After giving out a bajillion plaques last week for the Best of Charleston awards, The Charleston City Paper received four first place wins at Saturday’s South Carolina Press Awards.

Among the honors in the paper’s weekly division (over 6,000 circulation):

1st Place Lifestyle Feature Writing: Jon Santiago, “Suitcase Full of Songs”

1st Place Feature Writing: Greg Hambrick, “Not Another Civil War”

1st Place General News Photo: Joshua Curry, “Obama Rally”

1st Place Photo Story: Joshua Curry, “Salty Dogs”

2nd Place Sports Feature Story: Stratton Lawrence, “Flying High”


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