Photograph: Harry Sawyers

Chicago magazine was named a finalist for 14 Peter Lisagor Awards, which honor Chicago-area journalists for excellence in reporting, writing, design, and photography.

We'll know the winners of the awards on May 3. In the meantime, read back over the Chicago work that the Chicago Headline Club nominated:

MULTIMEDIA COLLABORATION:

“Maywood Confidential” by Robert Herguth and Dane Placko, edited by David Bernstein

FEATURE WRITING, Non-Daily, circulation more than 20,000:

“The $53 Million Bamboozle” by Bryan Smith, edited by Elizabeth Fenner

NON-DEADLINE REPORTING, Non-Daily Newspaper or Magazine, circulation above 20,000:

“The $53 Million Bamboozle”
AND
Elly Fishman, staff editor at Chicago, is nominated for a story she wrote for the Chicago Reader, before joining us: “Pariahs Amid The Rainbow”

DESIGN, Non-daily publication, circulation more than 20,000:

“Chicagoans of the Year 2012,” designed by Bryan Erickson

EDUCATION REPORTING, Non-Daily newspaper or Magazine, circulation above 20,000:

“Street Fighter” by Ben Goldberger, edited by Jennifer Tanaka
AND
“Best Public Schools” by Steve Hendershot, Owen Hurd, Geoffrey Johnson, and Dennis Rodkin, edited by Jennifer Tanaka

SPORTS STORY, Non-daily publication, circulation more than 20,000:

“You Gotta Be Bleepin’ Me!” by Bryan Smith, edited by Elizabeth Fenner

BUSINESS REPORTING, Non-daily publication, circulation above 20,000:

"Too Big to Fail?" by Susan Chandler, edited by David Bernstein

ARTS REPORTING AND CRITICISM, Non-daily publication, circulation more than 20,000:

“Fall Culture Guide," edited by Cassie Walker Burke and Emmet Sullivan

IN-DEPTH REPORTING, NON-DAILY PUBLICATION, General-interest publication, circulation more than 20,000:

“Lawbreakers, Lawmakers” by David Bernstein and Noah Isackson
AND
“The $53 Million Bamboozle”
AND
Elly Fishman's "Pariahs Amid The Rainbow"

IN-DEPTH REPORTING, NON-DAILY PUBLICATION, Magazine or magazine section, circulation more than 20,000:

“The $53 Million Bamboozle”
AND
“Lawbreakers, Lawmakers” 

BLOG, Continuing Blog, Independent:

"The 312" by Whet Moser