (tie) Juliet Macur, Dallas Morning News
(tie) Dennis Bracken, Micah Karasov, John Millea, Mike Rand, Jay Weiner and Jerry Zagoda, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Honorable Mention:
- Dan Bickley, Arizona Republic
- Bill Briggs, Denver Post
- Sam Carchidi, Frank Fitzpatrick, Bob Ford, Bill Lyon, Mike Schaffer and Phil Sheridan, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Scott Howard-Cooper, Sacramento Bee
