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Orlando Weekly is the Orlando area’s award-winning alternative media company. We have been Orlando’s source for local news, opinion, events and culture for over 30 years.

We examine the issues that shape Orlando, and we cover the most important things happening in our community. We are the source for our region’s fun, smart, socially conscious types – the people who want to make Orlando a better place to be through good storytelling, revealing criticism and kickass events that celebrate the best things about our cultural landscape. Our website is updated daily with news, reviews, galleries, giveaways and the most comprehensive calendar events in town.

You can pick up a copy of Orlando Weekly at more than 1,000 distribution locations citywide. Check your local coffee shops, retailers and restaurants, or look for a distribution point near you on our circulation map.

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Awards
2026
2nd Place
Housing — McKenna Schueler
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2025
Honorable Mentions
Beat Reporting and Solutions Journalism — McKenna Schueler
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2024
3rd Place
News Story — McKenna Schueler
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2023
1st Place
LGBTQ+ Coverage — Eric Tegethoff
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2022
3rd Place
Cover Design — Daniel Rodriguez, Mauricio Murillo and Jessica Bryce Young
3rd Place
Photography — Mauricio Murillo
Honorable Mention
Food Writing — Faiyaz Kara
Honorable Mention
News Story–Long Form — Ava Loomar
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2021
2nd Place
Arts Criticism — Leah Sandler
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2020
1st Place
LGBT Coverage — Xander Peters
3rd Place
Arts Feature — Renata Sago
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2019
1st Place
Cover Design — Melissa McHenry, Robert Bartlett and Chris “Tobar” Rodriguez
3rd Place
Investigative Reporting — Monivette Cordeiro, Joey Roulette and Colin Wolf
3rd Place
LGBT Coverage — Monivette Cordeiro and Colin Wolf
3rd Place
Photography — Robert Bartlett
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2018
1st Place
LGBT Coverage — Monivette Cordeiro
1st Place
Innovation/Format Buster — Chaya Av, Chris Tobar Rodriguez and Jessica Bryce Young
2nd Place
Arts Criticism — Jessica Bryce Young and Richard Reep
Honorable Mention
Feature Story — contributors to the Billy Manes tribute
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2017
1st Place
Film Criticism — Thaddeus McCollum
1st Place
Illustration — Samantha Shumaker
2nd Place
LGBT Coverage and Photography — Monivette Cordeiro
3rd Place
Staff Blog — Colin Wolf and Monivette Cordeiro
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2016
Honorable Mention
Arts Criticism — Richard T. Reep
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2015
3rd Place
Music Writing — Ashley Belanger
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2014
1st Place
Arts Criticism — Jessica Bryce Young
Honorable Mention
Arts Feature — Erin Sullivan
Honorable Mention
Music Criticism — Ashley Belanger
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2014
Congressional recognition
— Billy Manes, honored by Rep. Alan Grayson in the Congressional Record for his contributions to the LGBTQ+ community and Florida
Individual Staff Honors & Recognition
2013
Voice of Equality honoree
Equality Florida — Billy Manes.
Individual Staff Honors & Recognition
2005
2nd Place
Feature Reporting (Small Division) — Lindy T. Shepherd, Dispose of Properly.
Society of Professional Journalists — Sunshine State Awards